Massachusetts General Hospital ACLS: ACLS Quick Reference App in the Time of COVID Nothing in medicine quickens the pulse faster than hearing a “code blue” call overhead and quickly moving to the location to evaluate. Frequently, these may just be someone experiencing a vasovagal episode from a blood draw in the lab, but frequently it […]
An Impressive and Wide-Ranging Collection of Shared Decision Making Tools Just a Few Clicks Away Bookmark the website, make it a “web app” for your smartphone! Just start using Patient Decision Aids from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Last week, one of my most favorite and most non-compliant patients showed up for a walk-in appointment […]
The Best Sanford Guide Yet Frequently, trainees ask me why they need a dedicated infectious disease guide. Why can’t they just use a drug guide such as Epocrates or Lexicomp or reference apps such as UpToDate, Dynamed or Essential Evidence Plus? Perhaps they could. Or they would ask, why can’t they just use a paper […]
The VA Brings to Bear a POC App for Improved Stroke Outcomes Acute stroke is frequently a terrifying and devastating disease process for patients. Currently, acute stroke remains the fifth leading cause of death in the United States and nearly 800,000 patients per year suffer a stroke. Stroke is both preventable via treatment of hypertension […]
Many of us in family medicine practice full-scope including obstetrics. It is one of the most challenging yet rewarding aspects of primary care with unpredictable hours and significant medical-legal risk. Many primary care providers perform outpatient prenatal care which can be equally rewarding. Regardless of what scope of obstetrics care you provide, pregnant patients are […]
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