Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Weekly blog - Overwhelming Post Splenectomy Infection (OPSI)

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I couldn't do better than to refer you to the great "Care of the Asplenic Patient" NEJM article from July 24... Get that here ...
Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Weekly blog -- Harms of benzodiazepines in the elderly...

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In Choosing Wisely,  The Canadian Geriatrics Society advised physicians and patients to refrain from using benzodiazepines as first-line tre...
Tuesday, July 15, 2014

Weekly blog - Liver lesions (to aspirate or not to aspirate)

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Aspirations of liver lesions... it’s not just about their hopes and dreams. Today in rounds we discussed a case of liver lesion and deba...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Weekly Blog - Whipple's disease with amyloidosis

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Since it was mentioned I thought it would be worth a quick note on Whipple's disease: See review NEJM here . It is a disease mostly ...
Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Weekly Blog: The new 2014 ACC Valvular Heart Disease Guidelines

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Some of the updates were reviewed at the rounds this week. You can find the guidelines here . The figures are particularly helpful in de...
Saturday, May 31, 2014

Weekly blog: The Harms of Oxygen Therapy

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From my slides presented at this week's adverse events and deaths rounds: * Too much oxygen can be dangerous * This danger is prevent...
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Weekly blog - Coumadin in Dialysis Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

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Great discussion today -- very nuanced and the blog may not do it justice: The CCS guidelines 2012 focused update : We suggest that such...