October 2009
69 posts
On call this weekend. Reading about marathon-related low blood sodium. Y’know, just in case.
Bodybuilding with steroids damages kidneys. http://ping.fm/cgLJs (One of the more unusual & controversial papers I’ve co-authored.)
Okay, dosing of Tamiflu in hemodialysis patients is not straightforward.
“Everyone suffers from ‘light denial,’ @kidneynotes. You’re not alone.” -@easybloom
“Why don’t US medical students want to be nephrologists? Kidneys rock!” -@RenalWeek
I picture @easybloom saying, “You want to grow that plant WHERE? Are you MAD?”
OH: “It’s actually much easier to order a test than not order a test.”
WolframAlpha Searches: Potassium in Lime Juice? http://ping.fm/kdW7Q
A hundred year-old man just wished me a long life. “You too…?”
That mysterious round white pill with “mylan” on one side & “40” on another? That would be furosemide. Thx, @epocrates.
“Does anyone have any ideas about how to reconstruct my abdomen?” Heart-wrenching necrotizing fasciitis case in NEJM. http://ping.fm/PCQHp
Atypical Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome in the New England Journal of Medicine http://ping.fm/Y65wR
“Drinking [seawater] makes the kidneys [LOSE water peeing out salt]. So you drink more. Because you’re thirsty. Horrifying.” -@hotdogsladies
“People in crowded elevators get confused by the clicking of my mechanical heart valve.” (It was irregular and LOUD.)
Dr. Brad Berk, University of Rochester Medical Center CEO, discusses his spinal cord injury on YouTube: http://ping.fm/x7hp2
David Pogue Interviews Dr. Blumenthal, US Electronic Medical Records Czar http://ping.fm/Y7t1G
http://ping.fm/p/GyGyQ - WFC
“Got a wood chunk stuck in my finger, call the urgent care, get put on hold & ‘killing me softly’ is the music. Seriously.” -@mathowie
“Flu ‘Mist’ such a deceptive name for the H1N1 vaccine… But I guess FluNasalDrowning was already taken?” -@omigodshoes
Where did the gutted tennis ball hack for the feet of rolling walkers originate?
Mandatory flu shots at a friend’s workplace. The bright idea: first-timers stand against a wall to be observed for reactions afterwards…
Light art performance photography: http://ping.fm/KHZCu More here: http://ping.fm/7d5pN
If I still lived in Rochester, picturetheimpossible.com would fascinate me.
I’ve updated the list of kidney diseases for patients. Please let me know if I missed anything.
“Medical students at UMDNJ required to have an Apple iPhone or iPod touch http://bit.ly/103xEw” -@DrJosephKim
Translating a tweet w/ Tweetie 2 takes 3 taps and 5 seconds. This helps if you’ve accidentally followed someone who speaks only Korean.
Can you reboot an elevator that believes each floor is REALLY the floor above? Press 6, it goes to 7. Call it, and it stops one floor below.
Amazon: “Perhaps we can interest you in an expensive typo?” http://ping.fm/abEi5
8 Ways Physicians Can Use Evernote. http://ping.fm/zNjGj
The Phantom City augmented reality app: “A mile-high dome shades Midtown Manhattan, an airport floats off Battery Park…” http://ping.fm/QaxME
Man borrows urinary catheter from stranger’s car to finish Twin Cities Marathon. http://ping.fm/bfqGY (via @doctorwes)