February 2009
34 posts
Apparently I’m not alone. See the Twitter search for “Time Machine saved my ass”: http://bit.ly/16gkxy
Done writing for the night. Now walking the eerily smart French bulldog.
On the arm of an elderly Jewish man, the date an IV was placed is written neatly on clear tape in parallel to numbers tattooed there.
Just got off the phone with Evernote. (Discussed health care applications.)
Showing a patient “Zen Bound” on the iPhone which she’s playing while I’m filling out paperwork.
Regarding IV caffeine: half the doctors responded, “Sure! We use it all the time.” Half said, “Really? Cool.”
A patient is in caffeine withdrawal and is NPO. Is there a caffeine patch? Can we give it IV?
Wow, in the hospital I can actually order liquid caffeine AND caffeine IV. No patch, though.
The SASH Effect: “Steroids Almost Started Here.” (A patient who gets better just as you think about starting them on steroids.)
Also a question for non-physicians/normal people: What *don’t* you like about how medicine is practiced? (Thanks. Bookwriting & curious.)
RT “@serious_skeptic: @KidneyNotes Does that help?” Yes — and thanks to everyone who’s tweeting about what they dislike about medicine.
Question for physicians: What *don’t* you like about about practicing medicine? (Thanks. In the midst of bookwriting & curious.)
If you unexpectedly discovered that you had a subscription to Audible.com, as I just did, what books would you listen to?
Some guy just called 911 for the third time today. In the ED, he asks for $10. Do you guys see this? @blogborygmi @grahamwalker
“Speak of the nephrologist!” - a resident.
Never underestimate the power of a chat in the hospital hallways.
Each hospital floor is playing different music: 80s, country, gospel…
OH: “She bled into the chart.” (When a patient has so much blood drawn during a hospitalization that they become anemic.)
I love when new patients say they saw me on YouTube. (I expect this happens to @jayparkinson all the time.)
Seen on whiteboard: “Plan: NO SCREAMING.”
The last patient I saw skipped the smoking and went straight to nicotine gum addiction.
Scratch that. Google Calendar syncing to iPhone rocks.
Giving someone intravenous iron. Quote: “If I get rusty, I’m blaming you.”
Difficulty syncing >1 calendar from Google Calendar to iPhone. (Although I have *12* Google calendars…) Sticking with Busysync for now.
Apparently there’s a recall of long acting nitroglycerine tablets. (Switching people to nitroglycerine patches instead.)
Tech Medicine Links for 2.9.9 http://tinyurl.com/aebbeo
Anyone out there use Medrez.net?
Notable New iPhone Medical Apps: ECG Guide and Safe OR http://tinyurl.com/dhw7gv
“13 Things I Hate about Nephrology” (by Nephrogirl) http://tinyurl.com/ct9w4u
The intermittent Maple Syrup Smell in NYC has been solved, apparently.
My patients who are Mac fans love that I type my notes on a MacBook Pro.
10 Big Ideas That Could Make Your Practice Better (via Family Practice Management) http://tinyurl.com/d8ac2n
Incomplete list of medical conditions that sound awful, and are: malignancy, cholangitis, infarction, fungemia.
OH: “I can’t believe she’s still alive. She’s this amazing combination of good and bad protoplasm.”