IE is an infection of native or prosthetic heart valves, endocardial surface or an indwelling cardiac device (such as a pacer or defibrillator). In recent years, we’re seeing it happen in older and more chronically ill patients. And more MRSA. The diagnosis is tricky because the presentation can be fairly subtle. You need a high … Continue reading Infective Endocarditis
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How to Take Smart Notes
In his book1, Sönke Ahrens describes two things to improve writing productivity: Routines for writing A system for organizing notes and ideas He breaks down the daunting task of writing by pointing out: Writing a book or manuscript would be easy if someone gave you the first draft. Writing the first draft would be easy … Continue reading How to Take Smart Notes
True Grit: The Surprising, and Inspiring, Science of Success
The importance of perseverance Angela Duckworth's work suggests that perseverance is a predictor of success. During her graduate student days she created a "grit scale" which she subsequently tested throughout her career. She characterized "grit" as working hard and finishing what one begins and gives the example of Will Smith explaining in an interview that … Continue reading True Grit: The Surprising, and Inspiring, Science of Success
Non-Traumatic Lower Back Pain
Most of us will have lower back pain in our lives (80–90% lifetime prevalence) and it accounts for 2–3% of ED visits (so quite a bit). As with everything in EM, there are benign and serious causes and we need to differentiate between the two. The serious causes include diagnoses in the back and those … Continue reading Non-Traumatic Lower Back Pain
Single payer is not socialized medicine
I am not advocating for socialized medicine or even single payer, but it is important to distinguish between the two. The Economist this month had a great article on the different setups we see today. Private Insurance, Private Doctors In this system, private insurance pays private doctors. There is no interference from the government but … Continue reading Single payer is not socialized medicine
Graham-Cassidy Bill Doesn’t Add Up
The latest Republican health care bill meant to replace the Affordable Care act comes from Senators Bill Cassidy (LA) and Lindsey Graham (SC). This one presents a more substantial change to the way things are run. Most of this comes from an article in the 9/23/2017 issue of the Economist. The Federal government would play … Continue reading Graham-Cassidy Bill Doesn’t Add Up
My Email Rules
Email can consume hours of your day stealing opportunities to do real work. Several people have devised plans to reclaim this time, so I stole the ones that work for me. These rules have one main goal: to respect my time and that of the receiver. 1. Keep as short as possible. “I’m sorry to … Continue reading My Email Rules
Become a Presentation Master Handouts
Here are the handouts for our talk at CORD17, Clearwater Ballroom. Practice Bad Slides http://bit.ly/2plVb6g Slide Design eBook http://bit.ly/2oAbhwg The Presentation Slides http://bit.ly/2qa8KpG And if you want to contact any of the speakers, here are our Twitter handles. Tyson Pillow @docpillow12 Rahul Patwari @rahulpatwari Annahieta Kalantari @akkalantari
Terminal Commands
Every time I need to reinstall my Mac, which has happened more often than I would have guessed, there are certain terminal commands I need to look up. Set length of time Notification Banners Persist Those little notification banners in the upper right hand corner of the screen seem to stay up there forever. Bothers … Continue reading Terminal Commands
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