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- Zika—a new continent and new complications?
Zika reminds us that we live in a medically connected global community.
- When we need to remember that it is more than a job
It is the nature of our engagement with our patients and our colleagues that makes what we do more than a job.
- Hope may not be the best component of an exercise regimen
Exercising to lose weight more often results in frustration than a trip to the store to buy smaller-sized clothes.
- The simple lab test is sometimes more complex than we think, if we think about it at all
Before ordering more tests because of an abnormal laboratory result (eg, elevated creatine kinase), think about its biology.
- It’s not the noise, it’s what you do with it
Auscultation for a carotid bruit is an unreliable test, but the real action takes place between the stethoscope’s earpieces.
- To err is human, but…
Being wrong is part of being human, but I don’t like it. To avoid being wrong, we might try keeping a checklist.
- Perioperative MI: Data, practice, and questions
What should be done when an elevated troponin is detected in a postoperative patient who is otherwise doing perfectly well?
- Remembering that old dogs can still do tricks
Chlorthalidone has proven efficacy and, compared with hydrochlorothiazide, favorable pharmacokinetic properties.