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Here's a rundown of the plugins I currently use on RK.md running on WordPress 4.8.2.
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My Littmann Cardiology III black edition served me well for all of medical school and residency, and over eight years later, I'm now replacing it for my second stethoscope - the Littmann Master Cardiology black edition.
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Procalcitonin (PCT) is a 116 amino acid peptide precursor to calcitonin, a hormone involved in calcium homeostasis. PCT increases significantly in the context of proinflammatory bacterial infections but remains low in viral and other…
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My 30th birthday was rather uneventful! I started my first elective on the infectious disease consult service, went home, got some Whole Foods for dinner, and watched documentaries on YouTube for most of the evening. 🙂
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Our thoracic ICU rotation is perhaps the most difficult rotation we have as anesthesia critical care fellows. For two weeks, we're q2 call (meaning on call every other day). The patients are super sick, but the pathologies are incredibly…
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My fellowship is divided into two week blocks throughout the year. We rotate alongside fellows/residents from other departments and almost always in a multidisciplinary setting consisting of nurses, respiratory therapists, pharmacists,…
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To become a board certified anesthesiologist, we must pass our two-part written boards. I took the $775 "basic exam" between my PGY-2 and PGY-3 years on 6/12/2015 and the $775 "advanced exam" on 7/28/2017. Just got word this week that I…
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