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She Said Yes
I don’t normally deviate from medical/tech-related topics, but today was an important milestone in my life. I got engaged! View…
Cold Weather And Aortic Dissection
Chronic hypertension, medial degeneration, elastic fiber fragmentation, smooth muscle cell loss, and progressive aortic dilation are all mechanisms implicated in…
Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology (MOCA)
Maintenance of certification in anesthesiology (MOCA) evolved from an exam taken every decade to now having to complete 30 online…
Glucose Before Thiamine In Hypoglycemia
“Thiamine before glucose” is a bedside teaching that started with a sound physiologic concept and slowly hardened into dogma when…
iRhythm Zio AT Cardiac Monitor
Premature atrial complexes (PACs) are something I’ve explained to trainees and patients for years, but about a week ago, I…
Left Ventricular (LV) Thrombus
Left ventricular (LV) thrombus is typically a result of stasis from myocardial hypokinesis/akinesis. A segment of myocardium stops moving, blood…