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Here's a quick video summarizing the basics of my life as a cardiothoracic anesthesia fellow!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQYL577UQLQDrop me a comment...

NovoSeven (recombinant factor VIIa or rFVIIa) is an intravenous, structurally similar molecule to human factor VII - a protein involved in the extrinsic pathway of the coagulation cascade. This protein then activates...

Now that I'm nearing the end of my formal medical training, I wanted to look back and catalog the licensing exams I've taken (including my admissions exam for medical school) over the...

Early in my medical training, my colleagues and I had our rite-of-passage into medical school by taking the Hippocratic Oath at our White Coat Ceremony. Many associate the words "do no harm"...

Let me preface this post by stating that I'll always support the underdog. The one who everyone counts out. The one who has seemingly insurmountable odds stacked against him/her. However, in the...

The induction of general anesthesia in patients undergoing cardiac surgery is often times different than non-cardiac surgery. At many institutions, these inductions tend to center heavily around high dose opioids due to...

The hepatorenal recess ("Morison's pouch") is a potential space between the liver and right kidney. With small volumes of intraabdominal blood (hemoperitoneum), ascites, or even peritoneal dialysate, fluid accumulates in this recess...