Left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) are gaining more traction in the world of heart failure primarily as a bridge-to-transplantation or destination therapy (ie, ineligible…
Sandostatin (octreotide) is a subcutaneous, intramuscular, or intravenous analog to somatostatin – a protein hormone secreted throughout the GI tract – which acts via…
Today was the first day of my last core rotation in medical school – pediatrics! I’ll be spending most of the two months at…
C. difficile is a bacteria part of our normal bowel flora, but when certain antibiotics (namely clindamycin) wipe out the other healthy organisms, C.…
I’m on the gastroenterology consult service at St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital (SLEH) for the second month of my internal medicine rotation. Last month, Ben…
If there’s one thing I’ve learned on my internal medicine rotation, it’s that the differential for “abdominal pain” is about a mile long. It…