As an intensivist and anesthesiologist, I spend a considerable amount of time pondering the physiology and evidence for practices and questioning dogma rampant in…

Urine color is often under-appreciated as one of many considerations in working up a patients clinical status (especially in the intensive care unit). “Highlighter”…

Mannitol is a carbohydrate often administered as a hypertonic solution that is freely filtered by the renal glomerulus and not reabsorbed. Therefore, it serves…

The word “dialysis” evokes many clinical indications and contexts. In chronic end-stage renal disease (ESRD), patients typically have some form of long-term access like…

Furosemide (Lasix) is a loop diuretic that works on the Na/K/2Cl cotransporter in the thick ascending loop of Henle. It’s a medication I routinely…

I’m officially finished with my first rotation as a resident… but I’m going to really miss everyone I worked with this past month on…