Mesenteric Ischemia, Intestinal Ischemia

A useful clinical guideline is that any patient with acute abdominal pain and metabolic acidosis has intestinal ischemia until proven otherwise. Acute abdominal pain + Metabolic acidosis = Intestinal ischemia until proven otherwise.

Creating a great PowerPoint Presentation

In my first year of residency, Dr. D., one of our attendings encouraged residents to submit our powerpoint presentations for him to review. I took his offer and will be forever grateful to him. He helped me polish my powerpoints. My program director told another...

INR Meter and Patient Self-Testing of Warfarin

Patient self-testing of Warfarin “Traditional provider-based INR monitoring presents barriers to quality warfarin management that include keeping appointments and visits to a laboratory for INR testing. Pending insurance approval, patients may have access to an...