Latest Research Suggests That a Nice Family Prognosticates Mortality in the Intensive Care Unit
ABSTRACT
Background
A group of 1594 (667 were excluded for lack of relative personality traits) patients in a large metropolitan hospital were enrolled in a research...
ICU Signout: ‘Codes Every Few Minutes, But Otherwise Stable’
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Internal Medicine Resident Ecstatic About Upcoming Emergency Department Rotation
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Local Hospitalist Accidentally Writes Best-Selling Fantasy Novel While Trying to Change EMR Password
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Generous Administrators Upgrade Medicine Conference Room Table with Large Plywood Spool
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Breaking: Consultant Called for Non-Urgent Consult at Reasonable Hour
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New CDC Recommendation: Ignore Patients with Pain > 4
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U.S. Women’s Relay Team Elects to Use Femur, Not Baton for Handoffs
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Physician is Such a Gunner, Writes Two Notes on Same Patient in One Day
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Two Examples of Amazingly Subpar Lumbar Puncture Procedure Notes
Amazingly Subpar Lumbar Puncture Procedure Note #1
Procedure:
This is Spinal Tap.
Date/Time:
Optional.
Indication:
Infectious Diseases said it was a good idea.
Resident:
Dr. Kyle Richter, PGY-1.
Attending:
Yes.
A time-out was completed to...