Labile Guidelines: ACC/AHA Hypertension Cutoff Now 180/100
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last month, several societies including the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) redefined hypertension as greater than...
New AHA Hypertension Practice Guidelines: A Resident’s Personal Struggle on Night Float
The American Heart Association 2017 Hypertension Practice Guidelines has just recently come out with new guidelines, changing the standard definition of hypertension from 140/90...
15 Ways to Confuse, Demoralize, and Frustrate Your Emergency Physician
When you are a patient in a busy ED, getting your doctor’s best effort in caring for you can be difficult. Most ED physicians...
Disgusting! This Patient’s Cranial Nerves Were Grossly Intact
When you didn't think medicine could deliver any more heebie-jeebies, this clinic just received a large, overnight shipment of them. Last week, per the...
Pseudoseizure: Please Practice Before Coming to the ED
MILWAUKEE, WI - Emergency department staff at Elm Grove Methodist Medical Center thoroughly enjoyed the complete nonsensical seizure performance by a local homemaker.
Carol Whitaker, 43, of...
Breaking News! Baby Scores Perfect APGAR Scores of 10 and 10
ST. LOUIS, MO - GomerBlog is on the scene of breaking news coming out of Busch Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Initial reports are indicating...
Researchers Discover Length of “A While”
ST. LOUIS, MO - It turns out, when a patient’s symptoms have been present for “a while,” they began about 4.2 months ago.
So say researchers...
New Movantik (The Poop Medication) Commercial – Parody
Naloxegol or Movantik was made famous during the Super Bowel when we were all graced with a constipation ad to help fight the opioid...
Doctor Sees Patient Outside of Clinic
CHICAGO, IL - Dr. Wilkenson shared an elevator with one of his patients Wednesday. “Diane.” He said nodding his head. “How’s the...” He paused...
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