Ever wonder what goes on in the heads of Cardiologists as they read EKGs? Test out your EKG reading chops with the Weekly EKGs and have our expert Dr. Ohlbaum walk you through her thought process as she interprets them.
Read MoreChief Corner: Today we had the first of many journal clubs at the VA interpreting the data behind the guidelines. In ACS, our knee jerk response is for anticoagulation - but do you know the mortality and morbidity benefits from heparin?
Read MoreThis week’s academic half day is a review dedicated to covering some high yield topics to help you prepare for the upcoming ITEs
Read MoreThe next AHD is on COPD. Relax and exhale…. Check out the pre-reading here
Read MoreFor the next Academic Half Day, we will be reviewing sepsis. Our time will be focusing on the definitions in sepsis, its pathophysiology, recommended treatment following the Surviving Sepsis Guidelines with a quick detour into EBM.
Read MoreIn preparation for the upcoming Academic Half Day please read these three articles on Acute Coronary Syndrome. The articles include a reviews as well as a meta-analysis on timing of intervention in NSTEMIs based on TIMI
Read MoreUrine looking frothy? Let’s take a closer look at proteinuria…
Read MoreFirst Day Reflections: The cycle continues, the new interns have arrived, the first week on wards is already completed. Jean Pannikottu reflects on the importance on the that first moment of feeling like a physician during that first week.
Read MoreDuring our Intern Boot Camp about Chest Pain, someone asked about nitrates and inferior MIs. This made me wonder about what the data is behind this “tradition”.
Would you give nitrates to a patient with an Inferior MI? Let’s look at what the data says…
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