DrSam

A doctor doing doctor things. MedEd.

[Medical Axioms @medicalaxioms]

What if I told you there are no medicines without side effects and that balancing risk and benefit is a matter of judgment?

[TNW @thenextweb]

Tesla unveils its mesmerizing car-charging snake because you didn’t want a Model S already http://t.co/qVvLfa8lSp

[DrSam @DrSam_IMGDox]

#Prevent travelers' #diarrhea in a patient with #inflammatory #bowel #disease, use prophylatic rifaxamin #GI #IBD #USMLE #ABIM #MedEd

[DrSam @DrSam_IMGDox]

Live #Vaccines: Varicella, yellow fever, intranasal influenza, MMR, BCG & oral typhoid
#Immunology #USMLE #ABIM #MedEd

[DrSam @DrSam_IMGDox]

#Diarrhea w/ Stool osmotic gap >100 is most likely #Lactose #malabsorption. Gap <50 is #secretory diarrhea #GI #USMLE #ABIM #MedEd

[DrSam @DrSam_IMGDox]

#IBS: Diarrhea + Abdominal pain AND 2 or more of: Pain relief w/ defecation, change in frequency OR calibur of stool #GI #USMLE #ABIM #MedEd

[Learn the Heart @LearntheHeart]

Right Ventricular Hypertrophy on #ECG:

R:S > 1 in V1 in absence of other causes

OR

R wave in V1 > 7 mm

#USMLE

[Kevin Pho, M.D. @kevinmd]

MKSAP: 53-year-old woman with swelling of the face, hands, and feet http://t.co/FbOZ0QUty8

[DrSam @DrSam_IMGDox]

#pulmonology #ABIM #solitary #pulmonary #nodule #Fleischner #usmle #meded #CT

[DrSam @DrSam_IMGDox]

#weber #rinne #hearing test

[Learn the Heart @LearntheHeart]

Goal beta-blocker dose in systolic heart failure

Metoprolol succinate 200 mg PO daily
Carvedilol 25 mg PO bid
Bisoprolol 10 mg PO daily

[Learn the Heart @LearntheHeart]

Cabrera's sign ➡ Acute MI can be seen on #ECG with LBBB ➡ notch at 40 ms in upslope of S wave in lead V3/V4 #USMLE

[Learn the Heart @LearntheHeart]

AV dissociation during ventricular tachycardia

Also occurs in 3rd degree AV block

#USMLE #ECG #Cardiology

[MedClerkships @MedClerkships]

SOAP: 1,193 unfilled positions available mostly in family medicine, internal medicine, radiology, and general surgery programs. #match2015

[DrSam @DrSam_IMGDox]

#CARDIOLOGY Post #MI complications: #murmurs #holosystolic #VSD & #MR. If there's a #thrill its VSD! #USMLE #ABIM #MedEd

[Learn the Heart @LearntheHeart]

This patient waiting for a lung transplant ➔ severe pulmonary HTN

RVH with strain, R axis, RAE on #ECG

[DrSam @DrSam_IMGDox]

#NEUROLOGY #lacunar #infarcts mostly happen in #basalganglia #thalamus #pontine #cerebellar ; internal structures #USMLE #ABIM #MedEd

[Learn the Heart @LearntheHeart]

ACE Inhibitors - CAPTOPRIL

Cough
Angioedema
Potassium ⇧
Taste △
Orthostatic
Pregnancy (contraindication)
Renal
Itchy rash
Leukopenia #USMLE

[MedEd101 @Mededucation101]

Iron and calcium products can block the absorption of flouroquinolones like ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin #pharmacy #nursing #usmle