Genomic Sequencing for the Healthy Individual?: Think Smaller
Whole-genome sequencing is now easily done for very little cost. It is not known how to interpret the results of this testing. It is inadvisable for healthy individuals to undergo routine whole-genome...
9 Mai 201717min
Diabetes in 2017: Focus Less On HbA1c and More On Cardiovascular Risk Reduction
Much has changed recently in diabetes management. The treatment goal has shifted from rigorous glucose control with HbA1c as the primary target to cardiovascular risk reduction. Risk reduction can be ...
3 Apr 201729min
JAMA Performance Improvement: Retained Foreign Body From a Sheared Off Lumbar Drain
A resident is asked to remove a drain that was placed in the lumbar space during an operation. Having never seen this sort of drain before not having removed one, the resident proceeded to remove the ...
28 Mar 201719min
Alzheimer Disease Overview and the Possibility That It's Caused By Infections
Alzheimer disease causes progressive neurologic deterioration and is reasonably common in elderly patients. It is characterized by specific patterns of memory loss, which progressively worsens and for...
20 Mar 201727min
Why the New Sepsis Guideline Changed
Recent guidelines for how to best manage septic shock have changed. Gone are recommendations for central venous oxygen saturation monitoring and goal-directed therapy. In is the concept that septic sh...
7 Mar 201733min
Updated Guidelines for Sepsis Management
In 2017 the Society for Critical Care Medicine updated its guidelines for sepsis management. These new guidelines differ significantly from ones in the past in that they no longer recommend protocoli...
28 Feb 201715min
JAMA Professionalism: What Should Students or Residents Do When Abused by Faculty
Approximately one-third of all medical school graduates report having been abused as students. Medical student and resident abuse has long been considered unacceptable behavior but still persists in t...
16 Feb 201730min
Sarcopenia, Frailty and Risk Prediction in Geriatric Patients
As people age, loss of muscle mass is inevitable, resulting in sarcopenia. Muscle loss contributes to overall weakness, which causes frailty. Frailty, in turn, is the generalized susceptibility to dis...
9 Feb 201718min
