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What kind of day am I having?!?
Hmmm…let’s see… The hospital kept paging me all night. I have a whole bunch of patients in house, most of them in training for hospice. One is a sweet little old lady who faint… more »
WhiteCoat Underground
What kind of day am I having?!?
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PalMD wrote 3 months ago: Hmmm…let’s see… The hospital kept paging me all night. I have a whole bunch of … more »
Dying sucks (so I'm told)
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PalMD wrote 3 months ago: This story came up recently among some folks I know, so I’m reposting it. –PalMD I … more »
Adventure!
alphaoverlord wrote 8 months ago: Today was one of the best afternoons I’ve had since coming to Rice. I couldn’t stop smil … more »
I'b sigck
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notratched wrote 8 months ago: This is how I am talking today. Everyone direct positive vibes toward my immune system, which has fa … more »
No one gets HIV anymore...
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PalMD wrote 9 months ago: …unless you look for it. In some of my previous posts (here, and here, and sort of here) I … more »
Volunteering at Ben Taub
alphaoverlord wrote 9 months ago: Last Thursday was my first day volunteering at Ben Taub General Hospital. I volunteer in the Emergen … more »
Vocabulary for nurses
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notratched wrote 9 months ago: Did I fall off the turnip truck, or have all the nurses I keep hearing say “exasperation … more »
Salt your way to health, Part I
PalMD wrote 9 months ago: As it turns out, in my own neck of the woods there is a small woo-factory. I came upon it when I sa … more »
My dog ate it
PalMD wrote 9 months ago: For better or worse, people are more than just complicated machines. As I’ve written about ea … more »
How do you save people from themselves?
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PalMD wrote 9 months ago: Or should you even try? If you are a physician, the answer to the second question is “yes … more »
Other people's lives
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PalMD wrote 9 months ago: Being a doctor, you get very intimate glimpses into other people’s lives. This is one of the … more »
Where the fever demon strews poison/with the falling dews
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PalMD wrote 9 months ago: A man came to the office a while back. He had been feeling unwell for several days. He had fever … more »
Whoopie in the news again
PalMD wrote 10 months ago: Just a reminder, since it’s been a while since I bothered everyone. Pertussis (whooping cough … more »
What do you want to die of?
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PalMD wrote 10 months ago: He was wheeled into the office by a young man, maybe his son, I’m not sure. He overflowed the … more »
No, you're not an idiot...
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PalMD wrote 10 months ago: I just read a wonderful post by a fellow medical blogger pondering how to deal with woo when it come … more »
Crackpot sues biologist
PalMD wrote 10 months ago: PZ Myers of Pharyngula fame is actually being sued for reviewing a book at the author’s reques … more »
What your grandmother told you
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PalMD wrote 3 months ago: My residents sometimes complain about all the patients who come to see them with the common cold. A … more »
Combat zone
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notratched wrote 4 months ago: I had clinicals all day Thursday and Friday and then worked 12’s on Saturday and Sunday (days! … more »
Staying on mission
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PalMD wrote 5 months ago: I was doing my daily reading over at ScienceBlogs and decided a bit of a mission statement might be … more »
