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How rude would it be if I wrote “blood cultures were obtained on X date because the patient had a fever of 102. Unsure why blood cultures were not collected before this because the patient had been persisently febrile for five days.”

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sometimes i just sit and think about ways a genie can grant wishes.

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The Washington Post, Washington DC, April 4, 1916

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When your senior calls you for updates while you're in the middle of 5 consults.

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So my therapist said something awhile back and it’s really stuck with me.

I was talking about the stupid things I had done in high school.  How the stories I wrote were stupid and how all I ever wanted to draw was anime shit (which was stupid) and how immature I could be, etc etc etc.

and she was like “Why are you so determined to beat up on Little Maggie?”

It took me off guard, I was like “what do you mean?”

“Why do you keep saying Little Maggie is stupid?  You say she was stupid and immature but wasn’t she just a teenager?  Do you not like who you were as a teenager?”

I shrugged and was like “I think teenage me was very creative and was probably just having fun and being a teenager…”

“So why beat up on her and call her stupid and embarrassing?”

“I dunno, because I guess now I’ve learned a lot.”

“But she was young.  She didn’t know.  I’m just telling you this because if you keep beating up on Little Maggie, you have to remember that she grows up to be you.  When you put bruises and scars on Little Maggie, you’re leaving all the healing for Big Maggie.  Your insecurity about who you were as a child is going to come through into your adulthood.  Be nice to Little Maggie.”

And I’d never really thought of that before?  It seems status quo to just… hate who you used to be for not knowing enough, but that’s totally illogical.  Of course a younger version of you doesn’t know what you know and can’t act with the wisdom that you act.

And even if Little Maggie was writing silly stories about her friends while ripping off anime and drawing her own “manga” and being immature and goofy, she was having fun, she was being creative, she was enjoying the things she liked and she wasn’t hurting anyone.

She’s part of my past and hating her is hating the foundation of who I eventually became.

Just food for thought.

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Admission #228: Support

Favorite Attending: Wait, you're presenting at that big conference tomorrow.

Me: Uh, yeah.

FA: What faculty member is going with you?

Me: The program director.

FA: I can go, too. I was going to go.

Me: You weren't on the invite email

FA: I'm on more important emails than you are, I go wherever I want to go so I'm going tomorrow.

Me: To cheer me on?

FA: I wanted to shame cardiologists in public. I could also support you, too. I guess.

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There is not enough caffeine in this world to make nephrology interesting.

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Why Did They Come?

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How many pigeons does it take to use a drinking fountain? In Brisbane, Australia, apparently the answer is three! Earlier this month, a trio of industrious birds Down Under figured out how to operate a water fountain by observing humans and then making their move when the coast was clear. The feathered friends reportedly spent 10 minutes bathing and sipping from the fountain, taking turns pushing the lever for each other until all were quenched. Who are you calling a birdbrain now?

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Medical Textbooks (PDF versions)

Hi Everyone!!

I was asked by @dankamphetamemes to share my holy grail textbooks and I did, but I thought I’d do you guys one better. I recommended that you should check them out in PDF versions before you buy them because honestly they’ll burn a hole through your pocket - so I gathered all the books I use and a couple of others for you to check out!! 

Heres a list of books you’ll find in my google drive:

- Robbins and Cotran’s Pathological Basis of Disease

- BRS Pathology

- Lippincott’s Biochemistry

- Lippincott’s Pharmacology

- Physiology by Linda Costanzo

- BRS Physiology

- Moore’s Clinically Oriented Anatomy

- Gray’s Anatomy Flashcards 

- Unfortunately I couldn’t find a PDF version of Medical Microbiology by David Greenwood - Ill keep looking and upload it when I find it

Extra books/flashcards:

- Guyton and Hall Textbook of Physiology

- Clinical Microbiology made ridiculously simple

- Netters Anatomy Flashcards

- Snells Clinical anatomy by regions

If you happen to face any trouble downloading them or accessing them shoot me a message and let me know

Here’s the link - enjoy!!

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0ByVv1ccrvWveUGVuZFRCQWp3MDQ&usp=sharing

More medical resources:

http://themed-student.tumblr.com/post/162410844487/medical-school-resources-and-other

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Top 100 Secrets

These secrets are 100 of the top board alerts. They summarize the concepts, principles, and most salient details of neurology.

1. The first step in treating patients with neurologic disease is to localize the lesion.

2. Myopathies cause proximal symmetric weakness without sensory loss.

3. Neuromuscular junction diseases cause fatigability.

4. Peripheral neuropathies cause distal asymmetric weakness with atrophy, fasciculations, sensory loss, and pain.

5. Radiculopathies cause radiating pain.

6. Spinal cord disease causes a triad of distal symmetric weakness, sphincter problems, and a sensory level.

7. A unilateral lesion within the brain stem often causes “crossed syndromes,” in which ipsilateral dysfunction of one or more cranial nerves is accompanied by hemiparesis and/or hemisensory loss on the contralateral body.

8. Cerebellar disease causes ataxia and an action tremor.

9. In the brain, cortical lesions may cause aphasia, seizures, and partial hemiparesis (face and arm only), while subcortical lesions may cause visual field cuts, dense numbness of primary sensory modalities, and more complete hemiparesis (face, arm, and leg).

10. The brain is isolated from the rest of the body by the blood-brain barrier.

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