This started as a reply to the comment for a post earlier today, but became quite long, so I thought I’d post it on the front page… Shelby asks The question I have (and I honestly don’t know) is when is a virus no longer contagious? Johnny should not be allowed in school until he’s [...]
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Sounds like Grunt Doc had a bad day too.
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I got my viscera in an uproar today with an apparently intelligent, well-meaning mother who would not accept the fact that I wasn’t going to give her son antibiotics. I explained all about viruses and how antibiotics don’t work on colds. “But he’s been sick for 5 days,” was her exasperated reply. (I refrained from [...]
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EBV The vast majority of mind numbing pediatric acute clinic visits in December and January are for colds and fevers. This is probably the majority of pediatric ED visits as well, but seeing as we have only 2 months dedicated to pediatric exposure, I don’t think we should be doing winter rotations…the learning is limited. [...]
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…before I meet clinical criteria for sinusitis. I took wednesday off, and thursday I was already off so I had 48 hours to sleep, hallicinate and try to recover, but my sinuses aren’t cooperating. However at work yesterday, I felt relatively immune from whatever viruses were being showered all over me as I examined screaming [...]
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I’m flattered to have made the very first “Best of Me Symphony” from Snooze Button Dreams for my post on Priapism a few months ago. SNB is looking for nominations for the second weekly “best of me” This post compilation meme is structured like the Carnival of the Vanities but concentrates on the best posts [...]
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It’s been awhile since I posted a juicy ER story. This one is somewhat second hand, but I can tell i from my perspective. As I sat in our dream-world outpatient acute care pediatric clinic yesterday afternoon, having seen about 3 patients in 3 hours, the phone rang. It was one of our ER attendings. [...]
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Well, I’ve finally gotten the first phase of my database running. Once I had it working on my laptop, getting it to work on my hosting service took an additional 2 days! But it ‘s up, and it’s working thanks to lots and lots of tech support and tweaking. Phase One just means I’m not [...]
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Well another blogger post vanishes into cyberspace. Considering how badly I felt on Sunday, I don’t feel too shabby today. In fact, I almost felt like a normal person. I can only make two firm conclusions from this: #1 I don’t have the flu. #2 Zinc Gel seems to work. That and a squirt of [...]
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I dragged myself out of bed this morning to the grocery store. As I roamed the isles seeking out orange juice and soup, I noticed my paraspinal muscles were tight and sore…not your typical lower back pain, but like I had done some unusual back exercise at the gym. As I sank into the couch [...]
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