Posts Tagged ‘medicine’

Extra reading (I)-Clinical trials

My teacher for polyclinic therapy, he made studying an enjoyable task, gaining new knowledge a must for all medics, making mistakes a part and parcel of life. Although its strenuous studying under him , it was never a torture.

Here is one of the clinical trial he assigned me to read on.
The hypothesis of the trial [...]

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Systemic Sclerosis

Its a rare disease that I have not seen, since this cycle. (ok..go on, say that I am lazy to scout for patients).
Apart from being rare, it is also a progressive disease which ends with death. Not directly from it though,  but from its complication like heart , kidney or lung insufficiency. Doctors just cant [...]

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Xray

‘d like to share this CXR .

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Please do ignore the background trees and houses. Its taken from the window.
Found this film from the archieves. Kinda old one, so bear with the defects.
Anyone up for the challenge? There are some abnormalities.
Can you point it out and give your ddx?
Answers on Sunday.
@Having classes with ‘Мякишев [...]

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Boy with asthma

He is not really a boy anymore actually. He is 20, but still has his teenage looks with him. So, lets just refer him as Boy.
We were given the whole ward to clerk, he’s the only one procrastinating while I entered thats why I took him as my victim patient.
Wi : bla bla bla..(all the [...]

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The tooth that dragged me

Eee..Eee…Eee…(sound of drills poundering my ears)
I was uneasy, I can feel droplets of my face. I wonder whether they were my own blood or the water used to smoothen the drilling.
I can only see his eyes , focusing on his job.
I am on a chair, a dentist chair to be specific.
I have pericorinitis, inflammation caused [...]

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