The 71st Scientific Session of the American Diabetes Association took place in late June, and a number of other headlines appeared in our newsfeed. Here are...
August 9 the rape and murder of a 31-year-old intern at a government hospital in Kolkata, the capital of West Bengalraised concerns about sexual violence against...
In my last post I described a difficult case where the patient’s sister, who was a nurse, was attempting to limit the quantity of pain medication...
This yr’s holiday season has not been without incident in our home. Illness has reared its ugly head, because it often does when excitement builds, and...
End of life (EOL) care has all the time been a selected interest of mine. I do know the frustrations that usually arise when providing end...
He got here out of the room – slightly stuffy, with a respiratory rate of 28 and shallow respiration. His O2 saturation was 95%. He was...
Changes in lab values often give us clues about what is going on on with our patients. Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a severe, uncontrolled diabetes characterised...
I’m just a little embarrassed to confess it in front of a bunch of nurses, but I feel if I embarrass myself enough, possibly I won’t...
Caring for stroke patients may be difficult; when a stroke occurs, it’s essential to differentiate symptoms from other diagnoses. Determining the kind and placement of the...
In the Midwest, an enterovirus often known as EV-D68 is causing concern. Although it shouldn’t be a brand new virus, EV-D68 recently caused severe respiratory symptoms...
