Wednesday, January 31, 2007

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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

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Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Flickr: Halo


Halo, originally uploaded by vonvonvon.

Monday, January 22, 2007

Never Teach a Cardiologist How to Do Anything

Via a cardiologist friend (not quite seriously):
By the way, did I ever mention to never teach a single cardiologist how to perform any kind of dialysis? Because if just one of us knows, all of us will learn, and then we will start doing it.

Ask any radiologist about nuclear stress tests, MRI, CT, ultrasound or diagnostic catheterization.

Saturday, January 20, 2007

Jennifer Strange Died from Water Intoxication (Hyponatremia) After Drinking Two Gallons of Water. How Low Did Her Serum Sodium Go?

More on the tragedy here. Some quick calculations. Assuming she weighed 63.5 kg (140 lbs), with a 50% body water percentage, her total body water was 31.75 L.

According to this article, she drank 2 gallons (7.5 liters) over approximately two hours, and we'll assume her kidneys eliminated 1000 ml of that -- figuring her max urine output was 500 ml per hour, and a full bladder holds at most about 1000 ml -- which means her total body water increased by about 6.5 liters in two hours (assuming that she absorbed all the water she ingested). If her serum sodium was initially normal at 140 mEq/L, after the contest she would have a serum sodium of [140 X (31.75 / 38.25)] = 116 mEq/L.

Serious symptoms usually occurs when the serum sodium is less than 120 mEq/L. Dropping your sodium from 140 to 116 could definitely lead to brain swelling and death.

Flickr: The Yew Tunnel


The Yew Tunnel., originally uploaded by annicariad.

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Friday, January 19, 2007

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Flickr: Yodoagawa river, Osaka

Wednesday, January 17, 2007

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Monday, January 15, 2007

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Friday, January 12, 2007

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Flickr: Coney Island


Coney Island, originally uploaded by gregbrophy.

Flickr: 27wks


27wks, originally uploaded by CinDLin.

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Mindmap of "Getting Things Done" by David Allen

The GTD Mindmap / Flowchart has been updated. The new version is here.

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Tuesday, January 9, 2007

Mindmap of the Workup of Hypertension (Primary and Secondary)



For more lifehacks for healthcare, innovations, and best practices, see The Efficient MD.

(This post is for informational purposes only. Please see the disclaimer.)

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Monday, January 8, 2007

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Sunday, January 7, 2007

Flickr: Petra, Jordan


Petra, Jordan, originally uploaded by Yaatra.

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Saturday, January 6, 2007

Friday, January 5, 2007

Warren Ellis Reports for Reuters on Second Life

From Second Life Sketches: Two Worlds - Fame and Infamy:

It’s the biggest digital art installation in the world, the size of eight Manhattan Islands, but there are never more than 20,000 people there at the same time. It’s an instant messaging system, a software-coding environment, a design platform for 3-D architecture, an online community, and, conceivably, the germ of the next generation of computer operating systems. It’s called Second Life.

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Thursday, January 4, 2007

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Wednesday, January 3, 2007

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Kidney Stolen from 'Bodies' Exhibition

Via the Seattle PI:

Seattle police are investigating the theft of a kidney from "Bodies ... The Exhibition" -- the collection of preserved human corpses on display...

Tuesday, January 2, 2007

Mindmap of Treatment of High Potassium (Hyperkalemia) and Protein in the Urine (Proteinuria)


I've been experimenting with using MindManager as an educational tool. (The Wikipedia article on mindmaps is here.) This is a map I drew today for the nephrology fellows (click on the image for full resolution).

For more lifehacks for healthcare, innovations, and best practices, see The Efficient MD.

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Monday, January 1, 2007

Trend Blend 2007 Map

Via The Future Exploration Blog: Trend map for 2007 and beyond:
Given it’s festive season now, it’s probably time for a bit of fun. Nowandnext.com and Future Exploration Network have collaborated in producing a map of major trends for 2007 and beyond, across ten segments: society culture, government politics, work business, media communications, science technology, food drink, medicine well-being, financial services, retail leisure, and transport automotive.

Mindmap of Natural Planning Model for Projects (from "Getting Things Done")

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New Year: Sydney


Happy new Year, originally uploaded by GeneraLNinja.