Let me explain how the heart pumps blood. It squeezes. Let me explain how you know if it is working. You palpate the radial pulse.
One day we are going to need to sit down and discuss how the kidney works, because it is not all that clear to me.
I'm Dr. Joshua Schwimmer, a nephrologist and internal medicine physician in New York City. • Kidney Notes was the first active nephrology blog. (Trivia: Kidney Notes is so old that the National Library of Medicine still uses it as an example of how to formally cite blogs.) • Professionally, you can find me at Kidney.nyc. • Kidney Notes is for educational purposes only, not medical advice. Consult qualified health care professionals. See disclaimer.
Friday, September 8, 2006
Heart Versus Kidney (From a Cardiologist)
Emailed to me by a cardiologist friend: