November 2008
43 posts
Write or Die is rickrolling me to force me to write more. (Love this program.)
Booting up Write or Die. http://lab.drwicked.com/ (If I haven’t blogged lately, it’s because I’m finishing a book.)
Physicians: I’m hosting a dinner lecture at Compass Restaurant in NYC on Chronic Kidney Disease on Thursday, Dec 4. Interested? Message me.
2-year-olds enjoy playing hide and seek amidst the fleet of heavily armored presidential limousines. (Interesting weekend; don’t ask.)
RT @grahamwalker: Saved a testicle today. And feel damn good about it.
Fun fact: the pressure used for cardiac angioplasty — 18 atmospheres — is the same pressure used to make espresso. (Yes, it’s late.)
(adding postpartum coronary artery dissection to the list of diseases I’m glad don’t occur very often)
Added a case submission form to http://ClinicalCases.org:
http://tinyurl.com/6plpgu (via @AllergyNotes)
Just bought “1,000 Essential ‘1,000 Essential Books to Read Before You Die’ to Read Before You Die.” (via @scottsimpson)
“Healing Skills for Medical Practice” http://tinyurl.com/6f7q5w
I wrote 1003 words in 39 minutes with Write or Die! http://lab.drwicked.com/writeordie.html
The Merck Manual of Patient Symptoms http://tinyurl.com/6a96ee
Espresso #3. Good morning.
(Post on “Hacks for UpToDate” to follow.)
Theory: Everyone has one Gmail theme they like — and they hate all others. (Mine: Shiny.)
The iPhone mail app now correctly displays articles emailed from UpToDate. (For 1% of you, this is huge.)
Current location (testing): http://bit.ly/NjN1
Current favorite app in the arms race for iPhone Twitter clients: Tweetie.
Being a nephrologist, continued: “Hi, I have hypokalemic periodic paralysis.”
Regarding diseases that begin with “malignant”: someone was just scrambling for an adjective.
(Working through the differential diagnosis of why a patient is not in their hospital bed.)
Tech Medicine Links for 11.17.8 http://tinyurl.com/5ssqz2
The first generation Macbook Air is now $1149. I can’t justify buying this, but someone should: http://bit.ly/ax88
Can I apply my Amazon gift card towards buying someone else an Amazon gift card? Does this rupture the space-time continuum?
Testing the “Chess with Friends” iPhone app.
One drop of agave nectar in a ristretto shot. (ZOMG)
Flip Mino HD vs Kodak Zi6 Side by Side http://vimeo.com/2254096?pg=embed
Little two minute hourglasses with colored sand — shockingly helpful.
Still here: writing, and consuming a lot of Nespresso capsules.
Using OsiriX to Guide Surgery http://tinyurl.com/6hdt37
Tech Medicine Links for 11.14.8 http://tinyurl.com/67mn3m
Whose. Argh.
Who’s idea was it to have this EMR warn me EVERY TIME I put someone on a beta blocker, “Watch out! They may have a pheochromocytoma!”
Patient just explained to me that his previous doctor smoked a cigar during the physical exam…
Drug reps taking pains to ensure I understand their drug is called “Lovaza” — not “Lavaza,” which is a type of espresso.
Central park squirrels staged a succesful assault on the babkas in an unattended stroller, per my wife.
Meanwhile, in the hospital, I can report that the onion rings from a kosher vending machine are not so bad. (I couldn’t *not* try them.)
An MD with fever went to a lab, had blood cultures, found bacteria in his blood, & started himself on oral anbiotics. Tip: never do this.
Do any twitter apps for the iPhone allow retweeting?
iPhone burning a hole in my pocket while downloading the entire text of Wikipedia.
Twitter: Fast social networking for medical... →
What would a workday be without @intueri describing her commute home?
Happy Election Day.