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White Coat's Call Room Two interesting studies were published recently.
First was a study in NEJM showing that the beloved ZeePack that so many people think will clear their boogers and resolve their cough instead increases the risk of death. During the 5 days that they took... Read moreWhite Coat's Call Room Very poignant story about how a daughter is dealing with the health problems of her elderly father. Not Watching My Goldfish Die. Read it.
Gatorade and Powerade are going to hate this study. Bananas are just as good as energy drinks as a source of ener... Read moreWhite Coat's Call Room
So I happened to be looking through my blog stats to see which posts are most interesting to you all lately.
One of the stats on the blog is search terms that cause people to end up on my blog. Some of them are amusing, such as "How do I disimpact myse... Read moreCurrent Features
White Coat's Call Room I decided to stop posting Healthcare Updates every Monday. For one, if I get overwhelmed on a Monday (like what has happened a couple of times in the past month) and can't get everything out into a post, then it doesn't get published. Plus, there's a dela... Read moreWhite Coat's Call Room Going green may make you feel blue. Reusable grocery bag cited as cause for norovirus outbreak. Member of girls soccer team became sick in bathroom where bag was sitting, later passed bag around to other players who ate cookies contained in the bag. The f... Read moreWhite Coat's Call Room Two days later than I planned on posting.
First of all, you all crack me up about the unemployment post. You can't imagine all the e-mails I got about this. I'm not going anywhere. But it is nice to know that my ramblings are modestly interesting to mo... Read moreCurrent Features “I am not sure that any research should be performed in emergency department settings, and I suspect that many grant review study sections feel the same way. Patients come to the ED with an acute problem and they need clinical care, not research protocols and consent forms.” Read moreNight Shift
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Did you know that the macrolide group of antibiotics (erythromycin and
all its cousins) could kill you? Drop dead – sudden death. Well there is
a growing body of literature saying just that. 
One of the primary expectations from the passage of the Affordable Care
Act was that fewer people would go to the nation’s emergency departments
rather than their primary physicians, thereby reducing the overall cost
of health care. 
We just finished a two-part series with one of our former Chief
Residents, Dr. Zachary Shinar. Zach has been working in San Diego at
Sharp Memorial Hospital and more recently at UC San Diego. What he has
been up to down there is nothing short of incredible.
On March 22, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR-5 – the
Protecting Access to Healthcare Act – by a vote of 234-173. The Act,
which went strongly down the party line (only 11 democrats voted for the
bill) had broad support from ACEP as well as the AMA and a range of
other medical organizations.Recently on Twitter:
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Want to help a team launch the first emergency medicine residency in Gaborone, Botswana? http://t.co/USy1yAVP
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Loma Linda ER evacuated after man claims to have bomb http://t.co/b9q6HVFx
09:50 AM May 4th from Tweet Button
