ABG quiz revealed

While ABGs are painful, in cases like this one, they provide important information that pulse oximetry alone does not provide.

ABG quiz

The patient has metabolic alkalosis with respiratory compensation. The low oxygen level (pO2 of 62) suggests mild hypoxemia on room air.

Understanding epidemiology, strengths and weaknesses

Physicians often prescribe statins to healthier patients, influenced by requests and selective adherence, leading to better outcomes, even with placebo effects.

Medicare not paying for errors

While on vacation, I did view a few blogs. One topic which caught my eye was the new Medicare policy on errors.

Pushback against Groopman

Megan McArdle and eSkeptic have written pieces implying that Groopman has missed an important point.

More on we

We have a steadily increasing number of physicians providing retainer medicine. This model succeeds because it fulfills patient needs.

What is malpractice?

Of course I would love to see a national system of health courts. I would love to see consistency. But then I am a dreamer.

The battle for health courts continues

The public would benefit because health courts would set a standard for “flagging” repeat offenders.

A love letter to the VA EMR

We would clearly save money. Too often patients have expensive tests repeated because we cannot get the old results.

Reconciling the lung cancer screening studies

This is important because if patients do not achieve a mortality benefit, then we are spending moneys unnecessarily.