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Straight, No Chaser: The Doctor/Patient Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Talk
As an emergency physician, my first consideration is to eliminate life threats. Along the way, I cure disease and provide a ton of information. With all of these efforts, I pro
Straight, No Chaser: The Tragedy of Septic Shock
There are bad days and then there are really bad days. In many ways, the occurrence of septic shock is a culmination of a lot of bad things that can happen to you. Septic shock is
Straight, No Chaser: Inappropriate Antibiotic Use
Here’s a great concern regarding strep throat and the previous post that leads to a much more important topic (I’ll take the liberty of paraphrasing.): What about the c
Straight, No Chaser: MRSA, the Big, Bad Staph Infection
One of the things that’s changed a lot from when I first started practicing medicine is people show up every day to the emergency room for mosquito and spider bites. The lo
Straight, No Chaser: Emergency Room Adventures – The Risk of Rabies
You can’t make this stuff up. It’s another busy night in the ER, and back-to-back patients come in, not related but dealing with the same issue. One’s a child bitten
Straight, No Chaser: Who Let The Dogs Out? Animal Bites
Human Shark Week wouldn’t be complete without reviewing something getting bitten. Bow-Wow Ows Dogs bite almost 5 million people yearly, resulting in 800,000 visits to a healthcar
