Stuff & Things
For those random bits that don't belong elsewhere
For those random bits that don't belong elsewhere
Orthostatics and bowel sounds, useless? Probably. We all have our pet peeves, especially in medicine, these are two of mine, and here is why we should probably stop doing them.
So you don't know what to do with your life and have decided to be a locums for a while? Me too. Here are some things to do after you've made the decision.
No, this will not be a discussion of the history of stethoscopes, or why or if they're still useful. I think they are, and will be for the foreseeable future, at least for some purposes. So no, this will about which is the best stethoscope, using data and numbers, so watch out.
I assume I want to feel important, like everyone else, and have some delusions of grandeur that anyone is going to care what I have to write. Or maybe I just want to collect all of my randomness in one place for easy storage and access. I'm sure I have a much better chance at succeeding at the latter.