UpToDate Links to Swine Flu Information

Here are some links to UpToDate's sections on Swine Flu, which are available from any networked pc at Montgomery Hospital:
Epidemiology & Diagnosis
Treatment & Prevention
Patient Information

DynaMed has Swine Flu Info

DynaMed is providing Swine Flu Clinical Info free of charge as a public service, and is available even though we no longer have a subscription.

ClinLabNavigator: Lab Test Info

Clinical Lab Navigator is an online manual of test interpretations and transfusion guidelines, created by Dr. Fred Plapp, author of a book on transfusion medicine.

The primary purpose of this web site is to provide a comprehensive, yet practical, resource of clinical laboratory information for patients, physicians and laboratory professionals. More than 500 laboratory test interpretations, 40 transfusion guidelines, method evaluation protocols, test utilization guidelines and algorithms are provided. The test interpretations and transfusion guidelines were written to help medical students, residents and physicians stay abreast of advancements in laboratory medicine.

For your patients, Lab Tests Online, created by a nonprofit consortium of associations, provides educational information such as:

Coping with Test Pain, Discomfort, and Anxiety
Test Preparation: Your Role
Deciphering Your Lab Report
Follow That Sample: A Short Lab Tour

Tips on Prescribing for Wal*Mart

RookieDoc has an interesting post about his frustrating and disheartening experience waiting in line to get a prescription filled at Wal*Mart. Here's a link to his observations about making it easier for your elderly patients to get their prescriptions filled:
http://rookiedoctor.net/2008/12/residency-pearls-tips-walmart-pharmacy/

Wal*Mart's $4 prescription plan.

Target's $4 prescription plan.

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Online Procedure Guides

Clinical Cases and Images has a nice list of procedure guides, in formats such as video, powerpoint and illustrations.

Topics include:

Central line placement. See also Central line placement with ultrasound guidance.
Thoracentesis (pleural tap)
Paracentesis (ascites tap)
Arthrocentesis (joint tap)
Arterial line placement is illustrated in The Internet Journal of Health.

ECG Wave Maven

ECG Wave Maven is a self assessment program for students and clinicians, developed by physicians from Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital and Harvard University, as a way to improve ECG literacy.

Registration Required
Browse the Case List (quiz mode)
Browse with Diagnoses (reference mode)
View a Random Case
View the Most Recent Case
Search Cases by Diagnosis
Provide Feedback to the Authors

Related Post:
Emergency ECG Module

CT is us: Radiology Pearls and More

CT is us is created and maintained by The Advanced Medical Imaging Laboratory (AMIL). AMIL is a multidisciplinary team dedicated to research, education, and the advancement of patient care using medical imaging with a focus on spiral CT and 3D imaging.

25 CT pearls added each month.

Teaching files with 1,000's of cases

Radiology Quiz each month with chance to win prizes

All of the quizzes from April 2006 onward have the answers presented in a Vodcast discussion format. To subscribe to the quiz Vodcasts please see instructions page! This month's prize is a CD: No Line on the Horizon by U2.This month's quiz deadline is March 31. They will post the answers and a new quiz on April 1st

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