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Archive for December, 2010

Residents’ Christmas Carol Sing-Along

Greg Bratton, MD • December 20th, 2010

Categories: About Residency

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The 12 Days of Christmas (Come on! Sing along!) On the first day of Christmas, the ER sent to me… A cardiac arrest without a DNR. On the second day of Christmas, the ER sent to me… Two gunshot wounds, And a cardiac arrest without a DNR. On the third day of Christmas, the ER [...]

Healthy Is Not Always Convenient

Greg Bratton, MD • December 13th, 2010

Categories: Clinical Implications of Research

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7-11s and McDonalds are everywhere. They are successful because they are convenient, and we embrace convenience. We don’t want to go out of our way for anything. We have evolved into a society of drive-throughs, Internet shoppers, and Garmin users. If a short cut exists, we take it. Probably two or three times every day, patients [...]

Smoke and Mirrors

Greg Bratton, MD • December 6th, 2010

Categories: Cases and Rounds

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I saw two patients last week that really made me scratch my head. The first was a 15-year-old girl who was smoking a pack of cigarettes daily and had been for 3 years; the other was a 26-year-old man who smoked 1.5 packs daily for 10 years and had recurrent oral ulcers and bleeding gums. [...]