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Giving furosemide 20mg for ascites

“Humans have long coexisted with fire and smoke, and this exposure has significantly influenced our biology—especially our lungs. Cooking food, staying warm, and surviving in primitive shelters all meant constant interaction with smoke. This exposure likely played a role in

When I was a 3rd year resident already matched into cardiology we had an EKG conference. I was asked to interpret an EKG that was classic for pericarditis but I didn’t recognize any of the findings. I just hadn’t seen much pericarditis in training. I was embarrassed to miss this

If airflow obstruction is no longer essential for diagnosis, should we still be calling it COPD? #COPD Read this perspective published today in JAMA jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

A new COPD diagnostic schema that includes chest imaging, respiratory symptoms, and spirometry identified more high-risk individuals and excluded low-risk ones. #ATS2025 ja.ma/4dp9i30

In critically ill patients, neither dexmedetomidine nor clonidine was superior to propofol in reducing time to successful extubation. #ATS2025 ja.ma/3SFgz54

"Patients will increasingly expect from health care...convenient, technology-driven solutions exploiting AI that service their needs and save them time." This Viewpoint examines how #AI could reshape health care. ja.ma/3SNO3hI

Most viewed this week from JAMA: In critically ill patients, neither dexmedetomidine nor clonidine was superior to propofol in reducing time to successful extubation. ja.ma/4jlEvFJ

This JAMA Insights explores the use of portable point-of-care ultrasound and focused cardiac ultrasound imaging in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with sepsis and septic shock in the emergency department and intensive care unit. ja.ma/4dzyRP1

This Guide to Statistics and Methods discusses approaches to incorporating AI–enabled analytics when working with big data. ja.ma/4muLa31

"As a society, we must invest in the well-being of vulnerable older adults." This Viewpoint explores how long-term care planning and essential community resources can benefit older adults who wish to stay in their homes. ja.ma/4mGAPBi

It’s June 1! And at my hospital that means our interns get started on the floors in 20 days! So here are a list of things many of us learned this year just being an intern (in any specialty!) 🤓

My mentor, Prof. Ruskin, once shared this quote with me, and with intern year approaching, I think it’s the perfect time to revisit it — from William Howard Taft: “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than

Addressing patients’ expectations can enhance treatment outcomes and reduce adverse effects. This JAMA Insights offers four communication strategies to improve clinician-patient interactions. ja.ma/3Hsek2L

Mapping the Epidemiologic Features of Endotracheal Tube Obstruction: A Novel Approach Using a Vision-Based Tool Read the full research in the June issue of #journal_CHESTCritCare: hubs.la/Q03syCDs0 #MedEd #JournalCHEST

Many AI innovations could benefit patients and clinicians, write the authors of a new Perspective. Yet medicine should heed lessons from industries in which AI adoption has resulted in reduced autonomy for workers and inferior working conditions. Read the full Perspective by by

Program Director’s Note - Personal Statement Pitfalls A #ProgramDirectorsNote to my Yale IM Traditional Residency Program residents now that fellowship applications are in. My Yale Internal Medicine are great writers, but there are always pitfalls to avoid. open.substack.com/pub/siegelmark…

Tools of the Trade: Pulse Oximeter 🔨 You know how a pulse oximeter works. Now, let's discuss when it might mislead you...😖 A thread 🧵

Mandatory slide for any lecture on oxygen delivery: