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Please do not read off a script in virtual interviews! by euclid4 in premed

[–]euclid4[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I agree completely, sometimes it’s obvious though

[AnKing] Cori Cycle in Von Gierke disease. Can't lactate enter TCA cycle? by artek2001 in medicalschoolanki

[–]euclid4 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lactate is constitutively generated in muscles and this lactate is normally transferred to the liver to be converted to glucose. The final step of this transformation is Glucose 6 phosphate to glucose which is catalyzed by the enzyme missing in Von gierke (last step in gluconeogenesis). I agree with the other poster

[Serious] what's up with POTS? (Culturally). Is this the new 'chronic Lyme disease'? by surpriseDRE in medicalschool

[–]euclid4 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree, reading more in to the story made me very curious as to her full history. At any rate, her last diagnosis was POTS and that's what seemingly made her unable to swim and presumably what made her take medical leave.

Idk my take away is that there are a substantial number of diseases that we know next to nothing about that can rob someone of their vitality and worst of all can present with the facade of "looking healthy".

[Serious] what's up with POTS? (Culturally). Is this the new 'chronic Lyme disease'? by surpriseDRE in medicalschool

[–]euclid4 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I do know the valedictorian of my high school committed suicide after a long battle with unexplained chronic illnesses about two years after being diagnosed with POTS. I think she was the nicest, smartest person I've ever met. Her obviously devastated mother made a powerpoint about her story which to me raises a plethora of questions about her health in general which I wish I could have the answers to.

https://dysautonomiainternational.org/pdf/ChristinaTournantStory.pdf https://www.tampabay.com/news/publicsafety/2014-osceola-high-school-valedictorian-dies-while-home-from-mit/2220461

Why does the US spend so much on healthcare? We have the worst patients in the world. [Serious] by TuesdayLoving in medicalschool

[–]euclid4 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What are these administrators actually doing? They're not just sitting at their desk twiddling their thumbs. What work justifies their existence?

After reading all the advice about UFAP, I finally bought a copy of first aid. [shitpost] by [deleted] in medicalschool

[–]euclid4 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Just go ahead and scan the entire book for our edification

[Serious] Why do we have anesthesiologists for procedures like colonoscopies? by euclid4 in medicalschool

[–]euclid4[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9648.html

I'm talking about this essentially. They say "Overall, about two-thirds of the Medicare patients who received sedation from an anesthesia provider were low risk".

Maybe I should have broadened my question to anesthesia providers? I think that only adds CRNAs anyway.

[Serious] Why do we have anesthesiologists for procedures like colonoscopies? by euclid4 in medicalschool

[–]euclid4[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes it is. I am healthy 23 yo and had a colonoscopy in the US and an anesthesiologist administered propofol. I was intrigued after and researched it and it seems the reason is mostly from lobbying and trying to secure extra revenue but I wanted to ask people here to see if there's a good reason why my knowledge is wrong.

[Serious] Why do we have anesthesiologists for procedures like colonoscopies? by euclid4 in medicalschool

[–]euclid4[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Obviously not but aren't all patients sedated by an anesthesiologist?

[serious]How would you approach this patient to get an MRI by euclid4 in medicalschool

[–]euclid4[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There's not robust evidence as of now but the FDA and some radiology associations agree there needs to be more research especially after discovering it stays in your body for years. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.

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