Category: Physiology
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How the Endocrine System Works (2016)
No one in the medical community has so far been successful at stopping the epidemic of terrible endocrinology books that has been plaguing the medical community for decades. I won’t name names but have a look at what’s out there and you’ll be stunned: the market is full of bloated endocrinology tomes that have many…
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Physiology (2017)
This blog is largely devoted to authors who have spent their entire careers teaching and writing about a single medical subject or field. For Dr. Linda S Costanzo, it’s Physiology (2017). Physiology is the lingua franca of medicine. Medical doctors solve problems by thinking and conversing with their patients and with other professionals in physiology…
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Hypoxia: Critical but Often Poorly Understood Concepts
Hypoxemic Hypoxia Arterial hypoxemia almost always points to either a reduction of the inspired oxygen tension or to a lung problem. When troubleshooting a hypoxemic patient, it sometimes helps to investigate the problem by breaking it down in an organized and stepwise fashion: Hardware and access issues: these are more or less obvious plumbing problems which…
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A Definitive Acid-Base Disorders Worksheet
This Acid-Base Disorders Worksheet is one of the best acid-base algorithms I have ever seen. It is an adaptation from Joshua Steinberg MD, sent to me today by Dr. Dontu, academic hospitalist at York Hospital, York PA.