Medicine- Day 9

half way through the medicine rotation.

I am sad to see it go by so quickly. Beth and I did a midpt evaluation for the rotation and these are some things that I should continue to work on:

- communication

- basic therapeutics

- putting learnt material into “actual” patient scenarios

FMI:

• UTI prophylaxis if the patient experiences 3 or more episodes per year
• UTI prophylaxis: septra 1 ss tab daily OR septra 1 ss 3x weekly
• hyoscine  or scoplamine: used to decrease secretion
• Corrected calcium= measured calcium + 0.02 ( 40- alb)
• calcium increase often related to cancer
• B.A.D.= bipolar affective disorder