Thursday, December 9, 2010

"AMS [Acute Mountain Sickness] must be distinguished from exhaustion, dehydration, hypothermia, and alcoholic hangover"
- Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine

i guess a hangover is a legit medical condition, i should be able to get a doctor's note next time i have one for an excused absence...

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Second fail of my medical school career...and i was just getting over the first one

"Mid-20 year old patient presents with moderate distress, anxiety, depression, hypersomnolence, insomnia, confusion, tremors, headaches, and failure to thrive. What is the diagnosis? The patient is a Medical Student."
-Noah

UPDATE: the class average for our respiratory midterm was a 67% so my 64% doesn't feel that bad anymore. hah!