Monday, January 19, 2009

Rotations week two

Last week was really busy in the hospital. I had lots of interesting cases including:
Renal failure
COPD (lung problems associated with years of smoking)
Post natal depression
Bradycardia


Today I had a case involving a 52 year old with a heroin overdose. Crazy stuff! She also had heart failure, rhabdomyolysis, and alcoholic liver disease. What a mess indeed. The meds sure are interesting in a case like this because there are so many problems to deal with.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

My fave one is eczema. Seriously awesome! I do want to discuss one of your cases with you though, because most of what you tell me is pretty interesting. Plus then you will remember it better. :)

I told you that you would love hospital pharmacy. Lol.

claire said...

This sounds so awesome. I am jealous. I am also the new captain/coach/mother goose of my football team. Pretty sweet.

Anyway. Did you know that when a famous person gets in a car accident and it is well publicized, the rate of car accidents among regular people spikes? In conclusion: what is WRONG with people?

Anonymous said...

Looks like you are seeing the full gamet of diseases/illnesses/addictions Spence.............Great experience.
Awesome how great you are handling it!
Sounds like there is a book in all of this somewhere....

Huge hugs,
MOM