Warfarin toxicity management

Pharmacology and management of the Vitamin K antagonists: American College of Chest physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines/ Chest 2008

Normal ECG

Normal ECG characteristics

Rhythm: Regular (<10% variation at RR intervals)
Rate: 60-100 per minute

Cardiovascular Physical Examination

Cardiovascular Physical Examination

Each patient should be examined carefully and methodically.

Movies medical students should watch

By random order:

• Awakenings 
• The Doctor 
• Lorenzo's Oil
• The Fisher King  
• Wit  
• Philadelphia
• Patch Adams
• Awake
• Something the Lord Made 
• And the Band Played On 
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 
• The Painted Veil 
• The Race for the Double Helix 
• Article 99 
• Sicko 
• John Q 
• My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown 
• The Hospital 
• Britannia Hospital 
• Gifted hands: The Ben Carson story
• Gross anatomy
• Living proof
• Extraordinary measures
• A beautiful mind
• Shutter island

Also check out  this link for a more comprehensive list of medical themed movies

ECG Quiz 1 (difficulty ***** )

Tips for studying Internal Medicine

Internal Medicine (IM) is a big part of Medicine in general (the other two are surgery and laboratory medicine) which has it's own mentality and way of thinking. While studying IM, knowledge is not the only  goal you should have but approaching that kind of logic is something you should achieve, too. For that reason reading an IM textbook is less than enough. So these are some tips for approaching IM from an holistic point of view:

Felson’s 10 Axioms for a Lifetime of Learning Medicine

Felson’s 10 Axioms for a Lifetime of Learning Medicine

1. You like it, you’ll learn it; so learn to like it.
2. Principles are as important as facts. If you master the principles, you can make up the facts.