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Musings of a Scepticemic Oslerphile.
Pranab Chatterjee
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- January 8, 2013
- 11:37 AM
- 220 views
The USA Dream for IMGs: Coming to an end? Analysing the 2012 Match
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
My attention was drawn to an article in the JAMA today (1) by one of my friends who is actively pursuing the USMLE route. And after reading this, I guess I have to admit that one now has to make haste in order to prevent waste. Now I have long been wanting to write about [...]... Read more »
Traverso G, & McMahon GT. (2012) Residency training and international medical graduates: coming to America no more. JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association, 308(21), 2193-4. PMID: 23212494
- September 21, 2012
- 04:20 PM
- 336 views
William Gosset: A True Student
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
Today I attended a Basic Epidemiology class meant for the undergraduate students as I thought it would be good to brush up on my basic knowledge. The topics for the day were Hypothesis Testing and An Introduction to Randomized Controlled Trials, both pretty important ones, no matter which level you are studying at. What struck [...]... Read more »
Raju TN. (2005) William Sealy Gosset and William A. Silverman: two "students" of science. Paediatrics, 116(3), 732-735. DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-1134
- February 16, 2012
- 05:02 AM
- 482 views
Remembering Tinsley Harrison, the Oslerian Physician
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
The past few weeks have been very demanding on me and I have not had the best of times, either on the personal or on the professional front. So, today, I took a break from the usual drudgery of life and decided to take a step back and remind myself of the bigger picture of [...]... Read more »
Dalton ML. (2001) William Osler's influence on the career of Tinsley Randolph Harrison. Southern medical journal, 94(7), 724-7. PMID: 11531181
- February 14, 2012
- 01:51 AM
- 579 views
Valentine’s Day Kills!
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
I wish all my readers a very Happy Valentine’s Day and though I am spending it in a rather sad and loser-like fashion, I hope y’all make a day out of it! I know this is the day when pink sappiness overrules our lives and the loveless ones like myself feel rather left out of [...]... Read more »
Davenport, S., & Birtle, J. (1990) Association between parasuicide and Saint Valentine's Day. BMJ, 300(6727), 783-784. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.300.6727.783
- February 7, 2012
- 04:00 AM
- 654 views
Thoughts on World Cancer Day: Part I–Unraveling Yuvraj Singh’s Cancer
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
Sorry for missing the train on this one. February 4th is the World Cancer Day and is one of the public health days that could do with some more propaganda in the public eye. I was so caught up with work and studies it just passed me by and I could not even get the [...]... Read more »
Bokemeyer C, Droz JP, Horwich A, Gerl A, Fossa SD, Beyer J, Pont J, Schmoll HJ, Kanz L, Einhorn L.... (2001) Extragonadal seminoma: an international multicenter analysis of prognostic factors and long term treatment outcome. Cancer, 91(7), 1394-401. PMID: 11283942
- November 26, 2011
- 10:26 AM
- 746 views
Earworms: Kolaveri Di and the Pathogenesis of a Musical Malaise
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
Like the rest of the nation (and some would say, the world), I have been asking myself over and over again why this kolaveri kolaveri kolaveri di. And in addition to that I have been asking myself why the heck does this happen to us in the first place. Now if you are not aware [...]... Read more »
Beaman, C., & Williams, T. (2010) Earworms (stuck song syndrome): Towards a natural history of intrusive thoughts. British Journal of Psychology, 101(4), 637-653. DOI: 10.1348/000712609X479636
- November 16, 2011
- 03:55 PM
- 767 views
Penile Cancer: Another Reason to Stop Banging Animals: (Insert Zoophilia Joke)
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
First up, I cannot believe the numbers! This is awe-inspiring. I read the abstract three times in order to convince myself that I was not seeing things. More than the results of the study itself what intrigues me no ends is how the researchers got the participants to open up about screwing with Billy. Billy [...]... Read more »
Zequi SD, Guimarães GC, da Fonseca FP, Ferreira U, de Matheus WE, Reis LO, Aita GA, Glina S, Fanni VS, Perez MD.... (2011) Sex with Animals (SWA): Behavioral Characteristics and Possible Association with Penile Cancer. A Multicenter Study. The journal of sexual medicine. PMID: 22023719
- November 10, 2011
- 09:50 AM
- 736 views
Trendelenberg vs Trendelenburg: What’s in a name?
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
I have a slew of exams lined up and am recovering from a (suspected) repetitive stress injury of the right wrist. Combined, they have managed to keep me offline long enough to stay off the blog. But since yesterday my wrist has been feeling a little more supple and hence, this post. Not much of [...]... Read more »
HUNTLEY, J. (2003) Trendelenburg and not Trendelenberg. The Lancet, 362(9378), 174-174. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)13883-4
- October 31, 2011
- 03:54 AM
- 746 views
Trick or Treatment: Do Doctors Encourage Poor Patient Behaviors?
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
Happy Pumpkin Day folks, and to celebrate this day of weird encounters, I am going to reel off a list of the commonest peeves I have experienced in the past couple of years I have been doing Medicine. There are obvious gaps in the stories, and many are not even unique to me, but I [...]... Read more »
Moseley, J., O'Malley, K., Petersen, N., Menke, T., Brody, B., Kuykendall, D., Hollingsworth, J., Ashton, C., & Wray, N. (2002) A Controlled Trial of Arthroscopic Surgery for Osteoarthritis of the Knee. New England Journal of Medicine, 347(2), 81-88. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa013259
- October 30, 2011
- 01:36 AM
- 657 views
Charles Beevor: The Sign of a “Bloody” Jerk
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
Forgive the hyperbolic title. Do not take offense and read on before hating on me. Thanks. Please note the post script for added justification for this inflammatory title, if you so feel. Thanks. Now on with the main show! Charles Edward Beevor is probably the most well known for the eponymous neurological sign in his [...]... Read more »
Pearce, J. (2005) Beevor’s Sign. European Neurology, 53(4), 208-209. DOI: 10.1159/000086731
- October 17, 2011
- 02:59 AM
- 755 views
House MD 8×02: Transplant
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
As big a fan of the House MD show I am, let me start off with the disclaimer that I consider this to be one of the worst ever episodes of House MD to come on air. EVER! And that … Continue reading →... Read more »
Steen S, Ingemansson R, Eriksson L, Pierre L, Algotsson L, Wierup P, Liao Q, Eyjolfsson A, Gustafsson R, & Sjöberg T. (2007) First human transplantation of a nonacceptable donor lung after reconditioning ex vivo. The Annals of thoracic surgery, 83(6), 2191-4. PMID: 17532422
- August 15, 2011
- 11:26 AM
- 1,894 views
Answer: MediQuiz #2: The Rhythm of Life
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
Yeah, once again, almost everyone got it right. There are few songs that tend to stick in your head as much as stayin’ alive does, and indeed, it is just the right beat to make your CPR go along with. … Continue reading →... Read more »
Matlock, D., Hafner, J., Bockewitz, E., Barker, L., & Dewar, J. (2008) 83: “Stayin' Alive”: A Pilot Study to Test the Effectiveness of a Novel Mental Metronome in Maintaining Appropriate Compression Rates in Simulated Cardiac Arrest Scenarios. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 52(4). DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.06.149
- August 2, 2011
- 12:13 AM
- 1,053 views
Are patients really “worse off” with older docs?
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
In what appears to be a largely counter intuitive result, research by the American Journal of Medicine has unearthed that patients end up faring worse when treated by older doctors or more experienced doctors. This Reuters article delves into the … Continue reading →... Read more »
Southern, W., Bellin, E., & Arnsten, J. (2011) Longer Lengths of Stay and Higher Risk of Mortality among Inpatients of Physicians with More Years in Practice. The American Journal of Medicine. DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2011.04.011
- July 24, 2011
- 01:01 PM
- 695 views
Blogs/Twitter in Medical Publications: Too Unreliable to Quote or A Change Waiting to Happen?
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
Just a few days ago, I was co-authoring a submission for a journal on the issue of handling social media with care and needed to cite a bunch of blogs and non-traditional online sources of information (including Tweets and Friendfeed … Continue reading →... Read more »
Mandavilli A. (2011) Peer review: Trial by Twitter. Nature, 469(7330), 286-7. PMID: 21248816
- July 22, 2011
- 11:48 AM
- 965 views
Move Over Penis Captivus, Cello Scrotum and Guitar Nipple, we have TEXTER’S THUMB!
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
The medical mind has pondered and pondered on the existence of maladies of the body and mind which are real, and sometimes, not so real. While the cynics say that the latter exist only in the realms of medical lore, … Continue reading →... Read more »
Walkinshaw, E. (2011) Thumbs up and down. Canadian Medical Association Journal. DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.109-3911
- July 12, 2011
- 03:35 AM
- 1,271 views
Harry Potter and the Missing Trauma Cases
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
With the last Harry Potter movie in the piping (due for a global release this weekend), it is understandable if the Potter craze gets a little irked this time around. And in true keeping with my Pottermania, in this post, … Continue reading →... Read more »
Gwilym, S. (2005) Harry Potter casts a spell on accident prone children. BMJ, 331(7531), 1505-1506. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.331.7531.1505
- July 1, 2011
- 01:00 AM
- 1,246 views
When Diseases Talk: Tuberculosis and Its Impression on Literature
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
A skiagram of the chest, showing miliary mottling, suggestive of Pulmonary Koch’s Disease in both lungs. there is also an opacity of the right upper lobe suggestive of active pulmonary disease. Patient was an 84 year old man, with a … Continue reading →... Read more »
DANIEL, T. (2004) The impact of tuberculosis on civilization. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America, 18(1), 157-165. DOI: 10.1016/S0891-5520(03)00096-5
- June 29, 2011
- 02:23 PM
- 1,337 views
Argyll Robertson: Better Be His Pupil, Than Have It!
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
Argyll Robertson pupils (“AR pupils”) are bilateral small pupils that constrict when the patient focuses on a near object (they “accommodate”), but do not constrict when exposed to bright light (they do not “react” to light). This condition is colloquially … Continue reading →... Read more »
Timoney PJ, & Breathnach CS. (2010) Douglas Argyll Robertson (1837-1909) and his pupil. Irish journal of medical science, 179(1), 119-21. PMID: 20069387
- June 25, 2011
- 04:30 PM
- 1,279 views
Harry Potter and Corynebacterium
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
How does Harry Potter and Corynebacterium toxins find a connecting bridge?... Read more »
A. M. Pappenheimer, Jr. (1942) Studies on Diphtheria Toxin and Its Reaction with Antitoxin. J Bacteriol., 43(3), 273-289. info:/
- June 3, 2011
- 11:37 AM
- 1,893 views
Super-Bugs in Bugs and A Media Scare
by Pranab Chatterjee in Scepticemia
Discussion of an epub before print publication of a very interesting paper on bed bugs as vectors of MRSA and VRE... Read more »
Christopher F. Lowe, & Marc G. Romney. (2011) Bedbugs as Vectors for Drug-Resistant Bacteria. Emerging Infectious Diseases. info:/10.3201/eid1706101978
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