Here are some common symptoms of AFIB: 50% of patients have no symptoms Fatigue/lack of energy/”feeling old” Palpitations (irregular) (can be fast/slow) Shortness of breath Dizzness Chest pain Initial presentation with stroke Some less common symptoms of AFIB: Frequent urination (due to atrial stretch and release of natriuretic peptide from the atrium). Back pain/abdominal pain/limb…
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physician quality
Atul Gawande wrote a great article in the New Yorker in 2004 re. physician quality. Every illness is a story, and Annie Page’s began with the kinds of small, unexceptional details that mean nothing until seen in hindsight. Like the fact that, when she was a baby, her father sometimes called her Little Potato Chip,…
mentors
Dr. Kaushik Trivedi sparked my interest in cardiology during and after medical school. I worked with him in his private clinic for a year after I finished medical school. He taught me that the most dangerous heart arrhythmia is unexplained sinus tachycardia. Dr. Warren Jackman taught me everything I know about electrophysiology. His attention to…
patient satisfaction = patient death!
I have been mulling over this thought for some time. For the longest time I have operated under the dictum that healthcare is similar to any other customer service industry. However I think that the pendulum has swung too far where customer service is eclipsing outcomes in the healthcare sector. One could argue that the…