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SSiggy replied to the thread Obligation to Police.Let me know when physicians get qualified immunity, then I’d care to compare. Remind me… what could the Acorn Victim have done to...
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SSiggy replied to the thread Obligation to Police.I was going to post the Alex Wubbels case. You know, the case where the police arrested a nurse for not violating a patient's...
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SSiggy reacted to ShockIndex's post in the thread Are diabetics immunocompromised in your practice? with
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Now, you and I are going to diverge a bit. Lactate certainly plays a role, but our understanding has evolved a bit over the past 25... -
SSiggy reacted to Janders's post in the thread Are diabetics immunocompromised in your practice? with Like.
Yes. Agree on all three. I’ve had a spate of run in with hospitalists who want to argue over text about admissions based on a cursory...
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SSiggy reacted to ShockIndex's post in the thread Are diabetics immunocompromised in your practice? with Like.
The SEP-1 bundle specifies that a repeat lactate should be checked within 6 hours; not at 6 hours. Thus, there is no need to turn a 3...
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SSiggy replied to the thread Are diabetics immunocompromised in your practice?.
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SSiggy reacted to ShockIndex's post in the thread Are diabetics immunocompromised in your practice? with Like.
Yes, a lactate > 2 with pneumonia, leukocytosis, fever, etc. is going to expose you to the SEP-1 Sepsis bundle from a CMS compliance...
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SSiggy replied to the thread Transport liability.Interestingly enough... the free Expert Witness substack case for this month is a transport case. Confidential settlement, 18 month...
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SSiggy replied to the thread Are diabetics immunocompromised in your practice?.This is my point exactly. 4 scenarios: If that patient goes home and does well, no issue. If the patient goes home, does poorly...
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SSiggy reacted to RustedFox's post in the thread Anyone want to guess at the number of unfilled spots this year? with Like.
Thanks for the links. The following is not an argument, or is any way pointed at you, bro: Is anyone else sick of kids and their...
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SSiggy reacted to BoardingDoc's post in the thread Are diabetics immunocompromised in your practice? with Like.
So the answer to @Janders question is no then. If the answer is "context matters" it can't also be that "lactate must be shown to be...
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SSiggy replied to the thread Are diabetics immunocompromised in your practice?.What’s the overall context? It’s like troponins. How high is too high depends on context.
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SSiggy replied to the thread Are diabetics immunocompromised in your practice?.As an aside... are the SEAK courses worth it to start expert witness work?
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SSiggy replied to the thread Are diabetics immunocompromised in your practice?.SEP 1 is the standard of care because of the golden rule. What's the "golden rule?" He (CMS) who has the gold makes the rules. Lactate...
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SSiggy replied to the thread Anyone want to guess at the number of unfilled spots this year?.I honestly thing that the high level post operative care is one of the best uses for the PLPs. The vast majority of post-op patients...