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Knowledge Shot: Hand Washing

April 4, 2020 / Greg Ramirez / 23 Comments

How to Diagnose Septic Arthritis

April 3, 2020 / Greg Ramirez / 0 Comments

How to Treat Septic Arthritis

April 3, 2020 / Greg Ramirez / 1 Comment

The Radiology Fellow – Avoidable Medical Malpractice Case

March 6, 2020 / Greg Ramirez / 20 Comments

Patricia Buckley was a retired teacher who lived most of her life in the midwest, but had recently moved to Dayton, Ohio. She shared a small 1-bedroom apartment with her trusted companion of many years – a parrot named Mr. Gatsby. Most nights she would watch movies, but occasionally she enjoyed hosting small dinner parties. …

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The Ophthalmologist – Avoidable Medical Malpractice Case

March 1, 2020 / Greg Ramirez / 10 Comments

Rebecca Foley was a middle-aged woman, who lived most of her life with her husband in Arlington, Texas. Two years ago, her daughter had twins, so Rebecca started spending more time in Austin to help her daughter and son-in-law take care of the babies and to help around the house. For years, Rebecca had a …

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The Moonlighter – Avoidable Medical Malpractice Case

February 27, 2020 / Greg Ramirez / 15 Comments

Dr. Clara Hom was a junior clinical faculty member who shared a 2-bedroom apartment with her older brother, in a suburb just outside of Denver, Colorado. During the day, Dr. Hom worked in the cardiology unit, but some evenings she would do night shifts in the Intensive Care Unit. She really hated moonlighting, but took …

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The Cardiologist – Avoidable Medical Malpractice Case

February 24, 2020 / Greg Ramirez / 30 Comments

Joseph Hoff was a 66-year-old man. He was originally from Germany, and his family moved to the United States when he was 3 years old. Joseph grew up in Chicago and then settled in Omaha, Nebraska, where he ran a family business – furniture restoration and repair. He loved the midwest and never really wanted …

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The Emergency Medicine Resident – Avoidable Medical Malpractice Case

February 23, 2020 / Greg Ramirez / 29 Comments

Dr. Theodore Watkins was a 31-year-old resident physician from Roswell, New Mexico. He regularly went to the gym, ate a plant-based diet, and practiced meditation – in many ways he was the picture of healthy living. Theo, as his friends and family called him, lived in a 2 bedroom apartment with his girlfriend and their …

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The Orthopedic Surgeon – Avoidable Medical Malpractice Case

February 20, 2020 / Greg Ramirez / 0 Comments

Sofia Morales was a young woman who lived in Atlanta, Georgia. She worked in a factory and studied at a community college. She had recently moved to the US and spoke Spanish as her primary language, but tried practicing English with classmates in the evenings – mostly through a group text chat – when she …

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COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease 19) – causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, pathology

February 20, 2020 / Greg Ramirez / 100 Comments

By now you’ve probably heard of COVID-19, or coronavirus disease discovered in 2019, which is responsible for a global pandemic. Thus far the main country affected has been China, but it has spread to a number of other countries around the world to a varying degree. The virus was initially referred to as the 2019-nCoV, …

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