Comments on Precious Bodily Fluids: My philosophy of consult nephrology

I remember Jerry Levine, one of my teachers, told ...

2009-06-30T14:12:46.857-04:00

I remember Jerry Levine, one of my teachers, told me the pre-test probability of ischemic ATN on AKI consult in the ICU was about 95%. He thought this pearl was particularly useful for late Saturday afternoon consults.

Thanks for this healthy reminder. I tend to get "l...

2009-06-30T12:07:38.235-04:00

Thanks for this healthy reminder.
I tend to get "lazy" in my thinking since most of what I see fits into a template I could pretty much stamp on the chart and fill in the details like age and baseline creatinine. But you are right, we need to be hungry or we'll never find the gold.