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The Tree Man - A Mysterious Dermatologic Condition

December 1st, 2007 · No Comments

The Discovery Channel calls him “Half Man Half Tree”, and the UK Telegraph refers to him as the “Tree Man who grew roots.”
I am sure I am going to see many bizarre and heartbreaking stories in my career in healthcare, but this case is one of the strangest medical things I have ever seen […]

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Interesting little fact about pulses and blood pressure

November 28th, 2007 · No Comments

In a Trauma or Emergency situation, there’s not always time to slap on a blood pressure cuff, as I learned recently during a visit to a Trauma center. You eventually do want to get a blood pressure reading as soon as possible, but there’s a quick way to estimate the blood pressure, and that’s […]

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