The Danbury Medical Files
Hello, I am Christian Espana Schmidt, MD. During my 25 years of medical career, I have witnessed changes in the medical profession. Starting as a medical student in Guatemala, Central America, where after medical school I completed my internal medicine residency, and then I served in a rural community for 6 years with innovation that persists, I went to New York City, where I repeated another internal medicine residency and was chief resident. My joy for teaching took me to Pensilvania where I learned about Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) a revolutionary technique to enhance physical examinations. I proudly started the POCUS program at Danbury Hospital. Now, I am developing the POCUS program of CIFC Health, a program dedicated exclusively to teaching POCUS in the outpatient clinic. As you can see, I already said I teach POCUS; however, I am very interested in other topics in medicine.
Of course I will continue to discuss POCUS, however I hope to dive in new topics in medicine.
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The Danbury Medical Files
Pleural effusion, the black bag of the physician, the case for POCUS
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During this episode, we dive into the history of the diagnosis of pleural effusion since the term "succussion" to POCUS. We talk briefly about the invention of percussion and how physical examination and imaging fare in diagnosing pleural effusion. We talk about POCUS and pleural effusion. Finally, we talk about the black box or bag of the physicians. The black bag used to be the signature of the physicians carrying all the paraphernalia that was needed for a physical examination and treatment. This black bag has disappeared, but, Is it coming back? Could POCUS and the use of other technologies bring back home visits and the relationship between physicians and patients?
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