Minnesota medicine
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Increasingly, physicians and medical students are integrating apps that run on smartphones and tablets into their clinical work. This article describes a small anecdotal study of app use among third-year University of Minnesota medical students and their faculty preceptors. We describe apps used by the students and physicians we interviewed and offer guidance for choosing apps that are reliable, useful and up to date.
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Despite significant advances in the science of resuscitation, survival to discharge after an in-hospital cardiac arrest in the catheterization laboratory remains poor. Clinicians face the challenges of performing CPR during procedures to address the cause of the arrest and the limitations of prolonged manual CPR. ⋯ The patient experienced complete neurological and hemodynamic recovery. This case demonstrates the importance of prompt high-quality, uninterrupted CPR using an automated chest compression device to facilitate early emergent revascularization of a vein graft.