Big Pimpin'

[whizatphys]

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What's the most ridiculous question you've ever been pimped out on? AND, if you were genius enough to know the answer, please do tell

 

[Psai]

Relation between fish oil and the prostate?
Why is iron a Tx for restless leg syndrome?
A guy is put on nitrates and diltiazem and gets sinus bradycardia overnight. Intern wants to lower the diltiazem dose but the attending says not yet. Why?

(from phloston)

 

[redpanda]

What is the best book on physical diagnosis that was ever written? 😡

 

[VisionaryTics]

What is the Weber-Ferguson variant of the lateral rhinotomy incision and what are its indications?

Not necessarily an obscure pimp question, just a ridiculous question to ask an M4 during a tonsillectomy.

What is the best book on physical diagnosis that was ever written? 😡

Cope's Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen?

 

[whizatphys]

Oh man, these are better than expected, keep em coming!!

 

[whizatphys]

... Let's see if each new post can top the last one mwahahaha (evil laugh)

 

[Flamen04]

"What did my wife pack me for lunch? If you get this right, you get an A for the day."
"Umm... A sandwhich?"
"Trick question, I have no wife. I guess you fail!"

 

[Rirruto]

"What is the presentation of Ludwig's angina?"

 

[Amba]

About 11pm at a hotel party at a research conference and I start talking to a gentleman who is a biochemistry professor at a very well-known medical school. His first question for me: "You were at the the metabolism presentation this afternoon, right? Say, what does fructose 2,6-bisphosphate do again?"

More the situation, less the difficulty of the question.

 

[VisionaryTics]

"What is the presentation of Ludwig's angina?"

Um, you should know that. That's a life threatening issue.

 

[Psai]

Um, you should know that. That's a life threatening issue.

I actually heard of it off chance during second year when I was interviewing a patient and an ID doc came in for a consult. I don't think it's routinely taught in the preclinical years

 

[Rirruto]

I just quoted it because it was one of Dr. Kelso's pimp questions that flummoxed the residents on Scrubs.

 

[JJMrK]

Um, you should know that. That's a life threatening issue.

Says the ENT guy

 

[Kahreek]

i prefer to call it cellulitis, no disrespect for Ludwig, he was cool.

 

[FIREitUP]

Do people really not know what that is?

i legitimately have never heard of it...and I took 4 weeks of ENT during 3rd year. lol

 

[Doctor Bob]

i legitimately have never heard of it...and I took 4 weeks of ENT during 3rd year. lol

I guess you have a topic to read about tonight.
Ludwig's is one of the emergent issues that practitioners in all specialties should be aware of so timely intervention can be sought.

 

[Rirruto]

I actually heard of it off chance during second year when I was interviewing a patient and an ID doc came in for a consult. I don't think it's routinely taught in the preclinical years

Second this. Not taught in MSI-MSII; did not run across on Step I either.

 

[Kahreek]

i've heard about it but not by that name, i guess mediastinitis is the next step, innit

 

[Apoplexy__]

During an ascitic fluid drainage...

"Take one good look at this patient. Then tell me why he has ascites."

I wasn't allowed to ask the patient any questions during this test. I noticed he was jaundiced, icteric, had an extremely protruberant abdomen, and had a prosthetic leg. Without further information, I had to stick to the most commons.

"Doctor, I would assume he was an alcoholic. Alternatively, he may have contracted HCV."
"And the prosthetic leg?"
"Trauma." (not the MCC, my mistake)
"Wrong."

He wanted me to know that he had a prosthetic leg because of diabetes, and therefore, he went into renal failure, needed a kidney transplant, and subsequently developed cirrhosis due to hepatotoxicity of immunosuppressants.

Gee, sure was kicking myself after that one.

 

[Kahreek]

some pimping questions were never meant.

 

[Psai]

Prosthetic leg due to diabetes is fair game in my opinion
Cirrhosis due to hepatotoxicity from immunosuppresants is a bit of a stretch

 

[Kahreek]

I would have assumed he was a drunky and lost his leg in some kind of bet during one of his binges, he won.