tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post8999563679973525755..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: Doping DoctorsDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-80717416512624828402008-02-21T22:01:00.000-06:002008-02-21T22:01:00.000-06:00It's not your performance managing cardiac arrests...It's not your performance managing cardiac arrests and the like that suffers at 4 am. During a code, your adrenal glands usually take over. It's the more mundane tasks that have more potential for error. <BR/><BR/>One of the biggest changes in ER medicine over the past 10 years is that we are more likely to be busy through the night. I rarely clean out the Er anymore, and I'm likely to be seeing scalpelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163296819469420123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-46085759757535443222008-02-21T20:56:00.000-06:002008-02-21T20:56:00.000-06:00You hit the nail on the head about people with a d...You hit the nail on the head about people with a database trying to justify it. There's a lot of these studies going around. It's really the media's fault for uncritically swallowing up anything that can be amped for fear factor. In an ideal world they'd be free to publish this and everyone would just ignore it. The fact that JAMA took it just shows that JAMA will take anything they think theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-15252709347722397862008-02-21T19:30:00.000-06:002008-02-21T19:30:00.000-06:00...Or, how about just staffing those more dangerou......Or, how about just staffing those more dangerous periods with better qualified personnel (e.g. by paying some senior people a premium to be there)? Naw, that makes too much sense.Marcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930813831113945752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-20756804187235808662008-02-20T21:42:00.000-06:002008-02-20T21:42:00.000-06:00You made that up, right?I mean... they can't possi...You made that up, right?<BR/><BR/>I mean... they can't possibly think that modafinil is the way to go, can they? My goodness, no wonder people just want a pill to cure all their ills... they're just following the advice of the PI gurus. Amazing. And sad. And scary.Doctor Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05561641468831789428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-4976338586451381552008-02-20T08:42:00.000-06:002008-02-20T08:42:00.000-06:00Mine too>Mine too>rlbateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15236331355857884458noreply@blogger.com