By this time in the year, my personal log system had totally broken down. I still have total numbers of new consults I saw each month documented in my personal files, but I wasn’t very good with documenting the reasons for consultation. Of note, our program had begun to require official logs of consults done […]

As I neared the end of the first year of fellowship, I got quite lazy in keeping tabs on my consults. As such, with each subsequent month, my roster became less and less detailed. I still did the consults and required follow-up of course, just neglected to keep tabs for my own insight. This month, […]

In this month, I saw all of about 15 new consults. Whew! What hard work, smirk. BIODEFENSE none BONE/JOINT Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli foot gangrene/osteomyelitis Avascular necrosis of bilateral femoral heads, not otherwise specified CARDIAC none DERMATOLOGIC Cellulitis, not otherwise specifed Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus cellulitis/abscess with toxin production EYES/ORBITS none FEVER […]

In this month, I saw about 60 new consults. SIXTY! I’m rivaling my first month of ID wards. BIODEFENSE none BONE/JOINT Prosthetic knee infection, not otherwise specified Presumed methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic hip infection Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic knee infection Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus prosthetic knee infection Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus C4 – C6 […]

In this month, I saw about 20 new consults. BIODEFENSE none BONE/JOINT Proteus mirabilis gangrene of left 5th toe Chronic osteomyelitis not otherwise specified Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus ischial osteomyelitis Ilial osteomyelitis in HIV patient, not otherwise specified CARDIAC Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis and pacer infection Streptococcus agalactiae vascular graft infection DERMATOLOGIC Cellullitis, not […]