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Please, can this patient be just a little more sick?

Brett Hendel-Paterson, MD
Physician
July 12, 2015

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I take a deep breath as I get ready to go see Mrs. H. I can predict after sign-out from the ER doc where this is likely to go. Mrs. H. is an 87-year-old woman who comes to the emergency room with weakness. She stumbled and fell to the floor but could not get up to reach the phone to call …

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Please, can this patient be just a little more sick?

The unknown unknowns of Ebola: A message to physicians

Brett Hendel-Paterson, MD
Conditions and Diseases
October 17, 2014

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I did not think I would ever quote Donald Rumsfeld in one of my blog posts, but some of the missed opportunities as well as the media and public panic surrounding the Ebola epidemic in West Africa have brought this quote to the forefront of my mind this past week.

First, let me share my personal view of the Ebola crisis in …

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The unknown unknowns of Ebola: A message to physicians

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