Sultamicillin

An unusual off day midweek means I am cleaning up my Google reader. I have my Amedeo folder to clean as well. Lots of in things that I got myself in sync'd with: PAF, the Ezetemibe article, new guidelines from the DHHS and ADA,the cortosyn shock conundrum with seemingly decisive remarks. Wish I had a smartphone/PDA sometimes....hmm...but it does not go with my job profile does it:-)


Came across this one from the BMJ( trust them to provide you with your dose of masala) :Also go through the rapid responses if you are in the mood for more. I remember so many more- a journal like JAPI can print such stuff for fun value, if not the BMJ for reason of cultural differences/ monkey business or whatever you call it.These were slangs used by the residents for menial houseman jobs that even mama-maushi would not so/ hospital terminology that was mundane and dull...to spice up the dirty job.Here goes my list from my residency days:

Give Sultamicillin: Discharge ( Patient ko salta ne ka)

Mobilise the patient: Prime the patient's family for discharge. I thought it meant physiotherapy when Andy told me to do so first time.

Memo dena: DAMA( discharge against medical advice)

Sir ke Photo ka Positive/negative: Respectively MRI/CT- when CT was not revealing, to convince the guy to spend for an MR.

Parda lavaycha ahe: To the mama in the EMS. To draw the curtains meant prepare for ether swab administration to a lady with an obvious case of conversion disorder.Seemingly nasty- hence the curtains- but extremely effective for breaking a conversion when the 'lady doth protest too much methinks'. A bhayyanni going crazy all of a sudden is a nightmare if time is at a premium and ether swab is almost magical in the context.

MI Masala/"woh saat things": Asp/NTG/Captopril/metoprolol/Heparin/Diazepam/Dulcolax

FART: Fever with rash and thrombocytopenia.

IM session: Intellectual masturbation session.

Bada Lasix: 400 mg frusemide. Chhota Lasix: 10 mg frusemide.

Bevdology: Alcoholic cirrhosis and complications

Quadruple H: Over aggressive Triple H therapy for subarachnoid hemorrhage causing Heart failure.

Parkie/hypoT (Mandar/Mandakini among college junta): slow responses to questions by a patient.

Hivtaap: HIV medicine

James Bhaand/ All India Boat(finger) Club/PP( Pelvis Presley)/ Catch master: Gynecologists for their 2 finger procedure.I still ROTFL visualizing a handsome effeminate gynecologist holding his 2 fingers in black suit a la Roger Moore.

Anna Shetty/Kashi kings: Anesthetists, for wasting everyone's time making unwarranted referrals for pre op fitness just to save their skin.

Ampho nympho: Cryptococcal meningitis

Macchar/dracula: Intern. Poor fall guy who does all the blood draws, waking patients up at 6 am to prick them in order to finish before the samples go to the lab.

Yama, I see you: MICU, when patient after patient seems to succumb to improbable APACHE scores.

AB masala: Atul Borkar masala which consisted of Diclonac, Rantac, Reglan. Seemingly fantastic cocktail to buy time till reports of investigations ordered for arrive. In similar lines was a diagnostic masala of investigations made famous by EMS registrar- "kuch samajh nahi aaya to ABG, Creat, sugar, lytes karo...kuch nikal ayega"


More when I can remember.


Posts might dry up...am working almost 9 to 9 now.