10 Tips On How To Be An Effective Intern: Meds

A list of 10 clinical pearls about medications that will help you be a more effective intern, and help you deliver better patient care.

A few references:

Unnecessary use of IV hydralazine for asymptomatic hypertension: https://www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/article/176615/hospital-medicine/acute-treatment-hypertensive-urgency

Atenolol is a poor choice for an antihypertensive:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28760243
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15530629
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28107561

Overuse of antipsychotics in delirium:
https://www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/article/195967/hospital-medicine/things-we-do-no-reason-use-antipsychotic-medications?channel=27621

Dangers of tramadol:
https://emcrit.org/toxhound/tramadont/

Basics of inpatient diabetes management (from Strong Medicine):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzn4jGEL87I

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