Steak, yes. Kidneys, no
This is a post about how much I hate renal medicine.
I didn't do it last year, so now I'm having to catch up. The chapters just roll on and on and on. Pages and pages of unintelligible technical discussion. I was looking for the normal ranges of kidney function measurement. They're quoted in mL per minute per 1.73 metres squared surface area of the body. How very scientific. But unutterably impractical.
"Just pop your clothes off Mr Jenkins and I'll cover you completely in post-it notes, then count them and multiply the number by the surface area of one post-it note, divide that figure by 1.73 and multiple the answer by the amount of urine you produce in a minute to find out if your kidneys are in good nick. Just please try not to die of your acute renal failure while I'm doing it."
Will anybody really notice if I skip renal?
I didn't do it last year, so now I'm having to catch up. The chapters just roll on and on and on. Pages and pages of unintelligible technical discussion. I was looking for the normal ranges of kidney function measurement. They're quoted in mL per minute per 1.73 metres squared surface area of the body. How very scientific. But unutterably impractical.
"Just pop your clothes off Mr Jenkins and I'll cover you completely in post-it notes, then count them and multiply the number by the surface area of one post-it note, divide that figure by 1.73 and multiple the answer by the amount of urine you produce in a minute to find out if your kidneys are in good nick. Just please try not to die of your acute renal failure while I'm doing it."
Will anybody really notice if I skip renal?
posted by Michael at 4:02 pm
6 Comments:
I'll notice.
It seems to me like you're just taking the piss now.
(Sorry, I'll get my coat, Taxi please).
Joe, why do I get the feeling you've waiting 4 years for an opportunity to make that joke? :)
Surely surgery should be even more conducive to tasteless jokes?
I can't wait.
Buy some coloured pens... they helped my renal revision no end, pretty nephrons!
I just read that last line out loud.. and there are two guys in the office with me.
Oops.
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