by Summan Rahman | Jul 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
This week is the bittersweet ending to my time in Costa Rica. Though I’m sad to end this amazing experience with Dr. Bogantes at Hospital Nacional de Niños, I am looking forward to being back home in Texas. Wrapping up this internship, I did a mix of shadowing...
by Summan Rahman | Jul 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
Interestingly, I saw the doctor prescribe coffee and fluids to stay hydrated for a patient with a post spinal tap headache. Caffeine actually increases cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) production, helping replenish the CSF lost during the spinal tap ☕️ [1]. Prion diseases...
by Summan Rahman | Jul 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
I started off the week observing a spinal tap procedure in which a needle punctures into the subarachnoidal space 💉. On the first attempt to perform the procedure, the patient was lying on her side. When this didn’t work, they shifted the patient to a sitting...
by Summan Rahman | Jul 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Due to Dr. Bogantes’s vacation absence this week, I shadowed surgeons in the operating room (OR) instead. Suited up in the green OR scrubs, it felt surreal to be watching an open heart surgery 🫀. In this particular case, the patient had hypoplastic right heart...
by Summan Rahman | Jul 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
This last week, I’ve been on hospital rounds with Dr. Bogantes. We followed up with the same patients almost everyday for the whole week. One patient I remember was a cute 12 year old girl who had complete occlusion of her carotid arteries. This lead to her suffering...
