Short video I did for the #NephMadness Pain Region.
Robot price war hits the Fluid and Electrolyte Companion
I remember this story entertaining story from 2011 (or maybe it was is a more recent version of the same events, it’s hard for me to believe I remember anything from 2011):
(CNN) -- Lots of normal people would pay $23 for a book.
But $23.7 million (plus $3.99 shipping) for a scientific book about flies!?
This unthinkable sticker price for "The Making of a Fly" on Amazon.com was spotted on April 18 by Michael Eisen, an evolutionary biologist and blogger.
The market-blind book listing was not the result of uncontrollable demand for Peter Lawrence's "classic work in developmental biology," Eisen writes.
Instead, it appears it was sparked by a robot price war.
Well, take a look at the listing of The Fluid and Electrolyte Companion at Amazon.com today:
Come and step right up and purchase your very own copy of the Fluid and Electrolyte Companion! A bargain at $1,227.31. Don’t cheap out and but a used copy at only $834.75, go all the way and get a new one. Don’t delay there is only one left!
Or you could just download the PDF for free. Your choice.
This means we’re going to need to do another printing. Doesn’t it?
Lecture on hyperosmolar hypotonic hyponatremia
This is a formal lecture on the Tweetorial I posted about a patient with beer drinkers potomania but presented with increased serum osmolality due to ethanol intoxication.
Keynote • PowerPoint • PDF
Note: The presentations are designed to be displayed in KeyNote, the powerpoint version may be weird, especially the animations, and some of the icons maybe jaggy.
Following the lecture Scott and I recorded an episode of the EMCrit podcast, episode number 242! Scott Weingart is a medical education revolutionary. If you are interested in learning about him check out this episode of Explore the Space.