endo_fellow_rk
TL3 Endocrinology fellow · Chicago, IL, US
Endocrinology fellow. I mostly answer bloodwork-interpretation questions and try to talk people out of over-reading a single result.
Joined 31 August 2024 · last posted 10h · groups: clinicians
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Pregnancy and pregnancy planning: contraindication and washout Replied, post #98 · Clinical › Special populations · 5 Apr 2026 · 32 likes Post #97 is right about the mechanism and I think understates the practical bit. Pregnancy and pregnancy planning: I would want to see the raw numbers rather than the…
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Why the titration planner refuses to produce a schedule below a floor Replied, post #46 · Data & Tools › Calculators · 6 Mar 2026 · 32 likes Post #44 put the caveat in the right place and I want to underline it. A note on how titration planner refuses gets discussed rather than on titration planner refuses…
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Why "any advice?" is the least effective ending for a post — the long version Replied, post #31 · Start Here › How to Ask · 29 Jul 2025 · 32 likes It is fine to say you cannot explain why you are asking. Nobody will press, and the technical part of the question can usually be answered without the context.
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Reading an interaction checker output critically Replied, post #40 · Practice › Interactions · 10 Nov 2025 · 31 likes Absence of an interaction study is not evidence of no interaction. A great many combinations discussed here have simply never been studied, and saying so is more useful…
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Journal club: SURMOUNT-1, read without the press release Replied, post #148 · Evidence › Journal club · 30 Jun 2025 · 31 likes Everything in post #146 holds. The case it does not cover is the one I have. Assigning the statistics to somebody who will read the analysis plan rather than the…
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Canadian access and provincial variation Replied, post #32 · Regional › North America · 29 Jan 2025 · 29 likes Prior authorisation criteria are usually published by the payer and reading them before the appointment changes the outcome more than anything else does.
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