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=Reopro=
I recently had a severe case of Abciximab induced 13:07, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)
I was trolling around on the internet and a Canadian article said there was one death associated with it from internal bleeding. My platelet count had gotten low enough that I wasn t clotting anymore and blood blisters were forming everywhere in my mouth. I also had petecchii from head to toe. They had never actually had a ReoPro reaction before at OHSU so they almost didn t catch it. because I was in so much pain from the stent proceedure that I was doped to the max on morphine and couldn t really tell them anything.
=Return=
Yes I am back, but still a little busy this week. I might be returning to the UK within the next three months if I can find employment back there before I arrive. My wife & baby have a terrible erticaria because of pollution or something in the water here so we cannot stay long it seems. It just seemed to me that the whole Nazarene business has to be sorted out once and for all. I did my best to gather some objective info on the subject mostly available online. I think Nazarene should become a disambiguation page and the relevant info from there merged with the article. There are still some sources I need to check out though. At least the three original terms which merged into Nazarene have been exposed. I still can t find much out about the 135CE changes and this Bishop Marcus though. All the best. 02:10, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
=Porphyrins=
I don t know what I was thinking when I categorized that article. Probibly not another organic compound, ugggh . That s what comes from categorizing too many articles too fast. 10:44, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC) :They should be in 11:51, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
=Piping=
Thanks for the heads up about spaces in piped links. I wasn t aware of it. 16:04, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
= Desmopressin =
Hi, JFW! I started working on 05:19, Jul 7, 2004 (UTC)
:Thanks for the addition. Also, thanks for the comment about spaces after headings in 15:52, Jul 7, 2004 (UTC)
= Re: Hebrew language vs. Canaanite language =
Hi, please see
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_mediation#Request_for_assistance_in_a_conflict_between_users_regarding_Canaanite_and_Hebrew_linguistics_articles Request for assistance in a conflict between users regarding Canaanite and Hebrew linguistics articles]
Your input and interest would be appreciated Thank you. 09:19, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)
*Update: The above discussion was moved to 06:59, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)
=Judaism WikiProject=
I started the WikiProject you suggested. Feel free to add a template, or edit it, and promote it. See 04:04, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)
==Child-Pugh score==
crossposted
Is this correct 21:43, 20 Jun 2004 (UTC)
:Hey, you found my calculator! A better calculator is the autoimmune hepatitis calculater, my first Javascript program.
And have I made mistakes in 14:07, 23 Jun 2004 (UTC) :I added albumin gradient. Ascites is thought to follow hyperaldosteronism rather than preceed it. That pathophysiology paragraph needs a further tweak in that regard. 23:41, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Would you mind making the relevant additions I m not sure if I will get this right! There is also a lot to say about carcinomatous ascites - whether it is a production or a resorption problem, the role of VEGF and fenestrae in the vasculature... (Once heard a difficult talk about it.) 08:47, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)
Hi thanks that was a typo it was supposed to be negative agnostic which basicaly one in ignorance as apposed to an agnostic which is a belief sysem (the belief that no-one can know). Yes all these pages are disambiguationbecause I basically got so fed up of the bias on the Jew page.There are many kinds of jews and some of our definitions are mutually exclusive. This is what happens without Halakha. I will write you an email after shabbatz. Gut Shabbes. 11:49, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)
= Could you please move Ultra-Orthodox Judaism to Haredi Judaism =
The issue has been discussed in talk, there don t seem to be any further objections, and I ve re-done the article to reflect the change. 17:10, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)
:I didn t weigh in on the issue under Ultra-Orthodox Judaism, mainly because I was boycotting the article. However, even though Charedi is more accurate, before I studied in Israel, I had never heard the term. -- 22:18, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)
::I believe you didn t. The term has become more popular recently, perhaps because of the pejorative nature of ultra-Orthodox . In any event, it was first used in 1900, and long predates Ultra-Orthodox . 23:50, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)
:::Most Non-Jews would have no idea what Haredi means, at least here in America.-- 04:38, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)
::::Most non-Jews have no idea what LDS means either, but that is the preferred term in Wikipedialand. 03:14, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)
=a favour=
gedday J, I ve decided to put 07:22, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)
= How are revert wars handled =
I m a little frustrated here. Over the past few months in the 23:53, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)
=List of publications in medicine=
Hi Jfdwolff, Thank you very much for your contribution to the list. The list of publication in medicine is part of an attempt to compile a list of publications in science. I m sorry to admit that I have no knowledge in medicine. There for I just created the list as a seed, hoping that people with proper knowledge will improve it.
I try to write the list in a certain structure. Please try to use the same structure as me. Take a look of the editing I did to the list. The List_of_publications_in_computer_science is also a good example of that structure.
Since I don t have any medical knowledge I m not sure that my description and importance classification are correct. I also don t know in which sub topic of medical to classify these publication. Can you take care of that
I ll appreciate it very much if you will be able to extend the article or tell about it to other people practicing medicine.
Thanks, 07:03, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
= holidays =
(cross-posted)
It seems to me, and some folks that I ve been chatting to, that there are some good reasons for admins to refrain from self-blocking when going on holiday, and instead simply leave a note on one s user or user talk page to the effect that one is going away and may be some time. I notice that some time over the last couple of months you ve self-blocked, and I wondered if you would discuss the matter with us Interested to hear your perspective. Thanks. 21:36, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
= Clubbing =
Hello JFW. I m not a doctor, but a medical student in 5th year now. Does that qualify me to join the clinical medicine project
About the clubbing and emphysema: it always seems to be a contentious point. I have heard several consultants stress (and I ve also read in several places) that clubbing is not associated with COPD, and another diagnosis should be considered, such as lung cancer. I don t know... Perhaps clubbing is a late change in severe emphysematous disease. Were the patients you saw at the end stages of the disease
Well, anyway, thanks for the welcome! Don t know how much I will be able to contribute once the semester gets going though...
Cheers 04:48, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)
= Thrombocytosis =
Dr. Wolff, Perhaps I am too nosy, but I d like to bring to your attention the pages . I just thought that you may want to know about this. If not, never mind. -- 09:35, 2004 Jul 19 (UTC)
= Nazarene Judaism =
Hi JFW. Zestauferov has decided that Nazarene Judaism is a branch of 21:36, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)
= Hirsch =
I have learned long ago that one can never win an argument with RK, because he hides behind personal attacks, rather than reading and understanding the sources he quotes. I stand by my very minor change of the page. Derech eretz does not mean Gentile knowledge. Other than that, I have given up on all of the Jewish articles and have decided to let the am-horatzim do what they want. All we have is a very biased view intended to make the Orthodox look like fundamentalists. Frankly, I am sick of it, but ich hob nisht kein koach for them any more. I welcome you to contact me privately about it. 21:18, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)
:I strongly urge you to re-consider. I have been successful in removing some of the bias you speak of in Jewish articles, and with support from knowledgable editors like you and JFW these kinds of anti-Orthodox viewpoints can be NPOVd. 23:32, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)
=ALL=
Thanks for the welcome, JFW. The acute_lymphocytic_leukemia page looks much better with your expertise added in.
01:43, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)
=Wikipedia:WikiProject Judaism=
Nice work! Hope to be of use.
=Pneumonia=
Thanks for the work you did on pneumonia; it looks a lot better. I will try to work on the incomplete sections later. 18:57, Jul 29, 2004 (UTC)
= Lunel =
Responding to your question on the discussion page of 16:21, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)
= Dr Linkslasher =
I happened upon your edits to 04:40, Aug 5, 2004 (UTC)
Hey Linx, wanno go sort out 05:57, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)
:Dr Linkslasher is on a mission: he has anaphylactic reactions to external links. As for 06:35, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)
=My image gallery=
All the pictures there were done using Word! You can do a lot with basic tools and a bit of practice, although I do make adjustments with a bitmap editor after I ve finished. I ve just got a new computer at home and intend to invest in one of the older versions of 23:43, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)
=Style of medical articles=
Thanks for the input re: for my template. I have modified this very little from the original template in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Clinical_medicine Clinical Medicine] page.
WIKI version
=Introduction=
=Features=
=Diagnosis=
=Pathophysiology=
=Treatment=
=Prognosis=
=Prevention=
=Epidemiology=
=History=
=Categories=
My version
=Introduction=
=History=
=Epidemiology=
=Pathophysiology=
=Features=
=Diagnosis=
=Treatment=
=Prognosis=
=Prevention=
=Categories=
I don t mind the WIKI version, if that is what everyone is going to edit it to anyway. However, there is some sense to my, or should I say, the classical organization of medical articles. It is only through understanding the epidemiology and causes of a disease that a diagnosis could be reached, or a disease process and manifestations understood. This is the Western, scientific method, of medical diagnosis and decision making. We seek the cause, and do not simply treat symptoms. Of course you know this. I don t mean to be pedantic. The history section precedes all in the classical organization, I think, to pay homage to the great scientific minds that precede us. It serves very little purpose in understanding a disease process. 11:18, Aug 6, 2004 (UTC)
:I read your post on my talk page 12:23, Aug 8, 2004 (UTC)
= IBS =
How do you find the new version of the IBS page I have tried to make it less messy and add some information; however with my non-native English I am looking forward to further improvement. 14:39, 6 Aug 2004 (UTC)
=User=
Texture, how did all those User namespace prefixes get deleted, and how are you managing to put them back Has it been a vandalbot 19:49, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)
:They didn t get deleted. They are so old that they are from a time that userspace was not separate from article space. Redirects were temporarily implemented to connect from one to the other and in order to remove these without broken links the user: has to be inserted for talk pages where the signature was prior to userspace creation. (As far as I understand it. I wasn t around back then.) - 20:50, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Well, there goes my illusion that I knew something about WikiHistory 
. Did you know that Wikipedia comes up second in Google when you search for TANSTAAFL Is your signature a veiled Googlebomb 20:55, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)
:What a neat idea! No, I was playing around with my signature and decided to see how many people pay attention. My first was Ask me about my turtles and someone spotted that. You are number two. Now I have to think of a new hidden phrase... - 20:59, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)
= gedday =
Hi JW,
I m sporadically busy - I do a run of 7x12 hour shifts then get seven days off.. alternating day and night shifts. Its pretty interesting stuff although far too many 80yo s on vents for my liking. I ll have a go at ARDS sometime soon.
Sometimes I think it d be nice to be an admin... and then I think am I nuts I enjoy chipping in a bit when I can. has been a fine little project to nudge along - the hanging troll polls were more than I could stomach - although I ve been disapointed by the response. I admit I handle rejection badly and felt quite cheered up when Jimbo voted in favour - clearly a bright man 
things ll happen. Hey I notice you never voted you sod!
23:05, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)
= =
You are hereby invited to 08:20, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
= Wikipedia:WikiProject Hebrew languages =
Wikipedia:WikiProject Hebrew languages. Please join Your input will be crucial.
= Joseph Soloveitchik article =
Recently RK has made a large number of edits to the 21:42, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
:Hi Jayjg, unfortunately I know very little about Rabbi Soloveitchik and cannot really comment on RK s edits. I ll review them more thoroughly later today (when I m not at work). Nevertheless, RK has (e.g. on 08:40, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
::I don t think that Samson Rapahel Hirsch and Joseph Soloveitchik are identical, or would have agreed on every issue. However, I want to make clear that the points I added to the articles on these rabbis are not original ideas from me; they are based on numerous articles and letters to the editors in Orthodox Jewish journals (e.g. the articles currently referenced in the articles.) I have no problem with noting that a controversy over their views and impact exist, and I do not expect or desire that only one person s POV be represented. 19:05, Aug 13, 2004 (UTC)
=Kabbalah Center=
You may wan to see the new article on the Kabbalah Center, the pseudo-yeshiva being led by former insurance agent Feivel Gruberger, who now claims to be Rabbi Philip Berg .
There is a lengthy and carefully referenced article about him and his work called The Truth about the Kabbalah Centre which I got a photocopy of. It was published by the Task Force on Cults and Missionaries , Los Angeles, CA in 1995. A few years ago I wrote an article for a local newspaper on this issue, and tried to get permission to print the article. Despite letters and phone calls, I was unable to track down anyone who directly held copyright to it; the people who sent me the article from LA told me that I was free to publish the entire article, or parts therein, and that they could not provide me with copyright information or the name of the author. They allow others to post the entire article on their website, notably Rick Ross, an anti-cult educator. I suspect that the author or authors of this article want to avoid being sued, and wish that this material be widely distributed, and are deliberately letting this article pass into the public domain. 19:05, Aug 13, 2004 (UTC)
=Cardiology Edits=
Thanks for the welcome and into to a couple of other contributors. Yes I met, interacted with Patrick first.
=Pushiness and Dutch references=
# . **Your first criticism is noted fair and reasonable. **I did not have anything else than Dutch reference. This is the first time that I hear that this is not allowed though I agree that this is undesirable. I replaced just today a German reference for an English one. **Yes, I have been pushy with thought reform (on its talk page). The first time was when I was unexperienced with Wikipedia, which I explained and I admitted here [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtmltitle=Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship&oldid=5220533] that I had been wrong. The second time when I want to link it into into 15:04, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)
=Myocardial infarction edits=
In general I agree with your changes. I felt it was important to mention the overwhelmingly dominant mechanism producing ischemic and infarct episodes near the top and to mention that such changes were quite visible within the angiogram image on the page. It has been my experience that too many of the lay public, including those suffering obvious consequences, do not grasp (to their detriment with respect to understanding better treatment strategies) the connection between the underlying atherosclerosis process and the end stage events which suddenly occur. To many remain fixated on the stenosis concept, which can produce symptons, yet is not responsibe for most myocardial infarction events. You left these two key issues at the top, I concur. .
:You re right, as long as the intros don t spin out of control. Even for long articles, more than a few lines will generally distract. 22:52, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)
= Bossa Nova =
See
=TLAs=
I would appreciate some help with creating a disambig page for EBT, giving EBT a relevant second meaning. e.g.
Otherwise the
=Handling of Common Engineering Notations=
I ventured, given my use, into an X-Ray tube definition, combining a little history, medical, physics, and engineering perspectives. One problem was handling common electrical engineering terminology, e.g. see the KV for Kilovolt entry on the X-Ray tube page. Common engineering notation is based on the 10 to the 3rd power, both plus and minus exponents. Does the Wikipedia organization have any established policy and support for this notation It expect it would be useful to writers and the general public.
Yes, your editing suggestions are relevant and appreciated.
Thank you for your appreciative comments regarding my work on better elucidating some of the atherosclerosis process. If some of this is useful, even to you as a physician working in a related area, then it should be extremely valuable to better general public understanding. Thanks for your help.
= Duplicate VfD listing =
I noticed an article ( 07:23, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)
= eclampsia =
Hey there. Looks like you ve done some good work on 09:59, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC) :I ll take a look at the books that my other half has and try to write something up about it. Will let you know when I have something to put in as an article and perhaps you can do your magic to it again! 16:54, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC) ::Right, made the 19:08, 19 Aug 2004 (UTC)
= ketamine structure formula =
You can read my response 09:44, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
= anti-diabetic drugs =
:
I don t think it would be good to generate chemical formulas automatically. They often don t look aesthetically. And every database has mistakes, so one should check the structure from more sources, as I do. I took a look on your structures you wanted to be checked by me.. so it seems Rosiglitazone and Pioglitazone have swapped formulas; and Troglitazone has in your version about one carbon longer chain (you can make sure [http://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/projects/takeda/takeda4.html here] and [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/na102/home/ACS/blackwell/journals/production/jnc/2001/76/2/j.1471-4159.2001.00039.x/images/large/jnc0039.f4.gif there]). Your cycle, but has dihydroindole; and should have -CH=CH- group instead of the strange -C=CH(OH)-. The last note - all statins are chiral compounds with defined stereochemistry. It would be nice to have included those wedged and dashed bonds to see the configuration on the asymmetric centers. Personally I would redraw all the structures - it would be a great pleasure for me :). 20:51, 20 Aug 2004 (UTC)
:The 13:37, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)
=Atherosclerosis=
You may be interested in some new
=haemophilia vs hemophilia=
Why are you moving all the haemophilia pages to the UK spelling The articles are not in British English at all, so I would suggest you adapt the spelling to suit the title, or move them back. (Please note that Wikipedia uses both spellings, as long as articles are consistently in one spelling.)
You re right, it does. However, there was something quite silly about having the 00:34, 21 Aug 2004 (UTC)
= adminship =
Dear Dr. de Wolff Jacob,
I should be writing my thesis, but .... Yes, I will treat the keys to the mop closet well.
Thank you very much for your kind words and your vote in support of my nomination for adminship.
You want more molecular biology Sure. I may write something on cell biology, too. Let me work on my thesis first ...
-- 04:01, 2004 Aug 24 (UTC)
Thank you for your advice on adminship. I will be careful. -- 19:32, 2004 Aug 24 (UTC)
=stroke volume and cardiac output=
Good for finding duplication, a technical difficulty with the Wiki engine, however I believe you also threw out some significant practical issues which Ksheka does not cover. My focus was based, beyond the engineering level assessment (been there, done that), more on principles and ratios which I have found, from extensive clinical experience that most physicians, much less the public, don t grasp. Yet they are fairly easy to lay out, are grasped more quickly and are of more practical use to patients. Transferring deletions to the applicable user talk page, rather than tossing them, would probably be a better strategy. --
=Igor and his agenda=
Igor needs to be banned. Not only is this person pushing holocaust denial and Nazi websites and propaganda, he is clearly trying to trash Wikipedia. If he is allowed to keep harassing us, this might encourage some more of his Nazi peers to join in the attack on Wikipedia. We might have a serious problem here. 21:19, Aug 26, 2004 (UTC)
=troll=
Thanks for banning the troll. I decided to quit debating him--it was like talking to a brick wall. If he edits the Jew article again I ll just revert him on sight. 15:01, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
:My thanks as well. 15:09, 25 Aug 2004 (UTC)
=OMIM=
I like the OMIM tags. Unfortunately, they have created a bit of a format and intelligibility problems in the CAH table. Because the larger OMIM tags forced a shift of column size, the precursors and products are not longer connected by the arrows, and many of the compounds have been broken into 2 lines. Compare the two farthest right columns of the table before you inserted the tags and the new one, and you will see what I mean. I don t know whether just abbreviating number to no. would allow them to readjust but that would require changing your tag. Any thoughts or fixes 21:59, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I vote for omitting number altogether. The number is clearly a number and the link makes the meaning OMIM clear. I ll leave it to you. 11:44, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)
And now you know why I refuse to go anywhere near the Judaism articles ... 14:25, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)
It is very unfortunate, but it has been going on for so long already that I doubt it will stop. As they say, Ein am ha aretz hassid . 14:35, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)
My approach to the controversies is siyag lechochma shetika . 19:11, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)
:But then how does the content ever get fixed Your sh tika may make you a hochom but it allows the amarotsim to create nonsense, undermining the integrity of Wikipedia, the project you hold dear. Isn t there currently a critical mass of editors who are actually knowledgable on these subjects to maintain some semblance of integrity in these articles 20:28, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)
= Templates =
The limit of 5 of a particular template is intentional and due to performance concerns. The performance problem could be worked around, but as far as I know, has not been. Given that most prior complaints about the limitation have been from people misusing templates, I think the developers didn t really see any need to work on fixing it. -- 16:18, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)
= Amino acids =
Oh, that s embarrassing for a student of biochemistry I ll try to find the PPT file later today. It should be converted into OpenOffice format anyway, for editing in different languages. -- 07:25, Sep 2, 2004 (UTC)
= Not medic (-: =
As you noticed, I m not a medic; I m a french first aid instructor ( moniteur , the french instructeur is above a moniteur ). As the basic knowledge is very low (10h for the basic training, the additionnal 60h to become instructor are mostly pedagogy) —and it has to be to be accessible to untrained people— I have tomake a lot of efforts to understand the medical articles I read for my culture; and I try use the understanding effort to explain as clearly as possible the few things I catch.
Concerning the Clinical medicine project, I already participated to a .
Concerning the style in internal bleeding: thanx for the tip, I ll write it in another way.
07:49, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)
::uh uh, no real experience in traumatology. I m a volunteer first aider ( 08:08, 2 Sep 2004 (UTC)|
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