Syncope Slide

I went to our local Cardiology Electrophysiology Symposium two weeks ago, and learned some good stuff. Man, those physicians love to strut their stuff regarding favorite topics, but there are usually some good nuggets of information.

For example, about 50% of folks who take blood pressure meds for hypertension, still have lousy control, and as such, remain at high risk for deadly complications. We were informed, that better success is achieved if two different medications are working together, rather than just doubling the dose of a singular drug. However, the discussion did not address the added risk of additional side-effects that might come along with those secondary medications.

Anyway, life itself is risky...........and doctors are averse to blame.

Slide

Lowered your BP

But still you died,

When you busted your hip

Doing the Electric Slide,

Thanks to your doctor

Adding another medication;

The plaque on his door reads:

"Your health, is my dedication".

He’s a BP control freak

He studies all the trials,

And as a result

You should see all the vials,

Stacked on the counter

At Billy Bob’s house,

16 plastic bottles

Between him and his spouse.

Meanwhile, the doctor

Basks in recognition,

Writing books on medicine

The latest rendition,

On BP control

All the methods he has tried,

But nowhere will you find

Just how many have died.

He had no hand in that

Never takes any blame,

P-value significance

Is the name of the game,

Statistical variants

Like a bolt of lightning,

Impossible to predict

And that’s what’s so frightening.

Syncope

Is what happened to you,

Your blood pressure crashed

As its likely to do,

After that fourth medication

Was added to your list,

Now that you busted your head

You will be sorely missed.

We’ll get your pressure down

The doctor had reassured,

You’ll feel a whole lot better

The hypertension cured,

You can fulfill your dream

To learn the Electric Slide,

Yes, I fixed you, old man

But still you died.