#Cardiac

Emory_MedMicro

Emory_MedMicro

First tweetorial of the new academic year. Coagulase negative Staphylococci (CoNS) bacteremia is a frequent ID consult. So how do the pros handle the CoNS? Here is a quick generalized

Joanna Poole 💙

Jopo_dr

ARDS or acute respiratory distress syndrome is describe as severe hypoxic respiratory failure (measured by comparing inspired oxygen to arterial oxygen). It is a syndrome - not a diagnosis of

Len Cabrera

LenCabrera

Wear a mask because(1) COVID erased years of science & replaced it with "SCIENCE!" (insert @SteveDeaceShow voice)(2) It shows you care & is cheaper than sending a card to everyone(3)

shrew

shrewshrew

About three years ago I got very sick, in May. Sleeping all day, huge cognitive impairment, visual impairment, and head pain consistent with encephalitis. They never found the virus that

BurdickLab

BurdickLab

Happy Postdoc appreciation week ! To celebrate, we are highlighting our amazing postdocs! A thread: Hit a roadblock with your research? We appreciate @Fiber_matt is always available for an impromptu

Eduardo R Argaiz

ArgaizR

Which of these patients has a more severe degree of venous congestion? #VExUS Thread about the Portal Vein (1/17) Video above shows IVC in short axis, long axis and

Cleavon MD

Cleavon_MD

NO ICU BEDS! When our rural Arizona hospital ICU is full, we medevac patients to different hospitals across the state, BUT NOT TONIGHT, because there were NO ACCEPTING HOSPITALS, so

Kushal Vaishnani

k_vaishnani

How it started: How it’s going: How it started: How it’s going: How it started:

Aimee Price

AimeePrice96

Made a silly mistake today. A new pt was being discharged with palliative meds. Completely missed that the buprenorphine (butrans) directions were incorrect. Had been Rxed as every 3 days,

Dan Morgan

dr_dmorgan

How good are doctors at diagnosis? This is the most relevant paper I have written. Not perfect but addresses a huge issue I think could change medicine if acknowledged…it has

Maria Chong

mariachong

One of life’s greatest honors—I approach the cleaning of a friend’s vacuum cleaner with the seriousness of a cardiac surgeon removing an arterial blockage. This patient was a particularly serious

Matthew Queen

bonedaddy03

#futureinsurance focuses on insureds' operations. The biggest competitors to #insurancecarriers will be vendors, MGAs, #captives, and the insureds themselves. @pulse_data sheds light on the future of claims & risk management.

ThePlqn

ThePlqn

Here you go, false study design and media attack to put down HCQ. Here's CNN's article. And link to the study. I'll break it down for you. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/15/health/new-french-study-hydroxychloroquine/index.htmlstudy:https://w

Anas Nasir

underthe_scope

10 minutes // (#ADayInTheLifeOfABiomedicalScientist)1. The phone rings, the emergency one."Hi, it's switchboard here. I've got OIR on the line," said the voice."Go ahead," I replied. "Put them through."

Ashley Boerrigter

ash_bo21

Code Blue = patient in cardiac arrest. You've got your ACLS algorithms ready to go. But…what if that patient is PREGNANT? I’ll leave ACLS pearls to my Medicine and EM

Youssef 🐝🎻

Frankthur10

Medical fact of the night : Cyclists have such an effective cardiovascular system that their resting heartrate is lower than the average human ( Marco Pantani, famous hillclimber had a