#Corticosteroids

This is speculation on my part but I strongly suspect Trump had respiratory distress and viral pneumonia as @VinGuptaMD suggested today (I am also a pediatric pulmonologist and agree).This is

1/8 Corticosteroids and COVID19*Three* RCTs and a new @WHO meta-analysis add to #RECOVERY trial data that corticosteroids reduce mortality in critically ill #COVID19 patientshttps://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/newonline 2/8 Corticosteroid

Esther Choo MD MPH

Infectious Diseases Society of America Guidelines on the Treatment and Management of Patients with COVID-19 Infection(summary in the thread below)https://www.idsociety.org/practice-guideline/covid-19-guideline-treatment-and-management/?fbclid=IwAR0Mi

One pat for Taemi every day

The flashed shots in the sampler.White Taemin: Moving upRed Taemin: Standing stillWhite Taemin: Hesitate Red Taemin: Look back#CriminalTAEMIN The White Innocent Man vs The Crimson WolfNGDA: Act1

Aaron Richterman, MD

AaronRichterman

Really nice to see this WHO analysis in JAMA (along w 3 RCTs) put to bed the importance of corticosteroids in ventilated patients w COVID-19. A lot of good stuff

After listening to a webinar from 5 Chinese #doctors in Wuhan, China who are in the middle of their outbreak - the following can be learned. 1/ Treatment: Much of

Following a rigorous review and data synthesis, the panel agreed on seven treatment recommendations. They note that in their recommendations, the word "recommend" indicates strong recommendations, and the word "suggest"

DEXAMETHASONE to treat #COVID__19 -Overview and Update *THREAD* Dexamethasone is the first drug found to reduce mortality in severely ill #COVID__19 patients. Dexamethasone is a corticosteroid that is used

Dr Nick Hopkinson

New: @NICEComms COVID-19 rapid guideline: community-based care of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). A thread:https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng168 @lunguk @BTSrespiratory #COVID19 1/n Explain to patients with COPD and

Anosognosiogenesis

Downthread I describe a cheap and easy way of exerting complete control over your martian colonists by systematically removing parts of their bodies then charging them for those functions to

Chief Pharmacist

12 #VITAL_TIPS ABOUT SOME DRUGS1. Paracetamol is more effective on an empty stomach.2. Eating fatty food (eg Milk ) together taking ACT Antimalarial medications will increase it's absorption rate.3. Taking

Dr. Tom Frieden

1/9 Covid Epi Weekly: Stalling and FailingContinued spread of Covid in the US will continue to undermine health, jobs, economy, and education. A concerted, strategic approach would help, a lot.

Fernando Zampieri

So @JAMA_current is having a blast of corticosteroid papers for COVID-19 today and I strongly recommend you have a look. You can start with the WHO metanalysis that summarizes everything

Nma Halliday MD

Stop misusing Steroids.Small skin rash, you will run and buy FunactA and other steroid containing cream? Stopeet!See a dermatologist for that skin rash becos the wrong medication can cause a

Eastern Virginia Medical School COVID-19 protocol:https://www.evms.edu/media/evms_public/departments/internal_medicine/EVMS_Critical_Care_COVID-19_Protocol.pdfThe EVMS guidelines take an expansive, proactive approach to case management.They try to be

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

Have been getting asked a lot about whether its safe for President Trump and VP Biden to debate in person on October 15.So here are some thoughts.Bottom line: depends on