#ImmunoSuppression

Leticia Kawano-Dourado

Interesting post-hoc analyses of autoimmune ILDs from INBUILD trial presented at #ACR2019 by Dr. Matteson:The numbers get small when stratified by especific ILDs but the central tendencies of effect suggest

Joanna Poole 💙

A useful discussion on immunosuppression in lung transplant patients - by no means a study. The DRAWBACKS are this is a single centre, a few patient case reports. But they

Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA

1/ There seems to be some confusion about QUARANTINE versus ISOLATION. Here's an infectious disease epidemiology 101: 2/ QUARANTINE refers to people who have been EXPOSED and may or may

Joanna Marco, MD

Hey #rheumtwitter and #medtwitter! It’s T-11 days until my first rheumatology boards. As I study, I’m going to be posting some rheumatology pearls, mnemonic devices I use, and MCQs. First

MgS🏳️‍🌈🇨🇦

If @jkenney or @shandro wanted to direct research towards something productive, they might want to consider what's alluded to in this case: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/emergency-room-doctor-near-death-with-coronavirus-saved-with-experime

For a year, many have publicly warned our blinkered public health officials not to mix politics, fear and vaccine development. Yet they did and now, that lack of critical thinking

#COVID2019 Qs #GP land (scroll)RE #risk #stratification for pt on Prednisolonerisk factor for #immunosuppressionCOVID19 risk factorI'm learning from each time need ask GP v specific Q for ind ptIs Pred

Michael Kronenberg

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Ribas et al. 2020 shows that melanoma PDLi responders have higher levels of pre-treatment HLA gene expr. in bulk tumor RNA relative to non-responders, with the difference being amplified upon

it’s beth booker...staying home

It has taken me a little bit of time to process this, but I feel the need to share what’s going on with my family right now. If you don’t

Joanna Poole 💙

reading more into dynamics of 'sepsis' - which do vary a little by source and organism, but generally a period of intense aggression is followed by immune paresis - predisposing

Shematologist, MD

I remember as a medical student not exactly understanding my place or role on the team. Feeling superfluous. But I’ve seen first hand countless situations where students changed the clinical

1/ For #Covid vaccines, shingles and even more dangerous and painful skin rashes may be the new thrombocytopenia. (Photos of Allen Luxenberg, now hospitalized in New York for lesions he

Fellow immunocompromised people on IV medications for managing autoimmune diseases! My DMs are opened and I can talk you through what my doctor said could happen if we contract the

A thread: Homosexuality is wrong! It's immoral, it's a sinful act to practice and to support this. This is against the laws of nature. This LGBTQ or whatever this is,

How did hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (BMT) develop? A procedure that is so widely used now and have led to the cure of many hematologic disorders has evolved over the

Amy C🍩🍩pes

Latest @CDCMMWR looks at paediatric cases of #COVID19 in the US (n=2,572). Findings: Relatively few hospitalisations Fever, cough, SOB less prominent than adults Severe outcomes possible, 3 deaths this