#Mortality

Tony Breu

tony_breu

1/14Why is secondary dengue infection more likely to cause hemorrhagic fever than primary infection?Not all infections confer immunity, but why would prior exposure lead to WORSE outcomes?To answer these questions,

Pramesh CS

cspramesh

The preprints of the #SOLIDARITY trial are out on MedRxiv. While many may lament that all four drugs tested did not show benefit, this is a remarkable trial for many

Raffaele Piccolo

piccoloraf

1/ Cherry-picking by Meta-analysis: In a meta-analysis of 23 randomized trials comparing PCI vs. CABG, “Percutaneous coronary intervention was associated with higher all-cause, cardiac, and noncardiac mortality compared with CABG

Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬

lymanstoneky

but i was assured that only the us was having a second wave because we are totally the worst in the worldhttps://twitter.com/DavidKeo/status/1286749985204297728 sidenote: France is also behind on reporting mortality

Pramesh CS

cspramesh

I’ve been watching with increasing concern at the trend of new daily diagnoses of COVID-19 in India over the past two weeks. To me, this reflects general public mood which

WuidQ: Washington University ID Questions

WuidQ

Part 1 of 2 | MCQ in 2nd Part 2:23M active IV heroin user p/w 4 d fever/headache/seizure. Temp 39.3, supple neck. Initial head CT (-). CSF: WBC 30 (60%

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

Some folks arguing that rising cases of COVID no big deal because people aren’t getting sickAnd death rates still falling so its all harmless, right? Actually, no. Closer look at

Paul Burrer

paulburrer

Woohoo!! Finally have official CDC diamond princess numbers!!!!3,711 Diamond Princess passengers & crew712 (19.2%) tested positive331 (46.5%) were asymptomatic at the time of testing!!Among 381 symptomatic patients, 37 (9.7%) required

ETE Fr

ete_fr

Nous sommes interpellé⋅e⋅s à propos de la #virulence plus élevée du #variant de #SARSCoV2 B.1.1.7 (ou #voc).Certain⋅e⋅s y voient des études "contradictoires".Tour d’horizon rapide avec deux études qui nous semblent

Saroj Niraula

sarojniraula

Just online..We use population based study of women participating in organized screening mammography to highlight the inefficiencies of such screening program: we show that mammography catches less harmful cancers and

Dr. Motown

MotownWilly89

Here it is! The #Romani thread. This will focus on Antiziganism (discrimination against Roma). I am not an expert on this topic. These are my people and I am a

Dr Duncan Robertson

Dr_D_Robertson

Why are people concerned about COVID transmission in young people when they are statistically unlikely to have severe symptoms or be hospitalised or die? Look at other countries to see

Sarah Hudson

sarahhudsonuk

Time-travelling through the evidence behind classical HF medications in 8 tweets, based on Prof Marc Pfeffer's stunning #ESCCongress talk. Links to key papers included.Starting in 1986: evidence is published for

Viva Entartete Kunst 👺

TheCQC

Fancops really get up in the morning and be like “Today I will get angry about the least consequential thing in the world that hurts absolutely no one unless they

VGBC║Jdawg @ Quarantine Hell???

Jdawg926

Black men with anxiety literally aren't allowed to live safely in America but some of y'all ain't ready to hear that. Seen a lot of tweets of people disgusted with

Francisco Marty, MD

FranciscoMarty_

Time to share some thoughts and questions following the .@medrxivpreprint first release of results from the #SolidarityTrial that compared local standard care to #remdesivir, #HydroxyChloroquine #lopinavir_ritonavir and #interferon for trea