#Ferritin

Unlikely Epiphany

PsuedoEpiphany

@FatEmperor - ever heard of glycosylated ferritin ? I think it's something you should look into. (In normal individuals, 50-81% circulating ferritin is glycosylated;glycosylated ferritin has a longer half-life

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nihardesai7

#FERRITIN is being widely ordered these days. Let's dive into the details and learn more about this protein. A short thread for those interested. Covers some history, biology and practical

Mark B. Pochapin, MD

MarkPochapin

After a 4-day tour of duty here are some pearls:#COVIDPearl 1: PE and thrombosis are common. Have a low threshold to treat with full dose Lovenox when Ddimers are markedly

Tony Breu

tony_breu

1/13Why is ferritin elevated in anemia of chronic inflammation?If the evolutionary point was/is to keep iron away from bacteria, why is our main maker of iron stores elevated? 2/Let's start

Tiffany (Lin) Lucas

DrTiffanyL

Management of iron overload for #phodocs to pay attention to. Talk by Dr. Lalefar from @UCSFBenioffOAK. Follow this thread 1/n Who should be monitored for iron overload? Those that have

Dave Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏳️‍🌈

WelshGasDoc

Who’da thought that D-Dimer would be the new Lactate? “Gosh. That’s a high number.”“I know, what shall we do about it?”“I dunno. Check the Ferritin?”“Sure, why not?”“Gosh. That’s a high

Shematologist, MD

acweyand

Given a lot of questions after a recent tweet on iron deficiency, I thought a #tweetorial might be in order. Iron deficiency anemia affects a large proportion of the worlds

Aditya Gupta

Adityaiims

Anyone wants to know what VIP culture is. I’ll tell you. Beds in AIIMS are vacant but shown occupied by people in private ward having just fever. Won’t name the

Leora Horwitz

leorahorwitzmd

In my 7 days on one of our (now 12!) non ICU #COVID19 units, I admitted 58 patients for COVID rule out, of whom 50 tested positive. Two died (DNR),

sandeep chakraborty

sanchak74

1/The Cell paper has failed to discuss the most important IFITM2- Interferon-induced transmembrane proteinThese proteins have viral roles, but also"in Restriction of M. tuberculosis Infection"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC491

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PulmCrit

here are my current thoughts on cytokine storm diagnosis, higher dose steroid, and tocilizumab. this *isn't* strongly evidence-based, so if you're an EBM stickler please don't read this thread...(1/5)(more in

Anand Jagannath

AnandJag1

My team recently asked WHY we give Fe to pts with HFrEF+anemia. First answer: b/c someone told me soBetter answer: let me get back to you on thatLet’s explore and

Dr.Okaychukwu

OkayCorporation

Since we can't test everyone for the novel coronavirus to detect every single case of COVID-19, especially the asymptomatic ones, how about running the common medical tests (full blood count,

Yechezkel Moskowitz 🇺🇸

ymosko

My theory is that this #WuhanCoronaVirus was not ready and leaked from the lab they were manufacturing it.Per Dr. Robert Baker, M.D., currently serving as President of the Westchester County

Ognjen Gajic

ogi_gajic

1/ #Ogitorial No25 #COVID1956M transferred after 2 days fevers, diarrhea, cough; traveling salesmen, h/o HtnA okB HFNC 75% RR35110/56 HR 110 on low NED AvpuE T39.5U bil B lines, hyperdynamic

Chris von Csefalvay

chrisvcsefalvay

The trending wild-ass guess on #COVID19 of the day is this paper by gastroenterologist Farid Jalali, joining a spate of papers that boil down to explaining how respiratory symptoms in