#Immunosuppression

Marcio S Bittencourt

MBittencourtMD

It is no news that the Dexa trial is out in preprint. Great work! Many have been calling it practice changing and have suggested Dexa should be used in all

Bethan Goulden

bethangoulden

And the 3rd morning of #BSR21 is kicking off. I'm starting the day with "Cardiac complications of rheumatic Disease and anti-rheumatic therapies". The first talk is by @TYoungstein on "Infiltrative

Javier Buceta

JavierBuceta

Because COVID19 we hear about the PCR technique all day. I want to share with you some things about its discovery... Kary Mullis came with the idea about how to

Alasdair Munro

apsmunro

So why aren't we seeing kids with COVID-19? Is it because they're not getting it, or just not sick enough to go to hospital?Iceland tested 6% of their whole population.

jenabbasi

jenabbasi

Severely immunosuppressed people can battle #SARSCoV2 for months. Some virologists are convinced the #variants emerged in this setting. My latest for @JAMA_current deals with how to care for these vulnerable

Fernand Bteich

fernandbteich

1/ #Lymphopenia has recently been under the spotlight with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.This is a quick #Tweetorial attempting to decypher the mechanisms behind lymphopenia, its causes and potential consequences.What is

Shannon Rotolo, PharmD

sweetchinchilla

Since everyone is suddenly VERY INTERESTED in steroid side effects , here is a of the ones that your preceptors would likely expect you to be aware of as

Alasdair Munro

apsmunro

Ok a few things have been moving in the world of paediatric #COVIDー19 literatureTime for an updated #tweetorial on SARS-CoV-2 infection in children!#FOAMped #FOAMed #PedsICU #PedsID #IDtwitter 1/12 So there

Andy Conway Morris 😷🧼🇬🇧🇪🇺

andymoz78

So the #RECOVERYtrial RECOVERY dexamethasone study has been released as a preprint, although one should be careful of pre-prints, the team delivering this & the nature of the (non-commercial) study

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%

Love Your Lungs

KingsResp

It’s the start of another week, and time for #MCQMonday! Are you ready...? #RespEd Here’s this week’s #MCQMonday info #SCE #RespEd 1/n Which one of the following is the single

Deepti Gurdasani

dgurdasani1

Here's a fact check and of the daily briefing today. Is the govt actually following the data, or even presenting the data accurately?TL;DR: The reality is in stark contrast to

Satoshi Akima

ToshiAkima

"Cytokine Storm". The idiot's buzzword of the week. It makes you sound smarter if you say it often enough. When I first heard of it in 1994 it sounded AMAZING!

Robert Plenge

rplenge

The immune system is critical in the fight against SARS-CoV-2 infection. But what happens when the immune system turns against the body itself? Read this blog.thread to learn more, including

Dr. Divya Bajpai 🇮🇳

divyaa24

Your CKD patient asks- Is it OK to plan #Pregnancy amidst #COVIDPandemic? What's your take? #askrenal Tight rope walk of pregnancy & CKD is worse nowCheck out our review on

Anjill 🕊

AnjillofLight_

1. I came over a report the other day, and then it hit me. This thread will explain what I realized [may] be happening. Disclosures: This is an exploratory thread.