#Intubated

Sam Ghali, M.D.

EM_RESUS

A 17-year-old boy was rushed to the ER by his brothers struggling to breathe...[thread] He was in profound respiratory distress with deep retractions breathing 40 times per minute. It turns

Rebecca Karb

DrKarb

1/18 So. I just returned from working at an ED in Queens on the frontlines of the COVID response. I have so many thoughts and feelings that it seems impossible

willo

mozfart

@farid__jalali @__ice9 Melatonin seem to help as well.https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.10.15.20213546v1 "Melatonin inhibits several physiological processes in platelets including the aggregation phenomenon the release of AT

wifi is ghosts 🌻👽

JessRiz

hiii ive had the coronavirus for two weeks & only told my roomies & a few ppl. I didnt want 2 worry ppl. finally told my fam last night. i

KEPT THE FAITH, BABY! ¡SI SE PUEDE!

JamesMWilliam18

Five years ago today, my wife Sheila died. We were married 9,982 days, 8 hours and 50 minutes. That's over 27 years. We met at Fisk University when I was

Barney Panofsky's Best Intentions

mynamesnotgordy

What I learnt on the Twitter this week:1. Doug Ford issues official Hunker Down Order on Thursday. Says he only found out about Ontario's Coe-VEDD positivity levels and ICU crisis

midazursam

zursam

Story time... I cried in front of my patient's father.So this happened around 4 days ago, I was on 24 hour duty at the ER. At around 12 noon I

Dr. Sanjay Gupta

drsanjaygupta

Most people who get Covid-19 don't need to be hospitalized, but some do. An even smaller group require intensive care -- and that largely means ventilators. (1/15) Ventilators are a

Buckeye Blitzy 🩺🏴‍☠️

Blitz_y

Ok for the 24 people who said yes, here is my first Tweetorial. It won't be nearly as brilliant as @tony_breu but I'll try. It's about a subject near and

Veronica Garnett, MS, RD

veronicagarnett

This thread is for Black folks, particularly those who are complaining, worrying, and posting about gaining weight during this pandemic aka the #Quarantine15. Please STAHP!! This is fatphobia and harmful

Jorge A. Caballero, MD

DataDrivenMD

Jargon-free analysis of latest update (via @axios):“Vital signs and physical exam remain stable, with an ambulatory oxygen saturation level of 95-97%. Overall he continues to do extremely well, I will

Prof. Marianna Linz

clim_dynamicist

My mother died of COVID-19 one month ago. I am going to share the story of her illness in the hope that it helps someone. She was a doctor and

Babak Behgam, DO

BabakBehgam

A 60 year old male with a history of HTN comes in with acute onset shortness of breath. (Clinical details altered). [thread] He was in profound respiratory distress. He was

Rahul Ganatra

rbganatra

1/My appraisal of the RECOVERY trial: This was a (very) positive study.How could chance or bias affect the validity of these results? What was missing?How should we apply these results?Let’s

chaotic fugue

suggestivecacti

intubation hallucinations (aka "ICU delirium"/"ICU psychosis") is very common and traumatising. There's been quite a few reports about people experiencing it in the last few months, and the long-term effects

Noopur Raje

NoopurRajeMD

1/I never tweet about personal issues—but this is way too important—I am COVID positive and asymptomatic and have been a caregiver for my husband @JagSinghMD who was critically ill with