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Anna Podolanczuk
AnnaPodolanczuk
Today.I told a 28 year old that he needs intubation. He was scared. Couldn’t breathe. I told the wife of a 47 year old that he is dying over FaceTime.
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Jonathan Begley
SpontVentGA
THREAD!! Why @josimpson11’s paper on intubation barrier devices (that is, aerosol boxes AND plastic drapes) is, by a good margin, the most important thing that’s been published on these devices.@Anaes_Journal
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Dr. David Samadi
drdavidsamadi
Early detection of COVID is important. If you start having symptoms (fever, chills, cough, shortness of breath) you need to get treated. The treatment in the first stage is Hydroxychloroquine,
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Jake Tapper
jaketapper
POTUS weighs in on disproportionate impact the coronavirus is having on African-Americans: “We’re actively engaging on the problem of increased impacts -- this is a real problem and it’s showing
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David Lat
DavidLat
In response to my @WashingtonPost op-ed about being on a #ventilator, I received an email from a respiratory therapist that made an excellent point. I'm sharing part of her email
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Lowyl Notario
LowylNotario
We were fortunate to receive various donated models of the infamous intubation box and had an opportunity to test the different models @EMeduc @Sunnybrook Some lessons learned 1/3 2/4 A)
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Kira Newman, MD, PhD
KiraNewmanMDPhD
After spending the last four weeks working in an #ICU here in #Seattle, a final set of #COVID19 clinical and general thoughts: #COVID4MDs #seattlecovid19 #medtwitter (1/10) Last week’s diagnoses are
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Ari Schulman
AriSchulman
”What’s driving this reassessment is a baffling observation about Covid-19: Many patients have blood oxygen levels so low they should be dead.“Solid overview of the intubation debate:https://www.statnews.com/2020/04/08/doctors-say-ventilators-overuse
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David Lat
DavidLat
Before and after: my final hospital-bed selfie at @nyulangone, before my discharge yesterday afternoon, and a photo taken after I got to shower, shave, floss, and moisturize, for the first
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Vineet Chopra
vineet_chopra
There’s a lot of doom and gloom out there when it comes to #CoVID19. It’s true / it’s a bad disease. But we discharged three people home this week after
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Thomas Morris
thomasngmorris
Just discovered that it's 50 years since British ambulances started routinely carrying Entonox for pain relief. Though it's gone virtually unnoticed, this is a much more significant anniversary than it
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Joe Pike
joepike
BREAK: @BorisJohnson in intensive care. We understand the PM remains conscious at this time and he has been moved to the ICU as a precaution should he require ventilation to
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Chris Carroll MD
ChrisCarrollMD
A #PedsICU story about bronchiolitis that may be helpful to my adult colleagues who are struggling with who and when to intubate for #COVID19. A caveat to this. I know
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ice9
__ice9
Another reminder that outcomes for intubated patients with this disease are... not great.The sorts of vent settings required to keep them from dying of hypoxia tend to further intensify the
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Big Exhaustion
SALVO_SPIW
New York now has a standing order for a Do Not Resuscitate on Cardiac Arrest patients for EMS.I have so many thoughts on this. So I guess it's time for
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Cliff Marks
cliffmarks
Of all the shortages hospitals face, the most avoidable and prevalent may be of staff trained and available to prone patients. (Thread) 1/ Proning - turning a patient onto their
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