#Nasopharyngeal

The nasopharynx goes back, not up. When you take a nasopharyngeal swab or insert nasogastric tube, NEVER aim upwards towards the brain. Go LOW and go SLOW. The nasopharynx goes

Secret SoSHHiety

PCR Nasopharyngeal Swab Tests identify Covid-19 viral RNA antigens as Chromosome 8 sequences.https://www.news-medical.net/health/What-is-a-Nasopharyngeal-Swab.aspx Moderna mRNA-1273 Covid-19 Vaccines are immunogen (antigen) vaccines which b

I had a similar discussion in a forum recently and this was my opinion. A thread..As long as we started monitoring COVID in Africa from Feb 2020 then there will

COVID19 Physicians

Southern California: Looking for plasma donation for a covid-19 hospitalized physician. Are you aware of any local patients blood type A+ or AB+ that recovered from covid-19 that might

(1/15) Updated thread on children and #COVID19, summarising recent studies.Summary: both child-to-child and child-to-adult transmission has occurred; cases in children are being missed. #edutwitter #Schulen #Kinder #kinderen (2/15) First, a

The accuracy of swabbing does not make sense. We're being told that false negatives are because swabbing is being done incorrectly.I've been swabbing patients since Feb so I'll start with

Ryan Radecki, MD MS

What are antibody tests for #covid19, and why are they useful?These are going to help reopen America, and improve future mitigation and containment efforts supporting public safety. When your

Why we get false negative tests:The diagnosis of COVID19 using RT PCR method is made based on the threshold cycle (Ct) value. Ct is defined as the cycle number when

Interesting preprint of a Yale study comparing saliva swabs with the golden standard. Looks promising to speed up sampling and make it less intrusive. (Via @awyllie13 )https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.16.20067835v1#disqus_thread Key fi

Mark B. Pochapin, MD

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

Carl T. Bergstrom

1. A few weeks ago, several Italian doctors made quite a stir in the news. They claimed that the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus was "losing potency", and hinted at genetic changes in

El Doctor en su casa

AlejandroFiliOK

Otro viernes de #InfoDeLaBuena. Hoy de la mano de @DrLucasArriola @psantagapita y @JEBonnin. Con todo el temita de la posible reapertura de escuelas, aún viendo que los casos siguen en

#ASCO21 #ASCO2021 plenariesLBA 1 Breast - adjuvant PARPi in BRCA+LBA 2 NPC - addition of IO to chemoLBA 3 Cervix - adj chemo following chemoRTLBA 4 Prostate - theranostics -

michaelmina_lab

You may have heard that the Abbott IDNow rapid assay is not working as well as others (see here: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.11.089896v1)The analysis is flawedMy opinion - it actually worked very well!The

Carl T. Bergstrom

(REUTERS) The Eagles were the first punk records, top Californian musicologist says. OK, now that I've got your attention, you can see how easy it is. Take any claim you

Gonna be sitting in the car for a few hours, so here's a thread that no one asked for of tips and things to know if you are planning on