#Oxygenation

Isneen Hilmy

Isneen

1/ It is sad that we still see some individuals in our community who do not follow the directions given by health professionals and the @HPA_MVThis is the brutal truth

Anosognosiogenesis

pookleblinky

My mom got a pulse oximeter.She asked me to put a mask on and check to see how my blood oxygen lowers.I put a mask on at 98% oxygenation, and

Meredith

thisismeredith

Some thoughts from my nights in a new COVID ICU:1) We are mostly being transferred patients with single organ (i.e. respiratory) failure from other ICUs to offload those units. These

Clare

BattlementClare

Thread:This bleach drinking meme has been leapt upon by delighted scoffers &mockers around the worldTrump never actually said this.He did speculate, in his usually inelegant workman’s English, which insecure snobs

Erwan Le Corre

ErwanLeCorre

IMO breathing through a mask will lower oxygen saturation in most people but not for the reason most people believe it does. Looks like this needs a thread...https://twitter.com/jd3141592/status/1318561151454646272 Healthy individuals

Monacochick

monacochick

Subject: COVID update - testing and treatment Mark Liponis, M.D.Stonover Health & WellnessBig developments on the COVID situation the past 24 hrs, so I thought it would be worth sending

Rizzo: Unchained

A2thaRizzo

Rationing runs deeper than ventilators & PPE. Some #COVID19 patients may receive extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), or cardiopulmonary life support, as an adjunct to ventilation & medical mgmt. ECMO therapy

ERMDMom

SusyDemeester

Do you know what a ventilator is?It’s ok if you don’t. I doubt most Americans do. It's unlikely that our Nation’s “leaders” have any idea what a ventilator is either.

Kashif Pirzada, MD

KashPrime

Front-line providers need to consider anti-coagulating their rapidly deteriorating COVID-19 patients. Could it be that severe endothelial dysfunction, resulting in microvascular thrombosis, is playing a major role in the rapid

Dr Kamna Kakkar

drkamnakakkar

Some tips for people using HOME OXYGENATION/CYLINDERS if it helps: Target oxygen saturation of 88-92% only. It's safe and best. Do not chase 100% saturation on your finger pulse probe

David Furfaro

david_furfaro

1/20 Tweetorial about Lung Protective Ventilation and Driving Pressure motivated by the complex vent management in #Covid-19. Enjoy! Note- all in Volume Control@cardionerds @CPSolvers @thecurbsiders @DxRxEdu @AnnaPodolanczuk @BBroderickMD @sanjayvdes

David Grainger

sciencescanner

This is interesting. The provocative part is not the data, nor as most of the rep;ones in this thread focus on, estimates of CFR but the striking difference between US

Reuters

Reuters

The use of ventilators are crucial to the care of people with lung failure - one of the complications suffered by patients with severe cases of COVID-19 https://reut.rs/2RVKVBq 1/8 With

CORE IM

COREIMpodcast

1/ Good morning, #medtwitter! This 1 goes out 2 everyone who hasn’t had to interpret a blood gas since Steps, prelim year or their last episode of ER (@DGlaucomflecken). FYI:

Dr Dominic Pimenta

DrDomPimenta

1/ NEW- “What does severe COVID really look like?” - primarily a respiratory disease- severe COVID invariably requires mechanical ventilation - Around 50% will survive ICUhttps://link.medium.com/OzYiZKWSjfb 2/ Between 5-10% of

Jenny Kitzinger

JennyKitzinger

At a Court of Protection hearing today, before Mr Justice Keehan, I listened to doctors report on how they’d given ‘futile’ & ‘’burdensome’ treatment to a dying man over many