#Patients

Over the next few days we are going to share some of the approach we have taken and some of the extraordinary changes our teams have made to tackle #Covid_19.
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Today Maryland reports 1840 new #COVID19 cases in the last 24 hours. This is the most since Jan. 30. The rolling seven day average of daily cases up to 1,534.
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(section 2 of mega-thread)Part 4. There is no good evidence that patients want everything to be done face-to-face. In fact there is strong evidence to the contrary. Obviously, will vary
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Thread: At a time when Chennai is recording a high surge in number of Covid-19 cases, instead of being sensitive, private hospitals are fleecing patients. We got several complaints from
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We asked health care providers to share what they experience while caring for COVID patients. Here are a few of the responses: These hard-working, compassionate people see this firsthand. They
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For my new followers who missed all this drama 1-2 years ago... I used to work in ENT with two MDs and one MD/PhD who we will call Shitty Doctor.
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The antibody story to #COVID19 is not simple:1. Some people w/ infection don't develop much IgG (it's about level, not just 0|1)https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3078840/coronavirus-low-antibody-levels-raise-questions-about2. Pe
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So after five days, Remdesiver finally available at the hospital I work today.Ive beem hearing that people have been stocking up Remdesiver at their homes, not for black marketing, but
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The rise in cases are forcing Governments to issue riders to hospitals for stopping non-covid patients getting admitted unless they are emergencies,especially for surgery . However, many cases do not
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#ThreadI want to talk about the difficulty I went through in house job (which many others also did) so people can stop belittling what we do as health workers in
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How do multi-disc staff caring for medically and socially complex patients in an Ambulatory "ICU" care model view their work?Presenting our teams qualitative work evaluating SUMMIT A-ICU at an urban
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Cancer surgeons in Ontario are reporting a sharp rise in the number of people coming to hospital with advanced cancers. It's an unintended consequence of the sudden shutdown of non-urgent
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Here’s what an infectious disease doctor tied to a major nyc hospital told me about this study: “This is probably the worst of study designs: retrospective analysis, with no stated
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Alright, I’m just going to announce this: cognitive behavior therapy CBT is NOT an appropriate first-line treatment for poorly understood physical conditions such as #insomnia, #chronicpain, #MECFS, etc. It is
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How many COVID-19 patients could have been saved if only our Experts had looked at the history of SARS? It was never a viral pneumonia. The Experts knew that in
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This is such a great question. Not sure if I have answers as virtual conferences are a whole new dynamic. But, for what it’s worth, here are my thoughts.. (a
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