#Physicians

Wajahat "Wears a Mask Because of a Pandemic" Ali

WajahatAli

Please read and share this thread on how we are failing our doctors. An emergency medicine physician on the frontline of #COVID19 just sent me this email. They said they

Alissa🕸

badelastic

I think the term *Hypermobile* Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is entirely inadequate & superficial & leading to widespread misunderstanding & mistreatment of patients. It paints a picture of a benign condition—someone who’s

Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD

arghavan_salles

Here’s my main insight from a half-day orienting in the hospital: 110 degrees is very hot. And temps above 100 until 10 pm means no running outside for me. (I

Dr. Jehannine Austin

J9_Austin

1/6: this is an outstanding article H/T to @AtheneDonald - everything clicked for me & Im now horrified about where we put the onus of responsibility for fixing “impostor syndrome”.

(((Greg Siskind)))

gsiskind

This plays out in some crazy ways. Medical residents for example. In teaching hospitals across the country, residents are typically paid $50K to $70K per year. The new reg requires

Dr. Claudia William MD, MScHAL 🩺💊

DrCSWilliam

When I was a med student all the older docs were like “we r quitting when electronic medical records were introducedHospital admins told everyone that they were old, cranky &

Dr. Amina Jabbar

AminaJabbar

Do we need an inquiry into how to fix LTC? No, you're right. We know plenty. But I do think we need a public inquiry that's SPECIFIC to long-term care

David Sinclair, PhD

davidasinclair

@NEJM Advisory: Blood clotting in small blood vessels is a symptom of severe #COVID_19. It can be detected by a rise in D-dimer, a protein fragment not normally in blood,

Brian Fishman, DO MS

BrianFishmanDO

In my relatively short career so far as a hospitalist, I’ve gotten my share of calls from pharmacists concerned about our mutual patients. A short thread on how these calls

Navroop Singh

NavroopSingh_

Mangal represents armed forces, police, surgeons, accidents, fire, terrorism. Its a planet of wars & strife. While Shani represents old people, dieases, common people, labour class, strikes & discontentment in

David Lat

DavidLat

Every household should have a pulse oximeter, just as you have a thermometer for checking fever. My physician parents have had one for years -- an old-school, giant box. After

Sally Albright

SallyAlbright

In the same vein of travesties of justice committed in the name of MeToo, this article will make you sick to your stomach.1/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/03/the-abortion-doctor-and-his-accuser/605578/ This girl pursued a

Kathryn Andrusky

kandrusky

Through 6 mos of @shandro attacking docs, I keep reflecting on Alice in Wonderland... fallen into chaos where the absurd is now the reality and what was “known” is now

Dr. Jack Brown

DrGJackBrown

1/ THREAD: Donald Trump's pupils are intermittently, bilaterally, dilated — often very widely dilated. At other times his pupils are normal (this is key). This pattern is longstanding (decades) and

Terri Lewis, PhD 和平抵抗

tal7291

DEA Guidance links on prescribing of controlled substances during a national health emergency https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/coronavirus.html Virtual checkins and evisits https://www.medicare.gov/coverage/virtual-check-ins Coverage determination

Aidan Baron

Aidan_Baron

In this thread I will argue that paramedics who do not practice in the out of hospital enviroment and instead work as ACPs / in traditional medical roles are no