#Respiratory

Piers Cawley

pdcawley

I have (oh so politely "Um... excuse me... my wife's finding it difficult to breath, do you mind if we push in here? Thank you so much") jumped triage queues

Parker Molloy

ParkerMolloy

But the virus has a name already...https://twitter.com/Acyn/status/1248838684922675200 Also, the Spanish flu did not originate in Spain ... ... ... because those are the actual names of those diseases, and the

Billy Bostickson 🏴👁&👁 🆓

BillyBostickson

1. Earlier TransmissionThousands of cases of SARS-COV-2 circulated undetected in Wuhan early in the pandemic. Specifically, there were 2 undetected SARS-COV-2 cases in Wuhan for every 3 cases of flu

Thomas Piraino RRT

respresource

1/ I want to take some time to explain why I share anecdotal articles describing ‘differences’ in COIVD19 patients by @gattinon. The hospital I work at with has been taking

U.S. Army

USArmy

More than 14,000 retired Soldiers have already shown interest in returning to active duty after the Army recently reached out to over 800,000 of them to assist in the #COVID19

gabo

eisgabf

This post is misleading. Using cloth masks may reduce the risk of virus transmission, specifically on non medical settings. It's also recommended to reserve N95 and surgical masks for medical

Joseph Moore

Yardsale_Mind

1. Death! Death! Death!Focus on COVID deaths, not cases. Why? Cases are more a function of testing than anything else, esp. given the VAST MAJORITY of INFECTIONS, like over 99%,

Dr Kwam (PT)

PR_ALESHINLOYE

This isn't an attack at anyone.We really need to deal with this once and for all.(REFERRAL TO PHYSIOTHERAPY)THERE IS NOTHING LIKE CHEST AND LIMB PHYSIOTHERAPYNOTHING LIKE AGGRESSIVE PHYSIOTHERAPY TOO.imagine this

A knife at the gunfight

SlyFitz

My NYC #COVID Lessons learned1) New York Hospitals are under water. This pandemic is real. Both epidemiologically and pathophysiologically this disease is unlike anything I have ever seen before... 1/

Brett Berliner

burrliner

@cameronks it behaves like HAPE because hypoxia is FIRST. Hemoglobin is being deoxygenated by the virus FIRST and the lungs respond as if they are hypoxic (vasoc > pulm htn

Rich Severin DPT, PhD(c), CCS

ptreviewer

Prone positioning is not an airway clearance technique. It is used to correct ventilation to perfusion matching which is impaired in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Thread. #physiology #COVID2019 #cvpPT

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

Herd immunity (community immunity) is not a strategy. It is the process describing that not everyone in the population needs to be immunised before an epidemic recedes. It is at

PCCM UChicago

UChicagoPCCM

Thread: Introducing our COVID Critical Care Lecture Series created by faculty and fellows! First up: Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure due to COVID-19https://uchicago.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=67c114aa-cede-4f60-b2ea-ab8301438

Joey

DrJoyeeta

A simple mask is good , an N95 is even better, but please do not use masks with exhaust valves. The valve provides “breathability” when you exhale by releasing your

Joe Parkinson

JoeWSJ

The global scramble to thwart COVID-19 has a vast blind spot: sub-Saharan Africa. We have a story on this today, but to understand the problem, consider the following data points...

Aditya Gyawali

aditgyawali335

There’s no right answer when we’re talking about what to expect guys. This virus is less than a year old, professionals around the world are doing their best to figure