#Respiratory

faruq

faruqzulkafli

Back in 2018there was one case“Salam, ni Dr Far** ke,houseman Peadiatrics in-charge ED kan? Haa ni ada satu patient,kami dh refer pada your senior Mo peads oncall dh just now.

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_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

Lina 🌺

upthenua

Samoan boy, 16yo. I was his admitting nurse when he first came to ICU. Diagnosed with a blood disorder and admitted to ICU for respiratory support & isolation care with

Tina Lennon

DoctorMommyTina

Here I am, wearing masks for many hours a day over the course of many professional years. And not once have I suffered from oxygen deprivation or carbon dioxide retention.Because

pieterstreicher

pieterstreicher

1 of 3:Covid-19 deaths increase away from the source.This chart plots C-19 deaths as a % of the > 65 population (at risk group).Lockdown stringency does not consistently increase away

Angry Staffer

Angry_Staffer

Thread for those who are curious: I’ve been hesitant to share publicly for obvious reasons, but I think enough stories match my own at this point that it likely doesn’t

Nurse Ratched is Tired

RN_Atheist

While running out of beds, particularly ICU beds, is a scary proposition the bigger problem that too few people are looking at is running out of staff.My facility used a

Elizabeth Booker

NewhamMum

Sorry for the big rant below but I am so so angry. Our whole household have had what we can only assume is Coronavirus. Being a parent is hard in

Linn Marie

Pennamiriel

Immunologists on failures of communication in a pandemic: when you express appropriate uncertainty ("we don't know for sure!") in a global crisis, you may leave people believing that a very

Gabor Erdosi 🧩📄📊🧭

gerdosi

1/ Thread on immunity in the respiratory system: how it does and doesn't work (i.e. myths), simplified as much as I could. I’ll use the apropos of a new press

Adam Kucharski

AdamJKucharski

How long does immunity to SARS-CoV-2 last (and how long might it last in future)? A few thoughts... 1/ We now have data from several cohort studies showing responses can

Elizabeth Parfitt MD

parsnipper

Dear BC:As an Infectious Diseases Specialist, I want to tell you a few words about mask wearing. I am happy we are reconsidering our stance nationally (and culturally) on wearing

Devon McDonald

McDevonMD

Thread: more referenced aerosol discussion published in... the globe and mail? The authors deserve credit for presenting some evidence from both sides, but...https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-how-does-covid-19-spread-the-contro

New England Nurse

coffeeNCalibers

Time for ventilator basics for the non-ICU nurse ! This is a super basic quick reference , there are plenty more ways to learn about vents , this is the

Jim Corr

Jimcorrsays

James street hospital, biggest hospital in Ireland practically empty. Respiratory lab empty. No sign of pandemic. What’s going on? Epidemiologist Behind Highly-Cited #CoronaVirus Model Massively Downgrades Deathrate Projection https://www.dailywire.c

Remot 🎗

Grenyucat

question for virologists: It seems betacoronaviruses OC43 and/or HKU1 infection could provide some immunity against SARS-CoV-1 and MERS, although it is not clear if the patients with past OC43 or