#Respiratory

David Nicol

davidxnicol

The accuracy of swabbing does not make sense. We're being told that false negatives are because swabbing is being done incorrectly.I've been swabbing patients since Feb so I'll start with

Laurie Garrett

Laurie_Garrett

None of the studies of #COVID19 treatment use of serum taken from survivors (aka convalescent serum therapy) show positive results, & @US_FDA has stopped approving its use.But @realDonaldTrump will announce

John West 🕯

JohnWest_JAWS

Let's be clear - The UK study trial of Dexamethasone is important.The early ventilation in Covid (as used in ARDS) produced bad outcomes - which is counter intuitive This is

Cara TXZEAL

Cara_TXZEAL

“silent hypoxia” COVID-19 Pneumonia is very different. NH Physician, Dr. Levitan, Op-Ed Bellevue Hospital NYC treating COVID-19 as a volunteer ER doctor. Every COVID patient needs a pulse oximiter. Excellent

Professional God fearing guy

water_king10

Aite bet gonna just include info I believe relevant to bajans from the questions ppl have been asking1) as stated before the ash in question ain’t the ash we get

Marc Lipsitch

mlipsitch

Two preprints recently make an important point: for any infection, including COVID-19, it is possible that herd immunity can be accomplished with more than 1/R0 of the population still susceptible.

Dr Phillip Lee 🔶

DrPhillipLee

We could have been ready for #COVID19. That’s what makes me so angry about this Government’s mishandling of this pandemic....1/ In late 2016, I took part in a government exercise

Mckenna Eshelman

kennaesh00

I’m at such a loss for words about everything going on rn. The fact people are getting tear gassed in the middle of a pandemic that effects the respiratory system

Babak Behgam, DO

BabakBehgam

A 60 year old male with a history of HTN comes in with acute onset shortness of breath. (Clinical details altered). [thread] He was in profound respiratory distress. He was

Karen Attiah

KarenAttiah

Trying to see something. During this pandemic, how many of you have an oximeter at home? Oximeters are relatively cheap devices that can measure your blood oxygen levels at home.

Elisabeth 🐎

ElisssabethT

THREAD: CoV-2 Transmission Studies. Will update.FYI @afemafrica @ErmiasMd @CatchTheBaby @MohamedBailorB8 @AfricaCDC @WHOAFRO @komba_albert @erwinlo @marcyambayamba@iceman_ex @Dr_FarrisD @Alissa_Moen @lisanoguchi @roeckler @proneprincess @ChuxNesta_Nn

Reza

DxRxEdu

1a/ You are on the medicine consult service. The page comes through “Consult request - hypocalcemia.”https://twitter.com/DxRxEdu/status/1511751200353493003 1b/ How comfortable do you feel with this topic? 2/ I love it when

Nitin Arora #WearAMask

aroradrn

This week’s @ICNARC report throws out interesting facts! @ActuaryByDay has done his excellent weekly analysis But as I was reading the report, a few things did jump out at me

Tim Cook

doctimcook

I am interested (as an anaesthetist/intensivist) in the claims that N95/FFP masks could -raise CO2-decreased oxygen uptake in pregnant patientsIt is not a trivial claimhttps://aricjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13756-020-00779-

Paul Burrer

paulburrer

NY emergency room visits 4 Influenza like illness is now OVER 19-20 flu season. Recent high is 2017-2018 flu season. #Coronavirus impacted visits is 80% recent high. Expect local hospitals

Prof Francois Balloux

BallouxFrancois

Contrary to recent claims, #SARSCoV2 is expected to be seasonal, as are essentially all >200 respiratory viruses in circulation, including the four 'common cold' coronaviruses (see below). (1/5)Source: https://smw.ch/article/doi/