#Clinical

Helen Ward

profhelenward

Thread 1/9First (pre-print) publication from our REACT study shows importance of community studies: * random community sample across England n=120,610* SARS-CoV-2 virus swab-positivity* mean prevalence 0.13% from 1 May to

Bryan Carmody

jbcarmody

And *now* it’s official: Step 2 CS is suspended for 12-18 months. https://www.usmle.org/announcements/ Know what that means?Yup, it’s time to break it down, WINNERS and LOSERS style...(thread) WINNER: The Class of

Tomás Rodríguez

trodriguezUMMS

Thanks to @UMassMedical labs for your reagent donations. Our @GSBS_UMassMed student team made 150 gallons of hand sanitizer for clinical sites! Shout out to supervisor @PPooja1986 and advisor Nick Rhind.

Jewhadi™

JewhadiTM

I had a splenectomy when I was 18. I had an autoimmune disorder (ITP for short), that caused my platelets to attack each other. My blood stopped clotting. Having my

John Wu

topjohnwu

Back in Feb. common knowledge among Taiwanese people: N95 masks are effective against COVID, restricted to clinical needs; surgical masks are effective against infection to a certain extent by absorbing

Andy Conway Morris 😷🧼🇬🇧🇪🇺

andymoz78

Thanks to science we have gone from identification of a novel, lethal virus to effective vaccines, falling mortality and at least one effective treatment in under a year.This was not

Pras Francis, MD PhD

PrasFrancis

Let's talk about hydroxychloroquine (HCQ). tl;dr:1. There's a difference between biologic plausibility & early sign of clinical benefit.2. A standard must be met to show benefit-this hasn't.3. It can cause

richard horton

richardhorton1

Just for the record: the UK government is deliberately rewriting history in its ongoing COVID-19 disinformation campaign. My Jan 24 tweet called for caution in UK media reporting. It was

el gato malo

boriquagato

update: before you let someone try to scare you with US case counts, please remember this:"reporting case counts without reference to testing levels is tantamount to lying."US cases are not

Christopher Yarnell

Yarnell_CJ

1/ Did you know that a Bayesian approach might help enhance scientific and clinical decision-making in critical care medicine?If you’re curious, check out this brief thread (and accompanying manuscript: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1c6U

Jana O'Connor

sayitslp

This thread is getting a lot of new attention lately. (Hello #ADHDtwitter!) I've learned a lot over the year since I originally posted this. Here are a few insights and

Guy Benson

guypbenson

From the story:The study “was not a rigorous experiment” and “has not been reviewed by other scientists.”“The difference between [the group that received the drug] and usual care was not

Matthew Bennett

matthewbennett

1. Let's go. Any value below 50 indicates business pessimism about the future so after 851,400 job losses in March, a fall of almost thirty points in one go in

Roxanne Khamsi

rkhamsi

THREAD --> In this time of #COVID19, I figured it might be handy to share some basics with other reporters who might be new to the health beat. What's an

Ben Wexler

mrbenwexler

I want to tell you a story about a woman named Sara. Sara was a licensed clinical social worker who lived in Brooklyn, supported Bernie Sanders in 2016 but was

CHEST Critical Care NetWork

CHESTCritCare

Where does lactate come from and how to approach elevated lactate levels: a @accpchest #CHESTCritCare First time lactate was suggested as a clinical prognostic tool was in 1964, when a