#Patients

Dena Desabille

_DocDen

Two recent "SARI" patients from our municipality seen at the district hospital. Unloading some of my worry as a community-based physician: (1) Dyspneic, pale, with clear breath sounds with 3-day

Sally Lewis

RslewisSally

Covid recovery in the NHS...a threadThe pandemic has had a huge impact on the delivery of services to patients and it's our duty to maintain good outcomes for as many

Barbara Haas

Barbara_Haas_

Over the past couple of years, I've had dozens of med student shadows, and they all ask me the same questions about choosing to do surgery, particularly the women... Here's

Ciaran Jenkins

C4Ciaran

In May 2020 we revealed the Scottish Government was not only directing the discharge of hospital patients to care homes without a test.. it had been buying the beds at

Sargon Maradkel

TheRealMaradkel

The biggest tragedy of the COVID debacle has nothing to do with a virus. It is simply this: we placed incompetent, compromised liars on a pedestal, took their advice, and

Governor Mike DeWine

GovMikeDeWine

Our hospital system has never seen a pandemic of this nature, so our response has to be unlike anything we’ve ever done before. Ohio has pulled resources and experts from

Mig Vapor

MigVapor

The reports out of China told us this months ago. We have been telling people this as well. Once it is time for a ventilator, it is probably too late.https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/22/health/coronavirus-ventilator-patients-die/index.html

Eric Topol

EricTopol

Just published @TheLancet The largest study of hydroxychloroquine shows a significant increase in death (~35%) and >2-fold increase of serious heart arrhythmias. ~96,000 patients, ~15,000 on HCQ or CQ from

Sartorius

Tsarorius

Bon alors on a des news de la team Hydroxychloroquine qui bouge encore : apparemment traiter les patients dans les 48h après le diagnostic n'était pas suffisant : il faut

Ahona Panda

ahona_panda

Dr. Sumit Sengupta (great pulmonologist based in Kolkata) writes: This is a personal summary of the COVID situation (without going into nuances or details) with some references meant for non-specialists

Jillian Lykon

JillLykon

Today I got to experience what I’m sure a lot of patients and family members are experience during this time of covid. Today was the day that my puppy had

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

VIRUS REACTIVATION! This is bad: The coronavirus may be “reactivating” in people who have been cured of the illness, according to Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 51 patients

Rabih Geha

rabihmgeha

1/The base rate…a double-edged sword.A mini-tweetorial on this crucial concept in clinical reasoning. 2/What is it?The base rate is the relative frequency of a diagnosis within a clinical context.Example:In the

Birmingham Museum

bham_museum

Getting alcohol during Prohibition could be tricky, unless you had a prescription for it. We aren't sure exactly why Dr Wood prescribed 1 ounce of whiskey 5 times a day

John Mandrola, MD

drjohnm

Honored to moderate #TAVI vs SAVR session at #EACTS2020 Things I learned and worry about: TAVI is an amazing advance. A shining example of clinician-industry collaboration. A less invasive way

Dr. Tara C. Smith

aetiology

New @JAMA_current publication looking at recovered #COVID19 patients in Italy. The outcomes are concerning: a thread. /1 First, should note: these were all hospitalized patients, so those who were very