#Ventilation

Interesting issue in mechanical ventilation of #COVID19 patients, each one here after >10 days of mechanical ventilation.How might we monitor for development of this? Time to pay attention to resistance,
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Here's a summarizing my testimony on airborne transmission of COVID-19. Full version at https://edlabor.house.gov/hearings/clearing-the-air-science-based-strategies-to-protect-workers-from-covid-19-infections /0 COVID-19 is transmitted
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CLASSROOM AEROSOL RISK CALCULATOR: Duke researchers have developed a new online calculator that teachers and students can use to “estimate the risk of airborne transmission of the #COVID19 virus in
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COVID-19 cases (at least one staff) confirmed at 5 Ottawa schools -This was to be expected. In recent weeks, we'd see up to 5 school-aged kids/day positive for COVID-19 at
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Fun pandemic history fact for NY apartment dwellers frustrated by aggressive radiator heat in the winter. The era when steam heat in buildings was new/popular overlapped w/Spanish Flu pandemic, when
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One Year On. Our scrapbook.Kids do get #COVID19 Kids can be #Asymptomatic or #Atypical.Kids can have a mild infection, or get #PIMSKids can get #LongCovid 2000 kids NOT yet better.
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AIRBORNE >6 FEET / 2 METERS! The CDC finally acknowledged #SARSCoV2 has major transmission via airborne aerosols beyond 6 feet / 2 meters, not just close contact. The CDC/WHO &
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For the entire summer of 2020 I have been endorsing the idea of enjoying the weather and getting outside. It’s always been with the caveat that come fall we will
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I think that acetazolamide and nifedipine may have a role in slowing the progression of #COVID19Yes you read that right.In this #thread we will explore the atypical ARDS that COVID-19
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From watching a bit of this I will say it feels like CTU is skating past the very real harms to young kids, esp those with special needs, and I
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We have learnt so much but there is lots more to learnEvidence does not support the use of many proposed therapies, including vitamins C and D, zinc, lopinavir-ritonavir, colchicine, interferons,
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On the futility of containment zones,&why we cannot copy paste actions done in Wuhan in Feb to Delhi/India in Sept 2020I am now in a containment zone..wait..of just 3 houses
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My dad is the best and most eclectic cook I know. After retirement, he did some catering and I got to watch him take things to the next level. I've
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A thread on #mucormycosis (black fungus)People who are at high risk:•treated for COVID-19 with use of steroids •diabetics as fungus feeds on sugar•treated with immunomodulators•treated with mechanical ventilation •treated with
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1/ From virologist Julian Tang, part of our group (can't convince him to get into Twitter)"There is no evidence that SARS-CoV-2 spreads via the contact/droplet routes either – this has
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Whoever did interior design for my high school was on crack. (A thread) The First floor: “What drunk drivers see”Okay... I see what you may have been going for... but
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