#Patients

Meredith

thisismeredith

Some thoughts from my nights in a new COVID ICU:1) We are mostly being transferred patients with single organ (i.e. respiratory) failure from other ICUs to offload those units. These

sam 🤠

Sambolilay

it’s been an awful week. my grandma has covid. she’s one of my favorite people in the world. she’s being treated at the hospital nowthis is an experience thread for

Thomas Gabriel White

SirThomasGWhite

#GetSplitOffNetflix confuses me. People are upset because of it's portrayal of a person with Dissociative Identity Disorder(DID). They seem to be upset because it shows the darker side of the

Bowel Cancer UK

bowelcanceruk

Today, we’ve launched our new #NeverTooYoung report which describes the results of a survey of almost 1,300 younger bowel cancer patients and their loved ones. Find our more: https://www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/campaigning/never-too-young/ E

Justin Thomas

DrJustinThomas

Mood, Madness, WellnessMy Friday Thread (No. 4)The Psych Wards of the "Medieval" Islamic World.Read on Madness is ancient. Around 10% of all the stone-age skulls unearthed have holes, intentionally, bored

Jennifer Brea🦒

jenbrea

Dear medical profession: please get your act together on this. It’s been a few hundred years. You’ve had more than enough time.@AmerMedicalAssn needs to speak out against this behavior, for

el gato malo

boriquagato

this is suggestive.the doc is saying that severe patients with COV are not acting like they have an RTI.they look like they have altitude sickness.they simply cannot get enough oxygen.there

Henry Woo

DrHWoo

There are a number of questions that Dr Charlie Teo should answer and these are very much in the public interest1. Was public hospital surgery offered for Bella? 2. Why

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

ashishkjha

This figure (via @ScottGottliebMD) receiving a lot of attentionAnd folks rightly point out mortality rates lower for young than for elderlyBut thats true for every diseaseSo as point of reference:How

Ed Hill

EdHill0

About to qualify? I’ve never done a thread before, but here is my thread for anyone about to qualify as a Paramedic, from someone who has made plenty of mistakes

Łeah Gilliam, MD

DrGRuralMD

God, I’ve tried to avoid this conversation, but I’m going to put it out there. I’m Dr. Gilliam. I worked my butt off for that title. I like it. The

Dan Wyke

Dan_Wyke

1/ At least 250,000 people with chronic illnesses like #MECFS, #Fibromyalgia, #POTS and #EhlersDanlosSyndrome are currently denied thorough investigation and effective health care in the UK. 2/ This number has

Juliette Kayyem

juliettekayyem

First Look. Boston Hope is opening today as our surge is expected. It’s MA field hospital and #covid shelter @MassConvention and preparing for up to 1000 patients. I was invited

JAMA

JAMA_current

1/8 Corticosteroids and COVID19*Three* RCTs and a new @WHO meta-analysis add to #RECOVERY trial data that corticosteroids reduce mortality in critically ill #COVID19 patientshttps://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/newonline 2/8 Corticosteroid

Nsikan Akpan

MoNscience

NEW hydroxychloroquine or chloroquine study with 96,032 coronavirus patients from 671 hospitals across six continents (!!!) finds exactly what everyone should expect by now:- no benefit- cardiac toxicity - decreased

Corine Vloet

corinevloet

Dit is toch echt behoorlijk wtf. Een groot deel van de corona-patiënten, wereldwijd, vertoont een onbekend soort bloedstolsels. "Legs were turning blue and swelling. Even patients on blood thinners in