#Patient

Ross Moy

ross_moy

A few thoughts on fluids, following an impromptu tutorial at work.Trigger Warning: "Normal" salineEvery senior doc has words that trigger immediate education, it's just a thing. I think most of

Frederick Grady

FrederickGrady3

Tonight my mom got everyone in my family on a zoom call for me to announce that I passed my last board exam of med school /1 I had so

Michael "Mike" Albert, MD

MichaelAlbertMD

Why you should consider a career in Obesity Medicine: Reason #1: Essentially No CallYes, I occasionally have to decrease insulin because a patient’s glycemic control is improving too rapidly. I

Nick Sawyer, MD, MBA, FACEP

NickSawyerMD

Yesterday, while on shift in the ER, a surgeon approached me about a patient he had just seen in consultation. He told me the patient was refusing a COVID19 test

𝙟𝙤𝙨𝙝 𝙛𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙖𝙨 💊

PulmCrit

a recent study shows balanced fluids tend to resolve DKA faster than saline. no shock here - giving acidic fluid to an acidotic patient is subawesome. but I want to

NARAL Pro-Choice WA

ProChoiceWA

Roe is not enoughRoe was the beginning, not the end of the fight for reproductive freedom. While it is critical that we fight to make sure abortion remains legal, preserving

Dr. Om Lakhani, MD, DNB (ENDO)

omlakhani

#MedTwitter #ClinicalPearl #Endotwitter Is your patient having persistently high TSH , despite increasing the dose of your thyroid medications ? The patient on the other hand is asymptomatic and the

James Medlock

jdcmedlock

Private insurance is very good at effectively pricing risk. Bad drivers should pay more for car insurance, and homes should be priced out of being built in areas with pre-existing

Sudhanwa Pathak

pathaksudh

There seems to be a vertical division among #medtwitterindia about Ayurveda. One group derides Ayurveda altogether, and jump to lable other modern practitioners as if they are endorses of quackery.

Amanda 🇨🇦🇺🇸

ShooguhLipz

I know many of my followers are pro-choice activists, so I’d like to know: Was there something that spurred you into action? For me, it was one day working in

DrSusieCurtis

DrSusieC2

A patient of mine was told in the ED that she has sickle cell train and beta thalassemia, not sickle cell disease, and so can't be having a pain crisis.

Kimberly D. Manning, MD

gradydoctor

1/#AmazingGrady, Day 2While typing a note at the nurses’ station, I overheard 2 surgery residents discussing a consult. Chief: “I think we can do the procedure. I’m just not understanding

Trisha Elliott

Trisha_the_doc

Today would’ve been my wee brother’s birthday. He taught me a lot of things, including much about healthcare and the relationships between patients and the professionals caring for them. Sharing

Kirstin Manges

kirstin_manges

I'm excited to share my LAST #dissertation paper "Ready to go home? Assessment of Shared Mental Models of the patient & discharging team regarding readiness for hospital discharge" via @SocietyHospMed.

Esther Choo MD MPH

choo_ek

I keep thinking how in the ER when someone rolls in gasping "I can't breathe, I can't breathe" we all jump to our feet and run to assess and help

nickwendell

nickwendell

Healthcare in places like South Dakota is personal. We’re asking doctors, nurses, and staff to care for COVID patients who could be their former teachers, members of their church, cousins,

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