#Patients

Sizwe sikaMusi

SizweLo

The Gauteng Department of Health spends R380 000/day on beds at the Nasrec Covid-19 field hospital. The last time a report came out of there was in late November, and

Lisa Bari 😷 (she/her/hers)

lisabari

As usual, mouthing off about fees being levied on patients because of the COVID-19 pandemic: "“I am fundamentally opposed to passing on short-term fees to patients,” Bari told NBC News."https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consume

Dr. Ali Nouri

AliNouriPhD

1) It's not uncommon to recover from COVID, test negative, and then test positive again down the line. Happened to ~1 out of 5 recovered patients in large China study

Jeff Linder

jeffreylinder

Delayed antibiotics are a bad idea. New RCT. New thread. 1/12@theresa_rowe1 and I wrote about this in @JAMA_current.A new -- and very good -- RCT in Pediatrics confirms problems with

Samer Al Hadidi, MD MSc

HadidiSamer

QUAZAR just published @NEJM. Maintenance oral AZA resulted in ~10 months longer OS in AML patients in first remission, results should be interpreted with caution:Difference in survival can be related

Matthew Herper

matthewherper

$REGN CSO George Yancopoulos presented more detail over the weekend on the company's data for the company's monoclonal antibody cocktail Covid-19 in patients who are not yet hospitalized.A quick thread.

Lakshman Swamy

laxswamy

More hospital strain is unsurprisingly a/w worse outcomes. As mentioned, a lot goes into the occupancy of beds suitable for mechanical ventilation: the bed/room and equipment- one MV bed is

"Hand-Washin'" Sam Whitehead

sclaudwhitehead

Got a chance to talk to a few hospital execs this week about what the surge in COVID-19 patients has meant for them. And the conversations were pretty illuminating.By now,

Michael VanElzakker

MBVanElzakker

One thing I'd like #medtwitter to understand about the putative relationship between #LongCovid & #MEcfs is that we *know* that 'LongCovid' starts with #COVID19. Several outbreaks of #ME were never

Kurt "Masks Save Lives" Eichenwald

kurteichenwald

Sometimes it's impossible to explain medical issues to those who dont want to hear. So, rely on metaphors. This one is about Trump's claims on how "great" he's performed on

Paul A Sobotka, MD, FACC, FAHA

sobotka_paul

Consumer questions about COVID vaccines: 1) effectivness in all ages and and amongst those with co-morbidity, 2) duration of effectiveness, 3) prevent transmission of COVID virus, 4) any interactions exist

stuart mcdonald

ActuaryByDay

A short thread to summarise the latest weekly intensive care report from @ICNARC.The report covers 7,677 second wave patients admitted by 17 December.It is likely we’ll see more admissions in

Nichole Manna ☀️

NicholeManna

Fort Worth crash presser: -6 fatalities -65 people being treated-Scene is over at least a half of mile area.-Multiple people were trapped within their vehicles, equipment needed to be used

Open Heart

Open_HeartBMJ

#Tweetorial (1/8)Is it possible to offer a safe #AMI rule-out for low-risk patients with chest pain outside of hospital EDs? OUT-ACS study from Norway validates @escardio #ESC 0/1-hour algorithm for

Jim Johansson

johansson_rn

In response to the #yegcc discussions on defunding EPS, some thoughts on deescalation in potentially violent situations, from a Registered Nurse with a background in forensic psychiatric settings. A (probably)

Dr Bryan McElroy

BryanMcElroy8

More an more patients are being treated for mild/ moderate depression with #antidepressants in general practice, despite there being very poor evidence for efficacy. In my experience, some people experience

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