#Patients

Andy Slavitt @ 🏡🇺🇸

ASlavitt

NEW STUDY: A Chinese study shows people infected with COVID-19 lose antibodies after only a few months. A good summary article is here:https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/06/chinese-study-antibodies-covid-19-patients-fade-quick

George Yarrow

george_yarrow

This is an interesting document, brought to my attention by @lizzyarrow https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-management-of-exposed-healthcare-workers-and-patients-in-hospital-settings/covid-19-management-of-exposed-healthcare

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DrDoVeryLittle

One of my pet peeves as a radiologist is when patients refuse to submit old scans saying “abhi jo dikhta hei woh batao” - tell us what you see on

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS FT

LivHospitals

To help keep families and patients in touch during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Family Liaison Service can provide support to our patients and their loved ones whilst in hospital https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/get-in-touch/supporting-patients

david oliver

mancunianmedic

28 patients this morning All Covid-19 (as usual). 18 on Oxygen+Dex, 6 recently on it. 12 clear X-Ray changes 7 had GI upset (other causes excluded). 11-Diabetes. Only 4 on

Emily Moin, MD MBE

eemoin

In response to a rumor that healthcare workers who treat COVID patients will be prioritized for vaccination in our health system, one of my co-residents asked, unironically, "Does that include

Carl Davies

CarlDavies_ID

Thread:We’re looking to build partnerships. I’m lucky enough to have a role working across several progressive & forward thinking organisations. We’re building an MSK “system”. We can’t “design” it. We

Awais Aftab

awaisaftab

I think the real issue is not whether antipsychotics work or not (they work), but:1) whether patients should be forced to take them (which is a complex ethical issue, not

Christian Sinclair, MD, FAAHPM

ctsinclair

Lately I've changed my language with patients around the use of briefs, bedside commodes, walkers, ostomies & other technologies that make it possible to do what people need to do.

Brodie Nolan

brodie_nolan

Following the ABCs for prehospital trauma care is outdated and the evidence points towards harm. We need to resequence away from the ABCs and resuscitate before intubation or potentially avoid

Ziv Gan-Or

ZivGanOr

Interesting, yet not surprising. alpha-synuclein is absent from almost all Submandibular gland biopsy in individuals with LRRK2 p.G2019S variant, with and without PD.1...https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-34261/v1 IMO, LRRK2-associat

Dr. Faris Durmo MD., BSc.

Dr_FarrisD

1/n Sweden seems to have a lot of experts on ICU-care - ppl actually never even been to an ICU. This is where we are at ICUs have been juggling

Dr. Dustin Costescu

BirthControlDoc

Dear prospective male OBGYNs:Can we talk? I know that you know how awesome our specialty is. And it never get old - I swear, 3500 deliveries later, it never. Gets.

Bachman

ElonBachman

South Africa is locking down again because "hospitals are overwhelmed"This is a lie. There are 1,300 COVID-19 patients in ICU across the country's 600 hospitals. That's about two ICU patients

Becky Montacute

beckymontacute

The situation in London hospitals is really very bad. Child ICUs being used for adult COVID patients, ambulances waiting for hours to drop off patients, reports of some taking taxis

Toronto Star

TorontoStar

THREAD: As bad as COVID-19 was in the spring, this winter is even worse: patients in the ICU are younger and sicker, the infection tearing through their bodies faster. It

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