#Respiratory

Rohan Gupta

rohan_gupta97

THREAD: A basic understanding of the pathophysiology behind ‘Happy Hypoxemia’ in the context of Covid-19 and prehospital management .. (my first thread so be nice) .. #FOAMed #COVID19 #happyhypoxia /8

Divia Eden

diviacaroline

QTing my reply so I can thread some thoughts I keep having about the relationship between contagiousness and severity of diseases. I have no background in any of this and

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

COVID-19: Do We Have a Coronavirus Pandemic, or a PCR Test Pandemic? - AAPS | Association of American Physicians and SurgeonsI’m not alone is completely distrusting current PCR mass testing.“Coronavirus

❌Harvey Staub 💪🇺🇸🖤⭐️⭐️⭐️

HarveyStaub1

1)Blue surgical masks. These are made from a plastic called polypropylene. 2)”A study evaluated the possible effects of exposure to polypropylene “flock” on respiratory health.” Flock being

el gato malo

boriquagato

you realize that this is low, not high, right?re-admission for pneumonia is generally around 20% over the next 30 days.you're looking at 9% over 60 days.that's not even half and

Rich Weinstein

phillyrich1

I'm going to try to save some lives today. Here's a timeline of the science behind wearing masks. I believe the messaging about "wear a mask" may be the problem.

Carl T. Bergstrom

CT_Bergstrom

Last week, a press released provided initial and promising results from a large scale trial of the corticosteroid dexamethasone in hospitalized COVID patients. Today the authors released a full report:

Dr. Ali Nouri

AliNouriPhD

1/SARS-CoV-2 in aerosols: from dispersion in air, to inhalation and disease: (a) while large drops (green) are ballistically and fall, smaller ones (red) can remain buoyant; (b) Droplets evaporate to

Linsey Marr

linseymarr

Nearly tears of joy seeing new paper in medical journal with correct analysis and interpretation of aerosol transmission: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(20)30323-4/fulltext See thread for summary of main poi

facts&effects

EffectsFacts

0/17 Sweden. New series of weekly updated tables to track whether the increase in mortality this winter is in line with respiratory illness seasonality, or something extraordinary. So far (week

Francis Hoar

Francis_Hoar

We need to get this message out.We have average levels of triage for respiratory infections, below average hospital admissions for and deaths from acute respiratory infections. The focus on statistics

Anesthesiology journal

_Anesthesiology

As 2020 comes to a close, we're counting down the most talked about articles of the year. The articles that achieved the highest @altmetric score. See full list below .

Nicolas A. Bamat, MD MSCE

nbamat

Hope better late than never true here @DrAbdulRazak_MD. Twitter sat in the back seat during the holidays & in the trunk while on clinical service...Enjoyed the read. Compelling rationale, well

Lucas Rocha-Melogno

Lucas_Bolivian

A short data thread that supports aerosols being key drivers of respiratory inf. disease transmission (vs. droplets). 1) Duguid (1946) showing that 96%, 99% and 94% of particles emitted while

Peculiar Baptist

PeculiarBaptist

Thread: Review of "A cluster randomised trial of cloth masks compared with medical masks in healthcare workers," published in The BMJ in 2015. Do we #WearAMask? Do we #WearADamnMask? Read

Emma Bell

emmalucybell

It still makes me really sad when people say, ‘Why do you have a stethoscope, I thought you were a physiotherapy student?’, particularly now with all of the hard work

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