#Geriatrics

Ab Brody, PhD, RN, FAAN

abbrody

1/ Anyone who has ever done research or implemented clinical programs in nursing homes or assisted living knows these problems very well. It shouldn't have been too hard to predict

Joe Golondrino

GolondrinoJoe

Short thread about why I don't understand, why are so many Catholics so shocked about the developement of ethics in medicine. 1/5 Catholic Church, esp. Archbishops and Bishops lost interest

Janani Thillainadesan

JThillainadesan

A great listen, ty @normanswan. Dr Kainer’s work highlights the COVID19 challenges faced on geriatrics wards: ageing infrastructure, “aerosol generating behaviour” (shouting, kicking =“super spreading events”), asymptomatic, poor

Dr Kate Miller

DrKate_Miller

Twitter friends I can't tell you how disorienting it feels now all is well, when it feels like not two minutes I was trudging to work in the dead of

Alex Perez

Perez_Writes

There’s a lot of creative energy splitting away from the left due to its hard lean into wokeness, but I don’t see the right taking advantage of this. This is

Luke Johnson

LukeJohnsonRCP

We have suffered almost six months of relentless fear propaganda from govt., exacerbated by media. This has generated unprecedented anxiety in entire population inevitably leading to huge mental health problems.

Simon Tobin

DocRunner1

1/4 The importance of kindness - a short thread...This is Ellis, final year med student @UoLmedicine I was training him as a vaccinator for #CovidVaccine He brought in his 1st

Michael Farquhar

DrMikeFarquhar

I love old medical books - they often give a lot of insight into both what has changed, and what hasn’t, in the practice of medicineFor #NHSBirthday, a wee thread

Kenneth Rockwood

Krockdoc

Great question. Most key trials preceded the Clinical Frailty Scale. @GrahamEllis247 will know best, but here’s my read. (A 7-part thread; forgive me.) Back in the late ‘70s (when I

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rkiveofmylife

BTS and what fields of medicine I think they would be good in: a thread JUNGKOOK- Sports MedicineSports medicine doctors help those who have injuries from sports, exercising, etc. I

Angelos Kolias

ag_kolias

A thread on the recently published #Dex-CSDH trial – aiming to cover many of the common questions that have been asked in the past few days.https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa2020473 Chronic subdural haematoma (#CSDH)

Mia Yang, MD

mia_geri28

Geriatrics: a love poem to duality, ambiguity, and whole-heartedness. Thread 1/8 As our society age exponentially, why are only 1/3 of geriatric fellowships nationally get filled? Agism, low-pay, but most

Dr Joseph S. Machta

pepemac27

I've spent much of this week redeployed from paeds to adult medicine/geriatrics. Inspired by @RoshanaMN, here are my observations:#COVIDー19 1. Yes. The ward rounds are LONG. Even longer than a

A.E. Turnbull, DVM, MPH, PhD

vitaincerta

There's a new study of >49K patients in CA published @CritCareMed. Anyone who cares about end-of-life care, #ICU care, #PalliativeCare, geriatrics, #EmergencyMedicine, #bioethics, multi-level modeling, or patient-centered care should

The New York Times

nytimes

American presidential elections always seize international attention, but this year is exceptional: President Trump has dominated news cycles and frayed nerves in almost every corner of the earth like few

Margaret Russell, MD

Margaret1473

I owe a huge debt of gratitude to my twin brother for the person I am today. He is the reason I'm a doctor. He's the "why" behind a lot

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