#Hypoxic

ThatERnurse

lerinjo

Generic situation unfolding across the US. Mrs X is three days post COVID diagnosis. She hasn’t been eating. She’s growing more confused. Her oxygen levels are low. She lives in

Craig Spencer MD MPH

Craig_A_Spencer

On March 12 as #COVID19 was starting to hit NYC, I wrote a short piece for a show that was cancelled because of the pandemic. On the eve of an

Joanna Poole 💙

Jopo_dr

Reminder that ARDS is a syndrome of hypoxaemia NOT caused via cardiac failure with bilateral infiltrates. Triggers are bacterial infection, viruses, drowning, burns, trauma, TRALI, pancreatitis etc Just as liver

MJ Mothibi

M_justeezy

This oxygen tank contains 100% oxygen at very high pressure and is found at every major health facility in the world including RSA,in our country it's refilled and assessed every

el gato malo

boriquagato

this study looks important:it was controlled, prospective study. it's showing a stunning 71% mortality benefit in moderate to severe covid-19 cases even in the very old.remdesivir shows no morality benefit.baricitinib

Bloodman

Bloodman

1/n More High Altitude Hematology! So today lets talk about the Oxygen Disassociation Curve! If I ever get tattoos, one arm will be the ODC and the other the Bob

A.K.

kach022

Covid update thread: 2 1/2 weeks ago my brother developed early symptoms of Covid and tested positive after an outbreak at his work place. On my advice, per my training

iMED

iMedEducation

Why is fever considered to be ≥ 100.4 F? A wonderful Tweetorial by @JennyShihMD, reviewed by @AvrahamCooperMD and @AdamRodmanMD. 100.4 comes from a single study in 1868 (https://archive.org/details/dasverhaltendere00wund/page/n6/mode/2up)

Justin Brower

NaturesPoisons

I've got another tragic, but interesting, case involving a car, like yesterday's, below. It's full of forensics, science, and toxicology, so masks on and buckle up. This one is:

Robert Dickson

robertpdickson

[thread] The paradox of treating ARDS is this: because we don't have a drug to reverse lung injury, we provide supportive care with two therapies - oxygen and mechanical ventilation

Anant Shankar

anant_aranya

On the occassion of the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem, I wish to bring the work done on the ground in restoring the mangroves.Mangroves are basically

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Does neuroinvasion of the brain by #SARSCoV2 happen? Not just in mice, but in *humans*? The clear answer in this study is yes — both demonstrated with human brain cells

Gabriel Bosslet

gbosslet

THREADRecently in our #MICU, I took pics of the oxygen sats of patients on oxygen supplementation.What is the optimal oxygen supplementation strategy for a clinically stable patient in the ICU?Follow

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kfgibran

Kenapa pt pulmonary embolism dapat tachycardia? Pernah terfikir tak.#tweetorial #foamed Tachycardia ialah sign yg ketiga paling common dalam kes PE. Ini adalah dapatan dari kajian, Prospective Investigation of Pulm Embolism

Bob Wachter

Bob_Wachter

1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 135UCSF Medical Grand rounds today, available here https://tinyurl.com/y2tpw3h4 . If there could be such a thing as a “classic” set of topics in a pandemic that’s

Erin C. Sanders, MSN, WHNP-BC (She/Her/Hers)

ErinSandersNP

1/ THREAD: New Autopsy Series (NYC/@uiowa) in @NEJM Microvascular Injury in the Brains of Patients with #COVID19 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2033369#.X-z9hxRCh2s.twitterN = 19Interesting observations from the paper, but I fou

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