#Platelets

Farid Jalali MD

farid__jalali

on serotonin, SSRIs, serotonin-blockers, and COVID19All causes of ARDS are associated with activation of resident lung platelets and megakaryocytes. The degree to which this activation occurs differs between various etiologies

Gerald

MmirwaGuy

@IsPhlyHoney goes to donate blood, after her blood is collected it will be separated into different components. These include Packed Red Blood Cells (PRBC), fresh frozen plasma and platelets. The

Nicholas Morris

namorrismd

Nice study on Thrombocytopenia and Clinical Outcomes in Intracerebral Hemorrhage. Helps further delineate risks for poor outcome after ICH among patients on antiplatelet agents.https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.0314

J for Jeanius

Marzuh_13

Noticed a lil opportunity to educate some of the people on the timeline about dengue mosquitoes so I gine try a lil thing here . Here's what they look

The Provider

med_conscience

A short thread about our skeleton that applies to life! Babies start with ~300 bones and over time they fuse together combined with cartilage which also turns into bone until

Farid Jalali MD

farid__jalali

COVID19 causes FLORID platelet activation, FAR beyond what ARDS typically causes. Platelet hyperreactivity in COVID19 is quantifiably higher than typical ARDS and exorbitantly higher than healthy individuals or admitted inpatients.

Shematologist, MD

acweyand

New case report just published in the American Journal of Hematology of severe thrombocytopenia within days following #COVID19 vaccination. A https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajh.261061/n The history is very similar to the report

Sarah Blagden

sarah_blagden

Some of our cancer patients have been refused COVID vaccines. I thought I'd summarise guidance (taken from UK chemotherapy Board, Thames Valley Haematology and PHE guidelines) that applies to Oxford

Ahava Makuta אהבה 🌊✡️⚖️

ahava_makuta

The lack of understanding of statistics & ability to understand what “contributing” or “secondary” factors means is really disconcerting. Where are #Republicans & conservatives getting that the #CDC lied about

Farid Jalali MD

farid__jalali

I refrain from recommending a cocktail, but at 200k cases per DAY now of COVID19, I think it may be time to go ahead:I think folks should consider taking an

Anas Nasir

underthe_scope

Accuracy // #ADayInTheLifeOfABiomedicalScientist1. 8:45am Monday morning. I always tried to get to work a little early, old habits from my previous job. The night team had topped up the reagents

Kobayashi Maru

knowing_what_is

1) Bood vessel damage& 2) Blood clot creation(> Strokes, Thrombosis, Pulmonary embolisms) https://twitter.com/EricTopol/status/1278097680053370880 Threadhttps://twitter.com/GeorgeGoshuamd/status/1278097990465576965 https://twitter.co

David Juurlink

DavidJuurlink

This report of a physician who died after receiving COVID vaccine offers a useful lesson in the importance of thinking more critically about does and what does not constitute a

Dusty Lane

Dustin_L_Lane

THREAD: Three weeks ago, I was in the middle of by far the best and worst week of my life. I have a rule about not discussing personal stuff on

Dom

Dominic_G_M

Good evening and welcome to tonight's Tuesday Night Med Ed case!A couple of ground rules, people may be joining in from different years of their course, so please be constructiveAnd

CHEST Critical Care NetWork

CHESTCritCare

Let's start with #thrombocytopenia in the ICU #chestcritcare #thrombocytopenia is very common in the ICU, with 67% patients having it at admission to ICU and about 46% patients developing it

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