#Prognosis

Jess Walker

TheOtherDrJD

I’ve been in hospital for 8 weeks today (on the pointy end of the needle), and here’s what I’ve learned so far: 1. There should be special punishments for anyone

Zain Chagla

zchagla

Going to celebrate the new / advancing trainees by some #idtips that do not involve COVID. 1) Infected pressure ulcers. Must read paper by @BradSpellberg https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/68/2/338/5050260Basic principles below(PS happy C

Shematologist, MD

acweyand

As a 1st yr (pregnant) fellow we had the most beautiful pt w/ infant leukemia. So happy throughout treatment & oh so perfect. Looking at her, my mind often drifted

Dr. Jessica Vitak, Privacy Zealot

jvitak

I have an all-day event in my calendar today called “Fuck Cancer Day.” A year ago today on December 4, 2019, I was diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma, or IDC,

Simon Barnett

sbarnettARK

While I think 'liquid biopsies' will be viewed as one of the most important medical breakthroughs of the 2020's, I've got to admit that 'liquid biopsy' is a poor term.

Shunichi Nakagawa

snakagawa_md

I see trainees give prognosis ("days to weeks") immediately after "how much time I have left?" It is crucial (and awful) information, and has to be delivered carefully (and as

Frederik H. Verbrugge

FH_Verbrugge

Why #kidney function does not equal #GFR (and certainly not Cr), making it an elusive target in clinical practice & the latter a poor surrogate outcome, despite its robust correlation

Ilana Horn

ilana_horn

You know what battle I have lost?Asking people to stop describing somebody who dies of cancer as having "lost their battle." Yesterday was what would have been my brother's 50th

Tony Duffy 💙

Existential_Doc

Hypercalcaemia in malignancyA thread Occurs in 20-30% of all cancers80% due to humoral release of PTHrP which mimicks parathyroid hormone (PTH) 20% due to local osteolytic processes driven by tumour

Ellen Carmichael

ellencarmichael

I've been saving this thread for after the election, but who knows how long that will take. Please, in your charity, read and RT this. You could save someone's life.

Vivek Subbiah, MD

VivekSubbiah

1/6Molecular Profiling of Bladder Cancer Early-Phase Clinical Trial Participants Predicts Patient Outcomes published as Rapid impact paper @oalhalabimd et al @MCR_AACR @AACR @CancerMedMDA #GU21 @ASCO @OncoAlert #bcsm https://bit.ly/3d25A1U

Nathan Stall

NathanStall

Yesterday, despite rising #COVID19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in LTC, Ontario released a framework to "keep the province safe and open": https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/59051/ontario-releases-covid-19-response-framewor

iDoc

drvivarora

How does #solareclipse affect the eyes?When we look towards the sun, our pupils constrict(~3mm) and we cannot hold our gaze due to dazzling effect.However, during an eclipse, as the amount

Ryan Schlegel

r_j_schlegel

so many profound failures of policy and political imagination led us to MacKenzie Scott personally dictating the allocation of >$5 billion in tax-subsidized private spending for public good this year

Michael Cearns

MDCearns

The Glasgow Coma Scale is a widespread and important tool for discussing conscious level. After all, "what's the GCS?", barked the stereotypical neurosurgeon at the cowering FY1. But why?! Well,

DrLizOBrien

lizobri09331987

The doctors advocating for extended lockdown from today have HSE salaries of over €160K and / or private incomes far in excess of that. I observe that those with “zero

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