#Steroid

I've got a new paper about using the computer to find drugs that might stop coronavirus entering cells in the lab. I should stress that that's very, *very* far removed
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Hello! Here's my daily thread on coronavirus stats globally.Today:The US: VP Pence denies there is a "2nd wave". The stats show that's a highly misleading way to think about what
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My thoughts on RECOVERY trial results (not data). First, here is the methodology & results.-Large (11k) trial testing multiple treatment arms-2104 randomised to dexamethasone 6mg/d for ten days and compared
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Itch: A palliative care threadAs with Nausea and Vomiting the best approach is to identify the underlying cause if possible. Treatment can be targeted to best improve symptoms and reduce
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COVID Update July 2: Why not to freak out. 1/ Yes, the news is bad. Yes, more than ever we all know this was preventable. And yes, it’s a sad
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The WHO’s chief scientist on a year of loss and learning https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03556-y For anyone remotely involved in healthcare, these are life lessons from @doctorsoumya. A must read.For those of you
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So the #RECOVERYtrial RECOVERY dexamethasone study has been released as a preprint, although one should be careful of pre-prints, the team delivering this & the nature of the (non-commercial) study
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This is #KendrickJohnson killer let it be known and let it be heard it’s been quiet for way too long Statement made #KendrickJohnson killer got away and he needs
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The argument involving Semenya and other VSDs/CCSDs of the Y chromosome is a slippery slope. This will be a personal thread detailing my experiences with an original diagnosis of AIS
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*TESTOSTERONE MEGATHREAD*Male gonads are under attack. And now men are:DepressedWeaker.More likely to be in prison.More likely to fail out of school.More likely to be murdered.Why? Because testosterone levels have cratered
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Today would have been the 62nd Birthday of Thomas Billington, best known to wrestling fans as the Dynamite Kid. RIP[thread] Born in Golborne, Lancashire, England, wrestling was in his blood.
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Malignant bowel obstruction: A palliative thread Possibly one of the most complex and challenging presentations in palliative care.Eating, drinking and going to the toilet are habits of a lifetime. Obstruction
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Testosterone does not make the man.(A long and winding thread about sex differences and gender norms, and how name calling by activists is cheap for them, but has devastating effects
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Let’s talk about the really good news out last week about dexamethasone (“dex” as we docs lovingly call it) to treat serious COVID19. And let’s also talk about rapid scientific
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1/ Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 94Today, weekly round-up, w/ focus on new surge states & implications of steroid trial.First, @UCSFHospitals: way down, 7 pts, 2 on vents (Fig on L).
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1 approach to understanding #covid19 infection is to examine co-morbidities & ask what's common?Most prevalent Cov19 co-morbs:1)age2)Hypertension 3)Diabetes4)Cardiovascular disease 5)Kidney disease6)Chronic respiratory disease (esp
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