#Steroids

Amanda Smith

AmandaRTubbs

The “were steroids good, actually” conversation is so absurd to me, particularly after the last two seasons of complaints about the baseball being changed to increase home runs. I remember

Zenas Yiu

ZZNYiu

1/ Enjoyed reading this rigorous #RxEpi study looking at a very important clinical topic for #dermtwitter - risk of #osteoporosis and # associated with potent topical steroids.Follow this thread for

Imm⚛️sssi

immasssi

1/4Staking $ATOM is like owning an ASIC miner on a proof of work chain but on steroids. Hear me out:Currently #network rewards come primarily from the fixed #protocol parameters ie

Mayo Clinic Infectious Diseases

MayoClinicINFD

Monday Morning ConsultA pulmonologist colleague shows you this CT chest (photo).Who is the host?What is the syndrome?What is the risk factor?What is the pathogen?Details and MCQ later..... 70M. CLL. ILD.

Avraham Z. Cooper, MD

AvrahamCooperMD

1/ Ever wonder why eosinophils vanish from the blood after exposure to steroids? I assumed that steroids somehow destroy them and that is why they disappear.But there's a lot more

Faheem Younus, MD

FaheemYounus

So many treatments for COVID and so much confusion. Why? Does plasma work or not? Will steroids be life saving or life threatening?This thread explains why this “confusion” is the

The anti-Ranter

AntiRanter

Ok some thoughts on the Asthma vaccine priotisation debate. Disclaimer: I have been an Asthma sufferer since a child. Have history of hospitalisation and have always taken inhaled steroids. I

Francisco Marty, MD

FranciscoMarty_

Tabulated the topline results released by the #recoverytrial team on #hydroxychloroquine & #dexamethasone, and went over their protocol (https://www.recoverytrial.net/results ) to better digest them.Basic stuff:- hospitalized patie

Jonny Guckian

JonnyGucks

Playful jokes between #medtwitter specialties are ok.Abuse is not. Here’s just some of the #dermatology hate I’ve received recently.This abuse is just idiotic, but perhaps there’s a broader point about

Brent O'Carrigan

brentocarrigan

Short thread on evidence for steroids in #ARDS or lung crit care before #RECOVERYtrial: some discussion on #MedTwitter that "steroids make everything better" or "we already know steroids help" that

Dr. Nahid Bhadelia

BhadeliaMD

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

Dr. Urso

richardursomd

How does it makes sense that the CDC, the FDA and the NIH which saw exactly zero patients for the year, are saying not to treat covid prior to hospitalization.

Nida Qadir, MD

NidaQadirMD

Just published in @BMJ_latest, an update to our @WHO living guideline on drugs for #COVID19 – this update focuses on #remdesivir & was informed by the results of 4 trials

Kieran Walshe

kieran_walshe

The coverage of the leaked White Paper on NHS structures/reorganisation seems to assume that the Lansley 2012 reforms are still in place. Up to a point, Lord Copper. In reality,

Julia Ioffe

juliaioffe

I love seeing the same people who were like “omg why do these hicks insist on going to church in the middle of a pandemic?!” now posting pictures from their

DocEse

esestacey

The list of exclusions for the phase 1 efficacy Pfizer study. This part of the trial to find the vaccine and the dose. Psychiatric, hiv, hep b/c, severe vaccine allergy,

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