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1/ WHERE does ascites come from? HOW do diuretics treat ascites? ARE you ready for a #tweetorial? #livertwitter #medtwitter #MedEd

This is a video of a bile duct injury happening in real time. Optical illusion, error traps, confirmation bias. Shows value of timeouts, landmarks, and intraop consults for #safelapchole SAGES is in Tampa in 2026! IHPBA Canadian Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association SoMe4Surgery SoMe4HPB The AHPBA Podcast youtu.be/I0AtJqCj2dI

When does life end? New organ donation strategy fuels debate #NRP #DCD #UDDA science.org/content/articl…

So excited to match Ashley Sweet MD, MBE to our transplant surgery fellowship starting 2024! Welcome to Penn Transplant Institute and PennSurgery, Dr. Sweet!! Looking forward to your arrival!

Today, I finished my last inpatient shift of internal medicine residency. Here is a short thread of some of the most important lessons I have learned over the last few years: #MedTwitter

Make this your must read for the day. You will thank me and curse me in the same breath. Every week I sign off death summaries of young and middle-aged men with liver dysfunction, multiple organ failure and liver cancer due to alcohol use. Some of them drank heavily – almost

This is the best book ever written about the culture around medical errors Published in 1979 as a sociological ethnography, it is a case study in surgical learning It is terrific

Public comment opens today! We encourage the #organdonation and #transplant community to learn more about the items available for comment and provide their valuable feedback to help shape U.S. organ transplant policy. #DonateLife #TransplantTwitter unos.org/news/public-co…

The hug that saved a life In 1995, the twins, Kyrie and Brielle Jackson, were born 12 weeks premature, each weighing only about 2 pounds. They were placed in separate incubators. One twin was not expected to survive. She went into critical condition. Her heart rate was rising

David Spain The late great Gordon Buzby PennSurgery used to say if things aren't going well, say a PRAYER P- position, yours and the patient R- retraction, improve it A- assistants, helping or hurting Y- yell, (don't) E- exposure, make the incision bigger R- room, temperature, noise etc.

We are happy to announce a collaboration with Liver/Intestinal Community of Practice - AST! Learn about the effect of hypothermic oxygenated machine perfusion on nonanastomotic biliary strictures in DCD livers! 👏Ashley Sweet MD, MBE Grace aasld.org/liver-fellow-n… #livertwitter #GITwitter #MedEd #FOAMed

Is there evidence that shows forcing patients to eat “cardiac” or “renal diet” during their hospitalization improves outcomes? I am trying to find data on this. often hospital food choices are limited as diets are more restricted, often causing ⬇️ po intake.

1/15 🤔Why does portal hypertension lead to splenomegaly. I also assumed the spleen became "congested" from backflow of blood. Turns out, it isn't that simple. And there are interesting therapeutic implications. Let's have a look.

1/Raise your hand if you’re confused by the BRACHIAL PLEXUS! I could never seem to remember or understand it—but now I do & I’ll show you how A thread so you will never fear brachial plexus anatomy again!

Study suggests that normothermic regional perfusion improves donation after circulatory death (DCD) liver allograft outcomes and has the potential to increase DCD organ use. ja.ma/4aFwHL2

Our NRP special issue is live! Read it here: tandfonline.com/toc/uajb20/24/…

Emerging Logistic Challenges, Health Disparities, and Bioethical Concerns in Kidney Xenotransplantation: A Literature Review link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Kidney grafts that are transplanted following donation after euthanasia provide very good outcomes. The results of this study prove that organ donation after euthanasia is a safe and valuable option to increase the number of transplantable kidneys. ja.ma/4gzjAib

Lower rates of ischemic cholangiopathy and improved graft survival can be achieved with sequential #NRP + #NMP in cases with prolonged travel distances, complicated recipients, or when there is a need for additional liver recovery in "marginal" #DCD cases. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39716357/