Tweetorial on proning

So I was hoping to avoid a COVID heme #tweetorial but with >50% of the votes on my survey, the people have spoken. (but hold on, this is going to be a long one) Coagulopathy in patients with COVID-19 is increasingly described. Some argue that it is akin to DIC... 1/n

RIP. This job is different - check in, listen, and suppprt each other. More now than ever before.

Emerson, my 11 year old, is on a bit of a wild ride with the U.S. Postal Service and our local mail carrier, Doug. And, I think there’s a deeper message to it all. First, the backstory...

1/ This is like the Bat Signal for me... #Tweetorial #Hyponatremia #LoudlyForThePeopleAtTheBackOfTheRoom

Great review of BVM for pre-ox. #1. Spontaneously breathing pt, #2. Full reservoir, #3. PEEP valve

This is how they celebrate after killing you

This is a well-researched review of the events of the past year... May we learn from our mistakes newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…

With the news today of U.S. FDA recommending a pause in using Johnson & Johnson #COVID19 vaccine, there have been lots of ?s about what is being seen in these rare patients. Time for a #hemetweetorial on VITT (vaccine induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia). 1/x

“No doctor can be an expert on Covid-19. Whether it's me practising for twenty years, or these residents who just started, we were both on the same page about Covid.” wired.trib.al/IM55omb Via @WIREDUK

"In many of our institutions there is a sense that risk of harm is better concentrated in the ED than distributed throughout the hospital." ED crowding harms patients & contributes to moral injury and burnout among providers *&* what we can do about it: catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

Waveform capnography! I've been meaning to cover this for years. Finally posted an IBCC chapter on it. The chapter is pretty long (filled with subversion, physiology, and zentensivism), so here is a thread with some key points.🧵 emcrit.org/ibcc/co2/

🚨I wrote about what this surge is doing to the healthcare system. It's bad. Though less severe, Omicron is spreading quickly enough to inundate hospitals, which can't handle the strain cos so many healthcare workers had quit or are now sick. 1/ theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Excellent (and extremely unfortunate) descriptive thread of an individual’s monkeypox infection. Good read for frontline HCWs.

Thank you for the outpouring of courageous support. It has been a difficult week, but my colleagues and I will continue to provide healthcare ethically, lovingly, and bravely each and every day. 1/2

Anyone want to be in the PNC Triangle Club for this evening's game? Because we've got a pack of 4 PNC Triangle Club tickets to give away thanks to PNC Bank! RT for a chance to win (winner chosen & DMed at 2pm today)

Doctors at a major US insurance company deny tens of thousands of claims a month without even looking at patients’ files. “We literally click & submit,” a former Cigna doctor told @ProPublica & The Capitol Forum. “It takes all of 10 seconds to do 50 at a time.” The inside story 🧵

New column: As Eric undergoes cancer treatment, Montross family draws strength from variety of sources--including support from entire Carolina Basketball family. Plus how to order Eric-approved products that support his favorite cancer-fighting orgs. goheels.com/news/2023/4/7/…

This Hamilton version of Itsy Bitsy Spider has no right being this clever and good