Fartoon Siad (@fmsiad) 's Twitter Profile
Fartoon Siad

@fmsiad

Digital Storyteller. Health Services Researcher. Global Citizen. General and Obstetrical Internal Medicine resident. #staywoke

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William Aird (@williamaird4) 's Twitter Profile Photo

PHYSICAL EXAM IN THROMBOCYTOPENIA May offer key clues in thrombocytopenia: Petechiae & purpura → low platelets Bleeding gums → severe thrombocytopenia Neuro signs → think TTP Fever → consider TTP or infection Splenomegaly → cirrhosis or cancer #MedTwitter #HemeTwitter

PHYSICAL EXAM IN THROMBOCYTOPENIA

May offer key clues in thrombocytopenia:

Petechiae & purpura → low platelets
Bleeding gums → severe thrombocytopenia
Neuro signs → think TTP
Fever → consider TTP or infection 
Splenomegaly → cirrhosis or cancer

#MedTwitter #HemeTwitter
JAMA (@jama_current) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Uveitis is characterized by inflammation of the uvea and primarily affects adults aged 20 to 50 years. Learn more about the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of uveitis in this review. ja.ma/4lIXKKZ

Uveitis is characterized by inflammation of the uvea and primarily affects adults aged 20 to 50 years.

Learn more about the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of uveitis in this review. 

ja.ma/4lIXKKZ
JAMA (@jama_current) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (iTTP) is a rare immune-mediated disorder characterized by thrombocytopenia and microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, potentially causing life-threatening thrombosis. Learn more in this Review. ja.ma/4kpV7MZ

Immune thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (iTTP) is a rare immune-mediated disorder characterized by thrombocytopenia and microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, potentially causing life-threatening thrombosis. 

Learn more in this Review. 

ja.ma/4kpV7MZ
JAMA (@jama_current) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia has a case fatality rate of 15% to 30% and causes 300 000 deaths per year worldwide. This Review discusses management of S aureus bacteremia. ja.ma/4lbxA3l

Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia has a case fatality rate of 15% to 30% and causes 300 000 deaths per year worldwide. 

This Review discusses management of S aureus bacteremia.

ja.ma/4lbxA3l
Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

30 years ago, over 8,000 Bosniak men and boys were murdered in the Srebrenica genocide. Today, politicians will say "never again". But they are letting it happen, again, in Gaza. We remember all victims of genocide, and vow to build a world that respects the humanity of all.

Nimer Sultany (@nimersultany) 's Twitter Profile Photo

One way to support Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt is to read, circulate, cite, quote, and teach the rigorous reports she has written on self-determination, carceral system, child rights, genocide, and corporate complicity. Here is a list:

Assal Rad (@assalrad) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Technical error” They’ve killed 17,000 children, how do you post this and call yourselves journalists? Stop whitewashing genocide like it’s an accident.

JAMA (@jama_current) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) affects more than 200 million people worldwide. This JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis summarizes the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association’s 2024 guidelines on management of lower extremity PAD. ja.ma/44yPQhz

Peripheral artery disease (PAD) affects more than 200 million people worldwide. 

This JAMA Clinical Guidelines Synopsis summarizes the <a href="/ACCinTouch/">American College of Cardiology</a> and <a href="/American_Heart/">American Heart Association</a>’s 2024 guidelines on management of lower extremity PAD. 

ja.ma/44yPQhz
Canadian Journal of General Internal Medicine (@cjgimjournal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

CJGIM 20.2 offers a systematic overview of the key physiologic changes in a healthy #pregnancy, providing a foundation for physicians caring for pregnant individuals to distinguish normal physiology from pathology. Read more: bit.ly/cjgim202b CSIM Temerty Medicine

CJGIM 20.2 offers a systematic overview of the key physiologic changes in a healthy #pregnancy, providing a foundation for physicians caring for pregnant individuals to distinguish normal physiology from pathology. Read more: bit.ly/cjgim202b <a href="/CSIMSCMI/">CSIM</a> <a href="/uoftmedicine/">Temerty Medicine</a>
Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@franceskalbs) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I have no words left, and I fear that even words can wound. I implore the EU and others who are 'preserving dialogue' with Israel: use it to end all unlawful detentions under int'l law. All hostages - Palestinians and Israelis - must be allowed to safely return home.

António Guterres (@antonioguterres) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Sustainable Development Goals Report is a call to action – together, we can build the sustainable future everyone everywhere deserves. But only 35% of the #GlobalGoals targets are on track. Progress is still possible, but we must act with urgency, unity & unwavering

The Sustainable Development Goals Report is a call to action – together, we can build the sustainable future everyone everywhere deserves.

But only 35% of the #GlobalGoals targets are on track.

Progress is still possible, but we must act with urgency, unity &amp; unwavering
Assal Rad (@assalrad) 's Twitter Profile Photo

You can see her cover her ears and start running as soon as she hears the sound of an incoming Israeli strike. Palestinian children have become so used to bombs falling from the sky because the world has normalized their slaughter.

NEJM (@nejm) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Venous insufficiency comprises a constellation of symptoms and clinical manifestations ranging from asymptomatic spider veins and varicose veins to venous leg ulcers. Chronic venous disease is often conflated with chronic venous insufficiency; however, by strict definition,

Venous insufficiency comprises a constellation of symptoms and clinical manifestations ranging from asymptomatic spider veins and varicose veins to venous leg ulcers. Chronic venous disease is often conflated with chronic venous insufficiency; however, by strict definition,
Doctors Against Genocide (@docstopgenocide) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Gaza is facing a devastating surge in *Guillain Barré Syndrome*, a rare paralyzing complication of infectious disease. In just over a week, 15 children have been admitted to Al-Nasser Medical Complex. Five are now on life support. One 14-year-old has already died. Every child

Gaza is facing a devastating surge in *Guillain Barré Syndrome*, a rare paralyzing complication of infectious disease. In just over a week, 15 children have been admitted to Al-Nasser Medical Complex. Five are now on life support. One 14-year-old has already died.

Every child
Keith Siau (@drkeithsiau) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I went to the house of a patient today to drop off some urgent medications. He was 60 and had been on my ward for several weeks and left without them - all this time, he had appeared frail and unkempt in his pyjamas. When I arrived, I was struck by the size of his home and the