Welcome to #MedTweetorials

1/ Just finished rounding for a half month on the ID service with an outstanding team.

As we gear up for the new academic year, here are some fundamental tips and tricks for students, residents, and fellows to succeed on the ID service.

Read on to learn more!

Our new paper https://rdcu.be/cmhx3 linking neural activity during stress and reward-seeking is finally out in @NatureComms! Here's a quick #tweetorial
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#Medtwitter, stop scrolling & check out the 🧵 below for this week's #CPSVMRPearls!

Spoiler alert: these pearls are fantastic!

Hey #medtwitter

📢 Wolff-Chaikoff and Jod-Basedow effects are well known to affect thyroid function.

What does it mean? Examples? How about a way to memorize which one causes hypothyroidism?🤔

Follow the 🧵

#MedEd #Endotips

Covid (@UCSF) Chronicles, Day 453

1/ I know everybody’s sick of playing 3-dimensional Covid chess. Sorry, but the Delta variant forces us back to the chess board. Ergo, this 🧵.
If you’re fully vaxxed, I wouldn’t be too worried, especially if you’re in a highly vaxxed region.

Join here tomorrow for the launch of a new accredited tweetorial on emergent blood pressure management in acute #stroke! Earn 0.5 CE/CME credits: #physicians, #nurses, #pharmacists! Expert faculty is #EmergencyMedicine doc @EvieMarcolini. #medtwitter #FOAMed #stroke #hypertension

A Leiomyosarcoma is a soft-tissue sarcoma (STS) arises from the embryonic mesoderm w/ some contribution from the neuroectoderm. Overall, STSs are rare accounting for < 1% of all adult cancers. A short @StatPearls1 🧵..

Things I learned in #Step1 that Help Me as a Doctor (a true story)

🧵 Organisms causing cellulitis #medtwitter #medtweetorial

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Is body mass index (BMI) is associated with an increased risk of miscarriage after a euploid embryo transfer?

This week's #Tweetorial features an article from Cozzolino et al.
https://www.fertstert.org/article/S0015-0282(20)32373-6/fulltext

Hey wanted to reflect on a case that I learned a lot from last week: patient with end stage heart failure not currently on inotropes - new AST/ALT in the 1000s (AST>ALT), INR 2.4, Lactate around 5, significant abdominal pain, mental status intact. 1/

21/M student p/w 5 d +fever, headache, myalgia. Exam: +tender palpable spleen, b/l cervical LNs, largest 2x2 cm. WBC 14 w/ atypical lymphs. 4th gen HIV/RNA neg. No PMH. 5 other students developed same Sx around 10 d after a picnic & hiking trip in Missouri. Most likely cause?

#UncleBob - eGFR Tweetorial

eGFR - estimated GFR
mGFR - measured GFR

@UnremarkableLab

In view of a recent TikTok fiasco (which I was too busy to address at the time), I thought I would set out a little #Tweetorial on Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures (PNES), a topic that seems to generate both considerable interest and misunderstanding. /1

1/ 🚨New episode alert!🚨

Join us this week for our latest episode of #5Pearls where we discuss penicillin allergies!

Available wherever you podcast!
iTunes: http://bit.ly/coreimpodcast ||
Show Notes: http://bit.ly/PCN_allergy

I reviewed 100+ conference abstracts over the weekend.
A 🧵 with some of my takeaways on how to craft an excellent abstract:
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This was an MI of the RV + inferior LV, with complete heart block, caused by a thrombotic occlusion of the proximal RCA.

Thanks all for commenting. 🧵 below has some basic stuff + nerdy stuff, hopefully something helpful for everyone.

1/ https://twitter.com/sargsyanz/status/1394646332116189185

💥What is Monoclonal Gammopathy and when does it’s presence indicate presence of cancer?

💥What is MGUS and MGRS?

#Onconephrology
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1/ Quick thread of teaching points related to neurosyphilis, a frequently misunderstood condition 🧵

Have you ever heard that nocturnal hypoglycemia causes rebound hyperglycemia in the morning?

This is also known as the Somogyi effect - published in 1938.

Did you know this concept has been contested in the last decades?

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#MedEd #diabetes #MedTwitter

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Inspired by @ChrisZhouDO to create my first #tweetorial. I am by no means an expert ~ just someone who enjoyed learning about ekgs in med school. Hope it can help some med students who are as confused as I initially was!

#MedEd #MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter

How does increasing dietary potassium improve blood pressure?

I’ve heard this, even recommended it. But how does this really work? Grab some prunes and follow along this Tuesday morning tweetorial.

#Nephtwitter #cardstwitter @MedTweetorials

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I would like to discuss “Fluoroquinolone (FQ) or TMP-SMX vs beta-lactam (BLs) after initial IV course for gram negative bacteremia (GNR) “

Systemic review was conducted and eight retrospective studies met the inclusion criteria
@IdVilchez

1/8 When might an FeUrea not be as useful as FeNa? Let's explore briefly!

#NephTwitter #MedEd #MedTwitter #Tweetorial #FOAMEd @MedTweetorials

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What is the most worthless electrolyte on the BMP, and why is it chloride?

Agree?
A #tweetorial 🧵 to change your mind…

And if you’re thinking, why in the world is this a #neurotweetorial? Read on. #neurotwitter @MedTweetorials

Tweetorial on Radiation Risk from CT.
How likely are you to get cancer from one or even five CTs in a year?
We'll be taking the long scenic route through Chernobyl and Fukushima Daichi over 25 tweets to finally (and hopefully) arrive at an answer.
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