#MedEd

1/ Why so floppy? Today we learn about neonatal botulism from our fantastic teaching senior, Dr. Caitlin Billingham! What % of botulism cases are attributed to honey?

Another @CuriousClinPod dropped with @HannahRAbrams @AvrahamCooperMD @tony_breu

Episode 14: Why do septic pulmonary emboli occur in the periphery and bases of the lungs?
http://curiousclinicians.com/2020/11/25/episode-14-septic-pulmonary-embolism/

Listen and check out the show notes below 👇

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Ready for a #NeoNeph #tweetorial? Let's look at kidney support therapy (KST) in #neonates.
@ASPNeph @EBNEO @MedTweetorials @MedEdBot @IrishNeonatal @AAPneonatal #SoMe
Credit: NICKS course by @DDD_Askenazi & team. Great article by @menonshina https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6777586/

1/ What are the benefit and harms of interventions to treat breathlessness (dyspnea) in people with advanced cancer?

We explore non-pharmacologic interventions in @JAMAOnc #supponc #pallonc

A tweetorial...

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaoncology/fullarticle/2773116

1/ Just finished reading this CP solving article which I highly recomend:(https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMcps2002083)
This thread will contain spoilers.
Since the article did not analyze the labs, I wanted to take some time to review how the "non-specific labs" can help to narrow the ddx.

Ladies, let me reassure you--unless you are purposely wiping back to front, your hygiene isn't the problem.

A 🧵 on recurrent UTIs.

Tweetorial: An amp of 8.4% NaBicarb in the ICU 💉. Panacea or poison?

#NephTwitter #askrenal #medtwitter @askrenal

Normally, at a pH of 7.4, what is the concentration of H+ in the arterial plasma?

With temperatures dropping, heaters turn on ♨️
My dad heard our heater acting up and got it checked out to learn its leaking Carbon Monoxide ⚠️📛

So here's a quick glance of CO intoxication & a reminder to keep it on your differential

(1) #FOAMed #FOAM #MedEd #MedTwitter

Another new diagnosis I had never heard of until this pulm rotation: Ulcerative Bronchiolitis (yup, you saw that right). 🧵of an illness script of a rare condition!

Inspired by @EmmGeezee's comments here
https://twitter.com/EmmGeezee/status/1324928165207216128?s=20

#MedTwitter #tweetorial

1/ #tweetorial Having doubt on gout? I teamed up with @MithuRheum to tackle the topic. Based on 2020 ACR guidelines (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32391934/) and UTD.

Hi #MedTwitter & #NephTwitter
How's everyone doing? while waiting for the #Election2020, let's do a #Tweetorial on #Neonatal #Hypertension
@MedTweetorials @EBNEO @AAPneonatal
Summarizing nice review by Drs. Dionne, @CabitbolZyx & @drjosflynn
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00467-010-1755-z#Tab1
A thread
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Check out this great review on #FebrileSeizures by @EMBoardBombs

Yes this is great for all you med-peds out there and not just EM folks. https://www.emboardbombs.com/s/Febrile-Seizures.pdf

They are the MC neurologic d/o in children & occur in 2-4% of children b/t 6 mon-5yrs, w/a peak incidence at 15 mon https://twitter.com/EMBoardBombs/status/1324320621946437632

Let's talk about microbiology in infertility and pelvic inflammatory disease!

A 🧵:

‼️#Tweetorial Time‼️

“Spinal Cord Vascular Supply”

For my pub in @NeurologyCP I reviewed the vasc supply of this small space in the CNS!

https://cp.neurology.org/content/early/2020/10/19/CPJ.0000000000000995

@MedTweetorials @RealDrHu @RyanBPetersonMD @Gradydoctor @EmmGeezee @Tracey1milligan @AaronLBerkowitz #MedEd
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Last night on @UnremarkableLab w/ @UABIMRes
and @medrants there was a patient who presented with aphasia and his BP was extremely elevated >250 systolic. What is the ddx here?

1. Hemorrhagic stroke
2. Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome
3. Hypertensive Emergency

#Tweetorial! Continuing with the #NeuroBootCamp my co-chiefs and I are leading @EmoryNeurology on #NeuroEmergencies, today’s #MedEd topic will be:
“Myasthenic Crisis”

Keep in mind I’m approaching this with my #NeuroCritCare hat on @MedTweetorials
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Splenomegaly in Crohn’s disease? Something I learned in @CPSolvers #VMR yesterday with @rabihmgeha @DxRxEdu from a case by @BJegorovic association of the spleen has been recorded on only a few previous occasions.

Check out the new handout on #Stroke 👇 or follow along below for a quick #Medtweetorial

Ischemic stroke is very common and a major source of morbidity and mortality. In the US alone, the lifetime risk for all adults is 25%. https://twitter.com/EMBoardBombs/status/1316695461680558086

Antifungals have come a LOOOONGGG way but we still lose many battles against these stubborn bugs😢

Let's focus on 𝐕𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐳𝐨𝐥𝐞 today !!

A short thread.

#antifungals #IDTwitter #oncology #MedTwitter #MedStudentTwitter #hematology

What is a rheumatoid factor anyway?

RF is a polyclonal antibody that is against the Fc portion of IgG. Normally, IgM is the only RF Ab measured, however, there are RFs of the other Ig classes. What is the most specific antibody for rheumatoid arthritis?
#MedTwitter #meded

Kicking off this Monday w/ some UpToDate points on 💨CRYPTOGENIC ORGANIZING PNEUMONIA (COP)💨, a new diagnosis I encountered on #pulm last week https://www.uptodate.com/contents/cryptogenic-organizing-pneumonia?search=organizing%20pneumonia&source=search_result&selectedTitle=1~127&usage_type=default&display_rank=1#H1

#MedTwitter how often do you use 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧 ?

A thread on 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧 for those interested 😉

#MedEd #MedStudentTwitter #oncology #hematology #tweetorial

This is the article I referenced. It is a quick and easy read. Enjoy. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3205536/

#OBGYN #OHSS #OvarianHyperstimulationSyndrome