PostInfluenza Bacterial Infections: Epidemiology, Mechanistic Insights and Emerging Treatment Approaches🔓 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Photon‑counting CT is doing the most: sharper detection of malignant features, higher confidence, less radiation & reduced contrast across all BMI & tumor sizes. 🫁 pubs.rsna.org/doi/10.1148/... #radiology @laurengroner.bsky.social @gbama11.medsky.social @grimmrad.bsky.social

I feel confident that if the medical profession itself was surveyed, it would conclude doctor-killing, biased & malicious www.ahpra.gov.au should be abolished, and that this would improve the health and welfare the public and medical profession alike. www.theage.com.au/national/thi... #Medsky

CDC Refuses to Take Blame for Measles Spiraling out of Control #Medsky apple.news/AAVp3Td8MT3-...

#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #Microsky #publichealth #InfluenzaA virus & other respiratory viruses can cause depletion and dysfunction of 🔑 immune cells, including alveolar macrophages (AMs), which affect immune responses in the lungs. www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.... pdf

#Medsky🧪#IDsky #immunosky #publichealth #Affinitymaturation in germinal centres (GCs) diversifies the #Bcell response & results in antibodies with improved antigen binding. However, antibodies generated early in a response can reshape ongoing GC selection,

Potential nightmare scenario if fungi acquire the ability to shift from opportunistic to genuine pathogen. Being eukaryotic provides a particular challenge to developing anti fungal drugs.

#Medsky🧪 #IDsky #microsky #publichealth Groundbreaking research published has successfully retrieved near-complete #RNAvirus genomes from Adélie penguin mummies in Antarctica, some dating back nearly 2,000 years.

Patient education on #glucocorticoid stress dosing is key to the effective prevention of #adrenal #crises and their associated morbidity and mortality www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... #Addison's disease #adrenal insufficiency #MedSky #EndoSky

It's terrible to not be believed. #medsky

A 39-year-old woman with obesity presented with a 6-week history of foreign-body sensation and tearing in both eyes. She reported daytime fatigue and snoring. Examination showed marked laxity of the upper eyelids. Read the full case details: nej.md/4rnbM7y #MedSky #Ophthalmology

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Parental firearm injuries spike psychiatric disorders and mental health visits in children, with trauma-related diagnoses hitting hardest. by Karandinos G, Giuriato M (...) Sacks CA et 4 al. in N Engl J Med #MedSky 👉 get more here 📖 read the article: https://www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/NEJMsa2502702

A rare case of spontaneous heparin-induced thrombocytopenia occurred after hip arthroplasty despite no heparin exposure. Severe thromboses developed, but the patient recovered with bivalirudin and IVIG. Full case details: nej.md/3ZOKprn #MedSky #Hematology #Surgery

#Sepsis induces long-term reprogramming of human HSPCs and drives myeloid dysregulation in sepsis survivors #MedSky #septicshock #researchmatters @sepsiscanada.bsky.social pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41593458/

Fecal microbiota transplantation enhances immunotherapy responses in non-small cell lung cancer and melanoma, potentially transforming treatment strategies. by Duttagupta S, Messaoudene M (...) Elkrief A et 46 al. in Nat Med #MedSky 👉 get more here 📖 read the article:

Did you know that a first global study by international regulators and academics concluded that #COVID19 prevention and treatment in #pregnancy are imperative? Read more: www.linkedin.com/pulse/first-... #medsky

Doctors who cut visits by 10% saw EHR time drop by only 21%. This raised EHR work per visit by 21%. Inbox messages and after-hours tasks remained high as patient panels grew complex. #MedSky

Exciting news...tomorrow the guest skeptic on the SGEM is the King of Hearts, Dr. Mattu We critically appraised this study, looking at artificial intelligence for ECG interpretation. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40763602/ The theme music should be easy to guess. #MedSky @rickpescatore.bsky.social