I am running #dopey2026 to raise money for the #Leukemiaandlymphomasociety Please donate if you can/would like to here: pages.lls.org/tnt/team/wdw... #teamintraining

To me, @acpimphysicians.bsky.social meeting only starts when I see my godfather and one of my favorite people Dr. Newman #IM2025

Health misinformation had a key role in the election outcome. Pseudoscientific anti-vaxxers (including some doctors) are ascending to gov positions. I discuss how we counter that. @medpagetoday.bsky.social @gfriedman.bsky.social

This is why ABC News' capitulation is dangerous for journalism www.readtpa.com/p/abc-news-j...

This could’ve easily been a state of the art review in a high impact journal, and Sergio was kind enough to prepare it for our project. Can’t miss material, with non-invasive correlates coming next week.

Our politicians really do hate us

Hmm, i fire off emails on my phone all the time. I've never been asked to take an anger management class. Left as an exercise to the reader: can you identify any structural differences that might explain why exactly the same email from Prof Planey and I are perceived in different ways?

This #TedLasso figurine package arrived to my office when I was away, with a heartwarming note from Dr. Kulkarni, a superb PCCM Physician Scientist, now Endowed Chair at UCLA. I feel that’s exactly what we ALL need now - a shot of #Believe. Thank you @drkulkarni.bsky.social & welcome to #BlueSky!!!

New modeling study finds that if everyone in the United Kingdom had worn N95 or FFP2 masks from the start of the pandemic, the rate of COVID-19 transmission would have been 9 times lower.

This was a super fun one to record!!!! #meded #CHESTJournalPodcast

Elias H. Pratt, MD, joins #JournalCHEST Podcast Moderator, @gallodemoraesmd.bsky.social, to discuss his research into the association between institutional RBC transfusion thresholds for patients receiving venovenous #ECMO and patient outcomes. www.chestnet.org/guidelines-a...

God forbid there's a complication. And valuable learning opportunities for trainees will now be truncated by hospitals who don't want to eat the cost of anesthesia. Also the sheer number of preventable errors that will occur because people feel rushed to finish *on time* instead of doing it right

Our study found that nearly 40% (!) of 12-21 yo females are iron deficient. tinyurl.com/FeJAMA But did you know that in addition to many physical symptoms, iron deficiency is associated with multiple mental health issues? A #medsky #bluetorial 🧵1/

Curious about decompensation pattern, RRT activation and transfer to higher level of care among pts w/ #ESLD waiting for LiverTx? Read our work below! #medsky #liversky #PCCM #criticalcare pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39584698/

Here is what Andy Slavitt, President Obama‘s head of Medicare and Medicaid shared during the first attempted repeal of the ACA in 2017. A repeal of this program will have even more dire consequences. Please share EVERYWHERE!

Finally: we need a moratorium on any more retrospective studies on this. The last 10 years of retrospective studies on piptazo have led to a LOT of misleading studies. More retro studies will NOT help. We need high-quality RCTs. As always I'd be happy to change my mind, but I need real data.

After I posted that blog, Hamilton et al. published a manuscript on MedRxiv that explains the nitty gritty of what went wrong in the study. JAMA-IM refused to publish their letter to the editor, but you can read it here: (feels like a banned book!) www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

Medpeds-trained, 2nd year adult PCCM fellow and aspiring adult congenital lung specialist here. Anyone know of trailblazers in this arena? #pulmsky

A thread about the pathophysiology of childhood asthma and how the pandemic exposed just how wrong so many of the underlying assumptions were, and how much biases and racism inpacted our understanding. 🧵 1/17

If herd immunity via infection works, why did we not eliminate polio in the US until we had a vaccine? Why did we need a vaccine to eradicate smallpox? These and other illnesses have been around for a very long time. They kill & disable. Vaccines are safe, effective, and lifesaving.

Vaccines have eliminated or dramatically reduced countless diseases over hundreds of years. Examples: Smallpox? ERADICATED globally. Polio? 99% eliminated globally. Diphtheria? Nearly 100% eliminated in the US. Measles & mumps? 99% reduced in the US. Vaccines save MILLIONS OF LIVES every year. 1/

🚨Let's keep the facts on vaccines front and centre! "New data shows vaccines have saved 154 million lives in the past 50 years" www.gavi.org/vaccineswork... via @gavinnewsom.bsky.social #VaccinesWork

An excellent and important read. "Battle" and "fight" are just two examples of words never to use with patients. More examples and alternatives shared in article. #MedSky #WordsMatter

Fluoridated water 1)Reduces tooth decay by ~25% in kids and adults. 2) For every $1 spent, communities save up to $38 in dental costs. 3) Benefits everyone, regardless of income or access to dental care. 4) Over 75 years of research shows it’s effective and harmless. www.npr.org/sections/sho...

(now repost the starter pack plz)

Still super proud of our #Chest Covid task force!!! #medsky #foamed @chriscarrollmd.bsky.social

Patients and patient advocates: consider visiting your congress representatives offices to advocate for funding for research. The development of new treatments and diagnoses require funding of basic and translational research in academic laboratories.

It’s always very interesting when folks conclude that the only way a Black person could have achieved what they have is purely through being treated preferentially 🤦🏾‍♀️

Feels right that my 1st post here should be to share this incredible RCT, led by my PhD supervisor Nick Daneman: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... Main takeaway: 7-days of abx should be the standard of care for patients with uncomplicated non-S. aureus BSI. A deep dive 🧵: #IDsky

Disinformation kills! Spreading public health disinformation has nothing to do with freedom of speech because it is political propaganda that results in people's deaths. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

First report of post CAR T pregnancy. Detected 85d post CAR T duringB cell recovery. Normal delivery. #ACR24 abstract 1753

🧵 1/15 Just launched a new clinical podcast on Long COVID with an amazing group of internists from across the US! We're focusing on educating healthcare providers about this complex condition that affects millions worldwide. Let me introduce you to our incredible team...

Doug Ford opening rural Ontario up to Starlink with $100M to his private business when hospitals are falling apart, is all you need to know how election interference has already begun in Canada 🇨🇦.

Me every time a new person is announced on that man’s team.

The other night, I watched a nurse rock a freshly bathed PICU baby to "Good Luck, Babe" while another nurse sang along as they cleaned up the bath gear. Thought you should know these heroes step up and love the child when a parent can't be there.

Still thinking about the fact that the only reason we know about the parasitic worm in RFK Jr’s brain is that he talked, during his divorce hearing, about how it diminished his cognitive capacity as an excuse to pay less alimony. Quite something to see him nominated for head of HHS.

Not only is he an AIDS minimizer, he denies that the HIV virus causes AIDS. (He thinks poppers do, and that Fauci “made up” HIV.) He also thinks wi-fi causes cancer and there are secret chemicals in our water supply nobody will tell you about turning children trans (which he doesn’t think is real).

It's disturbing seeing some medical and public health professionals trying to normalize RFK by saying "we have to meet him halfway." NOPE. RFK is a charlatan who has deliberately spread disinformation that has killed people. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.

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The US FDA is the single reason that most people in this country have never had brain worms. www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Oh hi Bsky! I see a number of goodies on here already! @omnintensivist.bsky.social @gallodemoraesmd.bsky.social @arghavansallesmd.bsky.social @chriscarrollmd.bsky.social @sfaiz212.bsky.social Also, first test! And a friendly reminder: Always be extubating

Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction Graphic from Edward Tufte More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪

Vaccination saves lives. Period.

#diuresisjedy #medsky

tired: albumin + bumetinide wired: furosemide + thiazide + amiloride

US preterm birth rate was 10.4% in 2023 w significant racial disparities, receiving a D+ from @marchofdimes.bsky.social for the 3rd straight yr. Many challenges are secondary to maternal care deserts which will only worsen as ob/gyns leave states without reproductive freedom.

Oh we are so cooked

⚠️ Looks like Trump is really going to pick RFKJr to head up the Department of Health and Human Services. God help us all. www.politico.com/news/2024/11...

They’re really doing it. They’re going to Make America’s Children Die Again (MACDA).