Donor-derived infections with Rickettsia typhi (agent of murine typhus) in 2 kidney transplant recipients (1 fatal) Teaching points - 🐭 typhus transmitted by fleas (& transplant) - Cases 📈 in Texas - Death of diffuse 🫁 , 🧠 edema w/o dx=👎 tx - cfDNA MGS (Karius) can dx wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/...

The amazing team at @sciencevs.bsky.social dropped a #Tylenol podcast a few days ago, giving explanation of why the link has been made and how it's not quite as it seems A great example of bias and confounding, and how meta-analysis isn't always the pinnacle of evidence #EpiSky #MedSky

This ought to be engraved somewhere.

👀 #SurgSky

If you want some Friday night comedy, just go compare the reactions to this on BlueSky vs LinkedIn.

The US Federal government has commenced the shake up of the OPOs who are the agencies who are tasked with overseeing the recovery of solid organs for the purposes of transplantation. This will have all sorts of flow on effects. #Nephsky #Medsky

An in-depth look at lymphatic reorganization! This issue’s cover features 3D imaging and single-cell genomics by David A. Long, @daniyaljafree.bsky.social & team, revealing lymphatic rewiring in kidney tissue with chronic transplant rejection: buff.ly/BZEw4az

👇 #medsky info on two women physicians who are receiving awards for groundbreaking research here in Australia (one of whom is an anesthetist)

It isn’t common, but when a young infant is infected with Hep B from mom or other caregiver there is a roughly 90% chance of chronic disease. That means suffering. That means liver transplant. That means earlier death. The vaccine is decades old and incredibly safe. There is a clear right answer.

Only one country has more civilian guns than people. www.smallarmssurvey.org/database/glo...

I too would be tired if I had to carry around something close to half my size each day! #wildlife #Australlia

👇🏻FYI #nephsky #medsky

This will be really good, Dr James Barry had a celebrated career including as a military surgeon (and was actually a woman)!

Last year, we asked transplant recipients about their experiences & unmet immunosuppressant needs - and 10,000 patients responded! Their perspectives provide valuable insights into the patient experience. The results are now published in the AJT & are available with open access.

"After starting his practice at the beginning of January 2025, Kamara carries the neurosurgical disease burden — traumatic injuries, spinal paralyses, seizures, brain tumors — of an entire country of eight million people."

Any other aussies wake up at 3:30am on a work day Monday? 😅 Quick single exposure to see the stars close to totality. Next one in March is at a much more forgiving evening time.

Please also communicate this to the social media teams for professional medical societies. I frequently see accounts that exclusively post pictures without alt text that are not making it to the #Medsky feeds!

👇 #GastroSky #IDSky

Recently, the tightly-regulated wait list for deceased donor kidneys has seen a rise in so-called “out-of-sequence” allocation. Professor of transplant surgery Jesse Schold, PhD, is on a government task force looking to improve protocols. Learn more 🔽 https://bit.ly/45V14xz

Lawyer penalised for the inappropriate use of AI here in Australia

Please help me welcome to Bluesky @drdebhoury.bsky.social - brave, brilliant, and principled. abcnews.go.com/Politics/vid...

We are starting to see higher total cumulative annual mentions for entire organisations on Bluesky than on Twitter. Below are mentions of all research ever published by @leibniz-zmt.de. Bluesky is higher than Twitter in 2025.

🚨 The CDC as we know it is being severely altered tonight. In addition to the CDC director being ousted, the Post is reporting that several senior leaders are leaving as well. Here are from two of the resignations:

For any of my bluesky friends who are surgeons, please consider filling out this survey on ergonomics in the operating room. Thanks so much! uwashington.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Here is a full list of all #Medsky accounts by specialty: Ophtho: 231 Geri: 310 Derm: 330 Rheum: 393 Urology: 432 Anesthesia: 493 Ob/Gyn: 505 Heme: 505 IM: 588 Neph: 878 Palliative: 882 Rads: 918 ID: 969 FM/PC: 1,102 Cards: 1,177 Surgery: 2,340 Psych: 2,441 Onc: 2,815 Immuno: 2,988 Peds: 2,999

Nice story about former Gophers and Vikings player Ben Williams experience with dialysis and kidney transplant and how he is giving back www.startribune.com/ben-williams...

Now for some good news out of Australia

In summary, providing physicians with smartwatches does not address the root causes of burnout!

Training or qualified surgeon? 🩺 Learn how to write for surgical journals, appraise literature, & understand peer review with BJS Institute 100% online. 👣 Take your next career step ➡️ buff.ly/J7Wvt4i #surgery #surgicalwriting #research

👇 #academicsky

So, what is the bet that if doctors become no better at diagnosis than the AI assisted technology, then they may be ultimately replaced by another healthcare worker using the same technology? #MedSky

Study: Kidney-transplant recipients benefit from COVID-19 vaccination Among those with 2 or 3 vaccine doses, VE against hospitalization due to COVID-19 was 47%. www.cidrap.umn.edu/c...

#Australia #AustralianBustard west of #AliceSprings #birds

Superb science journalism from @nature.com on a handful of bad editors driving most retractions. This was always a concern for mega journals, where editorial oversight quality varies wildly - this report puts names and numbers on the problem. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This is really worth a visit if you are in the city of London

"Fake citations typically lack a DOI — an identifying number for a published article — therefore journals could mandate the use of DOIs in references, where available." www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Today at #WTC2025: A patient with type 1 diabetes underwent transplantation of genetically modified allogeneic islet cells with no immunosuppression. The results of this study support the concept of immune evasion by these modified cells. Read the Brief Report: nej.md/3TXVgwp @ttsorg.bsky.social

Question to the transplant nephrologists on here: what is your stance on GLP1-RA in transplant patients 🤔 Safe during long term follow up if all else stable, perhaps after Year 1? Or has anybody seen severe issues or rejection due to low Tac levels?

After three successful organ transplants, the Stolkers say they've been given a new lease on life. Now they're campaigning for more Australians to become donors.

Now this is interesting particularly the fact that malignancy and motor vehicle accidents feature prominently in the various underlying causes of the death of surgeons

Above the tree line whilst hiking in Dovre Nasjonal Park Norway. Note the alpine vegetation including all that lichen!

No one should be using Generative AI to replace actual thinking, research, analysis, or writing… gizmodo.com/fdas-new-dru...

Please to write this @washingtonpost.com Op-Ed with Eric Rubin about the importance of independent medical journals like ours @nejm.org & @jama.com wapo.st/4kUqfV9

This male neurosurgeon has now achieved infamy here in Australia for his appalling behavior in the workplace

Managing bile leakage following major liver surgery is always a challenge. This is worth reading #hpbsky

Julie Steffann, MD, PhD, describes pronuclear transfer, a type of mitochondrial donation, which was made available to women with mitochondrial DNA disease in a reproductive care pathway implemented in Newcastle, United Kingdom. Read the full editorial: nej.md/3UclYBn @institutimagine.bsky.social

Moving away from sometimes wrong, never in doubt: 360-degree feedback is an essential tool - The American Journal of Surgery www.americanjournalofsurgery.com/article/S000...

FYI #Medsky #IDsky , members of the US solid organ Transplant Community are now curating important information on infectious diseases and then disseminating it to the relevant audience