Amy Bellinghausen

Pulmonary and Critical Care Doctor at UCSD, interested in Critical Care Recovery.

[Amy Bellinghausen @ALBellinghausen]

Seen in the ICU today. 😂

[Amy Bellinghausen @ALBellinghausen]

@ucsdpccm Don’t forget the cell-free DNA diagnosis! Fantastic tech for earlier diagnosis of a deadly disease. https://t.co/8baumLeq7H

[Amy Bellinghausen @ALBellinghausen]

Go sports! 😅

[Amy Bellinghausen @ALBellinghausen]

@knittaphd What is this sorcery?!

[Amy Bellinghausen @ALBellinghausen]

DYK that the origin of “pharmacist” is the Greek “pharmakos,” meaning sorcerer? Thanks to ICU pharmDs who work magic! @katrinaderry (for the nerds/Greek speakers @DemosP, that’s Κοινὴ) classically it also refers to use of powerful drugs to heal/harm. #TriviaTuesday #MedTwitter

[Amy Bellinghausen @ALBellinghausen]

TIL - where aspergillus got its name. From the “aspergill” used to sprinkle holy water. Apologies to future trainees rounding with me who will be subject to this and other useless facts. 😬#MedTwitter #trivia

[Amy Bellinghausen @ALBellinghausen]

@Dr_RShatsky It does hurt - I’ve had a few in-person comments like that and it always leaves me feeling a little shaken. Wish I knew how to make it better!

[Amy Bellinghausen @ALBellinghausen]

Was illustrating the way my (very sweet) patient was wearing her mask at the time I walked into clinic today, and my wife laughed at my thumb-shaped human. Glad an art degree is not required to be a pulmonologist…

[Amy Bellinghausen @ALBellinghausen]

@katie_mccaughey @NidaQadirMD Usually it’s “organizing pneumonia” - at least that’s the only term I’ve heard.

[Amy Bellinghausen @ALBellinghausen]

@rbarbosa91 @NidaQadirMD Fantastic! I have also seen a foley used as a bronchial blocker - and once (overseas) as a cut-down venous access. 😳

[Amy Bellinghausen @ALBellinghausen]

Today, self care looks like a shower beer. 🍺

[Amy Bellinghausen @ALBellinghausen]

@thanh_neville @DrMeganHoseyPhD @cassia_yi @Drtravispollema @MazenOdish @DrBobOwens @ravanilla_mark @CAIROrg Thanks! I feel so lucky to work with such amazing people!

[Amy Bellinghausen @ALBellinghausen]

So happy to work with one of our incredible ICU Survivors, Betty Garcia Diaz, on this piece for the Lancet Respiratory. Shoutout to our ECMO team as well! https://t.co/JxVuTFNxzl #ThisisPICS @cassia_yi @Drtravispollema @MazenOdish @DrBobOwens @ravanilla_mark @CAIROrg

[Amy Bellinghausen @ALBellinghausen]

@AaronGoodman33 😃🍿

[Amy Bellinghausen @ALBellinghausen]

@Darcy_ID_doc As someone who has occasionally been bitten by my red eared slider and scraped my hand while cleaning my fish tanks, this thread is a little disconcerting. Fantastic list!

[Amy Bellinghausen @ALBellinghausen]

@EM_RESUS Lung badness and a need for chest CT. 😬 I’d put my money on cancer, but could be foreign body, mucus plug, prior pneumonectomy or post TB bronchiectasis, to name a few.

[Amy Bellinghausen @ALBellinghausen]

It’s always a good sign when you have time for knitting on an ICU night shift.

[Amy Bellinghausen @ALBellinghausen]

Continuing the struggle with insurance auths: Indication for ECG: dyspnea (not approved). After hunting for 5 minutes through an alternate diagnosis list, approved indication: shortness of breath. 😑

[Amy Bellinghausen @ALBellinghausen]

@DrBobOwens Also, for the new trainees: know where to find mouth swabs, ice chips and lip moisturizer for patients - those can be major helps as well! https://t.co/153nS48xN5