LyJa

ER pediatrician/interested in pediatric pain+pediatric SIRS+sepsis research/lab experience in viruses+stem cells/loving music,bikes&sci-fi

[LyJa @JankauskaiteLin]

If You ever asked me what are the most interesting cells in the human body, I would tell You without a doubt that it's platelets. 🥳Check out another "baby" of ours: "Platelet role in the prediction of MIS-C severity". https://t.co/rboHaODSXB @FrontPediatrics

[Mike Schumacher @schumacherama]

Goblet cells and friends #microscopy

[Shamez Ladhani @ShamezLadhani]

This is important - new UKHSA study shows ⬇️ group A strep (GAS) infections in pilot areas where primary school kids were offered nasal flu vaccine during 2013-17 vs other areas where vaccine not used as widely

👉Nasal flu vaccine REDUCES the risk of group A strep infections👇

[Damian Roland @Damian_Roland]

🚨Clinical Guidance released🚨

#GroupAStrep in children: Interim Summary

https://t.co/n991D0vDRg

Highlights use of Fever Pain for decision making & that antibiotic duration, given current circumstances, can be adjusted although 10 days remains optimum for microbiological cure.

[Damian Roland @Damian_Roland]

What makes winter pressures so dangerous for children?

Important to realise that children presenting with fever, high heart rates and being 'unwell' are overwhelmingly likely to not have a bacterial origin to their illness.

https://t.co/oewzak88kM

https://t.co/PI5OVVpk4y

[ImmuHubs @ImmuHubs]

All #paediatricians see the impact of RSV and bronchiolitis. Vaccines are successful in protecting preterm babies and researchers across Europe are hoping a vaccine will cut hospitalisations in healthy term babies too #vaccineswork #vaccinessavelives https://t.co/FKzE9A7hdT

[European Academy of Paediatrics (EAP) @EAPaediatrics]

#Covid19 😷did not just affect children's and adolescents' respiratory systems.

Together with ECPCP, EAP has published an article in @FrontPediatrics on the repercussions of #Covid19 on child and adolescent #mentalhealth

Read it here 👇

https://t.co/S1RHenpaOs

[Shamez Ladhani @ShamezLadhani]

1/ So, here’s some really exciting news:

The hyper-inflammatory heart condition linked with #COVID19 (MIS-C/PIMS-TS) in kids has now virtually disappeared - despite large waves of community #SARSCoV2 infections with omicron & it’s subvariants …🧵

👉 https://t.co/NHKWJscTiD

[Long Covid SOS @longcovidsos.bsky.social @LongCovidSOS]

A combination of 2 vascular biomarkers can identify #LongCovid with 96% accuracy according to this study

Both ANG-1 and P-SEL are related to endothelial injury

Authors suggest angiogenesis (dev of new blood vessels) as a target for potential treatments

https://t.co/N7D8OjmHOS

[Ming "Tommy" Tang @tangming2005]

5 websites for drawing scientific figures: 👇 🧵

[LyJa @JankauskaiteLin]

Such an amazing experience in #eaps #EAPS2022. Networking, best speakers and experts, interesting talks about off-label drugs in pediatrics, pediatric dermatology, infections, surgery, pulmonology, regenerative medicine in children diseases, rare disease, AI. Best time ever!

[liesbeth siderius @liesbethsideriu]

At #eaps2022 paediatricians stand united with Ukrainian colleagues Nataliia and @MamenkoM in light of the current events in #ukraine 🤝

[LyJa @JankauskaiteLin]

#Covid is becoming routine. However, this is still unsolved topic for the most suitable therapy during #covid-ARDS . Especially in #children. Our new work- a hypothesis paper on #HMGB1 role in #SARS-CoV-2 #ARDS with the focus on vagal stimulation. https://t.co/syptdwPdJA

[Lolly Daskal @LollyDaskal]

The challenge of leadership
is to be strong, but not disrespectful
be kind, but not frail
be bold, but not to intimidate to
be humble, but not weak
be proud, but not prideful
~ @LollyDaskal #Leadership #quote #Management #HR #Success #Motivation

[Connor G. G. Bamford, Ph.D @cggbamford]

Given the recent interest in monkeypox, here's a few things that people should know about poxviruses from a virologist point of view (1/14)

[James Neill  ≠ 𝕏 @jneill]

Think. Of. The. Children:
Nearly 4x as many cases as peak of Alpha wave

12+ vaccine rollout is too late, and too slow.
They are deliberately infecting our children.

And not without consequence;
child Covid hospitalisations high & rising,
and #LongCovidKids too.

#NotReassuring

[Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social @chrischirp]

The govt released a detailed comparison of children admitted to hospital between wave 1 (spring 2020) and wave 2 (winter 2021) on Friday.

Some things that stand out:

Large marjority (80%) were admitted BECAUSE of covid & almost 60% of children had no underlying conditions 1/3

[Ed Yong is not here @edyong209]

Consider this excellent review on possible mechanisms for long-COVID. Some of these hypotheses may be wrong, but this paper is ideas-rich and *citation-rich*. We're not starting from scratch; at minimum, there's a trove of hypotheses to test.
https://t.co/cSEwijv09Y

[Alejandra Manjarrez @lecteroide]

How the immune system responds to a SARS-CoV-2 infection largely defines the course of the disease.

In this story for @TheScientistLLC, I focus on two things that can go wrong:
- not reacting on time ⏲️
- confounding the target (autoimmunity) 🎯

https://t.co/KoskDY3njE

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

A @CellCellPress commentary yesterday entitled "Keeping Pace with the #SARSCoV2 Variants" states
"The evidence so far suggests that effectiveness against hospitalizations and symptomatic illness is highly preserved against Delta" https://t.co/T8V6e5mMgF
I'm calling it out. /1