Pulmonary Imaging Laboratory

Pulmonary Imaging Laboratory at the University of California, San Diego. A group of physiologists, imagers and engineers. We like protons.

[Sue Hopkins @Sue_R_Hopkins]

Our paper on how you can quantify hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction, the major active mechanism of ensuring efficient gas exchange is out. You can do this approach with multiple imaging techniques and in many patient populations @ruicarsa @Drvinnyted @akizhak

[Sue Hopkins @Sue_R_Hopkins]

I have mask induced exhaustion syndrome, from stomping out nonsense about masks. @KateYandell and @factcheckdotorg get it right: masks make your face hot and increase awareness of breathing. That’s it. @mkstickland @AnnalsATS #FactCheck #FaceMasks

https://t.co/vgpMX8DwnE

[Pulmonary Imaging Laboratory @Lung_UCSD]

If you don’t already follow @EM_RESUS you should…

[Sam Ghali, M.D. @EM_RESUS]

Hi, ER Doc here.

I use this account to teach people about medical emergencies. I don’t give a shit about a blue checkmark I care about reaching people. I would love to hit 400K followers to be able to reach more people.

Can I get some RTs and Follows to help me get there?

[Pulmonary Imaging Laboratory @Lung_UCSD]

Good to have this out.

[Sue Hopkins @Sue_R_Hopkins]

Our manuscript looking at ways new of evaluating the lung circulation in pulmonary arterial hypertension is out in the Journal of Applied Physiology https://t.co/1v5GdpHWNG. @akizhakk @ruicarsa @BogaardHarm @Lung_UCSD @nih_nhlbi @japplphysiol #PAH #MRI

[Sue Hopkins @Sue_R_Hopkins]

After a long and sometimes painful process our workshop report is out. Quantitative Imaging Metrics for the Assessment of Pulmonary Pathophysiology ⁦@AnnalsATS⁩ ⁦@ATS_RSF⁩ #QuantitativeImaging https://t.co/BTuIrwVZa4

[Eric Feigl-Ding @DrEricDing]

“Those who don’t study history are doomed to repeat it. Those who do study history are doomed to stand by helplessly while everyone else repeats it”.

^How I feel about this fall/winter #COVID surge.

HT to whoever is the artist.

[ERS publications @ERSpublications]

Long implicated in the pathology of ageing, cancer and many other systemic diseases, cellular senescence is now emerging as a key factor in the pathogenesis of severe COVID-19, with implications for other viral illnesses. https://t.co/MFkrJXWLot

[Pulmonary Imaging Laboratory @Lung_UCSD]

Randomized Trial of Metformin, Ivermectin, and Fluvoxamine for Covid-19 | NEJM. Cliff notes: horse paste doesn’t work. #covid19 https://t.co/6Gz755WJvE

[Pulmonary Imaging Laboratory @Lung_UCSD]

@K_G_Andersen Nice website! One suggestion: the “late geniuses” heading makes it sound like they are deceased, which I am sure they are not.

[Pulmonary Imaging Laboratory @Lung_UCSD]

@ExpPhysiol @BogaardHarm @SMHopkins @amsterdamumc @VUamsterdam @UCSDMedSchool Maybe delete and retweet with the first author and the correct last author? @akizhakk @Sue_R_Hopkins

[Experimental Physiology @ExpPhysiol]

Prone positioning redistributes gravitational stress in the lung in normal conditions and in simulations of oedema https://t.co/Z8vaeXvlhJ @BogaardHarm @SMHopkins @Lung_UCSD @amsterdamumc @VUamsterdam @UCSDMedSchool

[Pulmonary Imaging Laboratory @Lung_UCSD]

Looks like a great study evaluating multiple layers of protection.

[Simon A. Joosten @SimonAJoosten1]

Our PPE and HEPA filter virus aerosol paper just dropped https://t.co/Nd8vuBDLrk
Thanks @JIDJournal for excellent peer review process.
Great work @drShaneLandry.
#COVID
#COVIDisAirborne
#PPE

[ⓘam NOT here anymore @ruicarsa]

I somehow missed this @japplphysiol tweet on our recent work. From Eric Geier's "trilogy in 5+ parts", our latest on Specific Ventilation Imaging: faster imaging, if you can trade-off some spatial resolution. @Lung_UCSD @ucsdpccm #LungImaging

[Christopher A. Longhurst, MD @CALonghurst]

COVID rates are increasing in San Diego, and I suspect this is the beginning of a summer surge. Almost certain to be smaller than the winter surge, and unlikely to threaten hospital resources, but you still don't want to get COVID!
👉https://t.co/A7n4NEUBIP

[Andy Slavitt @ASlavitt]

COVID Update: I’ve talked to 4 experts this weekend about what a BA.2 wave of Omicron in the US might look like.

BA2, a more transmissible virus, is sweeping Europe & Asia but the impact here could be strikingly different. 1/

[Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken]

Tell your residents how much you appreciate them

[Eric Topol @EricTopol]

New @CDCMMWR report for Omicron wave
Vaccination + booster: 96% reduced hospitalization
Vaccination, w/o booster: 81% reduced hospitalization
Compared with unvaccinated, 8 January 2022, @CountyofLA (largest US county) @lapublichealth
https://t.co/M5XlNzG50j

[Pulmonary Imaging Laboratory @Lung_UCSD]

@calonghurst @UCSDHealth @CAPublicHealth @ericapanMD_CDPH @ImmunizeCa There’s a Pfizer/ Moderna confounding factor in there too..Third dose Moderna wasn’t available until late October.

[Christopher A. Longhurst, MD @CALonghurst]

COVID (San Diego) Chronicles - Jan 23, 2022

There is no doubt we have turned the omicron corner @UCSDHealth. Of course, with a ~10% positive rate yesterday, it is still far higher than any previous surge. Join me for some data, insights, and personal opinions (1/11) 🧵

[Christopher A. Longhurst, MD @CALonghurst]

1/ COVID (San Diego) Chronicles - Jan 17, 2022

7 day average cases and rate ↓ to 554/day and 10.3% from 938 and 13.7% a week ago @UCSDHealth

We may be over the hump, but remember that while rates are ↘️, risk is still 🆙 and thousands will be infected on the downhill slope