Andrew Weber

Lifelong student in the practice of medicine.

[Sam Ghali, M.D. @EM_RESUS]

Watch this mind-blowing dynamic MRI and look what happens to the airway with various head and neck positions

This is why basic airway maneuvers save lives!

#FOAMed

[Frontiers @FrontiersIn]

Researchers present an overview Type I interferonopathies in children in order increase the awareness and knowledge of this group of pathologies.

Read and download the study in @FrontPediatrics ⬇️

[Casey Albin, MD @caseyalbin]

🧫Friendly PSA that zosyn (while good for many things) does not penetrate the CNS.

💉Use a cephalosporin + metronidazole if you need GNR/anaerobic coverage.

(State of twitter is saddening, but as long as there is the ability to do good through this platform, i will be here)

[@X @MoreXGrok]

A 58-year-old woman with a new diagnosis of acute myeloid leukaemia

👉 underwent CTof the chest

👉 received 80 mL of intravenous radiocontrast medium (iohexol).

[Avraham Z. Cooper, MD 🩺 @AvrahamCooperMD]

This ENORMOUS coronary aneurysm looks bigger than the heart 🤯

Via @drcarlosod @grepmeded

#MedTwitter

[NEJM Evidence @NEJMEvidence]

Review Article: “Immune Modulation in Sepsis, ARDS, and Covid-19 — The Road Traveled and the Road Ahead,” by @LeligdowiczA, @Michael_Harhay, and Carolyn S. Calfee, MD, MAS. https://t.co/DXrXFtUng0

#ARDS #CritCare #Immunotherapy @SchulichMedDent @WesternU @PennMedicine @ucsfccm

[Intensive Care Medicine @yourICM]

Predicting fluid responsiveness in #ICU to avoid administration to patients who do not need & give when needed, allowing for truly personalized treatment
💧fluids could be harmful
💧fluids could be inconstantly effective
#FOAMcc free to read on @yourICM
🖇️ https://t.co/os6seDVna2

[William Aird @WilliamAird4]

1/4

Patients w:h SLE can present with a staggering array of hematologic abnormalities. Virtually no component of the blood is spared... everything is fair game:

1. Blood cells - cytopenia and cytoses
2. Hemostasis - thrombosis, TMA
3. Lymphadenopathy/splenomegaly
4. Lymphoma

[Manual Of Medicine @ManualOMedicine]

Focal (Partial) Seizures

#medtwitter #foamed #meded #Neurology #epilepsy

[Shariq Shamim @ShariqShamimMD]

Septuagenarian with cardiac arrest, bystander CPR with shock ROSC AOx3. EKG post ROSC. What’s the culprit? What’d you do? #CardioTwitter #MedStudentTwitter

[Journal of Brown Hospital Medicine @BrownJHM]

A 23-year-old man presented with rapidly progressive left arm pain and erythema. His left third finger was injured during a hockey game. Overnight, the finger became increasingly painful, with erythema spreading to the wrist. What is the likely diagnosis? #Medtwitter

[Yonatan Greenstein, MD, FCCP🇺🇲🇮🇱 @Yonatan_G_MD]

#CHEST2022 ultrasound faculty plotting and scheming our agenda for the year to come. What an impressive group of thought leaders in the field! @Dockorkydo @navithadev @GZaidiMD @amiksodhi @KLynQ @ParuPatrawalla @WeberPCCM @arielshiloh @nantaro

[NephroPOCUS @NephroP]

#POCUS image of the day: Swinging 🫀
🔗https://t.co/3anQDIgMrG
#MedEd #IMPOCUS #Nephrology

[Society of Mechanical Ventilation @OfVentilation]

Glossary and definitions of terms used in mechanical ventilation
https://t.co/z74aDTltx6

[@X @MoreXGrok]

Diagnostic approach to patients with suspected vasculitis

👉 presents several diagnostic challenges

👉Firstly, patients could present with protean clinical manifestations with a wide spectrum

👉ranging from isolated cutaneous vasculitis to multisystem involvement.

[@X @MoreXGrok]

An 84-year-old man

👉 fever, malaise, and discoloration and pain in his fingers and toes ongoing for 2 wks

👉 no history of smoking

[NephroPOCUS @NephroP]

#echofirst #POCUS image of the day:
what's wrong with this mitral valve? Image from an ESRD patient on #dialysis
Answer and link to source: 🔗https://t.co/wa1oDI2U8o
#MedEd #Nephpearls

[Intensive Care Medicine @yourICM]

Be cautious using #POCUS as measure of volume status: lessons learnt from #LVAD.
🖥 https://t.co/YYrh5b18Hl

& do not miss signs of chronic disease using LV dimensions to predict FR!
🖥 https://t.co/EkENKLhHdu

Reply
🖥 https://t.co/GTBHWaGZxU

Refer to
🖥 https://t.co/YkBRoVhSBT

[ICU OnePager @OnePagerICU]

Overview of continuous renal replacement therapy:
⬛ Modes: CVVH, CVVHDF, etc?
🟥Qb
🟦Qd
🟨dialysate
🟩replacement
🟧anticoagulant
⬜ dialyzer

This OnePager is great intro for people learning about how CRRT works & what the settings mean. #FOAM

https://t.co/FHkeLHfIRy

[Intensive Care Medicine @yourICM]

Controversial impact for steroids in #ARDS... In this 🇰🇷 analysis
💉 dexamethasone associated w ⬇️ 30 &180-day mortality among all patients with ARDS
💉 methylprednisolone associated w ⬆️ 180-day mortality in H1N1 or #COVID19 ARDS
#FOAMcc on @yourICM
🖇️ https://t.co/flgiR9kVhG