Drew Dagens

Infectious diseases doctor with the RAF.

Perpetual PhD applicant.

[Drew Dagens @DrewDagens1]

BBC News - England set to be one of the first countries to eliminate hepatitis C - BBC News
https://t.co/LzOsGTBQnL

[Peter Horby @peterhorby.bsky.social @PeterHorby]

Influenza going up in the UK. For those involved in the RECOVERY trial of influenza treatments - please try to enrol patients. If this season is short and sharp, we will have a limited time window for recruitment.

[Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum]

So, in the end, both France and Britain voted against the far-right.
Doesn't mean the threat is gone, but pay attention to the center, center left, green and center right voters who are still the majority in Europe, everywhere except Hungary.

[John Green @sportswithjohn]

Ending Tuberculosis is within reach. So why are millions still dying? A brilliant article on the challenges (and opportunities) of ending TB and saving a hundred million lives over the next century. https://t.co/dk9GrnOeTn

[Drew Dagens @DrewDagens1]

@bacteriollygy Imagine what happens in Sad Valley...

[Drew Dagens @DrewDagens1]

Nice little article on the perils of publication bias

https://t.co/QPJAyjaHB0

[Eddie Cliff @Eddie_Cliff]

Immortal time bias: a 🧵
When I was an infectious diseases intern, I attended @justin_denholm, Dr Street & @syctong's #VIDSJC journal club, we discussed this @JAMAInternalMed paper: Association of Evidence-Based Care w Mortality in staph aureus bacteremia https://t.co/EP4B6UPuxj

[Peter Horby @peterhorby.bsky.social @PeterHorby]

Scandalous that so little is done about diseases like monkeypox until high income countries are affected.
But there has been international cooperation to try to improve the situation:
See BMJ article https://t.co/R6yz6hIGtc
Plus a clinical trial has started in DRC NCT05559099

[Drew Dagens @DrewDagens1]

What's the fastest way to diagnose Ebola Virus Disease in low-resource settings? New paper in CMI

#Ebola #EbolaOutbreakUG #EbolaOutbreak

The Diagnostic Accuracy of Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Ebola Virus Disease: a Systematic Review https://t.co/Oxc9WK7mQ3

[Dr Xin Hui Chan 🕊 @xhschan]

Fantastic opportunity for a dynamic & passionate individual to join @PSIOxford. Nipah virus infection has a fatality rate of up to 75%. Come work with us to transform the way we prevent & treat this important high-threat infectious disease @PeterHorby @OutbreakJake @ERGO_Horby

[NEJM @NEJM]

In this trial, a restrictive approach to intravenous fluid administration in critically ill patients with septic shock did not reduce mortality. #CCR22 https://t.co/UfY1936Qwb

[Drew Dagens @DrewDagens1]

@xhschan @NDMOxford Slacker...

[Drew Dagens @DrewDagens1]

Great article. A must-read for any military doc.

https://t.co/2KS1pfWxGS

[Ben Goldacre @bengoldacre]

NEW @OpenSAFELY paper KLAXON

Comparing sotrovimab and molnupiravir for prevention of severe outcomes in non-hospitalised patients with COVID-19.

https://t.co/bfVVEpMes7

Preprint not yet peer reviewed, under review at a journal, sharing for info.

INTERESTING THINGS THREAD: 1/n

[Peter Horby @peterhorby.bsky.social @PeterHorby]

Major boost for Oxford’s mission to counter future pandemic threats

This extremely generous gift from the Moh Family Foundation launches the Pandemic Sciences Institute as a global asset to strengthen health security for all @PSIOxford

https://t.co/zLJQjLSaed

[Drew Dagens @DrewDagens1]

@BugsBernadette @OUHospitals Not all who wander are lost! Kudos B.

[Drew Dagens @DrewDagens1]

An app that checked that (Figure 1) is in fact Figure 1 would change science for ever... #AcademicTwitter

[Peter Horby @peterhorby.bsky.social @PeterHorby]

New RECOVERY result: Baricitinib

8156 patients randomly allocated to receive usual care plus baricitinib versus usual care alone.

28-day mortality lower in patients allocated baricitinib: 513/4148 (12%) vs 546/4008 (14%) (age-adjusted rate ratio 0.87; 95% CI 0.77-0.98; p=0.026)

[Nuffield Department of Medicine @NDMOxford]

Announcing the new Pandemic Sciences Institute https://t.co/kbU1cBuXVc via @YouTube

[Harris Manchester @HMCOxford]

📢Two of our students studying for the MSc in Evidence-Based Health Care have won the prestigious EBHC Dissertation Prize for their outstanding dissertations. Many congratulations to @DrewDagens1 & Stella Vieth!🌟🌟Details:👇 @cebmOxford

https://t.co/4lMWIkOtkw