DrHowardLi

Pulmonologist @CharlestonVAHCS and @MedUnivSC, always searching for the fine line between not enough coffee and too much coffee

[DrHowardLi @DrHowardLi1]

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[American Thoracic Society (ATS) @atscommunity]

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[American Thoracic Society (ATS) @atscommunity]

To what extent is the American Thoracic Society meeting your educational needs? Shape the future of ATS Ed+. Complete our education needs assessment survey: https://t.co/tHT1WOVKt8.

[Jerome Adams @JeromeAdamsMD]

ICYMI, starting Monday you can order free #covid19 tests from the government again. Why does this matter? Because you have to test before you can treat, and treatment can ⬇️ duration of illness, chance of hospitalization, and also long covid.

[Daniel Gould, MD, PhD @DJGould94]

When an academic sends you an article and says "I think you might find this interesting", you have to understand that's a sign of great respect in their culture

[DrHowardLi @DrHowardLi1]

@JohnRMontford Sigh. It's July.

[DrHowardLi @DrHowardLi1]

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[Gabriel Bosslet @gbosslet]

What is the dumbest part of medical school and why is it being told to buy an ophthalmoscope?

[Amanda Hu @amandalhu]

Lol just registered for spoutible and I have a problem @BotSentinel 😒

[Catherine D. Tan @Catherineoscopy]

The existence of full professors implies that the rest of us are hungry professors.

[Tony Pastor, MD @DrTonyPastor]

A real life peer to peer I did today:

Evil company: patient doesn’t meet indication for a coronary CT
Me: I don’t want a coronary CT I want a cardiac ct too look at his coarctation
EC: he is young and his coronaries are healthy
Me: ….it’s for coarct
EC: what’s that?

[Lisa Rotenstein MD @LisaRotenstein]

🚨New! In @JournalGIM we describe prevalent work overload, burnout, and intent to leave in all healthcare workers. Across roles, up to 47% reported work overload, 56% reported burnout, and 41% reported an intent to leave the job in a national survey🚨
https://t.co/BfC9aPPjtg

[Daniel Gould, MD, PhD @DJGould94]

Genuinely inspiring quote for researchers

[John Gallagher @MereSophistry]

Academia is looking forward to the vacation break so you can do work

[Josh Farkas MD 💊 @PulmCrit]

the psychology of line complications is interesting:

😩 if we cause a pneumothorax, we feel bad about it.

🤷‍♂️ if the patient develops thrombosis, its a delayed event so we *don’t* feel responsible.

overall, differential risk of thrombosis is another reason subclavian = 🏆

[Antibiotic Steward Bassam Ghanem 🅱️C🆔🅿️🌟 @ABsteward]

🔥GOLD COPD guidelines 2023🔥
Antibiotics should be given to patients with ECOPD who have increased sputum volume and
sputum purulence and most of those requiring mechanical ventilation (invasive or
noninvasive)
Duration :5-7 days 😱
IV or Oral
Choice👇
https://t.co/EE1IVeNFgI

[Anand Swaminathan MD MPH 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇦 @EMSwami]

Ivermectin doesn't work in COVID https://t.co/qPv9opvmWy

It doesn't work when started early
It doesn't work in high dose
It doesn't work in low dose

It doesn't work in a box or with a fox or on a train or in the rain

[Esther Choo, MD MPH @choo_ek]

Asian friends: maybe don’t take balloons to the party for a while. Flowers are good, wine too.

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

My daughter just asked my birth year and I said 1976, and she said, "Dang! That's close to the Holocaust." And I was going to object, but it's actually closer to the Holocaust than it is to the present day and now I'm messed up for the rest of the day.