We interrupt our normal programming (aka tweets about our amazing residents) to remind you all to #Vote 🗳 and don’t forget the emergency ballots for your hospitalized patients @JuddPHL@PennVotes@Vot_ER_org
Fabulous presby conference on pancreatitis! #Takehomes 1. 15% of patients end up with diabetes in 12 months. 2. 30%mortality in patients with severe pancreatitis. 3. Severe pancreatitis and sepsis look similar… abx ppx doesn’t help…#chiefsrule
As #PrideMonth draws to a close, we wanted to remind you that:
🏳️���🌈 LGBT persons have high rates of smoking and associated disease
🏳️🌈 We must work together to ensure equal, fair, and high-quality care for all of our patients
🏳️🌈 https://t.co/4ubLQsVquu
In a new study, removing “race correction” from the interpretation of pulmonary function tests led to a significant increase in the prevalence & severity of lung disease in Black patients ft. Alexander Moffett (@PennPulmonary/@PAIRCenter) https://t.co/BxNprMUTQ3
@Nathanrm0616 Same thing at Penn. And many hospitals - we’ve seen business office people getting vaccines but my ILD patients on immunosuppression have no idea when they might get it.
If there's a significant political backlash for impeaching Trump for **inciting an insurrection** then we're probably completely fucked no matter what.