Max Diddams

Christian, Husband, Physician, Sinophile, and bad joke enthusiast. These tweets are not medical advice. Go to your doctor. Give your doctor a hug.

[China in Pictures @tongbingxue]

The Last Supper,
Chinese painting, 1938,
by (Luke) Chen Yuandu,
from Catholic University of Peiping.

[Mattie Bekink @MattieBekink]

A friend shared this video from her hometown. A wall of 大白s blocking the returning workers. Cannot verify that is what is really happening, but my friend was sad to see this. We will never again be at zero. But the costs - in so many senses - of trying to get there keep rising.

[Journal of Brown Hospital Medicine @BrownJHM]

Halloween special: A middle aged male presented with abdominal pain. An echocardiogram was done that showed this finding. What is the clinical finding/diagnosis? @drnhassanpour #Medtwitter

[Anyextee @Anyextee]

Half-sun at Giza Pyramids today. This only happens every 5 years.

[Medicina Interna. Lo miro y mañana te digo. @y_interna]

TVCI en una paciente finalmente diagnosticada de déficit de proteína C. Para recordar🐍 @VancouverPOCUS @POCUSbot @POCUS_Society @nobleultrasound @BrownHospMed @POCUSAcademy @joaqmorera

[AABIP @AAB_IP]

AABIP would like to thank all the respiratory therapists. Thank you for supporting the advanced bronchoscopy and interventional pulmonology services. #RespiratoryCareWeek

[Max Diddams @MaxDiddams]

@MaldonadoFabien @accpchest @seeweilow @RobJLentz @OtisBRickman Nice work!

[Critical Care Reviews @CritCareReviews]

Acute Mesenteric Ischaemia guideline from World Society of Emergency Surgery

➡️High index of suspicion
➡️Fluid resuscitation
➡️CT angiogram
➡️Revascularization - anticoagulation / surgery / endovascular
➡️Resection

Stay up-to-date with the literature
https://t.co/Sp06oA7gte

[Ron Barbosa MD FACS @rbarbosa91]

After 1 Prime Minister, a PDS suture still retains 50% of its strength, whereas Vicryl will have been 90% broken down by hydrolysis.

[NephroPOCUS @NephroP]

Something bad is happening here!
#POCUS #MedEd #echofirst #IMPOCUS
Answer/source: https://t.co/1KpUPVG7J9

[Max Diddams @MaxDiddams]

@NephroPeeps @M_Elraggal @askrenal Is kidney biopsy a vigorous activity?

[Anatomy Standard @AnatomyStandard]

We have added the suprahyoid muscle group. One of the functions of suprahyoid muscles is to open the mouth. Of the group visible in the video are the mylohyoid, stylohyoid, and digastric muscles. Hope you like the result!
#jaw #hyoid #mylohyoid #stylohyoid #digastric #dental #TMJ

[weird medieval guys @WeirdMedieval]

thread of medieval jokes that still kinda go hard:

[FOAMcast @FOAMpodcast]

Summary of the new @ACCinTouch statement
⭐"STEMI" binary misses patients with occlusion MI (@smithECGBlog @PendellM have been saying this for years)!
⭐STEMI equivalents should be treated as STEMI
Podcast:https://t.co/ZSIkOBhvqG
Blog:https://t.co/E8hDAkrNNa 🧵 (1/X)

[Max Diddams @MaxDiddams]

#chestchallenge2022 #chesttrainees What is pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis

[Max Diddams @MaxDiddams]

@nkagetsu Elderly is defined as older than your attending.

[Max Diddams @MaxDiddams]

Saving lives at #CHEST2022

[Joshua @reverendofdoubt]

I vote we get rid of the phrase "pre-load dependent" from the medical lexicon and replace it immediately with "pre-load sensitive". #CHEST2022 cc @msiuba

[Max Diddams @MaxDiddams]

Did you hear about the English teacher who cured her malignant effusion with montelukast?

She made her pleura Singulair.

[Max Diddams @MaxDiddams]

@RobJLentz @seeweilow @MaldonadoFabien @OtisBRickman @KaeleLeonard Thanks!