Matt Restko, MD

Pulm/CC fellow. Interested in EBM, medical education, and tech. Creator of @wheezypuff , a simple inhaler guide.

[Matt Restko, MD @mrestko]

@_mpekethu_ I had almost this exact patient on my step 2 clinical skills exam, the now defunct exam. It was pretty nerve-wracking.

[Matt Restko, MD @mrestko]

@nickmmark It's especially hard to hand off when you're helping someone or someone is assisting you compared to a full-size handle.

[Matt Restko, MD @mrestko]

Do I know anyone hiring for pulmonary or critical care jobs in the Chicago area?

[Matt Restko, MD @mrestko]

@CaseyMattox_ They're selling dollars for 95.8 cents

[Matt Restko, MD @mrestko]

@nickmmark One thing that boosts my confidence in Zotero is knowing that it's working off of a database and isn't going to silently transform a year or page number somewhere in a list of 100 citations that I'll never catch

[Matt Restko, MD @mrestko]

Had fun presenting Wheezy Flap at #Chest2025
See if you can get a high score: https://t.co/n47SsNTwC5

[Matt Restko, MD @mrestko]

@SkylerLentz @CMichaelGibson I think we're basically ready for this as long as people are willing to click through the LLM references and verify.

[Matt Restko, MD @mrestko]

And today!

[Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome]

The last time US tariffs were this high, arsenic was considered a medicine.

[Matt Restko, MD @mrestko]

@williamkellymd A1AT genotype?

[Matt Restko, MD @mrestko]

@dfellerk Young person compensating well?

[Matt Restko, MD @mrestko]

@doc_BLocke Our central line kits come with StatLock devices as an option for securement though I've never seen someone use one. That doesn't pierce the skin at all.

[Matt Restko, MD @mrestko]

@Dr_Oubre What show?

[Matt Restko, MD @mrestko]

@IM_Crit_ What is this doing that turning on "centerline" not doing?

[Matt Restko, MD @mrestko]

This is a very clever business plan for eventually developing drug candidates for humans.

[Celine Halioua @celinehalioua]

Loyal’s drug for senior dog lifespan extension drug LOY-002 has completed its FDA efficacy package (RXE)

We are on track to hopefully bring the first longevity drug to market *this year*

Thanks @lisabonos + @washingtonpost for the exclusive

[Stephen M. Bracewell @smbracewell]

Have fixed this before. Large bore chest tube sitting in IVC after entering a hepatic vein
1. Fem access. Snare in IVC
2. Place a hemostatic valve on chest tube and wire it under fluoro
3. Snare the wire from groin approach - “body floss”
4. Remove the chest tube over the wire
5. Place a KMP cath through the chest tube tract into liver parenchyma
6. Place an occlusion balloon from the groin into the liver defect- flow arrest
7. Coil out your tract from the liver. Deflate balloon

@IRtmke @ChengaziMD @AustinBourgeois @iRadRock @t_intheleadcoat

[CHEST @accpchest]

Review a practical framework for evaluating patients with diffuse cystic lung diseases in a new #CHESTReview, now available in the February issue of the journal CHEST®: https://t.co/Z8h6JAEeXr
#MedEd #MedTwitter

[Matt Restko, MD @mrestko]

@nickmmark They still let their templated note start:
This is a 125 y/o M with PMHx of ...

[Matt Restko, MD @mrestko]

@Dr_Oubre When stuff doesn't get updated, these one liners become outdated lore. I think that's why there's tendency to show the original source in the note. I can believe my own one liner most of the time but not someone else's

[Matt Restko, MD @mrestko]

@rivatez https://t.co/ZTwfVrfMSy

[Matt Restko, MD @mrestko]

@rivatez BP/Amoco demolished a research building in a Chicago suburb because it clearly caused a few cases of GM and they couldn't figure out why.