Nicole Desai

(𝘴𝘩𝘦•𝘩𝘦𝘳) | academic hospitalist @templehospmed | aspiring addiction med dr | team member of @begintheturn | 🐈🧶🪴📚 enthusiast | here to learn

[Nicole Desai @nikdes13]

My husband and I both received these emails, but his is addressed as “Dr. Stefano” and mine is “Ms. Desai.” @katztemplemed @OwlWomenFaculty

[Nicole Desai @nikdes13]

@PaulNWilliamz New fear unlocked

[Nicole Desai @nikdes13]

Things people never warned me about being an attending: how many meetings there are

[Nicole Desai @nikdes13]

If you have the capability to write a rx for a controlled substance you then also have the capability to write for Suboxone.

[pushpush @hipushpush]

My doctor has absolutely no idea what he’s doing, 10/10 though

[Nicole Desai @nikdes13]

When you become the “irrational” family member b/c you’re upset your grandma is given IV hydralazine in the hospital for asymptomatic hypertension when she is able to take PO 🙃

[Nicole Desai @nikdes13]

@OliviaDuffield8 You’ll do great!!

[Nicole Desai @nikdes13]

“Legal observers and harm reductionists said they witnessed unhoused individuals being pushed out by police and asking for city services before outreach workers had arrived.”

https://t.co/MR1Zt6s0RI

[Stefan Kertesz, MD, MSc @StefanKertesz]

1/For someone in an ER who suffered opioid overdose, is it ethical to hold her for her own safety, against her will, to prevent "renarcotization"?
Here's our new perspective piece arguing "not likely" w/ Kevin Riggs, MD
The journal @bioethics_net

https://t.co/OyjLU7KB4p

[Nicole Desai @nikdes13]

@TimothyBuckey @UPenn_Allergy @JumyFadugba @AOA_society @PennMedicine @FIT_AAAAI_org Amazing, well deserved!!

[Nicole Desai @nikdes13]

Please stop saying “troponemia.” What should you say instead? See this excellent thread ⬇️

[Ruey Hu, MD, MPH @ruey_hu]

There is considerable confusion in terms used to describe #troponin, including terms that are imprecise (e.g., “troponin leak”) or deprecated (e.g., “type 2 NSTEMI”) (Lang, 2022). What's the difference between 🫀myocardial injury, ischemia, & infarction❓ 🧐 #MedEd🧵

[Temple Hospitalists @TempleHospMed]

✨A Hospitalist Holiday Card ✨

[NPS Discovery @ CFSRE @NPSDiscovery]

💥 Q1 & Q2 2023 Drug Checking Quarterly Report #Philadelphia #PA

🆕 Format with more insights on purity/amount of #fentanyl, #xylazine, #cocaine, #meth, & more‼️

@CFSRE_ @PHLPublicHealth @Danny_Silva_md @alexkrotulski @Jenfir215 @barrylogantox

🔗: https://t.co/93B524L2Yz

[Joseph D'Orazio @JDOrazioMD]

Point/Counterpoint article on the use of full agonist opioids for opioid withdrawal in hospitalized patients by @sstern86 @JDOrazioMD Brian Work @CalcaterraSusan @especially_APT in @JHospMedicine Ping @ASAMorg
https://t.co/ID5x7pG3HZ

[Nicole Desai @nikdes13]

@NanouTheNomad @PaulNWilliamz @begintheturn @Street_RN @Becca_Hosey @TempleID1 @DrSarahAxelrath Thank you!!

[Nicole Desai @nikdes13]

Crowdsourcing tips for creating wound care kits for PWUD via @begintheturn. Many are exp homelessness. Interested in tips for wound care that wouldn’t work in this case, eg some PWUD told
me that medihoney attracts flies @Street_RN @Becca_Hosey @PaulNWilliamz @TempleID1

[Nicole Desai @nikdes13]

@ColtsGal76 @IDdocAdi Ugh. Yes, this is either in my triceps or subq. Hopefully triceps because not sure efficacy of vaccine if not actually IM.

[Nicole Desai @nikdes13]

Got my #covidbooster today and according to @cvspharmacy this is my deltoid

[Nicole Desai @nikdes13]

@kaitlyn_mcsurdy My cats love it when I go to work so they can be free and break all the rules we have

[Dr. Nabarun Dasgupta @nabarund]

1 🚨Attention please: Turns out #xylazine is a kappa opioid. This validates experience from frontline folks and PWUD. Fresh science from collaborators @nanopharmNC @MadiganLBedard @zenbrainest
Pre-print: https://t.co/13BRYWaUnW
Public health 🧵 below
#TwitteRx #harmreduction