Polly van den Berg

ID Doc @pennmedicine | Views my own 🌷🇳🇱

[Polly van den Berg @vdbPolly]

@swinndong @sanfordguide @EmpiricGame Wait wait how do I get a Sanford mug

[Polly van den Berg @vdbPolly]

@mmPharmD What a great question!

[Nate Shively @NateShivelyMD]

Just got done presenting at the 31st Annual Clinical Update in Geriatric Medicine, put on by @AHNtoday and @UPMC. Awesome attendees, as usual!

Was asked to talk about "Controversies in Antimicrobial Therapy"

Figured would share here.

#IDTwitter #MedTwitter

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[Polly van den Berg @vdbPolly]

@antimicrobiens @JeffLarnard @WendyStead5 Fabulous!

[Matt Lee @antimicrobiens]

“The emotional burden of removing interventions is already very heavy, and we are trying to spare the family the burden of yet another decision.” ID (led by @JeffLarnard & @WendyStead5) and Pall Care collab on perceptions & rx of antimicrobials around CMO
https://t.co/6GbSYTvsZq

[Anu Hazra @AnuHazraMD]

This is certainly past due but great to see finally happen. Individualized risk assessments are the correct approach in screening potential blood donors. Current exclusionary practices only perpetuate stigma and work against our #EtHE efforts.

[gamerEMdoc @GamerEMDoc]

How do I go about winning the Nobel Prize in Medicine as an average doc who really doesn’t like doing a bunch of research? Would they consider a case report?

[Wendy Stead @WendyStead5]

Thanks to @swinndong for a completely inspiring IDWeek Med Ed oral abstract on how @febrilepodcast is teaching us all and attracting more trainees to ID!! Thank you for building this amazing resource and community Sara!❤️👏@BIDMC_IDFellows @BIDMC_IM @Women_in_ID @BCHPedsID

[Deeksha J. Ladani, MD @transplantID]

The only thing predictable w hosp rounds/inpt svc - is that you'll never be home when you say you're going to be ..its always +/- 2 hrs.

[Madison Muller @g0ingmad]

NEW: New York State Health Department is urging all New Yorkers, including kids, to get vaccinated against polio right away if they have not been already.

Following the case in Rockland County, polio virus was found in wastewater samples from early June, health dpt says.

[Sheri Martin @sherimartintwts]

So marriage is basically adjusting the air conditioner by one degree back and forth for the rest of your life.

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

NEW: President Biden just issued an order requiring US hospitals to provide abortion care if it would save a mother’s life— even if Republicans in a state ban it. Federal emergency treatment law supersedes state law.

[Polly van den Berg @vdbPolly]

@IDstewardship Seasonal allergies

[Polly van den Berg @vdbPolly]

@BIDMC_IDFellows @JeffLarnard @mmPharmD Obsessed too omg

[Polly van den Berg @vdbPolly]

@CaitTrottier_MD @brianchowmd Peep the erythro 😂

[Polly van den Berg @vdbPolly]

@CaitTrottier_MD I would manage as latent TB if higher risk of reactivation like pre TNF alpha or transplant

[Polly van den Berg @vdbPolly]

@triplea87 @ABsteward @DrToddLee Yes I’d be interested!

[Polly van den Berg @vdbPolly]

@IdVilchez Mino high high high doses amp sulbactam

[Polly van den Berg @vdbPolly]

@mhdksafa Yes