Sarah Watanaskul

[Sean Dreyer MD 🎮🎹 @SeanDreyer]

What medical word did you butcher until someone corrected you?

As an intern I pronounced Golytely "golly telly" and rounds halted for the team to laugh

[Adi Kumar @adi_kumar1]

84% of health care professionals buy a coffee everyday.

Surgeons (ortho and general) drink more than most.

But coffee isn't all good.

Some Things You Need to Know About Coffee 🧵

(apologies in advance if I ruin your day)

[Keith Siau @drkeithsiau]

Patient with abdominal pain. What is peculiar about this AXR? #WithConsent

[ProPublica @propublica]

Doctors at a major US insurance company deny tens of thousands of claims a month without even looking at patients’ files.

“We literally click & submit,” a former Cigna doctor told @ProPublica & @Capitol_Forum. “It takes all of 10 seconds to do 50 at a time.”

The inside story 🧵

[Sam Ghali, M.D. @EM_RESUS]

Just a friendly periodic reminder that what has become routine to you, may be one of the scariest times in your patient’s life.

[Oren Gottfried, MD @OGdukeneurosurg]

What do you see in this 2 month old’s skull? 🧵

[Mark Lewis, MD, FASCO @marklewismd]

The perfect drug name doesn't exi--

[Jason Ryan @jasonryanmd]

Pro tip: if you get little or no sleep on call, take a shower. It’s scientifically proven as equal to a one hour nap. (Reference: Journal of Dr. Ryan’s anectodal medicine, 2001; vol 2)

[Journal of Brown Hospital Medicine @BrownJHM]

A 43-year-old man with end-stage renal disease came with nausea, vomiting, and oliguria. 5 months ago, he had stopped attending his regular dialysis sessions. Exam showed diffuse crystalline white deposits mainly on his face. What is the diagnosis? #Renal https://t.co/Ko9Vwj8QBm

[Matthew Harris, ACP, RN @MedicMatt17512]

Saw this hanging in the resus room last night.

I really like the way it’s worded and I think I’ll use this wording going forward.

[Matt Tsai @thematttsai]

First time on the wards as a senior resident this week, with @ShreyaTrivediMD as my attending (talk about pressure to impress)!

I'm prepping a talk to my interns on Acute Kidney Injury. Here is a tweetorial 🧵 on how I think about AKI. Take-home graphics at the end!😀 /1

[Jennifer Spicer, MD, MPH, MHPE @JenniferSpicer4]

1/ Have you ever started your day with a great teaching plan...

...then by 12 pm, you've received consult 📟 #10:

"This patient has been hospitalized for 65 days & developed a 🌡️ 2 weeks ago..."
😱

This week: balancing consults & teaching
(w/ principles for primary teams too!)

[The Innovation | Medicine @Innov_Medicine]

Great 3-D view on orbital structures from anatomy app h/t @OGdukeneurosurg

[Adam Parkhomenko @AdamParkhomenko]

let’s get 1,000 retweets on this new video from these two

[Avraham Z. Cooper, MD 🩺 @AvrahamCooperMD]

This patient with chronic constipation developed 10 days of cough and dyspnea. Chest x-ray showed dilated colon filling her entire left hemithorax. Surgery revealed diaphragmatic eventration and a large colonic mass (adenocarcinoma).

#MedTwitter

[The Innovation | Medicine @Innov_Medicine]

Vertical Mattress Suture
#MedEd

[Journal of Brown Hospital Medicine @BrownJHM]

A middle aged male with end stage kidney disease came to your office for follow up. Exam revealed this finding. What is the diagnosis? #nephpearls #Renal #Askrenal #Medtwitter (Video by @MunerMohamed1