The devastating consequences of not vaccinating children.

Pneumococcus vaccination prevents INVASIVE and DESTRUCTIVE pneumococcal infections.

Please join us Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 7:00 PM EST
ACP Ohio April Webinar
 
'A Practical Approach to Pain Management for the Internal Medicine Physician'

Speaker: Dr. Keyvan Ravakhah. Mt. Carmel, Columbus, OH.

Registration at the ACP Ohio Website - acponline.org/about-acp/chap……

Great review about lyophilized plasma! 👇🏻

#2thingssunday
1) What is the impact of PTH on Ca and P?
⬇️ PTH --> ⬇️Ca ⬆️ P
⬆️ PTH --> ⬆️ Ca ⬇️ P

2) What is the impact of vit D in Ca and P?
⬇️ vit D --> ⬇️Ca ⬇️ P
⬆️ vit D --> ⬆️Ca ⬆️ P

#2thingssunday
1) What is the impact of PTH on Ca and P?
⬇️ PTH --> ⬇️Ca ⬆️ P
⬆️ PTH --> ⬆️ Ca ⬇️ P

2) What is the impact of vit D in Ca and P?
⬇️ vit D --> ⬇️Ca ⬇️ P
⬆️ vit D --> ⬆️Ca ⬆️ P

Today is #TEN4FACESp day. This clinical decision rule can help medical providers recognize child abuse in children under 4 years of age. Grateful to my colleagues at Lurie Children's for making this graphic & Mary Clyde for the wonderful research about TEN-4-FACESp.
#MedTwitter

Diagnosis of thyroid nodules thelancet.com/journals/landi…
#thyroid #thyroid nodule #thyroid cancer

2024 JAMA IM Diagnostic Errors: Pts w/ in-hospital 💀or transferred to ICU after Day 2.

Over 1yr: 29 🏥, 487 ,532 admits, 24 591 cases (5%)

Random selection: 2,428 pts of which 6.6% died from perceived diagnostic error.

Author's conclusion: Dx errors are common/harmful?

Warmup questions before a hyponatremia talk

Hyponatremia talk warm-up answers

Management of thyroid nodules thelancet.com/journals/landi…
#thyroid #thyroid nodule #thyroid cancer

Pharmacotherapy for adults with overweight and obesity: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of RCTs

Just published The Lancet

But already out of date-searches to March 2021

pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/271074/1-s2.0-…

Medicine is simple.

We just complicate it with fancy language, pretentiousness, and constant seeking of validation from others and the system.

Wipe away the bs, devote yourself, understand its simplicity, alleviate pain and suffering, inspire and teach the next generation.

Which metabolic disease presents with retinal hemorrhage and intracranial bleeding and can be mistaken for child abuse?

✅ Glutaric aciduria type 1 #PedsICU
Why?🤔 ⊖ enzymes involved in FA metabolism, leading to ⬇️ synthesis of myelin and weakened blood vessels in the brain 🧠

New project!!
I'm excited to embark on this journey with Noah Romero Nakajima
Let's bring some Brazilian 🇧🇷 energy to the Podcast 😍

#MedTwitter We are ecstatic to announce our new podcast series, Clinical Unknow!

Our hosts, Debora and Noah, will present diagnostic dilemmas to expert discussants as they bring us through their critical reasoning process to unravel the case🧐

Stay tuned for episode 1 next week

ACP is now accepting early/mid career applicants for the Global Physician Scholar Program! See if you're eligible and apply at acponline.org/gps

TEN-4-FACESp is a useful acronym to help screen children under 4 years of age with bruising to identify when a bruise is more likely to be caused by abuse than accidental injury.
research.luriechildrens.org/en/community-p…