I’ve had a great time attending my first SHM Converge. It was a blast competing in the Med-Ted teaching competition with such talented educators and a huge honor to win. Grateful to Chris Moriates, MD, Satya Patel and so many others at VA GLA/UCLA for their support. #SHMConverge24

#MedTwitter , check out this 📽️ by
Satya Patel on inhaler spacers! 😤

youtu.be/bruTanCJqcU

More at imfastfacts.com! #FastFactsFriday

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TRANSFUSION AS IRON THERAPY

Yesterday I posted a poll showing CBC data from a patient with severe iron deficiency anemia and asked: assuming she receives 4 units pRBCs (which of course would be excessive here), does she need iron therapy on top of that?

70% answered YES.

Excited to share the video in a week! On a related note, CORE IM has a great episode on COPD management that goes over inhalers! coreimpodcast.com/2022/06/22/5-p…

Looking for some breathing room? Check out a new 📽️ coming out on 4/12 on S P A C E R S by Satya Patel #MedTwitter #PulmTwitter

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 🧵

🩸 Paraprotein Evaluation 🩸

SPEP, SIFE, SFLC, UPEP, UIFE.

What do these abbreviations mean & how does one arrive to the land of paraproteinemias?

Here is a tweetorial for the internist diagnostician, in collaboration with Cullen Lilley, MD, MS, MA, MB(ASCP)!

When I learned that spot testing was not that sensitive, it changed my practice whenever I think about assessing paraproteinemia.

Is there ever a good reason to order spot urine paraprotein testing?

#MedTwitter #HemeTwitter #OncTwitter

Surprised to see losartan topping this list.

When starting an ARB, losartan is the last option I'd go with, for one simple reason.

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#MedTwitter when you ask the team on inpatient rounds to 'give you the one-liner' what are you asking for? Curious to see what others do/think!

#MedTwitter , check out our newest video on Vitamin K administration strategies by Satya Patel.

📽️ youtu.be/JjB5y79OauU

And subscribe to us on YouTube to get notified when our next video drops 📺

More at imfastfacts.com! #FastFactsFriday

This is so stinking cool!

Love the Monday morning turn out for our morning report at the West LA VA! Maria Espinoza (R3) presented a fresh case she is seeing on hematology oncology consults 🩸

#MedTwitter , confused about when to give oral vs SQ vs IV vitamin K? Stay tuned for our video next week with Satya Patel!
In the meantime, review the infographic below or at imfastfacts.com. #FastFactsFriday

🧵Had a great time talking to the UA College of Medicine – Tucson #MedEd Distinction Track students about the Phases of a #Teacher .
Phase 1: Teacher wants to showcase all that they know w/o attn to what is of high value/interest to the #learner .
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