Fun to give this talk about pragmatic, hypothesis-driven, evidence-based physical diagnosis. @DrDanRestrepo and I gave a workshop version of it at AAIM in 2019. We made some deliverables for the workshop that I'll share here. 1/3

Thank you Mark Shapiro, MD VoteHealth 2020 for visiting Morning Report and sharing this resource. Make a voting plan! We'll have a system of coverage / signout on 11/3, but best to vote early. Many locations starting 10/13, including Texas Medical Center Commons. harrisvotes.com

(1/7) I had an excellent time working with Eva Amenta (1st auth), @A_Spallonii (2nd auth), and others from BCM Department of Medicine BCMHouston on our review of the post-acute #COVID19. Many thanks to BiykemBozkurt for helpful conversations regarding this topic. academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-a…

When checking a pulsus paradoxus, don't look for the Korotkoff sounds to "go away with inspiration." Instead note the difference in SBP between appearance of intermittent (Korotkoff) sounds and appearance of continuous sounds. That's the pulsus.

Ongoing excellent BSLMC/VAMC Grand Rounds by current chief medical residents @mcclaffertyMD and Jefferson L Triozzi, MD, MSCI !! 👇 Important topic of SGLT2 inhibitors in cardiovascular disease and CKD!

Confused by someone labeled "immunocompromised" and their infection risks? Same. So with guidance of our ID Mentors Prathit Kulkarni, MD, Nico Cortes-Penfield MD FACP FIDSA 🦴💊, & Deeksha J. Ladani, MD - @KatieBedardMD, Charmaine Mutucumarana and I created an Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts Schema

Had so much fun discussing our clinical reasoning zoo at BCM IM Residency grand rounds today! 🐢(slow thinking) 🐇(fast thinking) 🦓 (rare diagnoses) 🦀 (CRAB criteria)

1/18 Let’s talk vancomycin and the kidney.🧪 A 65 y/o woman on week 4 of IV vancomycin for ankle osteomyelitis presents with AKI (Cr 6.32mg/dL) and elevated vancomycin level (136 mg/dL). What’s to blame? #tweetorial #MedTwitter #Nephtwitter #FOAMed #TwitterRx TheSkeletonKeyGroup

Shout out to Jefferson L Triozzi, MD, MSCI Eva Amenta Komal Muradali, MD for this International Conference on Residency Education presentation. We got to share how our BCM IM Residency Academy of Resident Educators uses the best aspects of social learning and the community of educational practice model. Thanks to those who joined! #ICRE2021

We got this energy! Eva Amenta Prathit Kulkarni, MD Jon Lim, MD 🏳️‍🌈 Wilson Lam

Thanks to all who helped provide feedback on our Infections in Immunocompromised hosts schema! I am excited to share our 2.0 version Prathit Kulkarni, MD Deeksha J. Ladani, MD Nico Cortes-Penfield MD FACP FIDSA 🦴💊 @KatieBedardMD

I am so thankful to have worked with Jefferson L Triozzi, MD, MSCI and Eva Amenta over this past year as they served BCM IM Residency and our VA hospital as chief residents — they were phenomenal! Looking forward to working with Komal Muradali, MD and Josh Hirsch, MD!! (Pic outdoors and fully vaxxed)

1/ Just finished rounding for a half month on the ID service with an outstanding team. As we gear up for the new academic year, here are some fundamental tips and tricks for students, residents, and fellows to succeed on the ID service. Read on to learn more!

5 fellows | 4 hospitals | 3 new badges | 2 pairs of scrubs | 1 McDonald’s trip—thanks to Eva Amenta for showing the rest of us around today! Anthony J. Febres A. 🔬🦠🎹 Patti Ashley, MD BCM ID Fellowship

Do you want to teach in the clinical setting but have limited time? Check out this #IDChalkTalk on infectious risks of asplenia by Eva Amenta & Prathit Kulkarni, MD (idsociety.org/MedEdCOP, click on Teaching & Learning Resources, then ID Chalk Talks) #IDMedEd #MedEd

*walking into patient’s room on the ID service* *patient on the phone*: “listen I’ll call you back. The CDC are here” ID is fun 🤣 Prathit Kulkarni, MD Eva Amenta

Looking forward to learning from Barbara Trautner! "Case study in Behavior Change: Antibiotic Stewardship for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria" Saturday, October 22, 2022 1:45 PM – 3:00 PM ET Location: 152 AB cdmcd.co/3wzQyr #IDWeek2022

✨Thursday Research Spotlight✨ Dr. Barbara Trautner (Barbara Trautner) is Kicking CAUTIs and taking names. In her free time, she is the Director of Health Services Research here at BCM and takes on an atmospheric approach to health implementation! Prathit Kulkarni, MD

Real-world #cefiderocol treating #Pseudomonas #Acinetobacter #GNR: all-cause mortality 27.1%, clinical failure 35%. Promising results for patients suffering from #AntimicrobialResistance, from Barbara Trautner Eva Amenta IQuESt cup.org/3LwRvt5

From Barbara Trautner, Eva Amenta et al IQuESt : An antimicrobial #stewardship implementation study found minutes spent in delivery of an antibiotic stewardship intervention was correlated with a ⬇️ in antibiotic use (measured by DOT and LOT) doi.org/10.1017/ash.20…