Gentle reminder that beta-D-glucan won’t be positive in mucor, and the BAL only has a 25% yield. #CHEST2022

BAL Aspergillus PCR may be useful for the patient already on empiric antifungals or on meds that may cross react. It can detect colonization though. ATS 2019 recs checking in severely immunocompromised patients as sensitivity is very good and specificity is preserved. #CHEST2022

CT patterns for checkpoint inhibitor pneumonitis? NSIP, OP, HP, DAD, migratory eosinophilic infiltrates, sarcoid-like micronodules including adenopathy. #chest2022

I vote we get rid of the phrase "pre-load dependent" from the medical lexicon and replace it immediately with "pre-load sensitive". #CHEST2022 cc Matt Siuba

Did you hear about the English teacher who cured her malignant effusion with montelukast? She made her pleura Singulair.

thread of medieval jokes that still kinda go hard:

Summary of the new American College of Cardiology statement ⭐"STEMI" binary misses patients with occlusion MI (Stephen W. Smith Pendell Meyers have been saying this for years)! ⭐STEMI equivalents should be treated as STEMI Podcast:bit.ly/3CLpV6W Blog:bit.ly/3ER2oUJ 🧵 (1/X)

Saving lives at #CHEST2022

#chestchallenge2022 #chesttrainees What is pulmonary alveolar microlithiasis

We have added the suprahyoid muscle group. One of the functions of suprahyoid muscles is to open the mouth. Of the group visible in the video are the mylohyoid, stylohyoid, and digastric muscles. Hope you like the result! #jaw #hyoid #mylohyoid #stylohyoid #digastric #dental #TMJ

After 1 Prime Minister, a PDS suture still retains 50% of its strength, whereas Vicryl will have been 90% broken down by hydrolysis.

Something bad is happening here! #POCUS #MedEd #echofirst #IMPOCUS Answer/source: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Acute Mesenteric Ischaemia guideline from World Society of Emergency Surgery ➡️High index of suspicion ➡️Fluid resuscitation ➡️CT angiogram ➡️Revascularization - anticoagulation / surgery / endovascular ➡️Resection Stay up-to-date with the literature criticalcarereviews.com/latest-evidenc…

AABIP would like to thank all the respiratory therapists. Thank you for supporting the advanced bronchoscopy and interventional pulmonology services. #RespiratoryCareWeek

Half-sun at Giza Pyramids today. This only happens every 5 years.

Halloween special: A middle aged male presented with abdominal pain. An echocardiogram was done that showed this finding. What is the clinical finding/diagnosis? Dr.Negar #Medtwitter

A friend shared this video from her hometown. A wall of 大白s blocking the returning workers. Cannot verify that is what is really happening, but my friend was sad to see this. We will never again be at zero. But the costs - in so many senses - of trying to get there keep rising.

The Last Supper, Chinese painting, 1938, by (Luke) Chen Yuandu, from Catholic University of Peiping.