As of September 6, national forecasts predict 6,400–19,500 new #COVID19 hospitalizations will likely be reported on October 4. More: bit.ly/CDC_HForecast

2/ MCIT could have provided a pathway to accelerate coverage for FDA breakthrough-designated devices would alleviate an antiquated log-jam of approvals within CMS. More on what could have been possible here: statnews.com/2020/10/19/med…

Head spinning from all the COVID mix-and-match possibilities from tonight? Below is what I would do, in different scenarios. Trying to stay simple. With rationale & data. This is not official guidance, just personal opinion. Assuming CDC will follow FDA authorization.

Preventive Medicine residency open house

Educational 🧵 about EpiPens 💉 What it is, when to use it, how to use it and how you can prevent it. Read ⬇️ and leave comments!

36% of children ages 5-11 are covered by Medicaid, incl. 70% of low-income children & a disproportionate share of children of color. We highlight tools state #Medicaid programs can use to increase #COVID19 vaccinations among this newly eligible group. kff.org/policy-watch/m…

IMPORTANT: RAPID TESTS DO WORK WITH OMICRON "But why are some people staying negative in the first days they have symptoms??" This is expected. Symptoms don't = contagious virus This is literally a reflection of the fact that vaccines are doing their job! PLEASE READ

American progress notes are > 4 times longer than our colleagues' in other countries (source: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29801050/)

Skeleton Key Group Case #25: Falling for Phosphate! - renalfellow.org/2022/01/18/ske… When the Phos is low, where does *your* mind go? TheSkeletonKeyGroup is here with Case 25, a rare presentation written by Narjes_Alamri Nasim Wiegley, MD, FASN and @raad_chowdhury

Approach to Cytopenias (Pancytopenia, thrombocytopenia, anemia) Credit to Naseema Gangat, Carrie Thompson, MD, Zhuoer (Zoey) Xie, MD, MSCR, Dr Rajiv Pruthi for teaching/cross-checking

Super brief explanation of IV contrast use in head CT. Remember, the "How To Read A Head CT" comic is pitched at a med student/intern level.

11/ Bottom line: When pre-test probability is low, even a low-sensitivity test can have high negative predictive value. However, when pre-test probability is high, a low-sensitivty test isn’t good enough. → If you really think the patient has PNA, get the CT to confirm. (End)

CHEMO MAN - major chemo adverse effects GrepMed

Landscape and timeline of personal health records. Thanks Josh Mandel, MD youtube.com/watch?v=KGolXC…

By FDA decree, Paxlovid can now be prescribed directly by pharmacists, no MD needed! Apparently, not enough Paxlovid is being prescribed..getting docs out of the way is seen as a solution. About that... Paxlovid was approved based on its benefit in the unvaxxed 🧵

I wrote about physician identity and the love-hate relationship with EHRs, out now in Nautilus Magazine. Special thanks to Lakshmi Krishnan, MD, PhD and Mike Neuss for chatting with me about their research! nautil.us/are-we-doctors…