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#November2022 #November12 #WorldPneumoniaDay #LungCancerAwarenessMonth #LungCancerScreeningDay
#Cigarettesmoking
This 'long' thread is about-
"Lung Cancer Awareness month- Nov"
"World Pneumonia Day- Nov12"
"National Lung Cancer Screening Day- USA: Nov12"
(1/21)
#Cigarettesmoking
This 'long' thread is about-
"Lung Cancer Awareness month- Nov"
"World Pneumonia Day- Nov12"
"National Lung Cancer Screening Day- USA: Nov12"
(1/21)
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) is taking the opportunity this November, Lung Cancer Awareness Month, to highlight the burden and principal risk factors of lung cancer around the world.
1.8 million (18 lakh) people died in 2020 due to this cancer (2/21)
1.8 million (18 lakh) people died in 2020 due to this cancer (2/21)
This count is almost double the number of deaths caused by the 2nd most common cause of cancer deaths - colorectal cancer!!
Tobacco smoking is the most common cause of lung cancer
Smoking in public places exposes those who are not interested in smoking .. (3/21)
Tobacco smoking is the most common cause of lung cancer
Smoking in public places exposes those who are not interested in smoking .. (3/21)
1) Welcome to a new #accredited #tweetorial about an important complication of #pulmonaryembolism (#PE): chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension #CTEPH. Follow this thread to earn 0.75h CE/#CME #physicians #physicianassociates #NPs #nurses #pharmacists.
2) I am Jason Weatherald @AlbertaPHdoc of @UAlberta and you may recall my previous tweetorial in this feed. It's still available for credit at cardiometabolic-ce.com/pah2/. @cardiomet_CE is your ONLY home for earning CE/#CME entirely on Twitter! Howdy to @vic_tapson @lauralynndonah1 
3) This program is intended for #healthcare providers and is supported by educational grants from Actelion, Bayer, Chiesi, & AstraZeneca. Faculty disclosures are listed at cardiometabolic-ce.com/disclosures/. Prior programs, still available for credit, are at cardiometabolic-ce.com
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Listen to this story of #tuberculosis
Real, not fiction. Even though may sound like super fiction. Of a patient now admitted under me.
56 yr man. Prior #smoker No #alcohol use, no #DRUGS. Family guy. Starts havin cough. Nagging no sputum
Keeps him awake at night
#MedTwitter
Listen to this story of #tuberculosis
Real, not fiction. Even though may sound like super fiction. Of a patient now admitted under me.
56 yr man. Prior #smoker No #alcohol use, no #DRUGS. Family guy. Starts havin cough. Nagging no sputum
Keeps him awake at night
#MedTwitter
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He goes 2 a GP. Clinical examination and blood tests done. Says some chest infection. Puts him on antibiotics for a week. Asks for review. 1wk later some change in symptoms, but not fully ok. GP extends antibiotic course 7 more days. C, no fever and no signs of infection yet.
He goes 2 a GP. Clinical examination and blood tests done. Says some chest infection. Puts him on antibiotics for a week. Asks for review. 1wk later some change in symptoms, but not fully ok. GP extends antibiotic course 7 more days. C, no fever and no signs of infection yet.
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After 14d course, no change. Patient chucks the GP. Goes for a senior GP. Senior GP does clinical exam,blood tests AND chest X ray. X ray comes back as "not looking normal" 🙄 But no diagnosis. So he says. Let's try a short course of #antibiotics AND antifungal. Again 14 days
After 14d course, no change. Patient chucks the GP. Goes for a senior GP. Senior GP does clinical exam,blood tests AND chest X ray. X ray comes back as "not looking normal" 🙄 But no diagnosis. So he says. Let's try a short course of #antibiotics AND antifungal. Again 14 days
Facts & important information abt #CoronavirusOutbreak follow the thread #pulmonologist speaks #CoronaWarrior
@drkamnakakkar @DrRebellious @doc_obg @BDUTT
1. #Coronavirus, is Beta CoV enveloped RNA viruses, characterized by club-like spikes
2. Bats are natural reservoir for it
@drkamnakakkar @DrRebellious @doc_obg @BDUTT
1. #Coronavirus, is Beta CoV enveloped RNA viruses, characterized by club-like spikes
2. Bats are natural reservoir for it
3. Scaly anteater-Pangolins mediated transmission between bats and humans.
4. Mode of transmission: Droplets coughs, sneezes
or talks (Travel up to 2m), airborne and rarely a fecal-oral route
5.Incubation period: 2 to 14 days after
exposure (5-7days)
4. Mode of transmission: Droplets coughs, sneezes
or talks (Travel up to 2m), airborne and rarely a fecal-oral route
5.Incubation period: 2 to 14 days after
exposure (5-7days)
6.The spectrum of Illness (#CoronavirusOutbreakindia )
a)Mild 81%
b)Severe illness ( Fall in Oxygen, lung involvement) in 14%
c)Critical Disease (Respiratory failure, shock, multi-organ dysfunction syndrome) 5%
• Overall case fatality rate was between 2.3 to 5%
a)Mild 81%
b)Severe illness ( Fall in Oxygen, lung involvement) in 14%
c)Critical Disease (Respiratory failure, shock, multi-organ dysfunction syndrome) 5%
• Overall case fatality rate was between 2.3 to 5%
