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MD/PhD Student πŸ©ΊπŸ”¬ | BME | AHA β†’ @NIH_NHLBI NRSA Fellow | πŸ«€βš‘οΈπŸŽΆπŸŽ΅πŸ’Š | @AmerMedicalAssn Delegate | Opinions βŠ† {Mine} β‹‚ {Β¬βš•οΈ Advice} | L/F/RT β‰  Endorse | ζ™‚γ€…ζ—₯本θͺž
Jan 1, 2023 β€’ 23 tweets β€’ 13 min read
A 23 y/o male comes into the ED on New Year's Day with chest pain, palpitations, and difficulty breathing. His ECG is below.

After being shocked once, he recovers completely and is soon discharged.

What do you think happened? 🧐 (1/n) πŸ§΅β¬‡οΈ

#MedTwitter #CardioTwitter #FOAMed Defibrillator paddles used for electrical cardioversion.ECG showing a jittery baseline (atrial fibrillation), an irr While in the hospital, your patient, a college athlete, mentions that he went to a New Year's Eve party last night. He has a headache.

His echocardiogram is normal, and his symptoms never recurred after you defibrillated him. ⚑️

What do you think caused his symptoms? (2/n)
Jun 27, 2022 β€’ 26 tweets β€’ 10 min read
You may have heard of the recent spate of hospitalizations linked to Daily Harvest ready-to-eat lentil/leek crumbles.

The exact cause remains a mystery, but several theories are swirling around. I'd like to explore a few of them. (1/n) πŸ§΅β¬‡οΈ

#ToxTweets #FOAMed #MedTwitter Anecdotal reports on Twitter and Reddit share common elements. People:

1) Ate the lentil crumbles;

2) Rapidly developed severe stomach pain, dark urine, itchiness;

3) Had symptoms/labs consistent with acute liver failure (ALF) on hospitalization. (2/n)