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GP AiT: ex-ICM Dr & Anaes💉 https://t.co/vKmL9zpHHJ💻 Principal Consultant at KDPC. MSc & LL.B. Specialist in Reg Law/Risk⚖️ 🏳️‍🌈MFCI FRSB FRSA FRSPH
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Dec 8, 2021 27 tweets 19 min read
What were the most impactful non-COVID papers over the past 2 years? Let's delve in and take a look. #SOA21 Finally an opportunity to not talk about COVID! #SOA21
Dec 8, 2021 14 tweets 8 min read
#SOA21 @Jopo_dr We've looked at bats for a long time.... #SOA21 They have strong interferon responses, but not strong inflammation....
Dec 7, 2021 43 tweets 24 min read
Organophosphate poisoning, toxicology, dengue, snake bites and malaria.... sure what could go wrong? #SOA21 @ICS_updates Drs. Chacko, Yacoub, Bhaumik and Dondorp tell us more.... 🧵👇😘 Let's go to India - Tamil Nadu.
Dec 7, 2021 13 tweets 7 min read
Biomarker guided abx treatments in sepsis. We catch up with Drs/Profs: Paul Dark, Stacy Todd, Enitan Carrol, Jonathan Sandoe and Matthew Stevenson on this large area of research @ICS_updates #SOA21 So, do biomarkers have any utility in guiding abx use in sepsis? We can measure, usually, these ones fairly easily: #SOA21
Dec 7, 2021 17 tweets 11 min read
@iceman_ex, myself and @dr_mattmorgan talk about how to keep yourself intellectually safe on Social Media at #SOA21 (full talk at soa.ics.ac.uk)

A thread 🧵👇 There's been a lot that's gone on over the past few years that's exposed the well known 'darker' side of social media. Traditional paradigms of knowledge dissemination have changed (if not disappeared). Much higher tech-savy population. #SOA21
Dec 6, 2021 28 tweets 15 min read
Is COVID-19 hyperinflammation, or a cytokine storm in a teacup? @DrPujaMehta1 's fab talk from #SOA21 today! Image Main Q = "Hyperinflation contributing to worse outcomes for some patients with COVID-19" - clinical similarities to sHLH seen. Viruses are the most common trigger of sHLH. Early reports from China suggested cytokine profile was similar to sHLH in terms of COVID severity. #SOA21 Image
Dec 6, 2021 21 tweets 11 min read
What have we learned during COVID? Prof Tony Gordon takes us through a whirlwind tour of COVID-19 research.... #SOA21 Image Scientists AND politicians in the spotlight during COVID. Very different approaches between the two groups.#SOA21 Image
Dec 6, 2021 13 tweets 7 min read
Prof. Jerry Nolan - a giant of resuscitation - discusses why we can't replicate the trial outcomes in cooling post-cardiac arrest.... #SOA21 A thread 🧵👇 Image Jerry Nolan presenting! We know for sure that hypothermia BEFORE something like cardiac surgery is protective. As well as pre-cooling prior to cardiac arrest! #SOA21 ImageImage
Dec 6, 2021 19 tweets 12 min read
Starting off with some physiology! Cold immersion and hypoxia survival. #SOA21 A thread 🧵👇😗 Image Drs. Tipton and Mekjavic with Mr Lemons talking at this session. #SOA21 ImageImage
May 27, 2021 22 tweets 17 min read
Radiology in ICU - 1 - A Tweetorial of some interesting (and some very rare!) cases relevant to ICU on @Radiopaedia #FOAMed #FOAMcc #FOAMrad Can we just take a minute to appreciate the tremendous resource of @Radiopaedia - the best radiological resource of our age - #FOAMed. Shared and open learning. #FOAMcc. Follow the links to see the cases in beautiful detail with Radiological commentary. radiopaedia.org
May 26, 2021 30 tweets 15 min read
Mucormycosis in ICU - A Tweetorial (Relevant due to #COVID19 in India) #FOAMed #FOAMcc It's an invasive mould. Mucormycosis is a unifying term for infections belonging to 'Mucorales' - (so, Rhizopus, Mucor, Absidia etc). The fungi are filamentous. It's also all around us. pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.11…
May 25, 2021 35 tweets 14 min read
Guillan-Barré Syndrome (GBS) in ICU - a Tweetorial. #FOAMed #FOAMcc First to note - is that there is no apparent association between GBS and #COVID19 #FOAMed #FOAMcc ucl.ac.uk/news/2020/dec/…
May 25, 2021 23 tweets 18 min read
Amazing work from Regional Anaesthesia Land this year once again - #RAUK21. Lots to dissect! Let's look at the highlights of this year! @elboghdadlym @shaskinsMD @rosie_hogg @davejohnston24 @amit_pawa
@LloydTurbitt @ajrmacfarlane Motor-sparing blocks for the knee by @mariapsebastian and @uclhregional
May 22, 2021 70 tweets 55 min read
👇👇 Live Thread for the great topics of #C19marathon, 22/05/2021 - #COVID #ICU @ESICM 👉👉 Watch the conference live here: esicm.org/events/lives-c… Image Today, we'll be using the hashtag: #livesc19 for all content.
May 20, 2021 8 tweets 4 min read
Antimicrobials in COVID-19 Patients in ICU is one of our sessions at the #C19marathon this Saturday - let's have a look at some of the current literature ahead of the session. Due to the high amounts of multi-drug resistant organisms, superimposed infections are problematic in C19 patients - via immune dysregulation and mechanical ventilation. karger.com/Article/FullTe… Image
Oct 11, 2020 28 tweets 14 min read
#COVID19 ICU-related recap. October 2020 with a focus on a 2nd Surge. @ESICM @ICS_updates @JohnsHopkinsIH dashboard of current worldwide cases.
Apr 20, 2020 5 tweets 8 min read
Thank you @NSWOC who have produced a great powerpoint, summarised below, on Prevention and Management of Skin Damage Related to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) 👇👇nswoc.ca/ppe/ #FOAMed #FOAMcc #COVID19 #PPE Summaries 1/2 nswoc.ca/ppe/ #FOAMed #FOAMcc #COVID19 #PPE
Apr 18, 2020 9 tweets 14 min read
Thank you to @ICNARC who have published data on the first 5578 critically ill patients in the NHS. I've summarised some of their publication in this thread below: #covid19 #covid19foam #foamed #FOAMcc Original here: icnarc.org/Our-Audit/Audi… The data does not include Scottish ICUs - but does for Eng, Wales and NI. To date (yday) there have been 6664 ICU admissions due to COVID19. The largest cohort being in London. There is also cumulative data of numbers by date. #covid19 #covid19foam #foamed #FOAMcc
Apr 16, 2020 13 tweets 15 min read
Welcome to the @esicm webinar on renal issues in #COVID19 including AKI & CRRT esicm-tv.org #COVID19foam #foamed #FOAMcc Low rates of AKI and CRRT initially thought. Does this marry up with the current picture?
Mar 28, 2020 43 tweets 31 min read
Welcome to #COVIDMarathon from @ESICM - follow this thread for the content coming up over the next 7 hours. #FOAMed #FOAMcc #COVID19 #COVIDfoam A general update #covidmarathon
Feb 11, 2020 52 tweets 42 min read
What is CORONAVIRUS? How might it affect ICU? Let's go back to basics and look at the emerging evidence bases, protocols and risks. #FOAMed #FOAMcc #WuhanCoronavirus #CoronavirusWho Coronaviruses (CoV) are a large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases such as Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS-CoV). #FOAMcc #FOAMed