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Feb 1, 2023 • 22 tweets • 44 min read
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Hey #medtwitter@MedTweetorials , let's talk about #MPOX (formerly monkeypox)
✴️Mpox is caused by an orthopoxvirus (like smallpox)
✴️ Endemic to sub-Saharan Africa; recent outbreak in Europe and the Americas
✴️ On 8/4/22 the US declared the outbreak a public health emergency
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We will be using the term “mpox” in place of the complete phrase “monkeypox” in line with the November WHO decision to change the term in recognition of racist and stigmatizing language used in association with this condition in 2022
56 yo man with type 2 diabetes mellitus and CAD for 7 years has a A1C 8.0%, and albumin:creatinine ratio 300. Which add-on diabetes med will have a protective effect on his cardiac comorbidities?
In this tweetorial we address: Why are we optimistic about SGLT2 inhibitors?
♦️ The -flozins let glucose “flow out: of proximal convoluted tubules of nephrons
♦️ Half of filtered glucose is excreted- more than 💯g in T2DM patients #flozinate
