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PGY-1 @BIDMC_IM @HarvardMed| Alum @BUMedicine & @HarvardChanSPH | Health services & cardio outcomes research
Apr 10, 2020 15 tweets 10 min read
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⭐️How do we manage CAD in advanced CKD?

In this #Tweetorial, @BUMedicine classmates/future coresidents @RahulAggarwalMD and I review:

🔷#ISCHEMIA-CKD @NEJM #ACC2020
By @SripalBangalore @nyulangone & et al!

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First off, a refresher pop-quiz on the #ISCHEMIA (Outcomes) trial @NEJM we summarized in last week's #Tweetorial!

Q: Patients with stable CAD and moderate/severe ischemia have better outcomes with which intervention?
Apr 4, 2020 17 tweets 8 min read
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⭐️Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath & EFFICACY OF FACE MASKS?

This #Tweetorial, @BUMedicine classmates/future @BIDMC_IM coresidents @RahulAggarwalMD and I review:

🔷@NatureMedicine (hot-off-press 🔥04/03)
@bencowling88

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First off: a question to test understanding of the size difference between RESPIRATORY DROPLETS and FINE-PARTICLE AEROSOLS:

What is the diameter cutoff for a droplet to be considered a FINE-PARTICLE AEROSOL?