Pediatric Critical Care @UVMLarnerMed @UVMMedCenter | Child Health Advocacy | Injury Prevention | AAP Vermont Chapter | Opinions are my own
Jan 8, 2022 • 30 tweets • 6 min read
Lots of questions about rising pediatric hospitalizations - are these "because" of COVID or “with” COVID?
It’s….complicated.
So I wrote a thread about what we’ve seen in Vermont so far this pandemic.
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Note that:
- VT has one of the highest vaccination rates in the country and our experience is *not* generalizable to other areas
- Our numbers are also very small
- This is for the entire pandemic, but we only really started seeing pediatric hospitalizations this past fall
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Dec 6, 2018 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
I'm a Pediatric ICU doctor. I take care of kids & adolescents who attempt suicide.
The biggest predictor of whether my patients live or die lies in the method used and firearms are by far the deadliest means of suicide – greater than all other means combined.
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Should we try to prevent suicide though? Aren’t they just going to find a way no matter what?
Actually, no – they don’t find another way,
90% of people who survive a suicide attempt don’t go on to die by suicide. They go on to live their lives.
Means matter.
