I’m on a renal consults elective and learning some cool stuff! Here’s a mini #tweetorial 🧵 about something I learned today! What do you think of these labs?? Should we be worried about this patient 😱? 1/ Some history: the patient had a hematologic malignancy and was admitted for hypoxemic respiratory failure (intubated), septic shock (on pressors) & renal failure (on CVVHD). So why the discrepancy between the whole blood and serum K?! 2/

THREAD: Really proud of this one...We conducted a post-hoc analysis of ALLHAT - the largest ever RCT of antihypertensive med therapy! - where we examined the association between socioeconomic context, blood pressure control & cardiovascular outcomes 1/
ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JA… We already know that socioeconomic context is associated w/ disparities in HTN & CV outcomes. Lack of access to care is 1 commonly cited reason for this. But do such disparities persist in controlled settings i.e. RCT where all participants are afforded similar access to care? 2/

[nervously taps the #medtwitter mic] Hi, is this thing on?

Feeling inspired by amazing tweetorials from @david_furfaro @DxRxEdu @AmitGoyalMD @JohnsHopkinsDOM, I thought I might take a stab at my own first ever tweetorial!!!!! #traineetutorial

THREAD:
1/ The case: A 54-year old male bus driver with multiple DVTs & PEs on anticoagulation & financial barriers to medication adherence
presented with subacute progressive dyspnea and
lower extremity edema. 2/