Kelly W Burak MD FRCPC MSc(Epid): Professor Medicine & Oncology, Hepatologist, Assistant Dean @albertaPLP @UCalgaryMed
Sep 27, 2021 • 8 tweets • 6 min read
SOME REFLECTIONS about my 3rd tour of duty on the COVID Ward this past weekend at FMC. Compared to Jan (2nd wave) / May (3rd wave) the #COVID19AB patients on FMC COVID Medicine service this weekend were much sicker, and yes, unfortunately vast majority were unvaccinated...[1/8]
Three quarters of my patients were on high flow O2. Previously, many of these patients would have been in ICU and not on a medical ward...I don't believe my patients on OPTIFLOW were included in the 265 patients now "in an ICU", but they probably should be... [2/8]