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“The Last Shift”
Oil on clay covered wood board by C. Michael Gibson 2020.
Welcome home to all of our courageous
#CoronaHeroes
who made the ultimate sacrifice 🙏💙
#cmgsees
#COVID19
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Determining if an image is a Chihuahua or muffin is a tough problem in artificial intelligence
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Cambridge scientists tested 0.02 micron Bacteriophage MS2 particles (5 times smaller than the coronavirus) & compared homemade masks made of different materials to surgical masks.
Surgical mask blocks 89%
Vacuum cleaning bag 85%
Dish Towel 73%
T shirt 70%
#macgyvercare
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Given CDC recommendation to use home made masks in the event of a mask shortage, here is a comparison of filtration properties of different materials ...
Cambridge scientists tested 0.02 micron Bacteriophage MS2 particles (5 times smaller than the coronavirus) & compared homemade masks made of different materials to surgical masks.
Surgical mask blocks 89%
Vacuum cleaning bag 85%
Dish Towel 73%
T shirt 70%
#macgyvercare
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I thought I was invincible as a 33 yr old MD until I contracted viral pneumonia, developed a SIRS response, ARDS with sats in the 80s, platelet count of 10K, LFTs through the roof & ended up on experimental drugs. Radiologist said “I thought u were going to die”
Respect viruses
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On the left are 2 lungs from a healthy patient.
On the right is a
#COVID19
infected lung taken from a 20 year old who had a double lung transplant.
The extent and magnitude of damage is severe.
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With my new baby Jackson ... he’s 10 weeks old
He’s not my whole life but he makes my life whole 😊❤️
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This afternoon we lost our beloved Seamus who was just about to turn 14.
Love you Shay Shay ❤️
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For the non medical audience:
There is a piece of metal flying around in this patient’s heart and the interventional cardiologist lassoes it like a cowboy and removes it from the body ... extraordinary feat
It’s sad that fewer & fewer people want to join our profession...
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I am sick with a fever on the couch.
I just had a Very Very large ice cream sundae, with crushed chocolate chip cookies & hot chocolate sauce
I’m much much better now
Sometimes you don’t need a randomized intl double blind placebo controlled trial to know that something works
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Stanford: N95 masks can be decontaminated without decreasing filtration efficiency using 70C heat for 30 min. Alcohol and bleach should not be used. Report here if you click on the link.
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Many doctors talking to me saying the best approach might be to put all the ICU patients in one big room like a recovery area, suit up for the day and conserve Masks and personal equipment similar to what was done in China. What do others think?
#COVID19
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I’m one of the 5% of people wearing a mask in the airport.
I look like an elephant and people are looking at me funny … but it does match my jacket … so that’s good 🤷♂️
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The first 30 minutes of my day I would drink coffee and she and I would stare into each others eyes as she sat on my lap
And at night before going to sleep we would do the same
I lost Tyra today and I lost that daily dose of unconditional love & innocence ❤️
I will miss her🙏
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BREAKING
#Semaglutide
within 3 months of diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes eliminated insulin after meals in all 10 patients and daily insulin in 7.
HbA1C dropped from 11.7% to 5.9%.
Provocative & requires further larger long term prospective validation.
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I became progressively short of breath, winded walking a short distance, coughing, extreme fatigue, and almost pass out/pre syncopal with standing. Told to quarantine which I have for > a month. Never tested. Sure many more like me out there.
#coronavirus
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So this is not a randomized trial of individuals but does it approximate a cluster randomization by Country?
Is this data sufficient to make the causal inference that masks prevent new cases and flatten the curve or is it too confounded?
Let’s discuss this one!
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60 asymptomatic people come to choir practice. Use hand sanitizer, don’t shake hands or hug by intent.
45 now diagnosed with COVID-19 or ill with the symptoms, and two are dead.
LA Times says airborne spread “strongly suspected”
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We vaccinated 450 people today
It felt great to try & do something to defeat COVID
There was no computer between me & the person I was caring for
Looks of kindness and caring were the universal language
It reminded me of why I went into medicine
It was a great day
#cmgsays
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Usama Riaz is another
#CoronaHero
who we lost in this
#COVID19
battle ... never forget how the lack of protective equipment took the lives of healthcare professionals, including young ones with such bright futures 🙏
This is Dr. Usama Riaz. He spent past weeks screening and treating patients with Corona Virus in Pakistan.
He knew there was no PPE. He persisted anyways.
Today he lost his own battle with coronavirus but he gave life and hope to so many more.
KNOW HIS NAME 😭❤
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Happy Holidays from Gracie G and I
Sending love and peace to all of you ❤️
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Many have become numb to pandemic statistics
Healthcare workers, though, must face the reality that there are now MORE PATIENTS HOSPITALIZED THAN AT ANY TIME in 2020, 40% more than 2 weeks ago
Some are working 36 hrs straight
The 3rd wave may break us
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Please say prayers for Jackson. He is in surgery for a bowel obstruction, probably intussusception 🙏🙏🙏.
With my new baby Jackson ... he’s 10 weeks old
He’s not my whole life but he makes my life whole 😊❤️
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Pre print data suggests that viral aerosol particles are produced by individuals that have the COVID-19 disease, even in the absence of cough.
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So honored to have done the painting on the cover of Braunwald's Heart Disease textbook.
Buy it here now!
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I am sad to report that the family of Doctor Mobeen Sheikh
@moby_doc
confirms that Mobeen tragically lost his life in a drowning accident.
He was a superb interventional cardiologist, innovator and compassionate physician. I will miss our conversations about art. Gone too soon 🙏
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China’s cases of
#Covid
-19 declining.
Why?
" it’s all about speed. The faster you can find cases, isolate cases, & track their close contacts, the more successful you’re going to be."
More test kits are critical to US effort!
via
@voxdotcom
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We now have 107 HealthCare professionals who have died in the line of duty battling
#coronavirus
in the spreadsheet I tweeted out
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My Daughter in law
@LaurenGibsonMD
has recovered from
#coronavirus
and is now back on the front line in the MGH ICU.
You are a
#CoronaHero
who wears a white coat as a cape
@WomenAs1
@KristyNBCBoston
video of her story here
Love you Lauren, so proud!
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I'm working today.
RT is you are healthcare worker working today or tomorrow!
Say thanks to all those dedicated healthcare worker over the holidays!
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MAJOR NEWS: 44% (95% confidence interval, 25–69%) of people are likely infected during the presymptomatic stage of the person who gave them the infection. | Nature Medicine
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My daughter in law Lauren has tested positive for
#CIVID19
She had vague symptoms
This again is a warning to young people, this can happen to you ...
Love you Lauren!
I'm a first-hand example that COVID-19, especially in healthy ppl, can present with incredibly vague and mild symptoms. Don't ignore ANY possible symptoms ---> stay home and help keep others safe!
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Jackson is still in the ICU but has stable vital signs and is drinking small amounts of water.
He and I would like to thank all of you for your well wishes and prayers 🙏
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We lose a medical school class of physicians to suicide each year
10% of MDs have suicidal thoughts
The risk of substance abuse is 40-100 times higher than gen population
US surgeons are killing themselves at an alarming rate.
One decided to speak out
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Covid-19 RNA is Massachusetts wastewater is at it highest levels so far in the pandemic
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No competency in medicine was lost during the 1 hour and 15 minutes I took to paint this.
I did spend many hours today reviewing angiograms.
These were complementary not competitive activities.
Bay light.
Oil on 9 x 11 linen canvas in collaboration with a student August 5, 2023.
#cmgsees
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Goodnight and goodbye from The Gibson’s ... Love conquers all and we send all of our love to all of you ❤️🙏
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Stop tweeting
Start vaccinating
Heading out to vaccinate “people” in Rhode Island today
It may not be a big stadium, it may only be a VFW, it may only be 450 little shots, but these “people” are somebody’s world ... let’s give their community a big shot in the arm
#cmgsays
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Nice illustration of how we can now put in a new valve to replace a leaking one without doing open heart surgery
Demonstration of TMVR
@slava__bobrov
#MedEd
#medtwt
#MedTwitter
#SciComm
#AcademicTwitter
#MedStudentTwitter
#health
#healthcare
#healthy
#heart
#CardioEd
#Cardiology
#Cardiovascular
#CardioTwitter
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Turn those abstracts into manuscripts
Don’t let them end up here …
#ACC24
Submit them to
@JACCJournals
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A 37 year old resident physician in training has died on the frontline of the
#coronavirus
battle leaving behind 3 children.
Tragic
#HealthcareHeroes
RIP Dr. Firlit . We are thankful to you and countless healthcare workers on the frontlines. May you Rest In Peace . God Bless .
#COVID2019
#HealthCareWorkers
#NursesCOVID19
@nytimes
@CNN
@CMichaelGibson
@RichDuszak
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Congratulations to Grace Gibson on graduating Cum Laude with honors along with several leadership awards!
Bursting with pride 👏
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One of the countries down under is on top of the world ...
BREAKING GOOD NEWS ALERT:
New Zealand has announced it no longer has any patients in hospital being treated for coronavirus.
It comes on the fifth straight day where no new cases have been reported.
This is what winning looks like.
🇳🇿
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Two masks all morning
99% oxygen saturation
Any higher and I would actually be creating oxygen 🤣
#cmgsays
#MasksSaveLives
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We now work in a world where dispensable masks are indispensable & indispensable healthcare workers feel dispensable ...
#cmgsays
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My father had just died after 2 months in the ICU due to thrombotic complications, my field of interest / research.
Both events changed me.
You are not as in control as you might think.
You do not have as much time as you think.
Life can change so quickly so unexpectedly.
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This
Is
Amazing 🤩
27 medications with the biggest price cuts on Mark Cuban's online pharmacy
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Jackson update:
Jackson went to the Vet for a check up
He got an “A+”
🙏
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I’m sooo excited that my son & my future daughter in law are getting married at home. Only immediate family (about 10 other people) will be attending.
In all my free time I have been trying to get the yard and the house ready.
It’s made me get to things I had put off for yrs.
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All the science and research in the world could not save my father.
What “saved” my father was my love for him as a father and best friend & our daily chats. Everyday. He lives in me.
Love is more powerful than science.
Love one another.
Now.
#cmgsays
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How an interventional cardiologist sees a tree ...
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BREAKING: Jackson IS IN THE CAR ON THE WAY HOME
"That 'having a bowel movement before leaving the hospital requirement' is a human thing Doctor. He's a dog and should be Ok"
I can't believe they called him a "dog" ... he is like a furry human family member ...
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Ok
So I decided to take the plunge:
I’m going back to school 😱
With pandemic and emphasis on distance learning I am starting on line coursework through Sotheby’s Institute of Art !
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#Coronahero
oil on 4 x 5 foot canvas by C. Michael Gibson. Inspired by a photograph by Alberto Giuliani.
#cmgsees
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My mother, an artist, said “Once you paint clouds, you will never look at them the same again” which led me to see the cloud of dye in the myocardium, the blush or TIMI myocardial perfusion grade.
She has gone to be among the clouds now with my father.
She will be missed ❤️
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“My most brilliant achievement was convincing my wife to marry me” - Winston Churchill
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Cuomo: FDA should approve antibody testing to see if people have had the infection. If our medical workers have had it, and if they have made antibodies, we can get our medical staff back to work.
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I went to the office Halloween party as p = 0.06
People in the ARO cringed in horror ...
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This is how my mornings begin:
Sipping coffee with these two on my lap lowering my blood pressure and heart rate
They are adding years to my life and life to my years
#cmgsays
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A plane from Shanghai arrived at JFK International Airport in New York Sunday morning carrying an extraordinary load: 12 million gloves, 130,000 N95 masks, 1.7 million surgical masks, 50,000 gowns, 130,000 hand sanitizer units, and 36,000 thermometers.
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When I have had a bad day, I sometimes have a vanilla ice cream sundae with crushed chocolate chip cookies inside along with chocolate sauce inside and whipped cream on the top.
Today was so bad I added crushed up Reese’s cups.
Don’t worry. I’m much better now. Thank you 🙏.
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BIG
Direct invasion of heart muscle cells by
#COVID19
: For the first time, coronavirus found INSIDE the heart cells, not just in the tissue surrounding the heart cells ://www.thelancet.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2352-4642%2820%2930257-1
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People with genetic mutation (essential fructosuria) lack enzyme needed to metabolize fructose. No ill consequences, except aversion to sweets. Those who have it are at little risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes or liver ailments. Pharma wants to know why
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All you need to know about the medical industrial complex summarized in 2 minutes ...
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How tragic ...
#weneedventilators
#Spain
"Doctors in
#Espa
ña🇪🇸 with tears in their eyes tell how people over 65 must have their respirators removed to give it to the younger people suffering . Seniors are sedated so they don't suffer. "
#CoronavirusPandemic
#CoronaVirusUpdates
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Reading from your PowerPoint slides is not a presentation, it is conscious sedation ...
People can read faster than you can talk
YOU are the presentation, not your slides ...
#ESCcongress
#cmgsays
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Iam Liam Gibson
(William Charles Gibson or as I call him G3, the third generation)
Sierra won’t leave our side 🤣
She’s a good big sister
#iamLiam
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Why is there so much professional jealousy in academic medicine?
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A colleague who works with me told me that a 34 year old chief resident back in their home country died due to
#COVID19
. We see another young physician in NYC struggling. Although the risks are lower, young healthcare professionals are at risk & deserve protection and care.
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This is why I’m on Twitter ...
Timeline cleanser:
You didn’t know you needed to watch penguins being weighed today - but you so did...
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There is no health without mental health
There are so many struggling out there
So many leading quiet lives of desperation who hide their pain
Be kind
🙏
#WorldMentalHealthDay
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Piper feels she must somehow be next to me at ALL times ❤️
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Sydney’s first birthday
Thank goodness she inherited my fashion sense 🤣
(Someone needs a nap)
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Two masks on since early this AM, doing lots of procedures including heart attack cases:
My Oxygen level is still 99%
I haven’t passed out from Carbon dioxide poisoning
I’m breathing just fine and feeling great ...
#WearAMask
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Do you share
@ABIMFoundation
president
@RichardBaron17
‘s perspective that physicians should not take up interests like photography because this may cause them to no longer be competent in medicine ?
His suggestion that physicians should not pursue outside interests is the tone…
This Tue AM, I host the epic discussion btw
@AaronGoodman33
and
@RichardBaron17
on the MOC of the ABIM exclusively on
#HealthcareUnfiltered
podcast.
This is a clip from the pod that U will NOT want to miss. It all started with a petition, now with >11k signatures. watch it all
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The Moral Crisis of America’s Doctors
The corporatization of health care has changed the practice of medicine, causing many physicians to feel alienated from their work.
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