Josh Davis
@MedFactChecks
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EM doctor, personal trainer/fitness instructor, research nerd -- views here are my own and are not medical advice
Joined April 2020
And remember this when they come in middle of night looking fine and parents say they were “wheezing” without asthma/RAD history. 1- they did look bad (stridulous) at home.2- the cold humid air outside made better.3- it was stridor not wheezing (parents only use words they know).
👶Barking cough wakes a child at midnight. parents panic 😨.You give dex + neb epi = magic 🎩.Remember to obs the patient!.#PedsPearl #Croup.
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RT @smithECGBlog: Failure of standard contemporary ST-elevation myocardial infarction electrocardiogram criteria to reliably identify acute….
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RT @ABsteward: In patients presenting with cUTI (including acute pyelonephritis) who are improving clinically on effective therapy, we sugg….
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This makes me want to vomit.
I’m sharing an actual recent peer-to-peer call that shows what physicians and patients face when trying to get a surgery approved. This call felt as absurd as it sounds. The peer-to-peer call was to advocate for surgery to prevent and treat lymphedema for a patient with breast
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This is a very important topic in behavioral health emergencies we published on. Please read if you have any interest in equalizing care for patients with behavioral health emergencies!.
jem-journal.com
Involuntary psychiatric holds, commonly limited to 72 hours, serve as a critical intervention for individuals experiencing acute mental health crises. These holds aim to prevent immediate harm and...
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RT @jakescottMD: RFK Jr. went on national TV and spouted egregious, dangerous falsehoods about vaccines. As a parent and infectious disease….
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RT @Paul_Wischmeyer: Exercise “Better Then Drugs” to Stop Cancer and Prolong Life after treatment! 🏃♀️. A groundbreaking study published i….
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A new study on an important equity topic in academic medicine. “Gender Representation Among Invited Physician Speakers at National Emergency Medicine Conferences”. We are doing better room to go!.Free access here to read the article if interested:.
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Infected stone is why we get the CT!!.That can be life threatening and rapidly progress to sepsis and MODS.
Pyelonephritis and cystitis are diagnosed clinically. I literally couldn't care less what the CT scan shows, unless there is specific concern for a renal abscess or perinephric abscess #IDTwitter #MedTwitter.
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I love this simple tool to address a VERY important and often overlooked part of inpatient and critical care.@tarvinwashere.
Mobility is one of the most important - and most overlooked - ICU interventions. One challenge is its isn’t always obvious what mobility level a patient has achieved. I built these “flip books” using the JH-HLM scale to indicate (& motivate) mobility in every patients room.
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RT @emresidents: 📆 Ready to be a member of EMRA’s Board of Directors? Now is your chance! Open positions for the upcoming year are: Presid….
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For my more academic friends. Check out our newest publication:."A practical primer on clinical supervision of learners in the emergency department".
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Introduction Effective supervision of learners in the clinical environment is essential for learner professional development and patient safety. Despite this importance, many supervising attendings...
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RT @generalorthomd: An urgent care referred a carpenter with a splinter in his hand to me. It was removed with tweezers. Referred a lacer….
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RT @LRayRx: Amiodarone isn’t the answer just because it’s listed first. Let’s give lidocaine some love!!.Our @AnnalsofEM commentary lays o….
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What happened to caring about children's lives?. US Abortion Bans and Infant Mortality | Women's Health | JAMA | JAMA Network.
jamanetwork.com
This population-based, cross-sectional study investigates the infant mortality rate following the adoption of complete or 6-week abortion bans in a number of US states.
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Hey @thecurbsiders maybe this for a hotcakes?.I’d give it 2.
nature.com
Nutrition & Diabetes - Association of habitual glucosamine use with risk of microvascular complications among individuals with type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study in UK biobank
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Hey @EMBoardBombs, near the end of the most recent episode on measles, Iltefat said that 0.2% of cases die but then says that is 20 out of every 1000. Might wanna correct that?.
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RT @RobertHermanMD: Tired of calling T-waves ‘enormous’ or ‘bulky’? Come see how @PendellM is taking it to the next level at #ACC25 tomorro….
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