Thrilled to match at @bcmhouston @BCM_InternalMed for my internal medicine residency!! Grateful to my family, friends and mentors for their belief and constant support. Alhamdulillah!! #Match2024 #MatchDay

Patterns of nodularity on CT from our most recent Fellows' Case Files from KUMC https://t.co/Em3EYvT7SX Apple: https://t.co/OLjXSxFbC7 Spotify: https://t.co/VPcIk95Saq Amazon: https://t.co/Yr5TdJoKpb

#CardioNugget: 🫀📈 🚨 Stress Test Endpoints on ECG ➡️ ST ↓ >1 mm (horizontal or downsloping) @ 80 ms from J-point ➡️ ST ↑ in leads without Q-waves 🔑 Upsloping ST depression = less specific, but horizontal/downsloping = ischemia until proven otherwise. #CardioNuggets

#CardioNugget: 🔹 AngioVac in Endocarditis A percutaneous, vacuum-assisted aspiration system. Minimally invasive option for high-risk or inoperable patients. Used as an adjunct to antibiotics & surgery. Indications: ✅ Right-sided IE (most common): IVDU w/ TV vegetations,

💡 2025 Hypertension Guideline Simplified: 10 Takeaways from the Ciccarone Team. @rblument1 @AaronTroyMD @hopkinsheart #CVprev

#CardioNugget: Avoid Amiodarone in TdP! 🌀 Torsades de Pointes is a polymorphic VT triggered by QT prolongation. ⚡️ Amiodarone, a class III antiarrhythmic, further prolongs QT by blocking K⁺ channels → can worsen or trigger more TdP. 🚫 Don’t use Amio in TdP — even though

🆕 ACC scientific statement on the Dx & management of #pericarditis addresses diagnostic & therapeutic advances in acute & recurrent pericarditis & their complications, employing a multimodality imaging-guided therapeutic approach. Get the details: https://t.co/ypzikLih8M #JACC

Today's Paper of the Day is: Diagnosis and Management of Acute Respiratory Failure https://t.co/JKgcYjlUQ5 Join us to read 1 paper per day and stay up-to-date as we cover the spectrum of critical care across 2025

Listen to our latest episode about ICU Acquired Weakness out today with @PaisKalaila and Jim Devanney. Infographics about ICUAW below 👇 @WesElyMD @DrDaleNeedham @CritCareReviews @BIDMC_IM @AAPhysiatrists @ATSCritCare @CHESTCritCare

Dual Antiplatelet Therapy (DAPT) in CAD - SIHD with PCI: Clopidogrel + aspirin for ≥6 months - ACS with PCI: Any P2Y12 inhibitor + aspirin for ≥12 months - CABG: Resume or start P2Y12 + aspirin for 12 months if recent ACS - Fibrinolysis (STEMI): Clopidogrel + aspirin for ≥14

Bowel regimen, anyone? What’s the difference between different laxatives? Take a look at this great graphic to learn more ⤵️

1/ 🚨 NEW #5Pearls: Lp(a) and ASCVD Risk Lp(a) is a lipoprotein similar to LDL but a different entity! Lp(a) has important implications for cardiovascular disease ‼️ 🖥️: https://t.co/16POEATPCC Sponsor: Freed AI

Breakthroughs in Preventive Cardiology: Key Clinical Trials of 2024 #cvprev @MichaelJBlaha @rblument1

1/ 🚨 NEW #BeyondJournalClub with @NEJMGroup: REVISE Trial Do PPIs reduce the risk of clinically important upper GI bleeding? ⤵️ 🖥️: https://t.co/dJnq8p9VDE Sponsor: @FreedMedicalAI

Congratulations to our residents on an outstanding fellowship match!! Excited for many to stay around, many to branch out, and for all to have wonderful experiences as they continue their training.

#TBT to our #BeyondJournalClub episode on the CAPE COD Trial: steroids in community acquired pneumonia 🔑 takeaways: - Steroids appear to benefit patients who are: ◦Sick with severe pneumonia  ◦More inflamed (higher CRP) 🖥️: https://t.co/wztzCX9yxk

Outpatient pulm: let’s figure out how we can get you coughing less. Inpatient pulm: let’s figure out how we can get you coughing more.

Closing out Block 2 feeling incredibly humbled!! @BCM_InternalMed @BCMDeptMedicine

Empiric inpatient antibiotic selection simplified: 3 things to know as a start 1. Ceftriaxone has an impressive spectrum 2. What's up with "vancopeme"? Vanc targets MRSA. Cefepime is CTX + pseudomonas. 3. Which remaining holes metro and doxy cover

The Texas Heart Institute, BiVACOR, Baylor St. Luke’s, and Baylor College of Medicine celebrate the first human implantation of the Total Artificial Heart! This device offers new hope for patients with severe heart failure. 🌟🤝 #BCMDoM #BCM Read more: https://t.co/pbSJX6Pj6Y

Join us in welcoming our new interns for the Department of Medicine's 2024 Match Day! We are so excited to have such talented and dedicated individuals joining our team, and can't wait to see what they will accomplish. 👏🎉 #2024MatchDay #BCMDoM