Matthew Martin, MD, FACS, McRIB
@docmartin22
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Trauma/Critical Care, Bariatric, Gen Surg, Military(ret) Liberal, Heterodox, Dad to twin terrors! No patience for right-wing fascists OR left-wing totalitarians
Los Angeles, CA
Joined December 2011
To the twitter-atricians who criticize those treating COVID with drugs/therapies that have weak prelim data: 90% of what you do every day (no matter the specialty) has ZERO Level 1 evidence. It's a pandemic...AND....this is how medicine works. Slow crawl from darkness to light!
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Looking forward to @uscsurgery Grand Rounds by @ColemanDM_vasc next week. Hopefully some advice also for us trauma (aka amateur vascular) surgeons as well!
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Another in the long line of studies in virtually every type of traumatic injury showing no benefit of prolonged "prophylactic" antibiotics. Prophylactic antibiotic use in closed basilar skull... : Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
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ts with closed basilar skull fractures using Korean national claims data. METHODS A retrospective cohort study was conducted with basilar skull fractures between 2002 and 2019 using International...
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What we did - mobilized D4 and resected the injured segment. No D4 left to sew to. Exposed D3 through the transverse mesocolon and mobilized it, swung stapled end of proximal jejunum over to D3 and did duodenojejunal anastomosis, Drain over anastomosis and at stapled end of D4.
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Sunday brunch case - splenectomy completed and then you find this. Injury to duodenum at D4/Lig of Treitz. When you open it up, it is a complete transection with no other injuries. Management?
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Trauma laparotomy - “pack all 4 quadrants” There are only 2 packable quadrants. Packing anything else is an ineffective waste of time when seconds count. Thank you for attending this CME activity.
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Arguably the most damaging AND fraudulent data in healthcare of the past century is the "medical errors as leading cause of hospital deaths" by Makary and Daniel
Here's my entry. This is one of my favorite fake charts. It's been posted by government officials, politicians, educators, provider advocacy groups, and so many conservative influencers. But it's fake. It's just misled millions of people.
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This is what we in the military would call the GIF - good idea fairy. Let’s create yet another layer of admin bureaucracy that could also be weaponized
Professionalism matters—but annual reappointment forms often reduce it to a yes/no box. 360 reviews offer actionable feedback that can boost team dynamics, morale, and patient outcomes. https://t.co/c62omqaU3Q
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You can tell what generation you did your medical training if you know the normal reference range for a serum porcelain level
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RIP
We are saddened by the passing of Jim Lovell, commander of Apollo 13 and a four-time spaceflight veteran. Lovell's life and work inspired millions. His courage under pressure helped forge our path to the Moon and beyond—a journey that continues today. https://t.co/AjT8qmxsZI
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I don’t know - I figure this must be legit, right?? 🤷‍♂️
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2nd annual AAST fellow bootcamp going on at @LAGeneralMed @KECKSchool_USC now. Thank you to Marc DeMoya, Kenji Ianba, Megan Lewis and @docmartin22 for putting together a great course for upcoming 2nd year fellows @traumadoctors
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Losing Hulk and Ozzy in one week đź‘Ž
BREAKING: Retired wrestling icon Hulk Hogan has died. He was 71.
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Every once in a while, the planets align perfectly
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RIP Legend
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