Khizer Amin
@khizeramin
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ER physician in Toronto. Full-time aspiring thinker.
Toronto, Ontario
Joined February 2011
And.....we’ve graduated from @UofTFamilyMed ! Thankful to my incredible co-residents @THP_hospital CVH and site director @DrMGraham who made every day a blast! Love you all so much! Congratulations - we did it!
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Excited to be attending and presenting academic work with @khizeramin @Chaddad27 at the first ever @MH_LHIN Learning Together Conference!
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Good case. You should be able to recognize the possible etiologies of this ECG without any history. https://t.co/b8vcSAGNTt
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Re-expansion pulm. edema: rare important cause unilateral edema after (wait for it) rapid lung expansion after thoracentesis or PTX. Mortality up to 20%, prevent by removing < 1.5 L fluid. Complete recovery after < 1 week in this case. #chestraded #FOAMrad #FOAMed
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28 ED patients diagnosed with aortic dissection by @ryangibbonsEMUS & co. TTE before CT found 27/28 had at least 1 of: Pericardial effusion Intimal flap Aortic root >3.5 cm Bedside echo sensitivity: 96% https://t.co/oJQlfkQpgU
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What sort of imagined horror is this – systolic over 180 or diastolic over 120 is a "hypertensive crisis"? https://t.co/YewXkGsUG8
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Hi @VP Mike Pence, Nazis marched again yesterday in Virgina. Yeah, they killed a woman last time out & maimed folks. But those knees, right?
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Muscle loss is inevitable as you age, try to adopt a regular weight training program to help slow the process https://t.co/6r90nW4rhH
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"This conversation will never end" - issues around assisted dying and palliative care: @jblackmerMD #CMA150
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#CMA150 Medically assisted death 0.6% of all deaths in Can in 2016 vs 3.75% Netherlands: @jblackmerMD
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1. Codeine is an irrational drug 2. OTC codeine is crazy 3. ASA/acetaminophen ↑ toxicity 4. Canada should undo this cc: @janephilpott
Should @CMA_Docs take on the issue of over the counter codeine? @DavidJuurlink think absolutely yes. #OpioidCrisis #CMA150
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Great initiative to support young leaders in medical education #CMA150
The CMA Foundation is proud to announce the CMA 150 Bursaries and Awards dedicated to Canadian #medstudents
https://t.co/B8WkKIlsZj
#CMA150
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What unites @CMA_Docs from coast-to-coast is their steadfast commitment to #medicalprofessionalism in the service of patients #strongfuture
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A pirating service for academic journal articles could bring down the whole establishment #MedEd #MedScholr
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