Fiona Thorburn
@thorburn_fiona
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Physician by trade, tea drinker by vocation. And, as always, all views are my own.
Joined May 2013
This Teachable Moment highlights the potential harm of inappropriate central line blood cultures in clinical practice. @CUBoulder #TeachableMoment #CentralLine #CRBSI
https://t.co/XchpueB9wj
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This practice article summarises updated NICE guidance on recognition, diagnosis and management of #meningitis (bacterial) and meningococcal disease https://t.co/7goTRf6g5I
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This is my “If you prescribe meropenem, I will find out” face.
"Appropriate use of antibiotics today will protect our antibiotics from resistance in the future". Read more about Fiona Thorburn, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Consultant, and how antimicrobial awareness impacts her role 👩⚕️ #WAAW #AMR
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Date night featuring Kingfisher, curry, the musical genius of @chillygonzales and his band. I am happy.
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Would be grateful for a reply @easyJet @easyJet_press
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Always an informative couple of days for the generalist. Highly recommend booking.
Our Vice President (Medical) @ericliv invites you to join us at our flagship medical conference Medicine24. Book your place for up-to-date information on the optimal management of acutely ill patients within the first 24 hours of admission: https://t.co/ngqrmn1aLa
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WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY: The #UKARStudy team are delighted to open another site for #participant recruitment to the @BSACandJAC UK Antimicrobial Registry. Today we welcome our 6th Scottish site @JubileeHospital with PI @thorburn_fiona. We’re looking forward to working with you😀#AMR
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Unless you have a non swimming toddler.
The best place to relax is near water. After just 2 minutes of viewing water outdoors, blood pressure and heart rate drop. It's more calming to look at a lake, pool, or stream than trees or grass. Beaches are popular for a reason. Wider bodies of water bring more tranquility.
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About 95% of patients with penicillin allergies are actually not allergic to it. Being given alternative antibiotics is harmful: higher incidence of wound infection and multi resistant bacterial infections. So it’s not necessarily better for our patient with an unconvincing
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No @bbchealth, woman has infection with bacteria resistant to antibiotics 🙄
Woman becoming resistant to antibiotics after UTIs
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Aim to minimise harm from antibiotics by thinking about spectrum of coverage. Many forget these are not inert drugs. Protect your anaerobes!
Most patients with sepsis don't need anti-anaerobic antibiotics. But most get them anyway. Why not, what's the harm? I worry the harm is considerable. Our new study in @JAMAInternalMed: using a 15-month pip-tazo shortage to answer this question. 1/n https://t.co/1nOhsUaio0
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The best way to protect your child from rising cases of #WhoopingCough and #measles is by getting them vaccinated. All routine childhood vaccinations are free, and even if your child misses any doses, you can book a catch up appointment with your GP practice. 📱📅
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Really important teaching points here! Neutropenia is a risk factor for developing a bacteraemia or infection BUT it is not necessarily predictive of poor outcomes in sepsis. We also know from the NAPS data that appropriateness of antimicrobials is ~90% in this patient
#CritCare #OpenAccess Sepsis mortality among patients with haematological malignancy admitted to intensive care 2000–2022: a binational cohort study Read the full article: https://t.co/LkdOD7FSQG
@jlvincen @ISICEM #FOAMed #FOAMcc
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