I am running #dopey2026 to raise money for the #Leukemiaandlymphomasociety Please donate if you can/would like to here: pages.lls.org/tnt/team/wdw... #teamintraining
Alice Gallo de Moraes
@gallodemoraesmd.bsky.social
🇧🇷ian living in MN. Here for #meded #pccm #softskills and kindness. PCCM physician at Mayo Clinic. Views are mine, not my employer’s.
To me, @acpimphysicians.bsky.social meeting only starts when I see my godfather and one of my favorite people Dr. Newman #IM2025
Health misinformation had a key role in the election outcome. Pseudoscientific anti-vaxxers (including some doctors) are ascending to gov positions. I discuss how we counter that. @medpagetoday.bsky.social @gfriedman.bsky.social
MedPage Today@medpagetoday.com · 2y agoIn the aftermath of the 2024 election, @docwithbowtie.bsky.social emphasizes the need for physicians to combat online misinformation "to protect American health." Read the #OpEd: www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
This could’ve easily been a state of the art review in a high impact journal, and Sergio was kind enough to prepare it for our project. Can’t miss material, with non-invasive correlates coming next week.
Shockwaves.icu@shockwavesicu.bsky.social · 2y agoWe present another publication-quality chapter from ShockWaves, the 1st chapter in the RHC section. Sergio Caravita presents a masterclass on the invasive PA waveform. Section editors: Sophia Airhart and Zach I'lGiovine shockwaves.icu/app/page/1O3...
Hmm, i fire off emails on my phone all the time. I've never been asked to take an anger management class. Left as an exercise to the reader: can you identify any structural differences that might explain why exactly the same email from Prof Planey and I are perceived in different ways?
Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA@arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 2y agoBased on this experience, I developed a document with template emails that I could tweak and paste. I have a similar document of template emails now that I am faculty. Also, I will never send an important email from my phone. Never.
This #TedLasso figurine package arrived to my office when I was away, with a heartwarming note from Dr. Kulkarni, a superb PCCM Physician Scientist, now Endowed Chair at UCLA. I feel that’s exactly what we ALL need now - a shot of #Believe. Thank you @drkulkarni.bsky.social & welcome to #BlueSky!!!
New modeling study finds that if everyone in the United Kingdom had worn N95 or FFP2 masks from the start of the pandemic, the rate of COVID-19 transmission would have been 9 times lower.
This was a super fun one to record!!!! #meded #CHESTJournalPodcast
Chris Carroll, MD@chriscarrollmd.com · 2y agoElias H. Pratt, MD, joins #JournalCHEST Podcast Moderator, @gallodemoraesmd.bsky.social, to discuss his research into the association between institutional RBC transfusion thresholds for patients receiving venovenous #ECMO and patient outcomes. www.chestnet.org/guidelines-a...
Elias H. Pratt, MD, joins #JournalCHEST Podcast Moderator, @gallodemoraesmd.bsky.social, to discuss his research into the association between institutional RBC transfusion thresholds for patients receiving venovenous #ECMO and patient outcomes. www.chestnet.org/guidelines-a...
God forbid there's a complication. And valuable learning opportunities for trainees will now be truncated by hospitals who don't want to eat the cost of anesthesia. Also the sheer number of preventable errors that will occur because people feel rushed to finish *on time* instead of doing it right
Our study found that nearly 40% (!) of 12-21 yo females are iron deficient. tinyurl.com/FeJAMA But did you know that in addition to many physical symptoms, iron deficiency is associated with multiple mental health issues? A #medsky #bluetorial 🧵1/
Prevalence of Iron Deficiency and Iron-Deficiency Anemia in US Females Aged 12-21 Years, 2003-2020
This study examines prevalence of iron deficiency among females aged 12 to 21 years to inform future screening strategies for iron deficiency and iron-deficiency anemia.
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Curious about decompensation pattern, RRT activation and transfer to higher level of care among pts w/ #ESLD waiting for LiverTx? Read our work below! #medsky #liversky #PCCM #criticalcare pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39584698/
Exploring Rapid Response Team Activation Impact in Patients with Cirrhosis with Acute Decompensation - PubMed
Liver transplant candidacy in patients with cirrhosis with acute decompensation is not clearly correlated with ICU transfer. Liver transplant candidates are more likely to be younger, have higher MELD...
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Here is what Andy Slavitt, President Obama‘s head of Medicare and Medicaid shared during the first attempted repeal of the ACA in 2017. A repeal of this program will have even more dire consequences. Please share EVERYWHERE!
Finally: we need a moratorium on any more retrospective studies on this. The last 10 years of retrospective studies on piptazo have led to a LOT of misleading studies. More retro studies will NOT help. We need high-quality RCTs. As always I'd be happy to change my mind, but I need real data.
After I posted that blog, Hamilton et al. published a manuscript on MedRxiv that explains the nitty gritty of what went wrong in the study. JAMA-IM refused to publish their letter to the editor, but you can read it here: (feels like a banned book!) www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Medpeds-trained, 2nd year adult PCCM fellow and aspiring adult congenital lung specialist here. Anyone know of trailblazers in this arena? #pulmsky
A thread about the pathophysiology of childhood asthma and how the pandemic exposed just how wrong so many of the underlying assumptions were, and how much biases and racism inpacted our understanding. 🧵 1/17
If herd immunity via infection works, why did we not eliminate polio in the US until we had a vaccine? Why did we need a vaccine to eradicate smallpox? These and other illnesses have been around for a very long time. They kill & disable. Vaccines are safe, effective, and lifesaving.
Jonathan Howard@joho.bsky.social · 2y agoJournalists writing about Jay Bhattacharya should remember this he GBD wasn’t just about opening schools for poor kids as he now claims. It was about herd immunity via natural immunity. Quote this passage from the GBD when writing about it. Don’t gloss over it.
Vaccines have eliminated or dramatically reduced countless diseases over hundreds of years. Examples: Smallpox? ERADICATED globally. Polio? 99% eliminated globally. Diphtheria? Nearly 100% eliminated in the US. Measles & mumps? 99% reduced in the US. Vaccines save MILLIONS OF LIVES every year. 1/
Vaccines are the real MVP: they've been saving lives for hundreds of years.
RFK Jr. and others who erode trust in life-saving medical tools are dangers to our society and they do not care about improving health.
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🚨Let's keep the facts on vaccines front and centre! "New data shows vaccines have saved 154 million lives in the past 50 years" www.gavi.org/vaccineswork... via @gavinnewsom.bsky.social #VaccinesWork
New data shows vaccines have saved 154 million lives in the past 50 years
An analysis of the impact of 50 years of the global vaccine programme shows the extraordinary value of vaccination.
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An excellent and important read. "Battle" and "fight" are just two examples of words never to use with patients. More examples and alternatives shared in article. #MedSky #WordsMatter
Rana Awdish MD@ranaawdish.bsky.social · 2y agoIs sharing our writing a thing here? 😊 Proud of this piece because it represents the work of so many trying to make medicine and communication better for our patients. #MedSky www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/action/showP...
Fluoridated water 1)Reduces tooth decay by ~25% in kids and adults. 2) For every $1 spent, communities save up to $38 in dental costs. 3) Benefits everyone, regardless of income or access to dental care. 4) Over 75 years of research shows it’s effective and harmless. www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Florida health official advises communities to stop adding fluoride to drinking water
Florida's surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, cited developmental concerns from higher levels of fluoride than are found in most U.S. water supplies.
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Patients and patient advocates: consider visiting your congress representatives offices to advocate for funding for research. The development of new treatments and diagnoses require funding of basic and translational research in academic laboratories.
It’s always very interesting when folks conclude that the only way a Black person could have achieved what they have is purely through being treated preferentially 🤦🏾♀️
Acyn@acyn.bsky.social · 2y agoLee: When Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson was up for confirmation or when VP Harris was added to the ticket, they called them DEI hires. They want you to believe that Harvard graduate with over 20 years of experience is not qualified but Fox personality is qualified to run the DOD
Feels right that my 1st post here should be to share this incredible RCT, led by my PhD supervisor Nick Daneman: www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... Main takeaway: 7-days of abx should be the standard of care for patients with uncomplicated non-S. aureus BSI. A deep dive 🧵: #IDsky
Antibiotic Treatment for 7 versus 14 Days in Patients with Bloodstream Infections | NEJM
Bloodstream infections are associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. Early, appropriate antibiotic therapy is important, but the duration of treatment is uncertain. In a multicenter, non...
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Disinformation kills! Spreading public health disinformation has nothing to do with freedom of speech because it is political propaganda that results in people's deaths. www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court rejects RFK Jr. group’s attempt to protect anti-Covid-vaccine doctors from investigations
Justice Elena Kagan turned away an emergency request from Children's Health Defense, the anti-vaccine group founded by Donald Trump's pick for secretary of health and human services.
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