Called my docs answering service and immediately gave myself away as a healthcare person when I said “bilateral.” I usually try and keep that a secret a little longer 🤣🤦🏻‍♀️

Any generation making fun of millennials is comical at this point. We’ve been the center of all “problems” since forever. When we graduated college we were so “lazy” and “spent too much money on coffee.” I’m 42 now. Feel free to keep complaining about us. It all bounces off us now.

These assassination attempts, whether staged or not, are desensitizing us to political violence just like school shootings have done. We are not on a slippery slope, we are already sliding down that hill and are almost at the bottom.

A trans youth group in Boston has organized a protest of the pediatric academic societies conference which is hosting a panel comprised of SPLC designated hate group affiliates and a Trump admin report author.

The American people were promised no new endless wars and lower prices. Now we’re bombing Iran (again) and prices are higher than they were when President Trump took office.

I love how hospitals can afford a billing specialist to constantly message me over a weekend but they can’t afford to higher another social worker, or RT, or literally anyone else who provides actual healthcare.

My doc is late. And that’s fine. Bc our system stretches and abuses doctors (and of course other healthcare staff but this is a doc post). So I’ll wait. And hopefully one day the system will stop abusing us so we can be with our patients long enough to really take care them and also not be late.

Just now, a national trans healthcare felony ban for youth has passed the US House, with 10 year prison terms. 3 Dems crossed party lines to vote to jail providers. 4 GOP crossed party lines to vote against. It is not expected to pass the Senate, where Dems hold filibuster power. Story to come.

Things students should do finals week: Studying Midnight breakfast Packing up to go home Things students shouldn’t be doing: Sheltering in place Placing tourniquets CPR on their classmates #gunsense laws need to be passed now.

Let’s goooooo!!

Jennifer Chen, MD FAAP@drjenchen4kids.medsky.social · 11mo ago

#HCWvsHunger update, proud of #KidVengers raising >$150K but #DiagnoseAndTreats also rallying so can’t rest until tomorrow! @patriciatranmd.bsky.social @wanstermom.bsky.social @hadley-s-f.bsky.social @dorktacular.bsky.social @peacockgc.bsky.social @doctorvig.bsky.social @premiepulmdoc.bsky.social

Proud to support team #kidvengers and grateful to the amazing organizers of #HCWvsHunger. Health care people- find a local organization and give before tomorrow!!!!

Shematologist, MD@shematologist.medsky.social · 11mo ago

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Pro tip: to avoid doing the elf, tell your kid that the elf spies on kids w/bad behavior. Since your kid has good behavior, they don’t need an elf. Does it shame other kids? Sure. Does it save your sanity? Also yes. 🫣 But also, really do we need some elf spying on kids? #followmeformoreadvice

#KidVengers almost to $40K w <48 hrs left #HCWvsHunger… believe me, we can still catch #DiagnoseAndTreats! @anitakpatelmd.bsky.social @drjrubenstein.bsky.social @drkatielockwood.bsky.social @drmollyoshea.bsky.social @countrykidsdoc.bsky.social @sheilarazdan.bsky.social @lwpedsmd.blacksky.app

#HCWvsHunger 2025 is here!!! #MedSky, join healthcare workers & others to #FightHunger! 🍎Donate to ANY foodbank or org fighting hunger. Screenshot receipt. 🍎Log it for your team of choice Th 11/27 6p - Tu 12/2 11:59p ET hcwvshunger.org/how-to-donate/ FAQs @ HCWvsHunger.org

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Let’s go #KidVengers!!

HCWvsHunger@hcwvshunger.bsky.social · 11mo ago

#HCWvsHunger 2025 is here!!! #MedSky, join healthcare workers & others to #FightHunger! 🍎Donate to ANY foodbank or org fighting hunger. Screenshot receipt. 🍎Log it for your team of choice Th 11/27 6p - Tu 12/2 11:59p ET hcwvshunger.org/how-to-donate/ FAQs @ HCWvsHunger.org

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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common pediatric cancer, and 75% of ALL cases are in kids under six. In the 1960s, survival rate for ALL was 10%. Today, it’s OVER 90%. Why? Research & development of modern chemotherapies like vincristine. 1/

If you create the need for charity by voting for or creating bad policies and then donate to the charity that fills the gap you created, that’s not charity or “goodwill.” It’s selfishness

Systematic review: How hospitalists really spend their time 📊 Direct patient care = smaller % than you think 💻 EHR time = massive ⚡ Interruptions = constant 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/jhm.70092 🖼️ Visual Abstract by Sophie Sun #MedSky #HospitalMedicine

Are we unnecessarily withholding IV contrast from patients with kidney disease? - Risk of contrast-induced nephropathy may be overstated - Withholding contrast can delay diagnosis This may be a #TWDFNR! 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/jhm.70063 🖼️ Visual Abstract by C Coleman + JHM Team

The joy on the pharm tech’s face when I said I wanted the Flu and COVID shot today. We are struggling in healthcare and easy to get jaded. It’s so great when we have patients who want to follow evidence based guidelines and I am happy to be one of them.

Called my FL rep today about vaccines. Currently, kindergarten vaccine coverage is ~89%, below thresholds needed to prevent measles, chickenpox, and whooping cough outbreaks. Requirements protect kids from meningitis, measles, pneumonia, and other illnesses.

It’s residency app season again and I am again begging for med schools to all come together and have a standardized grading system 😭😭😭. It’s all over the place 🫠🫠🫠

I need a yoga class that doesn’t say things like “twist to detox” 😭😭. Love the practice of yoga. Hate the pseudoscience people have inappropriately put with it. We aren’t rags. You can’t just squeeze the bad stuff out of us. We have an amazing organ system for that.

I abhor gun violence. I wish I never saw that video. Kids’ necks bleed like that when they are shot too.

Pediatrician Here 👋🏻 Why do we push pack to much against anti-vaccine nonsense? Because vaccines protect our patients the Most. As pediatricians our patients come first. We attempt to address parental anxiety and hesitancy about vaccines. But Disinformed refusal is not informed consent.

What’s crazy about the lie that docs make money from vaccines is the fact that it costs patients more money without them. If a baby gets meningitis, docs make more for a lumbar puncture (since the US only rewards procedures) than we would for a vaccine.

If you know pediatricians in FL, reach out & say hi. It’s rough here. Thankful for the Florida Chapter of the AAP, the AAP & everyone speaking up. Helps when we have many people fighting this together. Plus, the mandate still stands. It is law. There is still damage from this. But the law stands.

Decided this week that talking to people about “food insecurity and the importance of addressing it isn’t working bc “food insecurity” sounds nicer than “starving children.” So to get people to listen, I’m going to start focusing more on “starving.” I don’t get why people won’t listen 😭😭

What’s crazy about the lie that docs make money from vaccines is the fact that it costs patients more money without them. If a baby gets meningitis, docs make more for a lumbar puncture (since the US only rewards procedures) than we would for a vaccine.