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@valcohranmd

@MondayNightIBD @DCharabaty @BonumCe @TakedaPharma 2/ #MondayNightIBD #ShortBowelSyndrome #MedTwitter #GITwitter #MedPeds @BonumCe

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@MondayNightIBD @DCharabaty @BonumCe @TakedaPharma 3/#MondayNightIBD

💊💉Meds = important 🛠 in mgmt of #ShortBowelSyndrome

💎Antimotility & antisecretory agents frequently used to control stool loss
💎Incl loperamide, diphenoxylate w atropine, codeine, & tincture of opium
💎Most effective ~30 min B4 meals & @ bedtime 🛏

@MondayNightIBD @DCharabaty @BonumCe @TakedaPharma 4/Growth factors also available for #ShortBowelSyndrome
🚦Somatropin (rhGH) approved in SBS
🛑Use largely discontinued due to unacceptable toxicity & modest long-term efficacy

#MondayNightIBD

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Valeria Cohran, MD, MS

@valcohranmd

@MondayNightIBD @DCharabaty @TakedaPharma 2/ #MedTwitter #GITwitter #MedPeds @BonumCE

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@MondayNightIBD @DCharabaty @TakedaPharma @BonumCe @jantchou @NavreetChowlaMD @BattatMD4IBD @dr_rdvenkatesh @StacyKahn_MD @ashishpatelpch @ConradCole10 @Leicnut 3/ #Parenteralnutrition is used in cases w GI dysfunction
➡️replace nutrients ➡️essential components pt would otherwise be unable to absorb from their 🥪🍜🍱

In pts w #ShortBowelSyndrome, PN is given @ home🏠 usually @ nt🌛
#MondayNightIBD

@MondayNightIBD @DCharabaty @TakedaPharma @BonumCe @jantchou @NavreetChowlaMD @BattatMD4IBD @dr_rdvenkatesh @StacyKahn_MD @ashishpatelpch @ConradCole10 @Leicnut 4/@AmerGastroAssn Clin Practice Update on #ShortBowelSyndrome #ParenteralNutrition

🌟Best practices
💎 Pref of tunneled CVCs
💎Micronutrient deficiencies monitoring
💎PN volume/contents based on pt weight, labs, stool/ostomy & urine output, signs of dehydration
#MondayNightIBD

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#MondayNightIBD

@MondayNightIBD

⌛️#GITwitter #PedsGI - the wait is over!
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Nigel Curtis

@nigeltwitt

Should #children be vaccinated against #COVID19?

Our review outlines the points to consider in weighing up whether all healthy children under 12y should be vaccinated against COVID-19.

bit.ly/2ZYyPi0

#medpeds #IDTwitter #PaedsID #tweetiatrician #paediatrics

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As specialists in paediatric #InfectiousDiseases and #Vaccinology, we recognise enormous benefits of and strongly support child vaccination programmes

@Dr_Petzi @PittetLaure @adamhfinn @ajpollard1 @nigeltwitt

@unifr @unige_en @BristolUni @OxfordVacGroup @MCRI_for_kids @UniMelb

Our review highlights that the balance of risks and benefits of COVID-19 vaccination in children is more complex than in adults as the relative harms from vaccination and disease are less well established in this age group.

@ASIDANZ @ESPIDsociety @WSPID @PIDSociety @DFTBubbles

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Nigel Curtis

@nigeltwitt

#LongCOVID

We reviewed 14 studies of persisting symptoms following #COVID19 in #children & #adolescents

Most had major limitations and should be interpreted with caution.

True risk is likely to be nearer 1 in 100 than often quoted 1 in 7.

#medpeds #IDTwitter

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@Dr_Petzi @PittetLaure @MCRI_for_kids @RCHMelbourne @UniMelbMDHS @ASIDANZ @ESPIDsociety @ESPR_EBN @WSPID @PIDSociety @DFTBubbles @PIDJournal

#medpeds #IDTwitter #tweetiatrician #paediatrics #pediatrics #PaedsID #PedsID #PedID #PID

The 14 studies involved 19,426 children & adolescents.

Common persistent symptoms reported 4-12 weeks after acute #COVID19 were:

•headache
•fatigue
•sleep disturbance
•concentration difficulties
•abdominal pain.

Symptoms rarely lasted more than 12 weeks.

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Nigel Curtis

@nigeltwitt

To reassure parents, a reminder of some key facts about #COVID in #children:

#SARSCoV2 infection remains asymptomatic or mild in the vast majority of children, even with the #DeltaVariant. Hospitalisation and deaths from COVID are still rare in this age group.

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However, the greater transmissibility of the Delta variant means there is more COVID in *all* age groups, including children, so we will see more paediatric cases.

As a large number of older people are now vaccinated, the increase is blunted in the elderly so, compared with earlier in the pandemic, a higher *proportion* of current cases will be in children: this can give the mistaken impression that the Delta variant is targeting children.

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Kimberly D. Manning, MD

@gradydoctor

1/
#InternReflections, Day 6

*tap, tap, tap*

Me: *startling awake* “What? Huh?” *looking all around*

Suddenly, he came into focus. It was one of our hospital security officers.

He gestured for me to roll down the window.

Me: “Huh? Oh. Uh okay.”

I tried but couldn’t move.

2/
I remembered then that I’d tucked and folded my arms beneath my scrub top just after reclining my car seat.

It was now dark outside. I was so disoriented.

And . . . cold. Like freezing cold.

*tap, tap, tap*

He gave his finger a more exaggerated roll down motion.

3/
When I lowered the window, I noticed his eyes dart to my left shoulder. I registered the fleeting look of disgust and then disbelief on his face.

Him: “Were you out here, like, taking a nap . . . on purpose?”
Me: *placing my hand over the giant slobber stain* “Uhhh. . .what?”

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Febrile

@febrilepodcast

1/
In the newest episode, @JillWeather spoke about eosinophilia!

#1 step: calculate your absolute eosinophil count (AEC).

You can then grade eosinophilia based on AEC (mild/mod/severe)👉although this doesn't exactly predict organ damage

What else?

2/
The ddx for eosinophilia is broad! It can help to think of different causes in groups.

Here is a nice mnemonic and graphic from @HawraAllawati on how she remembers: iPa3d!

I nfection
P arasite
A3 atopy, autoimmune, adrenal insufficiency
D rug rxn

3/
Another memory tool is 3 Ws:
🪱Worms: helminth infections
🫁Wheezes: allergic/atopic, adverse drug reactions
🤪Weird diseases: hypereos syndromes, rare immunodef

Here is a nice review on a practical approach to pt with hypereosinophilia: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20538328/

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Rebekah Roll (she/her)

@rebekah_roll

(1/x) Last night the #MedPeds21 group chat was rocked with news of a sudden change in program leadership for the MedPeds residency at Tulane University. Dr. Dennar, the first Black female program director at Tulane, was no longer PD.

(2/x) This morning we were devastated to find that this unfair termination was a direct result of racism. I will include some screenshots of the court case for the lawsuit that Dr. Dennar filed against Tulane for reference.

(3/x) Told that Tulane did not want to change the face of medicine in fear of losing white applicants.

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Nicholas Lee, MD

@NickLeeMD

1/ A #MedTweetorial on #HowIReadThisPaper for #DISCOVERYtrial - dex edition on @medrxivpreprint. We’ll be exploring the pre-print, supplement, and trial document. Would love for feedback, thoughts, & comments!

Currently, what is your opinion on using dexamethasone?

2/ Trial info:

▶️RCT, open-label, adaptive
▶️6,425 pts enrolled
▶️Dex 6mg daily for 10d (PO or IV) v usual care (1:2 ratio, respectively)
▶️176 🏥in UK
▶️Prim Outcome: OS

🔑Intention-to-treat
🔑Pre-specified stats plan
🔑Not randomized by O2 status

3/ Results - Table 1
✅Well-balanced between dex & usual care
▶️Younger, less-comorbid cohort on vent
▶️Days of illness ⬆️w/ ⬆️O2

Imbalances in O2/vent cohort raises ❓s
1️⃣How to account for O2 & vent?
2️⃣Can we adjust & trust result?

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Nicholas Lee, MD

@NickLeeMD

#askMedPeds

Guidance regarding virtual interviews
@nmpra guidance forthcoming
Try to get rid of your picture to look at your interviewer

More tips below!

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https://twitter.com/sophiakmckinley/status/1263991017239449600

#askMedPeds Dual applying

▶️ Can likely stick to one residency - MP - if you interview enough places will be OK
▶️ If you're geographically restricted, may make sense
▶️ PDs will not view it as a negative thing if you dual apply

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#askMedPeds Resources for applicants

1️⃣ #MedPeds residents willing to answer Q
twitter.com/i/lists/127123…

2️⃣ @nmpra compiling list of potential advisors for students

3️⃣ Brown residents have been working to ID faculty mentors at institutions where MP programs not present

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Nicholas Lee, MD

@NickLeeMD

@nmpra, #MPPDA, #AAP webinar #3 coming online!

Personally, must admit that it warms my heart to see my current PD and med school PD (@YaleMed, Dr Doolittle) chatting before this session starts!

Let's get started, #askMedPeds!

1/

Doing some quick introductions with multiple PDs, including some that went to programs w/o #MedPeds programs!

This'll be a great discussion & will keep everyone posted throughout it.

#askMedPeds

2/

Objectives:

▶️ Doing our best to advise applicants
▶️ Represents personal opinion, so there may be some differences in advice
▶️ But we're all here to help YOU 🤜 🤛

#askMedPeds
3/

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Nicholas Lee, MD

@NickLeeMD

#askMedPeds w/ @nmpra, #MPPDA, & #AAP is BUMPING with over 200 people! Tune in w/ us for some wholesome #MedPeds information for upomcing applicants.

Great to see @maxabillioncruz, @MedPedsMike, Dr Doolittle, et al. all on the call!

1/

Intros to orgs:

@nmpra: #MedPeds residents org + med student membership. Incoming prez @maxabillioncruz

#MPPDA: Med-Peds PDs org that collaborate w/ ABIM, ABP, and other communities. Prez is @MedPedsMike (U of MN PD).

#AAPSOMP: Keeps everyone up to date on ACP, AAP, cert

2/

#MPPDA Prez Elect really emphasizing that he wants applicants to be able to come forth with questions to any of the PDs. Knows that it will be a stressful year, and wants to have everyone leaving to be less stressed.

3/

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Maximilian Cruz

@maxabillioncruz

1/ Alright guys, w/yet another new clinical year approaching, a new and updated thread on Med-Peds (MP), to help provide some clarity on what MP is/isn't, esp for rising M4s (some of whom may not have had full IM/Peds clerkship experiences), trying to determine their careers!

2/ Let's start w/what MP actually is: a 4 year integrated residency combining Internal Medicine (IM) and Pediatrics training. At the end you are board eligible for BOTH IM and Peds. You condense 6 years of training (3 for categorical IM and 3 for categorical Peds) into 4 years.

3/ You are, and I cannot stress this enough, *both* an IM AND a pediatric resident. You do not exist in a separate universe (though they may think it when you flip back and forth). The IM and peds categorical residents are your coresidents. You are fully IM and fully Peds.

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Rachel Peterson

@MPAcadHosp

1/Palliative Care Redeployment:

What I learned from 6 weeks working with our county hospital’s palliative care team during the COVID-19 initial surge in Indiana.

2/At the end of March, I stopped by our division offices to do some work. I overheard my colleagues in palliative care in the office as well.

Layered in their voices and expressed in their words was worry, stress, and concern for patients.

A call was put out for help.

3/I learned so much during my time with the palliative care team @EskenaziHealth. I thought I'd list some here.

1⃣A loved one who is sick is difficult. One who you can’t touch/visit/see – it is heartbreaking for families. It also makes “painting the clinical picture” difficult.

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Kimberly Manning, MD

@gradydoctor

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The night before this day—20 years ago—I was a senior #MedPeds resident finishing up the last days of my rotation in the cardiac ICU. I was on pre-millennium eve overnight call that night.

Yup.

I remember because that was the same night that my dad had an ST elevation MI.

2/
A page came through. A call from the operator. It was my dad. He chatted first—not unlike my dad. But then he went straight to a complaint. That isn't like my dad.

Him: “My shoulder hurts.”
Me: “Which one?”
Him: “The left. But I played 36 holes today.”
Me: “Okay.”

Um. Okay.

3/
Him: “It’s probably that.”
Me: “Maybe.”
Him: “I took some ibuprofen but that didn’t help.”
Me: “No?”
Him: “No. But it’s not really that kind of pain, so. . . .”

Um. Okay.

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