Chicago ER doc and Medical Toxicologist. Not medical advice š
Chicago, IL
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Hospitals all over the country are over capacity with wait times higher than theyāve ever been. Patients are suffering but itās weird that you barely hear about this on the news
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An excellent short read. My two cents:
1) We need to avoid conflating dihydropyridines and non-dihydropyridines
2) we have accesible tools (ultrasound) to personalize treatment approaches
Myth - high-dose insulin is an effective, first-line antidote for all cases of calcium-channel blocker poisoning : Emergency Medicine News journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulā¦
CORRECTION: MarketWatch deleted an earlier tweet that inaccurately implied that $5-a-gallon gasoline, $90 bottles of wine and $200 concert tickets were typical purchases of late among average Americans. The story has been corrected.
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The former heavyweight champ said the psychedelic has had a positive impact. huffpost.com/entry/mike-tysoā¦ # via @HuffPostSports
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Once practically empty, ERs struggle with a surge of pent-up sickness : NPR npr.org/2021/10/26/104643243ā¦
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Great first fellow lecture by junior toxicology fellow @sarahberg on serotonin syndrome! Lots of great pearls and opportunities to improve the care of our patients @toxikonchicago @CookCountyEM @UICBrownCoat @WUSTL_EM @ILPoisonCenter
About once a year, someone in my huge healthcare system accidentally emails everyone in the system. This is always followed by chaos from the hundreds of reply-all responses over the course of days.
It just happened again this morning...
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