@ArgaizR @mayojaxanes Congratulations Eduardo. Thanks for disseminating your valuable knowledge
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Firas Abbas
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Firas Abbas
@AbbasFf
Father of 2, life time learner and mentor, public health advocate, physician, POCUS passionate, educator, rider of life trip! Tweets are MY OWN!
انضم Mart 2012
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I am grateful for the opportunity to present at the Mayo Clinic Florida Anesthesiology Grand Rounds next Monday.
Thank you @mayojaxanes for the kind invitation.
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@NephroP Police siren sign. Complete flow reversal in sever portal hypertension
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#POCUS image of the day: What would the pulsed wave Doppler of this portal vein likely show? Vote in the poll below.
#VExUS #VExUSlite #Nephpearls
GIF
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Had a great time presenting for @SHM_AZ! Grateful for the opportunity and inspired by the energy and passion in the room to learn more about #POCUS. Thank you to the SHM AZ chapter for hosting and supporting this important conversation! #MedTwitter #HospitalMedicine
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🚀 Excited to bring the power of #POCUS to the @SHM_AZ Chapter! 🎉 Join me as we dive into real-world bedside ultrasound tips, uncover hidden diagnoses in minutes, and revolutionize patient care together. Don’t miss out—see you there, POCUS lovers! 🔍💓 #SHMAZ #Ultrasound
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Honored and excited to deliver today’s #POCUS Grand Rounds at Northern AZ healthcare. Grateful for the opportunity to share how bedside ultrasound continues to redefine clinical excellence and elevate patient care. #MedTwitter #InternalMedicine
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A simple #POCUS exam could have spared this patient unnecessary delays, tests, and prolonged suffering. Sometimes, all it takes is a probe at the bedside to bring clarity and comfort.
POCUS Med Ed@pocusmeded
Reason #678376 why #pocus is essential to good medicine: Chest X-rays are not reliable enough. This is a patient with known lung cancer who presented to a hospital with acutely worsening hypoxic respiratory failure. They have a known large right lung mass. CXR:
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Few moments in medicine compare to the joy of hearing a trainee say, ‘I matched!’ It’s a privilege to witness their hard work pay off and to know I played a small part in their journey. Congratulations to all stepping into the next chapter of their careers! #MatchDay #Mentorship
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Doctors -
What’s the worst financial advice you’ve ever been given?
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Currently at the mind-blowing Advanced POCUS Workshop at UT Austin! 🔥 POCUS skills are getting a major upgrade with the incredible faculty and hands-on sessions. #POCUS #UTAustin #MedicalEducation
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Medical LLM revolutionizing healthcare! From rare diseases to real-world cases, it’s redefining diagnostic accuracy with advanced reasoning and clinical alignment. A game-changer in AI-assisted medicine! #AI #Healthcare #Innovation
Eric Topol@EricTopol
A generalist #AI LLM medical model that improves accuracy of physician diagnosis across 8 specialities for common and rare diseases nature.com/articles/s4159… @NatureMedicine
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Excited to share our recent study! 🚨 We developed a POCUS bootcamp for IM residents, showing a significant improvement in ultrasound knowledge post-training. Trainees gained confidence & are more likely to use #POCUS in clinical practice. Read more: researchgate.net/publication/38…
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Firas Abbas أُعيد تغريده
Firas Abbas أُعيد تغريده
The birth of the hospitalist-proceduralist Point‐counterpoint: Should hospitalists perform their own bedside procedures? - Cool - Journal of Hospital Medicine - Wiley Online Library …mpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…
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@Gazelle6849 This is prehistoric medicine using Homan’s sign (Don’t mix with Hoffmann sign) with astounding sensitivity between 10% and 54% and specificity of 39% to catch DVT! This is obsolete in the POCUS era.
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Look at this full house for an excellent talk by our very own Dr. Nehan Sher @nehasher at #CHEST2024! So many great learning points about Critical Care of the Dying Patient! @CHESTCritCare @CHESTCritCare @kenknoxaz @UAzMedPhxChair @NSDeenMD
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8/ Always individualize the phenobarbital protocol for each patient, prioritizing safety & efficacy. #MedTwitter
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7/ Special Considerations:
•Adjust dosing for patients with severe hepatic impairment or those on interacting meds.
•Alternative therapies may be needed based on patient-specific factors.
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🚨 Treating Alcohol Withdrawal? Phenobarbital is the new game-changer IF dosed right! 💡 Start with a 10-15 mg/kg loading dose, then use targeted boluses until symptoms are controlled. Remember: the goal is symptom relief, NOT sedation. Keep it safe, keep it effective! 💪
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