Greg Bryson, MD, FRCPC

The World Health Organization recently released new data on trends in body mass index, updating all countries to 2022. The previous data only went up to 2016. The share of adults with a BMI of 25 or more — considered overweight or obese — varies widely among high-income countries, from 24% in Japan to 79% in Chile.

@jon_bailey_anes @garrettsbarry @jeffgadsden @amit_pawa @Ropivacaine @EMARIANOMD @Steve_Coppens @KalagaraHari @docmorne @DrTimJen Water. For per os and integumentary use only. Fatal by other routes.

Just a little dramatic. I guess they don’t like lidocaine infusions.

Foreign tourism has fallen off a cliff. This is a $100B domestic industry largely concentrated in NYC, southern Florida, southern California, and Las Vegas. Hotels, airlines, restaurants, and tour guides are already feeling the pain.

@MoJoShaw @Verbalfury Sort by date. You’ll know.

@glbryson @Verbalfury How did I make it to 52 without knowing this?

One thing that grinds my gears more than it likely should is the inconsistent date formats used in Canada. I never fucking know what 7/10/25 or 12/1/23 means. Unless the day is higher than 12, you never ever know.

@MoJoShaw @Verbalfury YYYY-MM-DD It’s literally an international standard. iso.org/iso-8601-date-…

@Verbalfury 100%. Canada is supposed to be DD/MM/YY but I’ve seen folks at work go YY/MM/DD (like a lot of Europeans) or even copy the US and go MM/DD/YY which is just insane.

@doctimcook @HSJnews Sorry to say it’s no different in 🇨🇦. I’m not sure where “it” ends but I’ll retire before “it” grinds me down any further.

2020 thru 2021 WORK HARDER SAVE pandemic LIVES!! 2022 thru 2024 WORK HARDER SORT THE 7.5 million WAITING LIST 2024 thru 2025 WORK HARDER …. WITH LESS YOU ARE WASTEFUL SAVE BILLIONS. Nowhere in this is a focus on SAFETY, yet all around us we see evidence of systemically eroding safety with staff working desperately to maintain safety….yet being the first to be blamed when patients come to harm. Where does it end?

Outgoing NHSE chair Richard Meddings says it is his final NHSE board meeting in London [and last altogether?] - gives a long summary of key changes during his time - says focus of NHSE role is "managerial and operational", as well as feeding into govnt

@Orange_Dalek Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, A tale of a fateful trip That started from this tropic port Aboard this tiny ship

Can confirm that he also knows all the lyrics to the Gilligan’s Island intro. Right, @glbryson?

@CaulfieldTim Henry Rollins knows what’s up.

"This is punk rock time, this is what Joe Strummer trained you for. It is now time to go." 💪

‘Tis the season, @glbryson!

@neumanmd @ASALifeline Congratulations Mark and to all involved.

Thrilled to see this now out in print. It was a privilege to create this with outstanding @ASALifeline staff & superb co-authors. American Society of Anesthesiologists Practice Advisory for Perioperative Care of Older Adults pubs.asahq.org/anesthesiology…

@runcoachphil It takes me so long to warm up that I’m ready to cool down.

@WRajaleelan @uOttawaIGHOMed @uOttawaMed @GSOAC_TOH Congratulations, Wes!

Absolutely stoked to be starting as the vice chair of the clinical global health council of uOttawa.Looking forward to productively contributing to the educational mandate of the IGHO. @uOttawaIGHOMed . @uOttawaMed @GSOAC_TOH

@propelresearch Richly-deserved, Angela. Well done!

I’m immensely grateful to everyone who has supported me on this journey to being awarded a Canada Research Chair.   A heartfelt thank you goes out to my family, friends, and amazing colleagues at Sunnybrook Hospital for their support, encouragement, and belief in my work.

@runcoachphil There is a Simpsons reference for EVERYTHING.

Friendly reminder that "somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known" is not a quote from Carl Sagan but rather was written about him. The folks at Quote Investigator have a great breakdown of the real attribution for that line: buff.ly/3i0Ef2r

@glauncel @PeterMerjavy @ASRA_Society @ESRA_Society @DaraEsra @BelgianBara @RegionalAnaesUK @NIRASociety 22Q for your typical hip fracture is where it’s at. Anything smaller is about provider ego, not outcome.

@PeterMerjavy @ASRA_Society @ESRA_Society @DaraEsra @BelgianBara @RegionalAnaesUK @NIRASociety I used a paramedian approach with 22Q spinal needles routinely for anyone over 60. Don’t recall ever having to deal with post spinal complications.

Should we blow the dust off and take our 22G Quincke spinal needles out from the drawer for difficult spinal anaesthesia for patients with challenging anatomy? #NysoraDubai24

🧵regarding the introducer sheath commonly known as a 'Cordis' catheter. We'll go over what it was originally designed for and why it ended up being adopted by other specialties for entirely different reasons. Also we'll look at its accessories and see what's inside one. (1/ )

🎉 Congrats to Dr. Kelly Cobey from @uOttawaMed, awarded the prestigious #JohnMaddoxPrize for her influential work standing up for sound #ScientificResearch methods and responsible #research reporting! Read more: uottawa.ca/faculty-medici… @senseaboutsci @Nature @HeartInstitute

🌟Congratulations to Dr. Kelly Cobey @uOttawaMed and @heartinstitute for receiving the 2024 The John Maddox Prize - Early Career Award! 🔬🦠🫁🧠🫀 #uOttawa #Medicine #Research #MaddoxPrize