Critical Care and Internal Medicine around the GTA | Leafs/Raptors fan
Toronto, ON
Joined February 2011
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Prateek Sehgal retweeted
The future of GI Research is taking a bow!
Congrats to Dr Richard Wu, (@RichardYouWu )
the top resident scientist in the Department of Medicine!
Prateek Sehgal retweeted
Shout out to @GOtransit for making my kid's dream come true yesterday!
Nicco's been playing transit simulators for the past several months and takes his routes very seriously. Having the opportunity to make the announcements on the real GO Train was such a thrill for him 💖🚆
Prateek Sehgal retweeted
Bob Cole, the play-by-play voice of countless NHL games, dies at 90 cbc.ca/1.7184556
Prateek Sehgal retweeted
1/18
🤔Why does Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) so rarely cause bacteremia?
Patients with CDI are some of the sickest I've cared for. And yet, the causative bacterium is rarely seen in the blood.
This is rare among the severe infections I see.
👀Let's have a look.
Prateek Sehgal retweeted
A #tweetorial #medtweetorial
@MedTweetorials
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3 AM: Pager Pager Pager
Me [very groggily]: Hey, what’s up?
Awesome overnight APP: Sorry to wake you! But, Mrs. Very-Small-Stroke-NIHSS-2-Had-Been-Clinically-Stable-All-Day just PEA arrested.
Me [not so groggily]:
Prateek Sehgal retweeted
💉Do you sedate acutely ill patients in the ER or ICU?💉
🏥Check out our Network Meta-Analysis examining the safety and efficacy of all IV procedural sedation agents used in the ED and ICU!🏥
Link: authors.elsevier.com/a/1iNpR…
See Below for a Summary of What We Found 🧵 (1/N):
Prateek Sehgal retweeted
🔥🔥🔥Hot off the press in @ATSBlueEditor - new ARDS guidelines🔥🔥🔥
What we addressed:
💊 Corticosteroids
🔃 VV-ECMO
💉 Neuromuscular blockade
🐥 PEEP +/- recruitment maneuvers
👀 Read on for the recs & how to best apply them to your patients 🧵
atsjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1…
Prateek Sehgal retweeted
New Five things to know about NMS by @CarolynTanMD and @AlexKumachev. Congrats!
cmaj.ca/content/195/43/E1481
Prateek Sehgal retweeted
Neuroleptic malignant syndrome can develop at any antipsychotic dose, and most cases occur at therapeutic doses.
➡️ cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/c…
(earn CPD credits)
@CarolynTanMD @AlexKumachev @ClinPharm_UofT
ALT Neuroleptic malignant syndrome (NMS) is a life-threatening adverse drug reaction to dopamine antagonists.The condition is characterized by rigidity, altered mental status, hyperthermia and autonomic dysfunction (i.e., diaphoresis, tachycardia, tachypnea and labile blood pressure).
Prateek Sehgal retweeted
ED when they see a patient with 10 normal CT head scans in the last 3 months
Prateek Sehgal retweeted
Pathophysiology of anaphylactic shock captured on CT!
💉post contrast lost of consciousness/cardiac arrest
☢️ early vs late-phase images comparison revealed marked/extensive intestinal edema, IVC collapse, volume-reduced spleen (autotransfusion)
#FOAMcc
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