OPAL trainee Advanced Clinical Practitioner // ADHD + Neurodiversity Advocate 🧠💡 ADHD Identity Rep 📍// EDDM
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Polymyalgia rheumatica is the most common inflammatory disease in patients of 50 and over.
How is it diagnosed and why is this condition missed?
#MedEd
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The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) has launched their Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) resources via a newly created Hub.
Read More: buff.ly/iFHo1cw
@GeriSoc
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The UK Government has announced a new service entitled ‘Diagnosis Connect’ to complement existing NHS care.
Read More: buff.ly/PHREMOi
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Distinguishing iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) from anaemia of chronic disease (ACD) 💡
📸: fg.bmj.com/content/early/202…
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Please re-Tweet to help raise awareness that not all #dementia is Alzheimer's disease. There are 100+ different types of dementia, including #Alzheimers. Learn more: alzheimers.gov/alzheimers-de…
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ADHD medication linked to reduced risk of suicidal behaviour and drug misuse, study reports
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NEW @bmj_latest research examines the effects of drug treatment for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on suicidal behaviours, substance misuse, accidental injuries, transport accidents, and criminality
bmj.com/content/390/bmj-2024…
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🔴20 Atrial Fibrillation Facts Every Physician Needs to Know in 2025⤵️ #OpenAccess
🔹pointofcaremedicine.com/blog…
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Our Delirium in Older People elearning course covers everything from the identification and diagnosis of Delirium to prevention, management and recent advances in the field. It carries 10 CPD credits and we're sure you’d get a lot out of it. buff.ly/vILxtv7
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🔴CARDIOTONIC AGENTS🫀⤵️🔹
#Cardiology #FOAMed #MedEd #medstudent #paramedic #Cardiology #CardioEd #medtwitter #meded #CardioTwitter #cardiotwiteros #MedX #cardiovascular #MedTwitter #medical #medEd #cardiotwitter #medicineball #GDMT #HFrEF
No one works harder than @Jacquih0lmes !
Slowly improving the healthcare system for older adults and, in doing so, for all of us 👏🏼 so proud of you!
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You've likely seen the term "slow R wave progression" in an ECG report.
But, is there a link to prior infarction? Our team conducted a Scoping Review to explore this.
Here's what we found in our study at @JElectrocardiol 🧵 – at Sao Paulo, Brazil
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🔴The Latest in the Management of Pulmonary Embolism 🫁🩸⤵️ #2025Review #openaccess
🔹pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article…
#MedEd #MedX #Diagnosis
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🔴Cardiovascular Pharmacology📚⤵️🔹
#Cardiology #FOAMed #MedEd #medstudent #paramedic #Cardiology #CardioEd #medtwitter #meded #CardioTwitter #cardiotwiteros #MedX #cardiovascular #MedTwitter #medical #medEd #cardiotwitter #medicineball #GDMT #HFrEF
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The sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitor drug dapagliflozin, widely used to treat type 2 diabetes, also shows improvements for patients with progressive liver disease, finds a clinical trial from China
bmj.com/content/389/bmj-2024…
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🔴Blood Gas Interpretation & Acid-Base Disorders
🔹Systematic approach:
1. Look at arterial pH (7.35-7.45)
2. Look at PaCO2 (NL ~36-44 mm Hg)
3. Look at HCO3- (NL ~20-28 mEq/L)
4. Check anion gap (NL=12): Na+ - (Cl- + HCO3-)
🔹Metabolic acidosis? MUDPILES vs HARDASS
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#Depression is linked to an increased risk of #dementia in both mid and later life, finds a new study nottingham.ac.uk/news/depres… by @UniofNottingham
#Alzheimers #mentalhealth
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🔴Evidence-Based Care for Worsening Heart Failure⤵️State-of-the-Art #2024Review #OpenAccess
🔹#Hospitalization is an opportunity to optimize care and change disease trajectory in #heartfailure
🔹sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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