Respiratory physician and medical lead of heart and lung transplant unit at Groote Schuur Hospital. @UniversityCape
Joined June 2012
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Greg Calligaro retweeted
5 Nov 2021
Still no reimbursement agreements 4 lifesaving drugs #Trikafta #Kaftrio in Spain, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Australia, New Zealand, S Africa, the Middle East … the list goes on. Time for @VertexPharma to get their lifesaving drugs to ALL that need them. CF won’t wait.
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17 Aug 2021
Strong statement from the South African Thoracic Society endorsing the benefits of vaccination and condemning recent unsubstantiated and dangerous attempts at misinformation. #SouthAfricanASP @WestCapeHealth @UCTHealthSci @graemein @TomScriba #GetVaccinatedNow #vaccineworks
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Greg Calligaro retweeted
24 Jun 2021
Critical Statement on threats levelled at SA Health Products Regulatory Authority @MRCza @SAHPRA1 @ShabirMadh @FrancoisVenter3 @SAMedicalAssoc @fidssa1 @US_FDA @EMA_News @WHOAFRO @_AfricanUnion samrc.ac.za/media-release/st…
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Greg Calligaro retweeted
22 May 2021
Patient care and clinical outcomes for patients with COVID-19 infection admitted to African high-care or intensive care units (ACCCOS) thelancet.com/journals/lance… I have had lots of people asking me what we can do following the publication of ACCCOS. These are my top 3 thoughts;
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Greg Calligaro retweeted
2 Feb 2021
Wouldn’t it be nice if every person who is currently stigmatising South Africa & Brazil, remembered that #SARSCoV2 is a virus which loves to mutate & that your beloved country may be the next in line through no fault of your own. #SARSCoV2 doing it’s own sweet thing. Globally...
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Greg Calligaro retweeted
13 Jan 2021
The Moderna vaccine. Even 14 days after the first shot, you can see a separation of the treatment (orange) vs placebo (purple) groups, with them reporting a similar 95% reduction in new infections in vaccinated group to the Pfizer vaccine . This is a very effective vaccine.
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Greg Calligaro retweeted
22 Dec 2020
Millennials are not lazy. That’s it. That’s my tweet #2020superinterns
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Greg Calligaro retweeted
2 Nov 2020
The patient's story here is also our story.
29 Oct 2020
Truly a "narrative of oxygen and resilience". Congratulations #GordonAudley @GregCalligaro and the #GrooteSchuurHospital team for this wonderful and sobering publication samj.org.za/index.php/samj/a… @PeterRaubs @UCTHealthSci @WesternCapeGov
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21 Oct 2020
Unconscionable that life-changing therapy exists for #cysticfibrosis but is unaffordable in most of the world. @VertexPharma - no patient should be left behind!
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Greg Calligaro retweeted
20 Oct 2020
We are calling on Vertex to do the right thing. Grant Cystic Fibrosis children in all countries affordable access to CFTR Modulator therapies such as Trikafta, Symdeko, Kalydeco and Kaftrio. These therapies can Save our lives. #VertexSaveUs #VertexSaveMe #cfwarrior #NACFC2020
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Greg Calligaro retweeted
9 Oct 2020
Review of viral ARDS pathogenesis, how it informs evolving models of #COVID19, and how hallmarks of ageing explain the age-related morbidity and mortality of severe COVID-19 bit.ly/39Ca0c0
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Greg Calligaro retweeted
In an article published this week in @TheLancet's EClinicalMedicine, medical experts from @StellenboschUni and #UCT describe how they were able to successfully treat half of all their critically ill #COVID19 patients by using high-flow nasal oxygen: bit.ly/treatcovid1
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Good morning. Evaluate every day need for antibiotics, if they can be stopped, deescalated, switched to orals. Every additional dose of antibiotics has the potential to cause serious harm in the present and in the future; seen and unseen. Be aware. Happy Wednesday 😀
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Greg Calligaro retweeted
7 Oct 2020
asos.org.za/acccos/Documents…
See our ACCCOS study statement currently submitted for peer review and publication. Hopefully informing practice in Africa going forward during the remainder period of this #COVID pandemic @BruceBiccard
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Our experience with HFNO for severe #COVID19 at two public sector hospitals in Cape Town. @UCTHealthSci @StellenboschUni @UniversityCape
NEW Research: The utility of high-flow nasal oxygen for severe #COVID19 #pneumonia in a resource-constrained setting: A multi-centre prospective observational study
@UCTHealthSci @StellenboschUni @UniversityCape @GregCalligaro
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28 Aug 2020
Congratulations @elmimuller !!!
27 Aug 2020
Professor Elmi Muller wins the 2019 Alan Pifer Award news.uct.ac.za/article/-2020…
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Greg Calligaro retweeted
Using test-based criteria for HCW infected with COVID-19 demonstrated prolonged PCR-positivity and was assocaited with an additional 4,097 lost workdays compared to time symptom based criteria @ericashenoy
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Greg Calligaro retweeted
19 Aug 2020
UCT and Groote Schuur Hospital Healthcare workers joining the #JerusalemaDanceChallenge
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8 Aug 2020
These two episodes are excellent - you have outdone yourself @AdamRodmanMD! @BedsideRounds
13 Jul 2020
Part 2 of @BedsideRounds exploring hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 is out: La Grippe! I discuss the astrological origins of influenza, the 1889 Russian Flu, conspiracy theories about past CoV pandemics, and how quinine became the standard of care.
bedside-rounds.org/episode-5…
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Greg Calligaro retweeted
13 Jul 2020
Part 2 of @BedsideRounds exploring hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 is out: La Grippe! I discuss the astrological origins of influenza, the 1889 Russian Flu, conspiracy theories about past CoV pandemics, and how quinine became the standard of care.
bedside-rounds.org/episode-5…
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