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Crystal Phend retweeted
6 Oct 2021
Adding new hypertensive to treatment may have greater effect on systolic #bloodpressure than maximizing dose. @medpagetoday @cphend: bit.ly/3FjQYa0
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Crystal Phend retweeted
8 Sep 2021
A web app helped people determine whether they should be on a statin with high concordance to physicians' determinations, reported Steven Nissen, MD, in @JACCJournals.
By @cphend, @MedPageCardio. #cardiotwitter @ACCinTouch
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Crystal Phend retweeted
9 Sep 2021
Hurricane Ida didn't become a full-fledged dialysis disaster in part due to the lessons from Hurricane Katrina, but there are bigger challenges ahead.
W/comment from @kramer_holly. By @cphend.
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Crystal Phend retweeted
19 Aug 2021
Plasma transfusions from COVID-19-recovered patients didn't prevent progression of the same infection in high-risk adults outside the hospital setting, reported Clifton Callaway, MD, PhD, in @NEJM.
By @cphend. #IDtwitter
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11 Jun 2021
Younger kids will need #CovidVaccine, FDA advisors agreed. But yesterday's panel was torn over how quickly -- relying on emergency use authorization vs waiting for data needed for full licensure @medpagetoday @MedPageID medpagetoday.com/infectiousd…
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10 Jun 2021
#COVID19 vaccine: Study on CVST "spells out what we've all been saying...The bottom line is the risk-benefit continues to be clearly in favor of being vaccinated." @MaryCushmanMD @bbikdeli
10 Jun 2021
Severe #COVID19 has led to higher rate of CVST than #COVIDvaccination, #JACC study affirms. @medpagetoday @cphend: bit.ly/3zh9dcY
Crystal Phend retweeted
6 Jun 2021
Younger teens may not be as likely to have severe #COVID19 as adults, but their hospitalization rates spiked early this year and left a large proportion in critical care, reported in @CDCMMWR.
By @cphend
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Crystal Phend retweeted
17 May 2021
For low-risk breast cancer patients getting potentially cardiotoxic treatment, candesartan's short-term protection of cardiac function faded longer term in the PRADA trial from #ACC21. @medpagetoday @cphend: bit.ly/3tTO4Sz #CardioOnc
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7 May 2021
Check out the latest episode of the Anamnesis podcast, my first as producer. Great "Eureka" stories from @DeborahSerani @KevinJTraceyMD @szellermd medpagetoday.com/podcasts/an… @medpagetoday @NorthwellHealth
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Crystal Phend retweeted
23 Mar 2021
Study finds fewer than 20% of solid organ transplant patients mounted detectable antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 following a first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
@medpagetoday 's @MartyMakary asks author @Dorry_Segev about the findings and implications of his study.
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Crystal Phend retweeted
19 Mar 2021
Surgeons at @NorthwesternMed transplanted both lungs from a #COVID19 survivor into a man whose own lungs had been irreversibly ravaged by the disease. By @JohnGeverMPT. W/comment form @AnkitBharatMD. #surgerytwitter #IDtwitter
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19 Mar 2021
Maybe it's not about what caused the first stroke...look longer for Afib even if the cause seems clear says @Braindoc_MGH at #ISC21 @MassGenBrigham @MGHNeurology @AHAMeetings @American_Heart @AHAScience medpagetoday.com/meetingcove…
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19 Mar 2021
For ICU, prophylactic-dose anticoagulation continues shaping up as best option for COVID-19 @bbikdeli @MaryCushmanMD @PlateletDoc medpagetoday.com/infectiousd…
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11 Mar 2021
Update on JAMA systemic racism podcast: it's been taken down and host has resigned @AmerMedicalAssn @DrAlethaMaybank @enenbee medpagetoday.com/publichealt…
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Crystal Phend retweeted
8 Mar 2021
DOAC After Heart Valve Procedure? medpagetoday.com/cardiology/… #cardiotwitter #cardiology @medpagetoday @cphend @AnkurKalraMD
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Crystal Phend retweeted
8 Mar 2021
A JAMA podcast episode billed as "structural racism for skeptics" hit all the wrong notes with Black physicians and people of color on Twitter. By @cphend.
@shirlywhirlmd @DrAlethaMaybank @enenbee @ruthcarlosmd
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26 Feb 2021
Surge in Kids' COVID-Linked Inflammatory Condition: MIS-C increase was expected, but diagnosis and treatment have improved @AIDHC @BostonChildrens medpagetoday.com/infectiousd…
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