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Internal Medicine | Geriatrician | Educator @MayoClinic #WomenInMedicine #MedEd #GeriEducation Tweets my own 🇲🇽in🇺🇸

Joined April 2019
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To the women… keep on keeping on🥰❤️ #assertivenotaggressive
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A graphical decision aid that physicians can use to guide these discussions showing the average benefits and risks of lecanemab published in @AnnalsofIM. #ENDALZ #geriatrics acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/…
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An incredible story! Thank you to our MN State Troopers, @MVillavicencioT and @MayoClinic experts for a successful heart transplant! Watch the full story tonight!
A Fargo man is thanking the MN state troopers who made an important delivery: his new heart. Concerned about road construction, John Neuenschwander's Mayo Clinic surgeon called for help. "It’s pretty surreal," trooper Quentin O'Reilly says. KARE tonite@10 #land10kstories
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Not too often that a car commercial makes you cry, this is the longer version… with one of my favorite John Denver songs…. And a touching portrayal of the reality of how dementia affects people and families youtu.be/xnZGEUA4oBk?si=QWaD….
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FRAIL SCALE.
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🔥#MayoMGR today with @AliDuarteMD : "Lupus Management for Internists: Key Clinical Pearls" @Dr_Vijay_Shah @MdWarrington #MayoClinicRheumatology #Lupus #SLE #APS #RheumTwitter #MedTwitter
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Outstanding Medical Grand Rounds by @AliDuarteMD @MayoClinic Pearls on #SLE for the internist #rheumtwitter
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What is a geriatric assessment & why is it an important but under-utilized tool for older patients with cancer? This JAMA Oncology Patient Page explains its value. ja.ma/3ZPpy6J
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Replying to @mayoclinicCIMGP
@mayoclinicCIMGP @ChristinaChenMD’s amazing talk on anorexia/weight loss in older adults: ⭐️don’t forget to look in the mouth! ⭐️don’t overlook psych issues! ⭐️BMI goal > 22 ⭐️assess social circumstances of eating and liberalize diet! #ThisIsGeriatrics #COOA
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clinical 🔑s from @sfeirjad’s great talk on osteoporosis: ⭐️hip or pelvic fx = diagnostic of osteoporosis ➡️start tx EVEN W/O BMD! ⭐️bisphosphonate holiday? recheck the BMD accordingly to consider restarting #ThisIsGeriatrics @MayoClinic
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Replying to @MayoClinic
@MayoClinic trauma surgeon @BrandonYuanMD on post-hip fx VTE ppx: ⭐️fewer VTE d/t better surgical techniques ⭐️standard 4 wk ppx- use LMWH/DOACs ⭐️high risk- use prolonged ppx w/DOACS #ThisIsGeriatrics #COOA
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amazing #woundcare talk by @MayoClinic Professor @PYTakahashi : ⭐️liberalize the diet- give them the 🍦 ⭐️GOC important- <50% wounds will heal ⭐️q2 or 4 hr turns outcomes the same #ThisIsGeriatrics
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clinical 🔑s from @mayoclinicCIMGP’s Dr. Brandon Verdoorn re:UTIs in PALTC: 🔑UTI is a clinical diagnosis! 🔑asymptomatic bacteruria ➡️ urinalyses and urine cx may not be helpful #ThisIsGeriatrics
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clinical 🔑s re:antipsychotic use in PALTC from @mayoclinicCIMGP’s Dr. Brandon Verdoorn: ⭐️don’t forget basic needs when considering dementia behaviors ⭐️think: “what is the patient trying to tell me?” #ThisIsGeriatrics #COOA
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4/ ✴️Be deliberate — my favorite phrase of the talk was “Leave Loudly” Normalize leaving early or on time when needed for caregiver needs or family events! Thanks Dr. Johnson for the amazing talk!
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Replying to @MayoClinic
@MayoClinic CIM super⭐️ @PellecerSanchez on HM in older adults: ⭐️PCV20= new go-to pneumonia vaccine to complete series ⭐️older adult? likely meets criteria for new RSV vaccine #thisisgeriatrics @mayoclinicCIMGP – at Roseland, CA
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clinical 🔑s from @MayoClinic HIM delirium queen Dr. Donna Miller: 🔑”alert & oriented” isn’t a screen for delirium 🔑months of the year backwards plus current day of the week is well-validated to detect delirium #COOA #ThisIsGeriatrics @MariaGeriatrics – at Roseland, CA
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clinical 🔑s from @PellecerSanchez at #COOA- HM for older adults part i: 🔑use prognostic calculators to calculate life expectancy when considering cancer screening in older adults ➡️an older, healthier adult may benefit more than a younger,sicker adult! #thisisgeriatrics – at Roseland, CA
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clinical 🔑s from the guru of dementia care, @mayoclinicCIMGP’s Dr. Ericka Tung: 🔑dementia is an organizing principle of care- aka problem #1 on your Epic problem list! 🔑timely diagnosis is crucial for advanced care planning #thisisgeriatrics @MariaGeriatrics @PYTakahashi
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