@postgradw

Emergency Doc. #FOAMed believer. Sometime songwriter. #Habs fan. #McGill.

 Montréal, Québec
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Joined December 2011
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Looks pretty cool when looked at with proper glasses. I’m a little concerned however as to how many patients I will be seeing tomorrow with eye complaints. Be careful out there! #Eclipse2024 #Montreal #Ophthalmology
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Such a tragedy & such a rare event. While some may call for mandatory neck protectors as a result of this, I don’t think they’re warranted. Frankly the ones available would be unlikely to prevent many such injuries from happening. #NHL #penguins #Habs ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/for…

Former NHL player Adam Johnson dies after 'freak accident' during game in England

Johnson, 29, died after getting injured during a game between the EIHL's Nottingham Panthers and Sheffield Steelers on Saturday.

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This is @TJOshie77 of the @Capitals wearing a neck guard. There’s just too much air between the guard and the angle of his jaw. We need a better design if guards are to be effective and not just give a false sense of security. #NHL @spittinchiclets #GoHabsGo
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I haven’t gone anywhere else for skate sharpening the last few years. Nobody did it better. Angus was, and is, a #NDG icon. #Hockey #Montreal After 28 years, Sport au Gus's Angus Duncan is hanging up his skates - Montreal Gazette apple.news/A7-MLPiaxTSSnBu8h…

After 28 years, Sport au Gus's Angus Duncan is hanging up his skates

But the N.D.G. store is staying around, sold to four west-end entrepreneurs and Sport au Gus customers.

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Great MDs are not made only of those who got straight A’s in physics & calculus. We should credential the many worthy Canadian students studying in Irish & other Non NA Med schools. Opinion: This is why you don’t have a family doctor /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/…

Opinion: This is why you don’t have a family doctor

The process of becoming a doctor in Canada is complex, and the absence of consolidated oversight makes it difficult to reform

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Granted these examples are extreme but #CHS is an inconvenient truth for some chronic cannabis users. And we as well are seeing more of it than ever before. Video Concerns over serious health condition possibly linked to prolonged marijuana use - ABC News abcnews.go.com/Nightline/vid…

Video Concerns over serious health condition possibly linked to prolonged marijuana use

Some medical experts say they are seeing more cases of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, or CHS, in recent years and are pushing for awareness and more research into the condition.

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"There's only so many times you can walk into a room and tell someone they're not coming home tomorrow. It breaks your heart when you hear someone screaming mommy or daddy. It just becomes too hard day in and day out." - Dr. Jason Smith on the toll of gun violence in Louisville
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Just came across this interesting letter in JAMA: Btwn March '20 and Dec '21 there were many more MD excess deaths than expected. However: - across all age grps MDs had much lower excess mortality than gen pop - active MDs had lower mortality than nonactive MDs despite ... /2
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...our higher risk from direct pt care. (I did feel at that time I was safer in hospital than out due to PPE.) - however no excess deaths after Apr '21 after intro of #COVID vax. (Further proving the obvious that the vax is a net reducer of excess deaths in a heavily vax'd pop)
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Where did #SARSCoV2 come from? Nature, vs the lab? I still favour the former. The “evidence” for a lab leak is purely circumstantial but it’s interesting hearing both takes, when done in good faith, by credible individuals. youtu.be/VtmFYIMzq6g youtu.be/5u94foNmpKE
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Love your stuff @EricEngels but this is kinda unnecessary. Always easy in retrospect what shoulda been done. You’re assuming medicine is black & white when often there’s a lotta grey. Symptoms apparently got worse with time so easier to make decision now. sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/can…

Canadiens' doctors should have shut Caufield down earlier

The Montreal Canadiens say Cole Caufield was playing with a shoulder injury that will require season-ending surgery for a while. Why their medical staff would allow him to do so is absolutely...

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I have seen one death due to cardiac arrest that I can say with confidence was definitively related to the #Covid vaccine - a 53 yr old man who died while running TO his vaccine appointment. Seriously. COVID Vaccines Aren’t Killing Athletes - The Atlantic theatlantic.com/health/archi…

The Inflated Risk of Vaccine-Induced Cardiac Arrest

Damar Hamlin’s collapse on Monday Night Football calls attention to a medical myth that will not die.

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Sorry I missed it. Hope to make it to the 100th.
theEDjgh@cuttingEDjgh22 Oct 2022
50 years of ⁦@McGillDeptEM⁩ commemorated this week. Graduates from all over the world came to celebrate! (Along with current residents.) #McGill #Montréal #emergencymedicine
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Wow. Doctors seeing resistance to blood transfusions over unfounded COVID vaccine concerns flip.it/VKxTWn

Doctors seeing resistance to blood transfusions over unfounded COVID vaccine concerns

Alberta physicians are raising the alarm about a dangerous trend — fuelled by misinformation — that could cost lives.Dr. Stephanie Cooper, an obstetrician specializing in high-risk births at …

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As I read about British neurosurgeon @DrHenryMarsh fleeing #Kyiv today due to Russian bombing, I am reminded about the touching documentary I saw yrs ago about his work since the ‘90s to help the people of #Ukraine. The English Surgeon 2007 youtu.be/1oVAaIcpV5c via @YouTube
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Seems that they’ve that they’ve found an additional “aftermarket” use for ivermectin. #longcovid Pushed by right-wing doctors, long Covid patients turn to ivermectin - STAT statnews.com/2022/07/26/iver…

Encouraged by right-wing doctor groups, desperate patients turn to ivermectin for long Covid

The leaders of groups promoting ivermectin for long Covid have achieved large followings on social media through ties to right-wing political organizations and Trump administration officials.

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Because I can’t get enough of Paul Offit & his opinion on #covid & the #CovidVaccine TWiV 917: Boosters on, Paul Offit youtu.be/xXJ2Y2ARMvU via @YouTube (He starts at around 2:10) And, youtu.be/PLo2Wwa3NNA A fair amount of overlap between the 2 talks but pearls from each.
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Congratulations to @SusanRKahn1 @kerstindewit for a fantastic clinical practice article in #NEJM on #PE https nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…. MUST READ for all new residents

Pulmonary Embolism | NEJM

Evaluation of pulmonary embolism includes assessment of clinical probability and, if indicated, d-dimer testing. Most patients with low-risk pulmonary embolism can be treated with oral anticoagulants.

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Recently 5 of my colleagues in a 10d period had to take off work b/o #covid19 infection. We have debated when they can safely return to work w/o being a risk to others esp as most suffer only mild illnesses. Immunity and infectivity in covid-19 | The BMJ bmj.com/content/378/bmj-2020…

Immunity and infectivity in covid-19

### What you need to know Understanding how to assess and communicate risk of transmission and immunity against SARS-CoV-2 is important for all healthcare workers. The evolving evidence base regard...

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Spot on. SCOTUS term: what this court is saying about men’s rights versus women’s. slate.com/news-and-politics/…

The Story This Court Is Telling About Who Deserves Freedom

Men are free to pray everywhere. Women do not even retain autonomy over their own bodies.

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