Medical Terminology
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🧵for the new residents and students on the meaning of 'French' and 'Gauge'. We've covered this on here in the past, but a lot of new people are starting on surgical rotations, so...
There is considerable confusion in terms used to describe #troponin, including terms that are imprecise (e.g., “troponin leak”) or deprecated (e.g., “type 2 NSTEMI”) (Lang, 2022)....
1/2 STRESS LEUKOGRAM I posted a WBC differential yesterday and asked 4 questions. The questions and answers are shown on the first graphic. https://t.co/rfxwOGEgW3
1/7 WBC DESCRIPTORS I tweeted a poll yesterday asking for the correct description of the CBC shown in the graphic. There was a pretty even split between the 1st 3 options. Th...
1/4 LEUKOERYTHROBLASTIC PICTURE vs. MYELOPHTHISIS I recently saw a 45 yo M who presented with macrocytic anemia, nRBCs, and a left shift (see CBC). His peripheral smear demonstra...
SEIZURE SEMIOLOGY #TWEETORIAL 🧵1/ What is a dialeptic seizure? Dialeptic seizure is defined by a peculiar alteration of consciousness in epilepsy, characterized by complete or p...
10 day old newborn. Diagnosis? https://t.co/YIiGyrNXDG
What is the anomaly? #MedTwitter https://t.co/J4kOHEOeGE
1/5 What is the difference between ERYTHROCYTOSIS and POLYCYTHEMIA? Although the terms are often used interchangeably, they have slightly different meanings. https://t.co/5fjWaS5...
1/4 Leukoerythroblastosis vs. Myelophthisis What's the difference? Who cares? Names and definitions are really important in medicine because they provide a foundation not only...
Q: 'Treatment Failure' in variceal bleed is defined by all of the following EXCEPT? A) More than 100 mL of fresh blood in the nasogastric (NG) aspirate - 2 hours after endoscopic...
1/10 What is a “clinical pearl” exactly? Diagnostic criteria and framework, a thread 🧵:
Full thread on Medical terminology ??? https://t.co/t5ggAbO0uQ
