About 85% of my cancer patients rely on Medicaid to cover their treatment. Without it, they wouldn’t be able to afford any care. Same with 95% of my sickle cell patients. Medicaid is a necessary service

What I’ve been thinking. Musk and all the other oligarchs could combine forces and solve all the US, and maybe even some of the world’s problems, and still have money leftover to waste on pointless things

The Salary Problem in Pediatric Subspecialties At the peak of COVID-19, I was on call in the NICU with a medical student, an aspiring pediatrician. Watching Dr. Fauci on the news, she asked me a...

The pediatric subspecialty workforce will not be able to be sustained much longer. Our children are in trouble

#MedSky #PedSky

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Adding it my list for this year!

less than 16oz per day is my recommendation

No. As long as it is under 16oz per day it’s not a problem

PSA for pediatricians - part of the 1 yo well-child check should be counseling on minimizing milk intake. The number of kids I see per week with iron deficiency anemia who are drinking bottles of milk per day is astounding
#PedsSky #MedSky

Also, blaming his content for the murder of the UHC CEO???

Watching Prasad and @drglauco.bsky.social battle it out on X is why I will never end up fully leaving that site. Someone’s really gunning for a position with RFK/Oz 🙄. Using humor to combat ignorance and ego is the way to go 👏🏻
#MedSky

Me please! And glad to find many more #PedSky to follow

It’s such a great teaching example of skewed X-lionization.

a man in a striped shirt is talking to another man and says did we just become best friends ? Alt: a man in a striped shirt is talking to another man and says did we just become best friends ?

How to make friends with a hematologist

Chapter 1

1. Order a peripheral smear before they ask
2. Never get a CBC without a diff
3. Stop the heparin before you call for a HIT consult
4. NEVER order MTHFR
5. Order a reticulocyte count before you consult for anemia

How do I get added?? Peds heme/onc

I was definitely taught in med school that hemophilia was only in males, but female “carriers” can have symptomatic bleeding too that needs treatment

Are medical schools still teaching that only males can get hemophilia? #MedSky

When a patient living with #SickleCell disease hits the ER with pain, they should get pain meds IMMEDIATELY. A hefty first dose of pain meds can result in better outcomes.

They do not need your narrative, suspicion or discrimination.

They need your help. Be a champion for them.

Time for another heme #skeetorial #Medsky

Let’s talk about Racism in medicine.

Sadly, sickle cell disease (SCD) highlights this issue all too well.

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