A #MedEd topic ⬇️ that I learned about as a historical curiosity at med school in the 1990s…. But it’s going to have to feature as a differential diagnosis for next 20 years + however many years it takes to get measles vaccination coverage back up to herd immunity levels.
#MedSky #IDSky #PaedsSky
It was a pleasure delivering a presentation at our Softlanding Induction Day today for newly starting paeds IMG colleagues. One of my key aspirations is equal representation and opportunities in academic paeds.
It is always pleasure to support colleagues in achieving this goal!
#PaedsSky
Great to see @pidjournal.bsky.social on this platform.
#PedsIDSky #PaedsIDSky #PedsSky #PaedsSky #PedSky #PaedSky #ESPID #IDSky #ImmunoSky #MedSky #Infection #Children
Is there still rheumatic fever in the UK? bit.ly/3Py0X1P Join our @rcpch.bsky.social webinar next Friday to hear the answer as well as get a refresher on the clinical features and how we make or refute the diagnosis. #strepA #GAS #RHD #IDSky #PaedsSky #PaedsIDSky
Hey #IDSky #PaedsIDSky #PaedsSky!
British Paediatric Allergy, Immunity and Infection Group (BPAIIG) is now on Blue Sky!
Give us a follow at @bpaiig.bsky.social to stay updated on our activities and the latest in #PaedsID.
#PedsSky #PaedsSky what is this, what happened to all the biological research on #longcovid #mecfs #longcovidkids #POTS
Here is a more organised list of starter packs / feeds that might be useful for #IDSky #PaedsIDSky #GlobalHealthSky community!
Reply and add more to this thread if I am missing any!
#PaedsSky
go.bsky.app/EXGXX4D
#PediatricIDSky
go.bsky.app/5M119ru
#PaedsIDSky
go.bsky.app/JzWJsFW
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Paediatric people of #MedSky, can we agree on a # please?
#PaedSky
#PaedsSky
#PaediatricSky
#SmolSky
Please reply with other (serious and professional) suggestions.
Big hello to #PedsSky #PaedsSky #IDSky #MedSky!
I’ve moved over from Twitter! (@DrMaxxC)
I’m Maxx, I like loose leaf tea, going to gigs, and I work as a children’s doctor.
I post mostly about Paeds, ID, #MedEd, and the occasional ramble about different types of tea!
In other words, #PedsSky #Paedssky #PedSky #Paedsky #Pediatrics #Paediatrics #PedsIDSky #PedsGISky #PedsSurgSky etc. should all show up in this feed! Easy to add additional tags if you have suggestions.
Morning!
As promised, I'll be posting from the Association of Paediatric Palliative Medicine conference today.
This is a sensitive topic for most, and an intensely difficult one for a few.
Tag will be #APPM if you want to search. (I don't think the APPM has bsky yet)
#pedsky #medsky #paedssky
“Do you remember that child you saw two days ago?” All doctors dread what might come next: we fear that something bad has happened because we missed a clinical sign or made a poor judgment. This kind of worry keeps us all alert, even at the end of a busy day as the duty doctor. Hospitals have developed scoring systems to help medical and nursing staff gauge how sick a child is, and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health has suggested that these should be rolled out in the community.12 There could be advantages not only in improving detection of children at risk of deterioration but also in shared understanding and ease of handover. However, research recently published in the British Journal of General Practice found that these scores weren’t useful in primary care.3 They lacked both sensitivity, meaning that they missed a significant proportion of children who needed hospital care, and specificity, advising escalation for many who could safely be looked after at home. These findings don’t come as a surprise to practising GPs. Early warning systems used on a hospital ward were developed for a different baseline population, as the children there have already been judged to be significantly unwell. Most of the children we see in the community, fortunately, are not.
Let’s not reduce the art of seeing unwell children to a process of “medicine by numbers” pleads @helensalisbury.bsky.social in the @bmj.com this week.
More reasons to cherish relationship based medicine as discussed by @francesmair.bsky.social recently.
#GeneralPractice
#MedSky
#PaedsSky
