Show threadCarolyn Barber, MDJan 3, 2023

shortages/illness, being underpaid/overworked, swamped A&Es with providers already burned out/suffering moral injury — one can only handle so much.🙏 https://bbc.in/3GBlJdk

#EmergencyMed #EmergencyPhysicain #uk #covidsars2 #medtwiiter #bbc END

Pressure on the NHS is unsustainable, medics warn

Chair of the BMA council, Professor Phil Banfield, is calling on the government to "take immediate action".

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Carolyn Barber, MDDec 26, 2022

In non-ventilated, hypoxic Covid patients, use of higher-dose steroids:

- ⬆️risk of death (18% vs 12% lower dose)
-⬆️risk of mech ventilation/death (19% vs 13%)
-⬆️pneumonia (10% vs 6%) vs usual care with lower dose steroids. #medtwiiter #MedMastodons #covidsars2 https://bit.ly/3hT0U3j

Higher-Dose Steroids Upped Risk of Death in Non-Ventilated COVID-19

Stick with a 6-mg dose, as giving more can be harmful in this group, RECOVERY researchers advise

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