Punyu! /pənjuː/

Two popular ideas about academic research. Either in a white coat, looking down a microscope, or at the top of library steps lost in thought poring over an ancient hardback. Reality. Blinking at a screen, trying to come up with a decent string of words to search for a missing PDF.

今年はやっているH1N1肺炎とも違う

This X-ray findings seems different from H1N1-pneumonia
that shows mixture of atelectasis and air-leaks.
H1N1 is at its peaks in Japan

Dear #MedSky,

Please never tell a patient to "stop crying."

Many people CAN'T stop crying, even if they want to. It's very dismissive of their very real emotions.

ESPECIALLY don't tell them not to cry because it makes YOU uncomfortable. YOU'RE supposed to take care of THEM, not the reverse.

just in case anyone might know someone, I'm looking to talk to a psychiatrist or expert in the field of anxiety who's comfortable being quoted for an essay I'm doing. specifically, I'm interested in talking about how things have changed over time about how we think about anxiety or diagnose it

I’d rather not

Truest thing ever written.

Know someone who’s dreading 2025? Please don’t wait for them to reach out. Instead ‘reach in’ to them. It may be hard to do, but also the most important conversation for both of you. Asking if they’ve seen the StayingSafe.net website is a gentle way to introduce a #SafetyPlan to help them stay safer

Managing compassion fatigue:

“the more you give, the more you lose yourself. I have learnt that the more effort I put into looking after myself the better I am at my job. I also enjoy it more.”

(Palliative care consultant) 🩺

It's the end of the internet as we know it—and I feel fine Maybe this was the last year of the usable web. If so, blame corporate greed.

"It’s not a dead internet... merely damned by corporate greed, indolence, and indifference. Silicon Valley’s giants no longer compete and no longer innovate; instead they cut costs, boost profit margins, and block out competitors in order to maintain consumer habit and market dominance."

EARLY TAVR Breaks New Ground for Preemptive Treatment of Asymptomatic AS (UPDATED) While discussions about the lack of a mortality effect will continue, some say the findings may be enough to change guidelines.

Big news in #CardioSky. Too bad none of those quoted are out here yet! Someone spread the word to Philippe Genereux, Gilbert Tang, Josep Rodes-Cabau, Bernard Prendergast and Tsuyoshi Kaneko that this is where the action is!! www.tctmd.com/news/early-t... By @lamckeown1.bsky.social #TCT24

New terms for 'skeets' just dropped.

Looking for a well-written book with great characters, perhaps people on the edge types, funny, thought provoking and with an ending that at least leaves you satisfied.

Protagonist was butchered at the end of the last book and I need lifting, please. 🙏

#booksky 📘📚

“How a simple math error sparked a panic about black plastic kitchen utensils”: Does it matter when an estimate is off by a factor of 10?
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2024/12/13/h...

"So, as the paper claims, the estimated actual exposure from [black] kitchen utensils of 34,700 [ng/day] is more than 80 per cent of the EPA limit of 42,000.

That sounds bad. But 60 times 7,000 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 42,000. It is 𝟰𝟮𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬... The estimated exposure is not even a tenth of the reference dose" 🧮🤦🏽‍♂️

Yup

Doctors Without Borders is reiterating its urgent calls for the protection of civilians and for an immediate and sustained #ceasefire.

Nowhere is safe in #Gaza and no one is spared.

Simultaneous Acute Myocardial Infarction, Aortic Dissection, Pulmonary Embolism, and Pneumothorax Chest pain is a frequently misdiagnosed presenting symptom, with a broad differential diagnosis that includes critical, time-sensitive cardiopulmonary conditions that necessitate rapid and accurate identification.

My troponin bumped from the mere headline of this case report.

"Simultaneous Acute Myocardial Infarction, Aortic Dissection, Pulmonary Embolism, and Pneumothorax."

#medsky #emedsky #emimcc #openaccess

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Rather happy with this one. We used a Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) approach in surveillance of #AMR in #UTI in Indonesia. Working on this rapid surveillance approach for quite a while.
doi.org/10.1093/aje/...

YouTube video by Yoram Bauman Chicken chicken chicken

And here's the presentation!

It's still as funny as the first time I watched it:

youtube.com/watch?v=yL_-...

My personal satirical article collection is rather meager, and none of it comes from medicine.

I feel like many people already know about Doug Zonker's "Chicken Chicken Chicken: Chicken Chicken", but I'll share it here for those who haven't seen it:

improbable.com/airchives/pa...

I started reading the screenshot you posted after I sent that reply, and realised it may just be a very humorous title (I'm not a native English speaker, so it took me until the references to laughter/humour in the actual text to figure that it may be an actual study!)

I'll read the full paper!

At the same time, pathology and radiology still fascinate me; I could have gone either road!

There's almost no specialisation I loathe or outright dislike, and I sometimes still wish I can pursue surgery, but that doesn't mean I'm unhappy with what I'm doing.

I understand feeling liable of potentially misinforming patients or others.

Renal pathophysiology is still something I don't understand that well, and I probably won't speak about it in depth because I know my limitations. Likewise rheumatology.

I hope no one finds it bothersome that I share posts outside of my specific field of specialisation.

I always felt out of place when attendings (and even even registrars/residents/speciality trainees) only talk about or show interest in their own specific fields.

Almost feeling like I'm "wrong".

I collect #unusual and #irreverent articles, satire and serious. Always looking for more. #AltJournalClub #Academic

Brings new meaning to the question "What clown got you pregnant?" #NeoSky #MedSky #ObSky

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21211796/

Medical clowning?

I had to do a double take, even knowing this is a more satirical article!

Are there any other gems in your collection?

🩸Flame cells

Plasma cells that have glycogen-rich, vermillion-staining fibrils.

Strongly associated with IgA myeloma but can pop up in other plasma cell dyscrasias or inflammatory conditions with rapid immunoglobulin production.
#hemesky #medsky #IMsky #myeloma #pathsky #hemepath #hemeonc #oncsky

Congratulations to Pod 3 at The Royal Adelaide Hospital Intensive Care Unit for their exceptional Christmas tree, kindly provided by the awesome @kolygate.bsky.social.
An exceptional effort bravo!!
#MedSky #AnSky #recycle

The reasoning? My handwriting apparently deteriorated the more time I spent typing.

After a year of staying away from JumpStart typing games, my handwriting became more legible, and it stays that way.

The more time I spend typing letters or manuscripts, I feel my handwriting worsen, again. (2/2)