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Nida Qadir, MD

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Nida Qadir, MD

@NidaQadirMD

Associate prof & MICU co-director at UCLA. #ARDS 🫁 researcher, #Airway master, #ECMO enthusiast, shoe aficionado, difficult woman. Tweets = my personal views.

Los Angeles, CA

uclahealth.org/nida-qadir

Joined January 2017

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Nida Qadir, MD
@NidaQadirMD
Jan 4, 2024
🔥Now in print in @ATSBlueEditor - the new @atscommunity ARDS guidelines bit.ly/3vnqT9C Topics addressed: 💊Corticosteroids 🔃 VV-ECMO 💉Neuromuscular blockade 🐥Higher PEEP +/- recruitment maneuvers ⬇️ Read on for the recs + how to apply them to your practice🧵
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Nida Qadir, MD
@NidaQadirMD
Apr 6, 2020
Yes, patients do recover from #COVID19 #ARDS. And yes, my #ICU team does do an #extubation dance every time we liberate someone from a #Ventilator. #ARDSAvengers #coronavirus #bestteamever @uclaimchiefs @UCLAHealth @atscommunity @GiladJaffe @HungryDes @NoCoughEng
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Nida Qadir, MD
@NidaQadirMD
Jan 8, 2023
The prayers for #DamarHamlin are beautiful, but @NFL, please also consider spending 2 minutes before tomorrow’s games showing a demo of hands-only #CPR & encouraging viewers to learn. With your audience, this could save lives ❤️🙏🏽 Read on to learn how to do hands-only CPR ⬇️
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Nida Qadir, MD
@NidaQadirMD
Dec 23, 2020
Obligatory #vaccine photo. Celebrating the end of a #COVID #ICU week in with a shot! This is the first thing that’s given me hope in quite a while and there’s a big smile under the mask 😊😷. #VaccinesWork #VaccinesSaveLives #COVID19
Nida Qadir, MD
@NidaQadirMD
Jul 31, 2022
I hate hyponatremia. That’s the tweet.
Nida Qadir, MD
@NidaQadirMD
May 4, 2020
I don’t like posting depressing posts but I think it’s time. When this all began, I would walk into the #COVID unit with the energy of a #hype man at a #hiphop show. I hate COVID19 but I love being an #ICU doctor & getting people better. Today I am mentally & physically exhausted
Nida Qadir, MD
@NidaQadirMD
Apr 6, 2020
Replying to @wmlwarren @uclaimchiefs and 3 others
I haven’t had a day off in over a month. So yes, doctors and other medical professionals are overworked. Impromptu dance to lift the spirits of my team and celebrate wins during dark times.
Nida Qadir, MD
@NidaQadirMD
Aug 16, 2021
Most young women I’ve admitted to the #ICU for #COVID19 have been #pregnant. Pregnancy is indeed a risk factor for more severe COVID illness, but the messaging about #pregnancy, COVID & #vaccines has led to a lot of confusion and preventable illness. Let’s break it down. 🤰🏽🧵
Nida Qadir, MD
@NidaQadirMD
Sep 16, 2022
While interviewing fellowship applicants, I learned that there’s a residency program that provides all of their incoming residents w/ therapists. You can opt out of therapy, but the default is that you’ll opt in. #MedTwitter, is this common? If not, it seems like it should be.
Nida Qadir, MD
@NidaQadirMD
Jan 9, 2021
More deaths in the ICU in the last 24 hours than I can ever remember happening in a single day and I am really angry.
Los Angeles Times
@latimes
Jan 8, 2021
Breaking: L.A. County reported more than 300 new COVID-19 deaths Friday, its highest single-day tally to date. latimes.com/california/sto…
Nida Qadir, MD
@NidaQadirMD
Jul 24, 2021
Whenever I have an older #desi (South Asian) patient, I have to stop and remind myself to not call them “auntie” or “uncle.” Tell me I’m not the only one. #medtwitter
Nida Qadir, MD
@NidaQadirMD
Aug 15, 2022
“Aspirational pneumonia”🤞🏽🫁might be my favorite medical linguistic mishap so far. #MedTwitter, what are some good ones you’ve seen?
Nida Qadir, MD
@NidaQadirMD
Jan 13, 2021
Well...that was an exhausting week. But my team got 9 #COVID19 patients off vents in 7 days so I am going to let myself feel good about that. Yes, people recover. But trust me, you still don’t want to experience critical illness.
Nida Qadir, MD
@NidaQadirMD
May 4, 2020
Replying to @NidaQadirMD
I can probably tough out the unsustainable level of work & the persistent #N95-induced facial pain, but the suffering of my patients - many young & previously healthy - and their families is getting harder to watch. Even those who survive will have their lives rocked to the core.