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Elliot Tapper
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Elliot Tapper
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Hepatologist @michiganliver @vaannarbor; #cirrhosis; encephalopathy; frailty; quality improvement; father; husband. #livertwitter Co-EIC of @HepCommJournal
- 1/ WHERE does ascites come from? HOW do diuretics treat ascites? ARE you ready for a #tweetorial? #livertwitter #medtwitter #MedEd
- An older man comes to the ED with abrupt onset nausea, & diarrhea He is joined by her daughter whom he is visiting from abroad Testing is below The diagnosis is unclear Until his daughter got just as sick too 🧵 #livertwitter #liverstory #MedTwitter
- Doctor pay in the UK is absolutely shocking Home to many of the best clinicians and clinical trialists in the World, criminally undervalued and underpaidA doctor caring for you at 7pm in A&E earns just £18.62/hr They’re asking to move to £22.67/hr (not even all at once) to undo years of pay erosion. @wesstreeting could stop the strikes by offering a credible path to restore drs pay. The choice is his. bbc.com/news/articles/…
- An $800 out-of-pocket cost at the pharmacy is an adverse event.
- The hepatitis B vaccine is amazing. It also has a wild backstory Want to hear it? A #tweetorial 1/ #livertwitter #MedTwitter
- A patient with diabetes and recent NSTEMI treated with stent, clopidogrel, and atorvastatin ~2 months ago is transferred from OSH with ALT 1500, bilirubin 15 The leading diagnosis is statin liver injury But that's not what it is. Not at all 🧵 #livertwitter #liverstory
- NAFLD no longer - get to know MASLD and MASH The nomenclature for metabolic liver disease has been changed. See below for the family tree of steatotic liver disease Link: journals.lww.com/hep/10.1097/HE… #medtwitter #livertwitter
- 1/ WHY are steroids used for alcoholic hepatitis? SHOULD we? WHAT is the deal with prednisolone vs prednisone? WHERE did the discriminant function come from? ARE you ready for a #tweetorial #livertwitter #medtwitter #meded #cirrhosis
- 1/ HOW does gabapentin work? DOES gabapentin work? WHY is gabapentin so shady? Join me for a #tweetorial? Keywords: Glutatmate, Asterixis, Alcohol-use disorder #livertwitter #MedTwitter #meded
- Have you ever wondered ... how beta-blockers treat #cirrhosis? Here's a #tweetorial featuring: 1⃣Pathophys! 2⃣controversy! 3⃣Cheap, life-saving interventions! #livertwitter #gitwitter #meded 1/
