Prem Kandiah
@Capt_Ammonia
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🧠, Liver & surgical intensivist, intrigued by all things resuscitative, simulative & encephalopathic.#FOAMed #FOAMcc Tweets=own🇲🇾🇹🇹🏴🇺🇸🏴☠️
Atlanta, GA
Joined September 2014
Old poster but still relevant. Severe & sustained ⬆️NH3 while uncommon👉🏾 causes irreversible 🧠 injury and ☠. I joke (but not really) that NH3 has the profile of a serial killer who goes dormant between 🔪. I know NH3 is finicky but 🙏🏽 don't throw the serial killer out with 🛁💧
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RT @AHadjihambi: Do not miss this seminar in March! Is MRI useful for studying and understanding hepatic encephalopathy?
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Prolonged metronidazole in cirrhosis ⬆️risk of MIE— beyond dentate nucleus, cortical WM lesions can occur. Mostly reversible with⌛️! New encephalopathy/seizure on prolonged metronidazole? Get MRI; don’t assume HE. Late dx common, at times only dx post-transplant! 2other causes👇
17♂ Known case of DMD on ATT. Develops these 👇 #neurotwitter #NeuroX #MedTwitter #MedX #Neurology #FOAMmed
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RT @nirmalregency: 17♂ Known case of DMD on ATT. Develops these 👇 #neurotwitter #NeuroX #MedTwitter #MedX #Neurology #FOAMmed
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RT @caseyalbin: Our first brain death boot camp for the neurology residents! (@Capt_Ammonia has run one for fellows in prior years!) 3 hou…
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RT @caseyalbin: Tracheostomy emergencies (IMHO) can be some of the scariest things we manage in the @EmoryNeuroCrit ICU! Thankful that we…
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RT @caseyalbin: 1/ I once heard that a fever in the ICU was a "fever of too many origins." Same can be said altered mental status/encephal…
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RT @EricLawson90: Love our team and love their excellent care of our patients! @EmoryNeuroCrit @caseyalbin @maness_caroline #NCS2024
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RT @EmoryNeuroCrit: Congratulations to @EmoryNeuroCrit faculty #ErikaSigman @EricLawson90 #TommyThomas on receiving the @neurocritical Pres…
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RT @casanova_lab: West Nile infections are spiking. Here’s why the percentage of severe cases is so small - News
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RT @DhruvilPandyaMD: I am speaking at NM Fifth Stroke and Cerebrovascular Conference. REGISTER TODAY @NMNeurology
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RT @ebtapper: What is hepatorenal syndrome? A #Livertwitter #tweetorial Hepatology is awesome, exciting, but also humbling. Nowhere is…
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RT @freemanwd: A summary of DECOMPRESS2 on decompressive surgery for patients with severe cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT): 1. 🧠 Decompres…
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RT @UNMC_neurology: Join us at #GrandRounds this Thursday, September 26th & hear from Casey Albin, MD, Assistant Professor of neurology at…
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RT @NeurocritCareJ: Caceres et al: PaCO2 Association with Outcomes of Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury at High Altitude: A Prospective…
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RT @BloomPringle: Thrilled to have this work out in @HEP_Journal ! Short version: The problem - it’s hard to diagnose minimal HE or predic…
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RT @PulmCrit: nice reminder that epinephrine is a banger for patients on the verge of dying norepi: improve the Bp epi: improve the Bp, i…
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RT @RajivJalan1: Lots of new insights.. Ammonia is clearly the culprit for HE. The review highlights ammonia as a diagnostic and companion…
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RT @AHadjihambi: Beyond excited to see our latest review published in @NatRevGastroHep ! Thank you @RocioGallegoD @mromerogomez @RajivJalan…
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