@imran_m

Consultant Physician and Geriatrician. Tweets in a personal capacity. Views my own.

 London
Joined March 2009
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❗️'Guidance on Preoperative Assessment and Optimisation for Adult Surgery' published The recommendations support the care of patients, recovery of elective services, & achieving key goals of the NHS LTP such as reducing health inequalities & prevention bit.ly/3vRy1Wh
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Ben Lovell@DrBenLovell28 May 2021
This is a brilliant post here @UCLH - consultant in Acute medicine and inclusion health. Work in our amazing Acute Med dept & lead ward rounds/MDTs for vulnerable UCLH pts (homelessness, drug/alcohol use, refugees &others) to provide great care Apply here jobs.nhs.uk/xi/vacancy/91654…
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This is the current UK Guidance document on managing Vaccine Induced Thrombosis with Thrombocytopenia. You can always find the latest version on the front page of the BSH website b-s-h.org.uk tinyurl.com/et7ntwzf
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Daniel Davis@dhj_davis31 Jul 2020
COVID-19 in older people: clinical features on presentation. 12% did *not* have DOB/cough/fever. #delirium on presentation associated with increased mortality. Led by Paul Knopp @uclh rdcu.be/b50FK
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Ben Lovell@DrBenLovell24 Jul 2020
Female consultant colleagues-esp from BAME backgrounds-tell me that unless they introduce themselves as Dr they are ignored,disrespected,or talked over I-a white male -won’t insist that all consultants be called by their first name,let alone lightly shame those who do not conform
Pandemic peak SARS-CoV-2 infection and seroconversion rates in London frontline health-care workers - ⁦@TheLancet⁩ @uclh⁩ ⁦@UCLHresearch⁩ ⁦@SAFERuclh⁩ #SAFERstudy ⁦@TheCrick⁩ @UKRI_news Hopefully our data assist forward planning. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Pandemic peak SARS-CoV-2 infection and seroconversion rates in London frontline health-care workers

Nosocomial transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a major public health concern. Health-care workers (HCWs) are at high risk of developing COVID-19, and may...

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Daniel Davis@dhj_davis11 Jun 2020
Pre-print: #frailty outcomes in COVID-19 & inflammation. ↑ Clinical Frailty Scale associated with ↓ CRP and ↓ neut:lymph on presentation. Inflam response constrained by immunesenescence? Led by Paul Knopp @uclh, with @DrTWebb @imran_m and others medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Presenting features of COVID-19 in older people: relationships with frailty, inflammation and...

Purpose To describe the clinical features of COVID-19 in older adults, and relate these to outcomes. Methods Cohort study of 217 individuals (≥70 years) hospitalised with COVID-19, followed up for...

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SAFERstudy@SAFERuclh10 Jun 2020
Headline: 43.5% of our high-risk, front-line healthcare worker cohort @SAFERuclh had acquired SARS-CoV-2 (serology+/-PCR pos) by early May 2020.
medRxiv@medrxivpreprint10 Jun 2020
SARS-CoV-2 virus and antibodies in front-line Health Care Workers in an acute hospital in London: preliminary results from a longitudinal study medrxiv.org/cgi/content/shor… #medRxiv
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Daniel Davis@dhj_davis9 Jun 2020
#delirium in COVID-19: hospital point-prevalence and follow-up study. Delirium under-recognised by 60% and associated with more ADL impairment at 4 weeks @uclh @EDA_delirium @AmerDelirium @iDelirium_Aware @ANZDA_delirium @LADIG58934819 medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Functional and cognitive outcomes after COVID-19 delirium

Purpose To ascertain delirium prevalence and outcomes in COVID-19. Methods We conducted a point-prevalence study in a cohort of COVID-19 inpatients at University College Hospital. Delirium was...

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A pleasure to produce todays excellent webinar from the @uclh Team #MedicinefortheElderly on how COVID-19 is effecting our older population, very impressive rate of data collection happening during the pandemic #meded #frailty #delrium #covid19 @dhj_davis @imran_m
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Daniel Davis@dhj_davis25 May 2020
Our pre-print suggesting 1. #frailty does *not* predict mortality in COVID-19 and 2. older fitter patients may be dying for different reasons /different mechanisms. @uclh @MRCLHA @imran_m @ahrather_ medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

Outcomes from COVID-19 across the range of frailty: excess mortality in fitter older people

Purpose Our aim was to quantify the mortality from COVID-19 and identify any interactions with frailty and other demographic factors. Methods Hospitalised patients aged ≥70 were included, comparing...

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Chris Laing@drchrislaing6 May 2020
We have just advertised for a new full-time acute medicine consultant to join our fantastic MDT, with one of the largest groups of full-time acute physicians in the UK. Great opportunities in #QI #digitalhealth #meded #innovation ⁦@acutemedicine⁩ jobs.uclh.nhs.uk/job/v241782…
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Chris Laing@drchrislaing2 May 2020
We have now released our UCLH-COVID19 clinical guidance application available freely on App Store and Google Play. Rapidly evolving guidance and educational content. Fantastic collaboration @uclh #oneteam @ucl @healthcreatives ⁦@designbyvincent⁩ youtube.com/watch?v=z384HcjX…
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The NIHR and @UKRI_News are jointly calling for research proposals to investigate emerging evidence of an association between ethnicity and #COVID19 incidence and adverse health outcomes: bit.ly/2XYPJK2 #PriorityCovidResearch
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The BMJ
@bmj_latest20 Apr 2020
Concerns about a possible association between ethnicity and outcomes in covid-19 have been raised. @kamleshkhunti @singhak_endo @drmanpareek @docwas look at the early warning signs and possible explanations ow.ly/Lurr50ziOQy

Is ethnicity linked to incidence or outcomes of covid-19?

Preliminary signals must be explored urgently The novel disease covid-19, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, is now a pandemic with devastating implications for...

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Wrong question: "Should we treat #COVID19 like ARDS or not?" A (slightly) better question: "What is the prevailing microvascular phenotype that will guide the best treatment for our patient's respiratory failure?" A work in progress with @RogerAlvarezDO:
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"We're ready to protect all patients who need hospital care." An important message from @Gareth_Hynes, @RCPL_trainees rep, supporting @AoMRC's statement encouraging the public to continue seeking help for serious conditions during the #COVID19 pandemic: rcplondon.ac.uk/news/patient…
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Today's updated guidance provides what clinicians have been asking for – a single set of recommendations which cover all NHS settings. Read @bodgoddard's full response to new advice for NHS clinicians about safe use of #PPE: rcplondon.ac.uk/news/royal-c…
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We recently announced that we’d volunteered our expertise and resources to boost #COVID19 testing. We can now share some more detail – we’ve been working with @uclh to develop a testing service that we hope to eventually roll out to more London hospitals. crick.ac.uk/news/2020-04-02_…

Francis Crick Institute and UCLH develop COVID-19 testing service for patients and NHS staff

The Francis Crick Institute has repurposed its laboratory facilities to become a COVID-19 testing facility, to help combat the spread of infection and allow key workers to perform lifesaving duties...

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