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Pulm/Crit physician and PD @OSUPCCM_Fellows @JournalofGME editor • Podcast @curiousclinpod • Dad/husband • Views my own

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Avraham Z. Cooper, MD
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This is a thread of all of my tweetorials, in one place! #MedTwitter
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Lung Lung + Lung + vaccine COVID ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
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Pulmonologist here. If you’re COVID+ and still symptomatic after 5 days, you should STAY IN QUARANTINE AS YOU ARE STILL CONTAGIOUS
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This hungry macrophage just macrophaging is amazing 👏🏻 #MedTwitter #biology
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1/ Fingernail clubbing is associated with many systemic diseases, from lung cancer to TB to inflammatory bowel disease. Why would such different diseases all manifest with clubbing? The answer is surprisingly simple and elegant. #medtwitter #tweetorial
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1/ Why can furosemide improve dyspnea/pulmonary edema from acute congestive heart failure within minutes of administration? The answer does not involve diuresis. #medtwitter #tweetorial
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This is the largest heart I’ve ever seen 🤯 #MedTwitter
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This is the best explanation of SVT I’ve ever seen ⬇️ Via @PatologCritica h/t @Innov_Medicine #MedTwitter
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Check out these eosinophils swarming a nematode #MedTwitter
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This patient’s tricuspid regurgitation was visible in their ARM Via @Hussainch @grepmeded #MedTwitter
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How an ASD closure device actually works ⬇️ Via @georgedrln #MedTwitter
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1/🧵 Ever wonder why corticosteroids like dexamethasone treat cerebral edema related to brain tumors? I assumed the answer involved "anti-inflammatory effects", but there's much more going on. #medtwitter #tweetorial
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This is Landolfini’s sign, where severe aortic regurgitation causes the pupil to dilate in diastole and contract in systole #MedTwitter
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Ectopic pregnancy in THE LIVER 🤯 Via @grepmeded
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Cardiac embolus caught embolizing in REAL TIME 😨 #MedTwitter
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If you’ve ever wondered what happens when penicillins kill bacteria... they EXPLODE 🤯 #MedTwitter
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This man had almost his entire left cerebral hemisphere knocked out by an arachnoid cyst. HE WAS ASYMPTOMATIC AND SPOKE 3 LANGUAGES #medtwitter
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How to recognize lung segments on CT 🫁 #MedTwitter
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This left atrial thrombus seems to have decided to play pinball 🤯 #MedTwitter
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This is a helpful demonstration of what’s happening during CPR ⬇️ #MedTwitter
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This is the best chest x-ray anatomy guide I’ve ever seen. Via @radiologistpage #MedTwitter
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Truth ⬇️
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Corrigan’s sign due to aortic regurgitation 🤯 Via @TheBridgeKAU @grepmeded #MedTwitter
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MAYBE THE SCARIEST ECHO OF ALL Via @DAldeaji #MedTwitter #Halloween
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This is the best demonstration of how neuronal synapses work that I’ve ever seen 🤯 Via Helix Animations @Innov_Medicine #MedTwitter
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How ASD closure devices actually work 🤯 Via @georgedrln #MedTwitter
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Pulsatile chest swelling ➡️ HUGE aortic aneurysm from tertiary syphilis #MedTwitter
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This person’s aortic arch extended into THEIR NECK 🤯 #MedTwitter
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Enormous arachnoid cyst that somehow remained ASYMPTOMATIC for years 🤯 #MedTwitter
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Massive barium aspiration 🤯 #MedTwitter
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Glorious view of the Circle of a Willis! #MedTwitter
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How do we explain COVID joyrides to patients who can’t see their families?
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1/THREAD Ever wonder why fluoroquinolones increase the risk of tendon rupture? It seems so random that a whole class of antibiotics could cause tendon injuries, but the risk is real. #medtwitter #tweetorial
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Removing a hydatid (echinoccocus) cyst from the BRAIN 🤯 #MedTwitter
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A person actually managed to cough up this cast of the right bronchial tree 🤯 #MedTwitter
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HUGE arachnoid cyst. Somehow this individual was just living their life, minimally symptomatic, until presenting with a seizure 🤯 #MedTwitter
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Pulmonologist here. Masks don’t have any effects at all on oxygen or carbon dioxide levels.
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This is a macrophage REPAIRING A BROKEN BLOOD VESSEL #MedTwitter #biology
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What the Circle of Willis actually looks like Via medicaltalks #MedTwitter
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Such a cool demonstration of what sinus rhythm, atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter ACTUALLY look like #MedTwitter
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This is the greatest meme of all time
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Really nice summary of who can get which type of blood 🩸 #MedTwitter
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Super cool example of clubbing regression after lung cancer treatment ⬇️ #MedTwitter
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This is the first reported case of someone who can control their pupils VOLUNTARILY 🤯 #MedTwitter
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Who knew that the Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex actually resembles a pub brawl? #medtwitter #biology
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Frank’s sign: having this diagonal crease on the earlobe is associated with a 45% increased risk of cardiovascular disease. #MedTwitter
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Commotio cordis is not caused by Covid vaccines.
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What Vfib actually looks like ❤️‍🔥 #MedTwitter
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This is, apparently, one way that tertiary syphilis can present. HUGE aortic aneurysm ⬇️ #MedTwitter
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1/ Ever wonder why magnesium (Mg) is used to treat Torsades de Pointes? The answer is fascinating, elegant, and also explains why Mg treats another clinical entity - eclampsia #medthread #tweetorial #medtwitter
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Incredibly satisfying to watch penicillin literally blow up bacteria 🤯 #medtwitter
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Resubmitting a Realizing you rejected didn’t change the manuscript journal name
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The infamous Kayser-Fleischer ring from Wilson’s disease ⬇️ #MedTwitter
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These aortic thrombi are pulsating with each heartbeat 😟 #medtwitter
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This is a fecopneumothorax from a Crohn’s disease colo-pleural fistula 🤯 #MedTwitter
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What it looks like as a ureter dumps urine into the bladder 🤯 Via @EmergOmBur @grepmeded #MedTwitter
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This is why you should put a PEEP valve on the bag-valve-mask during CPR #medtwitter
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1/THREAD Why would adenosine, a purine nucleoside, be able to treat supraventricular tachycardias (SVT)? And why are its effects so short lived (e.g. <2 seconds)? The answers will change the way you think about this drug. #tweetorial #medtwitter
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Just a friendly reminder that fingernail clubbing can regress after cancer treatment #MedTwitter
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Diagnosing myasthenia gravis with an ice pack (ptosis improves after application) #medtwitter
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What it looks like as blood drains into the SVC from the upper extremities 🤯 Via @CardioSurgPost #MedTwitter
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What mitochondrial ATP synthesis actually looks like 😨 #medtwitter
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That, friends, is a lung hernia 🫁 #MedTwitter
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What neurotransmitter does this patient have too much of? #MedTwitter
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Reddish skin discoloration in the median nerve distribution after carpal tunnel glucocorticoid injection (vasomotor disturbance) #medtwitter
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Yes that is indeed the omentum, intestines and right kidney occupying the right chest (congenital diaphragmatic hernia) #MedTwitter
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This is still the best example of sustained clonus I’ve ever seen (serotonin syndrome) Via @DavidJuurlink @grepmeded #MedTwitter
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Chvostek sign from hypocalcemia (elicited by tapping on the facial nerve) ⬇️ Via @IhabFathiSulima @grepmeded #MedTwitter
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Phlegmasia cerulea dolens (limb-threatening emergency) #MedTwitter
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A 66 year old man presented with 2 months of bloating and constipation. Evaluation revealed an ENORMOUS abdominal aortic aneurysm ⬇️ #MedTwitter
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This is a terrific example of a positive anterior drawer test, indicating an ACL injury. Via @IhabFathiSulima @grepmeded #MedTwitter
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1/🧵 Why does catamenial pneumothorax (pneumothorax that recurs with menstruation) almost always occur on the right side? Why doesn't it affect both sides of the chest equally? #medtwitter #tweetorial
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This is what happens when you rub your eyes (something I will never, ever do again) #medtwitter
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The aortic and mitral valves at work 🤯👍🏻🤯 Via @PatologCritica #MedTwitter
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Fingernail clubbing that regressed with treatment of lung cancer ❤️ #MedTwitter
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One of the best examples of Kussmaul’s sign I’ve ever seen ⬇️ Via @AndreMansoor @grepmeded #MedTwitter
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What an atrial myxoma actually looks like ❤️‍🔥 Via @DRASClOGLU @grepmeded #MedTwitter
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The human knee in all its gliding glory 🤯🤯🤯 Via @PasionAnatomia #MedTwitter
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This hierarchical phase CT literally zooms into the brain 🤯 #MedTwitter
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