Khoa Lam MD @khoadlam

Hospitalist. Tech enthusiast. Father of two. Thoughts are my own. Orange County Joined April 2009

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Khoa Lam MD @khoadlam

2 years ago

@NoExpertFF Where would Marvin Harrison Jr rank this week now that he’s cleared concussion protocol?

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3 years ago

We're giving away a limited-edition #Starfield @AMDGaming GPU and CPU! Follow and repost for a chance to win - a winner will be messaged on August 30! Rules: beth.games/3E664Ar

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Khoa Lam MD @khoadlam

5 years ago

I just showed my support for UNICEF and the children. Check out UNICEF USA to learn what they are doing, and how you can help too. unicefusa.org/?form=2x-impac…

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Khoa Lam MD @khoadlam

5 years ago

@sargsyanz Silence best practice alerts/warnings. Stop flagging me for aspirin for CKD!

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@AvrahamCooperMD Super interesting! I wonder in the positive anticoagulation covid-19 studies whether the benefit of heparin in early disease may be partly due to this diuretic effect. It’s surprising how much non-cardiogenic pulmonary covid patients have that responds well to lasix.

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Khoa Lam MD @khoadlam

5 years ago

@tomhaberstroh The Y chromosome is linked to stubbornness

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Khoa Lam MD @khoadlam

5 years ago

@MKIttlesonMD Also “daily labs” that won’t change your management should be stopped. If the answer can wait to the next day, save your patient an extra phlebotomy stick and consolidate your labs.

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Khoa Lam MD @khoadlam

5 years ago

@MKIttlesonMD Patients sometimes hear what they want to hear so they assume they’re going a procedure when they see the specialist. Better to give our colleagues the benefit of the doubt before assuming they’ve set up unrealistic expectations.

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Khoa Lam MD @khoadlam

5 years ago

@FutureDocs I like to steal pens.

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Khoa Lam MD @khoadlam

5 years ago

@Bob_Wachter We have to treat inbox messaging as a limited resource. Charge by the message, monthly/yearly message allotments. Borrow the playbook from the cellular carriers in the pre-unlimited days when plans had message and minutes allotments.

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Khoa Lam MD @khoadlam

5 years ago

@CNN @arghavan_salles This doesn’t even count all the people who died unnecessarily because emergency departments and ICUs were overstretched caring for COVID-19 patients.

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Khoa Lam MD @khoadlam

5 years ago

@DrMarthaGulati @DBelardoMD @HeartOTXHeartMD @JoyHenningsenMD @rblument1 @CardioSmart @hmkyale @DrDebCroyNP @robmentz @jilliannec @dranulala @dmljmd It’s even worse because this doesn’t count all the people who died indirectly when the emergency department and ICUs were full and staff overstretched.

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Khoa Lam MD @khoadlam

5 years ago

via @NYTimes. Using antipsychotics as a substitute for dementia care nytimes.com/2021/09/11/hea…

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Khoa Lam MD @khoadlam

5 years ago

@MKIttlesonMD @medicalaxioms Sometimes it’s helpful to do the pertinent Review of Systems as part of the HPI rather than at the end. Helps focus the differential diagnosis and avoids repetition

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Dr. Glaucomflecken @DGlaucomflecken

5 years ago

What a difference a year makes

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Khoa Lam MD @khoadlam

5 years ago

@nickmmark @LancetRespirMed Yes I agree no support of full dose anticoagulation for ICU patients. I was wondering about non-intubated. COV-BARRIER trial specifically excluded intubated patients on admission. Would you still extrapolate the data to these patients?

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Khoa Lam MD @khoadlam

5 years ago

@nickmmark @LancetRespirMed FDA just added warning for tofacitinib and other JAK inhibitors. Are people favoring therapeutic anticoagulation if using bari? fda.gov/drugs/drug-saf…

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Khoa Lam MD @khoadlam

5 years ago

@KhaliliJosh Yes that’s been my approach. “You survived. Not all your neighbors in this unit are so lucky. Convince your friends and family to get vaccinated so they don’t end up here.”

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Khoa Lam MD @khoadlam

5 years ago

@grahamwalker But what about the troponin?! Could be an NSTEMI too in addition to $evere $epsis

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Khoa Lam MD @khoadlam

5 years ago

@charlesornstein This would be an acceptable approach if we could get their parents and older siblings to accept vaccination to protect those not eligible for vaccination, but unfortunately that isn’t a safe assumption in American communities.