WesElyMD
@weselymd
Husband & Dad. ICU Doc. Vanderbilt. @CIBScenter studies Covid & Long Covid, ICU Survivorship, PICS, Dementia, Delirium. Tweets my own. Still learning.
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Members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (National Academies) describe the process and rationale for the development of the 2024 definition of persistent Covid-19 symptoms (long Covid). Read the Sounding Board article: nej.md/3SvLlxw
Looking forward to #Walk4PICS next month on Sept 28, 2024. I may be in #Detroit visiting family that weekend - any #ICU survivors and/or family members interested in joining forces for a remote walk??? 🚶🏽♀️🚶🚶♂️Detroit Medical Ctr Henry Ford Health Walk4Pics Vanderbilt Neurology
❗️Immobility causes ICUAW, delirium, cognitive decline, ⬇️ QoL ❗️Electrophysiological changes occur 48 h after ICU admission = upregulation of muscle-wasting systems, ⬇️muscle mass, ⬇️functionality, insulin resistance ❗️This may be minimised by early mobilisation in ICU Intensive Care Medicine
📢Our review "Long COVID science, research and policy" is out in Nature Medicine By Ziyad Al-Aly, MD Hannah Davis Lisa McCorkell Letícia Soares, PhD Sarah Wulf Hanson, PhD Prof. Akiko Iwasaki Eric Topol A thread nature.com/articles/s4159…
Our UCSF Critical Care Medicine ICU early mobility course now includes a virtual zoom option for those too far away! CEUs are only available for in person attendance, but access & join great conversation on zoom:
.Yelena G. Bodien, PhD, a clinical neuroscientist with expertise in brain disorders related to coma, consciousness and TBI has joined VUMC as an investigator in the CIBS Center and assistant professor in the Division of Acute Care Surgery in VUMC Surgical Sciences. bit.ly/4fYxpGr
"Dr. Roberson Shawniqua Williams Roberson, MEng, MD MD of Vanderbilt University will be presented the ANA-Persyst IDEAS Professional Development Award, which recognizes early-career ANA members who are academic neurologists or neuroscientists working in the field of epilepsy and are from
⭐️30 Days until #walk4pics 2024!! We have over a dozen locations in the US & UK where you can walk with others - or you can walk on your own! Sign up at walk4pics.com and join us as we raise awareness of #PICS & #PICSp! Jim Jackson WesElyMD Walk4Pics Spencer Freeman