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Kevin F McCarthy

@kfinmccarthy.bsky.social

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Paediatric Anaesthesiologist & Pain Specialist. Polymath in training. Inventor of the West-facing RAE for dental anaesthesia. Opinions own, etc. 🏳️‍🌈🇮🇪🇦🇺

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Kevin F McCarthy @kfinmccarthy.bsky.social · 14d

Saturdays at work be like…

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 18d

Fun fact: Doctor Oz, Administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, close friend of Trump and RFK Jr., and self-admitted fraudulent supplement huckster, sells multiple forms of leucovorin through his supplement company, iHerb, which he didn’t divest when taking his federal gov role.

james @james.claims · 19d

Anyway watch the stocks of whoever has the patent of leucovorin go up after the announcement. That’s all this is. Promoting Leucovorin so adults force their kids to ingest it to “cure their autism”.

But what is Leucovorin and why are they claiming it cures autism? 👇

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Sep 9

Why would any foreign country invest in a nation that did this?

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Dr van Tilburg @drvantilburg.bsky.social · Aug 30

Great new resource now that CDC cannot be fully trusted.

National Academy of Medicine Launches New Series to Help the Public Navigate Complex Health Debates; First Event Will Cover Ultra-Processed Foods and Children’s Health

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National Academy of Medicine Launches New Series to Help the Public Navigate Complex Health Debates; First Event Will Cover Ultra-Processed Foods and Children’s Health - NAM

The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has launched a new series of monthly discussions to help members of the public navigate many of the complex health

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Hunter Walker @hunterw.bsky.social · Aug 20

The people who are *still* making a massive deal about having to go to the doctor and get a shot think historians made too big a deal out of **slavery**

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Joe Noonan @joenoonan.bsky.social · Aug 19

🎼 'Six Lords a-leaping'

'In February 2024, UKLFI celebrated the cancellation of a community kite-making workshop, citing claims that the children’s event was “reminiscent of 7 October paragliders”.'

Six of its nine patrons currently sit in the House of Lords'

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Anaesthesia @anaesjournal.bsky.social · Aug 11

Editorial: Translating regional anaesthesia training into clinical impacts: is good instructional design good enough?

#RASky #AnSky #MedSky

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Anaesthesia @anaesjournal.bsky.social · Aug 8

Honey and analgesia

2 - 3 doses daily of oral honey/placebo in children post-tonsillectomy for 7 days, in addition to regular paracetamol, ibuprofen & as required oxycodone did not result in a clinical improvement in pain or recovery over a 14-day follow-up period.

#AnSky

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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · Aug 8

A child at Alder Hey hospital has died of measles. The tragic death came less than a week after medical officials at the children’s hospital warned that cases of the virus were on the rise, severely endangering the health of some of those affected.
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Statement from Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust about measles - Alder Hey Children's Hospital Trust

Statement from Alder Hey about media interest in cases of measles

www.alderhey.nhs.uk

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Aug 3

The editors who published this should go straight to The Hague. I mean literally, according to the terms of international law such as it exists.

Gaza Starvation Photos Tell a Thousand Lies
Hamas propaganda exploits seriously ill children, and Western media go along.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · Aug 2

"On Wednesday, July 30, I stood trial in a German court for my opposition to genocide."

"A Jewish descendant of those murdered by Nazis, I am being labeled antisemitic for speaking out against the mass murder, the genocide of Palestinians."
#Germany #Gaza #Palestine #Israel #Policing #Genocide

Nazis murdered my family in the Holocaust. Now Germany is punishing me for protesting Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

This week, I faced trial for opposing genocide, Zionism, and for challenging Germany’s unconditional support for Israel. The state prosecuting me may have legal authority, but its moral authority has…

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Kevin F McCarthy @kfinmccarthy.bsky.social · Aug 1

Yes! For ex-prems, even into adulthood. “Fine until you do something to them” 😌

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josh farkas 💊 @pulmcrit.bsky.social · Nov 27

Skytorial: Five pearls on olanzapine 😁

Between agitation and nausea/vomiting, olanzapine has a wide range of use.

Olanzapine is generally not a front-line agent (e.g., haloperidol or ondansetron often are). But sometimes, it really comes in clutch....

a man in a plaid shirt sits at a picnic table with the words " settle down " on the bottom

ALT: a man in a plaid shirt sits at a picnic table with the words " settle down " on the bottom

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Boze the Library Owl @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · Jul 15

I'm begging everyone who hasn't yet to read this book. The premise, about a man living in an infinite house, is terrifically inventive, and it goes in a direction you don't expect. No other living author writes with such a keen sense of horror & beauty. The book of the decade.

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Kevin F McCarthy @kfinmccarthy.bsky.social · Jul 13

Sublime 👌😘
Sinead O Connor vs Joy Division - The Joy Is Getting Married (Phil RetroSpector mashup) by Phil RetroSpector on #SoundCloud
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Sinead O Connor vs Joy Division - The Joy Is Getting Married (Phil RetroSpector mashup)

Sinead O' Connor vs Joy Division as imagined by Phil RetroSpector

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Kevin F McCarthy @kfinmccarthy.bsky.social · Jul 12

Context matters, my friend. There are no absolutes in medicine

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Kevin F McCarthy @kfinmccarthy.bsky.social · Jul 12

As I tell trainees “Propofol fixes everything in paediatric anaesthesia, apart from hypotension” so an ‘emergency Propofol’ for all lists. Dilute adrenaline (10mcg/ml) for high-risk emergency cases (sick neonates, significant URTI, likely to brady..)

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Kevin F McCarthy @kfinmccarthy.bsky.social · May 28

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Kevin F McCarthy @kfinmccarthy.bsky.social · May 28

Done

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Kevin F McCarthy @kfinmccarthy.bsky.social · May 28

Just donated. I hope you stay safe 🙏

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · May 24

This open letter calls on @moderation.bsky.app to enact some extremely basic reforms so Palestinians can fundraise to feed their starving families without having their accounts shut down. (For ex: a simple email explaining disciplinary action.) There’s a link to the letter here in the form to sign:

Open Letter to the Bluesky Team About Their Treatment of Palestinians in Gaza .رسالة مفتوحة إلى فريق بلوسكاي بشأن تعاملهم مع الفلسطينيين في غزة

Please review the open letter here and include your name below (if you are better known on Bluesky by your handle you could use that or add it to your name.) Thank you so much for caring about this co...

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Molly Quell @mollyquell.bsky.social · May 15

The ICC’s chief prosecutor has lost access to his email, and his bank accounts have been frozen.

American staffers at the court have been told that if they travel to the U.S. they risk arrest.

NGOs have stopped working with the ICC, the leader of one won’t even reply to ICC emails.

Trump's sanctions on ICC prosecutor have halted tribunal's work

Nearly three months ago, U.S. President Donald Trump slapped sanctions on the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · May 11

BREAKING: “We will be closing the care worker visa for overseas recruitment” - Home Secretary Yvette Cooper

Don’t we have a desperate shortage of care workers?

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · May 7

US has pushed some nations facing tariffs imposed by Trump to approve Musk's Starlink, WaPo reported on Wednesday, citing State Dep cables.

The cables show how US embassies and the dep pushed countries to clear hurdles for satellite companies, often mentioning Starlink by name, the Post reported.

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Health Nerd @gidmk.bsky.social · May 6

Systematic reviews are just as flawed as any other body of research if not more so.

A gold-standard systematic review may be the best source of evidence on a topic matter, but a bad one can be INCREDIBLY misleading.

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ANZCA CTN @anzcactn.bsky.social · May 5

Randomising 2,463 high-risk non-cardiac surgery patients to BIS monitoring showed reduced awareness under anaesthesia vs routine care—driving widespread adoption of BIS monitors to prevent awareness. The B-aware study was funded by the ANZCA Foundation. #ASM25CNS

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ANZCA @anzca.bsky.social · May 5

Thank you to Prof Caroline De Costa, Dr Marie Gould and Dr Judith Lovegrove for an insightful conversation on the continuing work towards equity in anaesthesia and pain medicine this morning.

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Matt Wiles @sthjournalclub.bsky.social · May 4

Slide-set for my talk at the @anzca.bsky.social ASM on the Management of Traumatic Haemorrhage

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In Cairns till Tuesday representing @anaesjournal.bsky.social and @assocanaes.bsky.social - happy to chat about potential submissions!

ANZCA 2025: Annual Scientific Meeting

This is the slide set for my talk at the ANZCA 2025 ASM: Futureproof The aim was to provide an evidence-based review of the management of traumatic major haemorrhage, along with an update of clinic…

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