Alex Sidlak
Alex Sidlak
@amsidlak.bsky.social
DMV Toxicology
Inova/GW/UVA
National Capital Poison Center
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These are VERY rough estimates, but here's life expectancy after diagnosis of type-I diabetes over the past 150 years.

It was Banting and Best's discovery of how to isolate insulin in 1921 — not some fucking cooking class — that gave people including my daughter a new lease on life.
May 26, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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Don’t forget the limitations of the Osm Gap #tox #EMSky #EMedSky
Ethanol and the Limitations of the Osmol Gap: In 22 healthy volunteers the best correction factor was 4.6 though it was imperfect. www.annemergmed.com/article/S019... @ryanmarino.bsky.social #education #MedSky #EMSky #EMedSky #BlueSky
January 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
January 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
January 26, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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Corporations worldwide are spending untold billions to make this technology the frontal experience of every user interface, for some fuckin reason.
January 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Faking the safety blitz from a double A mug and ALL dropping into coverage is diabolical.
January 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM