🧵Critical Decisions in Post-Intubation Management
By Drs. Skitch & Sharif @SameerSharifMD | #ICEM2025
You’ve intubated. Now what? Ventilation & sedation decisions in the ED have long-term consequences. Here’s why ⬇️
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Drs @SameerSharifMD & Steven Skitch sharing key insights about post intubation management of pts in the ED.
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Check out the new @ESICM Guidelines on the volume of fluid resuscitation in critically ill patients!
Link 👉 https://t.co/xnZsJQwIJa
A true 🌍international🌍 effort; please read the full document as there was a LOT of discussion that went into crafting the recommendations!
Just the facts on healthier shift scheduling: “We’re tired of being tired” by @EmICUcanada
How does shift work affect you? Your cognition? Productivity? And more importantly what can you do about it?
Find out in this JTF: https://t.co/FACJMDDMGb
Attending @CAEPConference#ICEM2025 ? Interested in learning to insert 🫁 chest tubes, US guided Central Lines 💉 & Peripheral IVs? If yes, REGISTER for this Critical Care Workshop - When You Needed it Yesterday: Time Critical Procedures in the ED
Link: https://t.co/c2ePdtF52V
🔥Hot off the Press🔥: Excellent Journal Club Review of the ANNEXA-1 Trial (Connolly et al. NEJM 2023) by @CamLeafloor - This trial compared the use Andexanet alpha for factor Xa inhibitor reversal versus usual care in patients with DOAC related ICH (mini 🧵)
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Bottom Line: The use of Andexanet alfa in any patient should weigh the risk of harm with its potential benefits, but based on the results of this study, its routine use in patients with ICH is not recommended.
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Curious about posterior circulation 🧠TIA🧠 as a possible cause for your ED patient's vertigo?
And have you heard about vestibular migraines and how these patients may present in the ED?
Check out this article: https://t.co/6tjdsCFAQT
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Sharing what we hope is an important paper in #SHOCK out today in @NEJMEvidence by @JungRichardG (who just matched to cardiology!).
Prognostic Factors Associated with Mortality in Cardiogenic Shock — A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | NEJM Evidence https://t.co/Qm5v2D1Wne
The 5th McMaster ICU Update is Dec 11, 2024 at Liuna Station in Hamilton. All ICU folks welcome. The course is from 1-5:30pm with dinner afterwards. There are also two pre-courses (with lunch) on HFNC and CRRT. Hope to see you there!
Registration Link - https://t.co/UiQxV6meke