The Critical Care Doctor

ICU physician 📟 🫀🫁 🩺 🔬 🇺🇸🥼 scientist,former "quant"investor, mathematician, Ferrari owner/ enthusiast, form3 racer🏎🏆🏁, Emerson’s dad , curious mind….

[Journal of Brown Hospital Medicine @BrownJHM]

Flail chest @ingPocilgasx @TLHM_MD https://t.co/oAGnpaYrsE

[Oren Gottfried, MD @OGdukeneurosurg]

Best of the Best Brain Computer Interface… electrodes on her brain surface and this device decodes her speech and details of expressive communication to present these though her avatar.

[Oren Gottfried, MD @OGdukeneurosurg]

Peripheral nerve issues from PT Flashcards

[Dr Joshua Walinjom @walinjom]

Echo views;

[Dr Joshua Walinjom @walinjom]

Left vs Right Heart failure;

[Oren Gottfried, MD @OGdukeneurosurg]

How to identify anatomy on CT abdomen from @radiologistpage

[Oren Gottfried, MD @OGdukeneurosurg]

How a herniated disc compresses on the nerve (resulting in an inflammatory response) to cause pain. H/t first choice health care

[Oren Gottfried, MD @OGdukeneurosurg]

Intubated ICU patients using VR to take a short immersive vacation while getting some physical exercise in. Source: darlan nitz

[Caroline Park MD, MPH @CPark_MD]

If a patient has complications from a cosmetic procedure (e.g. infection) performed at an external standalone facility, who* manages these complications at your hospital:

*please no mudslinging just genuinely curious about regional practices 🧐

[🩺 Hari (హరి 🇮🇳) Kalagara @KalagaraHari]

#POCUS
Thrilled to see #VExUS made its way to our @ASRA_Society POCUS Spotlight series.
Many thanks 🙏 to expert authors @curromir @ArgaizR @NephroP 🙏
👉 https://t.co/i4EbzGYvkS @MKwesiKwofie @nathanhwaldron @pmgjones @shaskinsMD @NibrasBughrara @iceman_ex @Wilkinsonjonny

[Caroline Park MD, MPH @CPark_MD]

That back-to-school smell. But in a candle.

Kids hate it,
Adults love it.
I said what I said.

[charlos @loscharlos]

New study:

"Our results demonstrate that prolonged endothelial dysfunction is a hallmark of #LongCovid, & impairments of the microcirculation seem to explain ongoing symptoms in patients.”
https://t.co/eXbbJbE8zj

[Rachel Gilmore @atRachelGilmore]

Vaccination isn’t an individual choice, example # 927467289

(This article is from 2019)

[mandeep singh @mandeep_mayo]

Sensitivity (36%) of the Sgarbossa criteria for AMI diagnosis in LBBB has been improved with Smith (91%) ST/S ratio <_-0.25 to now Barcelona (93-95%) with just 2 criteria. Just remember 1.concordant ST dev in any lead or 2. Discordant ST dev>1 mm in low voltage leads (R/S<6mm)

[Oren Gottfried, MD @OGdukeneurosurg]

Info from wilderness medicine

[Itebimien Peter @PeterItebimien]

@mendietaalex1 Erysipelas
bacterial skin infection involving the upper dermis that characteristically extends into the superficial cutaneous lymphatics. It is a tender,intensely erythematous,indurated plaque with a sharply demarcated border
It is mostly caused by strep pyogenes.Rx antibiotics

[Itebimien Peter @PeterItebimien]

@BrownJHM @Radiopaedia Psittacosis, also known as ornithosis, refers to a disease caused by the organism Chlamydia psittaci, which is transmitted to humans predominantly from birds.
Radiograph showing diffuse calcific pulmonary infiltrate (ground glass opacity)
Rx antibiotics (doxycycline)

[TA✨ @DrPharmDMDTh]

Bacteria and Antibiotics Coverage Table @ManualOMedicine

[Ryan @Ue_98]

@BrownJHM @Radiopaedia likely diagnosis is Paragonimiasis, a parasitic lung infection caused by eating undercooked freshwater crabs Eosinophilia is common