Max Ralston

Long-suffering Partick Thistle fan. Critical care and general academic Twitter lurking

[FICMNews @FICMNews]

Today we have a #FOAMed Thursday #FICMLearning Blog written by Dr Sam Gaw on The Specialist Skills Year.

Click here to read Sam's blog: https://t.co/tDbhqaonTW

[RA-UK @RegionalAnaesUK]

Congratulations to RA-UK research lead @rjharrison79 on being awarded Honorary Professor @UofGlasgow @UofGMVLS 🎉

Very well deserved and just in time for #RAUK24 😉

Huge amount of work for @RegionalAnaesUK in last 3 years on top of her own obs research, PhD/MD/BSc supervision🙏🏼

[Anaesthesia Research @GJanaesresearch]

🚨We're hiring!! 🚨

Clinical Research Fellow in Anaesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Critical Care https://t.co/qS4c7KitdF

⚖️50/50 clinical / research
📜Work towards a higher degree (optional)
🌍Wide variety of (funded) projects
💰Salary equivalent to clinical posts

[Max Ralston @Max_Ralston]

@Jopo_dr Wasn’t very surprised to see leaving critically ill patients to get a urea >50 wasn’t great for outcomes in the primary paper. Definitely not surprised that it leads to more time spent comatose!

[𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 @Anaes_Journal]

🔓"...reliable prediction of time to asystole following WLST is an important area for clinical practice for DCD and vital for its expansion within and in addition to, existing programs."

@dalecgardiner @danjrharvey @laveenamunshi @ICULone @KPuxty

🔗https://t.co/0x2EcUUXxY

[Medical Research Council @The_MRC]

We're running a survey to gather insights on the challenges and barriers to progression in UK clinical academia.

If you're a medically qualified professional with experience in clinical academia, we'd like to hear from you.

Complete the survey➡️https://t.co/7VUvmAZS5p

[Charlotte Summers @charlot_summers]

In summary, if we REALLY want more research in the NHS, we need to stop making clinical academic careers near-impossible & start making them fun, accessible to all those with the talent/wish to follow that path, valued, supportive of the training needed. 9/9.

[𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 @Anaes_Journal]

🔓Socio-economic deprivation is associated with adverse maternal and childhood outcomes.

Epidural analgesia, the gold standard for labour analgesia, may improve maternal well-being.

This was a population-based study of NHS data for all women in labour in Scotland between 1 January 2007 and 23 October 2020, excluding elective caesarean sections.

Of 593,230 patients in labour, 131,521 (22.2%) received epidural analgesia.

Those from the most deprived areas were 16% less likely to receive epidural analgesia than the most affluent.

Among the 21,219 deliveries with a documented medical indication for epidural analgesia, the socio-economic gradient persisted.

Women in the most deprived areas with a medical indication for epidural analgesia were still less likely to receive epidural analgesia than women from the most advantaged decile without a medical indication.

Socio-economic deprivation is associated with lower utilisation of epidural analgesia, even when epidural analgesia is advisable for maternal safety.

Ensuring equitable access to an intervention that alleviates pain and potentially reduces adverse outcomes is crucial.

@LucyHalliday7 @profscottnelson @rjharrison79 @Telegraph @Assoc_Anaes

🔗https://t.co/jOWixOrJkD

[Kevin Garrity @Kevgarrity]

Great to see our protocol start to get out there for CONDUCT-ICU - examining long term cardiac function after ICU admission with sepsis! Lots of work to put this study together! Final print should be out soon!
https://t.co/Rwg6Ii7JA8

[Max Ralston @Max_Ralston]

Very grateful for the opportunity to write this Case of the Month for @FICMNews (thanks @CatFelderhof!). Hopefully it does some justice to the teaching and support I've had over 18 months working in ICU at the @COBISscot National Burns Centre @GRIICUResearch @GRIICUQI

[FICMNews @FICMNews]

This Burns Bundle - Fire Safety: Case of the Month is written by Dr Maximilian Ralston - on A Major Burn Injury.

Click here to read Dr Ralston's Case of the Month: https://t.co/5Hmo15YHjL

#FOAMed #FICMLearning

[NHS Research Scotland @NHSResearchScot]

📢 Registration now open! Our Anaesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Critical Care Specialty Group are hosting a free, in person trainee research event on Tuesday 26 March 2024 at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Further details to be announced.

Register 👉 https://t.co/KPsXWPetpX

[Charlotte Summers @charlot_summers]

🚨Calling all medically-qualified people with (current or former) experience of clinical academia. 🚨
@The_MRC are seeking to understand the decline in the UK clinical academic workforce & are seeking input. Please take the time to fill out their survey: https://t.co/cfuz0iaz06

[Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh @RCPEdin]

We would like to thank and congratulate Dr Fiona Chapman who delivered the 50th Sir John Halliday Croom Lecture at our Medical Trainee Conference in Newcastle today #rcpeTrainees24

[Hayley Gershengorn @HBGMD]

Curious about ♥️ function after sepsis?

…so are @Kevgarrity, @Jomcpeake22, & colleagues!

✔️out their protocol for CONDUCT-ICU just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare to see how they plan to study cardiac 🧪 & 🩻 (ok, MRIs) out to 6-10 wks post hospital dc.

https://t.co/0T22VyAglk

[NHS Research Scotland @NHSResearchScot]

📢 Registration now open! Our Anaesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Critical Care Specialty Group are hosting a free, in person trainee research event on Tuesday 26 March 2024 at Glasgow Royal Infirmary. Further details to be announced.

Register 👉 https://t.co/KPsXWPetpX

[Max Ralston @Max_Ralston]

@m_a_henderson @Samanth32170046 @_JPGSD_ @Melswayze @TheDrWalker @iaindrthomson @Tailoot1 @brightbublylisa @mrnovembers @theresa56391188 @dr_awilko @docn3lly @NHSGGC Fear not @m_a_henderson, I’ve got a very conveniently timed week of annual leave…

[Anaesthesia Research @GJanaesresearch]

Presenting yesterday @UKCCRGroup on Cardiac ICU ❤️🏥 research... Shout out to the excellent @NOTACS_Study and #GolDilOCS (@ICUDocAP) leading the way 💪but we could be doing more across ~30CICUs @NHSResearchScot @NIHRresearch!?
@ACTACCUK @EACTAIC @ICS_updates @ICNARC @sicsmembers

[𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘢 @Anaes_Journal]

🔐Days alive and at home: refining the definition.

"As we use DAH increasingly as a research community, the importance of the definition of ‘home’ however becomes increasingly apparent."

🔗https://t.co/XNEit6tk3K

[Anaesthesia Research @GJanaesresearch]

Been a busy day and realise the cat is already out… but delighted to report the big news that ⁦@GJanaesresearch⁩ ‘s Ben Shelley has just been appointed Honorary Professor ⁦@UofGlasgow⁩ ⁦@UofGMVLS⁩ ⁦@UofGMedicine⁩ ⁦@UofGAnaesCrit⁩!!

[Jon Bedford @JonBedford]

Patients who develop new-onset AF during an ICU admission have higher rates of subsequent hospitalisation with AF, stroke, and heart failure.
I think communication (with ward team and pt) of AF status / plan at ICU discharge, and follow-up, are important.
https://t.co/5qjs7S7UWN