modern IV contrast dye for CT scans isn’t neprotoxic.
definitive imaging saves lives.
this is so simple but people & journals & textbooks keep on messing it up.
If you intubate you need to read the #PREOXI trial!
-n=1301 people requiring intubation in ED/ ICU were randomized to preoxygenation with oxygen mask vs non-invasive ventilation (NIV)
-NIV HALVED the risk of hypoxemia: 9 vs 18%
-NIV reduced mortality: 0.2% vs 1.1%
#CCR24
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Recommend using @VuMedi to new fellows. Even a 10 min lecture will answer your questions from a long clinical day or solidify what you learned.
https://t.co/6H3fogqcn5
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Have you ever wondered how it's possible to survive with 1 lung?
We have 2 of them - you'd think that we need both. But it turns out humans can function fairly well with only a single lung.
And there's evidence that lungs can actually REGENERATE...
#tweetorial
Terrific short piece by @rabob et al on the value of avoiding need-based language in the ICU around serious illness for those near the end of life
If you work in or near an ICU, you should read it
@IUPCCM@IUIntMed@IUMedPeds
https://t.co/77C5Vx96O2
Original #LungCancer research evaluates the improvement over the last decade of diagnostic yield of guided #bronchoscopic techniques for peripheral lung lesions. Read the full original research in the June @journal_CHEST issue: https://t.co/xQ5KiVKv68
#MedEd#MedTwitter
4 RCTs published in the last few hours you can’t miss if you work with critically ill patients:
#1 Fluids in septic shock
#2 Mobilisation and long-term cognitive impairment
#3 NIV for extubation of obese patients
#4 Nutrition before extubation
A thread 🧵👇
#FOAMcc#SCCM2023
@davidshoremd Though deciding on TPA is a challenge, I think about how tough it must be for neurologists who don’t necessarily have direct visualization of a clot to go ahead and administer it.
FDA gives emergency use authorization to Novavax's Covid-19 vaccine, which uses different technology than shots already available in US. https://t.co/v171vCiQdM
Our patient had an elevated VEGF-D level, a renal angiomyolipoma identified on CT abdomen and imaging with diffuse cystic lung disease confirming her diagnosis of LAM.
Make sure to check out the @OnePagerICU below on cystic lung disease as another great resource