"OnScene team deserve tremendous credit for advancing #ECPR through national prehospital network. Bringing expert teams to selected pts with refractory #OHCA may improve survival/neuro-recovery. Destination is timely reperfusion; route should follow the patient." @DYannopoulos
For all fellows/trainees coming to #ACC26, join us for the Care of the Athletic Heart Sports Cardiology Pre-Conference!
🔑 sessions:
-Athlete CPET/ECG interpretation
-Paths to #SportsCardio panel
Register here: https://t.co/sHGXRykHtw
“The wedge.”
The holy grail of RHC and hemodynamics
Hate it or love it, major decisions are made based on it
Whether you:
• Perform the procedure yourself
• Review someone else’s tracings
• Review someone else's report
Learn 7 tips to ensure “the wedge” accuracy
🧵regarding the introducer sheath commonly known as a 'Cordis' catheter.
We'll go over what it was originally designed for and why it ended up being adopted by other specialties for entirely different reasons.
Also we'll look at its accessories and see what's inside one.
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#POCUS exam of both the internal jugular vein (the POCUS JVP 🤩) and the IVC can be used to estimate central venous pressure ✅
⁉️ BUT - what happens when these two scans are discordant?? 🫢
A quick #tweetorial 🧵on interpreting contradictory IVC and JVP results
Hemodynamics and Right Heart Cath tweetorials collection.
All in one place!
Threads:
1. PA Catheter (PAC 101). The basics
2. Waveform recognition (PAC in ICU)
3. Quality control: 🔑troubleshooting before you use the data
4. Preventing the most dreadful PAC complication
RV failure thread 1/4
Post 1/5
@accpchest#CHEST2024 session:
“Mgmt of PAH in ICU: Keeping the RV 😄”
Pearls from @anjalivaidyaMD
Topic: “Mechanical Support in RV Failure”
Can’t miss. Bookmark thread👇🏻
Should I use an RVAD in PAH RV failure? Find out👇🏻
Check out my mentee’s podium at #ELSO2024
Pulm/Crit Care PGY-5 @ZachJarrett5 presents microbiome changes that preceded MDR bacteremia for a pt on VV ECMO
It is hard resuscitating patients on the ward 🏥
You don't have the same resources, personnel, or familiarity with the physical space. This can lead to slow and clunky resuscitations. 🦥
Here are 10 tips for smooth resuscitations on the ward that I learned as a paramedic (and now ICU doctor) 🚑
#medtwitter #foamed #foamcc
‼️ New ECMO infection manuscript today ‼️
Many studies over last 5 years describe ECMO infections.
However, variety of definitions used and inconsistent reporting of the following elements lead to substantial bias:
https://t.co/beHLbsKIOF
#ECMOID
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#PAC 101 (The Catheter)
A cath lab pt just arrived in your ICU with a pulmonary artery catheter (#PAC) in place.
Your bedside nurse (limited #PAC experience) asks you to walk her through the basic PAC lumens and ports 😱
Fortunately for you, you had bookmarked the 🧵 👇🏻
So proud and excited to share this Review with @IDdocAdi@DrGilesPeek @GraemeMacLaren on ECMO infections for Infectious Diseases Clinicians in @CIDJournal with focus on:
✅Epi
✅ Diagnostics
✅ Prevention
✅ Treatment
Many ?s yet to answer
https://t.co/3caHAj3PZM
Just published online first & presented #IDWeek2023
Cefepime vs Piperacillin-Tazobactam in Adults Hospitalized With Acute Infection: The ACORN Randomized Clinical Trial @EdQian@toddrice_ICU & colleagues
https://t.co/xA5SHNamml
introducing the IBPH (internet book of hospital pulm)
expansion to the IBCC section on pulm, with a goal of covering inpatient pulmonology more thoroughly🫁
please help support the project by sharing & peer-reviewing the new chapters (coming soon)🐦
https://t.co/QDSQCv63IB