(1/7) We previously proposed a 4 quadrant approach to phenotyping shock based on stroke volume and markers of venous congestion. Check out our study of hypoperfused ED patients that helps support this paradigm. A 🧵
TLDR:❌Low preload does NOT mean fluid responsive!
https://t.co/IBP1LIvn8o
#medtwiter #meded #foamed #foamcc #pocus #echofirst #sepsis
Closing off an awesome N-ACES conference with these future intensivists and forever colleagues. What a crew of impressive & inspiring women. @CritCareSociety
July is a tough time for medical residents. They often find themselves in new hospitals, in new cities, often half way across the country from where they started their training. The upheaval can be disorienting for them, and is certainly rough on the dogs who love them.
Inflate a glove to teach the anatomy of how the parasternal long axis establishes the plane of the apical 4 chamber #cardiacpocus:
1) show the plane of the PLAX
My name is Nabeela Syed. I’m a 23-year old Muslim, Indian-American woman. We just flipped a Republican-held suburban district.
And in January, I’ll be the youngest member of the Illinois General Assembly.
Over the last couple of decades my colleagues and I have analysed HUNDREDS of resuscitation cases and here are the THREE things you need to master to save more lives
The involvement of endothelium, the lining of blood vessels, is an important underpinning of #LongCovid's pathophysiology. An impressive review paper @jclinicalinvest
https://t.co/TYLx2ZsZZF
Text exchange b/w me and my fellow a while back after a very challenging pheresis catheter placement in a patient w/ acute leukemia & WBC of 350K.
➡️ Where’s the tip?
➡️ Do you use the catheter?
Comment below - I’ll post the answer tomorrow! #MedEd#MedTwitter
Hot take on dual diuretic therapy for decongestion of heart failure (ADVOR trial)
🔥furosemide monotherapy is an amateurish strategy for decongestion (esp if this already failed as an outpatient)
🔥adding acetazolamide improves natriuresis & efficacy
https://t.co/ir1hCZWXwO
#ADVOR trial: acetazolamide added to intravenous loop diuretics decreases congestion within 3 days in patients with acute decompensated #heartfailure.
#ESCCongress
This blog is great, and I refer to the asynchrony section frequently - definitely worth a look pre-exam, its the best resource I've come across on the topic https://t.co/Qc5T1R4o6W
new shortages of IV lorazepam & diazepam 😬
if you’re not allready using phenobarbital for alcohol withdrawal, now is a good time to learn 🍺
conserve IV benzos for situations where they’re truly needed (eg status epilepticus) ⚡️
https://t.co/F7sBRfwteO