Great presentation from resident Jeremy Payne, MD - The Price is Right: An Assessment of Medication Cost Awareness Among Anesthesia Trainees and Providers - a study assessing anesthesia providers' knowledge of the costs of anesthetic medications. #ANES24 🔗https://t.co/qDONfGF2GY
We are excited to announce the First-in-Human Use of Investigational NRP-DCD Method Using Paragonix SherpaPak by @NebraskaMed.
Congratulations to the team on their first successful transplant using a Paragonix SherpaPak CTS.
To learn more about the case: https://t.co/Q9mRKcjvjs
Nebraska has more #COVID patients in the ICU than any time since the winter surge of 2020. Nearly all of these patients are unvaxxed. The #pandemic is not over.
#GetVaccinatedNow to avoid our COVID ICUs @NebraskaMed@unmc.
Medication errors are the most common error occurring during code blues and was associated with decreased survival. This highlights the importance of pharmacists as essential members of the cardiac arrest care team! #PharmICU#CCC50@SCCM
More than 40,000 Americans take their own life each year making suicide the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. Help is a phone call away.
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: https://t.co/qFMacn9M0i (8255)
Ne Med Behavioral Health Connection Line: 402.836.9292
A partnership announced yesterday between @unmc and COVAXX—a leader in antibody diagnostics and vaccine development—will provide a solution to process tens of thousands of COVID-19 antibody tests per day for organizations, beginning in the near future. https://t.co/ncv0MNbv4t
"This is actually the only treatment we know to date that can actually help patients with COVID-19." See why our Dr. Andre Kalil, who enrolled the first patient in the trial for remdesivir, is so encouraged: https://t.co/djtF2OuUnM @KETV@_AlexandraStone
Shout-out to @quintonbehlers for making the @emcrit fave 20 abstracts. Thanks for nailing this project and letting me be a part of it ☺️
PS. Quinton will be done with residency and ready for a job in 4 months. Hire him.
Dr. Andre Kalil, the doctor leading the first clinical trial of a drug to fight COVID-19, talks about how the trial works: https://t.co/p4CPQURjyV #coronavirus#COVID19
The CDC has verified the test results performed by the Nebraska Public Health lab. Eleven of the 13 people here for coronavirus monitoring have tested positive, while two are negative for the disease. Most are showing minor symptoms.
Pro/Con Debate: Use of Procalcitonin in the Critically Ill -> Data supports use to de-escalate antimicrobial therapy, but should we use in all patients? #CCC49#PharmICU@SSwansonPharmD