Airway management - Update: What to do in order to rule out esophageal intubation:

Does the use of ultra-short-acting β-blockers (esmolol or landiolol) in patients with #sepsis with persistent tachycardia improve mortality? Read the full research in the January issue of the journal CHEST®: https://t.co/fj8jRe6SMG #MedEd #MedTwitter

#VEXUS cheat sheet by @Sonosite VEXUS is mainstream...

ICU Infections: Nice infographic summarizing the key steps in the management of necrotizing fasciitis:

Graphical summary of the three components used to describe the standard #echofirst views: (1) Sonographic window (2) cardiac imaging plane (3) the cardiac region or structure of interest. Courtesy: Thoracic Key/Dr. Bernard E. Bulwer #POCUS #MedEd #Nephpearls

#echofirst views used to perform comprehensive evaluation of the right heart. Each view is accompanied by uses, advantages, and limitations. Courtesy: …… https://t.co/Upt4hAPdrY…… #POCUS #FOAMed #Nephpearls

ICU (Central Venous/Arterial) Line Secrets - Part 1: An ICU where the patients have no central lines & are not connected to ventilators is not a real ICU. This may be a controversial statement but in my humble opinion not far from truth

🌟 ECG - Basics quick reference Created by @sargsyanz

Arterial flow chart for your body

ICU Snaphots: One of the common scenarios in the ICU: the patient with known systolic heart failure who is admitted to us either from the ED or from the ward because she is "diuretic-resistant". There are some nice algorithms to follow:

Cardiac #POCUS parameters in the assessment of pulmonary hypertension #FOAMed #Nephpearls Click 'ALT' for abbreviations Courtesy: 2022 ESC/ERS pulm HTN Guidelines

Approach to C.diff infection

Approach to elevated PT/PTT - start with bleeding/clotting hx - PT measures VII + final common pathway (FCM) - PTT measures: XII, XI, IX, VIII + FCM - TT sensitive to thrombin inhibitors, fibrinogen abnormalities, paraprotein, hypoalbuminemia (latter two 2/2 assay interference)

ICU Pharmacology Secrets: Diuretics are not inherently nephrotoxic (with some debatable exceptions: eg, mannitol). Diuretics can affect the kidney function only if they induce hypovolemia that leads to hypoperfusion #foamed #foamcc #meded #MedTwitter #medstudent

Great talk by @IP_DOC on the growing potential benefit of Robotic assisted crybiopsy for peripheral pulmonary lesions #AABIP2024 @AAB_IP

Super excited for another great learning and networking at #AABIP2024 @AAB_IP ! See y’all soon! 👍

Our manuscript describing the sub population of monocytes associated with increase mortality in IPF is finally out in a preprint https://t.co/nwPE9aIqrO

#POCUS diastolic function assessment Courtesy: https://t.co/eJmRQYG7hm #FOAMed #FOAMcc #MedEd

MICU day 20 of 28 Maybe controversial take: we need to do more surgical chest tubes again.