NeuroVoices: Daniel Harrison, MD, on Defining APP Competencies in Neurocritical Care Teams The neurointensivist and assistant professor of neurology at Boston Medical Center gave insight on a 2024 paper establishing entrustable professional activities for neurocritical care advanced practic...

Thanks, @neurologylive.bsky.social, for highlighting our work on defining EPAs for NCC APPs! url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/3XAeCADoAk... @caseyalbin.bsky.social @namorrismd.bsky.social @dcm7200.bsky.social @aartisarwal.bsky.social

Who’s using #POCUS to diagnose GCA??

Awesome @neurocritical.bsky.social podcast episode with @namorrismd.bsky.social hosting @dcm7200.bsky.social on POCUS and APP practice in NCC. Worth a listen! ow.ly/MguV50UE2bO

Liberal or Restrictive Transfusion Strategy in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage | NEJM The effect of a liberal red-cell transfusion strategy as compared with a restrictive strategy in patients during the critical care period after an aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage is unclear. We ...

SAHARA has arrived. Where does this and TRAIN leave you with your transfusion thresholds? NEJM www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

TRAIN compared Hgb <9 & <7 transfusion strategies in 850 patients w acute brain injuries (TBI, ICH, SAH). At 180 days liberal transfusion = better neuro outcomes (62.6% vs. 72.6% unfavorable) & fewer cerebral ischemic events (8.8% vs. 13.5%).

Taccone FS et al. JAMA.
doi:10.1001/jama.2024.20424.

There’s not enough public education about liver failure. It is a frightening and tragic disease. So sad that now most frequently may be avoidable too

Did you know turkey doesn’t contain more tryptophan than other meats like chicken or beef?? Thanksgiving myth busted!

Also our belief that certain meds don’t decrease mental status. Fentanyl gtts one of the biggest culprits due to context-sensitive half-time. When can we have remifentanil in the ICU??

Thank God I know @criticalcarenotes.bsky.social to keep me cool. Hello BlueSky 👋