If you've ever been mystified while sending one of those send-out antibody panels for autoimmune encephalitis, Tammy Smith is here to shed a little light from ARUP
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We explore the latest Surviving Sepsis guidelines with lead author Hallie Prescott, including the controversies pertinent to US-based practice
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One of the most important questions of our time... how should we learn medicine in 2026? Does anyone still read papers? When everybody sounds convincing, how do we decide which experts are right? What do we do with AI? Scott Weingart weighs in
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I'll be teaching with CHEST at a cool new procedural course Chicago in April. If you want to master central lines, art lines, chest tubes, paracentesis, thoracentesis, LPs, IOs, and more, check it out! High instructor ratios and it should be awesome. www.chestnet.org/store/produc...
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The basics of liver, kidney, and pancreas transplants and their post-ICU care. Now at icu101.com.
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Do you attend rapid responses? Aka the most chaotic place you're likely to experience outside of a natural disaster? We share some tips for organizing the scene, the case, and the team.
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I’ll be speaking about the history of the HEARTSafe Communities program in the US and potential international applications in Dubai next week. See you all there!
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We chat with Keith Lamb about the nuances of nebulizer therapies.
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Gastric bypass can cause steatosis and severe hyperammonemia. So can rituximab. Your joint effusion patient may have ureaplasma. Did you know all this? Prem teaches us all in the latest episode icuscenarios.com/episode-96-u...
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probably to detect hypercarbic encephalopathy
So I'm looking for a better affirmation. How do I acknowledge without elevating myself above them?
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After a difficult shift or resus I will often thank a nurse for their help, or tell them they did well. But I now realize this creates a power dynamic of sorts; who am I to judge their work, and who says they were trying to help me?
Instead, point out what they actually did (especially if it involved hard work). This highlights their efforts, and requires no judgment, only noticing, which everyone appreciates.
I now realize this should probably apply at work.
One interesting lesson I learned as a parent: don't constantly praise your kid. It not only cheapens the words, it conveys a message of judgment and emphasis on success—I am the arbiter of worth and I deem your efforts worthy.
Clint Leonard gives us the scoop on the odd, sweaty place that is the burn ICU. icuscenarios.com/lightning-ro... #medsky #emimcc
After some hemming and hawing on this, I think I agree. VL with Mac is a more versatile skill and helps teach DL. But if you want a single skill for someone who will probably never move beyond a basic skillset, and who can trust always having VL available, hyperangulated is probably easier.
We dive into the subtle art of placing, understanding, and interpreting the PA (Swan Ganz) catheter, on a new lesson at icu101.com.
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either result would seem hard to rationally apply, from a Bayesian perspective
Agreed… this is some skinny love
Bad reason to place: patient is in shock
Good reason to place: shock is labile
No more PSV trials! RSBI is not a weaning parameter! Respiratory muscle fatigue is a myth! And more hot takes from the great Martin Tobin, this week on the show.
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Connecticut humans (also a remote option): I will be speaking at the Bridgeport Hospital CME conference on November 8 with a deep dive into shock. Check it out if interested!
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The great Tom Bleck shares his insights on treating seizures. Which benzo? When do you load an ASM, and which one? What drug to intubate, which drip? What's the ketamine deal? And more.
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New lesson on Pacemakers at the Intensive Care Academy - TCP, TVP, epicardial, PPMs, and more, including management in critical illness, the problem of false capture, and more.
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I had two minds to write a letter to the editor on the obvious physiologic error, but ran out of motivation
This week on the podcast, Jon-Emile Kenny on fluid resuscitation and his wireless doppler device for predicting responsiveness
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Prophylaxis is growing on me. Nothing worse than withdrawal developing in someone admitted to the ICU for another reason
