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If - yesterday - you found interesting my recertification journey in Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), please help me read the modules and answer some additional questio...
It is again this time of the year when I have to obtain recertification in Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS). Will you help me read the modules and answer the questions...
ICU Stories (fresh out of oven): Young patient with hx of polysubstance abuse (including iv heroin) was admitted w septic shock / peritonitis @ underwent exp-laparotomy etc. Hospi...
ICU - Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) Secrets: Did you ever admit to the ICU a patient with COPD exacerbation who came from the ED on NIV? Or who went home on NIV? If you are a pul...
ICU Resuscitation Thoughts: Every 2 y this time of the year I have to provide my hospital-employer w proof of ACLS recertification. I usually take an on-line course which I finish...
This is the weekly refresher on basic hemodynamic monitoring: Hemodynamic variables determining perfusion pressure and oxygen delivery: https://t.co/R7YlxKTcKs
ICU Nephrology Secrets: 1. The definition of insanity* is to give bolus iv 40 mg of Lasix (furosemide) without seeing any effect and then starting Lasix drip at 10 mg/hr hoping fo...
ICU Stories: While walking around the ICU at the beginning of your night shift, you notice that the respiratory therapist increased the FiO2 from 90 to 100% in a mechanically vent...
ICU Hemodynamic Secrets: You have probably seen this excellent study by @siddharth_dugar @AbhiDuggalMD (retrospective cohort study comprising all 3,151 adult patients admitted to...
ICU Hemodynamics Secrets: Actually, these are not secrets at all; they reflect common, basic knowledge. But the word “secrets” is more clickbait-y! Here it begins: 1. You don’t...
Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) has been standard of care treatment for acute exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD) for > 30 years. In this article, the authors describe an evidence-based al...
ICU ID Secrets (following up on my post* from last week): Ten things to remember about methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) nasal swa...