Incredible job by our talented residents highlighting Penn Anesthesia residency! Looking forward to the full video! Mark Neuman Veena Graff MD Stephanie Huang Huafeng Wei Jennifer Lynch, MD, PhD Lyndsay M. Hoy, MD @LeeAFleisher James K. Kim Andrew Kofke Mitchell Weinstein D. Agyekum MD, PhD Jason Cohen

If your teenager was addicted to #opioids, would you know? It’s harder than you think: I lost both my sons to opioid overdoses. Looking back, every red flag is screaming at me. But I didn't recognize them then. Bonnie Milas MD Penn Medicine Penn Anesthesia usatoday.com/story/opinion/…

"Heart-Lung" machine in German operating room 1964 vs ECMO ( = Heart-Lung) in the back of an EC 145 helicopter... 57 years later

Systematic review/meta-analysis of clinical effectiveness of viscoelastic, anti-factor Xa assay & PLT function POC testing algorithm to manage anticoagulation in pts on #ECMO: improved detection of surgical bleedings but no improved main clinical outcomes. bit.ly/3w4zbOt

This is what happens when hospitals are run by MBAs instead of MDs. newyorker.com/magazine/2021/…

Have you ever feel like that 😅?

Attending: When a patient has a bad thyroid storm we usually just call it a bad thyroid storm in the note. Me: Ok. Attending: So we usually don’t call it a thyroid sharknado. Me: Oh ok yeah I see what I did wrong.

2.2 Liters

Ardem Patapoutian NIH NIH study sections truly are the great equalizer!

Saw this circulated by an anaesthetist. Equally applies to this side of the pond.

4️⃣External Cardiac Pacers - how do they work? what are the modes & settings? and how should you adjust them?

“Get vaccinated, get booster shots and prepare for a bumpy January” nytimes.com/2022/01/06/opi…

Thank you for this interesting consult. No, really!

⁦Penn Anesthesia ⁦Audrey Spelde, MD⁩ PennLungRescue How do we cannulate for RVAD MCS in acute right heart failure - The Evolution and Development of a Perc RV MCS program by CV Anesthesiologists - #rvfailure #rvad #cannulation #ecmo Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia jcvaonline.com/article/S1053-…

It’s #July1 !! Welcome aboard new fellows! Over the next few days I’ll post videos that will hopefully be helpful as you start your training! To start- a tutorial on CATH LAB VIEWS! 🔑 LAO- left/right 🔑 RAO- ant/post 🔑 Cranial- distal 🔑 Caudal- proximal #Cardiotwitter

Does microcirculatory dysfunction impact clinical outcomes after cardiac surgery? Is shock after cardiovascular surgery an O2 delivery or utilization problem? A few questions we are excited to tackle in the NCATS supported MicroRESUS Study! journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

In a recent ⁦EACTS⁩ publication, ⁦Michael Ibrahim MD PhD⁩ and colleagues studied Penn’s experience with implementation of a cardiac surgery high risk case review committee. academic.oup.com/icvts/article/…

It is rare that anesthesiologists admits their mistakes. In this memo from 1955, Harold Griffith (of curare fame) listed the many mistakes he made during his career that lasted for 35 years. He was considered to be an excellent clinician.

Day 2- Leggo! Penn ECMO Symposium 2023! Penn Medicine PennLungRescue Penn Anesthesia Penn Cardiology PennSurgery Asad Usman

Sure, they can assemble a lifesaving vaccine in response to a global pandemic, but can #mRNA pioneers The Drew Weissman Lab and Katalin Kariko build an IKEA table? James Corden put them to the test at this year's Breakthrough Ceremony.