What do you mean you only gave 1 mg of lorazepam in someone in status???

Our new meta-analysis on induction with ketamine for intubation in critically ill patients 🔸The only comparator was etomidate 🔸Moderate probability that ketamine⬇️mortality 🔸A large RCT (N=2300) is ongoing 🔸Comparison with other agents is needed 🔓rdcu.be/dyWNi

hard cosign: if you’re treating ICP elevation with 3% saline: 🧂safe to bolus peripherally @ 999ml/hr 🧂give a real dose (usually 250 ml) the insanity I’ve seen surrounding 3% over the years is mind boggling (unnecessary central lines, infusions at homeopathic low rates, etc)

Register for the Spotlight on Pharmacy webcast! Topics: sublingual buprenorphine & pain control; ceftriaxone to prevent ventilator-assoc. pneumonia; STRESS-L randomized clinical trial: sccm.org/spotlightonpha… SCCM Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology Section Nandini Patel Andrea Lielkoks Kyle Humphreys, PharmD #pharmicu #SCCMSoMe

Poll time for this month's SCCM Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmacology Section Journal Club on March 15, 2024, 1-2 pm (Central)! #PharmICU Do you use selective oral decontamination (SOD i.e. chlorhexidine) or selective digestive tract decontamination (SDD) at your institution? #SCCMJC

Is your institution considering changing VAP prophylaxis to match the PROPHY-VAP protocol? #PharmICU #SCCMJC

Results of the PROPHY-VAP RCT in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine are here! Single dose ceftriaxone ⬇️ risk of early VAP in patients w/ acute brain injury. Check out this infographic from #SCCMJC to learn more! #PharmICU Andrea Lielkoks loom.ly/LZ4loCQ