So glad to have been able to support this important work to understand vaping-associated lung injury in a collaboration within our Intermountain:UofU critical care community. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38530102/ PS, don't vape!

Interesting back and forth on e-cigs in the most recent journal of ARJCCM.
This seems like a really naive take.
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Does anyone have a good patient-tailored resource that explains why dyspnea doesn't = hypoxemia? I'd like to include in after visit summaries, MyChart messages, etc.

If one doesn't exist I may make one.

Is there literature investigating the length of rounds and ICU outcomes? Asking for a friend (AKA myself)

Clinic patient: 'My PCP told me to see you again because he said pulmonologists are nerds and they figure stuff out.'

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Me: 'It tracks.'

I mean...if it's used in Chest Physician I can write in notes, yeah?

SO TRUE

in the last three days i submitted two papers and spatchcocked the thanksgiving turkey. those papers are good, but i'm way prouder of the turkey y'all.

PFF Summit 2023! Pretty sure I'm the only presenter to point out historic figures' fabulous mutton chops.

You are seeing your ILD pulmonologist virtually (because his kids keep bringing home COVID from pre-school).

Which is activity is more taboo to do on camera during the visit?

awful day to learn pseudophedrine doesn't work.

i get the sense the rituximab + nintedanib cocktail for ILD is becoming what vanc + pip/tazo has been for septic shock.

a million times this

So far I've found the most egregious Starfield error to be the presumption every character is ventilatory-limited. Absurd. Bethesda Game Studios I'm a practicing pulmonologist. You can call me anytime for consultation.

(Starfield is awesome.)