Honored to have John Kellum give #perioperative research seminar and combined #AnesGR and #CritCareGR for Duke Anesthesiology. Excited to hear about new approaches to treat #AKI and #sepsis

Frederick Banting was awarded the US patent for insulin in 1923 & sold it for $1, saying: “Insulin does not belong to me, it belongs to the world” But by 2019, 1 out of every 4 patients who needed it was unable to afford insulin! Shameful! CVS Health Express Scripts by Evernorth OptumRx

Congratulations to Kwangsik T. Nho Shannon Risacher Andrew Saykin and the team! Feel lucky to be involved and contribute to the study! Yeah~ CYP1B1-RMDN2 Alzheimer’s disease endophenotype locus identified for cerebral tau PET. nature.com/articles/s4146…

For surgical history nerds: Here is the main figure from Seldinger's 1953 paper showing what later became known as the Seldinger technique. There seem to be 2 extra things that Seldinger did that most people probably don't do these days, as we'll see next: (1/ )

Great talk! And John Kellum ‘s point about how sepsis represents multiple syndromes w/ different underlying biological mechanisms likely applies to delirium as well:

Enjoyed this excellent new opinion article from Nagela Zanluqui Nagela Ghabdan Zanluqui & Dorian McGavern in Trends in Immunology - "Why do central nervous barriers host a diverse immune landscape?" Good points raised that I think the meningeal biology & neuroimmune fields should be discussing 🤝

How many hours of free work do doctors dedicate annually to peer reviewing journal articles helping Elsevier make $2.4 billion in net profit for 2023?

Alpha and Alzheimer’s disease: Has Berger’s dream come true on World Alzheimer's Day 2024? Watch my talk for Sapienza Neuroscience Series 2024 to discover it (Sept. 21, 2024). youtu.be/JwqIpV3fnAM?si… via YouTube.

4. Liver transplant, plus standard-of-care chemotherapy, prolonged survival in patients with colorectal cancer and unresectable liver mets (vs. chemotherapy alone) In the per protocol group (comparing only the patients who received the assigned treatments), 5 year survival was

Grant tip for early career scientists planning a career development award (K08,K23,etc). A CDA funds the scientist and not just the science. A strong career development plan is essential! 👇👇Here are some tips for writing a great one👇👇

Before twitch, TOF, post tetanic count, sustained tetanus -- there was the head lift. If the patient could raise their head off the table for 5 seconds, they were ready to extubate. The idea originated from the "rabbit head lift" assay for curare (video from Squibb - 1947).

impossible to compare different types of snakes to each other since they use different scales

Take-home message: Use POCUS. You never know what surprise is looming around the corner... Refs: doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.3… doi.org/10.12788/jhm.2…

Interesting concept! #POCUS #FOAMed #FOAMcc 🔗ccforum.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

When does a joke become a dad joke? When it becomes apparent.

Hope to meet a lot of aspiring #anesthesiology #research residents ! Miles Berger Leah Acker Duke Anesthesiology Duke Anesthesiology Residency Michael Devinney

Excited to meet new Duke ACES applicants!

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