📢 Join us today for the Research Subcommittee meeting at 5 PM EST. Link available on Anesthesiology Section SCCM Connect site. Audrey Spelde, MD Penn Medicine

A timely review of the potential risks vs benefits of volatile anesthetics as sedation in the ICU Anesthesiology Advantage: hypnosis, amnesia, and analgesia even at low doses, fast onset and offset, bronchodilation effect Link : tinyurl.com/ya38v7mb Society of Critical Care Anesthesiologists

Nice pro/con in CCM about whether cost should impact patient level decision making in the ICU.

SCCM promoted ICU Liberation bundle (A-F) showed one the following

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Our community faces more and more questions regarding the role of artificial intelligence in our practice. The SCCM webcast scheduled for tomorrow will answer some of our questions. store.sccm.org/events/registr… Madiha Syed Shaun Thompson 🇺🇸😷 Ashish K. Khanna, MD,MS,FCCP,FCCM,FASA Tamas Szakmany MBE

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Thanks to superstar Dr. Austin Smith for teaching our son to intubate UVA Anesthesiology bring your family to work day! He still needs to practice for the difficult airway, but he has a few years left. Nabil Elkassabany MD MBA MSCE Lynn Kohan ASA®

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Happy September!! Ultrasound case for today. Called to code blue, ETT placed with DL, difficult view. No ETCO2 after placement but CPR in progress. Auscultation difficult with compressions resumed immediately after ETT placed. US used to assess tube position.

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This is the “double barrell” sign with air noted in the trachea in the left and an ETT noted in the esophagus on the right. US can be useful in these situations but lack of ETCO2, no lung sounds, and likely air rush heard when listening to gastric area should lead to diagnosis