Analogy: If a hemophiliac is stabbed, the cause of death is acute blood loss, but hemophilia is an underlying condition contributing to the death. With COVID, conditions like diabetes or obesity heighten the risk, but COVID is still the primary cause. Kelly Cawcutt MD MS explains:

Between midodrine and placebo: * No diff in time to stopping pressors * Bradycardia more often w/ midodrine Read the #MIDAS trial in Intensive Care Medicine

September's pharmacy journal club is next Friday! Presenters will review articles on the ACTS, ACETatE, and SPICE III trials. Sign up now: bit.ly/2sh0pGA #PharmICU #SCCMSoMe #SCCMJC

Mayo Clinic will light the Plummer Building in Rochester, Mayo Clinic Hospital in Arizona, and the fountains at Mayo Clinic in Florida in red, white and blue on Friday, Sept. 11. The display is in remembrance of those who perished on Sept. 11, 2001. We will never forget!

From one of my best friends whom I admire so much. Get outside, work together.

Good idea. This is also why the curtains should be open during day.

TEG/ROTEM now recommended for mgmt of bleeding trauma, emerg surg & crit ill - Guideline from ⁦EAST⁩. ⁦AAST⁩ ⁦SCCM⁩ Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery⁩ ⁦@BugaevNikolay⁩ ⁦CVCSCCM⁩ ⁦John J. Como⁩ ⁦Elliott R Haut, MD, PhD, MAMSE⁩ read.qxmd.com/read/32941349/…

In this house, the kid became a legend.

Everyone's jersey will have the Gordo signature tonight. #4EverRoyal

Happy National Penicillin Allergy Day! 🧫🦠💊 On this day in 1928, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. Today 1 in 10 pts report a PCN allergy & out of those pts 90% do NOT have a true allergy. So go educate & de-label a PCN allergy today! 🥳

Next CHEST journal is happening this Thursday, at 3 PM CT. Register here hubs.ly/H0wVqvd0 to join moderators Viren Kaul, MD and Divya C. Patel and the paper authors Drs. Douglas and Hansell. #chestcritcare #PCCM

Invasive candidiasis: most common #ICU fungal infection ~40-55% mortality. Key challenges: ➡️ changing epidemiology/emergence of resistances ➡️ timely/appropriate therapy initiation/discontinuation ➡️ choosing/tailoring optimal antifungals #FOAMcc review rdcu.be/b7TFK

My hair pretty much looks like Steffi’s (pic on the right). 💁🏼‍♀️

Thank you to The Athletic MLB for unlocking this story.

They like to pretend they are puppies that need adopting ….they’ve named themselves Frankie and Fidler. Frankie Fidler

A couple 8u Tiger teams facing off indoors tonight. This is awesome!! Ultimate Baseball Academy Clutch Performance