The mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde underscore the desperate need for comprehensive gun control measures in the United States. As a medical society with thousands of critical care doctors, every day our members see the results of ineffectual, inconsistent gun control laws …

Myth-busting the nephrotoxicity of piperacillin-tazobactam plus vancomycin: 🪄Piptazo is a pseudo-nephrotoxin that increases Cr due to reduced secretion 🪄Piptazo doesn't ⬆️ hemodialysis or mortality 🪄New study: No effect on BUN or renal biomarker emcrit.org/pulmcrit/myth-…

Current and former UNC Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship fellows hunting down the free swag at #chest2022 Max Diddams @HeathPatelMD

Awesome pulmonary histopath presentation from Yasmeen M. Butt at #CHEST2022 the highest of yield, and great board prep!

“Don’t be afraid of some red ink” -WesElyMD speaking to my English major heart. An uplifting and enriching #CHEST2022 session on putting pen to paper

On behalf of American College of Radiology and the Lung-RADS Committee, we are pleased to release ACR Lung-RADS 2022! This important update coincides with National Lung Cancer Awareness month. Check it out! #lungrads #lcs #lungcancerscreening

New Cardiac Patient Safety ‼️ Antipsychotics (Haldol or Ziprasidone) did NOT increase QTc interval in our large Phase III MIND-USA trial: Most people are afraid to give these meds when a pts heart monitor or EKG has a QTc >450. 👇 FYI we have data up to QTc of 550 msec

Say it again for the people in the back

That’s half of my job every day - to convince people not to do unnecessary pleural procedures just to make the x rays look better

Great example of writing for the lay public that uses Jimmy Carter's choice of hospice as a springboard to talk about mortality, written by hospice doc Paul DeMarco. #hapc bradwarthen.com/2023/03/jimmy-… See our podcast on writing for lay public here: geripal.org/writing-for-th…

Someone sent me this thread, so I thought it might be fun to real-time go through and do some basic fact-checking to see how much of it is factually accurate Will my mind be blown?

Awesome connecting with friends and colleagues and learning at #aabip2023 AABIP

Team Northeast at Mission IP ready to rock #aabip2023 Hatoon Abbas

🚨📢 #LungCancerAwarenessMonth announcement: The American Lung Association has published a report on the state of #lungcancer in the U.S. in 2023. See how your state compares to others using this easy-to-use interactive tool 👇🏼👇🏼 lung.org/research/state…

No one better to teach #pleuroscopy than Najib M Rahman! Fortunate to have him here to teach us and the #IPfellows AABIP

IPOGers met in Baltimore today to study new bronchoscope, balloon, and AI-guided intubation technology. We look forward to continuing to evolve with the fast-pace of the technology.

An awesome course! #CHEST2024 #CHESTEdDevPG

There is an IV fluids shortage (0.9% MS & LR) due to hurricane Helene. Because of the shortage everyone should stop ordering routine maintenance fluids for the next 2-4 weeks. Because of good medical practice everyone should stop ordering routine maintenance fluids forever.

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, cancer survivors and providers came together to kick off the One Breath Bubble Challenge (onebreathbubblechallenge.org) Take the challenge blowing your own bubble and repost #onebreathbubblechallenge #Breathinforareason #Blowuptheconversation