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ICU Stories: Elderly male pt w multiple co-morbidities was intubated for respiratory failure (pneumonia). Hospital course was complicated by AKI w peak creatinine 6.4 mg/dl but renal function improved & urine output increased to >2 l/day. On ICU day 5, sedation was stopped and

75 year old/F, referred to me due to increasing crea trend. Presently being managed as pneumonia; sepsis-associated AKI by the attending MD. Official 2D - echo was not yet done because it's a weekend and there are no 2D echo tech available. However, POCUS findings showed: Lung

LVOT obstruction is NOT a rare cause of shock 🛑But it is deadly if you miss it ☠️ When should you suspect LVOTo? How do you diagnose LVOTo? Can we use basic #pocus to screen? When to reach for IV beta blockers? To answer these questions and more Katie Wiskar joined us for

📌Com­mon drug in­ter­ac­tions with Oral #Anticoagulants🩸 #OAC #ACOD #AFib #Pharmatips

Diastology with Cardiac MRI: A Practical Guide Nice animations pertinent to #POCUS #FOAMed #FOAMcc #CriticalCare 🔗pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37535462/

(1/x) Can you use BIPAP for patients with neuromuscular weakness (e.g. myasthenia) instead of intubating them?🧠🧠 Most textbook answers to when to intubate (20-30-40 rule etc.) are gross oversimplifications. In our ICU (with the help of our chronic vent team) we sometimes use

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Oren Friedman 1/BP is produced by a combo of flow (CO), afterload of the LV (let’s call it SVR to keep it simple—which it’s not), & CVP. The simplified & rearranged Pousielle-Hagan law says: MAP = (CO * SVR)/80 + CVP.

Summary of "The Role of Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Assess Fluid Responsiveness and Fluid Tolerance in the Intensive Care Unit" The review discusses the use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) as a non-invasive tool to assess fluid responsiveness and fluid tolerance in

Nepean advanced echo teaching Topic = RV assessment in the critically ill Presenter = A/Prof Sam Orde Link = youtu.be/eIGS07puMcY?si… #echofirst

Point of care ultrasound is the future of medicine💯 I created an educational channel based on cases, 260 #POCUS cases have been uploaded to the channel, I request you to share this post so that those who are interested in pocos can join it YouTube 🔗 youtube.com/@pocusdrbahmani

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rajathadri IMCrit 1/ An increase in systemic BP only happens if there is an increase in CO, systemic afterload, or CVP.

Totally psyched: Katie Wiskar and Gigi Liu are cooking up some great stuff the #HR25!!! Preliminary schedule updated on the blog, so make sure you follow and mark your calendar! thinkingcriticalcare.com/2024/06/05/hr2…

We are excited to share the videos from our recent PINC (POCUS in Nephro Critical Care) sessions! youtu.be/Onr6mBpWAkc

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