Latest post on NephroPOCUS.com - “Hepatic Vein Doppler and EKG: Are There Any Workarounds?” #POCUS #VExUS #FOAMed #Nephpearls 🔗 nephropocus.com/2025/03/27/hep…

New in CHEST: Kenny et al. validate FloPatch-measured carotid corrected flow time (ccFT) against TEE in post-CABG patients — supporting the use of ccFT to guide fluid therapy in post-operative and intensive care settings. Article: Carotid Artery Corrected Flow Time Measured

Infographic in #Anesthesiology - The Patient Blood Management Journey: A Coordinated, Patient-centered Approach to Safer Surgery and Better Outcomes 🎨 ow.ly/2nnE50W7gOq

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40522481/ Traumatic brain injury!

Decoding #VExUS: a practical guide for excelling in #POCUS assessment of venous congestion. - Taweevat “Games” Assavapokee & team #FOAMed #Nephpearls 🔗 theultrasoundjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.11…

The most precise description of METHYLENE BLUE for septic shock I’ve ever seen!! Eduardo Kattan ANDROMEDA-SHOCK Doc Musician Nunca dejar que otros paguen por tus errores IMCrit

❓Do your ECMO patients ride bikes? ❓What amazing things do your patients do on ECMO or on ventilator? This should be standard of care at all hospitals 🏥! This is amazing Marco a 9 y.o. cancer🎗️survivor waiting for lung top! See his amazing mom & page! @graziellahannan

👩‍⚕️🔍 Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is evolving. While traditionally used to rule in or out specific diagnoses with yes-or-no answers, POCUS now enables complex, multi-organ assessments—integrating advanced scans and clinical data to guide nuanced decision-making. This

🩸Lactic acid is a powerful prognostic marker in normotensive 📈Lactate ≥2 = • Occult shock • ↑ 30-day mortality • Higher decomp risk 🔬Vanni et al. (Chest 2013): Elevated lactate helps ID intermediate-high risk PE needing ICU or PERT. 💡Normal BP ≠ stable perfusion

València, quina meravella! Un congrés SEMICYUC extraordinari. I al Queda’t amb mi d’ À Punt encara millor: vam parlar de #UCI, #ECMO i del meu llibre #ReanimacionExtracorporea... la vida dins i fora de la màquina.

Monitoring Hypervolemia and Guiding Deresuscitation 🔹 Clinical Indicators • Elevated mean, systolic, diastolic, or pulse pressures • Reduced heart rate, raised jugular venous pressure • Peripheral edema, anasarca, altered mental state • Positive cumulative fluid balance,

“Not flat, we checked” Do it like Curiosity. Patient should not be positioned flat for tracheal intubation. Head up 30 degrees will help bag mask ventilation and first pass intubation success! James DuCanto, M.D. Dave Olvera Cliff Reid Dr. Brian Goldman Difficult Airway Society (DAS) Residents Dr. Naveen Eipe, MD

🧵 “ANA Positive ≠ Lupus: The Art of Interpreting Autoantibodies” ANA positivity is one of the most misunderstood findings in medicine. Here’s how to approach an ANA report systematically, clinically, and with confidence. 👇 #Rheumatology #ANA #Autoimmunity #MedEd Dr. Akhil 🇮🇳

#POCUS #Nephpearls Among patients admitted for acute HF, #VExUS grade 3 was associated with in-hospital mortality (odds ratio, 8.03). The addition of VExUS score on top of the Get with the Guidelines (GWTG-HF) score improved the predictability of the model for in-hospital

49 yo construction worker presents with worsening knee swelling & pain affecting his ability to do his job. Using the iQ3 MSK setting—diagnosis made! With needle guidance, the fluid is drained, steroid injected, symptomatic improvement and on the fast track to return to work!

🎥 #Throwback to the Intensive Spring Conference 2025 in Warsaw (May 29–31), where we caught up with Prof. Giacomo Bellani from Trento, Italy 🇮🇹. He shared his perspectives on invasive and non-invasive ventilation and its monitoring – a crucial topic in critical care.

When airway mannikins come to live… #airway

Optimal transfusion threshold for VA #ECMO?? 🔍OBLEX study data: 534 patients/12 centres in 🇦🇺🇪🇺🇺🇸, 2019-22 ⚖️ emulated target trial comparing liberal (transfusion initiated at Hb ≥ 9 g/dL) vs restrictive practice ( ≤ 7g/dL) 🪦46% in hospital mortality 🩸liberal transfusion

Common pitfalls in airway management 📌I can intubate all my patients with VL 📌I am experienced (but do you have expertise?) 📌Incomplete airway assessment (only looking at anatomical factors) 📌Incomplete airway strategy (no transition points defined) 📌Intubating without

Watch “Airway Timeout Checklist” on #Vimeo vimeo.com/1092124385?fe=… Airway Time Out Procedure with situational airway timers. #airwaytriage #situationalawareness #airway