
Tim Karachi
@tkarachi_md
Critical care physician, interest in medical education, sports fan, but most of all a proud Dad!
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08-09-2013 16:00:16
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Another practice-changing study from Drs Clive Kearon, Kerstin de Wit Sameer Parpia et al. demonstrates that we can safely rule out PE without chest imaging with higher D-Dimer cutoff (1,000) for low pre-test probability by three tier Wells Score nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…


Corticosteroids may reduce mortality with higher certainty evidence suggesting reductions in hospital and ICU length of stay when used in patients with sepsis. Updated Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis. cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.10… The Cochrane Library Cochrane Canada





Thank you VTech for supporting our hospitals and healthcare providers! Hamilton Health Sciences Hamilton Health Sciences Staff

Drs Guyatt G, Loeb M, Bram Rochwerg et al. addressed 3 categories of interventions: #corticosteroids, convalescent plasma therapy and antiviral drugs for #COVIDー19 in an evidence-based guideline. cmaj.ca/content/192/20… app.magicapp.org/#/guideline/EK… HEI McMaster Critical Care

How Medical Education Programs Can Adapt Extraclinical Teaching to Maintain Social Distancing ATS Scholar Sameer Sharif John Centofanti Jonathan Sherbino Tim Karachi doi.org/10.34197/ats-s…


🔔New American Thoracic Society (ATS) #WEAR blog out today! @jwtalan interviews Sameer Sharif on his article re: #COVID19 pandemic and #meded - check it out at the link (bit.ly/317EzDC) and more info in graphic below!


Thanks Bram Rochwerg et al.

32nd Annual McMaster University Department of Medicine Research Excellence and Discovery Day #MacIMRRD healthsci.mcmaster.ca/discovery-day Tue, May 25 – 1:00 Virtual Poster Competition Wed, May 26 – 12:30 Chair’s Welcome: Dr. Mark Crowther Keynote Address: Dr. Emilie Belley-Côté, MD, PhD Research oral competition Awards ceremony


On use of high flow nasal oxygen in respiratory failure, consider reading: 📰Jean-Damien Ricard et al rdcu.be/ck651 📰Bram Rochwerg et al rdcu.be/ck65S Free read #FOAMcc on Intensive Care Medicine ESICM #LIVESC19


Congrats Suzanne! Queen’s CCM Program is in great hands!!


Dr. Bram Rochwerg is working towards improving care for critically ill patients with respiratory failure. His #ClinicalTrial will test the efficacy and safety of corticosteroid treatment to improve patient outcomes. cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/53357.html?f… McMaster University Hamilton Health Sciences



Congratulations, friend. Super excited that Toronto Metropolitan University made such an amazing choice for their founding Dean! Can't wait to see how you'll shake things up. torontomu.ca/news-events/ne…

