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ICU Stories (fresh out of oven): Young patient with hx of polysubstance abuse (including iv heroin) was admitted w septic shock / peritonitis @ underwent exp-laparotomy etc. Hospi...
1/ Time for another #POCUS pitfalls thread 🧵: the infamous IVC 🤩 I have MANY thoughts on the IVC 💭 When I first started teaching POCUS, I actually disliked the IVC because it was...
1/n From my opd archives: We don't get to see a lot of rheumatic carditis these days... So when we do, I sure get excited about the echo clips. Sharing those of a pre adolescent w...
(1/x) I use #POCUS almost every day in clinical practice after my #pocus fellowship. Here's my top tips for anyone learning or using #pocus 👇 (Including how I would learn #pocus...
(1/x) Intubating critically ill patients in the ICU has some important differences to the ED or OR. It also carries with it a 3% chance of cardiac arrest. Yes, THREE percent (PMID...
Cardiac tamponade is life threatening, but isn't as black and white as we might think. Here are my top considerations when diagnosing and managing cardiac tamponade 👇 A 🧵 #medtw...
Echocardiography of mechanical mitral valves - A Visual Summary #echofirst #cardiotwitter https://t.co/i2Jdru5DFm
Here is a comparison⚖️of Invasive vs. Non-Invasive hemodynamics using #CrititicalCareEcho #VEXUS #POCUS 62 M/HFrEF 20% in CCU for cardiogenic shock. On 4L NC. Also + for RSV infec...
ICU stories (a boring one...) This is a story that everybody working in an ICU will see several times/month. It's so common it deserves a separate textbook chapter. Its title: "Th...
🌕 Cardiac Myxomas 1/🧵 🔘The most prevalent cardiac tumors 🔘95% are sporadic and 5% are familial (Carney’s complex) 🔘3👩🏻 : 1 👨🏽 (non-familial) #echofirst 📝Reynen K. Cardiac myxomas....
The RVOT or PA Doppler has a lot of underutilized potential for hemodynamic monitoring of the RV #ThePeoplesVentricle 🧵On the physiology of the RVOT/PA Doppler. Simplified underst...
(1/8) With all this talk about #VEXUS these days, I often get asked, "why can't we just use central venous pressure, isn't it just telling us the same thing?" The short answer, no...