Nick Mark MD
Intensivist, pulmonologist | Husband, Dad² | made @OnePagerICU @CritCareTime | passionate about MedEd & MedTech innovation | https://t.co/XoJT2T5cFV
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Here’s another pulmonary physiology question that *everyone* who gives O2 to patients ought to know: What is the primary mechanism by which supplemental oxygen can increase PaCO2...
What is #MedMastodon & why might we need it? A short thread explaining what it is & why I think it’s time to consider moving to a free, self-moderated medical community as a #MedT...
Hi #MedTwitter friends - Hoped it wouldn’t come to this but I just setup https://t.co/YcRmLBvcE7 as a #MedTwitter alternative. Trying to create a free, open community for sharing...
A case everyone needs to know: A man admitted for CHF exacerbation is normoxic on ambient air. POCUS shows bilateral pleural effusions. He develops Afib w/ RVR (HR 150s). A med...
Another pulmonary teaching case from yesteryear: A middle aged woman comes to clinic with many months of pleuritic chest pain and dyspnea. Her current & prior CXR are shown Prio...
Want to see how PEEP recruits atelectatic lung? Here’s a video I shot of pig lungs 🫁 connected to a ventilator. Watch as we increase the PEEP from 0 to 5 to 10 cmH2O.👇 https://t....
In his latest effort to win the Dunning-Kruger award, VP is now opposed to lung cancer screening. In order for VP to consider cancer screening “worthwhile” its not enough to preve...
Lots of misunderstanding about what constitutes harmful misinformation. We’re not talking about evolving evidence (eg. Vaccine efficacy was 89% vs Delta infection but only 65% vs...
Disappointing results from the HELMET-COVID trial of helmet interface NIPPV vs conventional O2 support in hospitalized people with hypoxemia due to COVID. No difference in 28-day...
What does the MOST POISONOUS TREE in the WORLD have to do with immunology? It turns out that PHORBOL - the same compound that makes the Manchineel tree so poisonous - also enables...
“Did you know that the NIH COVID treatment guidelines now list ivermectin?!? Omg it must work right?” Umm Nope. If you actually click on the link it says the NIH “recommends again...
Dr Flavio Cadegiani, the fringe endocrinologist who touted ivermectin & proxalutamide as COVID cures, had his home searched by Federal Agents in Brazil. He is under investigation...