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Rizzo: Unchained
A2thaRizzo
Rationing runs deeper than ventilators & PPE. Some #COVID19 patients may receive extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), or cardiopulmonary life support, as an adjunct to ventilation & medical mgmt. ECMO therapy
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A.E. Turnbull, DVM, MPH, PhD
vitaincerta
There's a FANTASTIC ethnography of ECMO in press @AnnalsofSurgery with 380 hours of observations and 47 interviews with families and clinicians of 20 #ecmo patients. There are A LOT of
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Sayed Tabatabai, MD
TheRealDoctorT
The art of being alive is the art of balance.Often there is an illusion of rock solid stability to our lives, when the truth is the biochemical parameters for our
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B. D. Jay
BDJay73
I am an American living in Japan. Docs here have GREAT SUCCESS treating covd19 criticals with ECMO! Jap Docs have been screaming to the world about ECMO, VENTS. DON'T WORK
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Jenny Kitzinger
JennyKitzinger
At a Court of Protection hearing today, before Mr Justice Keehan, I listened to doctors report on how they’d given ‘futile’ & ‘’burdensome’ treatment to a dying man over many
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Guerin Green
GuerinGreen
1/N thread on Nat’l #COVID19 Clinical Rounds Apr 7 relevant images at END of thread 2/N Mark Cardi Emory U:Outcome vary on patient mix, location and resources 3/N Rapid moving,
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Sandra Newman
sannewman
OK this is a *very dark* thread in response to people saying it's time to reopen America, and they're not afraid, and you're more likely to be killed in a
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Niall Ferguson
nialldferguson
1/9- Just coming off a week on call in the MSICU at TGH with @ecgoligher. Started the week with 6 COVID+ patients and we transferred in 12 more, mostly for
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Chris Meadows
mrbrownsauce
To explain our rationale...COVID-19 seems to present as 2 phenotypes: initially high compliance with poor V/Q match and low recruitability, ‘dry’ lungs; versus subsequent low compliance, ‘wet’ lungs, potentially recruitable.
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Konstantin Krychtiuk
krychtiukmd
How to use inotropes and vasopressors in cardiogenic shock? @susannaprice gives a fantastic overview!Definition of cardiogenic shockLactate is important! #ESCCongress @drdargaray @rafavidalperez @ALEX_MISCHIE #ECMO #ECLS What do the guideli
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Ben Dean
bendean1979
The way CPR is treated differently to any other intervention is ludicrous and often harmful. CPR should be treated the same as other interventions, and it should not be offered
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Jonah Rubin, MD
JonahRubinMD
Can blood transfusions increase an O2 sat from 80 to 87%?YES! When the patient is on ECMO! (Or has a shunt…)Buckle up for a hopefully understandable deep dive into some
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Colleen Farrell, MD
colleenmfarrell
Could someone share a good practical resource for learning ecmo basics? YouTube videos + handout would be my ideal. Resident level key points please. My co-residents and I need to
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Aged Human
Laura__Fox
Boris's nurse Luis works with ECMO (Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation).How many people can the NHS treat with this level of
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is a Portuguese newspaper https://observador.p
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Ryan Grimes
ryanodinegrimes
Part 1: Could #ventilatorinducedlunginjury be worsening COVID19 patient health? Potential #COVID19 drugs include #IL6inhibitors #tocilizumab and #sarilumab — #biologics that may improve lung tissue damage caused by #cytokinerelease in patients
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Bruno Rodrigues
BrunoRodrigMD
As ERAS is finally opened, I want to share my experience @BCM_Lung (with some numbers by the end of my first year). #pccmfellowship here will give you the opportunity to
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