A critical care bounce back case with Mike Weinstock
Pulmcrit wee: The cutoff razor
A razor is a rule of thumb that is helpful, although it isn’t always correct. In medicine we’re familiar with Occam’s razor (the rule of parsimony). The cutoff razor states: if a continuous variable is dichotomized using a cutoff, then values near the cutoff provide little information. A simple illustration of the cutoff razor is […]
EMCrit Wee – Ross Prager on 10 Heuristics for the New ICU Attending
10 heuristics for the new Crit Care doc from Ross Prager
EMCrit 372 – FoundStab Intubation SOP
The 2nd FoundStab SOP is on standard intubation…
EMCrit RACC-Lit Review – March 2024
All the literature goodness for March 2024
EMCrit 371 – Iodinated Contrast Issues: Part 2 – Contrast Reactions
Continuing on our contrast issues theme…
PulmCrit Blogitorial – Use of ECGs for management of (sub)massive PE
(A blogitorial is like a tweetorial in blog form, so folks on different platforms can see it). Our approach to risk stratification and management of (sub)massive PE tends to be dominated by CT scan and echocardiography (eye-candy modalities). And these are great. But I think there are situations where ECG can be really helpful – […]
PulmCrit Wee: Propofol induced eyelid opening apraxia – the struggle is real
Eyelid opening apraxia refers to a specific inability to open the eyelids. This may result from non-dominant hemispheric strokes. On superficial examination it will mimic unconsciousness, but upon further examination the patient is awake and able to respond to stimuli with their extremities. I’ve seen a similar phenomenon of eyelid opening apraxia a few times […]
EMCrit Wee – Zentensivism with Matt Siuba
Zentensivism…
PulmCrit wee: Why I like central lines for GI bleed resuscitation
People on twitter absolutely hate the concept of using a central line to resuscitate a GI bleeder. This comes up a couple times per year. I think the source of this hatred is largely three-fold: A central line alone is garbage (without a Level-1 or Belmont infuser). I’ll admit that. So if you’re working in […]
EMCrit 370 – Extracorporeal Therapies for Toxicology & Poisoning #ExTRIP #NephMadness
NephMadness hits EMCrit with RRT for the Poisoned Patient
RACC Lit Review – Feb 2024
RACC Lit Review for Feb 2024
EMCrit 369 – Iodinated Contrast Issues: Part 1 – Is Contrast-Induced Nephropathy (CIN) a Thing in Patients with Tenuous Renal Function
Do you still need to worry about contrast in patients with tenuous renal function?
EMCrit 368 – The Acute Critical Care Medication Reconciliation with Josh Farkas
The acute crit care med rec
CV-EMCrit Wee – MCS Minute: ECMO and the DO2/VO2 ratio with Trina Augustin
The first MCS Minute
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