Critical care , medical director medical intensive care unit advocate Christ medical center, chief medical officer advocate intensivist partners

Joined August 2019
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Norm MacDonald on battles with cancer: “I’m pretty sure, I’m not a doctor, but I’m pretty sure if you die, the cancer dies at the same time. That’s not a loss. That’s a draw.”
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An important study was recently published looking at face mask coverings and the spread of COVID-19. poverty-action.org/publicati…
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Recruit for #ICECAP at AAH sites begins this week. Interesting to see how the trial will compare to TTM2. Today’s presentation maybe practice changing for many. #TTM2trial
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Will await the final print but RECOVERY trial demonstrates improved outcomes in those receiving tocilizumab. This is consistent with prior trials as well as trials using both toci and dexamethasone. medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…

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David Barounis MD retweeted
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David Barounis MD retweeted
There is an enormous demonstration going on at @Stanford Hospital right now carried out by staff, who are protesting the decision by higher ups to give vaccines to some administrators and physicians who are at home and not in contact with patients INSTEAD of frontline workers.
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For posterity #IGotMine
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His work was mission critical, may his family and friends take some comfort in that.
RIP. This might be the first U.K. anaesthetist COVID death. @doctimcook @dannyjnwong
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David Barounis MD retweeted
Winter Panel Series opens this week with a discussion on EM Critical Care Wed @7pm featuring @DavidBarounis, ACMC grad and medical director of ICU @jstancc, ACMC grad and intensivist @ma5880 PGY3, Northwestern critical care fellowship bound RSVP to Angelica.Flores@aah.org
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Thank you to all the residents that helped out during the initial wave of patients in mid-March. Thank you to Dr. Mukai for giving this lecture at ICEP! @ACMCEM @ACMCIMRes @advocatehealth
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Thank you @ACMCEM for allowing me to tell the evolving story about our experience with #covid19 So many people have been involved in keeping our patients safe while supporting each other through difficult times @advocatehealth @DoddMD @RajuMehtaMD @ngoodmanson
insightful (and at times incredible) presentation today from @DavidBarounis reflecting on our first COVID surge at ACMC and lessons for the future (1/4) #COVID #COVID19 #EmergencyMedicine #MedEd #EMed #TheACMCDifference
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States w/ highest % positive COVID-19 tests (7-day avg) 1) Arizona: 25.7%. 2) Florida: 17.8%. 3) Nevada: 15.6%. 4) South Carolina: 15.1%. 5) Alabama: 14.5%. 6) Texas: 14.5%. 7) Mississippi: 13.7%. 8) Georgia: 13.4%.
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1/2 Part of our strategy from the beginning has been looking at the implementation of steroids in patients with #COVID19. We followed the DEXA-ARDS trial, and after intense internal debate, we adopted the approach based on crude inflammatory markers and
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2/2 development of hypoxemia. There is more to this story, but it is plausible this accounts for a portion of the results we have seen. Thank you to our AIP team! @advocatehealth @RajuMehtaMD @DoddMD @ngoodmanson @ECMOeydelman @AdvocateAurora
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Now let’s see the formal published results ASAP recoverytrial.net/files/reco…

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More data supporting that routine chemical prophylaxis in critically ill patients with covid19 may be inadequate. Also interesting that their icu mortality is precisely the same as ours. ⁦@DoddMD⁩ ⁦@RajuMehtaMD#covid19 #covid19foampdfs.journals.lww.com/ccmjou…

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Great webinar today thanks to all! Early Advocate Christ experience for patients on ECLS. -Average age was 49 -Only 12% had renal failure -Average P/F ratio 65 -Still 18 in the icu but EARLY survival has been 89% @ELSOOrg @DoddMD @DoddMD @PulmCrit @covid19foam @SCCM @SPauwaa
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