Life, death and the ICU
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A new sepsis alert says it’s better than the rest. Could this be “the one”? pulmccm.org/p/fda-clears-a-s…
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A new sepsis alert says it’s better than the others. Could this be “the one”? pulmccm.org/p/fda-clears-a-s…
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open.substack.com/pub/pulmcc… New Guideline on care for older adults in the ICU. Isn't that just "care in the ICU"?
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New Guideline for End-of-Life Care in the ICU : hospitals need to do more. Will they?
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Here’s a breakdown of the 2025 post cardiac arrest guideline updates by AHA and ESICM. pulmccm.org/p/post-cardiac-a…
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FDA approves a high-risk device with a <10% chance of success, and CMS agrees Medicare will pay $23,650 per patient for the device, all without requiring the marketer to show it’s superior to a plausible risk-free competitor that costs $75.
Can Lungpacer® wean your patient off the vent? pulmccm.org/p/can-lungpacer-…
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Please answer this “boards” question on VF: what would you do? pulmccm.org/p/the-real-world…
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Do you know the gross story of how “sepsis bundles” came to be the law of the land, even though they don’t help? pulmccm.org/p/sepsis-bundles…
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New society guideline says physicians are responsible for providing “family centered care” pulmccm.org/p/are-you-treati…
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Melatonin for sleep and delirium prevention in the ICU : does it actually help? pulmccm.org/p/sedation-analg…
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The weekend effect is real pulmccm.org/p/maybe-reschedu…
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BOLO: CDC receiving multiple reports of serious adverse events with injectable ceftriaxone, state health authorities say
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PulmCCM retweeted
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Here's today's jeremiad/screed/philippic inspired by @PulmCCM piece on sepsis tests today:
Ignore Any Report of a Diagnostic Test that Highlights /- Predictive Value rather than Sensitivity & Specificity
medicalevidenceblog.com/2025…
#intellisep #septicyte #septicyterapid
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PulmCCM retweeted
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Do you think triage tools like ARDS and sepsis criteria (add delirium) will ever unveil a mechanistic approach to treatment?
(Please share I don't have many followers)
@PatientStormDoc @PulmCCM @PulmCrit @TheSGEM @emcrit @IM_Crit_
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89 votes • Final results
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Neurologists’ jobs just got harder. pulmccm.org/p/should-thrombo…
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