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Erica McKenzie @ericadmckenzie

ICU fellow @UCalgaryMed 🇨🇦 | Neurologist via @DCNSNeuro, @Queensu MD | Neurocritical care, health justice, 🧠 research, cycling dogs

Joined October 2014
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alan drummond
@alandrummond2
23 Dec 2024
ERs used as warming centres by Ontario's homeless residents with nowhere else to go thespec.com/news/hamilton-re… via @thespec

ERs used as warming centres by Ontario’s homeless residents with nowhere else to go

Insufficient shelter space and warming centres put significant burden on already-overcrowded ERs, finds study by MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions.

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André Picard@picardonhealth
9 Dec 2024
Canadians with #cancer spend an average $33,000 out of pocket for medical care: @canadiancancer report. Despite Canada's universal health care, people with cancer bear a considerable financial cost. cbc.ca/news/health/cancer-co… via @cbcnews

'I have to pay to get better': Out-of-pocket costs of cancer for people in Canada tallied in new...

Over their lifetime, people with cancer and their caregivers face nearly $33,000 in costs like medications, transportation to hospital and accommodation as well as lost income, the Canadian Cancer...

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Bolu Ogunyemi MD
@BoluOgunyemi1
6 Dec 2024
I will be the first Black President of the 158 years of the Canadian Medical Association
Kobe Badn@kobesbaiden
6 Dec 2024
Replying to @BoluOgunyemi1 @CMA_Docs
Amazing!! Congratulations, are you the first black president of the CMA?
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The Difficult Airway Course is the best course/conference I've ever attended, and the best thing I did in preparation for ICU fellowship (as a neurologist!) Great learning, hands-on experience and opportunity to meet attendees from all career stages.
theairwaysite@TheAirwaySite
18 Nov 2024
🚨 🚨 The Difficult Airway Course 2025 is now open, and registrations are already pouring in! Sign Up today to reserve your space in Boston (May 2-4), Orlando (May 30-June 1), Denver (Sept 19-21) or San Diego (Nov 14-16)! #airwayeducation #airwayCME #2025herewecome
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Excited for the death of GOBSAT (good old boys sat around a table) methodology in clinical guidelines! The “Research Methods in ICU” session is surprisingly inspiring. @Bram_Rochwerg @CCCForum
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Taylor Swift, a Leafs game, and @CCCForum — downtown Toronto is a sea of sequins, jerseys and the occasional N95. Let’s gooo
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Jessica Sacher, PhD@JessicaSacher
2 Nov 2024
🧠 The system I WISH I'd had in year 1 for reading papers: A thread about what actually works 🧵
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Happiness interventions as part of personalized medicine in advanced PD and Parkinsonism. @DrVeroBruno and her work are groundbreaking — I look forward to this being the standard of care. @DCNSNeuro
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No one with advanced PD or Parkinsonism wants to die in hospital — but about half do. @DrVeroBruno and her ACT program are changing this (and maybe changing everything) neurology.org/doi/full/10.12…

Health Care Utilization in the Last Year of Life in Parkinson Disease and Other Neurodegenerative...

Background and ObjectivesNeurodegenerative movement disorders are rising in prevalence and are associated with high health care utilization. Generally, health care resources are disproportionately...

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Outstanding work and outstanding rounds @DCNSNeuro
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UCalgaryMedicine@UCalgaryMed
31 Oct 2024
👏🏼Big congrats to Canada’s Most Powerful Women Top 100 Awardees presented by @WXN! Celebrating the leadership and tremendous accomplishments of Dr. Hanan Bassyouni, Dr. Kirsten Fiest, Dr. Fareen Zaver, Dr. Dianne Mosher and Dr. Deborah Kurrasch! Read more: bit.ly/4f96aZc
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"Don't blame the system -- we ARE the system." This memo is posted in the @UCalgary stroke fellow office and I think about it often. We need to do better to get patients the care they need, FAST. ⏰🧠🏥🚑 @AlmekhlafiMa @bijoymenon @mihill68
Stroke AHA/ASA@StrokeAHA_ASA
24 Oct 2024
Treatment Delay by Interhospital Transfer for Endovascular Treatment of Large Vessel Occlusion Stroke In this #BloggingStroke post, @chris7ianb discusses #Stroke article by @ArKatsanos et al. #AHAJournals ahajournals.org/do/10.1161/b…
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Presented a tough case of high-grade SAH complicated by Takotsubo's dynamic LVOT obstruction @albertasono acute care #POCUS rounds! Thanks to @jesscwang for the POCUS skills mentorship, @Buchanan_MD @katiewiskar for their great talks! 🧠💔
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RT @yourICM: Fluid balance in patients with acute circulatory failure & severe AKI on #RRT: RCT ☔️ early/active fluid removal guided by dyn…
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Critical Care Reviews@CritCareReviews
15 Oct 2024
Risk Stratification and Management of Acute Respiratory Failure in Patients With Neuromuscular Disease CCR Journal Watch criticalcarereviews.com/late… Get the latest critical care literature every weekend via the CCR Newsletter - subscribe at criticalcarereviews.com/news…
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Hot off the press in @CritCareMed! Check out our multidisciplinary approach to risk stratification mgmt of resp failure in GBS and myasthenia. Thanks to @JAKrommMD, Dr Mobach @DCNSNeuro, @SolversonKevin, RRT Josh Waite Dr Rabinstein @MayoClinicNeuro! @UCalgary @C3_ResNetwork
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Risk Stratification and Management of Acute Respiratory... : Critical Care Medicine

ilure due to GBS and MG. DATA SOURCES: We searched PubMed for relevant literature and reviewed bibliographies of included articles for additional relevant studies. STUDY SELECTION: English-language...

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Thanks to @Bram_Rochwerg @TimBuchmanMDPhD for shepherding a budding researcher through the concise definitive review process. @CritCareMed
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Duffin chose a particularly spectacular evening to insist on a late-night 💩 walk. #yyc @cityofcalgary @tysonsavage_ Last pic: Aurora Duffialis
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