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Mashup Score: 6Bias and Racism Teaching Rounds at an Academic Medical Center - 1 year(s) ago
Racism and events of racial violence have dominated the US news in 2020 almost as much as the novel coronavirus pandemic. The resultant civil unrest and demands for racial justice have spawned a global call for change. As a subset of a society that struggles with racism and other explicit biases, it is inescapable that some physicians and health-care employees will have the same explicit biases…
Source: CHESTCategories: Cardiologists, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0One Size Does Not Fit All - 1 year(s) ago
COPD, a highly prevalent chronic pulmonary disease, is one of the most common reasons for hospital admissions and is associated with increased health care use, morbidity and death, and decreased quality of life.1 Thus, identifying individuals at higher risk for exacerbations through a process called “risk stratification” is critical to guiding the management of COPD.
Source: CHESTCategories: Latest Headlines, PulmonologyTweet-
One Size Does Not Fit All: Risk #Stratification for #COPD #Exacerbations https://t.co/aI5FJak1nO https://t.co/l28BO04YpS
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Mashup Score: 29Impact of Obesity in Critical Illness - 1 year(s) ago
The prevalence of obesity is rising worldwide. Adipose tissue exerts anatomic and physiological effects with significant implications for critical illness. Changes in respiratory mechanics cause expiratory flow limitation, atelectasis, and V̇/Q̇ mismatch with resultant hypoxemia. Altered work of breathing and obesity hypoventilation syndrome may cause hypercapnia. Challenging mask ventilation and…
Source: CHESTCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
RT @ApoThera: Impact of Obesity in Critical Illness https://t.co/wcPjiiBgn6 #MedTwitter #obesity #CardioTwitter #USMLE #diabetes #GITwitter…
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Mashup Score: 12Impact of Obesity in Critical Illness - 1 year(s) ago
The prevalence of obesity is rising worldwide. Adipose tissue exerts anatomic and physiological effects with significant implications for critical illness. Changes in respiratory mechanics cause expiratory flow limitation, atelectasis, and V̇/Q̇ mismatch with resultant hypoxemia. Altered work of breathing and obesity hypoventilation syndrome may cause hypercapnia. Challenging mask ventilation and…
Source: CHESTCategories: Cardiologists, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
RT @ApoThera: Impact of Obesity in Critical Illness https://t.co/wcPjiiBgn6 #MedTwitter #obesity #CardioTwitter #USMLE #diabetes #GITwitter…
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Mashup Score: 1Prolonged Prone Position Ventilation Is Associated With Reduced Mortality in Intubated COVID-19 Patients - 1 year(s) ago
Among intubated COVID-19 patients who received PPV, prolonged PPV was associated with reduced mortality. Prolonged PPV was associated with fewer pronation and supination events and a small increase in rates of facial edema. These findings suggest that prolonged PPV is a safe, effective strategy for mortality reduction in intubated COVID-19 patients.
Source: CHESTCategories: Critical Care, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
In the case of #Prone Position Ventilation, sometimes more may be... well, more: https://t.co/7GknU85jKw #MedTwitter #MedEd #criticalcare @accpchest @journal_CHEST https://t.co/tLxqCoaDbx
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Mashup Score: 2How to Create a Primary Respiratory Care Model - 1 year(s) ago
Respiratory therapists (RTs) are credentialed health professionals who specialize in assessment of pulmonary conditions, performing assessment of pulmonary function and delivering pulmonary therapeutics including aerosol therapy, and noninvasive and invasive mechanical ventilation. Respiratory therapists work closely with various clinicians including physicians, nurses, and therapy staff in a…
Source: CHESTCategories: Latest Headlines, PulmonologyTweet-
How to Create a #Primary #Respiratory #Care #Model https://t.co/Eg0j9h4zMw https://t.co/6o5uwiqL51
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Mashup Score: 1PEEP, Auto-PEEP, and Waterfalls - 1 year(s) ago
Normally, the lung volume at end-expiration generally approximates the relaxation volume of the respiratory system, ie, the lung volume determined by the static balance between the opposing elastic recoil of the lung and chest wall.1 However, in patients with airflow limitation, the end-expiratory volume may no longer be determined by an equilibrium between static forces. Instead, end-expiratory…
Source: CHESTCategories: Critical Care, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
The Waterfall of AutoPeep 📌Here is a concept every doctor, nurse & RT must know if you care for pts on #ventilators…intrinsic or auto-PEEP 📌 Tobin’s classic @accpchest waterfall analogy 📌⬆️ safety & comfort in patients w respiratory failure https://t.co/jWWM23UQft https://t.co/9s1KvksTQZ
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Mashup Score: 1Sex Differences in Outcomes of Percutaneous Pulmonary Artery Thrombectomy in Patients With Pulmonary Embolism - 1 year(s) ago
In this large nationwide cohort, women with PE who underwent percutaneous thrombectomy showed higher morbidity and in-hospital mortality compared with men.
Source: CHESTCategories: Latest Headlines, PulmonologyTweet-
“Sex Differences in Outcomes of Percutaneous Pulmonary Artery Thrombectomy in Patients With Pulmonary Embolism,” suggests that women with PE who underwent percutaneous thrombectomy showed higher mortality compared with men. Read more: https://t.co/618dEEY4Yr #WomensMonth #MedEd https://t.co/zVDiMYxmBt
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Mashup Score: 0Sex Differences in Portopulmonary Hypertension - 1 year(s) ago
Compared with male candidates, female candidates for LT who had POPH had a higher PVR and lower MELD score and were more likely to have autoimmune liver disease. Women and men had similar overall survival, but female sex (or gender) was associated with worse survival in younger patients.
Source: CHESTCategories: Latest Headlines, PulmonologyTweet-
Original research, “Sex Differences in Portopulmonary Hypertension” found that being female was also associated with worse survival in younger patients with POPH. Read the research: https://t.co/PFNx27SAjH #WomensHistoryMonth #JournalCHEST #WiCM https://t.co/eTC3dlYo3e
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Mashup Score: 2
A 57-year-old man with a history of chronic pancreatitis presented to the ED with diarrhea, abdominal pain, and weight loss. Blood work showed an elevated lipase level to 2,160 units/L. The patient was hemodynamically stable on admission and was admitted to the General Surgery service for conservative treatment of suspected acute on chronic pancreatitis. On day 10 of hospitalization, he…
Source: CHESTCategories: Hem/Oncs, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
RT @POCUS_Society: Air Where? An Ominous Finding on Point-of-Care Ultrasound Scanning - CHEST #POCUS https://t.co/DI0eNJxMii
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How do you confront and address bias and racism in healthcare? @UTSWNews we dedicate Medicine GR to review “cases” and discuss evidence-based approaches to mitigate the impact of Bias. Read more about “Bias and Equity Teaching Rounds” here : https://t.co/8LFXiMVGRQ https://t.co/KdClCz9rld