Dietitian | CNSC | Immediate Past President @SCCMSE of @SCCM | #WhatRDsDo #ICUNutrition | She/Her | Views my own.
Jan 23, 2023 • 12 tweets • 8 min read
@YaseenarabiYa Now discussing my personal favorite, PROTEIN! #SCCM2023#ICUNutrition
Arabi: negative nitrogen balance impacts various outcomes so it makes sense that we should give exogenous protein to compensate. #SCCM2023#ICUNutrition
Jan 23, 2023 • 14 tweets • 9 min read
Now Dr. Jayshil Patel on feeding the unstable ICU patient. #SCCM2023#ICUNutrition
Questions Patel will answer today. Situations where we might pause before giving nutrition. #SCCM2023#ICUNutrition
Sharon Irving, CRNP, MSN, PhD, PNP starting off the afternoon nutrition lecture with why we call it NUTRITION THERAPY. #SCCM2023#ICUNutrition
Lots of metabolic changes in critical illness that prevent adequate prevention on nutrition. #SCCM2023#ICUNutrition
Jan 23, 2023 • 6 tweets • 5 min read
Yes! @gretchemaben now discussing the POSITIVES of social media. We must be intentional with how we use it. #SCCM2023
Start with cons of #SoMe first:
@SheilaMyatra beginning the morning plenary lecture showing a major disparity in care related to staffing btwn US and India, her hospital having 42,000 pts/yr with 200 faculty. #SCCM2023
Reasons to give vs not to give fluids. #SCCM2023
“The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.” -Abraham Lincoln
#SCCM2022@MichelleNgGong We must expand the scope of the ICU and reach beyond the walls of the ICU, reach patients at home. #SCCM2022
Apr 7, 2020 • 10 tweets • 7 min read
Lots of talk happening on different enteral feeding methods. Here is a thread to describe each and their ideal usages. #RDChat#WhatRDsDl 1/
Continuous (pump assisted): requires feeding bag (feed&flush bag or RTH allows both to be given via pump) & pump. Typically used for ICU, j-tubes or G who🙅🏻♀️ tolerate bolus. Rate ordered is infused over the full hour (eg 60mL/hr infused 60mL over 1 hour) 2/ #WhatRDsDo#RDChat