Dad x2 & husband. Intensivist, Emergency Physician, Resuscitation Scientist. @uwemcc @UWashEM @uwpccm. Opinions mine, not employer’s.
Jan 21, 2019 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
In response to some insightful comments on post-arrest ventilation and PaCO2 by @_Brian_Mc_ , here's a thread on some of what we know about ventilation in the post-arrest period...
A large number of observational studies have demonstrated an association between post-arrest PaCO2 & a variety of outcomes. We summarized most of them here in the following @accpchest review: journal.chestnet.org/article/S0012-…
Dec 4, 2018 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
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I’ve been fortunate (so far) to have never been seriously ill or injured, and have never really had to experience being a patient. For the past week, however, I’ve had the exhausting experience of being an ICU parent. It’s given me some practice-changing perspective.
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Our 4wk old girl, Maya, became ill about a week ago & is recovering from severe bronchiolitis. She’s tough and on the mend. We’re lucky that this was relatively short-term & (hopefully) self-limited. So much empathy for pts & families dealing with chronic or protracted illness.
