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Anaesthesiologist. Learning Critical Care Medicine skills. Neurocritcal Care enthusiast.
Jan 6 14 tweets 13 min read
Welcome to the 6th post of #scanuary.
It's a month-long marathon of daily tweetorials about #POCUS and its uses.
I hope you found our posts useful.
Today we're going to discuss Venous Excess Ultrasound (VExUS).
If you find the post useful, please like & retweet. Image The other side of coin - Fluid excess
•Fluid overload is associated with pooled mortality especially after Day 3 of ICU stay (adjusted relative risk [aRR]– 8.83)
•In patients with acute kidney failure and in surgical patients, fluid overload was associated with mortality (aRR AKI 1.99, aRR post-surgery 6.17)
•The risk of mortality increased by a factor of 1.19 (95% CI, 1.11–1.28) per liter increase in positive fluid balance.
doi.org/10.1097/CCM.00…Image
Sep 27, 2022 15 tweets 4 min read
Anesthesiology is versatile. Its scope goes from neonates to geriatric patients and is ubiquitous. OR, ICU, Pain OPD, ED, endoscopy, cath lab, MRI suite, & so on! We study a lot of topics in depth to be able to give our best. Here are my go-to books/resources: #MedTwitter This tweet is not an endorsement & is intended to share the resources/books which helped me to understand Anesthesia better.
1. Standard books: Miller's Anesthesia, Clinical Anesthesia by Paul G Barash.
2. Physiology & Pharmacology: West's Respiratory Physiology,