Intensivist & health services researcher at @UMiamiHealth, Editor at @journal_CHEST Critical Care, NYer at heart. Views expressed are my own.

Miami, FL
Joined March 2014
✈️🚂⛵️ En route to #CHEST2026? Looking for something to read? ✔️ out Laake & Aslam’s editorial on how to think of physiologic data informing bedside decision-making: Ed: chestcc.org/article/S2949-78… Art: chestcc.org/article/S2949-78… #journal_CHESTCritCare @journal_CHEST @accpchest
🫁 Is spontaneous breathing in ARF requiring iMV good or bad❓ Just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare, @D_Jayasimhan et al present a 🔭 scoping review showing us we do (& don’t) know: chestcc.org/article/S2949-78… #OpenAccess
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🔭 Looking for a tool to predict #ARDS resolution? Bateman & colleagues show us CC16 🧪 has promise, just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare: chestcc.org/article/S2949-78… #OpenAccess as always!
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🧐 Curious how to support caregivers for #ICU survivors? 💡 Let’s ask them what they need❗️ Just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare, Wendlandt et al did just that: chestcc.org/article/S2949-78…
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❓ Does your #ICU have trauma-informed policies? Do you know what a trauma/informed policy is? @DeepAshanaMD & colleagues report on a survey of US adult ICUs to see what we all do, just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare: chestcc.org/article/S2949-78… #OpenAccess
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👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️🧑‍⚕️ #ICU clinicians often vary in how they practice… …do they re: approaching end-of-life decision-making? Mesfin et al explore variability in DNR timing & how timing of life support limitations associate w mortality: chestcc.org/article/S2949-78… #journal_CHESTCritCare
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😫 Do you ever struggle caring for #ICU patients w cirrhosis? If so, ✔️ out the new #journal_CHESTCritCare ⭐️HIDI⭐️ by @EmilySchwitzer & colleagues: chestcc.org/article/S2949-78…
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🧪 Finding biomarkers for #ARDS is about identifying new ones ➕ learning how best to use them… @jemeegan et al evaluate sLOX-1, both the utility of absolute values 🔢 & trajectories 📈: chestcc.org/article/S2949-78… #journal_CHESTCritCare
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❓ Do you care for #ECMO patients? Do you wonder about their 1-year 🧠 & 💪 outcomes? @WSherrillACNP & colleagues compare outcomes to iMV patients: chestcc.org/article/S2949-78… #OpenAccess as always in #journal_CHESTCritCare!
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🤔 Ever consider “WiPO” in the #ICU? Well, Menis et al do! ✅ out their new SR/MA ❓ing how often we see it… & if we even know how to define it: chestcc.org/article/S2949-78… (✳️ WiPO = weaning-induced pulmonary oedema… better than WiPE for “edema”!) #journal_CHESTCritCare
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❓ Can we assess alveolar recruitability in severe #ARDS? 🫁 de Fonseca Reis & colleagues evaluate 4️⃣ methods…. chestcc.org/article/S2949-78… #OpenAccess in #journal_CHESTCritCare
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🛋️ Is SOFA-2 better than the original SOFA vis-à-vis predicting post-#ICU survival? Ihalainen & colleagues ❓ their respective discriminatory abilities: chestcc.org/article/S2949-78… #journal_CHESTCritCare #OpenAccess
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🤔 Ever wonder about #POCUS for airway management? If so, ✔️ out @MGottliebMD’s ⭐️HIDI⭐️ in #journal_CHESTCritCare for a detailed & thoughtful approach to: 1. Assess for difficult airway & 2. Confirm ETT placement chestcc.org/article/S2949-78…
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✔️ out Snyder & Martin’s new editorial contextualizing “risk-tailored” contact precautions: Ed: chestcc.org/article/S2949-78… Art: chestcc.org/article/S2949-78… #OpenAccess #journal_CHESTCritCare
🦠 Tired of MDRO infections & looking for better ways to prevent in-ICU spread? L Huerta & colleagues look at feasibility of targeted MRSA/VRE contact precautions 🎯: chestcc.org/article/S2949-78… ❓ Can we ⬇️ contact days without ⬆️ infection? #journal_CHESTCritCare
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😩 Do you struggle with when/how to consider #ECMO for your patients? 🫀🫁 @drkatiemoynihan & colleagues explore inter-🏥 decision-making across US pediatric cardiac #ICUs: chestcc.org/article/S2949-78… #OpenAccess in #journal_CHESTCritCare!
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😝 We know adherence to LTVV in #ARDS isn’t perfect 🎯… But is non-adherence universal? Just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare, Ingraham et al look at provider-level variability 👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️: chestcc.org/article/S2949-78…
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😵‍💫 Is it possible that the pulse ox story is more complicated? …yep! Douin & colleagues 👀 at concordance of 2 simultaneous SpO2s from different sites 👋 by different manufacturers: chestcc.org/article/S2949-78…
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🫁 Is spontaneous breathing in ARF requiring iMV good or bad❓ Just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare, @D_Jayasimhan et al present a 🔭 scoping review showing us we do (& don’t) know: chestcc.org/article/S2949-78… #OpenAccess
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🤔 Do you wonder about in-ICU disparities? ✔️ out Day & Valley’s ⭐️editorial⭐️ in #journal_CHESTCritCare: Ed: chestcc.org/article/S2949-78… Art: chestcc.org/article/S2949-78…
💰🎓 We know ICU outcomes differ by SES in the USA… but is this due to insurance access? N Cocoros & colleagues 👀 at outcomes of iMV in Denmark 🇩🇰, a country w a single payor… chestcc.org/article/S2949-78… …am I surprised or not? 😳 #OpenAccess in #journal_CHESTCritCare
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🤷‍♀️ Does echo help guide resuscitation in sepsis? 🦠 Hasegawa et al report their systematic review and meta analysis, just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare: chestcc.org/article/S2949-78… …for something we do so often, is the data there? 📊
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📣 Listen to Podcast moderator Dan Fein discuss a study of ⭐️family engagement⭐️ in the ICU w lead author, Ella Christoph: chestnet.org/guidelines-and-… (Paper: chestcc.org/article/S2949-78…)
🥳 #journal_CHESTCritCare volume 4, issue 3 is here‼️ chestcc.org/current 2️⃣0️⃣ research papers 2️⃣ HIDIs 4️⃣ editorials 2️⃣ correspondence pieces ✔️ it out, it’s all #OpenAccess
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