
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
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✈️🚂⛵️ 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…
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@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
🔭 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!
🧐 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…
❓ 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
👨⚕️👩⚕️🧑⚕️ #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…
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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…
🧪 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…
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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!
🤔 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”!)
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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
🛋️ Is SOFA-2 better than the original SOFA vis-à-vis predicting post-#ICU survival?
Ihalainen & colleagues ❓ their respective discriminatory abilities:
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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…
✔️ out Snyder & Martin’s new editorial contextualizing “risk-tailored” contact precautions:
Ed: chestcc.org/article/S2949-78…
Art: chestcc.org/article/S2949-78…
#OpenAccess
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🦠 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
😩 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!
😝 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…
😵💫 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…
🫁 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
🤔 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
🤷♀️ 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? 📊
📣 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



















