Curious how to best teach lung US? 👨🏫
Just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare, Rajamani & colleagues 1️⃣ outline development of the LUCC-Lung 🫁 protocol & 2️⃣ compare it to the BLUE 🔵 protocol for novice USers:
www.chestcc.org/article/S294...
#POCUS #ICU
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🎉 It's here! #journal_CHESTCritCare has its 1st 🌟IMPACT FACTOR🌟
What do you think it is?
(Look-up 👀 the answer at chestcc.org where you'll also find all our content, all #OpenAccess‼️)
I ❤️ when researchers use shortages to learn things, don’t you? 🫗
Kawada, Takahashi, & Fujii use a fentanyl shortage to understand the potential value of remifentanil in the #ICU:
www.chestcc.org/article/S294...
#OpenAccess in #journal_CHESTCritCare!
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❓ Ever heard of the 💫Integrated Stress Response💫 ❓
(…it pertains to how cells respond to stress…)
Just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare, Nair et al review what we know of it in #ICU:
www.chestcc.org/article/S294...
🔑 take-aways:
1. It’s activated
2. Unclear assoc w outcomes
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Got a restful weekend planned? 😴 If so…
👂 To an amazing new ⭐️podcast⭐️ w #journal_CHESTCritCare Co-Host G Sacha interviewing Mangaoang & Lee, authors of 2️⃣ linked studies on a scary #ICU topic — being undersedated while paralyzed 😳
Podcast: www.chestnet.org/guidelines-a...
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⚖️ As #ICU clinicians, we need to balance patient care & our safety…
B van Leer et al look into radiation ☢️ exposure from PET/CT for nurses & doctors 👨⚕️👩⚕️:
www.chestcc.org/article/S294...
#OpenAcces in #journal_CHESTCritCare
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🤔 Wondering why you don’t get Bayesian stats?
✔️ out Greendyk, Plens, & Goligher’s ⭐️editorial⭐️ in #journal_CHESTCritcare calling for better education 📣:
Ed: www.chestcc.org/article/S294...
Art: www.chestcc.org/article/S294...
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📦 It’s here: #journal_CHESTCritCare’s June 2026 issue! (Vol 4, Iss 2)
Jam packed with:
✔️ 13 original res papers
✔️ 2 res letters
✔️ 3 editorials
✔️ 4 HIDIs
✔️ 1 special feature
✔️ 2 CIPCs
✔️ 5 correspondences
www.chestcc.org/current
#OpenAccess w something for everyone! 🎉
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😫 Designing #ICU trials is hard…
…but details matter…
Dionne & colleagues 👀 at the impact of central vs site adjudication of a 🔑 outcome:
www.chestcc.org/article/S294...
❓ wanna know if it matters? Read about it #OpenAccess in #journal_CHESTCritCare!
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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 🎯:
www.chestcc.org/article/S294...
❓ Can we ⬇️ contact days without ⬆️ infection?
#journal_CHESTCritCare
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Central adjudication of the trial outcome of clinically important upper gastrointestinal
bleeding may generate more credible outcome ascertainment, but reduced the overall
event rate by 40%. If site-s...
Despite a slight reduction in patient-days spent in contact precautions during the
targeted contact precautions periods, no statistically significant difference was
found in hospital-acquired MRSA and...
😵💫 Are you confused by Bayesian methods? Do you worry you’re alone? 🫢
Just in #journal_CHESTCritCare, B Malley et al eval how intensivists differently interpret results from Bayesian and frequentist trials…
www.chestcc.org/article/S294...
…I’m a bit unsettled 😉
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