Upitt vs UMaryland 2-year CCM
Hey y'all I would like to get peoples opinion on which of these two is the stronger program. I know both are really strong clinically but for the 2-year CCM program, which would you all choose for...
View ArticleWould you feed someone on pressors?
A person who is not on a vent but is requiring pressors. AAOx3. Would you feed him regular diet? Or make him NPO until he is off vasopressor?
View ArticleThoughts on Mount Sinai
Can anyone who trained at Mt. Sinai or currently training shed light on what they thought about the program? more specifically, how strong the program is, level of autonomy is as a fellow and how it...
View Article"But the base deficit is..."
So... new fellow in the u it this week and everyday I have some service bust my balls about "there base deficit is high" or "let's tank em up and clear the base deficit" or some other nonsense. My...
View ArticleAPRV
Are you on the APRV train? Were you always on the train? Are you skeptical? Just published was "garbage in garbage out" meta-analysis on APRV that purports a mortality benefit in hypoxemic resp failure...
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ICU Books
Hi, I am not got going to be able to do a ICU rotation during my 4th year and was wondering if any one has any recommendations for some ICU books that can give me a good background and can be used as a...
View ArticleWhat’s our advocacy group?
Just wondering what’s our advocacy group in the US, is it SCCM? Wondering where I should put what’s left of my CME money towards the greater good?
View ArticlePSV mode and Large TVs
It’s not infrequently I’ll switch someone to PSV and they are taking huge TVs no matter what level of support is set. Is this injurious? Or is it, the patient will take whatever size breath he wants...
View ArticleDiscrimination against Anesthesia CCM docs
Hey y'all, Just want to know for any of y'all regular posters who have a part to do with hiring. I have sent out lots of feeler emails for jobs that are advertised for CCM only, not Pulmonary consult...
View Article2019/2020 Critical Care Fellowship Application Thread
Hi all. Starting this thread primarily for those applying for the ABIM CCM fellowship this year. Good luck!
View ArticleCritical care practice models
My Google-fu is simply failing me for this one. Wondering if you guys can point me towards a resource that details different Pulm-CC practice models. Do they split time between pulm consults and ICU...
View ArticleGiapreza experiences?
Has your pharmacy approved this? Have you had a chance to use it yet? When are you pulling the trigger? We just finally got pharmacy approval. I’ve not used yet.
View ArticleLetting your fellow/resident work on someone despite probable futility...
Hey, I recall reading something about a NICU attending letting a resident work on and keep a baby alive overnight... meanwhile the attending knew the patient was going to die. I had something similar...
View Articleresearch fellowship
HI Folks just curious , are their any clinical /bench research fellowship programs available post residency ? please share your opinion
View ArticleWashU CCM
Can any prior fellows or current fellows chime in on WashU CCM program? I wanted to know what the pros and cons are in terms of the training there. Level of autonomy, didactics, highlights? How does it...
View ArticleFunding ridiculous studies
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1812405 Okay, maybe it’s just because I’m in pediatrics and if you don’t bag a patient who you are intubating in the unit... you’re essentially committing...
View ArticleICU Rounding Template/Scutsheet
I was wondering if any of you all had any good templates for rounding. I'm starting my attending career in Pulm/CC with critical care in the next couple of weeks, and was looking for some good...
View ArticleEM/Surgical Critical Care fellowships: How was your first year structured?
Hey everyone, I'm a new fellow on a Surgical Critical Care program where I'm one their first fellows from EM that they've recruited. As this is still new for them and me, the line between being a...
View ArticleAnesthesiology CCM Fellowship 2021-22
Let me be the first one to share that I have just submitted the application today. Anybody else here applying for the match?
View ArticleICU Boards Scores
I attempted to search for the answer...and maybe not finding the answer because I truly don't want to see the result...but it would be nice to get it over with! Does anyone know when results came out...
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