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Brian Buchanan @buchananmd.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Want high-quality CME in intermed-advanced echo in Canada for acute care physicians? See: www.canadiancriticalcare.org/2025-NACES-U... This highly-reviewed course is delivered by a group of skilled, thoughtful educators and will bring your skills to a whole new level. #EchoFirst #CCUS #POCUS

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Brian Buchanan @buchananmd.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Looking for some awesome local/Canadian CME in acute medicine? www.canadiancriticalcare.org/2025-NACES-R... . This is a 1-day course that is highly interactive, evidence-based simulations and skills workshop! Run by a group of highly skilled physician-educators, you will see no course like it!

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Segun Olusanya (He/Him) @drfreeze.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Great thread- I’ll be reconsidering my practice.

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Lars Mølgaard Saxhaug @load-dependent.eurosky.social · 04/12/2024

What I love about echocardiography in critical care is how you can see physiology unfolding before your eyes. This is a case that has stayed with me and shaped how I think about treating acute LVOT obstruction #cccsky #echofirst #pocus #emimcc

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 04/12/2024

I honestly believe all LLM results should come with a disclaimer reminding people that the thing doesn’t (and absolutely cannot) know any facts or do any reasoning; it is simply designed to *sound* like it knows facts and frequently sweeps some up accidentally in the process.

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josh farkas 💊 @pulmcrit.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

two groups we should try to get on MedSky: (#1) people stuck on twitter (Stockholm synd?) (#2) people who quit FOAMed & social media entirely #1 will come sooner or later IRL, I see a LOT of #2. these are harder to reach. we need to advocate IRL (eg conferences) that FOAMed is back & it's here.

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a group of cartoon characters with their hands in the air and the words we 're back baby

ALT: a group of cartoon characters with their hands in the air and the words we 're back baby

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Lars Mølgaard Saxhaug @load-dependent.eurosky.social · 27/11/2024

Another useful hint to a significant acute mitral regurgitation when it can be hard to see on colour doppler. #emimcc #pocus #echosky

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Lars Mølgaard Saxhaug @load-dependent.eurosky.social · 25/11/2024

A reminder for all interested in #pocus, we have our own feed! Follow to see all posts tagged #pocus or #pocusky and your post will show up in the feed. If you see a post you think should be included, you can also comment with the tags to get it to the feed. bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Brian Buchanan @buchananmd.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

++ fodder for discussion. As many have said—we will need to take next steps wisely. Other studies have given us somewhat similar conclusions re: risk of slow correction. Still—ODM is devastating; clearly we need more research to better understand this problem. evidence.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...

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Severe Hyponatremia Correction, Mortality, and Central Pontine Myelinolysis

In clinical practice, sodium correction rates are frequently limited in patients with severe hyponatremia to prevent neurologic complications. The implications of correction rates on overall mortal...

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DocScribbles / Cathy Cichon @docscribbles.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Reintroduction time! I’m a Med-Peds and adult ID physician dabbling in medical illustration/comics. You may recognize my “Pressors as Marvel Avengers” series, Core IM art, or other visual mnemonics. Follow me for more MedEd…looking forward to connecting with #MedSky, #IDSky, and #SciArt! ! 😊🎨🦠

Visual algorithm depicting the evaluation and treatment of staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections

Visual comic depiction of an EKG cardiac cycle with peaked T waves due to hyperkalemia, with three climbers on the peak and one of them exclaiming “Boss, we’re climbing too fast…her heart’s going to give out!”

Visual depiction of a chest x-ray, with two mnemonics indicating how to read the image. The first mnemonic is “PIER”, which stands for Position, Inspiration, Exposure, and Rotation. The second mnemonic is “ABCDEFGHI”, which stands for airway, bones, cardiac silhouette, diaphragm, effusions, fields, gastric bubble, hila, and impression.

A comic of Thor, representing the pressor Dobutamine. In this analogy, Dobutamine is a “heartthrob” and can be used for acute heart failure or cardiogenic shock.

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Lars Mølgaard Saxhaug @load-dependent.eurosky.social · 17/11/2024

#pocus makes good clinicians great, and bad clinicians dangerous

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CriticalCareNow @criticalcarenow.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Question for #meded As we build up this community, are we tagging #Foamed or meded, or something else? Looking to build up our community here fast!

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Brian Buchanan @buchananmd.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

IMHO this person @impocus.bsky.social is the #POCUS person to follow! Welcome Irene!

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Critical Concepts @critconcepts.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

The amazing @caseyalbin? On bacterial meningitis? How to LP, who needs invasive ICP monitoring, and way more on this week's episode. icuscenarios.com/episode-81-b... #medtwitter #FOAMcc #FOAMed #neurocrit

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Episode 81: Bacterial meningitis with Casey Albin – Critical Care Scenarios

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Ben Morton @benmorton.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Broadly, for a clinical manuscript you have 3500 words to play with (exlcuding abstract, legends and references). These need to be distributed across the introduction, methods, results and discussion. The distribution should look something like the formatting formula below

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Dr. Glaucomflecken @glaucomflecken.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

Is it cool if I post videos here?

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Dr Farbod @emergencybod.medsky.social · 09/11/2024

What logging on to Bluesky today has felt like... 🥲 #Medsky #MedvengersAssemble

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Brian Buchanan @buchananmd.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

For those learning echo, in case you were wondering what the heck the heart is doing in 1/3 of your patients—here is an explainer #POCUS #EchoSky youtu.be/xND0AsmyJk4?...

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Echo in the Difficult-to-Image Patient

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Brian Buchanan @buchananmd.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

I am delighted to see this #MedTwitter community grow. A great space to share everything from pearls of wisdom and personal experiences to the latest medical evidence or clinical updates.

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😱 Spooky SpectreKILLoquy 🔪 🩸 @caulimovirus.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

One of my niche interests is collecting pharma swag for drugs that were recalled for dangerous side effects or discontinued for lack of efficacy. These Xigris pens are possibly my favorite:

Two Xigris branded pens resting atop a piece of paper upon which is written “Eli Lilly spent $1.8 million on a grant to form the Values, Ethics, and Rationing in Critical Care Task Force to address ethical issues of rationing for a drug that didn’t work.” and “Magic bullets don’t exist! :)”

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Brian Buchanan @buchananmd.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

Hey #MedTwitter and #POCUS colleagues —my colleague and I do some teaching videos with a 360 camera. We are beginning to use these (w Quest headsets) to orient new residents to procedures. Feel free to use them/check them out and feedback welcome! youtu.be/A3g34JTzosM?...