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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Our biblio analysis of research published in SCImago top5 ICM journals: 75% focused on “in ICU” phase of care. Some improvement in post-ICU representation. Huge dominance of infection/sepsis and resp/vent topics. Very timely considering ICS/JLA PSP now. www.frontiersin.org/journals/med...

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Frontiers | A cross-sectional bibliometric analysis of care phases in SCImago’s top five intensive care journals in 2012 and 2022

BackgroundThe critically ill patient’s journey can broadly be divided into three phases; events prior to admission, during the ICU stay, and following discha...

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Almost forgot about this podcast interview with #GP trainer Avril Danczak exploring a range of topics around uncertainty in medicine, from investigations, communications, and shared decision making. Check it out: talctalks.podbean.com/e/12-23-unce...

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12-23 Uncertainty in Hospital Practice/ICU Discussion With Dr Mark Tan | TALC Talks

Uncertainty happens in all areas of practice. Here we discuss what happens in intensive care when things are uncertain. For a comprehensive understanding of uncertainty management and to access addi...

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

@dyslexicmedic.bsky.social and my Perioperative Medicines Management paper can be accessed via @fbmh-uom.bsky.social research explorer. Loads of diagrams and tables - super useful for exam preparations. Check it out and repost! research.manchester.ac.uk/en/publicati...

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

My essay: Rivers of Life - a brief history of circulation in life support, that won the 2025 C. Ronald Stephen, M.D. Anesthesia History Essay Contest, has been accepted for publication in A&A practice @iarsjournals.bsky.social Should be able to share a link very soon! #anaesthesia #history

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Signed this copy of Scars & Stains in MFT library. Thanks for adding to your collection!

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Love how on this Mayo clinic book, faith and hope come before science.

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Presented prize-winning essay, toured Mayo clinic, saw Gibbons CPB machine I mentioned in talk, met some fantastic colleagues, made professional connections. Great day at Anesthesia History Assoc meeting!

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Opening quote for my essay Rivers of Life that won the Anesthesia History Association competition. Explores 3 “streams” of circulation in life support, challenges Eurocentric origins of CPR, and raises esoteric Qs about survival. #AnSky #MedSky #ICUSky #Booksky💙📚

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Great to see this published @elsevierconnect.bsky.social after lots of work with @dyslexicmedic.bsky.social. Almost 20 pages of drug tables, pathways, and peri operative guidances. Just look at these beautiful diagrams. Fantastic resource for exam prep! doi.org/10.1016/j.mp...

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Noamaan Wilson-Baig @dyslexicmedic.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Our article (with excellent diagrams) provides clinicians with practical guidance on perioperative medicines management, highlighting biochemical pathways & key recommendations to enhance patient care with a systematic approach. @markzytan.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Join me tomorrow at 8am (UK) or 3pm (SG) for an overview of intensive care - the mortality, morality and ministry. It will cover some concepts and ideas from the my book Scars & Stains, and about humanising intensive care. soh.school/medhum-tan

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

How might #Christians think about critical illness and dying? Listen back to this talk I did for Platt church: www.plattchurch.org/sundays/talk...

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Talks - Holy Trinity Platt Church

Catch up on the latest sermons from Holy Trinity Platt.

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Speaking this Sunday evening at Platt church on critical illness and death. #Christian #church #ICU

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Hand a great convo with @drhannahlscott.bsky.social at MMH network seminar this afternoon about music in ICUs. So busy in the last few weeks I forgot to advertise beforehand! Fortunately part of talk was recorded so hopefully will share that soon. #medhum #music #ICU

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

AIRWAY. BREATHING. CIRCULATION. DISABILITY. EXPOSURE. Perhaps five of the most misunderstood words in life support. Scars & Stains: Lessons from Intensive Care. Amazon UK: amzn.eu/d/aVEQTTW Rest of World: hawksmoorpublishing.com/book/scars-a... #ICU #booksky 📚💙 #science #medicine #medhum

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Rana Awdish MD @ranaawdish.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

A message from me about our brand new, first episode ever @accpchest.bsky.social Humanities podcast ❤️‍🩹

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Jonathan McFarland @soulinmedicine.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Delighted to see the front cover of our new book - coming out on 11 May - now on the webpage link.springer.com/book/9783031... @drkopacz.bsky.social @drgavinfrancis.bsky.social @juliomayol.bsky.social @upf.edu @uam.es @hospitaldelmar.bsky.social @miriamcolleran2.bsky.social @closler.bsky.social

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

My favourite post nights food! Makes me (and my girls) very happy :) And when dipping sauce is homemade tamari it is even better.

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

I’ve won the Anesthesia History Association essay competition! Rivers of Life: a brief history of circulation in life support. Explores 3 “streams” of keeping blood circulating, challenges western-centric origin of CPR, and raises some esoteric questions about survival. #AnSky #ICUSky #MedSky

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

"Tan threads music like a basso continuo...which hums beneath the clinical soundscape of the hospital and the emotional tensions of confronting and combatting death." Thank you @drhannahlscott.bsky.social for this gorgeous review of Scars&Stains: rdcu.be/d6xVS

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Scars and Stains: Lessons from Intensive Care, by Mark ZY Tan. Oakamoor, UK: Hawksmoor Publishing, 2024

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Here’s one for #Scanuary: wondered how beekeeping and #POCUS relate? Chap11 in #Scars&Stains explores pearls and pitfalls of POCUS in a seemingly dissimilar parallel. amzn.eu/d/aVEQTTW @manoj-w.bsky.social @casualtysrus.bsky.social

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

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Scars and Stains: Lessons from Intensive Care, by Mark ZY Tan. Oakamoor, UK: Hawksmoor Publishing, 2024

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Channeled Brad Mehldau’s After #Bach, Wendy Carlos’ Switched On Bach, and the more traditional weihnachtsoratorium, in my final chapter about some different ways to think and talk about death and dying. Scars & Stains (amzn.eu/d/aVEQTTW) #booksky💙📚#ICUSky #MedSky #MedHum #music #AnSky

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Debs with cats @debswithcats.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

“When lower-income families’ tendency to spend more on necessities and less on luxuries is factored in, German families are 21% or £2,300 a year better off than their UK equivalents and the gap with Dutch families is even wider, at 39%.” Housing costs www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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UK low- to middle-income families far poorer than OECD counterparts – study

Britons 39% worse off than Dutch equivalent due to housing costs 44% higher than western European average

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

#music in #ICUSky. 2nd prize HEE essay competition. Top social media impact piece ICM From the Inside 2022. Scars&Stains: amzn.eu/d/aVEQTTW #medsky #booksky📚💙 #AnSky #guitar

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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

New book! Looking forward to reading this - Scars and Stains by @markzytan.bsky.social #booksky #Medsky

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

See 1 do 1 teach 1. An old medical adage. How to balance need to teach in medicine and potential for mistakes? Reflections on music education and this quote from Miles Davis. Scars&Stains: amzn.eu/d/aVEQTTW #booksky💙📚 #AnSky #ICUsky #MedSky #music #bass

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Blues and Trouble is a complex and thought provoking tale about blues dancing, lung mechanics, antibiotic resistance, and temptation. Won a Next Generation Short Story award. Scars&Stains: amzn.eu/d/aVEQTTW #booksky💙📚#ICUSky #AnSky #MedSky #music #author #blues #guitar

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

From the “winds of change”, this chapter ends with a survival voyage. Weill/Gershwin’s My Ship. 🎺 Scars&Stains: amzn.eu/d/aVEQTTW #booksky💙📚 #newbook #author #music #medsky #ICUSky #AnSky #MedHum

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Maritime analogies abound in this chapter about airway obstruction and tracheostomies. Opening quote from Gettys. Had the pleasure of performing with them and All Souls Orchestra during Northern Celtic tour 2012. Scars & Stains: amzn.eu/d/aVEQTTW

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Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan @drrageshri.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

#Unheard will be released as a paperback on 3rd July 2025! Now available to pre-order via your usual book outlet. Hoping its price will make it more accessible (although you can read it for free by requesting it at your local library).

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Chapter 1: a Hanon warmup. Overviews of the book sections: Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure. Scars & Stains: lessons from intensive care. amzn.eu/d/aVEQTTW #booksky 📚💙 #ICUsky #medsky #AnSky

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

This is a huge issue, particularly in ICU. The @who.int wrote about this in wide-ranging applications in 2019. My piece Blues and Trouble makes use of blues dancing as an analogy for raising the issue: amzn.eu/d/aVEQTTW

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Scars & Stains: Lessons from Intensive Care

Buy Scars & Stains: Lessons from Intensive Care by Tan, Mark ZY (ISBN: 9781914066528) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Deep sigh “the world has turned a blind eye to the lessons learned from the pandemic” www.science.org/content/arti...

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COVID 5 years later: Learning from a pandemic many are forgetting

Five years after SARS-CoV-2 surfaced, scientists reflect and look ahead to the next threat

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Explore some musical references in my book #Scars&Stains: Lessons from Intensive Care (amzn.eu/d/aVEQTTW) 1. Gymnopedie (Erik Satie). Written 1888 based on Contamine de Latour's peom. Etymology: Greek dance festival. When it was played in ICU, achieved analgesia beyond capabilities of medicine.

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

I don’t know who you are B.Asfaw. But thank you for the lovely review of Scars&Stains (amzn.eu/d/aVEQTTW). Humbled to be compared to such likes of Siddhartha Mukherjee and Atul Gawande.

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

7 years ago today I won the @rcoanews.bsky.social photo competition with this photo of Miriam. How she has grown! So proud of her being concert master for Trafford music service junior strings concert last week😍🎻🎶

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 12/12/2024

I have 214.6K followers, and I figure at least some of them are looking to gift books this holiday season, so: HEY AUTHORS OF BLUESKY: In the comments to this post, tell us (briefly!) about your most recent book, and put in a link to where people can learn more and/or buy the book in question. Go!

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Thanks Moira, Hannah (and Giskin on Goodreads) for these lovely initial reviews of Scars & Stains. Glad my efforts into crafting some “beautiful” literature within a highly clinical sphere has not gone unnoticed. amzn.eu/d/aVEQTTW

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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

75 global health organizations! Will keep updating go.bsky.app/Df5hsLV

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Mark ZY Tan (陈政逸） @markzytan.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Book exchange with fellow SEAsian doctor and creative Razli Dalan. His new graphic novel Katan explores health behaviour, modern and traditional medicine, superstition, exploitation of nature, and human brokenness. Great to catch up and congrats! 📚🦋 #newbook #medsky

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