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Army officer and burn🔥 intensivist @usa_isr | Mother to both 👶🏼 and 🐶

San Antonio, TX
Joined December 2018
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UPDATE: After an enormous outcry, Cigna has reversed their unconscionable last-minute denial and will be covering Carole's transplant (!!). Carole is extremely relieved, and she's grateful to the many, many people who emailed Cigna over the past 24 hours. Having said that...
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When team wants meropenem but you suggest augmentin #stewardmeme
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🏃‍♀️ Exercise at night is optimal vs. morning? 💡 Evening exercise led to: ⬆️ weight loss & ⬆️ VO2 peak vs. morning exercise Key paper- Please Retweet! #MedEd #MedTwitter #FOAMed #exercise #obesity #Fitness #FitnessMatters #FitnessMotivation onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… – at North Carolina, USA
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Proud moment… our first @EmoryPCCM @DannyGHarris1 grad cannulating a pt for ECMO @EmoryAnesthesia @fiza_babar @MCSCritCare @KateNugentMD @EmoryCCC @allamjs @AmandaWigginsMD @chungk1031
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Why adequate PEEP improves hypoxemia ⬇️ Via @SkylerLentz #medtwitter
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after years of arguing about what flavor of inodilator is best for cardiogenic shock, turns out it doesn't actually matter 😂 nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NE…
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1/🧵 In the early days of fellowship, I remember checking our SAH patients’ transcranial dopplers (TCD), scanning the Vmeans & if they were ~<70 cm/sec throughout thinking: “Great. Perfect. TCDs globally low. Nothing to worry about here!” Right? A #tweetorial on TCDs
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Adrenocortical gene expression: any relationship with clinical outcomes/response to steroids in septic shock? ➡️no evidence of association with 90/28-day mortality ➡️variation in gene expression may be mechanism for heterogeneity of treatment response bit.ly/3y8AFZ1
Swan-Ganz catheters can provide valuable diagnostic information as well as guide management. However, the sheer amount of data can sometimes be 🤯 “VERSION 2.0” of my RHC infographic for @CardioNerds Academy! Scan QR code for references bit.ly/3dlLGyy #CardioTwitter – at Burlington, MA
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My Army brother @DannyGHarris1 is done with fellowship!! 🥳🥳🎉 You’ll do amazing things in Hawaii and I’ll see you on the next conference call 🤣 @EmoryPCCM @EmoryCCC @mount_md @chungk1031 @jessica_bunin
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1/ 1st week of NeuroICU fellowship. A #tweetorial summary: 1⃣ Pt in DI. Give anti-diuretic hormone (ADH), call it “pit drip” 2⃣Pt in distributive shock. Give ADH, call it “vaso” 3⃣Pt on ASA needs EVD. Give ADH (sort of), call it “DDAVP” 4⃣ Fellow postcall & confused, give….
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Our ICU nurses figured out a way to keep the tubes off of patients’ chest/chin. A new one on me. I’m sure some of you have seen this.
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The #VICTASTrial of #VitaminC, thiamine, steroids in #sepsis patients with shock or respiratory failure now released in @JAMA_current No difference in outcome between groups including ventilator and vasopressor-free days jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
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First major adult patient outcomes among #COVID19 are out (latest till Nov.30th, 2020) @CritCareMed #CCC50 @SCCM #SCCMSoMe w @WalkeyAllan @vishkkumar @ogi_gajic @BolestaScott @PatientStormDoc @Dr_SRKashyap dashboard 👉 sccmcovid19.org/
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Late-breaking study presentation: Impact of #COVID19 on staff #burnout. Presented by Niek Kok. #Burnout more than doubled among physicians, up more than 50% among nurses. #CCC50 @SCCM
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THIS is why @SCCM is so impactful. The focus on INTERPROFESSIONAL, MULTISPECIALTY collaboration and representation cannot be underestimated. It makes all the difference. @gsmartinmd #CCC50 #WomenInMedicine #anesthesiology #nursetwitter #PedsICU #pulmcc #surgery #EmergencyMed
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