🧑‍🔬 Involving kids 👦 & families 🧑‍🧑‍🧒 in Peds #ICU research is important… how does financial compensation help? 💰 Pandher & colleagues survey PICU patients’ caregivers to find out: www.chestcc.org/article/S294... #OpenAccess in #journal_CHESTCritCare. @accpchest.bsky.social

⚙️ As an #ICU clinician, I use HMEs all the time… but I don’t know much about them… do you? In a ⭐️Special Feature⭐️ just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare, Lellouche et al 1️⃣ teach us how HMEs are evaluated ⚖️ & 2️⃣ propose changes to HME testing 👍/👎: www.chestcc.org/article/S294... @accpchest.bsky.social

🤔 When can we think of kids in the #ICU as little adults? Ito et al query whether end expiratory transpulm P near zero associates w outcomes in 👦👧 as it does in 👩🧓: www.chestcc.org/article/S294... ✳️ Spoiler alert: people change #journal_CHESTCritCare #OpenAccess @accpchest.bsky.social

👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️#ICU clinicians use lots of data 📈… …what if it’s not trustworthy? 🤔 Just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare, Hendrickson et al 👀 at pulse oximetry & find - SpO2 may not be reliable ⚖️, & importantly, - its bias may not always be as we expect 🔴🔵 www.chestcc.org/article/S294... @accpchest.bsky.social

😣 Doing QI in the # ICU is hard… Just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare, Letourneau & colleagues outline how to use the DMAIC framework to address complex problems, like timely antibiotics 💉 in septic shock 🦠: www.chestcc.org/article/S294... #OpenAccess

🫀🫁 The volume-outcome relationship in #ECMO is clear… or is it? Green & colleagues consider a new metric for ECMO volume 📊, just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare: www.chestcc.org/article/S294... Counting may be more complicated than it seems… 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣… @accpchest.bsky.social

B Hirsch & E Viglianti discuss the challenges of addressing GOC during chronic critical illness in their thoughtful #journal_CHESTCritCare editorial: Ed: www.chestcc.org/article/S294... Art: www.chestcc.org/article/S294... It’s #OpenAccess, so why not ✔️ it out? @accpchest.bsky.social

Hayley Gershengorn@hbgmd.bsky.social · last mo.

#ICU care is interprofessional 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️… but how do we each engage with patients’ goals of care? Walker & colleagues explore our differing perspectives ⬇️⬆️, just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare: www.chestcc.org/article/S294... #OpenAccess as always! @accpchest.bsky.social

🧠 Neuroprognostication after cardiac arrest is nuanced… Town & colleagues share their expertise on how to build a robust program to ensure consistent ✅✅✅, high-quality ⭐️⭐️⭐️, multimodal 🩻🩸 prognostication: www.chestcc.org/article/S294... #journal_CHESTCritCare #OpenAccess @accpchest.bsky.social

❓ Do you use steroids in septic shock? When? What drug(s)? 💉🦠 J Ho et al query what our #ICU community does in their international 🌎🌍🌏 survey, just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare: www.chestcc.org/article/S294... 👀 if you practice like your colleagues! @accpchest.bsky.social

Body habitus affects long-term heart 🫀health, but what about post-MI outcomes? Malhotra & colleagues ❓ whether the “obesity paradox” holds in AMI, out today in #journal_CHESTCritCare: www.chestcc.org/article/S294... 🧐 what do you think? @accpchest.bsky.social

⛓️‍💥 We know protocolized SBTs lead to earlier liberation from #MV… But do we do them when we should & do delays harm patients? ⏰ Just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare, Sonti et al 👀 these ❓s: www.chestcc.org/article/S294... 🫣 sneak peak: we aren’t great & patients suffer @accpchest.bsky.social

🧐 Ever wonder what the lungs of patients without pulmonary pathology receiving #MV look like? 🫁 Mousa et al use #POCUS to show us… www.chestcc.org/article/S294... 🚨 SPOILER ALERT: they’re often not normal! @accpchest.bsky.social

#ICU care is interprofessional 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️… but how do we each engage with patients’ goals of care? Walker & colleagues explore our differing perspectives ⬇️⬆️, just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare: www.chestcc.org/article/S294... #OpenAccess as always! @accpchest.bsky.social

☹️ We know disparities exist in #ICU medicine, but do they exist in who gets an SAT? 😴 Just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare, Gondhalekar & colleagues ❓ if language or race matter for SATs… www.chestcc.org/article/S294... ✅ it out, all #OpenAccess! No disparities here! @accpchest.bsky.social

👈 Do you refer to yourself in your clinical #ICU notes? 📝 Vossler & colleagues investigate factors associated with personal pronoun use in their study out in #journal_CHESTCritCare: www.chestcc.org/article/S294... …does using “I” or “we” ➡️ agency or alliance w patients? @accpchest.bsky.social

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 @accpchest.bsky.social

🎉 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‼️)

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... @accpchest.bsky.social

😫 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! @accpchest.bsky.social

📦 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! 🎉 @accpchest.bsky.social

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! @accpchest.bsky.social

❓ 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 @accpchest.bsky.social

🤔 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... @accpchest.bsky.social

Hayley Gershengorn@hbgmd.bsky.social · 5mo ago

😵‍💫 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 😉 @accpchest.bsky.social

🦠 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 @accpchest.bsky.social

⚖️ 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 @accpchest.bsky.social

🔮 Want to predict #VAP? Y Fromage & colleagues create a tool 🛠️ that might help: www.chestcc.org/article/S294... #journal_CHEST_CritCare is all #OpenAccess, all the time 🕰️ #ICU #mechanicalventilation @accpchest.bsky.social

I ♥️ a good editorial, don’t you? M Tanios’s helps our #journal_CHESTCritCare readers interpret signal 🚦 vs selection 👉: Ed: www.chestcc.org/article/S294... Art: www.chestcc.org/article/S294... All #OpenAccess, so why not 👀? @accpchest.bsky.social

Hayley Gershengorn@hbgmd.bsky.social · 5mo ago

🩻 Does an ARDS dx impact 3y COVID outcomes? Z Kahn & colleagues assess long term inflammation 🔥, endothelial dysfunc 🧫, & frailty 💪 in ARDS vs pna pts: www.chestcc.org/article/S294... #openaccess in #journal_CHESTCritCare @accpchest.bsky.social

👏 So proud of Cat Chen & Deep Ashana for brilliantly presenting our study of critical illness (CI) in 🤰 post-SB8 in TX: academic.oup.com/ajrccm/advan... 🔑 results—rates of 1. Infection (not CI) ↗️ for all 2. Higher-risk 🤰 ↗️ 3. CI, sepsis, infn ↗️ for higher-risk @atsblueeditor.bsky.social

Critical Illness Outcomes of Hospitalized Pregnant Women Following a Texas Abortion Ban

AbstractImportance. In September 2021, Texas Senate Bill 8 (SB8) banned abortion after embryonic cardiac activity.Objective. To estimate the association of

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💡 Looking for a bright new idea for how to ⬇️ pain w endotracheal intubation? So are K Shimoyama & colleagues! Just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare, ✔️out their protocol for a trial of subglottic lidocaine 💉… www.chestcc.org/article/S294... 👍👎 Wanna guess the outcome? @accpchest.bsky.social

😮 Wouldn’t it be great if you could predict who will get depression post-ICU? Just out in #journal_CHESTCritCare, Schubert & colleagues assess the value of in-hospital 🏥 PHQ-2 screening for post-dc 🏡 depression sx: www.chestcc.org/article/S294... 📖 Read it en route to #ATS2026!