Pulm PEEPS

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Our mission is to provide multiple formats for learners to learn pulmonary and critical care medicine 🫁 Co-founders @KMonty_MD and @david_furfaro

🟣 Stop, it's Sarcoid! 🟣 In honor of Sarcoidosis Awareness Month, we're highlighting the past, present, and future of sarcoid research 🫁 Today's paper is PREDMETH from NEJM in 2025, which we highlighted in a Rapid Fire Journal Club (check out the episode if you missed it)!

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More highlights from our most recent episode on the new 2026 PE guidelines! In this clips we’re talking about treatment updates for anti coagulation. Check out the full episode where ever you get your podcasts or full video on our YouTube channel

🚨 Guideline Alert -- Part 2!! 🚨 Unsure about disposition for your new PE pt? Check out the next Top Take-Home Message from the 2026 Joint Committee PE Guidelines, this time on admission decisions. Our new episode with Dr. Mark Creager is nearly here! 🎉🫁

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🚨 Guideline Alert! The 2026 Clinical Practice Guidelines on pulmonary embolism are here! Check out its Top Take-Home Messages--1st stop, the new Clinical Categories Come back Thursday for the next Take-Home! Stay tuned for our upcoming episode with Dr. Creager, lead author of the new guidelines

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ICU Hemodynamic Secrets: Whenever I manage a critically ill patient, I am interested in knowing the blood pressure & at least an estimate of the cardiac output (CO). Since placing a pulmonary artery catheter takes some time & effort, I am usually employing workarounds based on #POCUS:

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This week took us to ATLANTIS (trial, not the lost city)! This observational study looked at impulse oscillometry in asthma, and found high small airway resistance (5Hz—20Hz) had a 2.26 HR for exacerbations. Small airway dysfunction was found in 36% of well-controlled patients.

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Another highlight from our most recent episode on spontaneous breathing trials! You can listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts, or on our website. You can also watch the full episode on our YouTube channel!

This week is all about post-COVID syndrome. A new ERJ article found both face-to-face and remote exercise programs significantly improved exercise capacity in patients with post-COVID syndrome. Check out the article for more on their observed immunomodulatory effects too!

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Short of breath with CTEPH? Our latest read found continuing riociguat for 16 weeks after ballon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) showed no loss of mean exercise cardiac index, compared to a slight loss seen in placebo after BPA. Also, no increase in adverse events with riociguat!

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