Nick Mark, MD
@nickmark.bsky.social
Intensivist, pulmonologist | Husband, Dad² | made www.OnePagerICU.com & www.criticalcaretime.com | passionate about innovation in medicine & novel forms of medical education |
As you can see from the screenshot we had no fun at all catching up!
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We welcome the great @nickmark.bsky.social this week to discuss H1B visa fee changes and their impact on hospital staffing.
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We welcome the great @nickmark.bsky.social this week to discuss H1B visa fee changes and their impact on hospital staffing.
@meidastouch.com
open.spotify.com/episode/0EBz...
Meidas Health: Dr. Nick Mark on H-1B Visas and The Future of American Medicine
Spotify video
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September 30, 2025 at 2:08 AM
As you can see from the screenshot we had no fun at all catching up!
Ok added another mock brand ICU shirt: Just Tube It.
Which is is your favorite?
Which is is your favorite?
August 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Ok added another mock brand ICU shirt: Just Tube It.
Which is is your favorite?
Which is is your favorite?
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Just purchased a norepi shirt!
FYI for others interested, the website has additional color options
FYI for others interested, the website has additional color options
August 20, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Just purchased a norepi shirt!
FYI for others interested, the website has additional color options
FYI for others interested, the website has additional color options
Added some new “mock brand ICU merch” to the @criticalcaretime.bsky.social store & I think it’s pretty awesome!
www.criticalcaretime.com/shop
www.criticalcaretime.com/shop
August 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Added some new “mock brand ICU merch” to the @criticalcaretime.bsky.social store & I think it’s pretty awesome!
www.criticalcaretime.com/shop
www.criticalcaretime.com/shop
Reposted by Nick Mark, MD
June 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It's that wonderful time of year when new residents are joining the ICU team!
Here are a few of my favorite @criticalcaretime.bsky.social infographics to help you understand key concepts:
⚡️Undifferentiated shock
💉 Vasopressors
😮💨 The physiologically difficult airway &
🧪 Metabolic acidosis
Here are a few of my favorite @criticalcaretime.bsky.social infographics to help you understand key concepts:
⚡️Undifferentiated shock
💉 Vasopressors
😮💨 The physiologically difficult airway &
🧪 Metabolic acidosis
June 30, 2025 at 2:09 AM
It's that wonderful time of year when new residents are joining the ICU team!
Here are a few of my favorite @criticalcaretime.bsky.social infographics to help you understand key concepts:
⚡️Undifferentiated shock
💉 Vasopressors
😮💨 The physiologically difficult airway &
🧪 Metabolic acidosis
Here are a few of my favorite @criticalcaretime.bsky.social infographics to help you understand key concepts:
⚡️Undifferentiated shock
💉 Vasopressors
😮💨 The physiologically difficult airway &
🧪 Metabolic acidosis
Do you know about ARDS mimics?
These are diseases that *LOOK* like ARDS but have very different treatment: AEP, DAH, OP, HP, EVALI, PJP, AIP, etc.
If you care for people with ARDS but this alphabet 🍜 of disease doesn’t immediately ring a 🛎️ you NEED to give this episode a listen!
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These are diseases that *LOOK* like ARDS but have very different treatment: AEP, DAH, OP, HP, EVALI, PJP, AIP, etc.
If you care for people with ARDS but this alphabet 🍜 of disease doesn’t immediately ring a 🛎️ you NEED to give this episode a listen!
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May 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Do you know about ARDS mimics?
These are diseases that *LOOK* like ARDS but have very different treatment: AEP, DAH, OP, HP, EVALI, PJP, AIP, etc.
If you care for people with ARDS but this alphabet 🍜 of disease doesn’t immediately ring a 🛎️ you NEED to give this episode a listen!
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These are diseases that *LOOK* like ARDS but have very different treatment: AEP, DAH, OP, HP, EVALI, PJP, AIP, etc.
If you care for people with ARDS but this alphabet 🍜 of disease doesn’t immediately ring a 🛎️ you NEED to give this episode a listen!
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Vinay Prasad’s appointment to lead the FDA’s CBER division is a disaster for biotech stocks but it’s worse for patients who depend on new therapies. Therapies that Vinay has signaled he won’t approve.
May 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Vinay Prasad’s appointment to lead the FDA’s CBER division is a disaster for biotech stocks but it’s worse for patients who depend on new therapies. Therapies that Vinay has signaled he won’t approve.
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Wait. So he thinks Covid was just a sudden outbreak of…people dying from not eating well?
May 2, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Wait. So he thinks Covid was just a sudden outbreak of…people dying from not eating well?
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You have been christened
May 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
You have been christened
I work with the best team! Love this battle of the inotrope education: milrinone vs dobutamine.
Blue 🔵 or 🔴?
Blue 🔵 or 🔴?
May 2, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I work with the best team! Love this battle of the inotrope education: milrinone vs dobutamine.
Blue 🔵 or 🔴?
Blue 🔵 or 🔴?
Me: ohh is this chylothorax?
Student: who’s Kyle Thorax?
Me: obv my new pseudonym..
Student: who’s Kyle Thorax?
Me: obv my new pseudonym..
May 2, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Me: ohh is this chylothorax?
Student: who’s Kyle Thorax?
Me: obv my new pseudonym..
Student: who’s Kyle Thorax?
Me: obv my new pseudonym..
Is this a ratatouille situation? It would kinda explain a lot.
May 2, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Is this a ratatouille situation? It would kinda explain a lot.
We talk a lot more about how to put an ETT *IN* than how to take em *OUT*. On this week's @criticalcaretime.bsky.social @askinforair.bsky.social & I talk all things EXtubation.
- readiness to exubate
- breathing trials
- overcoming challenges
- addressing cuff leak
- plus cases
Give it a listen!
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- readiness to exubate
- breathing trials
- overcoming challenges
- addressing cuff leak
- plus cases
Give it a listen!
1/
April 25, 2025 at 2:13 AM
We talk a lot more about how to put an ETT *IN* than how to take em *OUT*. On this week's @criticalcaretime.bsky.social @askinforair.bsky.social & I talk all things EXtubation.
- readiness to exubate
- breathing trials
- overcoming challenges
- addressing cuff leak
- plus cases
Give it a listen!
1/
- readiness to exubate
- breathing trials
- overcoming challenges
- addressing cuff leak
- plus cases
Give it a listen!
1/
I really liked Season 1 of Fallout. One thing that struck me as unrealistic was Vault-Tec’s evil plan: to literally nuke the entire world so they could fundamentally reshape society according to their twisted views.
Anyway, it feels pretty realistic after this week…
Anyway, it feels pretty realistic after this week…
April 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I really liked Season 1 of Fallout. One thing that struck me as unrealistic was Vault-Tec’s evil plan: to literally nuke the entire world so they could fundamentally reshape society according to their twisted views.
Anyway, it feels pretty realistic after this week…
Anyway, it feels pretty realistic after this week…
Reposted by Nick Mark, MD
NIH has rescinded its scientific integrity policy. Hard to see this as anything other than clearing the way for shoddy research on things like vaccines. Regardless of the rationale, it's bad news for public health.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-080: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Rescission of the Final Scientific Integrity Policy of the National Institutes of Health NOT-OD-25-080. OD
grants.nih.gov
March 29, 2025 at 8:04 PM
NIH has rescinded its scientific integrity policy. Hard to see this as anything other than clearing the way for shoddy research on things like vaccines. Regardless of the rationale, it's bad news for public health.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Pretty strong personal statement tbh
March 30, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Pretty strong personal statement tbh
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Why
The Senate voted Thursday to strike down a rule capping most bank overdraft fees at $5, a measure adopted late last year by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that had been expected to save Americans billions of dollars per year.
Senate Overturns Rule Limiting Bank Overdraft Fees to $5
Lawmakers voted to invalidate a rule adopted last year by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It now moves to the House.
www.nytimes.com
March 28, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Why
🥇 Achievement unlocked! Not only is @criticalcaretime.bsky.social the #1 critical care podcast, we’ve surpassed RFK Jr’s misinformationcast in the rankings.
March 28, 2025 at 5:20 AM
🥇 Achievement unlocked! Not only is @criticalcaretime.bsky.social the #1 critical care podcast, we’ve surpassed RFK Jr’s misinformationcast in the rankings.
This is the pinnacle of good design.
March 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This is the pinnacle of good design.
Person A submits an article. Person B reviews it & rejects it. Then person B changes the author name & submits the article to a different journal where it’s accepted. He claims he attached the wrong file by mistake. 😝
Really great argument for pre-prints!
retractionwatch.com/2025/03/06/p...
Really great argument for pre-prints!
retractionwatch.com/2025/03/06/p...
His manuscript was rejected. Then he saw it published by other authors
A chemist at a university in Pakistan found a surprise when he opened an alert from ResearchGate on a newly published paper on a topic related to his own work. When Muhammad Kashif, a chemist…
retractionwatch.com
March 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Person A submits an article. Person B reviews it & rejects it. Then person B changes the author name & submits the article to a different journal where it’s accepted. He claims he attached the wrong file by mistake. 😝
Really great argument for pre-prints!
retractionwatch.com/2025/03/06/p...
Really great argument for pre-prints!
retractionwatch.com/2025/03/06/p...
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So the emotional crux of this week’s Severance involves Ms Corbel suckling at a deflated endotracheal tube?
March 7, 2025 at 6:37 AM
So the emotional crux of this week’s Severance involves Ms Corbel suckling at a deflated endotracheal tube?
Prediction: in a year when everyone is lamenting the #DogeRecession, Trump will be looking for someone to blame. Musk is an obvious choice.
March 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Prediction: in a year when everyone is lamenting the #DogeRecession, Trump will be looking for someone to blame. Musk is an obvious choice.
Once again a lot of flights are getting diverted to avoid falling debris from a Starship explosion
March 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Once again a lot of flights are getting diverted to avoid falling debris from a Starship explosion