Alex Scott
cheapoflurane.bsky.social
Alex Scott
@cheapoflurane.bsky.social
Intensivist, anaesthetist, cyclist, photographer

Hold Still 2020 Finalist
British Wildlife Photography Awards 2024 Finalist

https://www.eyetothefinder.co.uk
Mostly a trial of CPAP rather than formal NIV. No difference in mortality or need for intubation, and nearly 10% of patients were enrollment violations with a different primary outcome measure, which is. . . .
November 11, 2025 at 9:36 PM
(I assume you mean in the structurally normal lung, ie not COPD)
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Unless there was a blockbuster paper I missed, a very bad idea.
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Reposted by Alex Scott
I am a dialysis patient at a fairly large unit. This would get rid of all but ONE of my highly trained and highly skilled nurses. Renal training for nurses takes time as it is a specialist skill not taught to nurses as part of normal training.

I suspect other specialist units would the same problem
October 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Thank you. Editing away slowly. . .
September 8, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Sounds dangerously close to "become too important to be promoted at work"
August 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
She sells PEEP shells on the sea shore.
August 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Documentary, is it?
July 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I’m just a man, once again looking at an excel spreadsheet that should have been a word table.
a man in a suit and tie is disappointed
Alt: a man in a suit and tie is disappointed
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July 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
She can feel the earth move under her feet standing on the GMT meridian.
July 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM