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Tony Rostron
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Clinical Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine. Occasional anaesthetist. YNWA.
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A joint call for action on sepsis from the ICS and BIA urges a simple but vital change in antibiotic administration to save lives.

Continuous infusions can reduce sepsis deaths in critical care. More on this update in the full statement: bit.ly/StatementSepsis

#IntensiveCare #SepsisAwareness
October 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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New:

Greater recovery after critical illness (GRACE): a call to action to create a new roadmap for critical illness research

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October 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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#VisualAbstract A 7-day course of hydrocortisone in severe community-acquired pneumonia was unlikely to reduce 90-day mortality and may pose potential harm, despite a possible reduction in shock duration. zurl.co/Z9lKj
July 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Conservative Oxygen Therapy With Mechanical Ventilation

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Conservative Oxygen Therapy With Mechanical Ventilation
This randomized clinical trial assesses whether reducing supplemental oxygen to a peripheral oxygen saturation target of 90% would reduce mortality among critically ill adults receiving mechanical ven...
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June 29, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Conservative oxygen therapy with a target SpO2 of 90% did not reduce 90-day all-cause mortality compared to usual oxygen therapy in mechanically ventilated adult patients.

#CCR25 @criticalcarereviews.com

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Figure 2. Oxygen Exposure and Arterial Oxygenation by Treatment Group in Patients With Enhanced Data Collection
June 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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criticalcarereviews.com
Today's Paper of the Day is:

Interhospital Transfer of Patients With Acute Pulmonary Embolism

https://criticalcarereviews.com/latest-evidence/paper-of-the-day

Join us to read 1 paper per day and stay up-to-date as we cover the spectrum of critical care across 2025
June 17, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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New report out today!
A review of the quality of rehabilitation care after an ICU admission: ncepod.org.uk/2025icur.html @Davido744 @BACCNUK @ICS_updates
@theRCOT @thecsp @BDA_Dietitians @rcgp
@RCSLT @FICMNews
@ICUsteps @UKCCNA
@RCoANews @GeriSoc @hqip.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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Heading over to #CCR25, hoping that my plane isn’t delayed and I also catch the ICC-CTN meeting tomorrow.
June 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Editorial: Rapid sequence induction: a modern-day example of Theseus' Paradox?

Stept and Safar described ‘rapid induction/intubation’ in 1970.

PUMA recently issued a consensus statement on RSI.

Let's compare.

@sthjournalclub.bsky.social

#AnSky #AirwaySky

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May 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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An emotional trip through Liverpool's past to being crowned Champions 🏆
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April 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Hypernatremia of critical illness

CCR Journal Watch - tracking the critical care literature daily
https://criticalcarereviews.com/latest-evidence/journal-watch
April 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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Effect of Ventilator Mode on Ventilator-Free Days in Critically Ill Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial

CCR Journal Watch - tracking the critical care literature daily
https://criticalcarereviews.com/latest-evidence/journal-watch
April 7, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Please consider responding to this important survey following on from publication of the ADAPT-Sepsis trial

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#IDsky #Medsky #ICUsky #Ansky 🧪
April 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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🚑 New Episode of Clinical Conversations🎙️

Pre-hospital sedation carries serious ethical and clinical risks. In this episode of Clinical Conversations, @expensivecare.bsky.social and I explore why it’s risky and how to make it safer.

#Paramedicine #PreHospitalCare #EmergencyMedicine #Sedation #EMS
Sedation safety for acute behavioural disturbance
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March 18, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Today's Paper of the Day is:

Use of Inotropic Agents in Advanced Heart Failure

https://criticalcarereviews.com/latest-evidence/paper-of-the-day

Join us to read 1 paper per day and stay up-to-date as we cover the spectrum of critical care across 2025
March 15, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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This video from NEJM Evidence explores the basis for non-inferiority trials, the meaning of non-inferiority margins, and the interpretation of a non-inferiority trial’s results.

Check out our Stats, STAT! playlist on YouTube to explore more statistical concepts: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

#MedSky
March 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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criticalcarereviews.com
Managing Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Pneumonitis in the ICU

CCR Journal Watch
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January 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Today's Paper of the Day is diagnosis and management of alcohol-associated hepatitis

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January 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Today's Paper of the Day is acute kidney injury in patients with cirrhosis

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January 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Acute Onset of Impaired Consciousness

CCR Journal Watch

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January 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
tonyrostron.bsky.social
It feels like the use of oseltamivir is strongly adhering to Brandolini's law.
January 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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criticalcarereviews.com
Human albumin for adults with sepsis: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

CCR Journal Watch

https://criticalcarereviews.com/latest-evidence/journal-watch
January 2, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Today's Paper of the Day is the role of peripheral perfusion markers and lactate in septic shock resuscitation

https://criticalcarereviews.com/latest-evidence/paper-of-the-day

Join us to read 1 paper per day and stay up-to-date as we cover the spectrum of critical care across 2024
December 31, 2024 at 9:50 AM
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How I Do It: Interpreting Clinical Trial Results

An excellent rubric for understanding and interpreting randomized clinical trials in #journal_CHESTCritCare: hubs.la/Q030pjgL0
#JournalCHEST
December 30, 2024 at 12:20 PM
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tomcalver.bsky.social
And the NHS actually spends less on things we consider “waste”, like admin and managers, than many other nations.

The NHS may indeed be inefficient — but it is not “bloated”. Rather, it is inefficient because it is run too lean.

More in my column 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/1130...
December 29, 2024 at 11:25 AM