I was at a bar last year and some guy asked what college I went to. It was most excellent. I still get the surprised reactions from patients when I tell them how long I’ve worked on Thoracics. It’s the round face but this year I think has aged me. I think I’m catching up to my age.
September 10, 2023 at 6:53 PM
I was at a bar last year and some guy asked what college I went to. It was most excellent. I still get the surprised reactions from patients when I tell them how long I’ve worked on Thoracics. It’s the round face but this year I think has aged me. I think I’m catching up to my age.
For GI/thoracics/major ortho/cardiac do you find yourself playing catch-up in recovery? IMO remi is the perfect drug for painful/stimulating intraop but not bad afterwards (ENT, cranial neuro) or if you’ve got a neuraxial on board- but otherwise i find I’m making the PACU nurse dose my long acting
July 24, 2025 at 6:32 AM
For GI/thoracics/major ortho/cardiac do you find yourself playing catch-up in recovery? IMO remi is the perfect drug for painful/stimulating intraop but not bad afterwards (ENT, cranial neuro) or if you’ve got a neuraxial on board- but otherwise i find I’m making the PACU nurse dose my long acting
CV-EMCrit Wee - Mastering Persistent Air Leaks: Management of Pleural Fistulae from Conservative Care to VV ECMO-facilitated Ultra-Ultra Lung Protective Ventilation.
@TrinaAugustinMD temporarily branches into the thoracics world with Gabriel Ortiz Jaimes, MD
[#FOAMed for a bit]
emcrit.org/paf
@TrinaAugustinMD temporarily branches into the thoracics world with Gabriel Ortiz Jaimes, MD
[#FOAMed for a bit]
emcrit.org/paf
July 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
CV-EMCrit Wee - Mastering Persistent Air Leaks: Management of Pleural Fistulae from Conservative Care to VV ECMO-facilitated Ultra-Ultra Lung Protective Ventilation.
@TrinaAugustinMD temporarily branches into the thoracics world with Gabriel Ortiz Jaimes, MD
[#FOAMed for a bit]
emcrit.org/paf
@TrinaAugustinMD temporarily branches into the thoracics world with Gabriel Ortiz Jaimes, MD
[#FOAMed for a bit]
emcrit.org/paf
At this point all we know is I have a malignant growth on my upper right lung.
I speak to thoracics Friday
I have PET, MRI and another Cat Friday
I’m not going to know anything until they’ve done these tests so on point worrying about it.
I just wanna be alone actually. X
I speak to thoracics Friday
I have PET, MRI and another Cat Friday
I’m not going to know anything until they’ve done these tests so on point worrying about it.
I just wanna be alone actually. X
Good grief, honestly dealing with everyone else’s feelings is more overwhelming than just my own.
I forgot, it as actually me going through a cancer dx.
All my siblings have gotten upset, my dad’s drinking.
Not to make this about me but no fuss thanks, I don’t want fuss.
Cancer dxday four.
I forgot, it as actually me going through a cancer dx.
All my siblings have gotten upset, my dad’s drinking.
Not to make this about me but no fuss thanks, I don’t want fuss.
Cancer dxday four.
June 11, 2025 at 11:03 AM
At this point all we know is I have a malignant growth on my upper right lung.
I speak to thoracics Friday
I have PET, MRI and another Cat Friday
I’m not going to know anything until they’ve done these tests so on point worrying about it.
I just wanna be alone actually. X
I speak to thoracics Friday
I have PET, MRI and another Cat Friday
I’m not going to know anything until they’ve done these tests so on point worrying about it.
I just wanna be alone actually. X
Yep exactly! I also want to do 6 months more of thoracics so overall will probably extend by a year. I won't necessarily do liver as a consultant but it will make me a very good gasser overall with all the transferrable skills.
November 9, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Yep exactly! I also want to do 6 months more of thoracics so overall will probably extend by a year. I won't necessarily do liver as a consultant but it will make me a very good gasser overall with all the transferrable skills.
An anaesthetic subspecialty requires skills/knowledge beyond those expected of any anaesthetist.
Obstetric anaesthesia is special interest, not a subspecialty.
Ditto for neurosurgical anaesthesia & frankly anything that isn’t cardiac, sick/<2yo paeds & maybe thoracics.
Obstetric anaesthesia is special interest, not a subspecialty.
Ditto for neurosurgical anaesthesia & frankly anything that isn’t cardiac, sick/<2yo paeds & maybe thoracics.
May 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
An anaesthetic subspecialty requires skills/knowledge beyond those expected of any anaesthetist.
Obstetric anaesthesia is special interest, not a subspecialty.
Ditto for neurosurgical anaesthesia & frankly anything that isn’t cardiac, sick/<2yo paeds & maybe thoracics.
Obstetric anaesthesia is special interest, not a subspecialty.
Ditto for neurosurgical anaesthesia & frankly anything that isn’t cardiac, sick/<2yo paeds & maybe thoracics.
had a better experience with the thoracics doctor who's taken care of my previous collapses tho so i left a message to schedule an appointment cause this is affecting my semester 😩
December 1, 2024 at 4:42 PM
had a better experience with the thoracics doctor who's taken care of my previous collapses tho so i left a message to schedule an appointment cause this is affecting my semester 😩
January 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I think a lot of big hospital thoracics fellows could use some of wwx's levity. But surgeons tend to be a scary bunch in general imo!
February 15, 2024 at 2:57 AM
I think a lot of big hospital thoracics fellows could use some of wwx's levity. But surgeons tend to be a scary bunch in general imo!
I’m thoracics so > 30% of our pts go into afib with RVR. Especially since “a dry lung is a happy lung” 🙄
In a general post op pt I don’t worry about keeping values at optimal levels but I do for thoracics.
In a general post op pt I don’t worry about keeping values at optimal levels but I do for thoracics.
October 1, 2023 at 1:06 AM
I’m thoracics so > 30% of our pts go into afib with RVR. Especially since “a dry lung is a happy lung” 🙄
In a general post op pt I don’t worry about keeping values at optimal levels but I do for thoracics.
In a general post op pt I don’t worry about keeping values at optimal levels but I do for thoracics.
And I won’t know anything until thoracics calls on the 26th. That’s like forever.
To not know my odds. I could be dying here. Idk if it’s cancer and it’s spreading because I’m still young I live in London. With excellent care so odds my side still. Cancer is a fucker but I’m a strong Buddhist 👊🏼
To not know my odds. I could be dying here. Idk if it’s cancer and it’s spreading because I’m still young I live in London. With excellent care so odds my side still. Cancer is a fucker but I’m a strong Buddhist 👊🏼
I’m struggling with the bits when there are no humans around me. They’re thankfully chanting for me with my whole district chanting for my recovery.
It’s a beautiful thing we do for each other in hard times. Intensify that intention/prayer that I will recover.
I feel like I’ll be ok. But I’m ok.
It’s a beautiful thing we do for each other in hard times. Intensify that intention/prayer that I will recover.
I feel like I’ll be ok. But I’m ok.
June 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
And I won’t know anything until thoracics calls on the 26th. That’s like forever.
To not know my odds. I could be dying here. Idk if it’s cancer and it’s spreading because I’m still young I live in London. With excellent care so odds my side still. Cancer is a fucker but I’m a strong Buddhist 👊🏼
To not know my odds. I could be dying here. Idk if it’s cancer and it’s spreading because I’m still young I live in London. With excellent care so odds my side still. Cancer is a fucker but I’m a strong Buddhist 👊🏼
Yeah I remember an op-ed by a doctor explaining doctors going into cardio-thoracics & other high paying disciplines because 💲💲💲 & not moving to areas w/ few physicians because they pay less.
The system is putting out the likely outcome.
The system is putting out the likely outcome.
December 6, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Yeah I remember an op-ed by a doctor explaining doctors going into cardio-thoracics & other high paying disciplines because 💲💲💲 & not moving to areas w/ few physicians because they pay less.
The system is putting out the likely outcome.
The system is putting out the likely outcome.
Working up some study sheets for my #thoracics rotation 🫁
#sciart #medart #meded #procreateartist #medsky
#sciart #medart #meded #procreateartist #medsky
November 27, 2024 at 2:13 AM
Working up some study sheets for my #thoracics rotation 🫁
#sciart #medart #meded #procreateartist #medsky
#sciart #medart #meded #procreateartist #medsky
SNAP3: what operations do older people have? Orthopaedics - big hitter 😉 3/10 overall, 1 in 16 hip fracture, 1 in 10 elective hip or knee replacement. Urology not a damp squib – 1 in 5. Above the bottom is colorectal with 1 in 8. (Cataracts weren’t included by design). 5/ #AnSky #OrthoSky
January 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Thing is I bet this is what they said in USA too.
Now you have nurses being solo responsible for anaesthetic provision in obstetrics overnight.
What is out of AA territory then? Neuro, cardiac, thoracics, paeds, trauma, vascular?
Epidurals? Solo work?
ASA 3, 4, 5? https://t.co/naxAXDWOzE
Now you have nurses being solo responsible for anaesthetic provision in obstetrics overnight.
What is out of AA territory then? Neuro, cardiac, thoracics, paeds, trauma, vascular?
Epidurals? Solo work?
ASA 3, 4, 5? https://t.co/naxAXDWOzE
November 16, 2024 at 3:47 AM
Thing is I bet this is what they said in USA too.
Now you have nurses being solo responsible for anaesthetic provision in obstetrics overnight.
What is out of AA territory then? Neuro, cardiac, thoracics, paeds, trauma, vascular?
Epidurals? Solo work?
ASA 3, 4, 5? https://t.co/naxAXDWOzE
Now you have nurses being solo responsible for anaesthetic provision in obstetrics overnight.
What is out of AA territory then? Neuro, cardiac, thoracics, paeds, trauma, vascular?
Epidurals? Solo work?
ASA 3, 4, 5? https://t.co/naxAXDWOzE
It’s life. It’s just come out of nowhere but I have a 5cm malignant growth on my upper right lung. See thoracics Friday also pet scan mri and ct. need to know it hasn’t spread. It is what it is. Ideal with it by the day. I’m too weak to look beyond that anyway. Thanks mate. Appreciate your words x
June 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
It’s life. It’s just come out of nowhere but I have a 5cm malignant growth on my upper right lung. See thoracics Friday also pet scan mri and ct. need to know it hasn’t spread. It is what it is. Ideal with it by the day. I’m too weak to look beyond that anyway. Thanks mate. Appreciate your words x
An anaesthetic subspecialty requires skills/knowledge beyond those expected of any anaesthetist.
Obstetric anaesthesia is special interest, not a subspecialty.
Ditto for neurosurgical anaesthesia & frankly anything that isn’t cardiac, sick/<2yro paeds & maybe thoracics.
Obstetric anaesthesia is special interest, not a subspecialty.
Ditto for neurosurgical anaesthesia & frankly anything that isn’t cardiac, sick/<2yro paeds & maybe thoracics.
May 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
An anaesthetic subspecialty requires skills/knowledge beyond those expected of any anaesthetist.
Obstetric anaesthesia is special interest, not a subspecialty.
Ditto for neurosurgical anaesthesia & frankly anything that isn’t cardiac, sick/<2yro paeds & maybe thoracics.
Obstetric anaesthesia is special interest, not a subspecialty.
Ditto for neurosurgical anaesthesia & frankly anything that isn’t cardiac, sick/<2yro paeds & maybe thoracics.
1772
Pectorals, thoracics, pulmonics, pneumonics, are all terms applied to medicines suited to diseases in the breast, but not one of them has a specific virtue.
W. Cullen, Lectures on Materia Medica 42 [OED}
Pectorals, thoracics, pulmonics, pneumonics, are all terms applied to medicines suited to diseases in the breast, but not one of them has a specific virtue.
W. Cullen, Lectures on Materia Medica 42 [OED}
May 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
1772
Pectorals, thoracics, pulmonics, pneumonics, are all terms applied to medicines suited to diseases in the breast, but not one of them has a specific virtue.
W. Cullen, Lectures on Materia Medica 42 [OED}
Pectorals, thoracics, pulmonics, pneumonics, are all terms applied to medicines suited to diseases in the breast, but not one of them has a specific virtue.
W. Cullen, Lectures on Materia Medica 42 [OED}