Waistcoat wearing, flexi-nibbed pen wielding, ICU pharmacist. Sporadic twitter user, in keeping with hectic life.... Views are mine, not my employers (obvs)
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Who was Alex Pretti, the intensive care nurse shot dead in Minneapolis? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62r…
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A strong man stands up for himself
A stronger man stands up for others
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(Yes that’s from “Barnyard”, it is still true) bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2y…
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Out of curiosity and so I can decide whether I should make some educational CRRT posts: who decides the CRRT settings in your ICU? E.g. blood flow rate, citrate dose, substitution, dialysate rate.
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Looking for an 8a pharmacist to work with Theatres and Anaesthetics at Oxford, in a brand new elective surgical building being built right now
Closing date 30 December 2025
nhsjobs.com/job/UK/Oxfordshi…
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In 391 ICU patients with a stay ≥7 days, outdoor therapy vs usual care reduced severity of delirium.
Awesome.
@niccjournal @TantamKate
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The course is designed to support critical care pharmacists on their RPS advanced pharmacist credentialling journey. The course is only open to centrally commissioned places, details to follow. Please share and repost!🔁
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🗓️ Tues 18/11/25 - 2-2:45pm
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Mon 24/11/25 - 3-3:45pm
Faculty and a Cohort 1 practitioner will share a course overview and describe the opportunities the course offers💡.
More details including the MS Teams meeting links are on the UKCPA forum post✉️. 👇🏽
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📢📢 Launch of Cohort 2 – UCL PGCert Advanced Pharmacy Practice (Critical Care)📢📢
We’re excited to invite pharmacists and stakeholders to a short webinar with Q&A to learn more about the UCL PGCert in Advanced Pharmacy Practice (Critical Care). 🧵👇🏽
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World’s largest #HipFracture research platform - developed and hosted by @ndorms - launched to improve care and outcomes for patients oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/worlds-… @OUHospitals @NIHRresearch @OxfordMedSci
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Original Article: Hypertonic Saline or Carbocisteine in Bronchiectasis (CLEAR trial) nej.md/3Vtn1h4
Editorial: Time to Reconsider Mucoactive Agents for Airway Clearance nej.md/3IxCWbm
#ERSCongress | @EuroRespSoc
ALT Graphs showng time to next fully qualifying pulmonary exacerbation (PEx) post randomization (mITT population, including no PEx)
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“Study of close to 2.5 million pregnancies in a 25-year period published in the JAMA (2024) failed to show increased risk of ASD, ADHD, or intellectual disability diagnoses among children exposed to acetaminophen in utero”
Your patients may have questions following the news that the Food and Drug Administration plans to include label warnings suggesting potential autism risks associated with acetaminophen use in pregnancy.
Share this new article from ASHP’s SafeMedication, a consumer-friendly source of information written by pharmacists, explaining that current evidence points to the safety of acetaminophen use during pregnancy: hubs.ly/Q03LxbrC0
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📣 Use of paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children.
Read the full announcement ➡️ bit.ly/4nl5AeS
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The @MHRAgovuk confirm that taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe and there is no evidence it causes autism in children.
Read more in their latest update.
➡️ gov.uk/government/news/mhra-…
ALT A woman holding a paracetamol pill in her hand. Text in image reads; MHRA confirms taking paracetamol during pregnancy remains safe.
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There’s some really good stuff in this thread
📔 Approved in Nov 2024, the @APApsychiatric Clinical Guidelines for #delirium are now published!
The statements often get the press, but don’t overlook the implementation sections. So many gems in there.
🧐 Let’s take a quick look at the statements…
psychiatryonline.org/doi/boo…
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Meds need be called out for their contributions to delirium.
They're so often either 𝐓𝐇𝐄 or 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 culprits.
Clean up the med list where possible and definitely familiarize yourself with the Beers Criteria.
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📔 Approved in Nov 2024, the @APApsychiatric Clinical Guidelines for #delirium are now published!
The statements often get the press, but don’t overlook the implementation sections. So many gems in there.
🧐 Let’s take a quick look at the statements…
psychiatryonline.org/doi/boo…
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As someone invested in the link between sleep & delirium, I’m underwhelmed with the data on melatonergics for delirium.
For one, they’re chronobiotics, not sleeping pills.
We need proper circadian-informed RCTs before we can conclude anything about melatonergics in delirium.
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New ICU guidelines led by @CUAnschutz experts, @AndreaSikora and Brian Murray, elevate pharmacists as essential team members. Explore the research from DBMI and @CUPharmacy ➡️ bit.ly/4mLhcHO
ALT IV bag connected to a drip in a hospital room, with medical equipment and beds visible in the background.
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What’s frustrating as a physician on social media is when you have fun content ideas to provide meaningful medical education to your audience, but then a powerful idiot starts mass diagnosing something fake like “mitochondrial challenges” while people watching at the airport, so then you’re like ok I guess I have to deal with this now
RFK JR: I’m looking at kids as I walk through the airports today...and I see these kids that are just overburdened with mitochondrial challenges, inflammation—you can tell from their faces, movements, and lack of social connection
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