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Ben Lowe
@benlowe.bsky.social
Anaesthetic & Intensive Care Registrar, Deputy Chair ICS Trainee Advisory Group, Dad to two young girls. Stereotyped likes of 🚴‍♂️☕️⛷️ plus LFC ⚽️ #AnSky #CritCareSky #emimcc
New ICS guidelines on delirium. Such a common condition on ICU with significant associated mortality but remains a challenge to manage.
Delirium in critically ill patients is a serious but often underdiagnosed condition.

Our new guidelines offer expert recommendations for early detection, prevention, and management in the ICU.

Let's improve outcomes together!

Read below now👇

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February 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I’m really enjoying these rants which could be more accurately referred to as pearls of critical care. Less is sometimes more…
Rant #6: Masterly inactivity

The immediacy of critical illness requires expedient action.

But, the art of being a good critical care doctor is to know when to act & when to wait.

The rant usually centres on hypertension management but feel free to *insert* alternative

#medsky #icusky #ansky
Over the years I've developed a number of "rants" (aka teaching) that seem to resonate with trainees on #ICUsky ward round.

This pedogogical style might make educationalists wince but keeps me and (crucially) trainees, interested

Interested in any counter rants, refined rants or rant affirmation
November 27, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Reposted by Ben Lowe
If you haven’t already we would massively recommend downloading the *FREE* OAA Quick Reference Handbook App! An amazing resource covering all the essential management for anaesthetists in obstetric emergencies in an easy-to-read format #obsanaes #obsanes

apps.apple.com/gb/app/quick...
‎Quick Reference Handbook
‎The Quick Reference Handbook for Obstetric Emergencies (Obs QRH) is a collection of action card guides for medical and resuscitation emergencies in hospitals. These guides are intended to help the mu...
apps.apple.com
November 12, 2024 at 9:51 PM
SimTIVA.app is great for playing around with the models to get a better understanding of how they work. Helped me get a good grasp of Eleveld and it’s free!
November 14, 2024 at 1:32 PM