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Aoife Abbey 📟 🩺 ⚕️ @whistlingdixie.bsky.social · 20h

I am looking forward to @esicm.bsky.social #LIVES2025 in Munich at end of Month.

I decided to come off X some time ago - will be posting from here….i will miss the ‘edit tweet’ option 😂

Registration still open: www.esicm.org/events/38th-...

A great place to connect! 📟
#criticalcare #meded

38th Annual Congress - Munich - ESICM

The 38th Annual Congress, "LIVES," will take place in Munich from October 25-29, 2025, at the International Congress Centre Munich (ICM).

www.esicm.org

Aoife Abbey 📟 🩺 ⚕️ @whistlingdixie.bsky.social · Jul 12

Indicating that this is something you have ‘learned’ - likes it’s based in scholarship and wisdom, is wild.
Publishing this as a statement in national press is also - wild.
Could do better - @thetimes.com

Aoife Abbey 📟 🩺 ⚕️ @whistlingdixie.bsky.social · Jul 9

All intensive care patients deserve access to a little outdoor space - happy first anniversary to ours ☺️
@uhcw-nhs.bsky.social @tantamkate.bsky.social

Aoife Abbey 📟 🩺 ⚕️ @whistlingdixie.bsky.social · Jul 2

A couple of us missed the photo but really proud of our departmental attendance at #SOA25

Aoife Abbey 📟 🩺 ⚕️ @whistlingdixie.bsky.social · Jul 1

Uncomfortable truths in The Cauldron - Dr Krithi Ravi quoting @sethina.bsky.social www.bmj.com/content/bmj/... #SOA25

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Aoife Abbey 📟 🩺 ⚕️ @whistlingdixie.bsky.social · Jul 1

My favourite session! - Cauldron Prize @drfreeze.bsky.social #SOA25

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Sharon @sharonbarker84.bsky.social · Jul 1

Key take home message from the first 2 #SOA25 plenary sessions this morning
*clinical reasoning is not a recipe book
*do the basics well
*early mobility and function work
* frailty and multi morbidity are part of the patient’s story
* remember patient centric care

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Sharon @sharonbarker84.bsky.social · Jul 1

#SOA25 Congress 💙💚 looking forward to some amazing speakers, posters and exhibitors 😊 proud to be part of the multi professional community @andijhenderson.bsky.social

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Segun Olusanya @drfreeze.bsky.social · Jul 1

Reminded me a touch of this paper

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31236636/

How we respect the possibility of recovery in high risk groups, while also holding space for the trauma of those that have died…

The number needed to mourn - PubMed

The number needed to mourn

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Aoife Abbey 📟 🩺 ⚕️ @whistlingdixie.bsky.social · Jul 1

Oof - and yet who among us is surprised!!
When will it be time to actually fund rehabilitation properly?
@tantamkate.bsky.social #SOA25

Segun Olusanya @drfreeze.bsky.social · Jul 1

Only 13.5% of cases reviewed in the @ncepod.bsky.social rehabilitation report were rated as good care.

Oof.

#soa25

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Segun Olusanya @drfreeze.bsky.social · Jul 1

@iculone.bsky.social discussing multi morbidity in critical care

And scarily there is little data on this

And these multimorbid patients are not being enrolled in trials

Despite making up a significant amount of our workload

#soa25

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Aoife Abbey 📟 🩺 ⚕️ @whistlingdixie.bsky.social · Jul 1

The making of an Athlete? Paralympian Lizzie Jordan in conversation with @tantamkate.bsky.social recalls her recovery and rehab after
critical illness at #SOA25

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Aoife Abbey 📟 🩺 ⚕️ @whistlingdixie.bsky.social · Jul 1

Really like the concept of making space for ‘dignity of risk’ in older adult populations - a concept which I think we may fear particularly in critical care - because of what we witness as harm associated with treatments in critical care for some patients …@drfreeze.bsky.social #soa25

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Aoife Abbey 📟 🩺 ⚕️ @whistlingdixie.bsky.social · Jul 1

Honestly could have fed Prof Rockwood Questions for an hour!what a fantastic and relevant session on Frailty #SOA25

Aoife Abbey 📟 🩺 ⚕️ @whistlingdixie.bsky.social · May 2

Really looking forward to this opening plenary - Prof Rockwood himself!
Being literate in frailty is every clinician’s business, but it is especially our business….
The @ics-updates.bsky.social flagship conference SOA is in Birmingham in July, online and in person 📟⚕️

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Segun Olusanya @drfreeze.bsky.social · Jul 1

Some great questions raised by @whistlingdixie.bsky.social

If you don’t have a history, how can you assess frailty? Is there a physical exam you can do?

Prof Rockwood recommends collateral history more than anything

( I do wonder about quad muscle thickness ping @zudin.bsky.social)

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Aoife Abbey 📟 🩺 ⚕️ @whistlingdixie.bsky.social · Jun 30

Off to a strong start at #SOA25 - was a pleasure speaking this morning on inclusive leadership. Now time to enjoy sunshine and get ready for the full programme tomorrow! ☀️
Hope to see you there!

Aoife Abbey 📟 🩺 ⚕️ @whistlingdixie.bsky.social · Jun 18

More accurately:
‘Adrian Smith died in February her organs were kept functioning using drugs and mechanical assistance to support a pregnancy’

She wasn’t kept ‘alive’ @theguardian.com
What a world we are creating.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Baby of brain-dead Georgia woman on life support delivered via C-section

Adriana Smith was declared brain dead in February and was kept alive to continue pregnancy

www.theguardian.com

Aoife Abbey 📟 🩺 ⚕️ @whistlingdixie.bsky.social · Jun 18

Nothing gives me rage as much as - just banged my head on a cupboard door and some immediately asks if I am ok!

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Aoife Abbey 📟 🩺 ⚕️ @whistlingdixie.bsky.social · Jun 18

This should be law

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Aoife Abbey 📟 🩺 ⚕️ @whistlingdixie.bsky.social · Jun 18

Stayed in the beautiful Irish Landmark trust managed Wicklow Head Lighthouse this long weekend and directly before that spent two weeks in Orlando - which was quite the contrast!

But now I need knuckle down and write a presentation. Send help.

Aoife Abbey 📟 🩺 ⚕️ @whistlingdixie.bsky.social · Jun 18

Still struggling to curate a feed that in any way resembles the sort of useful community feed I had on X (and X that doesn’t exist anymore - this isn’t a lament for that)

I already use targeted feeds

Advice? #medsky 📟

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Aoife Abbey 📟 🩺 ⚕️ @whistlingdixie.bsky.social · Jun 16

A reminder of how very wrong Dr Sellu’s criminal case was.

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Aoife Abbey 📟 🩺 ⚕️ @whistlingdixie.bsky.social · May 22

All we need now is some sunshine :)

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Aoife Abbey 📟 🩺 ⚕️ @whistlingdixie.bsky.social · May 18

Never in my life have I walked past a ‘door in constant use sign’ when the door has been….in use

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Aoife Abbey 📟 🩺 ⚕️ @whistlingdixie.bsky.social · May 18

Never in my life have I walked past a ‘door in constant use sign’ when the door has been….in use

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