Nick Mark, MD

As you can see from the screenshot we had no fun at all catching up!

Ok added another mock brand ICU shirt: Just Tube It.

Which is is your favorite?

Just purchased a norepi shirt!
FYI for others interested, the website has additional color options

Added some new “mock brand ICU merch” to the @criticalcaretime.bsky.social store & I think it’s pretty awesome!

www.criticalcaretime.com/shop

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It's that wonderful time of year when new residents are joining the ICU team!

Here are a few of my favorite @criticalcaretime.bsky.social infographics to help you understand key concepts:
⚡️Undifferentiated shock
💉 Vasopressors
😮‍💨 The physiologically difficult airway &
🧪 Metabolic acidosis

49. ARDS Imitators with Drs. Warren & Blagev Podcast Episode · Critical Care Time · 05/19/2025 · 1h 28m

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Do you know about ARDS mimics?

These are diseases that *LOOK* like ARDS but have very different treatment: AEP, DAH, OP, HP, EVALI, PJP, AIP, etc.

If you care for people with ARDS but this alphabet 🍜 of disease doesn’t immediately ring a 🛎️ you NEED to give this episode a listen!

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Vinay Prasad’s appointment to lead the FDA’s CBER division is a disaster for biotech stocks but it’s worse for patients who depend on new therapies. Therapies that Vinay has signaled he won’t approve.

Wait. So he thinks Covid was just a sudden outbreak of…people dying from not eating well?

You have been christened

I work with the best team! Love this battle of the inotrope education: milrinone vs dobutamine.

Blue 🔵 or 🔴?

Me: ohh is this chylothorax?

Student: who’s Kyle Thorax?

Me: obv my new pseudonym..

Is this a ratatouille situation? It would kinda explain a lot.

We talk a lot more about how to put an ETT *IN* than how to take em *OUT*. On this week's @criticalcaretime.bsky.social @askinforair.bsky.social & I talk all things EXtubation.
- readiness to exubate
- breathing trials
- overcoming challenges
- addressing cuff leak
- plus cases

Give it a listen!
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I really liked Season 1 of Fallout. One thing that struck me as unrealistic was Vault-Tec’s evil plan: to literally nuke the entire world so they could fundamentally reshape society according to their twisted views.

Anyway, it feels pretty realistic after this week…

NIH has rescinded its scientific integrity policy. Hard to see this as anything other than clearing the way for shoddy research on things like vaccines. Regardless of the rationale, it's bad news for public health.

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Pretty strong personal statement tbh

Why

Thanks 🙏

🥇 Achievement unlocked! Not only is @criticalcaretime.bsky.social the #1 critical care podcast, we’ve surpassed RFK Jr’s misinformationcast in the rankings.

You get what you pay for

This is the pinnacle of good design.

His manuscript was rejected. Then he saw it published by other authors A chemist at a university in Pakistan found a surprise when he opened an alert from ResearchGate on a newly published paper on a topic related to his own work.  When Muhammad Kashif, a chemist…

Person A submits an article. Person B reviews it & rejects it. Then person B changes the author name & submits the article to a different journal where it’s accepted. He claims he attached the wrong file by mistake. 😝

Really great argument for pre-prints!
retractionwatch.com/2025/03/06/p...

So the emotional crux of this week’s Severance involves Ms Corbel suckling at a deflated endotracheal tube?

Prediction: in a year when everyone is lamenting the #DogeRecession, Trump will be looking for someone to blame. Musk is an obvious choice.

I’m strongly supportive of developing Starship; we need a rapidly reusable heavy lift platform to replace the space shuttle.

But we can do this without exposing commercial flights to the risks of falling debris.

SpaceX should be launching at night & out of Florida not Texas…

Also the FAA issuing a ground hold at numerous airports

Hopefully this won’t impact POTUS golf game…