Dr. Alison Fox-Robichaud

Hello #HamOnt! On Oct 16th I'll be at the @hamiltonlibrary.bsky.social talking about fascinating research on how vaccinations protect the aging brain. It's free, it's fun, and I would love to see you all there. Register below. @miramcmaster.bsky.social

This World Sepsis Day, 98 structures will illuminate pink across Canada to raise awareness of sepsis!

Not only does this break 2024’s record, but this year will also see the first illumination in one of Canada’s 3 territories. A key moment in raising awareness in the North.

Thank you to the governments of Alberta, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, and the Yukon for officially proclaiming World Sepsis Day 2025.

This stands as a critical contribution to raising awareness of sepsis throughout Canada!

It is important to recognize both physical and mental health impacts when helping survivors recover from sepsis.

Here is Amalie sharing her mental health experiences both before and after sepsis.

#SepsisAwarenessMonth #WorldSepsisDay #SepsisAwareness #Sepsis #SepsisSurvivor

Video in Clinical Medicine: Abdominal paracentesis can be performed as either a diagnostic or a therapeutic procedure. The use of ultrasound for guiding paracentesis generally results in fewer complications and increased operator comfort and procedure success rates. nej.md/3I1o5FN

Cover of Labwork to Leadership

In the new book Labwork to Leadership, chemist Jen Heemstra offers actionable leadership advice to principal investigators.

Check out the #ScienceBooks Review on #ReadABookDay: https://scim.ag/46l2X6y

Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia has a case fatality rate of 15% to 30% and causes 300 000 deaths per year worldwide.

This Review discusses management of S aureus bacteremia.

ja.ma/47lAvCO #MedSky

Visual representation of the FLUID trial, which evaluated lactated Ringer’s solution vs. normal saline for routine intravenous administration of fluids to hospitalized patients.

Whether lactated Ringer’s solution is clinically superior to normal saline for routine intravenous administration of fluids to hospitalized patients is unclear. Research findings from the FLUID trial are summarized in a new Quick Take video. nej.md/4oCRgQ4

#MedSky #CriticalCare

oh, not nearly as good as one might hope

Organizations disinvited from CDC vaccine workgroups U.S. health officials have informed more than half a dozen leading medical organizations that they will no longer be invited to participate in developing vaccination recommendations.

Organizations disinvited from CDC vaccine workgroups medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08...

- American Medical Association
- American Academy of Pediatrics
- Infectious Diseases Society of America, et al

Removal "irresponsible, dangerous to our nation's health, & will further undermine public trust..."

The walking wounded: sepsis survivors grapple with post-sepsis syndrome There were times I didn’t know why I survived sepsis, and even darker times when I wished I hadn’t. After surviving septic shock in May, 2021, after a colon perforation erupted from undiagnosed divert...

Jackie Duda is a BEAST!!! This woman does so much advocating for sepsis awareness & changing lives for the better for all sepsis survivors.

This is her latest article in @thelancet.com.

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Ventilator-associated pneumonia: mechanisms, an appraisal of current therapies and the role for inhaled antibiotics in prevention and treatment

CCR Journal Watch - tracking the critical care literature daily
https://criticalcarereviews.com/latest-evidence/journal-watch

CCR Down Under 2025 Critical Care Reviews Meeting Down Under - The Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne, December 9th - 10th, 2025

🚩The 3rd trial result for CCR Down Under 2025 is ARISE-AFRICA🚩

➡️Standard low flow oxygen vs nasal high flow oxygen vs CPAP in hypoxaemic respiratory failure

➡️Presenter Arthur Kwizera

➡️Join us in Melbourne
criticalcarereviews.com/meetings/ccr...

@precordialthump.bsky.social

Neutrophils drive vascular occlusion, tumour necrosis and metastasis - Nature Neutrophils actively induce tumour necrosis, driving vascular occlusion, pleomorphic necrosis and metastasis.

Nature research paper: Neutrophils drive vascular occlusion, tumour necrosis and metastasis

go.nature.com/4lzilSb

The Miseducation of Maria Montessori Her method was meant for the public. Then it became a privilege.

Maria Montessori and her many disciples believed that children are, in their essence, methodical, self-directed beings with a strong work ethic.

Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at McGill University(Fully-funded scholarship to Canada) - Opportunities for Youth The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program is the largest scholarship and leadership initiative of its kind in Africa. Through a broad network of Pan-African

Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at my university @mcgill.ca

Fully-funded scholarship to Canada!!

opportunitiesforyouth.org/2025/07/14/m...

Tackling misinformation is a long game: here’s how science journalists can help A panel of writers, researchers, and industry experts shared their insights on how to spot and counter misinformation at #abswss25. By Jasmeen Kanwal.

Tackling misinformation is a long game: journalists can help www.absw.org.uk/resources/ta... v @absw.bsky.social

1) Publish on a topic widely & repeatedly
2) Prebunk—inoculate your audience against common misinformation tactics
3) Report on science with extreme care
4) Choose your experts carefully

Harnessing adiponectin for sepsis: current knowledge, clinical insights and future therapies

CCR Journal Watch - tracking the critical care literature daily
https://criticalcarereviews.com/latest-evidence/journal-watch

Beyond the signature: Is consent truly informed? - Healthy Debate Moving forward, making informed consent truly informed – rooted in both equity and accessibility –  needs to be a priority, not just an ideal.

Happy to share this collaboration between my undergraduate student, a post doctoral fellow and patient partners healthydebate.ca/2025/07/topi...

Reconsidering the Language of Serious Illness - PubMed Reconsidering the Language of Serious Illness

#ICUreadings

One of my favorite recent meditations on the language we use, by the brilliant @jackykruser.bsky.social: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37486663/

And the classic DAHLIA trial that is part of why I am so liberal with precedex:
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26975647/

In effort to protect children, France bans smoking at parks and beaches Smokers are no longer allowed to light up in public parks, at swimming pools, or at beaches, or "anywhere children may be present," said French health and family minister Catherine Vautrin.

In effort to protect children, France bans smoking at parks, pools, beaches, and or "anywhere children may be present," by @ebeardsley.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/06/30/n... via @npr.org

I’m grateful that these people are willing to share their stories, hopefully so that others can avoid their fate. There is a reason that specific infections have been targeted by vaccines. Vaccine-preventable diseases are terrible.

Where is the best place to hold a scientific conference right now? An immigration crackdown makes the United States less attractive. These locations could steal its crown and make conferences more globally inclusive.

An immigration crackdown makes the United States less attractive. Where should you hold your next conference?

https://go.nature.com/407qJ2w

Measles is surging in Alberta. Which vaccine-preventable disease could be next? | CBC News Doctors and scientists worry Alberta's measles outbreaks could signal the start of a new era when other dangerous infectious diseases of the past could re-emerge and pose new health threats.

#Measles is surging in Alberta. Which vaccine-preventable disease could be next? Measles 'canary in the coalmine,' as experts watch for resurgence of illnesses like polio, by @jenleecbc.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... via @cbcnews.ca #pediatrics

Measles leaves children vulnerable to other diseases for years Measles causes more than an acute illness: it suppresses immune memory and increases the risk of complications for years.

#Measles leaves children vulnerable to other diseases for years. Measles causes more than an acute illness: it suppresses immune memory and increases the risk of complications for years, by @scientificdiscovery.dev ‬ ourworldindata.org/measles-incr... via @ourworldindata.org

Today's Paper of the Day is:

Protocolized strategies to encourage early mobilization of critical care patients: challenges and success

criticalcarereviews.com/latest-evide...

Join us to read 1 paper per day and stay up-to-date as we cover the spectrum of critical care across 2025

A graph showing the cumulative probability of successful liberation from ventilation and of death before successful liberation.

In the PROMIZING trial, proportional-assist ventilation with load-adjustable gain factors did not differ significantly from pressure-support ventilation with respect to the time to liberation from mechanical ventilation. Full trial results: nej.md/4kC2a67

@criticalcarereviews.com #CCR25

#PROMIZINGtrial results are in - no difference in time to successful liberation from mechanical ventilation between proportional-assist ventilation and pressure support ventilation
#CCR25

Forest plots of the subgroup analyses

Presented at #CCR25:

In a cluster-randomized, crossover trial, hospital-wide use of lactated Ringer’s solution as compared with normal saline did not alter the incidence of death or hospital readmission within 90 days. Full trial results: nej.md/45SaEBs

@criticalcarereviews.com

Flyer for the FLUID trial results at CCR25

🚨 FLUID Trial Results🚨

Balanced crystalloids vs saline in hospitalised patients

📍 16 Canadian hospitals
👥 >144,000 pts 😮
🏁 Cluster-crossover RCT
📊 90-day death or readmission

➡️ Big trial !
➡️ Big numbers !

🚩 The answer drops at #CCR25🚩