This is the official podcast of Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, a NY Times-featured Pulmonary and Critical Care physician with decades of experience in the field of Medicine and Critical Care. Healthcare Musings discusses important issues in Critical Care, Healthcare, and Medicine, and Dr. Hassaballa also interviews Great Minds in Medicine.
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Pharmacy to Dose: The Critical Care Podcast discusses critical care and its pharmacotherapy in a fun and entertaining manner. Each episode features a special guest, a subject matter expert, talking with host Nick Peters.
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Welcome to From Communities to Courtrooms Podcast where nationally recognized personal injury lawyer Tim Miley, founder of Miley Legal, breaks down the world of personal injury law and makes it simple and easier to understand for non-lawyers. He provides an educational and engaging platform to explore a range of topics - from discussing pertinent aspects of personal injury cases that everyone needs to know, to how access to the courtroom for personal injury victims actually strengthens our c ...
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Healthcare providers undergo years of education to hone their expertise and master their chosen specialty. Despite their impeccable clinical skills, few have received formal leadership development and coaching opportunities. The majority have stepped up to lead healthcare teams without someone truly investing in their success. This ultimately results in poor leadership and can negatively impact quality of care. The Commit To Thrive podcast is uniquely designed as an investment in the persona ...
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2025 ACCP Annual Meeting Highlights: FCCP Roundtable
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39:05Three new Fellows of ACCP (FCCP) join to discuss their journey, the application, things they learned, advice, a hearty congratulations, and so much more! Special guests: Christine Groth, PharmD, FCCM, FCCP, BCCCP Philip King, PharmD, BCPS, FCCP Anthony Hawkins, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM, FCCP https://www.accp.com/meetings/am25/index.aspx @PharmacyToDose …
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Using AI To Become a "10x Doctor": My Conversation with Eiman Abdelmoneim
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49:33How will Artificial Intelligence affect physicians? Will it take their jobs? Will it kill all of humanity? There are so many questions with respect to AI and healthcare, and so I had the perfect guest on to get answers to all of these important questions. Eiman Abdelmoneim on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eimanabdelmoneim/…
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2025 ACCP Annual Meeting Recap Reliving the 2025 ACCP Annual Meeting as ConferenceCorrespondent Anthony Hawkins and I recap everything that happened inMinneapolis, MN Special guest: Anthony Hawkins, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM, FCCP @Pharmacytodose [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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2025 ACCP Annual Meeting Highlights: Elevating Clinical Pharmacy in the ICU
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55:122025 ACCP Annual Meeting Highlights: Elevating ClinicalPharmacy in the ICU Highlighting a 2025 ACCP Annual Meeting educational sessionas well as a financial opportunity available to all Critical Care PRN members. 01:30 – Highlighting the Consensus Recommendations forIntegrating Critical Care Pharmacists on ICU Teams Featuring: Mojdeh Heavner, Pharm…
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2025 ACCP Annual Meeting Highlights: NMBA & Ketamine
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1:04:442025 ACCP Annual Meeting Highlights: Neuromuscular Blocking Agents & Ketamine Highlighting two education sessions from the 2025 ACCP Annual Meeting in today’s daily recap. 01:25 – Neuromuscular Blocking Agents in the Critical Care Setting Featuring: Scott Benken, PharmD, MHPE, FCCP, FCCM, BCCCP, BCPS Megan Rech, PharmD, Masters in Research, FCCP, F…
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Women in Medicine: Challenges and Opportunities
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44:35I sat down with three amazing women leaders in the Medical field - Dr. Chia-Shing Yang, Dr. Simran Matta, and April Burke PA - and had a wide-ranging conversation about the challenges facing women in medicine and leadership, and the opportunities they have as well. This is, by far, one of my most favorite episodes.…
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2025 ACCP Annual Meeting Highlights: Hyperthermia & Artificial Intelligence
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57:412025 ACCP Annual Meeting Highlights: AI and Hyperthermia Today’s daily episode from the 2025 ACCP Annual Meetinghighlights two different educational sessions. 01:40 – Management of Drug-Induced Hyperthermia Featuring: Megan Musselman, PharmD, FCCP, FASHP, BCCCP,BCEMP Ruben Santiago, PharmD, BCCCP, BCEMP, BCPS 22:00 – Artificial Intelligence as Your…
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Conference Correspondent, Anthony Hawkins, returns to the podcast to preview the 2025 ACCP Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN. Session highlights, conference advice, Minneapolis review, and much more! https://www.accp.com/meetings/am25/index.aspx @PharmacyToDose [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Dexmedetomidine ICU Clinical Pearls 00:50 – Dexmedetomidine for Sleep with Natalia Smith, PharmD 20:00 – Dexmedetomidine in Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome with AlysonDeRosa, PharmD Reference list: https://pharmacytodose.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/dexmedetomidine-clinical-pearls-references.pdf PharmacyToDose.Com @PharmacyToDose PharmacyTo…
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I understand why so many Radiologists put this phrase in their reports. It can frequently make things worse, and this is one of the many bad things fear of a malpractice suit has wrought.By Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, FCCP
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What’s The Deal With Potassium In The ICU
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10:46No matter which ICU in which I work, I am asked to keep the potassium levels more than 4. Is there any evidence for this?By Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, FCCP
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“They Don’t Make Them Like They Used To”: My Conversation With Dr. Richard Abrams
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53:05I have railed against some traits and trends of new students and residents these days. My conversation with one of my teachers, Dr. Richard Abrams, taught me a valuable lesson and made me change my attitude.By Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, FCCP
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If an insurance payer denies a claim, and we write an appeal. The very least the payer must do is write a letter in response.By Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, FCCP
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This is Environmental Services Week, where we honor a crucial member of the healthcare community: those who clean hospital rooms.By Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, FCCP
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Your First Impression Is Your Only Impression
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10:17Patients frequently base their relationships with Doctors on their first impression. And research shows that our attire has a lot to do with that first impression. On this week's episode, Dr. Hassaballa reviews the latest evidence on Physician attire and the patient-physician relationship. Article: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/8/e100824…
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“A Day In The Life”: Telecritical Care With Dr. Eugene Yeh
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25:27What’s it like to be a Teleintensivist? I asked one of the best in the business, Dr. Eugene Yeh of Sound Physicians. He gives us an intimate view of being a remote critical care specialist. Dr. Yeh on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugene-yeh-39ba1844/By Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, FCCP
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Mixed Feelings On Prior Authorization in Traditional Medicare
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10:25CMS unveiled the WISeR Model, a pilot of prior authorization for traditional Medicare beneficiaries. I have mixed feelings about it. NYT Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/health/medicare-prior-approval-health-care.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare CMS Press Release: https://www.cms.gov/priorities/innovation/innovati…
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Americans Are Drinking Less: That’s Amazing News!
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5:34Gallup’s recent poll showed that Americans are drinking alcohol at the lowest rate ever. This is something that should be celebrated. Poll Link: https://news.gallup.com/poll/693362/drinking-rate-new-low-alcohol-concerns-surge.aspxBy Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, FCCP
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Vasopressor Clinical Pearls 01:20 – Post-arrest Vasopressors with Sean Chi, PharmD 18:00 – Midodrine for Vasopressor Weaning with Eric Pham,PharmD Reference list: https://pharmacytodose.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/vasopressor-clinical-pearls-references.pdf PharmacyToDose.Com @PharmacyToDose [email protected] Learn more about you…
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Artificial Intelligence can’t get get tired. Artificial Intelligence can’t get burned out. Artificial Intelligence can do a lot. There are things, however, that Doctors do that AI can’t.By Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, FCCP
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Limiting Student Loans: Penny Wise, Pound Foolish
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8:11Limiting student loans for professional schools is so horribly shortsighted. Dr. Hassaballa explains why.By Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, FCCP
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AI Has Eliminated Your Job As A Radiologist, Right?: My Conversation With Dr. Safwan Halabi
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40:38Not too long ago, some predicted that Artificial Intelligence will render Radiologists obsolete. So, I sat down with Dr. Safwan Halabi, Associate Professor of Radiology at Northwestern University and Vice-Chair of Imaging Informatics at Lurie's Children's Hospital, and asked him about the effect of AI on his field now and in the future. This conver…
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Toxicology Clinical Pearls 01:10 – Naloxone-Induced Pulmonary Edema with Natalie Pettit,PharmD 20:40 – Lipid Rescue with Paige Hanke, PharmD Reference list: https://pharmacytodose.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/tox-clinical-pearls-references.pdf PharmacyToDose.Com @PharmacyToDose [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. …
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Emergency Medicine Clinical Pearls: Part I
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45:18Emergency Medicine Clinical Pearls: Part I 01:05 – SCAPE Management with Caylee Brown, PharmD 23:45 – Frostbite Management with Christine Hancock, PharmD Reference list: https://pharmacytodose.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/em-cp-part-i-references.pdf PharmacyToDose.Com @PharmacyToDose [email protected] Learn more about your ad cho…
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On July 1, new doctors start their residency. On July 4, our nation celebrates its independence. This is fitting because, truly, we in the medical field are fighting for the freedom of our patients.By Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, FCCP
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ARDS Clinical Pearls 01:35 – Corticosteroids in ARDS with Dixie Pyles, PharmD 20:10 – Inhaled Prostacyclins in ARDS with Nick Kim, PharmD Reference list: https://pharmacytodose.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/ards-clinical-pearls-references.pdf PharmacyToDose.Com @PharmacyToDose [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Vi…
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N-Acetylcysteine Clinical Pearls 02:04 – N-Acetylcysteine in Acute Liver Failure with MegSmith, PharmD 22:10 – Alternate N-Acetylcysteine Dosing Strategies inAcetaminophen Toxicity with Tanner Smith, PharmD Reference list: https://pharmacytodose.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/nac-clinical-pearls-references.pdf PharmacyToDose.Com @Pharmacy…
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Is a Mean Arterial Pressure of 65 Harmful in Septic Shock?
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5:26Typically, we titrate Vascopressors to a mean arterial pressure of 65. Does this harm patient with septic shock? Dr. Hassabolus goes over the literature.By Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, FCCP
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I am clearly in the aggressive fluid resuscitation camp for patients who present with septic shock or sepsis-induced hypotension. And I have been vindicated by the literature. CLASSIC: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2202707 CLOVERS: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2212663 CHEST Review: https://journal.chestnet.org/article/S…
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Do Doctors Gaslight Their Patients?: My Conversation with Dr. Chailee Moss
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20:14I was taken aback by the term, "Medical Gaslighting," used in this recent article. So, I sat down with the principal author and discussed the article and its larger implications beyond Gynecology. Article link: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2833711By Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, FCCP
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Are All Plaintiff Attorneys Bad People?: My Conversation With Dr. Jeff Willis
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41:25A malpractice lawsuit can be very stressful for physicians - it sure was stressful for me. So, are all plaintiff attorneys bad people? What about those physicians who are expert witnesses for plaintiffs? I asked this and much more of Dr. Jeff Willis, an Emergency Medicine physician who left bedside practice to do medical legal consulting full time.…
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Like it or not, compliance with the SEP-1 Bundle is here to stay, despite its questionable effect on outcomes. We can either rail against it or learn to how do it well. In this episode, to culminate Critical Care Awareness Month, Dr. Hassaballa shares tips on how to achieve good results with the SEP-1 bundle.…
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The Man Behind PulmCCM: Great Minds in Medicine
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36:13PulmCCM is one of the best Substacks out there. So, I sat down with Dr. Matt Hoffman, Critical Care physician and creator of PulmCCM to discuss his journey and evidence-based medicine in general. Substack Link: www.pulmccm.org When Death Comes To The Intensivist: https://www.sensible-med.com/p/when-death-comes-to-the-intensivist…
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In the last episode of the “Sleep in the ICU” series, Dr. Hassaballa goes through several easy tips to help get a good night’s sleep. American Academy of Sleep Medicine Tips: https://sleepeducation.org/healthy-sleep/healthy-sleep-habits/By Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, FCCP
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Dr. Hassaballa tells the story of when he filled in as a Tele-ICU Nurse. It wasn’t a pretty picture, and it highlights how important nurses truly are to the healthcare field. A very Happy Nurses Week to every nurse in the world! There is no “care” in healthcare without nurses.By Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, FCCP
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Sleep In The ICU: The Guidelines and What We Should Do
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11:10In Part 2 of the Sleep in the ICU series, Dr. Hassaballa discusses the SCCM guidelines with respect to sleep in critically ill adults and what we should do in the ICU. SCCM Guidelines: https://www.sccm.org/clinical-resources/guidelines/guidelines/guidelines-for-the-prevention-and-management-of-pa SCCM Update: https://sccm.org/clinical-resources/gui…
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"They Don't Make Them Like They Used To": My Conversation with Dr. Adam Cifu
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45:27Dr. Adam Cifu is an award-winning Medical Educator and general internist at the University of Chicago. He also writes for the fantastic Substack, Sensible Medicine. I had a wonderful conversation with him about Medical Education and how it has changed and not changed over the years. Dr. Cifu's books: https://www.adamcifu.com/books Sensible Medicine…
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Sleep in the ICU: The Classic Experiments
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12:14In the first of a two-part series about sleep in the intensive care unit, Dr. Hassaballa discusses the classic sleep deprivation studies and their implications on our own sleep.By Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, FCCP
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Unless one has lost a child, then he or she can never know the horror of the parents who just lost a child to measles in Texas. For the latest on the Texas Measles Outbreak: https://www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/measles-outbreak-2025By Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, FCCP
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2025 March Madness Eras Bracket Recap & Final Four Preview
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48:492025 Critical Care Trials March Madness Eras Bracket Recap & Final Four Preview Featuring Bracketologists: Trisha Branan, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM Rob Maclaren, BSc, PharmD, MPH, MCCM, FCCP Nick Servati, PharmD, BCCP Clay Small, PharmD, BCCCP I’m joined by the 4 Bracketologists for the 2025 Critical Care Trials Eras Bracket to recap what happened in the…
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In the latest installment of the Faith in the ICU Series, Dr. Hassaballa recounts a story that has always stayed with him.By Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, FCCP
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ICU Lecture Series: The ICU Liberation Bundle
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23:53In this latest episode of the ICU Lecture Series, Dr. Hassaballa lectures to staff about the ICU Liberation Bundle. Link: https://sccm.org/clinical-resources/iculiberation-home/abcdef-bundlesBy Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, FCCP
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NSU Critical Care Symposium Recap & March Madness Bracket Bonus
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1:23:52NSU Critical Care Symposium Recap & Bonus Discussion on March Madness Bracket 04:45 – “From Scan to Script: How Imaging Drives Pharmacologic Decisions in Neurocritical Care” ft. Nina Massad, MD 10:50 – “Mechanical Ventilation for Pharmacists: Optimzing Care, One Breath at a Time” ft. Deontae Johnson, PharmD, RRT, BCPS, BCCCP 18:30 – “Glycemic Contr…
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2025 Critical Care Trials March Madness Eras Bracket Preview: Part II
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1:59:062025 Critical Care Trials March Madness Eras Bracket Preview: Part II 2010’s & 2020’s Regions Featuring Bracketologists: Nick Servati, PharmD, BCCP & Clay Small, PharmD, BCCCP 02:40 – 2010’s Region breakdown 59:40 – 2020’s Region breakdown 2025 March Madness Bracket & Voting Ballot: https://pharmacytodose.com/2025/03/17/2025-march-madness-bracket-c…
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2025 Critical Care Trials March Madness Eras Bracket Preview: Part I
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1:36:392025 Critical Care Trials March Madness Eras Bracket Preview: Part I 1900’s & 2000’s Regions Featuring Bracketologists: Trisha Branan, PharmD, BCCCP, FCCM & Rob Maclaren, BSc, PharmD, MPH, MCCM, FCCP 04:00 – 1900’s Region breakdown 37:00 – 2000’s Region breakdown 2025 March Madness Bracket & Voting Ballot: https://pharmacytodose.com/2025/03/17/2025…
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Despite multiple specialty society guidelines recommending not to transfuse blood if the hemoglobin levels are above 7-8 g/dL, many physicians disregard the recommendations. Why is that? Dr. Hassaballa discusses this issue. Article referenced in the show: https://www.pulmccm.org/p/guidelines-on-red-cell-transfusion…
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2025 SCCM Congress PharmD Research Highlights & NSU Critical Care Symposium Spotlight
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1:17:122025 SCCM Congress PharmD Research Highlights Plus NSU Critical Care Symposium Spotlight 03:20 – Focus on NSU Critical Care Symposium with co-chairs Karen Berger, PharmD, FASHP, FCCM, BCPS, BCCCP & Melissa Santibañez, PharmD, FCCM, BCCCP Symposium Registration: https://www.nova.edu/webforms/pharmacy/inaugural-critical-care-symposium/index.html 17:0…
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In this latest ICU lecture series, Dr. Hassaballa discusses metabolic acidosis: how to diagnose it and what to do about it.By Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, FCCP
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What would someone who is BOTH a Critical Care and Palliative Care Doctor say about palliative care in the ICU? I asked one. Links from the show: The Coleman Palliative Medicine Training Program: https://colemanpalliative.org/ Research Articles referenced in the episode: Norton SA, Hogan LA, Holloway RG, Temkin-Greener H, Buckley MJ, Quill TE. Proa…
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2025 SCCM Congress Recap Special Guests: Brian Gilbert, PharmD, MBA, BCCCP, FCCM, FNCS Andy Webb, PharmD, BCCCP Full review of the 2025 SCCM Congress in Orlando, FL discussing things such as the convention center, Select Lounge, clinical sessions, lobby bar review, Disney highlights, looking to next year, & so much more. 2025 SCCM Congress: https:/…
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