Dan Balcarcel, MD

@CodyGathersMD I’ll give you top 3, but not sure about top…

I, easily top 3 (probably the top) most avid and committed college football fan in Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, am working 24-hour shifts on the day of Clemson's bowl game and the college football playoffs semifinal. How in the world did this happen.

Fresh blog: "ARDS" is not a real thing 😢 🫁 "ARDS" is a messy, heterogeneous, artificial syndrome. It doesn't correspond to any disease or pathology. 🫁 Confusing "ARDS" with a real disease leads to poor clinical management & flawed research studies. emcrit.org/pulmcrit/pulmc…

This will be my 55th Opening Day in Pro Ball. I still love the beginning of every season. Hope springs eternal. Our Sox emerged as healthy as they’ve been in a long time. Pedro and his staff ran a great camp. I’m excited to watch what should be a fine offense. Go get ‘em boys

We are starting #SCCM2023 with a talk from the new SCCM President and CHOP's very own, @VinayMNadkarni. Congrats Vinay!

I love that the rest of the world now gets to hear Nadir's thought process. It certainly has aided my development. And I'm also pretty sure he designed the next 5 studies for mechanical ventilation in pediatric respiratory failure in this 40-minute episode. Must listen! #PedsICU

Onward. #GoIrish

@maryam_naim @HeartCare4Kids @PCICS2 Virginia is the best!!

Today our #PedsCICU @HeartCare4Kids got to honor our nurse Virginia Enad she is a special “magical” nurse with so many contributions to patients families and our team- she even made a CICU nurse her daughter Cassandra is a ⭐️ thank you #PCICS22 @PCICS2

I feel this editorial deep in my bones Berlin definition of ARDS is flimsy perpetual re-definition only worsens confusion arguing about the definition is silly b/c it's not a single pathology dangerous: folks diagnose ARDS, then stop looking further (fail to look for cause)

Twitter is done. I'll now be posting my videos in EPIC secure chat.

Weight-Based Versus Flat Dosing of Epinephrine During Cardiac Arrest in the PICU: A Multicenter Survey Kienzle, @ryan_w_morgan et al @Wolfe_HA: ow.ly/sQB150L9nEE #PedsICU @SCCM @WFPICCS

The first pediatric chapter in @neurocritical Pocket Guide is here!! Congrats @NChiriboga @BradSegal @MattKirschen @PNCRGtweets #pncc #ncs2022

Akira Nishisaki summarizes 20 years of @PALISInet in one slide-- the interprofessional focus is so key to success and growth- and the foundation of #PedsICU! #PALISI22

We are VERY excited to start #PedsICU fellowship interviews this week! Applicants, what questions do you have about our fellowship program or life in Philadelphia?

@nelsonSpinto @RobertCTasker @NUFeinbergMed @LuriePICU @LurieChildrens Congrats Nelson!!! 🥳

As of today, you may address me as ASSOCIATE professor Sanchez-Pinto, thankyouverymuch. 👨🏻‍🎓💪🏼😜 @NUFeinbergMed @LuriePICU @LurieChildrens #pedsicu #AcademicTwitter

@jaymehtamd @moleskine @remarkablepaper @rattasupernote The @remarkablepaper is spreading like wildfire through the @ChildrensPhila PICU. It writes just like paper and I’ve been impressed with the instant syncing across devices (tablet, phone, computer, etc.). I know a lot of people who use the pdf exporter and love it

As an obsessive pen and @moleskine paper note taker in meetings and conferences, I'm thinking about making the switch to @remarkablepaper vs @rattasupernote to keep my workstreams organized Seems like each has its ➕ and ➖ Anyone have any experience with comparing the two?

@CHOP_CCMFellows For the record, I was not sleeping! Just taking in all of Jimmy’s wisdom!

Not hieroglyphs unearthed as the new patient tower is built but neuro teaching by the one and only Dr. Jimmy Huh. Come to the CHOP PCCM fellowship program and you, too, will learn to interpret this

Check out this great 3-part podcast from my mentor and colleague on pARDS — great review of the fundamentals and new directions in care @CHOP_CCMFellows #PedsICU #PedsCICU 👇👇🫁🫁

Thanks @aliciaalcamo and Scott Weiss for this detailed review of our paper on the association between HRVi and inflammatory biomarkers. Especially love the title! @nelsonSpinto @nucAmbiguous #PedsICU @PedCritCareMed @LuriePICU journals.lww.com/pccmjournal/Fu…

The “Chicago” pizza conversation on here yesterday inspired me to go get some actual Chicago pizza.

First year @PEMatCHOP fellow, Chris Miller, gives an excellent case conference on bronchiolitis at our monthly combined EM-CCM case conference. Great job, Chris!