Ken Parhar

Many of our colleagues will be speaking @WCICC2025 Vancouver Sept 16-19, showcasing Calgary’s expertise in areas of critical care. If you’re attending be sure to listen to talks from: Jessica Jenkins, @JAKrommMD, Andreas Kramer, @kissel_katie, Amanda Roze des Ordons, @KenParhar

Sad day for all us hulkamaniacs out there :(

World Congress Speaker Spotlight! Sonny Dhanai, Ken Parhar and Emily Taylor will be speaking at the 17th World Congress of Intensive and Critical Care! @KenParhar Early Bird Extended to Midnight tonight! wcicc2025.com/registration #CCCS #WFICC #CSRT #CACCN

Champian!

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The ICU is not where patients should discover that their cancer-directed therapy is palliative in intent.

Methods for determining optimal positive end-expiratory pressure in patients undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation: a scoping review - Canadian Journal of Anesthesia #Anesthesia #Anesthesiology buff.ly/3ZnTmIH

Methods for determining optimal positive end-expiratory pressure in patients undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation: a scoping review - Canadian Journal of Anesthesia #CJA #Anesthesia #Anesthesiology buff.ly/3ZnTmIH

Error 8/10: Equating low ejection fraction in sick patients with cardiogenic shock. This is a common mistake. For example, a patient has shock and POCUS shows depressed LV function. This must be cardiogenic shock then! Not so fast... Remember, patients with cardiomyopathy (acute or chronic) can have low, normal, or high stroke volume. They can also have low, normal, or high filling pressures. In these patients, using a VTI (or some other estimate of stroke volume) and then an estimate of filling pressures (B-lines, E/e', or VEXUS for right side) is super valuable.

Interested in learning more about how to set optimal or best PEEP? See our latest scoping review led by our recent ICU fellow Dr Stefan Edginton. rdcu.be/d1SSP @StelfoxTom @drseanbagshaw @dan_niven @SolversonKevin @CJA_Journal #PEEP #optimalPEEP #ICU

Ryan Kesler on fans chanting his name last night : "I will never forget that, the way the fans have treated me after everything that happened. I was talking with the wife about that this morning about that, I would love to retire as a Canuck, my heart is in this city."

A must-read! Understanding ventilator-induced lung injury: The role of mechanical power sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Beautiful paper and work! Tip to the authors! Stephan von Düring et all , @efan75 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Excited to share our new review on mechanical power in mechanical ventilation! Could this metric help reduce ventilator-induced lung injury? Read more in JCC: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… @StephanVonDu @KenParhar NeillAdhikari @martin_urner JosephKim @laveenamunshi @KuanLiu2 @efan75

Brought a friend to work today…..

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Here’s the best video of this medical emergency I’ve ever seen What’s the diagnosis?

1/7: This year, let's fully understand the concepts of fluid responsiveness, fluid tolerance, venous congestion, dynamic fluid intolerance, and perfusion. This is crucial for all providers as dedicated RCTs (1500 pts!) (@AndromedaShock 2) will help inform how to integrate these into practice. A 🧵 Here's our recent paper for a deeper dive right off the bat. tinyurl.com/47pdbzzp #medtwitter #foamed #foamcc #meded #medicine #evidencebasedmedicine

The O'Brien Institute is pleased to announce its new scientific director, Dr. Kirsten Fiest, PhD. This appointment will usher in a new era of public health excellence. Please join us in congratulating Dr. @KMFiest! Read more: bit.ly/46RGY5d