Deepankar Datta
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Deepankar Datta
@deepankardatta
Emergency Medicine Consultant, Glaswegian-exile in Edinburgh, #FOAMed, views are my own. @[email protected]



Poster at #ICEM2023 new for me - Salbutamol associated lactic acidosis. Asthmatic patient increasingly breathless, lots salbutamol given. High lactate , no wheeze, normal/high pH. Easy mistake clinically = worse asthma leading to more salbutamol. Treat = stop salbutamol. @ ICEM23

1/ 🧵Hi Dr @Sandeshgulhane MP (@ScotTories) Can I ask a favour please? Its really pleasing to see a @Conservatives MP (& also GP) asking government to "get back round the table" to find a solution to the dispute, after Scottish junior docs rejected their pay offer and announced




The UK needs a hard reset






videolaryngoscopy using a standard-geometry MAC blade adds goodness without losing anything nice view & you want to intubate under direct vision? super - go for it! difficulty & you want video help? sure, look at the screen everyone sees your progress & seamlessly assists



















