Sun.Mar 02, 2025

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A New Proposal for AF studies: Jettison the "Blanking Period"

Stop and Think

I presented Friday at the Western AF symposium. Program director Nassir Marrouche usually asks me to present something provocative. My session assignment this year was a roundtable on the management of AF during the “blanking period” after ablation. I took the opportunity to propose eliminating the blanking period. I give credit for this idea to Drs.

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A Cool Physiology Study on APRV-TCAV by Zou et al.: Our Thoughts! #FOAMed #FOAMcc

Thinking Critical Care

So when we saw this study come out last week, we thought it was worth having a little chat about it, so let’s see what my usual suspects (when it comes to TCAV and, well a lot of other things…) had to say about it, and of course about TCAV in general! So for anyone who hasn’t yet heard, #HR25 is coming up in a couple of months, and while this year, we are not specifically talking about TCAV, it will be absolutely fantastic, and there is an awesome ventilation pre-congree course

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What Causes Papilledema?

Pediatric Education

Patient Presentation A pediatric resident was presenting a patient to the attending, who was A 14-year-old male who presented for well care and was being followed by ophthalmology for optic disc drusen. “Optic disc drusen? Really? I just had a teenage girl with that last week. It isn’t the same family is it?” she asked. They looked at the patient identifiers and found it to be two different families. “I know we work at an academic health center, but what are the chances w