Our prospective study of Piperacillin/Tazobactam exposures in a Canadian ICU setting just published. Turns out a large proportion of patients had subtherapeutic concentrations of piperacillin. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Félicitations à Geneviève White, Noah Adessky, Fei-Wen Chen, Anne Regazzoni, David Williamson et Marc M. Perreault, tous pharmaciens d’établissement et co-auteurs de l’article!

La MPA, un monde s'ouvre à toi! 👉lnkd.in/eM_9H-WX

Based on preclinical studies, clinicians should avoid the regular use of haloperidol and risperidone post-TBI. Future human studies should be conducted with atypical antipsychotics. Our SR of preclinical studies just published. liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/ne…

📢 Exciting News! 🚀 The Life-Threatening Illness National Group (LifTING) Health Research Training Program is now OPEN for applications! Read more below on what the training program is all about, how you could be an ideal fit, and how to apply! 🧵👇

‼️ A quick reminder that the LifTING Training Program is open to applications from diverse candidates: patients, families, researchers, healthcare professionals, graduate students, postdocs, staff & community members! Read the LifTING & Sepsis Canada Research Training Program thread below for further details!

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Our paper evaluating the feasibility of using wrist actigraphs to monitor agitation in TBI patients just published tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Join us for a Global Discussion on Critical Care Pharmacy Practices! 🌍💊 📅 Thurs, June 6, 2024 🕛 12-1:30 PM EST Explore diverse roles & challenges faced by critical care pharmacists worldwide. Open to all! 🔗 buff.ly/3x1g5Pp

🔥The BLING III RCT🔥 The most anticipated trial in infectious diseases! The use of continuous compared w intermittent infusions of β-lactam antibiotics in critically ill patients w sepsis DIDN'T meet statistical significance in reducing mortality at 90d jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

#JournalWatch Intensive Care Medicine Looking for a good ref on ICU transitions of care? Here is a great review from Richard S Bourne and Lisa Burry of high-yield interventions to optimize pharmacotherapy between the community, hospital wards, and ICUs . #PharmICU #CritPRN buff.ly/3yarJb9

Just published: “A Patient-Level Meta-Analysis of Intensive Glucose Control in Critically Ill Adults” by Derick Adigbli, MBBS, PhD, Simon Finfer, MD, et al.: eviden.cc/4cdAtvB The George Institute for Global Health #CCR24

Just published: “Early In-Bed Cycle Ergometry in Mechanically Ventilated Patients” by Michelle E. Kho, PT, PhD (Michelle Kho, PT, PhD), et al.: eviden.cc/4aTe0Tv Heather O'Grady McMaster Health Sciences #CCR24

Just published: "Proton-Pump Inhibitors to Prevent Gastrointestinal Bleeding — An Updated Meta-Analysis” by Ying Wang, MSc, Deborah Cook, MD, MSc, et al. eviden.cc/4aONMBD Yaseen Arabi Paul Young #CCR24

Opioids for acute pain: Patients discharged from the emergency department with an acute pain condition consumed a median of only 5 tablets of 5 mg morphine equivalent during the 2 subsequent weeks. ➡️ cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.… (earn CPD credits)

Read the full study here ➡️ cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.…

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Great work by Raoul Daoust and team! Happy to be part of this important project

JAMA News in Brief: Study—Polypharmacy Nearly Doubled in 20 Years Among Older Adults in US ja.ma/4diHgVk

Trends in Sedative Prescription among Older Adults after Critical Illness: A Population-based Cohort Study Fulfillment of new outpatient sedative prescriptions decreased among sedative-naïve older adults surviving an ICU admission Lisa Burry 🔗 tinyurl.com/4jwjb9t7