Name that drug!

How many of us working in the ICU use the term "stress dose steroids" daily but are unsure where the term comes from? For me, I learned how to order hydrocortisone well before I understood “why” these doses were used. Read below for a quick thread on stress dose steroids! 1/8

Sorry albumin, ICU pharmacists ACTUALLY reduce mortality 🤓👏💊 journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/f...

“So, pharmacists can also work in hospitals.”

Anyone have a good article on natural versus vaccine-induced immunity? Thanks! 🙏

When is the answer to “which vasopressor should we use?” NOT norepinephrine? 🤔 Share your answers below! 👇

The plight of the non-physician AKA Debating whether a problem with the patient is big enough to contact the physician or if that will just get you yelled at

Submit your @sccmcriticalcare.bsky.social abstracts before midnight tonight!

“Patient has been advised against continued alcoholism.” 👏👏👏 No notes, job well done!

The only Fantastic Four (Ts) that matters: Thrombocytopenia Timing Thrombosis oTher causes

We need a head-to-head double-blinded RCT of cane sugar versus high fructose corn syrup to put this debate to rest

Waiting for (Doctor) Godot

How the mighty have fallen

A lot to process here

To all the new attendings: you got this! Trust your training, but also know you will continue to learn and get better every day. More importantly, ask your pharmacists lots of questions!

To your knowledge/per your hospital policy, what are the max volumes for IM and SUBQ injections?

Just because an antibiotic “covers” an organism doesn’t mean it COVERS that organism

The Pitt taught me I can get away with anything in the hospital as long as I say I learned it from a case report published in the New England Journal of Medicine

The real reason I take a day off from the ICU is to remind the intensivists how bad they have it without a pharmacist

“Did I order that DNR on the wrong patient?”

Pharmacist typing a kinetics note that no one will ever read

Pro tip for new residents/hospital employees: use the mirror domes Repost to save a life/embarrassment

My super power is speedily identifying pop song titles for the acoustic guitar covers playing in my coffee shop

Guidelines love to suggest and consider

The unrivaled hubris of thinking you can solve all health problems by removing artificial food dyes

"Joint commission can arrive any day at this point."

Me: Pt on Merrem and Flagyl. Can we d/c Flagyl to avoid dual-anaerobic coverage with Merrem? Hospitalist: No pt is worsening at this point deescalating ABX would be inappropriate Me: Please just let me cook

All guidelines are better with a pharmacist co-author

I just tried to badge into my house so maybe I’ve been working too much

It doesn’t matter if your hospital changes names. People will forever call it by the old name.

Oh, you’re pro-vaccine? How many vaccine randomized controlled trial can you name?

Does the phone come with Signal pre-installed? www.cnbc.com/2025/06/16/t...

How it feels to be yelled at as a resident

When you (a healthcare worker) show up to your own healthcare appointment wearing the same color scrubs as the staff

So that’s why none of these journals have accepted my manuscript!

Name a less iconic trio

Them: wait, do pharmacists even need to learn ACLS?? Me, after my flawless Megacode:

Waiting for the update to Epic that allows me to send gifs in secure chat

Anything labeled as a “miracle cure” or a “cure-all” more than likely doesn’t cure (or even treat) a single thing

For those on LinkedIn: does your profile URL have a string of numbers/letters at the end? If so, did you know you can change this? Navigate to your LinkedIn profile page and look to the right and edit your "Public profile & URL" to whatever you want!

A pharmacist can tell within 5 minutes what kind of antimicrobial steward you are

Can you safely use propofol in patients with egg or soy allergies? See the answer below in my latest #PharmacyEducationBoard

"Malnutrition-related diabetes, distinct from both type 1 and type 2, has now been officially recognized and named 'type 5 diabetes.'" Can anyone tell me what type 3 and type 4 are?? www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...

Staphylococcus aureus name origins: staphulē is Greek for “bunch of grapes” and kokkos is Greek for “berry” both referring to its shape/morphology aureus is Latin for “golden” referring to its unique pigmentation in culture

If a patient can successfully swallow a potassium tablet, they are too healthy to be in the ICU

How does he feel about worm theory?

Not sure if people are still using these starter packs, but I wanted to repost just to see! If you're a CC or EM PharmD please reply so we can extend our network!

Healthcare workers love to say “your numbers look good today”