Continuing Kindle daily reading Some highlights Listening to Wheel of Time, already onto book 4, epic Hemlock and Silver; never miss a T. Kingfisher, mix of scary yet cozy magic and brave ordinary people Between Two Fires interesting Katabasis journey to the land of the dead magic academia

🚨 Registration is OPEN! 🚨 Apply now for ATS 2026 Early Career Programs: Student Scholars Program Fellows Track Symposium Resident Boot Camp New Faculty Boot Camp Spots fill fast! Apply by Jan 5, 2026 https://ow.ly/RJrQ50XmIKT #ATS2026 #EarlyCareer #MedicalEducation

Please register for out first fireside chat of the year, "From ICU to Impact: Dr. Wes Ely on Crafting Productive, Resilient Research Team" on Monday, January 12 from 12p-1p EST. site.thoracic.org/events/from-...

Introducing our new video series ATS Critical Care "Lit Bits" -- where we break down the literature, bit by bit. Sepsis treatment starts with a critical choice: fluids or pressors. Shiv Patel, MD, from the Critical Care Assembly discusses this choice in the CLOVERS trial

☃️ Enjoy your end-of-year holidays with a gift 🎁 from #journal_CHESTCritCare… our December issue! www.chestcc.org/current ⭐️ 24 research papers ⭐️ 4 editorials ⭐️ 2 correspondence letters Thanks to our readers, authors, editorial team, & staff, for a great 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣5️⃣! @accpchest.bsky.social

Research Summary: Early use of automated closed-loop ventilation did not increase ventilator-free days at day 28 compared with protocolized conventional ventilation. #CCRdownunder ja.ma/48AgJCj

Editorial: Sinnige et al demonstrate that closed-loop ventilation did not improve ventilator-free days compared to conventional care. Questions remain regarding how best to integrate adaptive ventilation systems into real-world practice. #CCRdownunder ja.ma/4pXyYJb

If you’re an ATS member, vote 🗳️ now for your next set of assembly leaders!! site.thoracic.org/membership/a... 🏁 deadline- Jan 30, 2026 @atscritcare.bsky.social

The ATS is accepting applications for the Student Scholars Program, Fellows Track Symposium, Resident Boot Camp, and New Faculty Boot Camp at #ATS2026. Those interested should apply as soon as possible, spots fill up fast! Applications due Jan. 5, 2026: conference.thoracic.org/program/earl...

An amazing time at the inaugural #CCCF2025 @atscritcare.bsky.social Datathon! Theme was Overuse in the ICU with awesome projects on hyperoxia, over sedation, and central lines staying in too long!

When we fight, we win “a As of Tuesday, Harvard University had recouped most of the federal research funding it lost when the Trump administration froze its access to grants earlier this year, multiple local news organizations reported.” www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

updated the acute liver failure chapter biggest change is increasing support for early CRRT to remove NH3 (to reduce elevated intracranial pressure) now rec'd for clinically overt encephalopathy (Grade 2-4) if admitting to ICU for ALF & encephalopathy, just dialyze emcrit.org/ibcc/alf/ #EMIMCC

👀 Looking for something to read between dinner & dessert? 🍗🥮🍁 ✔️ out 3 new pieces in #journal_CHESTCritCare… 1️⃣ Ed: www.chestcc.org/article/S294... 2️⃣ RL: www.chestcc.org/article/S294... 3️⃣ ATLAS: www.chestcc.org/article/S294... I’m thankful for our readers, authors, editors, & CHEST staff.

Are you an in-training or early-career PhD scientist, clinical educator, or clinical scientist aiming for success in academic medicine? If so, apply for admission to the ATS 2026 New Faculty Boot Camp in Orlando, FL! Applications are due 1/5/2026. #ATS_PHD #ATS2026

Ever wonder what it might be like to work in the pharmaceutical industry? Join the CC ECPWG as Dr. Jeff Min discusses his transition from fellowship to clinical development on 12/4: site.thoracic.org/events/from-...

Some pretty eye-opening data on the effect of AI coding. When Cursor added agentic coding in 2024, adopters produced 39% more code merges, with no sign of a decrease in quality (revert rates were the same, bugs dropped) and no sign that the scope of the work shrank. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Some of my favorite types of articles are 'how I do it' pieces - here's a practical approach to diagnosing respiratory long COVID from #journalCHEST journal.chestnet.org/article/S001... @accpchest.bsky.social @chriscarrollmd.com #medsky

Kindle milestone!

Early-career professionals (ECPs) get involved with @atscommunity.bsky.social ! 🌟 The Critical Care ECP Working Group is collecting for their database, take this survey here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Will be used for award nominations, activities, networking, highlights, and more!

Upcoming Virtual Grand Rounds, “Disparities and Determinants of Critical Care Outcomes,” happening Thursday, November 13 (2:00–3:00 PM EST). Speakers include Dr. Maidah Yaqoob (Cedars Sinai) and Dr. Anica Law (Boston University) Registration link: thoracic.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

ICU mortality is high…what’s in a wish? Going outside, keepsakes, humanizing the environment. I’m not crying, you’re crying 😭 @thanhneville.medsky.social @accpchest.bsky.social #chest2025

Come see Vijeeth: 10/21/2025, 11:15 am - 11:23 am; BAL FLUID CELL-FREE MICROBIAL DNA SEQUENCING IMPROVES DIAGNOSTIC YIELD IN IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PNEUMONIA; Updates in Pulmonary Medicine Topics: Late-Breaking Scientific Abstracts South 502!! @accpchest.bsky.social #chest2025 @iaim-nu.bsky.social

Lots to think of how to redesign the ICU @accpchest.bsky.social #chest2025

Come see Mary’s talk: October 20, 10:20-10:50; MACHINE LEARNING FOR EARLY PREDICTION OF HOSPITAL-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA TREATMENT OUTCOMES IN CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS; Lakeside center, exhibit hall rapid fire area 2A! #CHEST2025 @accpchest.bsky.social @nuintmed.bsky.social @iaim-nu.bsky.social

#CHEST2025 critical care year in review - standing room only! How does S/F compare to P/F?

Dr. Richard Wunderink - Nose does NOT equal lung #CHEST2025

Congrats @gallodemoraesmd.bsky.social !!!

Man I’m glad I wore sneakers to #CHEST2025 @accpchest.bsky.social ! Forgot how loooong McCormick place is. Excited to be here!!!

At the recent AI in Healthcare symposium at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, participants heard from NM experts who are shaping how AI is used responsibly in health care. I.AIM Director Abel Kho served as course director. @catgaohow.bsky.social ow.ly/kpQb50X4w4U #AIinHealthcare

1/ What started as a “hey, wouldn’t it be cool…” 💡 side project turned into a full study on how to identify immunocompromised patients. Gold standard = research coordinators manually labeling statuses ✅
Everything else tested against that.
🔗 academic.oup.com/jamia/advanc...

Some important findings in this paper: 1) Working with AI boosts the performance of people solving math, science & ethics questions 2) The biggest boost is for the hardest problems 3) High performers remain highest performing, but low performers gain more 4) People who are good with AI gain most

Awesome work from @vijeethg.bsky.social - LLMs for the win! Hopefully this is one step towards doing less chart review. #LLMs #GPT @iaim-nu.bsky.social @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social @nuintmed.bsky.social #HBMI #HSIP

#LLMs outperformed structured data algorithms and natural language processing in identifying various types of immunosuppression in ICU patients. Read more about our approach here: doi.org/10.1093/jami...; ft. @keyboardbiologist.bsky.social @catgaohow.bsky.social

During my own job search, I was struck by how wildly academic offers vary—from $0 startup 😬 to multi-million-dollar packages 💰. Inspired by online datasets (ex: www.reddit.com/r/AskAcademi...), we surveyed PCCM physicians about their offers 📊.

Join the Inaugural CCCF Datathon 2025! Participants will collaborate/compete in teams to tackle this year’s theme: “Overuse in the ICU” using MIMIC-IV! @atscommunity.bsky.social Saturday, November 29th (limited to 25 participants): forms.gle/mj42ErBdxmKr... Apply by 9/30!

Please join us on Wednesday, September 17th at Noon for our Next Medical Grand Rounds! We will be joined by... -Ankit Bharat, MD -Alexander Misharin, MD -Mrinalini Venkata Subramani, MD -Catherine Myers, MD -Ambalavanan Arunachalam, MD from @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social !

Check out this "AI Essentials" on creating pretty timelines with Claude. @catgaohow.bsky.social, Associate Director of the I.AIM Center for Collaborative AI in Healthcare, walks through the process, starting with ChatGPT and finishing with a polished Gantt chart in Claude. youtu.be/sF_0VTNwAs0?...

Join us and Dr. Calfee TOMORROW for our first grand rounds of AY25-26!

Claude's new ability to work with Excel is the best I have seen so far I have given it existing spreadsheets to work with and asked it to create new ones. Good use of formatting, formulas, etc. It created all of this, including 406 formulas, from one prompt (& it would be solid work from my MBAs).

1/ Something I don’t often look at in CAP patients, but might start to based on this paper: eosinopenia (eosinophils ≤50/μL), which has already been tied to poor outcomes in COPD & COVID-19.

🚀 Thinking about private practice? Join the Career Transitions Group on 9/8 at 4:30 PM EST for an interactive session! 📢 Facilitated by @pmdlc.bsky.social ! 🔗 site.thoracic.org/events/pros-... @ats-assemblies.bsky.social @atsearlycareer.bsky.social @atscommunity.bsky.social

Ever wonder about entering private practice after fellowship? We’ll discuss RVU targets, interviews, contracts, negotiations, and everything else you’ve wanted to know!

1/ 🫁 Recently bronched a patient with a gunked up ETT and wonder how often this happens? From #journal_CHESTCritCare: 369 ETTs cut and measured degree of blockage (see pic) 📊 Moderate blockage common (CICU 28%, MICU 17%)

Introducing Cosmos AI—a family of generative models trained on 115 billion medical events to simulate clinically probable futures and deliver actionable insights to care teams across the continuum of care. Read the paper: arxiv.org/abs/2508.12104

Emmie hands things off to Art—AI that helps clinicians. Designed to help doctors better understand their patients, eliminate busy work, and bring insights to help inform decisions, Art anticipates what’s needed for the visit and tees up tailored summaries for each agenda item.

Introducing Emmie—AI that helps patients. Informed by your chart and connected devices, Emmie can explain results with context, answer open-ended questions to guide patients through healthcare, and take actions like scheduling visits.

@hey.epic.com first time at #UGM #EpicUGM conference and the campus is so cool! Also lots of exciting AI tools coming down the pipeline!

Does it ever feel like some attendings prone everyone and some attendings prone no one? You're not imaging things! From #CLIFconsortium rockstar Anna Barker and #UMichMed: #journal_CHESTCritCare @hbgmd.bsky.social @chriscarrollmd.com @accpchest.bsky.social www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

Just how reliable are bedside sputum assessments anyway? 📄 Schuiteman et al in #journal_CHESTCritCare @accpchest.bsky.social www.chestcc.org/article/S294... 📍 10 ventilated pts, videos/photos shown to 383 ICU staff 📍 Gold standard = gram stain PMNs @hbgmd.bsky.social @chriscarrollmd.com #MedSky

ICU Practice: The conventional teaching is to perform spontaneous breathing trials (SBT) only once daily when we try to wean a patient from mechanical ventilation. The rationale is to prevent precipitating respiratory muscle fatigue. It has been shown that SBT failures are often