Cathy McKenzie

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Consultant pharmacist, and Hon Assoc Professor, wife, mummy of 3 amazing young people. Views mine. Editor in Chief, Critical Illness (www.medicinescomplete.com). Research in PKPD, sedation, delirium, opioids in critical illness. Love-life generally, hate Brexit and how refugees are treated. Am recovered from CRPS and feel pretty lucky in that regard.
@matdesgro @esicm that would be great @matdesgro thank you .
@matdesgro @esicm thanks Matt.. yes it’s an exciting time for ICU pharmacy in @esicm and it’s a great honour to be part of it . 😀
💊10 reasons for the presence of pharmacy
professionals in #ICU
1️⃣ may improve patient & clinical outcomes
2️⃣ expertise in pharmacovigilance improves #ptsafety
3️⃣ medication optimisation
4️⃣ drug dosing in MOF & TDM
5️⃣ medication reconciliation at transitions of care
6️⃣ pharmacy technicians support nurses & contribute to sustainable healthcare
7️⃣ adequate drug delivery & stock supply
8️⃣ drug use research
9️⃣ education and delivery of evidence‑based pharmacotherapy
🔟 cost–benefit
🔓 https://rdcu.be/dvfZV
Ten reasons for the presence of pharmacy professionals in the intensive care unit

@matdesgro thanks Matt - very rigorous peer review- great to see our paper published, and the start of the @esicm ICU pharmacy working group.
Last year

I am seeking 2 new research team members (a Research Assistant and a Postdoctoral Research Associate) to join our programme of work investigating the role of innate immune cells in acute inflammation. If this sounds like you, or you know someone who might be interested, please do take a look & get in touch:

https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43571/

https://www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43550/

Post-doctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge

Post-doctoral Research Associate (Fixed Term) in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge.

Does our own #mindset hinder implementation of evidence-based practices such as low sedation or early mobilisation #ICUrehab?

Survey among critical care clinicians (n=401) asking "would you like to be sedated"? Shockingly more than half (59%) answered yes!

There were no differences among professions but we found several differences in attidude

🖇️ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964339723001957?dgcid=author

Current insight article on #physiotherapy interventions to prevent, treat & rehabilitate patients with pressure injuries in ICU
✅education
✅positioning
✅strengthening
✅functional retraining
✅ambulation
#ICUrehab

📎https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964339723002008

Scheduled intravenous opioids | Intensive Care Medicine time to start considering about the IV opioid either scheduled or continuous infusions we give our Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients. #lessismore #ivopiods https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00134-023-07254-x
Scheduled intravenous opioids - Intensive Care Medicine

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The Relationship Between #Cognitive Decline and All-Cause #Mortality Is Modified by Living Alone and a Small #Social Network: A Paradox of #Isolation

Loneliness ≠ Isolation ≠ Small network

#Aging #Loneliness #Geriatrics
https://academic.oup.com/psychsocgerontology/article/78/11/1927/7277421?rss=1

The Relationship Between Cognitive Decline and All-Cause Mortality Is Modified by Living Alone and a Small Social Network: A Paradox of Isolation

AbstractObjectives. Although cognitive decline is a well-known mortality risk, it has not been adequately investigated, whether social relationships modify the

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