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Bryan Cotton

@bryanacotton1

Professor of Surgery/Surgeon at busiest trauma center in US/Father of 6/Libertarian/Major Star Wars geek/Sometimes wrong, never in doubt

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More data destroying Rx reps talking points. Already knew we SHOULD ✅ labs, one dose doesn’t fit all. Now issues w/ 💊💊interactions… Concomitant Drug Interactions With Non–Vitamin K Oral Anticoagulants Are Associated With Bleeding and Mortality Risk ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JA…

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The relationship to surgery here is incredible! Like a discussion I had with my fellow last night on call. Or, for many out there, similar to the old adage of “ it takes five years to learn how and when to operate. it takes the rest of your career to learn when NOT to operate.“

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A swing and a miss for sevo...at least in patients with ARDS. Inhaled Sedation in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

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Their conclusion: no need for abx waiting on appy… My take: While no diff in perforation rates, ⬇️ SSI by 50% Role of Preoperative Antibiotic Treatment While Awaiting Appendectomy: The PERFECT-Antibiotics Randomized Clinical Trial | Infectious Diseases jamanetwork.com/journals/jamas…

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We don’t use cell-saver (over-anticoagulated bag of RBCs w/ no plasma/platelets). However, 4 those that do, cellsaver clears most toluene/contaminants from surgical💨 Is surgical smoke a relevant contamination for salvaged autologous blood? A pilot study onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…

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26 hrs quicker to extubation, ⬇️ need 4 rescue 💊💊, but ⬆️ AEs w/ dex vs propofol Dexmedetomidine- or Clonidine-Based Sedation Compared With Propofol in Critically Ill Patients: The A2B Randomized Clinical Trial | Anesthesiology | JAMA | JAMA Network jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

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Cold-stored platelets (CSP), not room temp platelets, conserved inherent function despite decreasing platelet counts through day 7. CSP also showed recruitment of other platelets through day 7 in this in vitro model frontiersin.org/journals/bioen…

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“Smoother” induction w/ cipepofol vs. propofol in severe AS pts Hemodynamic Impact of Cipepofol vs Propofol During Anesthesia Induction in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis: A Randomized Clinical Trial | Anesthesiology | JAMA Surgery | JAMA Network jamanetwork.com/journals/jamas…

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Ketamine gtt’s for the LOSS. Nice DB, RCT showing no benefit in severely injured pts. Actually stopped early for futility. Although, I must say I haven’t seen PCA’s used in our pts in 20 years… Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery journals.lww.com/jtrauma/fullte…

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My V.A. pts used 2 tell me this, so I gave them coffee early on. Wish I woulda been smart enough 2 collect data! 😂 ⬇️ ⏰ flatus, ⬇️ LOS Coffee administration to promote return of bowel function after small bowel resection: A randomized, controlled trial americanjournalofsurgery.com/article/S0002-…