Mark Borthwick (@mark_borthwick) 's Twitter Profile
Mark Borthwick

@mark_borthwick

Waistcoat wearing, flexi-nibbed pen wielding, ICU pharmacist. Sporadic twitter user, in keeping with hectic life.... Views are mine, not my employers (obvs)

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linkhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3249-1508 calendar_today14-06-2012 20:54:38

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UKCPA Critical Care Committee (@ukcpacritcare) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Session 3 - Cathy has taken us through A2B. Reena, Stuart and Emma have led a session with some top tips for building successful business cases.

Session 3 - Cathy has taken us through A2B. Reena, Stuart and Emma have led a session with some top tips for building successful business cases.
JAMA (@jama_current) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Augmenting enteral protein did not improve outcomes for critically ill patients compared with standard protein levels in the intensive care setting. #CCR25 Critical Care Reviews ja.ma/45jf3NI

Augmenting enteral protein did not improve outcomes for critically ill patients compared with standard protein levels in the intensive care setting. 

#CCR25 <a href="/CritCareReviews/">Critical Care Reviews</a> 

ja.ma/45jf3NI
JAMA (@jama_current) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Conservative oxygen therapy with a target SpO2 of 90% did not reduce 90-day all-cause mortality compared to usual oxygen therapy in mechanically ventilated adult patients. #CCR25 Critical Care Reviews ja.ma/43Ry4Ep

Conservative oxygen therapy with a target SpO2 of 90% did not reduce 90-day all-cause mortality compared to usual oxygen therapy in mechanically ventilated adult patients. 

#CCR25 <a href="/CritCareReviews/">Critical Care Reviews</a>

ja.ma/43Ry4Ep
NEJM (@nejm) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Presented at #CCR25: In a cluster-randomized, crossover trial, hospital-wide use of lactated Ringer’s solution as compared with normal saline did not alter the incidence of death or hospital readmission within 90 days. Full trial results: nej.md/45SaEBs

Presented at #CCR25:

In a cluster-randomized, crossover trial, hospital-wide use of lactated Ringer’s solution as compared with normal saline did not alter the incidence of death or hospital readmission within 90 days. Full trial results: nej.md/45SaEBs
FICMNews (@ficmnews) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We are delighted to announce that Dr Jack Parry-Jones has been elected as the new FICM Dean and Dr Matthew Williams has been elected as the new FICM Vice Dean. Jack and Matt will start the roles in October 2025. Congratulations to both! bit.ly/416g6xg

We are delighted to announce that Dr Jack Parry-Jones has been elected as the new FICM Dean and Dr Matthew Williams has been elected as the new FICM Vice Dean.

Jack and Matt will start the roles in October 2025.

Congratulations to both!

bit.ly/416g6xg
ICUEdandToddCast (@icucast) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Episode 70! We have WesElyMD join us to talk about A2B by Walsh et al published in JAMA May with the ATS Blue Journal conference. Don't miss this one! 🎧pod.link/1667336877 A2B: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40388916/ JAMA: jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/… Editorial: jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Royal Pharmaceutical Society (@rpharms) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has announced plans for changes to its leadership team as part of its journey to becoming a royal college: bit.ly/46Y1ggh

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society has announced plans for changes to its leadership team as part of its journey to becoming a royal college: bit.ly/46Y1ggh
The Pharmaceutical Journal (@pjonline_news) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our #QuoteoftheWeek is from #EwanMaule North East and North Cumbria NHS, whose latest comment piece for #ThePJ focuses on why strong pharmacy leadership is essential for the NHS’s next decade #NHStenyearplan #NHS #UKpharmacy pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/opinio…

Our #QuoteoftheWeek is from #EwanMaule <a href="/NENC_NHS/">North East and North Cumbria NHS</a>, whose latest comment piece for #ThePJ focuses on why strong pharmacy leadership is essential for the NHS’s next decade

#NHStenyearplan #NHS #UKpharmacy 

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Dr. Glaucomflecken (@dglaucomflecken) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What’s frustrating as a physician on social media is when you have fun content ideas to provide meaningful medical education to your audience, but then a powerful idiot starts mass diagnosing something fake like “mitochondrial challenges” while people watching at the airport, so

Mark Oldham (@markoldhammd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

📔 Approved in Nov 2024, the American Psychiatric Association Clinical Guidelines for #delirium are now published! The statements often get the press, but don’t overlook the implementation sections. So many gems in there. 🧐 Let’s take a quick look at the statements… psychiatryonline.org/doi/book/10.11…

📔 Approved in Nov 2024, the <a href="/APApsychiatric/">American Psychiatric Association</a>  Clinical Guidelines for #delirium are now published!

The statements often get the press, but don’t overlook the implementation sections. So many gems in there.

🧐 Let’s take a quick look at the statements…

psychiatryonline.org/doi/book/10.11…
Mark Oldham (@markoldhammd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Meds need be called out for their contributions to delirium. They're so often either 𝐓𝐇𝐄 or 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 culprits. Clean up the med list where possible and definitely familiarize yourself with the Beers Criteria. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

Meds need be called out for their contributions to delirium.

They're so often either 𝐓𝐇𝐄 or 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 culprits.

Clean up the med list where possible and definitely familiarize yourself with the Beers Criteria.

agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…
Mark Oldham (@markoldhammd) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As someone invested in the link between sleep & delirium, I’m underwhelmed with the data on melatonergics for delirium. For one, they’re chronobiotics, not sleeping pills. We need proper circadian-informed RCTs before we can conclude anything about melatonergics in delirium.

As someone invested in the link between sleep &amp; delirium, I’m underwhelmed with the data on melatonergics for delirium.

For one, they’re chronobiotics, not sleeping pills.

We need proper circadian-informed RCTs before we can conclude anything about melatonergics in delirium.