@LeonALIVE

Anaesthesiologist, student of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.

 St Louis, MO
Joined May 2010
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Congratulations to Michael and Tracey Avidan on the establishment of the Michael S. and Tracey L. Avidan Distinguished Professorship! Thank you for your lasting impact on @washumedicine and #WashUanesthesiology.
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A special night for #WashUAnesthesiology as we celebrate our residency graduates at @mobotgarden 🌸 Congratulations to the Class of 2026!
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Well done to the African Perioperative Research Group APORG @AfricanSOS @GH_PeriopCare @EECCGlobal
The Lancet
@TheLancet28 Feb 2025
Timely access to critical care saves lives in any health-care context. On the cover, a Comment explores the findings of the ACIOS study investigating the prevalence, treatment, and outcomes of critically ill patients in African hospitals. Read this & more ➡️ hubs.li/Q038KJb90
Cover of The Lancet March 1, 2025 issue. Quote on cover reads: "The ACIOS findings suggest a large and neglected burden of critical illness, and a high incidence of preventable deaths from critical illness, in Africa."

ALT Cover of The Lancet March 1, 2025 issue. Quote on cover reads: "The ACIOS findings suggest a large and neglected burden of critical illness, and a high incidence of preventable deaths from critical illness, in Africa."

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Dr. @SunnyLouMD was awarded first place in the Best Clinical Research Abstract competition at #WCA2024! Her research on surgical transfusion risk prediction has the potential to enhance patient outcomes & streamline healthcare resources. anesthesiology.wustl.edu/lou…

Lou receives Best Research Abstract at the World Congress of Anaesthesiologists | Anesthesiology |...

Sunny Lou, MD, PhD, an instructor in anesthesiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, was awarded first place in the Best Clinical Research Abstract competition at the World...

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Excited about The Law according to the Law 😄 #WCA2024
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We are reminded that while airway disasters are rare, aspiration remains a problem, we are bad at doing (=documenting) airway assessment, blind techniques like Fastrach LMA have low success rate, we need to support airway databases.
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Tim Cook on the data we need to collect on airway management #WCA2024
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Magic gloves
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EMakasa@emakasa11 Jun 2023
Improving surgical healthcare services in LMICs should concern you even if the “hole isn’t at your end”
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Results from the POISE-3 trial published in Annals of IM: Hypotension-Avoidance Versus Hypertension-Avoidance Strategies in Noncardiac Surgery: An International Randomized Controlled Trial acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/…

Hypotension-Avoidance Versus Hypertension-Avoidance Strategies in Noncardiac Surgery: An Internat...

Background: Among patients having noncardiac surgery, perioperative hemodynamic abnormalities are associated with vascular complications. Uncertainty remains about what intraoperative blood pressure...

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#ASOS Surgical Risk Calculator is now available on the Google Play store. Good for #Surgical Risk stratification in Africa. Thanks to @Net4PCc and @3tewodros and @Mr_FitsK for supporting the app development play.google.com/store/apps/d…
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Congratulations to @ChristellaAlph1 and her family. Such a wonderful celebration of important #perioperative medicine work.
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SPAQI@SPAQIedu11 Mar 2023
VOCAL-Penn: best risk score for surgery in cirrhosis? Don’t just go with Child-Pugh. #Periop2023
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Welcome to ⁦@SPAQIedu⁩ ⁦@PeriopSummit⁩ 2023 Orlando! “Let’s get this party started.”
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To all the divers.
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Important work by BASEL-PMI team showing adverse long-term outcomes after postop myocardial injury, irrespective of etiology and MI classification. Once again evidence that categorizing as "type II" and not addressing is detrimental to patients academic.oup.com/eurheartj/a…

Long-term outcomes of perioperative myocardial infarction/injury after non-cardiac surgery

AbstractAims. Perioperative myocardial infarction/injury (PMI) following non-cardiac surgery is a frequent cardiac complication. Better understanding of th

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High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I thresholds (Abbott) to identify myocardial injury after noncardiac surgery: a cohort study onlinecjc.ca/article/S0828-2…
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It turns out the relationship between perioperative benzos and postoperative delirium is not as clear as many think! More research required!@BJAJournals⁩ ⁦@DataPartyInc⁩⁦@PHRIresearch⁩ ⁦@ebelleycote⁩⁦@RichardWhitloc2⁩ #bfree bjanaesthesia.org.uk/article…

Effect of perioperative benzodiazepine use on intraoperative awareness and postoperative delirium:...

Benzodiazepine use is associated with delirium, and guidelines recommend avoiding them in older and critically ill patients. Their perioperative use remains common because of perceived benefits.

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Daniel Shmukler@DrShmuk23 Dec 2022
TIPS for TIVA: Where to put the electrodes edition. Forehead not available? No problem. Pretty good trace and display. Nice gas induction to TIVA Eleveld model without opioid.great wake up. 👍😊
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