Team Immediate Meet tool to help intensive care staff: Staff perception of an updated version and preliminary feedback following implementation.

Intensive Care Unit staff deal with potentially traumatic cases throughout their careers. We designed and implemented a 'Team Immediate Meet' (TIM) tool, a communication aid designed to facilitate a two-minute 'hot debrief' after a critical event, provide the team with information about the normal reaction to such an event and signpost staff to strategies to help support their colleagues (and themselves). We describe our TIM tool awareness campaign, quality improvement project and subsequent feedback from staff who reported that the tool would be useful for navigating the aftermath of potentially traumatic events and could be transferable to other ICUs.

Persistent renal replacement requirement following fulminant psittacosis infection in pregnancy.

is a zoonotic bacterial infection that most commonly causes mild flu-like symptoms in humans. However, in pregnancy, it can present as fulminant psittacosis associated with systemic illness, disseminated intravascular coagulation, renal and hepatic failure. We describe a case of a veterinary nurse in her 30s who presented at 32 weeks' gestation with rapidly progressive multiorgan failure, with positive, serology.

Analysis of the trend in community prescribing of RAAS inhibitors during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has sparked novel research and insights, but also concerns and anxiety regarding established practices. Early into the pandemic, public and scientific concern was raised regarding the role of renin-angiotensin- aldosterone system (RAAS) inhibitors on the susceptibility to COVID-19 given their effect on angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE-2), the host receptor for the virus. This gathered media attention globally, despite several health boards encouraging the ongoing use of these medications.

The Association of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Nocturnal Hypoxemia with Lipid Profiles in a Population-Based Study of Community-Dwelling Australian Men.

Objective: To determine the association of obstructive sleep apnea and nocturnal hypoxemia with serum lipid profiles in unselected community-dwelling men.

Methods: Cross-sectional data from participants of the Men Androgen Inflammation Lifestyle Environment and Stress (MAILES) study (n=753) who underwent full in-home polysomnography (Embletta X100) was used. Triglycerides, high- (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and total cholesterol were assessed on a fasting morning blood sample.