Happy 1st Anniversary - icuroom.net
September 15, 2006


Message from editors:

Today is the first anniversary of icuroom.net. We started this project one year ago with sole purpose of sharing our experiences from ICU floor. Educating critical care fellows and sharing of knowledge was the driving force for this project. This web site, as we desired remained non-commercial, educational and practical. Our aim was to share day to day related issues and to bridge knowledge and practice of Critical Care Medicine.

This project was made possible only with the team work of editors and many intensivists across the globe who continue to share their tips from bedside and encouraged us in this endeavour. We did not have a single day without a pearl in last 365 days ! Interestingly, review of our web site log shows that our major traffic originates from overseas (thats why we try to send pearl a night before).

We apologize for website's amateur look and maintenance, frequent spelling mistakes and sometimes incoherent sentences from tired minds but we hope our colleagues will understand and continue to be part of this project.

Future objectives of the website is to make it more accessible to fellows via direct email and departmental communication and to involve our overseas colleagues. Also, to include search of topics/pearls at front page. Again, anyone who is interested in joinging our team can reach editors via emails from our editors' section area.

Lastly, but not the least: Today's pearl

"Only one thing is inevitable in ICU. Trash can always lies beneath the glove box !"

Happy Birthday !


Iqbal Ratnani M.D.
Mohammed Aziz M.D.

Editors


Our first pearl was: "Try to avoid using Demerol with Zyvox (even prescribed within last 2 weeks). It may induce 'symptom cluster' which include fever, agitation, seizure, coma or even death."