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Healthcare Musings

Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, FCCP

This is the official podcast of Hesham A. Hassaballa, MD, a NY Times-featured Pulmonary and Critical Care physician with decades of experience in the field of Medicine and Critical Care. Healthcare Musings discusses important issues in Critical Care, Healthcare, and Medicine, and Dr. Hassaballa also interviews Great Minds in Medicine.

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All Episodes

12:14

Sleep in the ICU: The Classic Experiments

Healthcare Musings ·

2025/04/14

In the first of a two-part series about sleep in the intensive care unit, Dr. Hassaballa discusses the classic sleep deprivation studies and their implications on our own sleep.

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06:44

Every Measles Death Is Too Many

Healthcare Musings ·

2025/04/09

Unless one has lost a child, then he or she can never know the horror of the parents who just lost a child to measles in Texas. For the latest on the Texas Measles Outbreak: https://www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/measles-outbreak-2025

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04:10

Faith in the ICU: Stories of Wonder

Healthcare Musings ·

2025/04/02

In the latest installment of the Faith in the ICU Series, Dr. Hassaballa recounts a story that has always stayed with him.

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23:53

ICU Lecture Series: The ICU Liberation Bundle

Healthcare Musings ·

2025/03/24

In this latest episode of the ICU Lecture Series, Dr. Hassaballa lectures to staff about the ICU Liberation Bundle. Link: https://sccm.org/clinical-resources/iculiberation-home/abcdef-bundles

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07:20

What Is A Blood Transfusion, Truly?

Healthcare Musings ·

2025/03/17

Despite multiple specialty society guidelines recommending not to transfuse blood if the hemoglobin levels are above 7-8 g/dL, many physicians disregard the recommendations. Why is that? Dr. Hassaballa discusses this issue. Article referenced in the show: https://www.pulmccm.org/p/guidelines-on-red-cell-transfusion

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16:43

ICU Lecture Series: Metabolic Acidosis

Healthcare Musings ·

2025/03/10

In this latest ICU lecture series, Dr. Hassaballa discusses metabolic acidosis: how to diagnose it and what to do about it.

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43:25

Great Minds in Medicine: Dr. Elaine Chen

Healthcare Musings ·

2025/03/03

What would someone who is BOTH a Critical Care and Palliative Care Doctor say about palliative care in the ICU? I asked one. Links from the show: The Coleman Palliative Medicine Training Program: https://colemanpalliative.org/ Research Articles referenced in the episode: Norton SA, Hogan LA, Holloway RG, Temkin-Greener H, Buckley MJ, Quill TE. Proactive palliative care in the medical intensive care unit: effects on length of stay for selected high-risk patients. Crit Care Med

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07:14

From the Appeals Desk: Coding Clinics and Sepsis

Healthcare Musings ·

2025/02/25

Many payers state that a 2016 Coding Clinics article allows them to deny sepsis DRGs. This is not true, and Dr. Hassaballa goes into the article and what is specifically says about sepsis. And, he issues an unequivocal condemnation of the murder of Brian Thompson.

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40:32

Great Minds in Medicine: Dr. Sergio Zanotti

Healthcare Musings ·

2025/02/17

In the latest installment of the "Great Minds in Medicine" series, I sit down with Dr. Sergio Zanotti, Critical Care Chief Medical Officer for Sound Physicians. We had a wide-ranging discussion about medicine, critical care, and healthcare in general. It was, perhaps, one of my favorite conversations. Discussed during the podcast: The Ventilator (Hidden Brain Podcast): https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/the-ventilator/ The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (book):

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06:40

Faith in the ICU: Does Being a Physician Weaken My...

Healthcare Musings ·

2025/02/10

Given that physicians frequently make life and death decisions, especially in the ICU, does being a physician weaken one's faith? Dr. Hassaballa reflects on his own experience of faith and being a doctor.

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12:34

Most Oncologists Do Not Refer to Palliative Care. What?

Healthcare Musings ·

2025/02/03

Despite a strong recommendation by the American Society of Clinical Oncology in its guidelines, recent surveys indicate very few, if any at all, Oncologists refer patients to Palliative Care. This is a huge disservice.

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50:18

Great Minds in Medicine: Dr. Mohammad Alo

Healthcare Musings ·

2025/01/27

I sit down with Dr. Mohammad Alo, America's Cardiologist and great friend of mine, and we discuss all things cholesterol and social media best practices for Doctors. Dr. Mohammad Alo on X: https://x.com/MohammedAlo Website: dralo.net/links

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13:07

What If An Unresponsive Patient Is Actually "In There"?

Healthcare Musings ·

2025/01/20

Recent research shows that a substantial minority of patients have cognitive motor dissociation. This has many important implications for our practice of critical care medicine. NEJM Study: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2400645 NY Times Column: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/11/opinion/covert-consciousness-unresponsive-brain.html

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09:10

Journal Club: Is Rapid Correction of Hyponatremia...

Healthcare Musings ·

2025/01/13

Dr. Hassaballa discusses this recent review article and meta-analysis of the correction rate of hyponatremia and clinical outcomes.

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10:44

Journal Club: Small-bore vs Large-bore Chest Tube for...

Healthcare Musings ·

2025/01/06

In this episode of Journal Club, Dr. Hassaballa discusses the recent study comparing small-bore to large-bore chest tubes for hemothorax drainage.

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03:27

Happy Birthday, Booboo.

Healthcare Musings ·

2024/12/30

Daddy misses you so much.

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05:42

Faith in the ICU: Doctors Should Not Shy Away

Healthcare Musings ·

2024/12/23

In a new series on Healthcare Musings, Dr. Hassaballa discusses faith in the ICU and how Doctors should not shy away from faith. It can be an added asset in the right circumstance.

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10:48

Journal Club: Long Term Oxygen Therapy

Healthcare Musings ·

2024/12/16

A recent study showed that you don’t need oxygen all day, every day. That’s welcome news for patients needing chronic oxygen.

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31:04

Social Media For Doctors: A Conversation with Austan...

Healthcare Musings ·

2024/12/09

Marketing is literally in Austan Lundeen’s blood. So, I sat down with him to get tips on how to best use social media as a clinician.

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11:10

Why We Vaccinate Against Measles

Healthcare Musings ·

2024/12/02

This highly contagious virus can absolutely kill children.

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