ICU playlist

Jan 28 2024 100 ep. 20 mins 4

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Clinician Educator Incubator program

Jan 28 2024 21 mins

Clinical medicine has always been taught with a strong emphasis on the master-apprentice model. This relies heavily on clinical educators, many of whom give their time freely. However, many do so without any formal instruction in education and training. Our guest on this podcast is Dr Chris Nickson, a world renowned educator and intensivist from the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. Am

Oesophageal manometry

Sep 17 2023 26 mins

Mechanical ventilation is indeed a lifesaving intervention. However, it is clear that positive pressure ventilation itself has the potential to cause harm. Novel approaches to ventilation aim to minimise this risk, and one such strategy is the incorporation of oesophageal pressure monitoring. Tai Pham is a staff intensivist in Paris and an assistant professor at Paris Saclay univ

Weaning induced pulmonary oedema (WIPO)

Jul 30 2023 16 mins

If you’ve worked in ICU for very long, you’ll recognise the scenario where a patient who is weaning from mechanical ventilation goes into pulmonary oedema. This syndrome is referred to as weaning induced pulmonary oedema, or WIPO. Dr Rui Shi currently works as an intensivist in the surgical ICU of the First Affiliated Hospital at Sun Yet Sen University in China. Rui has a stron

TAME

Jul 16 2023 18 mins

The ultimate outcome for patients who are resuscitated from cardiac arrest depends heavily on the neurological damage that results from a low flow state. Prevention of further damage during this phase is one of the core goals of post resuscitation care. In recent years, a multitude of research papers have been produced which examine various aspects of this approach, including oxyge

Excessive treatment

Apr 23 2023 34 mins

This podcast comes to you from the 2022 LIVES conference in Paris. In recent years, concerns have been raised that patients may be receiving excessive treatment at the end of their lives, with a cost to patients, their families and the health system in general But how is it identified, and what can we do to address the issue?Dominique Benoit is a Belgian Intensivist and he joins To

eCPR and the SHERPA trial

Apr 18 2023 11 mins

This podcast comes to you from the 2023 ANZICS Clinical Trials Group Noosa meeting. ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) is steadily embedding itself into modern critical care medicine. Does it have a role in pre-hospital setting for patients with refractory cardiac arrest? In this podcast, we are joined by Aidan Burrell to talk about the SHERPA trial.See omnystudio.com/list

Dexmedetomidine for NIV

Apr 07 2023 19 mins

Non invasive ventilation is steadily establishing itself as a crucial component of the critical care armoury. While many patients can tolerate it, some require sedation. Wisam Al-Bassam is a staff specialist at Monash Medical center and Victorian Heart hospital. Wisam is passionate about education and research, and his research interests include mechanical ventilation and sedation

Fluids in DKA

Mar 26 2023 13 mins

DKA causes a serious disturbance of fluid and electrolyte balance.However, it is said that more complications are caused by our management than by the disease itself. This is no more apparent than in our management of the patient's fluids. Professor Bala Venkatesh is a world renowned intensive care researcher and he joins Todd to discuss the BEST-DKA trialSee omnystudio.com/listene

Inotropes in cardiogenic shock

Mar 22 2023 20 mins

Sometimes the failing heart needs support, and inotropic agents are often instituted ahead of other measures such as ECMO But is there a best agent? Antoine Kimmoun is a professor of Critical Care Medicine at the University of Lorraine, France, and he joins Todd to discuss these important agents.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DIC

Mar 14 2023 21 mins

This podcast comes to you from the 2022 LIVES Conference in Paris Disseminiated intravascular coagulation is the endpoint of a range of different conditions, including sepsis. How does this important clinical condition evolve, and what can we do about it? Mirjam Bachler is a senior post doc researcher in surgery at the Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive care Medicine at In