Crit-iq

Join Dr Neil Orford for his monthly wrap of the critical care literature

A concentrated research program on resuscitation fluids has hinted that high chloride fluids may in fact cause harm. Dr Rinaldo Bellomo is at the forefront of this research and joins Todd to discuss this important side effect.

Join Dr Neil Orford for his monthly wrap of the critical care literature

Intravenous fluid administration is the most commonly prescribed therapy in intensive care, but how much do we know about it? Todd chats to fluids researcher Dr Ian Seppelt from Nepean Hospital Sydney to find out what we know, and what we don't.

Join Dr Neil Orford for his monthly wrap of the critical care literature

Selective digestive decontamination, or SDD, has more evidence to support its use than most interventions in modern day intensive care practice. So why don't we do it? Joining Todd to discuss this key question, and their major study proposal, SuDDICU, are Paul Young and Ian Seppelt.

Join Dr Neil Orford for his monthly wrap of the critical care literature

Professor Stephen Lapinsky, Director of Intensive Care at Mt Sinai Hospital in Toronto, Canada, joins Todd on the podcast to discuss his major research interest, care of the critically ill obstetric patient.

Join Dr Neil Orford for his monthly wrap of the critical care literature

Increasingly, the impact of critical illness on our patients is becoming clear. Dr Christina Jones, RN, joins Todd to chat about their recovery and how ICU followup clinics can help

Join Dr Neil Orford for his monthly wrap of the critical care literature

Professor Mike Grocott, Intensivist, Oxygen radical and mountaineer, joins Todd to discuss a new way of looking at oxygen therapy.

Join Dr Neil Orford for his monthly wrap of the critical care literature

What constitutes normal physiology in the critically ill patient? Dr James Morgan is an evolutionary biologist, now training in critical care medicine, and in this insightful podcast he joins Todd to try to answer this important question.

Join Dr Neil Orford for his monthly wrap of the critical care literature

Clive Mathieson watched helplessly on as his infant son endured an episode of critical illness. In this humbling interview, he talks with Todd about Will's struggle for life and how his family coped.

Donation after cardiac death has become increasingly common in recent years. In this interview, Dr Dale Gardiner talks to Todd about the ethics, process and outcomes of DCD

Join Dr Neil Orford for his monthly wrap of the critical care literature

In this, the first of our series "So Whose bed is it anyway?", Todd chats to UK hepatologies James O'Beirne about the outcomes for patients admitted to ICU with complications of cirrhosis.

Few clinicians have the perspective on the evolution of ICU like Professor Malcolm Fisher, who with a group of like-minded souls, observed the birth of the new specialty. Today he chats to Todd about his experiences in ICU, its future, and his new role as a board member of the Intensive Care Foundation