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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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