Neuro Resus

Paul Young discusses the history of our interpretation of fever in sepsis and why it may not be a bad thing. We talk about the upcoming HEAT trial which hopes to take us one step closer to seeing whether paracetamol is a beneficial treatment in sepsis. More information is here (http://www.anzics.com.au/ctg/current-research/255-heat) and on www.intensivecarenetwork.com.

An exellent talk by a radiologist, Nivene Saad, on how to interpret MRI in the critical care setting. Also from last year's Bedside Critical Care conference (http://www.criticalcareevents.com.au/). Go to www.intensivecarenetwork.com to get the slides.

Listen to Professor John Myburgh's fantastic lecture on one of the hottist topics in critical care right now: Fluid Therapy.

Pierre Janin is a French Intensivist with an interest in all things ultra sound. Listen to his marvellous talk on the use of transcranial doppler in critical care. Please excuse the fantastic, but racially stereotyping Serge Gainsbourg backing track...

Paul Goldrick, the famous and much loved intensivist from Darwin, gives an excellent summary of prone ventilation and pulmonary vasodilators. This was recorded at the 2011 Bedside Criticsal Care conference. The slides to go with this presentation are available here: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9vT1_AbNNQSVGRneWZFRDZ4Z3c

Dr Priya Nair is a leading expert on the intensive care of transplant recipients. This excellent talk was recorded at the Sydney Intensive Care Network meeting at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney on 03 05 12. The slides are available to download here: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B9vT1_AbNNQSNEtuMFNZN1dzT2c and at www.intensivecarenetwork.com. Information about the bedside critical care conference can be found here: http://intensivecarenetwork.com/index.php/icn-activities/other-critical-care-events/282-the-ultimate-conference

An introduction to cardiothoracic ICU. In this 30 minute interview with Heather Low, an intensivist with an interest in CT ICU, we cover a few topics of interest to those who are new to, or want to know more about cardiothoracic intensive care. We discuss what to look out for at the hand over, high risk patients, complications of cardiopulmonary bypass, the hypotensive patient, the patient with a low cardiac index, arrhythmias and intra-aortic balloon pumps.

A summary of where we're up to with glucose control in critically ill patients in 2012, with a look back through the literature of the last decade. A full text article and all the references can be found for free here: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02631.x/pdf

A summary of where we're up to with glucose control in critically ill patients in 2012, with a look back through the literature of the last decade. A full text article and all the references can be found for free here: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2011.02631.x/pdf

Marianne Chapman is a highly accomplished academic intensivist. She gives a very practical talk on how they actually manange the controversial areas of nutrition at the Royal Adelaide Hospital