Approximately 1-5% of patients are admitted to ICU for liver failure. The liver can be the initiator of remote organ damage and the development of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome during liver injury, therefore requiring the support of multiple organs in the intensive care unit.

Join Kahli and Sally as we talk to Jack Simpson, ICU intensivist, about all things liver failure and how we manage it in ICU.

Renal Replacement Therapy (RRT) is a complex treatment for patients both in and out of the ICU environment.

There are multiple different modes, machines and functions and this episode is about addressing the confusion and answering all your questions in relation to RRT.

Below are the links to articles referred to throughout the podcast

Systematic review and meta-analysis of renal replacement therapy modalities for acute kidney injury in the intensive care unit

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Comparing Renal Replacement Therapy Modalities in Critically ill Patients with Acute Kidney Injury: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis

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Effect of sustained low efficient dialysis versus continuous renal replacement therapy on renal recovery after acute kidney injury in the intensive care unit

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Diabetes has a prevalence of 1.2million people in Australia and places a massive burden on the healthcare system.

Today we have Daniel Jones who is a resident at Tweed Heads hospital in to talk about diabetes, from diagnosis through to management. Hope you enjoy

Ventilation is the bread and butter of Intensive Care but how do we liberate a patient from the ventilator?

Join us for a discussion where we identify how to wean a patient from the ventilator, the role of physiotherapists in assisting with this weaning and tackling some basic ventilation questions.

Yes i know this sounds niche, but anti-arrythmics are commonly used within the hospital and Intensive care setting and come in a multitude of different classes.

Senior pharmacist Dan Adams and Senior ICU registrar Jay Mahendra Ray join us to talk about different arrhythmias and the different classes of anti-arrythmics we use in ICU.

Ketogenic diet in refractory seizures, this episode whilst niche was so interesting to learn about. With our guests Damien (ICU registrar) and Lisa (Dietician) we delve into ketosis and what that means for our seizing patients.

This month we have Dr Mat Brun with us to discuss ARDs.

We run through how ARDs develops and the different treatment options available within the ICU.

Pancreatitis is an inflammatory condition of the pancreas which causes the activation of pancreatic enzymes that causes destruction of the pancreas itself.

In this episode of Podfour we chat to Dr David Parker an upper GI surgeon and Dr Angelley Martinez an ICU intensivist about the care and management of pancreatitis throughout the patients journey from admission to discharge.

Sepsis and septic shock are leading causes of death worldwide as identified by the Surviving Sepsis Campaign which initiated the implementation of the surviving sepsis campaign bundles in an effort to reduce morbidity and mortality.

Intensivist Peter Velloza joins us to talk about sepsis in general and within the ICU.

The acute pain service is a multidisciplinary team specialised in addressing acute pain in patients within the hospital. Alongside this service runs an opioid stewardship program which addresses the misuse of opioids and pain medications not just within the hospital but within the community.

We were privileged to have Dr Yvette McKellar who is a senior staff specialist anaesthetist and clinical lead of the Acute pain team, Andrea Freeman who is a CNC within the acute pain team and James Alderson who is the lead pharmacist for the surgical division and secretary of the opioid stewardship working group.

We hope you enjoy :)