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Category: Stretching Boundaries Dr Amaya Bustinduy MD MPH PhD FRCPCH Associate professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Amaya trained in paediatrics and infectious diseases in the US and started working on helminthic infections, mainly schistosomiasis, and their impact on child health. She is foremost a field clinical epidemiologist and has investigated a broad range of disease manifestations in children related to parasitic diseases, in particular neglected tropical diseases (NTD). After moving to the UK, she worked with the Liverpool of Tropical Medicine in Lake Albert Uganda testing novel morbidity point-of-care tests and the first PK/PD study of praziquantel in children. Results of that study are bound to change recommendations for children living with schistosomiasis. Amaya joins Dr Minardi for one of a series of Crit-IQ podcasts on tropical medicine that is or relevance to critical care. Duration - 20:51 mins

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• Starting out in ICU

  20-04-2014

  Cross Reaction - Anaphylaxis in ICU

  Dr Craig Ellis is an emergency physician and deputy medical director of St John Ambulance in New Zealand. He joins Todd on today's podcast to review the latest in the management of anaphylaxis.

  Duration - 29:45 mins

  
  

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  29-09-2013

  A drop in the ocean

  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.

  Duration - 35:18 mins

  
  

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  18-06-2012

  Full to the brim - Feeding in the Critically Ill

  Marianne Chapman joins the podcast to discuss the why's and wherefore's of enteral feeding in critically ill patients. Listen here to her thoughts on when to start, what goals to set and how to attain them.

  Duration - 27:30 mins

  
  

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  15-01-2012

  TPN - Getting it right

  Nutritional support for the critically ill patient is an essential function of the ICU. Associate Professor Andrew Davies shares his expert knowledge of Total Parenteral Nutrition - when to start, what to add and how much to give.

  Duration - 16:32 mins

  
  

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  14-12-2011

  Things I can do with my fellowship : Prehospital Care

  Dr Matt Hooper has trained and worked extensively in

  Duration - 22:10 mins

  
  

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• Consolidating Knowledge

  26-10-2015

  A Guide to Guideline Errors

  In this Crit-IQ podcast Dr James Doyle and Dr Monica Minardi collaborate to interview Dr Primiano Iannone, an expert in the field of evidenced based medicine and clinical governance. The issue of flawwed redomendations, how to recognise them along with why and how oftern they occur is covered.

  Duration - 28:11 mins

  
  

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  13-01-2014

  Fabulous FEAST

  In this, our first podcast of 2014, we have great pride in presenting our interview with Dr Kath Maitland from Kalifi in Kenya. Kath, the principle author of the famous FEAST trial, describes the lead up to the study and her interpretation of the results

  Duration - 29:59 mins

  
  

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  15-12-2013

  Going cold on cooling

  The role of therapeutic hypothermia has once again been thrust into the spotlight with the release of the multinational Targeted Temperature Management Trial. Todd chats to Niklas Nielsen, chief investigator of the trial, for his perspective.

  Duration - 21:42 mins

  
  

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  01-12-2013

  Saline-induced acidosis

  John Kellum is a professor of critical care medicine from the university of Pittsburgh and he joins Todd to talk about saline, acidosis and the virtues of balanced resuscitation fluids.

  Duration - 20:57 mins

  
  

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  14-10-2012

  Consequences of critical illness : VAP in the modern ICU

  Ventilator associated pneumonia is a common consequence of critical illness. Royal Brisbane's Professor Robert Boots shares his views on VAP and its prevention.

  Duration - 41:45 mins

  
  

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• Stretching Boundaries

  18-07-2015

  ANZICS EOL

  In this weeks podcast we have Ms Sharyn Milnes, a clinical ethicist with the Deakin University School of Medicine, and Assoc Prof Bill Silvester, the Director of the Respecting Patient Choices Program, discussing the ANZICS Statement on Care and Decision Making at the End-of-Life for the Critically Ill.

  Duration - 33:41 mins

  
  

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  20-01-2015

  Exertional Heat Stroke; A New Perspective

  In our first podcast for 2015 Dr James Doyle chats to Dr Ed Walter on various aspects of exertional heat stroke, an emerging phenomenon with the ever more increasing popularity of the extreme athlete

  Duration - 31:00 mins

  
  

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  05-05-2014

  Advanced Critical Care Practitioners - Coming to an ICU near you...

  The concept of upskilling experienced ICU nursing staff to take on many of the roles of middle tier medical staff in critical care units is a new approach to improving standards of care. In this podcast, Carole Boulanger joins Todd to share her experiences in this role.

  Duration - 26:22 mins

  
  

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  23-02-2014

  Is this the end of starch?

  Principle investigator of the Scandinavian 6S trial of starch in sepsis chats to Todd about our current understanding of starch based fluids and his thoughts on their future.

  Duration - 22:18 mins

  
  

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  20-10-2013

  The Chloride Problem

  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.

  Duration - 15:55 mins

  
  

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