COVID-19 is a multisystem disease, and cardiac injury has been identified as a major contributor to the pathology.Antoine Vieillard-Baron is an intensivist and researcher from Boulogne in France, and he joins the podcast to talk about key echo

Vaccine induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia

Aug 3rd, 2021 28m 33s

As the world wrestles with the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s clear that much depends on our ability to vaccinate a large proportion of the population.Like all medications, vaccines have their side effects, and the most notable at present is an unusu

Covid nutrition

May 30th, 2021 23m 17s

Despite the incredible burden of COVID-19, ICU researchers have somehow been able to produce practice changing research at an unprecedented rate.ICU nutrition researchers Lee-anne Chapple and Emma Ridley join Todd on the podcast to discuss the

SPRINT SARI - an update

May 19th, 2021 8m 6s

Aidan Burrell joins the podcast to update our listeners with the progress of the SPRINT SARI project - designed to collect real time data on the COVID-19 pandemic in Australasia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Long term outcomes from COVID

May 1st, 2021 17m 16s

COVID 19 has ravaged many parts of the world, leaving some patients with persistent symptoms known as "Long COVID".But what about survivors of critical illness due to COVID-19? How do they compare with other ICU survivors?Professor Carol Hod

Lise Estcourt - convalescent plasma in COVID 19

Feb 2nd, 2021 13m 8s

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues unabated, the search for meaningful therapies is being led by clinical researchers.Dr Lise Estcourt is a consultant haematologist who has led major studies into the role of convalescent plasma in the treatmen

Colin McArthur - REMAP-CAP steroids

Sep 2nd, 2020 31m 30s

Colin McArthur is an Intensivist and director of research at Auckland City Hospital in New Zealand, and is the Co-lead for the Australia-New Zealand arm of the REMAP-CAP study, which today releases the results of its first domain study, cortico

Tony Gordon - convalescent serum for COVID-19

Jul 10th, 2020 13m

As the COVID-19 pandemic surges ahead, researchers are desperately seeking evidence to support a range of potential disease modifying treatments. On this episode, Prof Tony Gordon from Imperial Hospitals in London joins me to discuss one such

Colin McArthur - Hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19

Jun 9th, 2020 18m 23s

The unfolding COVID-19 pandemic has seen an unprecedented sharing of information to support clinicians in making clinical decisions at the coal-face. But has this pressure to publish data come at the cost of lower standards of governance?Coli

Mark Nichols - ANZICS COVID19 guidelines update

Apr 27th, 2020 19m 27s

As the COVID-19 outbreak unfolds, increasing experience with the disease has allowed much to be learned.Dr Mark Nichols joins Todd on the podcast to discuss the updated COVID-19 guidelines from the Australia-New Zealand Intensive Care Society

Steve Warrilow - complex decision making

Apr 22nd, 2020 26m 21s

As the pandemic crisis grows, there is considerable anxiety among clinicians who may be required to make difficult decisions about the management of an overwhelming number of patients.Former ANZICS president Stephen Warrilow chaired a working

David Brewster - intubation for COVID-19

Apr 6th, 2020 22m 12s

One of the most daunting tasks during the COVID-19 outbreak is intubation. Not only are the patients extremely sick and fragile, but the risks to staff and the strategies employed to prevent them add extra complexity.Associate Professor David

Steve Webb - REMAP-CAP

Apr 2nd, 2020 17m 47s

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers are working overtime to provide data to clinicians at the bedside. Among them is Professor Steve Webb from Monash University's School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine. Steve is the

Aidan Burrell - SPRINT SARI

Mar 27th, 2020 7m 30s

In these uncertain early phases of the pandemic, it is critical that clinicians and policy makers alike have access to data to inform decisions. SPRINT SARI, established after the 2009 H1N1 outbreak, will collect demographic and management dat

Anthony Holley - ANZICS COVID-19 guidelines

Mar 23rd, 2020 24m 2s

As the COVID-19 pandemic gathers pace, the Australia New Zealand Intensive Care Society has released guidelines for preparation, resource allocation and management of patients with COVID-19In this special edition podcast, Anthony joins Todd to

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