PicPod 27 is about death. We try so hard to stop our patients from dying, and yet we cannot stop all of them. How have death rates changed over the past 30 years? Have the patients dying changed? Has the mode of death changed? Is this because of better treatment, Read more…
We are better at making children survive. But are we better at making them survive well? What are the trends in survival and outcome quality over time? There is obvious benefit to children needing PIC, but does PIC do harm to patients? How can we minimise this? What kind of Read more…
This episode is a three way discussion including Mark Russell, currently a senior fellow in Adelaide. In a Dickensian manner, we have a PIC consultant past, present, and future. What is it like? How does it feel? When you turn up to a resuscitation, and your badge says PIC consultant, Read more…
Patients with status epilepticus are one of the most common reasons for admission to Paediatric Intensive Care. There are two important questions: when should we stop the seizure, and how? We go through evidence of when harm increases with a seizure. Can we define a threshold of when we need Read more…
Welcome to PicPod 23. This episode we talk about new technology on PICU. Does Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) work? Is it worthwhile? Does it help our assessment of the patient? Should we throw away our stethoscopes? Including an interview with Michael Griksaitis, POCUS aficionado, and co-founder of the UK Read more…
So much more about TBI. Following on from last week’s part 1, here is more on the same theme. There’s too much to mention, and Picpod is off on holiday for a week. Details and references will be posted next week. https://media.blubrry.com/picpod/picpod.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/PicPod-20-TBI-2.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download
There is so much on paediatric traumatic brain injuries that we have had to split this topic in to two podcasts. For the first part, we talk about the guidelines (and how they should be displayed). Decompressive craniectomies: should we? Cooling (briefly). The epidemiology of paediatric brain injury: firearms, cycling Read more…
Welcome to 2019! This was meant to be a Christmas Special, but we all have lives and it’s been kind of busy on the PICU. So it’s welcome to 2019. The Christmas BMJ is a British medical tradition. In the spirit of the IgNobel prize, this edition is full of Read more…
PicPod 17 is a pro/con debate on the use of inhaled nitric oxide for paediatric ARDS. Harish argues that Nitric Oxide has no place in PICU, and Patrick argues that we should use it in targeted cases. What are the pathophysiological mechanisms with ARDS? Is it the same for children Read more…
Picpod 16 is all about renal. The kidney is one of the second equal most important organs in the body, with such an important role. What is AKI, and who is at risk? What is CRRT good for, and what does it not work for? When should we start it? Read more…