What’s the point of evidence? It’s to gain knowledge, so that we can treat our patients better. But what happens when the data is wrong, faked, misleading, or simply made up? Retraction Watch (www.retractionwatch.com, and @retractionwatch) collates retractions from journals around the world. Their database makes terrifying reading: tens of Read more
In conjunction with the 2022 Leicester Paediatric Critical Care Society Conference, we have FIVE podcasts being released this week. Thursday: Big Data To Detect Clinical Deterioration with Heather Duncan Friday: Sleep in PICU with Michael Farquhar and Sapna KudchakarCytokine Storm in PICU with Joe CarcilloEvolution of Critical Care Trials from Read more
Bronchiolitis (remember that condition) will come back, and it will again be the staple of the PICU winter. It’s our bread and butter: but are we doing the right thing? Becky Mitting from St Mary’s in London has just published experience from three centres in London, all very close together, Read more
In PicPod 21 we looked at survival for oncology patients on Paediatric Intensive Care. In PicPod 22 we consider what is different about these patients, and what complications they can have. Almost all organ systems can be affected: but how, in what way, and how do we treat them? And Read more
Oncology patients in intensive care. Bad news: high mortality high morbidity, it’s hardly worth admitting them. Right? NO! WRONG! Historical data shows extremely high mortality, but modern papers and evidence shows low mortality, around the levels seen in non-oncological patients with similar levels of organ dysfunction. What are the numbers? Read more
Wow, three huge days of learning and being stretched and challenged. Have been busy recording various interviews. Coming soon…. Betsy Hunt, CPR teaching and CPR coaches Joseph Manning, sibling impact of PICU Ravi Thiagarajan, when should VV Ecmo be used? HFOV? APRV? Mike Shepherd, should we use adrenaline in cardiac Read more
Great day for day 1. Managed to record three fascinating interviews. Firstly with Betsy Hunt talking about resuscitation training and her use of CPR coaches. Then with Joseph Manning, on his research around the siblings of intensive are patients. How do we minimise the burden on this forgotten population? And Read more
Apologies that we have not published another episode: only one of us has had a voice for the last month. Really looking forward to the World Congress of PIC in Singapore. I will be interviewing speakers there and when I come back we will publish a Singapore Special episode. Read more