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Handover in ICU - how do you do it?

Todd Fraser on 16-10-2012

Clinical handover is a hot topic in medicine. Its been identified by multiple bodies, including the World Health Organisation, who listed it on their top 5 hit list to imp...

Conference Coverage - ANZICS-ACCCN 2012 from Adelaide

Todd Fraser on 14-10-2012

Categories: General Discussion

It's on again - the one and only ANZICS-ACCCN co-sponsored conference, this time in Adelaide, South Australia.

With a fantastic array of keynote speakers, a...

Emergency surgical airway access - is there a best way?

Todd Fraser on 30-09-2012

Categories: Controversies in ICU

The subject of emergency surgical airway technique is one of the favourite topic of emergency, critical care, anaesthetic and pre-hospital bloggers these days. So why shou...

Antibiotics in ICU - do you know what you're doing?

Todd Fraser on 31-08-2012

Categories: Controversies in ICU

The more I read about antibiotics in ICU the less I seem to understand them. An interesting article published earlier this year by the RENAL investigators revealed that up...

Measuring output - how do you do it?

Todd Fraser on 10-06-2012

Categories: Controversies in ICU

One of the interesting by-lines from the recent CICM Annual Scientific Meeting in Melbourne was the regional difference in trend to monitor cardiac output. While the contingent of...