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Comparing volumetric and biochemical assessment of intravasation caused by hysteroscopic surgery Oscar HaudeLucilla E. OverdijkPaul J.M. van KesterenBart F. GeertsBart M.P. Rademaker Only a small retrospective observational study from a single centre, but the point is that the researchers were expecting to confirm that the volume of intravasation during hysteroscopic

Why would a fluid physiologist want to point out that oral pills can be as effective as a drip and a bottle or three of human albumin solution? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30312183 Albumin does seem to have a beneficial effect in certain hepatology scenarios, but researchers at the University of Cairo have found

Today’s edition of the New England Journal of Medicine (September 19th 2019, pages 1097-8) carries a two-page explanation of the power and the reach of the humble tweetorial by the outstanding exponent of the art, @Tony_breu of Harvard Medical School. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMp1906790. Tony cites his own first venture into this

The latest contribution from Olde Engberink in Amsterdam on the emerging story of sodium storage is Open Access; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00467-019-04305-8 Olde Engberink RHG, Selvarajah V, Vogt L. Clinical impact of tissue sodium storage. Pediatr Nephrol. 2019. And a new diagram for our basic electrolyte physiology teaching for clinicians. The authors conclude

I guess we’d not argue that there are likely to be differences in the microvascular physiology of men and women. Professor Virginia Huxley is the Director of the United States National Center for Gender Physiology and Professor in the Department of Medical Pharmacology and Physiology, Missouri. In a recent paper

Xi Zhuo Jiang, Yiannis Ventikos,* and Kai H. Luo*  Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, London, United Kingdom  Submitted 11 December 2018; accepted in final form 19 April 2019  Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 317: H104–H113, 2019. First published April 26, 2019; doi:10.1152/ajpheart.00794.2018.  Well, I’ve bought a download

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qm86qUPS0eI The worst conference presentation I ever made has recently been posted on YouTube by someone called nsicu ru; I probably consented to recording, but did not know it had been so publicly posted. I was the second speaker in a two-presentation morning session, and the first speaker who disapproves

Debates in fluid therapy recommendations can get a bit hot; first it was Colloids versus Crystalloids, then it was Chloride Max versus Chloride Lite solutions. Now I enjoy a good civilised debate, even a Fluid Controversy if that’s what it takes to attract the attention of ticket-buying Conference Delegates, but