When I first discovered I had been cited on a Wikipedia page I was thrilled and honoured. Great to have[…]
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after more than a quarter of a century of intensive care medicine consultancy in one of the UK's largest teaching hospitals Dr Woodcock is on a mission to ensure the steady state Starling principle is known and understood by every student and every practitioner.
Can too much sodium be good for you?
Effect of isotonic versus hypotonic maintenance fluid therapy on urine output, fluid balance, and electrolyte homeostasis: a crossover study in[…]
Read moreUK now the world’s 2nd safest place for crystalloid fluid resuscitation!
Deservedly getting lots of mentions, Patterns of intravenous fluid resuscitation use in adult intensive care patients between 2007 and 2014:[…]
Read moreAscorbic acid; what studies do we need now?
Fitz-Roy Curry at UC Davis knows more about vascular permeability than I ever will, and I am pleased to say[…]
Read moreVitamin C in critical care, a Safety warning.
Sartor Z, Kesey J, Dissanaike S. The effects of intravenous vitamin C on point-of-care glucose monitoring. J Burn Care Res.[…]
Read morePlasma and Vitamin C for shock resuscitation.
While it is easy to make the steady-state Starling case against colloids for resuscitation from hypovolaemia, the argument from microvascular[…]
Read moreLymph nodes reabsorb lymphatic fluid; a surgical application of an important principle.
I was surprised to learn of the work of Dr Corinne Becker at the Lymphoedema Centre, and with a little[…]
Read moreLaw (English) and Ethics of withholding Vitamin C for treatment of sepsis.
Yesterday I did some teaching for NHS HRA Research Ethics Committees in London. I took the opportunity to present the[…]
Read moreVitamin C and the ethics of Borrowing data.
I was recently amazed to be engaged in a Twitter kerfuffle which generated more than 10,000 Impressions within 24 hours.[…]
Read moreLow volume resuscitation – PEGged?
Really grateful to the correspondent who pointed me to interesting work being done on “cell impermeants” at Virginia Commonwealth University[…]
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