In honor of Latin AIDS Awareness Day on Oct. 15, April and Alicia bring in an expert to discuss mass infectious disease and the brave researchers who cure it. Meet Dr. Roberta Luskin-Hawk, a Chicago-based Sound Physicians clinical leader and infectious disease specialist whose fascination with curing patients placed her at the center of the 1980s American AIDS/HIV epidemic. Hear about her journey to the top of her field and the stigmas she broke along the way.

For the love of the cure | feat. Dr. Roberta Luskin-Hawk

Fluid overload is a common problem in critically ill patients. In this episode, Dr. Sergio Zanotti discuss recognizing and managing fluid overload in the ICU with guest Dr. Michael J. Connor, Jr., a practicing intensivist and nephrologist. Dr. Connor is a Professor and Senior Physician of Critical Care Medicine & Nephrology at the Divisions of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine and Renal Medicine at Emory University School of Medicine. Additionally, he serves as the director of critical care nephrology at the Emory Critical Care Center at Grady Memorial Hospital.

Additional resources
European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Clinical Practice Guideline on fluid therapy in adult critically ill patients: Part 3- fluid removal at de-escalation phase. Intensive Care Med 2025: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40828463/ 

Optimizing Fluid Therapy in the Critically Ill. International Fluid Academy website – 2025: https://www.fluidacademy.org/2025/01/17/optimising-fluid-therapy-in-the-critically-ill-introduction-to-7d/ 

Fluid overload in the ICU: evaluation and management. R. Claure-Del Granado and R. L. Mehta. BMC Nephrology 2016: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27484681/

Books and music mentioned in this episode:
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know. By Adam Grant: https://bit.ly/4gZvz9c

RUSHMERE. By Mumford & Sons: https://bit.ly/473FzKc

Fluid Overload in the ICU

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