EvolutionMedicine18 Okt 2017

#15 Drowning in good intentions - with Kate Rusk of InertiaTV

Joe Alcock is joined by evolutionary anthropologist Kate Rusk of InertiaTV and Science Happy Hour to talk about a recent JAMA article studying fluids for adults with sepsis. Do we give too much fluids for these patients? The JAMA article suggests we do. In both randomized controlled trials, both performed in Africa, patients died more when given IV fluids. We discuss the implications for evolution and critical care in this episode

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