Oliver Flower's guest appearances

Oliver Flower

Coda Change

Neuro Resus

Mastering Intensive Care

Panathlon People - Addressing the needs for young disabled people in PE and sport

Paul Young

Roger Harris

Michael Parr

Sarah Yong

Chris Nickson

Chris Hicks

John Myburgh

Georgie Harris

Anthony Holley

Karin Amrein

John Vassiliadis

Anthony Delaney

David Anderson

Chris Thorpe

Jason Brooks

OwlTail

Russell and Oliver Flower - Panathlete Parent and Participant 

Simon Finfer

Oli Flower

Simon Finfer argues that the transfusion threshold should be 70 g/L. Simon first raises the Choosing Wisely Guidelines for Critical Care. These state that one should not transfuse red blood cells in haemodynamically stable patients with a haemoglobin concentration of greater than 70g/L. He continues to discuss the application of this specifically to patients with an acute brain injury. In doing so he will talk about evidence generally and how one must approach the use of evidence in specific patient subgroups. Simon continues by raising further research to justify his position. Oli Flower on the other hand will take the position that the transfusion trigger should be 90g/L. He makes the point that this is the easy position to take. Essentially, he is just explaining why the critical care community does what it does! As Oli explains, haemoglobin plays a pivotal role in providing oxygen to tissue. In the case of a brain injury, to prevent further injury, one must ensure continued supply of oxygen to said tissue. Oli will lean on animal studies, human studies as well as trial data to support his position. The transfusion trigger is remarkable heterogeneous around the world and even within individual institutions and this drives critical care professionals mad. So surely there must be a “right” number. Unfortunately, there is not, which is where understanding all the relevant aspects to the argument becomes important. Join Oli and Simon as they debate on this important issue. When to Transfuse in Acute Brain Injury: Oli Flower &amp; Simon Finfer For more like this, head to our podcast page. #CodaPodcast

Simon Finfer argues that the transfusion threshold should be 70 g/L. Simon first raises the Choosing Wisely Guidelines for Critical Care. These state that one should not transfuse red blood cells in haemodynamically stable patients with a haemoglobin concentration of greater than 70g/L. He continues to discuss the application of this specifically to patients with an acute brain injury. In doing so he will talk about evidence generally and how one must approach the use of evidence in specific patient subgroups. Simon continues by raising further research to justify his position. Oli Flower on the other hand will take the position that the transfusion trigger should be 90g/L. He makes the point that this is the easy position to take. Essentially, he is just explaining why the critical care community does what it does! As Oli explains, haemoglobin plays a pivotal role in providing oxygen to tissue. In the case of a brain injury, to prevent further injury, one must ensure continued supply of oxygen to said tissue. Oli will lean on animal studies, human studies as well as trial data to support his position. The transfusion trigger is remarkable heterogeneous around the world and even within individual institutions and this drives critical care professionals mad. So surely there must be a “right” number. Unfortunately, there is not, which is where understanding all the relevant aspects to the argument becomes important. Join Oli and Simon as they debate on this important issue. When to Transfuse in Acute Brain Injury: Oli Flower &amp; Simon Finfer For more like this, head to our <a href="https://codachange.org/podcasts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcast page</a>. #CodaPodcast

When to Transfuse in Acute Brain Injury: Oli Flower & Simon Finfer

Oliver Flower speaks about Brain Death and organ transplantation at 2013's Bedside Critical Care Conference. Viewing the slides along with the talk is recommended.

Oliver Flower speaks about Brain Death and organ transplantation at 2013's Bedside Critical Care Conference. Viewing the slides along with the talk is recommended.

116. Oliver Flower on Brain Death

Flower draws from experience to bring clarity to spinal cord management in the acute setting.

Flower draws from experience to bring clarity to spinal cord management in the acute setting.

Oliver Flower: Time is Spine: Acute Spinal Cord Injury