Joe Carcillo's guest appearances

Joe Carcillo

The PicPod

OwlTail

Everyone has now heard of Cytokine Storms. It’s the thing with Covid: and why Covid was so severe in so many patients.  However, what is a cytokine storm? What are the “good” cytokines, and what are the “bad” ones? How do we differentiate, and  what can we do about it? And everyone’s favourite diagnosis of Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH): how many forms are there, why are they different, and how do we treat this? Is HLH an independent diagnosis, or is it just super-sepsis? When should we use which treatment in what scenarios?  What about the Cytosorb modules: what is the evidence behind these therapies? What does the evidence show, and what are the caveats making adult ICU data difficult to interpret? What are the most important numbers to track on your patients? What are the simple biomarkers we can use to prognosticate?

Everyone has now heard of Cytokine Storms. It’s the thing with Covid: and why Covid was so severe in so many patients. However, what is a cytokine storm? What are the “good” cytokines, and what are the “bad” ones? How do we differentiate, and what can we do about it? And everyone’s favourite diagnosis of Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH): how many forms are there, why are they different, and how do we treat this? Is HLH an independent diagnosis, or is it just super-sepsis? When should we use which treatment in what scenarios? What about the Cytosorb modules: what is the evidence behind these therapies? What does the evidence show, and what are the caveats making adult ICU data difficult to interpret? What are the most important numbers to track on your patients? What are the simple biomarkers we can use to prognosticate?