ICU Ed and Todd Cast

Two critical care guys walk into a recording studio and breakdown intensive care trials both old and new! We'll also do deep dives on specific topics important to practicing intensive care medicine and have special guests talking about their area of expertise!

March 11, 2026

Old/New: ALBIOS and ARISS

Albumin in septic shock still lacks definitive patient benefit. The bedside rule is to keep crystalloids as default and avoid treating a low serum albumin number itself: subgroup signals, early stopping and control-arm crossover can all make neutral trials look more persuasive than they are.