Ep 338: The Nuances of Intensive Care

There are few spaces in the world more intense than an intensive care unit, where life hangs in the balance, where nothing can be taken for granted. Nitin Arora joins Amit Varma in episode 338 of The Seen and the Unseen to speak about the history and evolution of intensive care, what Covid taught him and why he speaks more Punjabi in Birmingham than in Amritsar.

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Also check out:
1. Nitin Arora on Twitter, LinkedIn, ResearchGate, Google Scholar and Those We Carry.
2. The Beginner's Guide to Intensive Care -- Nitin Arora and Shondipon K Laha.
3. Nitin Arora on the Simblified podcast: 1, 2, 3, 4.
4. The Practice of Medicine — Episode 229 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Lancelot Pinto).
5. Abby Philips Fights for Science and Medicine -- Episode 310 of The Seen and the Unseen.
6. Understanding Indian Healthcare — Episode 225 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Karthik Muralidharan).
7. The Importance of Finance -- Episode 125 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Ajay Shah).
8. The Medical Council of India — Episode 8 of The Seen and the Unseen (w Pavan Srinath).
9. Critical: Stories from the front line of intensive care medicine -- Matt Morgan.
10. The Armchair Economist -- Stephen Landsburg.
11. Being Mortal -- Atul Gawande.
12. Platoon -- Oliver Stone.
13. Freakonomics -- Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner.
14. The Darwin Awards.
15. Oxygen cylinders or Irish nuns?.
15, The Checklist Manifesto -- Atul Gawande.
16. When Breath Becomes Air -- Paul Kalanithi.
17. Thinking Fast and Slow -- Daniel Kahneman.

Amit Varma and Ajay Shah have launched a new video podcast. Check out Everything is Everything on YouTube.

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Episode art: 'Intensive Care' by Simahina.