Research in the past decade has helped clarify dosing and indications for renal replacement therapy.  But what about the management of volume status in a critically ill patient with acute anuric renal failure?

Professor Rinaldo Bellomo is one of the world's leading critical care nephrologists and researchers, and he presented his thoughts on this issue at the most recent Australia-New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) Clinical Trials Group meeting in Noosa.  He joins Todd to discuss the concept, and his plan for a research program to answer these questions.