Simon R. Finfer DrMed , Naomi E. Hammond PhD , John A. Myburgh PhD
{"title":"Science-based fluid therapy in the intensive care unit: Professor Rinaldo Bellomo’s legacy","authors":"Simon R. Finfer DrMed , Naomi E. Hammond PhD , John A. Myburgh PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.ccrj.2025.100145","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ccrj.2025.100145","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Research into the use of resuscitation and “maintenance” fluids in the intensive care unit was integral to the development of the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group (CTG) and the CTG being recognised as one of the most productive and influential trials groups in the world. Professor Rinaldo Bellomo (Rinaldo) played a central and critical role in this research and in this article; we focus on Rinaldo’s many roles and contributions to the key large clinical trials that changed the critical care research landscape in Australia and New Zealand and clinical practice worldwide. With a proposed recruitment of 7000 participants, the Saline versus Albumin Fluid Evaluation study was the first large pragmatic trial conducted in intensive care units anywhere in the world. Rinaldo brought the concept of the trial to the CTG and was critical to securing funding from multiple sources at a time when Australian National Health and Medical Research Council’s funding limits would cover only a fraction of the costs of such a trial. His personal contacts at CSL Ltd. and the Australian Red Cross Blood Service helped secure the supply of study fluids and made possible the seemingly impossible task of blinding a trial of two fluids that were macroscopically different with one supplied in glass bottles and the other in polyvinyl chloride bags. The successful conduct of the Saline versus Albumin Fluid Evaluation trial, the CTG’s first publication in <em>The New England Journal of Medicine</em> and presentation at the US Food and Drugs Administration, established the CTG on the global stage and served as a template for the Crystalloid versus Hydroxyethyl Starch Study and PlasmaLyte-148® versus Saline Study trials; we can only speculate what fraction of this could have been achieved without Rinaldo.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49215,"journal":{"name":"Critical Care and Resuscitation","volume":"27 3","pages":"Article 100145"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145278196","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rinaldo Bellomo's contribution to trauma and traumatic brain injury research","authors":"Craig French","doi":"10.1016/j.ccrj.2025.100130","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ccrj.2025.100130","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49215,"journal":{"name":"Critical Care and Resuscitation","volume":"27 3","pages":"Article 100130"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145278059","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"One hundred trials of solitude: A call to action","authors":"Glenn Eastwood","doi":"10.1016/j.ccrj.2025.100122","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ccrj.2025.100122","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49215,"journal":{"name":"Critical Care and Resuscitation","volume":"27 3","pages":"Article 100122"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145278132","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael Bailey PhD , Sean M. Bagshaw MD, MSc , Graeme K. Hart MBBS , David Pilcher MBBS
{"title":"Rinaldo Bellomo's seminal contribution to observational research using the ANZICS CORE registry","authors":"Michael Bailey PhD , Sean M. Bagshaw MD, MSc , Graeme K. Hart MBBS , David Pilcher MBBS","doi":"10.1016/j.ccrj.2025.100140","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ccrj.2025.100140","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Rinaldo Bellomo advanced critical care not only through randomised trials but also through rigorous use of observational data, particularly from the ANZICS Centre for Outcome and Resource Evaluation (ANZICS CORE) Registry. At a time when retrospective analyses were often confined to hypothesis generation, he showed that carefully curated, clinically grounded registry studies could inform policy and change practice. Recognising early the potential of ANZICS CORE to become a leading registry, he worked to strengthen its data architecture and published in journals such as <em>The New England Journal of Medicine</em> and <em>JAMA</em>, helping to spark global dialogue and shape guidelines. Using the Adult Patient Database, he described epidemiological trends, identified clinically relevant questions, designed, justified and evaluated randomised trials, and monitored the uptake of evidence-based practice. His work addressed key challenges in sepsis, acute kidney injury, glycaemic control, temperature management and health equity, and was marked by clear case definitions, extensive sensitivity analyses and transparent reporting. This article reviews selected contributions using ANZICS CORE data and outlines how his legacy endures through the value of these datasets and the many researchers he mentored.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49215,"journal":{"name":"Critical Care and Resuscitation","volume":"27 3","pages":"Article 100140"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145278195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rinaldo Bellomo and the evolution of critical care survivorship","authors":"Carol L. Hodgson PhD, PT, Sue Berney BPhysio, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.ccrj.2025.100143","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ccrj.2025.100143","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49215,"journal":{"name":"Critical Care and Resuscitation","volume":"27 3","pages":"Article 100143"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145278190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Unveiling “The Bellomo Effect”: A tribute from Professor Rinaldo Bellomo’s Research Fellow Family","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/j.ccrj.2025.100141","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ccrj.2025.100141","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49215,"journal":{"name":"Critical Care and Resuscitation","volume":"27 3","pages":"Article 100141"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145278191","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michael Bailey PhD , Ary Serpa Neto MD, PhD , Paul J. Young MD, PhD
{"title":"A legacy in print: The publication impact of Professor Rinaldo Bellomo","authors":"Michael Bailey PhD , Ary Serpa Neto MD, PhD , Paul J. Young MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.ccrj.2025.100124","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ccrj.2025.100124","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Professor Rinaldo Bellomo's legacy as a world-leading clinician-scientist is unmatched in the field of critical care. This tribute explores the depth, breadth, and global influence of his publication record, spanning more than four decades. With over 2000 peer-reviewed articles, 81 elite journal publications, and a remarkable H-index above 200, Rinaldo's academic contributions helped shape international definitions of acute kidney injury and sepsis, advanced critical care nephrology, and guided fluid resuscitation practice worldwide. Through editorial leadership, strategic authorship, and mentorship, he transformed the landscape of intensive care research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49215,"journal":{"name":"Critical Care and Resuscitation","volume":"27 3","pages":"Article 100124"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145278076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Seeking truth: Less about being right, more about being less wrong","authors":"Derek C. Angus MD, MPH","doi":"10.1016/j.ccrj.2025.100144","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ccrj.2025.100144","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":49215,"journal":{"name":"Critical Care and Resuscitation","volume":"27 3","pages":"Article 100144"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145278075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daryl Jones BSc(Hons), MBBS, FRACP, FCICM, MD, PhD , Donna Goldsmith BN, MN, MBA , Michael DeVita MD, FRCP, FCCM , Ken Hillman AO MBBS, FRCA, FCICM, FRCP, MD
{"title":"Rinaldo’s role in the medical emergency team and rapid response systems","authors":"Daryl Jones BSc(Hons), MBBS, FRACP, FCICM, MD, PhD , Donna Goldsmith BN, MN, MBA , Michael DeVita MD, FRCP, FCCM , Ken Hillman AO MBBS, FRCA, FCICM, FRCP, MD","doi":"10.1016/j.ccrj.2025.100127","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ccrj.2025.100127","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In the 1990s, there was emerging evidence that patients admitted to hospitals frequently suffered in-hospital cardiac arrest, unplanned admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), and potentially preventable in-hospital death. These events were often preceded by objective signs of instability and suboptimal recognition and response by hospital ward staff. Rinaldo Bellomo collaborated with key Australian and international leaders to develop a novel and paradigm-shifting model of care referred to as the medical emergency team (MET). This team is comprised of senior staff members who are experts in the assessment and management of acutely deteriorating patients.</div><div>In Australia and New Zealand, staff members from the ICU are frequently the team leaders for the MET. The team is called when a patient develops objective signs of clinical deterioration, prior to the onset of cardiac arrest. Rinaldo led, mentored, and supervised a systematic and structured research program that evaluated the nature and effectiveness of the MET at Austin Health and throughout Australia. This commenced with single-centre before-and-after studies and progressed to the first Australian ICU cluster-randomised controlled trial. His unique skillset was pivotal in the emergence and promulgation of this model of care worldwide resulting in countless lives saved from preventable morbidity and mortality.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49215,"journal":{"name":"Critical Care and Resuscitation","volume":"27 3","pages":"Article 100127"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145278414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Redefining the modern paradigm of vasopressor therapy for vasodilatory shock","authors":"Emily J. See MBBS , Lakhmir S. Chawla MD","doi":"10.1016/j.ccrj.2025.100148","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ccrj.2025.100148","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Vasodilatory shock remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the intensive care unit. Vasopressors are the cornerstone of treatment when vasodilatory shock persists despite adequate fluid resuscitation, yet their effects on organ-specific blood flow, perfusion, and oxygenation are complex and may contribute to harm. This review summarises the extensive contributions of Professor Rinaldo Bellomo to advancing our knowledge of vasopressor therapy in clinical practice. Central to his work was the concept of personalised haemodynamic targets, introduced through the concept of “mean perfusion pressure deficit”, which linked premorbid perfusion pressure to outcomes and challenged the universal application of a mean arterial pressure threshold of ≥65 mmHg. In collaboration with Professor Clive May, Bellomo established a chronically instrumented large animal model of hyperdynamic sepsis, yielding fundamental insights into the discordance between the macrocirculation and microcirculation, the vulnerability of the renal medulla to hypoxia, and the mechanisms of septic acute kidney injury. This model enabled direct comparison of vasopressor drugs in both healthy animals and during septic shock, demonstrating their heterogeneous effects on global and regional blood flow, perfusion, and tissue oxygenation. Knowledge translation to the bedside was achieved through the conduct of pivotal clinical trials, from early studies refuting the utility of “renal-dose dopamine” to landmark contributions to the ATHOS (angiotensin II treatment of high-ouput shock) program, which established angiotensin II as a novel vasopressor in refractory vasodilatory shock. Collectively, Bellomo’s work has transformed vasopressor therapy from empirical convention towards individualised practice, and it continues to inform clinical investigation and guideline development.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":49215,"journal":{"name":"Critical Care and Resuscitation","volume":"27 3","pages":"Article 100148"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145278413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}