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In patients with septic shock and relative adrenal deficiency does low dose corticosteroids improve 28 day mortality?
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These are summaries of trials published in the decade 2000 to 2009.
In patients with septic shock and relative adrenal deficiency does low dose corticosteroids improve 28 day mortality?
Continue reading »Does early tracheostomy reduce duration of mechanical ventilation and mortality in comparison with prolonged intubation in patients with head injury?
Continue reading »Does a delay in antibiotic administration in patients with septic shock result in an increased mortality?
Continue reading »Is extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) a safe, efficacious and cost-effective treatment compared with conventional ventilation for the management of severe adult respiratory failure?
Continue reading »In patients with sub-massive PE, does the use of thrombolysis + heparin, compared to heparin alone, reduce the composite outcome of mortality or clinical deterioration?
Continue reading »In critically ill adults that are expected to be in Intensive Care for 3 days or more, does intensively controlled blood glucose compared to conventionally controlled blood glucose reduce mortality at 90 days?
Continue reading »In adult patients with severe septic shock, does hydrocortisone versus placebo reduce mortality at 28 days?
Continue reading »In patients with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest does removing the use of intravenous medications improve survival?
Continue reading »In patients with Acute Lung Injury (ALI) or Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), does ventilation with lower tidal volumes compared with traditional higher tidal volumes reduce death or ventilator-free days?
Continue reading »In medical patients who are intubated, mechanically ventilated and sedated by a continuous infusion of drugs, do daily sedative interruptions reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation or length of stay?
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