POCUS Special Topic Week
What’s the point behind Point-of-Care Ultrasound? Our special topic week is coming soon!
Continue reading »Year: 2016
Morris
In patients with acute respiratory failure, does early delivery of a standardised ICU and hospital rehabilitation programme improve physical function and reduce hospital length of stay?
Continue reading »Subtle STEMI
Are there specific ECG characteristics that can differentiate between anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and early repolarisation?
Continue reading »VASST
In adult patients with septic shock, does the addition of vasopressin infusion to a norepinephrine infusion compared to a norepinephrine infusion alone decrease mortality rate at 28 days?
Continue reading »VANISH Trial
Does early vasopressin use reduce the risk of kidney failure in patients with septic shock compared with norepinephrine?
Continue reading »PROCAMIO
In patients with wide QRS (probably ventricular) tachycardia, does intravenous procainamide compared with intravenous amiodarone reduce major adverse cardiac events?
Continue reading »HOT-ER
In hypoxic adults presenting to the emergency department, does nasal high-flow oxygen compared to standard oxygen therapy reduce the need for advanced respiratory support?
Continue reading »ATACH-2 Trial
In patients with acute intracerebral haemorrhage and who are hypertensive, does rapid lowering of systolic blood pressure compared to standard therapy improve patient outcomes ?
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Continue reading »REACT 2
In patients with severe trauma does immediate total body CT scanning compared with standard workup with selective CT scanning, reduce hospital mortality?
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