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In adult subjects who ingest a small toy part, compared to historical controls of children who have ingested coins, is there a difference in object transit time and complication rate?
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In adult subjects who ingest a small toy part, compared to historical controls of children who have ingested coins, is there a difference in object transit time and complication rate?
Continue reading »In adult patients on invasive mechanical ventilation who are difficult to wean, does extubation and weaning on non-invasive ventilation compared to weaning on invasive ventilation reduce the time until liberation from mechanical ventilation?
Continue reading »In immunocompromised patients with acute hypoxic respiratory failure (AHRF), does the use of high flow oxygen as opposed to standard oxygen therapy, reduce 28 day mortality?
Continue reading »In mechanically ventilated patients without acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), does a low tidal volume ventilation strategy (6mL/Kg), compared to intermediate tidal volume strategy (10mL/Kg), reduce the number of ventilator-free and alive days at day 28?
Continue reading »In delirious adult ICU patients, does the administration of haloperidol or ziprasidone reduce the duration of delirium when compared with placebo?
Continue reading »In ICU patients at risk of gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding does the use of prophylactic proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) compared to placebo reduce mortality at 90 days?
Continue reading »patients with septic shock and severe acute kidney injury, does early vs. delayed renal replacement therapy improve 90 day mortality?
Continue reading »In patients with severe blunt traumatic brain injury (TBI) does early and sustained cooling compared with standard care improve neurological outcomes at 6 months?
Continue reading »In adult patients with septic shock and high circulating endotoxin activity, does the use of polymyxin B haemoperfusion therapy significantly decrease 28-day mortality?
Continue reading »In adult patients at risk of nausea and vomiting during surgery, do multiple antiemetic interventions compared to single antiemetic interventions or no intervention reduce nausea and vomiting?
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