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In critically ill patients with Vitamin D deficiency and a high risk of death, does early enteral replacement of Vitamin D3 compared with placebo improve survival at 90 days?
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In critically ill patients with Vitamin D deficiency and a high risk of death, does early enteral replacement of Vitamin D3 compared with placebo improve survival at 90 days?
Continue reading »In hospitalised adult patients with evidence of lower respiratory tract infection due to COVID-19, is remdesivir superior to placebo in shortening the time to recovery?
Continue reading »In adult patients with COVID-19, does combined interferon beta-1b, lopinavir-ritonavir, and ribavirin, compared with lopinavir-ritonavir alone, reduce the time to a negative swab result?
Continue reading »Remdesivir in adults with severe COVID-19: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial Wang Y. Lancet; Epub Ahead of Print. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31022-9 Clinical Question In patients with severe COVID-19, does intravenous remdesivir, compared with placebo, improve the time to clinical improvement? Background Despite the ongoing research efforts to find a treatment for patients infected with SARS-CoV-2, there are currently no proven […]
Continue reading »In patients infected with SARS-CoV-2, what is the efficacy and safety of oral lopinavir–ritonavir?
Continue reading »A multicentre evaluation of two intensive care unit triage protocols for use in an influenza pandemic Winston K Cheung. Medical Journal of Australia; August 2012 [3]:178-181. doi:10.5694/mja11.10926] Clinical Question In the event of a viral pandemic, what effect does the use of a triage protocol (specifically the NSW ICU triage protocol) have in increasing ICU bed availability, both in admission […]
Continue reading »In patients with severe sepsis what is the sensitivity of blood cultures taken after the initiation of antimicrobial therapy?
Continue reading »In patients requiring emergency out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation, is rocuronium non-inferior to suxamethonium in providing a successful first pass attempt?
Continue reading »In critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients, does a strategy of no sedation, as compared with light sedation with daily sedation breaks, impact day 90 mortality?
Continue reading »In patients older than 65-years with vasodilatory hypotension receiving vasopressors, does a target mean arterial pressure (MAP) of 60-65mmHg compared with usual care impact mortality?
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