Category: Intensive Care Medicine

A collection of TBL summaries relevant to Intensive Care Medicine

CENSER

In patients with septic shock, does early low-dose norepinephrine compared with standard care increase shock control at six hours?

Pivetta

In patients who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with acute dyspnoea, does the addition of lung ultrasound examination compared to standard approach, improve the diagnostic accuracy for acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF)?

HERCULES

January 25, 2019 David Slessor Intensive Care Medicine, Summaries Leave a comment

In patients with acquired thrombocytopenia purport, does calpacizumab compared with placebo, reduce the time to normalisation of the platelet count?

RACE

January 18, 2019 Steve Mathieu Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

Do one or more doses of levocarnitine reduce organ failure in septic shock at 48 hours, compared with placebo?

TARGET

January 11, 2019 Celia Bradford Intensive Care Medicine, Summaries Leave a comment

In mechanically ventilated, critically ill patients receiving enteral nutrition does energy-dense feed (1.5kCal/ml) compared with routine feed (1kCal/ml) impact on 90 day all cause mortality?

Don’t forget the LEGO

December 23, 2018 Segun Olusanya Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine, Peri-operative Medicine Leave a comment

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?

BREATHE

December 7, 2018 Duncan Chambler Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

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?

HIGH

November 30, 2018 David Slessor Intensive Care Medicine, Summaries Leave a comment

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?

PReVENT

November 23, 2018 Aidan Burrell Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine, Peri-operative Medicine Leave a comment

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?