Category: Intensive Care Medicine

A collection of TBL summaries relevant to Intensive Care Medicine

EVALD

19 April 2019 David Slessor Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

In patients that survive with a good neurological outcome following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, does 48 hours vs. 24 hours of therapeutic hypothermia, improve memory, attention & executive function at 6 months?

ICON Study

12 April 2019 Duncan Chambler Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

In critically ill adults that survive their acute illness, what is the incidence of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder?

COACT

In adult patients who have sustained an out of hospital arrhythmia-associated cardiac arrest without an ST-elevation myocardial infarction, is immediate angiography superior to delayed angiography in improving 90-day survival?

SUPERNOVA

22 March 2019 James Walter Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

Can extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) safely facilitate ultra-low tidal volume ventilation in patients with moderate acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)?

ANDROMEDA-SHOCK

15 March 2019 Aidan Burrell Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine 6 comments

In adult patients with early septic shock, does peripheral perfusion-targeted resuscitation, compared to lactate level-targeted resuscitation, improve all cause mortality at 28 days?

TICH-2

8 March 2019 George Walker Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

In adults with acute, spontaneous intra-cerebral haemorrhage (ICH), does the administration of tranexamic acid (TXA) compared to a placebo improve functional status at 90 days?

PREVENT

1 March 2019 Fraser Magee Intensive Care Medicine, Peri-operative Medicine Leave a comment

In adult critically ill patients receiving pharmacological thromboprophylaxis, does the use of adjunctive intermittent pneumatic compression devices result in a lower incidence of proximal deep vein thrombosis (DVT)?

CENSER

15 February 2019 Celia Bradford Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine 2 comments

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

Pivetta

8 February 2019 Adrian Wong Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

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)?