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In patients who were admitted to the ICU what litigation claims were made and what was their cost?
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A collection of TBL summaries relevant to Intensive Care Medicine
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In Intensive Care patients undergoing intubation does apneic oxygenation during laryngoscopy increase the lowest arterial oxygen saturation experienced by patients
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In critically ill patients, does the use of a balanced crystalloid solution compared to normal saline effect the incidence of acute kidney injury?
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Does the regular administration of paracetamol to critically ill patients with fever and known or suspected infection, affect the number of ICU-free days?
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In adult ICU patients on beta-lactam antibiotics, does continuous infusion compared to intermittent bolus increase survival?
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In patients with ST-elevation-myocardial infarction (STEMI), without hypoxia, does receiving supplemental oxygen compared with no supplemental oxygen reduce early myocardial injury?
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Does a modified Valsalva technique, incorporating a leg lift procedure, result in improved success in converting a supraventricular tachycardia to sinus rhythm in patients presenting to the Emergency Department?
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In patients taking dabigatran, who present with serious bleeding or require urgent surgery/intervention is idarucizumab safe and efficacious for the reversal of anticoagulation?
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In children suffering an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, does hypothermia compared to normothermia increase survival with a good neurobehavioural outcome?
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In organ donors, following diagnosis of brainstem death, does therapeutic hypothermia decrease delayed graft function in kidney recipients?
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