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In critically ill patients requiring interhospital ground transport, is a nurse-led transfer team non-inferior to a physician-led team, for the proportion of patients with critical events?
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A collection of TBL summaries relevant to Intensive Care Medicine
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In patients with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and refractory intracranial hypertension, does decompressive craniectomy, result in more favourable mortality and neurological outcomes at 6 months, compared with barbiturate coma and continued medical management?
Continue reading »Philpot
Do observers of simulated family conversations discussing organ donation respond more favourably to the discussion if it contains extra information about the benefits of donation compared to a standard conversation?
Continue reading »Morris
In patients with acute respiratory failure, does early delivery of a standardised ICU and hospital rehabilitation programme improve physical function and reduce hospital length of stay?
Continue reading »VASST
In adult patients with septic shock, does the addition of vasopressin infusion to a norepinephrine infusion compared to a norepinephrine infusion alone decrease mortality rate at 28 days?
Continue reading »VANISH Trial
Does early vasopressin use reduce the risk of kidney failure in patients with septic shock compared with norepinephrine?
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In hypoxic adults presenting to the emergency department, does nasal high-flow oxygen compared to standard oxygen therapy reduce the need for advanced respiratory support?
Continue reading »ATACH-2 Trial
In patients with acute intracerebral haemorrhage and who are hypertensive, does rapid lowering of systolic blood pressure compared to standard therapy improve patient outcomes ?
Continue reading »ELAIN
In adult patients on ICU, does early initiation of RRT compared to delayed initiation of RRT reduce mortality at 90 days?
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In critically ill patients with acute kidney injury does early compared with delayed initiation of renal replacement therapy (RRT) improve mortality at 60 days?
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