Category: Intensive Care Medicine

A collection of TBL summaries relevant to Intensive Care Medicine

TRACHUS

11 March 2016 Phil McGlone Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

Is ultrasound guided percutaneous tracheostomy (PCT) a non-inferior technique compared with bronchoscopy guided PCT ?

Maltese

4 March 2016 Celia Bradford Intensive Care Medicine One comment

In Intensive care doctors what is the impact of night shift work on cognitive performance?

Sakr

26 February 2016 Gary Misselbrook Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

In patients admitted to the ICU do overweight/obese patients compared with normal weight patients have a greater risk of morbidity and mortality?

DIABOLO

19 February 2016 Steve Mathieu Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

Does acetazolamide reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and metabolic alkalosis?

STITCH (trauma)

12 February 2016 Mike Stewart Intensive Care Medicine One comment

In patients with traumatic intracerebral haemorrhage (TICH), does early surgery (haematoma evacuation within 12 h of randomisation) compared with initial conservative management reduce major disability and death at 6 months after injury?

ANNEXA

5 February 2016 Jamie Plumb Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine, Peri-operative Medicine Leave a comment

In healthy adults taking either apixaban (ANNEXA-A) or rivaroxaban (ANNEXA-R) does andexanet alfa compared to placebo normalise anticoagulation?

Wahab

29 January 2016 Steve Mathieu Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

Does early rehabilitation reduce physical impairment and ICU length of stay in critically ill patients?

BLISS

22 January 2016 Adrian Wong Intensive Care Medicine 3 comments

In adult ICU patients with severe sepsis does the use of continuous infusion (CI) of beta-lactam antibiotics compared to intermittent bolus (IB) improve clinical outcomes?