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Does High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV), compared with conventional ventilation, improve 30 day mortality in patients with ARDS?
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A collection of TBL summaries relevant to Intensive Care Medicine
Jacobs
In patients with cardiac arrest does adrenaline, compared to placebo, improve survival to hospital discharge?
Continue reading »Villanueva
In patients who present with an upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleed, does a restrictive transfusion goal compared with a liberal transfusion goal affect mortality?
Continue reading »Hagihara
In patients with out-of-hospital (OOH) cardiac arrest is the use of adrenaline, compared to not using adrenaline, associated with an improved mortality?
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In patients admitted to ICU does a restrictive vs. liberal blood transfusion strategy alter mortality?
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In patients with Acute Lung Injury (ALI) or Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), does ventilation with lower tidal volumes compared with traditional higher tidal volumes reduce death or ventilator-free days?
Continue reading »Kress
In medical patients who are intubated, mechanically ventilated and sedated by a continuous infusion of drugs, do daily sedative interruptions reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation or length of stay?
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Does the early application of prone positioning improve mortality in severe ARDS?
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Does fluid resuscitation with albumin, compared to saline, affect mortality for patients in the ICU?
Continue reading »Davies
Does early nasojejunal feeding improve the delivery of enteral nutrition in comparison to nasogastric nutrition in critically ill patients experiencing poor gastric motility?
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