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In critically ill adults with severe sepsis, does 6% hydroxyethyl starch (HES) compared to Ringer’s acetate reduce the incidence of death or end stage kidney failure?
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In critically ill adults with severe sepsis, does 6% hydroxyethyl starch (HES) compared to Ringer’s acetate reduce the incidence of death or end stage kidney failure?
Continue reading »In selected non-trauma patients presenting to the emergency department with undifferentiated hypotension, does a standardised point-of-care ultrasound protocol, compared with usual care, improve 30 day or hospital survival?
Continue reading »In critically ill patients with severe metabolic acidaemia (pH ≤7⋅20), does the infusion of sodium bicarbonate, compared with no infusion, to reach and maintain a targeted pH of 7⋅30 decrease the primary composite outcome of mortality by day 28 or the presence of at least one organ failure at day 7?
Continue reading »In patients with sepsis, critical illness, stroke, trauma, myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest and those who had emergency surgery does a liberal oxygen strategy compared with a conservative oxygen strategy increase hospital mortality?
Continue reading »In patients with anterior circulation strokes undergoing endovascular thrombectomy, is IV thrombolysis within 4.5 hours of stroke onset with tenecteplase, non-inferior to alteplase, at establishing reperfusion?
Continue reading »In patients with severe ARDS, does the early initiation of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), compared to standard care, improve mortality at day 60?
Continue reading »In septic and mechanically ventilated patients aged 50 or over, does 24 hours of induced hypothermia followed by 48 hours of normothermia improve 30-day mortality compared to routine care?
Continue reading »In adult patients undergoing major elective abdominal surgery, does a restrictive fluid regimen compared with a liberal fluid regimen reduce complications and improved disability-free survival?
Continue reading »In patients who are 6-24 hours post acute stroke, and have a mismatch between clinical deficit and infarct, does thrombectomy plus standard medical care, compared to standard medical care alone, improve functional outcomes at 90 days?
Continue reading »In adult patients post out of hospital cardiac arrest does a continuous or on demand application of neuromuscular blockade (NMB) reduce the number of shivering episodes during targeted temperature management (TTM)?
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