Category: Summaries

A category to collect all the summaries, so that they can be used in menus and widgets. Please don’t expand this – “Specialties” and “Special Topics” have been created as a custom category sets for the clinical topics.

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

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?

APPAC

15 January 2016 John Kiely Peri-operative Medicine 2 comments

In patients presenting with acute uncomplicated appendicitis, is antibiotic therapy non-inferior to appendicectomy surgery?

Ventura

8 January 2016 David Slessor Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

In paediatric patients with septic shock, does adrenaline compared with dopamine reduce 28 day mortality?

MULLET

18 December 2015 Celia Bradford Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine, Peri-operative Medicine Leave a comment

In critical care doctors, does mulled wine compared to normal saline, improve the sense of well-being and ICU length of stay?

Eurotherm3235

11 December 2015 Steve Mathieu Intensive Care Medicine 4 comments

In patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), does hypothermia (32-35°C) and standard care compared to standard care alone reduce death and major disability at 6 months after injury?

PRORATA

4 December 2015 Duncan Chambler Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

In adult patients with suspected bacterial infections, does procalcitonin-guided antibiotic care compared to usual care reduce patient exposure to antibiotics without increasing mortality?

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