Heyland
In older patients (over 80 years) admitted to Intensive Care Units, what factors are predictive of survival with good health-related quality of life?
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Bradford
In patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage does induced hypermagnesaemia reduce the incidence of cerebral artery vasospasm?
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In patients with moderate or severe traumatic brain injury does the administration of erythropoietin compared with placebo improve neurological outcome at 6 months after injury?
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In intensive care patients who require a central venous catheter (CVC), does the choice of insertion site affect the complication rates?
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In patients who were admitted to the ICU what litigation claims were made and what was their cost?
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In Intensive Care patients undergoing intubation does apneic oxygenation during laryngoscopy increase the lowest arterial oxygen saturation experienced by patients
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In critically ill patients, does the use of a balanced crystalloid solution compared to normal saline effect the incidence of acute kidney injury?
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Does the regular administration of paracetamol to critically ill patients with fever and known or suspected infection, affect the number of ICU-free days?
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In adult ICU patients on beta-lactam antibiotics, does continuous infusion compared to intermittent bolus increase survival?
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In patients with ST-elevation-myocardial infarction (STEMI), without hypoxia, does receiving supplemental oxygen compared with no supplemental oxygen reduce early myocardial injury?
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