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.

MOnIToR trial

6 March 2015 Adrian Wong Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

In brain-dead organ donors does the use of protocolised fluid therapy compared to usual care improve the number of organs transplanted?

CRASH-2

In trauma patients with or at risk of significant haemorrhage, does the early administration of a short course of tranexamic acid (TXA) affect the mortality, incidence of occlusive events and the amount of blood transfused?

TRUST

20 February 2015 David Slessor Emergency Medicine One comment

In patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS) does a novel accelerated diagnostic protocol (ADP) identify low risk patients suitable for discharge after a single high-sensitivity troponin T (hs-cTnT)?

PROPPR

13 February 2015 Adrian Wong Emergency Medicine One comment

In patients with severe trauma and predicted to require massive transfusion, does the use of a transfusion protocol using a 1:1:1 ratio of plasma to platelets to red blood cells (RBCs) compared to 1:1:2 improve mortality?

RESTORE

6 February 2015 Steve Mathieu Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

Does a nurse-implemented, goal-directed sedation protocol result in fewer ventilator days in children with acute respiratory failure?

VITdAL-ICU

30 January 2015 Duncan Chambler Intensive Care Medicine One comment

In critically ill patients with low serum vitamin D levels, does high-dose vitamin D supplementation compared with placebo reduce hospital length of stay?

ACURASYS

23 January 2015 David Slessor Intensive Care Medicine One comment

In patients with moderate-severe ARDS does the early use of a neuromuscular blocking agent improve mortality?

CHEST

16 January 2015 Duncan Chambler Intensive Care Medicine 4 comments

In critically ill patients requiring fluid resuscitation, does 6% hydroxyethyl starch (6% HES) compared to 0.9% sodium chloride (Saline) reduce mortality at 90 days?

CHEER

9 January 2015 Steve Mathieu Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

In patients who are in refractory cardiac arrest, does protocolised management involving mechanical CPR, Hypothermia, ECMO and early reperfusion improve survival rate?

Driver

19 December 2014 David Slessor Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine One comment

In patients with refractory ventricular fibrillation does the use of esmolol improve mortality?

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