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.

ARISE

In adult patients with septic shock, does early goal-directed therapy (EGDT) compared with standard therapy reduce mortality at 90 days?

Rivers

In adults with severe sepsis or septic shock, does the use of early goal-directed therapy (EGDT) reduce the mortality?

Sadfar

26 September 2014 admin Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine, Peri-operative Medicine Leave a comment

Does chlorhexidine-impregnated dressing compared to conventional site care prevent catheter-related blood stream infections and catheter colonisation?

Bellomo

19 September 2014 Duncan Chambler Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

In patients renal dysfunction, does dopamine reduce the severity of acute kidney injury?

Doig

12 September 2014 David Slessor Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

In critically ill patients with relative contraindications to early enteral nutrition (EN), does providing early parenteral nutrition (PN), improve mortality?

De Jonge

5 September 2014 Adrian Wong Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

Does the use of Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract (SDD) affect ICU and hospital mortality and the acquisition of resistant organisms?

HOPE-ICU

29 August 2014 David Slessor Intensive Care Medicine One comment

In critically ill patients does early treatment with haloperidol decrease the time that survivors spend in delirium or coma?

PAC-MAN

22 August 2014 David Slessor Intensive Care Medicine, Peri-operative Medicine Leave a comment

Pulmonary Artery Catheters in patient Management PAC-MAN study group, Lancet 2005;366;472-477 Clinical Question In critically ill patients, does the use of a pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) reduce mortality? Design Randomised controlled trial Non-blinded Stratified by age and presumptive clinical syndrome Intention to treat analysis Power calculation: 1281 patients would allow detection of a 10% change in absolute hospital mortality, with […]