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Does High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) improve mortality in patients with new onset moderate-severe ARDS compared with standard ventilation?
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Does High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) improve mortality in patients with new onset moderate-severe ARDS compared with standard ventilation?
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Continue reading »Does High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV), compared with conventional ventilation, improve 30 day mortality in patients with ARDS?
Continue reading »In patients with cardiac arrest does adrenaline, compared to placebo, improve survival to hospital discharge?
Continue reading »In high-risk patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery, does a cardiac output-guided haemodynamic therapy algorithm compared to clinician-guided standard therapy reduce death and major morbidity within 30 days?
Continue reading »In patients who present with an upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleed, does a restrictive transfusion goal compared with a liberal transfusion goal affect mortality?
Continue reading »In patients with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest does removing the use of intravenous medications improve survival?
Continue reading »In patients with out-of-hospital (OOH) cardiac arrest is the use of adrenaline, compared to not using adrenaline, associated with an improved mortality?
Continue reading »In patients admitted to ICU does a restrictive vs. liberal blood transfusion strategy alter mortality?
Continue reading »In patients with Acute Lung Injury (ALI) or Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), does ventilation with lower tidal volumes compared with traditional higher tidal volumes reduce death or ventilator-free days?
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