A compendium of critical appraisals in Intensive Care Medicine research and related specialties
In selected non-trauma patients presenting to the emergency department with undifferentiated hypotension, does a standardised point-of-care ultrasound protocol, compared with usual care, improve 30 day or hospital survival?
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In patients with suspected acute pulmonary embolism, do echo features of disturbed right ventricular ejection allow accurate diagnosis?
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In fluid responsive spontaneously breathing critically unwell patients undergoing resuscitation, does the collapsibility of the inferior vena cava (cIVC), as determined by point of care ultrasound (POCUS), when compared to administering a fluid bolus predict a >10% increase in cardiac output?
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A short introduction to beside echocardiography, with links to #FOAMed resource.
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In patients with septic shock who are mechanically ventilated does indexed LV end-diastolic area and respiratory changes in aortic blood velocity predict the haemodynamic effects of volume expansion?
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