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Meacock

In patients presenting to an acute hospital, is presentation on a weekend day compared to presentation on a week day associated with increased mortality?

Drakulovic

13 May 2016 David Slessor Intensive Care Medicine, Summaries Leave a comment

In patients who are mechanically ventilated does the semi-recumbent position vs. supine position reduce clinically suspected pneumonia?

Monnet

5 May 2016 David Slessor Intensive Care Medicine One comment

In patients who are mechanically ventilated, does the tidal volumes or compliance, affect the performance of pulse pressure variation to predict volume responsiveness? In addition, in patients with ARDS can a passive leg raise test or end-expiratory occlusion test predict fluid responsiveness?

The Heparin Citrate Study

28 April 2016 Phil McGlone Intensive Care Medicine 3 comments

In critically ill patients requiring continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), does regional anticoagulation with citrate prolong circuit life compared to heparin and protamine?

The Refeeding Syndrome Trial

22 April 2016 Steve Mathieu Intensive Care Medicine 5 comments

In critically ill patients with refeeding syndrome, does restricting caloric intake compared with unrestricted caloric feeding, reduce the composite outcome of ICU length of stay, overall survival time and mortality at day 60?

After 80 study

15 April 2016 David Slessor Emergency Medicine 3 comments

In patients aged 80 years or older, with unstable angina/non-ST elevation myocardial infaction (NSTEMI), does an early invasive strategy compared with a conservative strategy, reduce the composite outcome of myocardial infarction, need for urgent revascularisation, stroke and death?

ALPS

5 April 2016 Celia Bradford Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine, Summaries 5 comments

In adult patients with nontraumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and shock-refractory ventricular fibrillation (VF) or pulseless ventricular tachycardia (pVT), does amiodarone or lidocaine along with standard care result in improved survival and more favourable neurological outcome compared with placebo?