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In critically ill patients with acute altered level of consciousness and no recent seizures, does continuous EEG (cEEG) compared to repeated routine EEG (rEEG) correlate with reduced mortality?
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In critically ill patients with acute altered level of consciousness and no recent seizures, does continuous EEG (cEEG) compared to repeated routine EEG (rEEG) correlate with reduced mortality?
Continue reading »In patients discharged from a general ICU, is discharge “out-of-hours” compared to discharge “in-hours” associated with subsequent in-hospital mortality?
Continue reading »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 […]
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?
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