A compendium of critical appraisals in Intensive Care Medicine research and related specialties
In patients undergoing elective neurosurgery, is a supraclavicular in-plane ultrasound guided approach, compared with an infra-clavicular out-of-plane ultrasound guided approach, non-inferior for catheterisation-related complication?
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In patients presenting to the Emergency Department (ED) in cardiac arrest, does a standardised point-of-care ultrasound protocol, compared with usual care, affect the length of resuscitation, frequency of interventions, and clinical outcomes?
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In patients who presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with acute dyspnoea, does the addition of lung ultrasound examination compared to standard approach, improve the diagnostic accuracy for acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF)?
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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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A short introduction to beside ocular ultrasound, with links to #FOAMed resource.
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In medically-qualified anaesthetist, does the use of the transverse ultrasound technique compared to the longitudinal orientation result in faster identification of the cricothyroid membrane?
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A short introduction to beside vascular ultrasound, with links to #FOAMed resource.
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In patients undergoing internal jugular cannulation under ultrasound guidance, does the use of an oblique compared to short- and long-axis approach increase success rate and decrease complications?
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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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