Year: 2015

These are summaries of trials published in 2015.

Riskin

10 August 2018 David Slessor Intensive Care Medicine Leave a comment

Does a neonatal intensive care team who is affected by rudeness compared to no rudeness impair team members’ diagnostic and procedural performance?

Mahler

2 December 2016 Ben Short Emergency Medicine One comment

In patients presenting to the Emergency Department with chest pain, does the HEART Pathway compared with usual care, reduce objective cardiac testing?

POCUS: Batllori

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?

Erythro-Emerge

24 June 2016 Duncan Chambler Peri-operative Medicine Leave a comment

In patients undergoing anaesthesia for an emergency procedure, does erythromycin compared to placebo reduce gastric content volume?

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?

STITCH (trauma)

12 February 2016 Mike Stewart Intensive Care Medicine One comment

In patients with traumatic intracerebral haemorrhage (TICH), does early surgery (haematoma evacuation within 12 h of randomisation) compared with initial conservative management reduce major disability and death at 6 months after injury?