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In critical care doctors, does mulled wine compared to normal saline, improve the sense of well-being and ICU length of stay?
Continue reading »Year: 2015
These are summaries of trials published in 2015.
Eurotherm3235
In patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), does hypothermia (32-35°C) and standard care compared to standard care alone reduce death and major disability at 6 months after injury?
Continue reading »ROC-CCC
In adult patients that are in cardiac arrest, do uninterrupted chest compressions compared to chest compressions interrupted for manual ventilation improve survival, neurological recovery or the rate of adverse events?
Continue reading »Heyland
In older patients (over 80 years) admitted to Intensive Care Units, what factors are predictive of survival with good health-related quality of life?
Continue reading »EPO-TBI
In patients with moderate or severe traumatic brain injury does the administration of erythropoietin compared with placebo improve neurological outcome at 6 months after injury?
Continue reading »3Sites
In intensive care patients who require a central venous catheter (CVC), does the choice of insertion site affect the complication rates?
Continue reading »Pascall
In patients who were admitted to the ICU what litigation claims were made and what was their cost?
Continue reading »FELLOW
In Intensive Care patients undergoing intubation does apneic oxygenation during laryngoscopy increase the lowest arterial oxygen saturation experienced by patients
Continue reading »SPLIT
In critically ill patients, does the use of a balanced crystalloid solution compared to normal saline effect the incidence of acute kidney injury?
Continue reading »HEAT
Does the regular administration of paracetamol to critically ill patients with fever and known or suspected infection, affect the number of ICU-free days?
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