VIOLET
In critically ill patients with Vitamin D deficiency and a high risk of death, does early enteral replacement of Vitamin D3 compared with placebo improve survival at 90 days?
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CURASMUR
In patients requiring emergency out-of-hospital endotracheal intubation, is rocuronium non-inferior to suxamethonium in providing a successful first pass attempt?
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In patients with status epilepticus who have been treated with benzodiazepines, is Levetriracetam, Valproate or Fosphenyoin more likely to lead to an absence of seizures and improved responsiveness at 60 minutes?
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In low and moderate risk patients presenting to the Emergency Department with symptoms suggestive of pulmonary embolism (PE), can a higher d-dimer threshold be used to safely exclude pulmonary embolism without the need for imaging?
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Is 5-day oral lefamulin non-inferior to 7-day oral moxifloxacin in the management of community-acquired bacterial pneumonia?
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Prevention of Early Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia after Cardiac Arrest Francois et al. N Engl J Med 2019;381:1831-42. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1812379 Clinical Question In post out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients treated with targeted temperature management, does the use of empirical antibiotics prevent early ventilator-associated pneumonia? Background Rates of survival to hospital discharge and good neurological outcomes post out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA) remain poor Despite […]
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In patients with breast cancer having potentially curative surgery, does a strategy of paravertebral block and propofol anaesthesia, compared to a strategy of opioid and sevoflurane anaesthesia, reduce local or metastatic recurrence?
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In patients post myocardial infarction, does low dose colchicine compared with placebo, reduce ischaemic cardiovascular events?
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In patients undergoing major surgery who are at high risk of complications, does light anaesthesia (BIS 50) compared with deep anaesthesia (BIS 35) improve survival at 1-year?
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Effects of tranexamic acid on death, disability, vascular occlusive events and other morbidities in patients with acute traumatic brain injury (CRASH – 3): a randomised, placebo-controlled trial The CRASH-3 trial collaborators. The Lancet, 2019; doi.org/10.1016/S1040-6736(19)32233-0 Clinical Question In patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), does the administration of tranexamic acid (TXA) under 3 hours from injury, compared with placebo, reduce […]
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