Riskin
Does a neonatal intensive care team who is affected by rudeness compared to no rudeness impair team members’ diagnostic and procedural performance?
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A collection of TBL summaries relevant to Intensive Care Medicine
PARAMEDIC2
In adult patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OOHCA), does the administration of epinephrine compared to placebo improve survival?
Continue reading »Liu
In critically ill patients with septic shock, does the use of terlipressin compared to norepinephrine reduced 28-day mortality?
Continue reading »Franklin
In infants (<12 months) with bronchiolitis and hypoxaemia (saturations <92%) in the emergency department or general paediatric ward, does early treatment with high flow therapy versus standard oxygen therapy result in fewer infants having treatment failure that leads to escalation of care?
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In critically ill adults with severe sepsis, does 6% hydroxyethyl starch (HES) compared to Ringer’s acetate reduce the incidence of death or end stage kidney failure?
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In critically ill patients with severe metabolic acidaemia (pH ≤7⋅20), does the infusion of sodium bicarbonate, compared with no infusion, to reach and maintain a targeted pH of 7⋅30 decrease the primary composite outcome of mortality by day 28 or the presence of at least one organ failure at day 7?
Continue reading »IOTA
In patients with sepsis, critical illness, stroke, trauma, myocardial infarction, cardiac arrest and those who had emergency surgery does a liberal oxygen strategy compared with a conservative oxygen strategy increase hospital mortality?
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In patients with anterior circulation strokes undergoing endovascular thrombectomy, is IV thrombolysis within 4.5 hours of stroke onset with tenecteplase, non-inferior to alteplase, at establishing reperfusion?
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In patients with severe ARDS, does the early initiation of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), compared to standard care, improve mortality at day 60?
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In septic and mechanically ventilated patients aged 50 or over, does 24 hours of induced hypothermia followed by 48 hours of normothermia improve 30-day mortality compared to routine care?
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