Bouderka
Does early tracheostomy reduce duration of mechanical ventilation and mortality in comparison with prolonged intubation in patients with head injury?
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A collection of TBL summaries relevant to Intensive Care Medicine
Ferrer
In patients with severe sepsis or septic shock, is the timing of first administration of antibiotics associated with the in-hospital mortality rate?
Continue reading »Kumar
Does a delay in antibiotic administration in patients with septic shock result in an increased mortality?
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Does intravenous or nebulised MgSO4 improve symptoms of breathlessness and reduce the need for hospital admission in adults with severe acute asthma?
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In adult patients undergoing mechanical ventilation, does a strategy involving no continuous sedation, compared to a strategy of continuous sedation by infusion with a daily interruption, reduce the number of days of mechanical ventilation in the first 4 weeks?
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In patients with septic shock, is mortality affected by the use of adrenaline (epinephrine) alone in comparison to noradrenaline ± dobutamine?
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Is extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) a safe, efficacious and cost-effective treatment compared with conventional ventilation for the management of severe adult respiratory failure?
Continue reading »Chatterjee
In patients with PE, does the addition of thrombolysis to anticoagulation, compared with anticoagulation alone, affect mortality and bleeding complications?
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In patients with submassive PE, does the use of tenecteplase + heparin, compared to heparin alone, improve patient orientated outcomes?
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In patients with intermediate-risk/sub-massive pulmonary embolism (PE), does the addition of tenecteplase, compared with heparin alone improve the composite outcome of death and haemodynamic decompensation?
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