VASST
In adult patients with septic shock, does the addition of vasopressin infusion to a norepinephrine infusion compared to a norepinephrine infusion alone decrease mortality rate at 28 days?
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VANISH Trial
Does early vasopressin use reduce the risk of kidney failure in patients with septic shock compared with norepinephrine?
Continue reading »PROCAMIO
In patients with wide QRS (probably ventricular) tachycardia, does intravenous procainamide compared with intravenous amiodarone reduce major adverse cardiac events?
Continue reading »HOT-ER
In hypoxic adults presenting to the emergency department, does nasal high-flow oxygen compared to standard oxygen therapy reduce the need for advanced respiratory support?
Continue reading »ATACH-2 Trial
In patients with acute intracerebral haemorrhage and who are hypertensive, does rapid lowering of systolic blood pressure compared to standard therapy improve patient outcomes ?
Continue reading »REACT 2
In patients with severe trauma does immediate total body CT scanning compared with standard workup with selective CT scanning, reduce hospital mortality?
Continue reading »The Swedish Spinal Stenosis Study
In patients with lumbar spinal stenosis at 1 or 2 adjacent vertebral levels, with or without spondylolisthesis, what is the efficacy of decompression surgery compared with decompression and fusion surgery, on functional outcome assessed 2 years post-operatively?
Continue reading »Erythro-Emerge
In patients undergoing anaesthesia for an emergency procedure, does erythromycin compared to placebo reduce gastric content volume?
Continue reading »ELAIN
In adult patients on ICU, does early initiation of RRT compared to delayed initiation of RRT reduce mortality at 90 days?
Continue reading »AKIKI
In critically ill patients with acute kidney injury does early compared with delayed initiation of renal replacement therapy (RRT) improve mortality at 60 days?
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