ARMA
In patients with Acute Lung Injury (ALI) or Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), does ventilation with lower tidal volumes compared with traditional higher tidal volumes reduce death or ventilator-free days?
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Kress
In medical patients who are intubated, mechanically ventilated and sedated by a continuous infusion of drugs, do daily sedative interruptions reduce the duration of mechanical ventilation or length of stay?
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Does the early application of prone positioning improve mortality in severe ARDS?
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Does fluid resuscitation with albumin, compared to saline, affect mortality for patients in the ICU?
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Can a clinical decision rule be derived and validated for use in the Emergency Department that allows immediate exclusion of ACS?
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In adults with severe sepsis or septic shock, does 20% albumin solution with crystalloid fluid compared to crystalloid fluid alone reduce death with 28 days?
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In adult patients with sepsis, does protocol-based care compared to usual care reduce death within 60 days?
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In adults that suffer an out-of-hospitals (OOH) cardiac arrest of presumed cardiac cause, does induced therapeutic hypothermia targeting 36°C compared to 33°C reduce mortality or reduce neurological deficit?
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Does early nasojejunal feeding improve the delivery of enteral nutrition in comparison to nasogastric nutrition in critically ill patients experiencing poor gastric motility?
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In patients who are mechanically ventilated and sedated with opioids and / or benzodiazepines, do daily sedative interruptions reduce the duration until extubation?
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