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In adult ICU patients, does the use dynamic light therapy compared to normal lighting, reduce the incidence and duration of ICU-acquired delirium?
Continue reading »A compendium of critical appraisals in Intensive Care Medicine research and related specialties
In adult ICU patients, does the use dynamic light therapy compared to normal lighting, reduce the incidence and duration of ICU-acquired delirium?
Continue reading »In adult patients with severe sepsis, does methylene blue compared to vasopressin reduce noradrenaline requirement and increase blood pressure?
Continue reading »In critically ill adult patients receiving parenteral nutrition, does high amino acid intake compared with standard level amino acid intake, result in greater hand grip strength at ICU discharge?
Continue reading »Does intravenous vitamin C, hydrocortisone and thiamine in addition to standard treatment, improve mortality in ICU patients with severe sepsis or septic shock, compared with standard treatment alone?
Continue reading »In patients with drained cutaneous abscesses does trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole compared with placebo increase clinical cure rates?
Continue reading »In hospitalised patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), is five days of antibiotic therapy non-inferior to standard practice with respect to clinical improvement?
Continue reading »In patients with convulsive status epilepticus, does the addition of therapeutic hypothermia to standard care improve neurological outcomes?
Continue reading »In elderly patients following non-cardiac surgery, does a low dose dexmedetomidine infusion, compared with placebo, decrease the incidence of delirium?
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Continue reading »In critically ill adults requiring renal replacement therapy, does higher intensity dialysis compared to lower intensity dialysis reduce mortality?
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