Year: 2016

These are summaries of trials published in 2016.

AKIKI

10 June 2016 David Slessor Intensive Care Medicine 9 comments

In critically ill patients with acute kidney injury does early compared with delayed initiation of renal replacement therapy (RRT) improve mortality at 60 days?

Kleine-Brueggeney

In patients having elective surgery and with a simulated difficult airway (using a cervical collar), does the choice of videolaryngoscope affect the first attempt intubation success rate?

Anderson

27 May 2016 Adrian Wong Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine 3 comments

In patients with acute ischaemic stroke, is low-dose thrombolysis therapy with intravenous alteplase non-inferior to standard-dose therapy with respect to death and disability at 90 days?

Meacock

16 May 2016 Segun Olusanya Emergency Medicine, Intensive Care Medicine 2 comments

In patients presenting to an acute hospital, is presentation on a weekend day compared to presentation on a week day associated with increased mortality?

After 80 study

15 April 2016 David Slessor Emergency Medicine 3 comments

In patients aged 80 years or older, with unstable angina/non-ST elevation myocardial infaction (NSTEMI), does an early invasive strategy compared with a conservative strategy, reduce the composite outcome of myocardial infarction, need for urgent revascularisation, stroke and death?