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A Systematic Review of Outcome Measures Employed in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (aSAH) Clinical Research

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

A comparison of albumin and saline for fluid resuscitation in the intensive care unit

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A phase II randomised controlled trial of intensive insulin therapy in general intensive care patients

scientific article published on 01 December 2006

A protocol for a phase 3 multicentre randomised controlled trial of continuous versus intermittent β-lactam antibiotic infusion in critically ill patients with sepsis: BLING III

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

A randomised controlled trial of induced hypermagnesaemia following aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage

scientific article published on June 2013

Adjunctive Glucocorticoid Therapy in Patients with Septic Shock

scientific article published on 19 January 2018

Adjunctive Intermittent Pneumatic Compression for Venous Thromboprophylaxis

scientific article published on 18 February 2019

Adult-population incidence of severe sepsis in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units

scientific article published on 12 February 2004

Adult-population incidence of severe sepsis in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units

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Albumin is a blood product too - is it safe for all patients?

scientific article published on March 2009

Albumin resuscitation for traumatic brain injury: is intracranial hypertension the cause of increased mortality?

scientific article published on 21 March 2013

Albumin supplementation and organ function

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

An international comparison of the cost of fluid resuscitation therapies

scientific article published on 19 August 2020

An observational study fluid balance and patient outcomes in the randomized evaluation of normal vs. augmented level of replacement therapy trial*

scientific article published on June 1, 2012

Australasian resuscitation of sepsis evaluation (ARISE): A multi-centre, prospective, inception cohort study.

scientific article published on 20 May 2009

Author Correction: Intravenous fluid therapy in critically ill adults

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Bacteraemia following Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy

scientific article published on 01 August 1997

Baseline hospital performance and the impact of medical emergency teams: modelling vs. conventional subgroup analysis

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Bench-to-bedside review: the evaluation of complex interventions in critical care

scientific article published on January 2008

Calorie intake and patient outcomes in severe acute kidney injury: findings from The Randomized Evaluation of Normal vs. Augmented Level of Replacement Therapy (RENAL) study trial

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Causes of death after fluid bolus resuscitation: new insights from FEAST

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Clinical controversies in the management of critically ill patients with severe sepsis: resuscitation fluids and glucose control

scientific article published on 06 August 2013

Clinical research ethics for critically ill patients: a pandemic proposal.

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Clinical review: Consensus recommendations on measurement of blood glucose and reporting glycemic control in critically ill adults

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Clinician discomfort with life support plans for mechanically ventilated patients

scientific article published on 24 June 2004

Clinician predictions of intensive care unit mortality

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Co-enrollment of critically ill patients into multiple studies: patterns, predictors and consequences

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Competing Risk Analysis for Evaluation of Dalteparin Versus Unfractionated Heparin for Venous Thromboembolism in Medical-Surgical Critically Ill Patients

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Conservative Oxygen Therapy during Mechanical Ventilation in the ICU

scientific article published on 14 October 2019

Conservative oxygen therapy for mechanically ventilated adults with sepsis: a post hoc analysis of data from the intensive care unit randomized trial comparing two approaches to oxygen therapy (ICU-ROX)

scientific article published on 20 November 2019

Continuous glucose control in the ICU: report of a 2013 round table meeting

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Continuous intra-arterial blood glucose monitoring using quenched fluorescence sensing in intensive care patients after cardiac surgery: phase II of a product development study

scientific article published on 01 September 2015

Continuous intra-arterial blood glucose monitoring using quenched fluorescence sensing: a product development study

scientific article

Core Domains in Evaluating Patient Outcomes After Acute Respiratory Failure: International Multidisciplinary Clinician Consultation

scientific article published in February 2017

Correction to: Efficacy and safety of stress ulcer prophylaxis in critically ill patients: a network meta-analysis of randomized trials.

scientific article published on 11 December 2017

Corticosteroids in septic shock.

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Cost-effectiveness of dalteparin vs unfractionated heparin for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in critically ill patients

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Counting Sepsis, an Imprecise but Improving Science.

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Critical Care — An All-Encompassing Specialty

scientific article published on August 15, 2013

Critical care resources, disaster preparedness, and sepsis management: Survey results from the Asia Pacific region

scientific article published in 2022

Critical care services and 2009 H1N1 influenza in Australia and New Zealand.

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Critical illness neuromyopathy: from risk factors to prevention

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

Daily Protein Intake and Patient Outcomes in Severe Acute Kidney Injury: Findings of the Randomized Evaluation of Normal versus Augmented Level of Replacement Therapy (RENAL) Trial

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Delayed hemorrhage following resection of an arteriovenous malformation in the brain

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Design and challenges of the Randomized Evaluation of Normal versus Augmented Level Replacement Therapy (RENAL) Trial: high-dose versus standard-dose hemofiltration in acute renal failure

scientific article published on January 2008

Design, conduct, analysis and reporting of a multi-national placebo-controlled trial of activated protein C for persistent septic shock.

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Differences in outcome between the NICE-SUGAR and Leuven trials: possible methodological explanations.

scientific article published in September 2009

Do trials that report a neutral or negative treatment effect improve the care of critically ill patients? Yes

scientific article published on 11 June 2018

Does asymmetry in patient recruitment in large critical care trials follow the Pareto principle?

scientific article published on 05 May 2020

Does severe non-infectious SIRS differ from severe sepsis? Results from a multi-centre Australian and New Zealand intensive care unit study

scientific article published on 27 May 2008

Drivers of choice of resuscitation fluid in the intensive care unit: a discrete choice experiment

scientific article published on June 2017

Drotrecogin alfa (activated) in adults with septic shock.

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Early acid-base and blood pressure effects of continuous renal replacement therapy intensity in patients with metabolic acidosis

scientific article published on 11 January 2013

Early peak temperature and mortality in critically ill patients with or without infection

scientific article published on 31 January 2012

Early temperature and mortality in critically ill patients with acute neurological diseases: trauma and stroke differ from infection

scientific article published on 3 February 2015

Economic evaluation of the prophylaxis for thromboembolism in critical care trial (E-PROTECT): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 20 December 2014

Effect of baseline serum albumin concentration on outcome of resuscitation with albumin or saline in patients in intensive care units: analysis of data from the saline versus albumin fluid evaluation (SAFE) study

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Effect of evidence-based feeding guidelines on mortality of critically ill adults: a cluster randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on December 2008

Effects of low-dose hydrocortisone and hydrocortisone plus fludrocortisone in adults with septic shock: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data

scientific article published on 02 December 2020

Effects of saline or albumin resuscitation on standard coagulation tests.

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Efficacy and safety of stress ulcer prophylaxis in critically ill patients: a network meta-analysis of randomized trials

scientific article published on 4 December 2017

Efficacy of albumin in critically ill patients

scientific article published on March 2003

End points for phase II trials in intensive care: recommendations from the Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Group consensus panel meeting

scientific article published on September 2012

Epidemiology of RBC Transfusions in Patients With Severe Acute Kidney Injury: Analysis From the Randomized Evaluation of Normal Versus Augmented Level Study

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Erratum to: Design, conduct, analysis and reporting of a multi-national placebo-controlled trial of activated protein C for persistent septic shock.

scientific article published on 25 November 2010

Erratum to: Thromboprophylaxis using combined intermittent pneumatic compression and pharmacologic prophylaxis versus pharmacologic prophylaxis alone in critically ill patients: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 23 August 2016

Failure of anticoagulant thromboprophylaxis: risk factors in medical-surgical critically ill patients*.

scientific article published on February 2015

Fluid Resuscitation with 5% albumin versus Normal Saline in Early Septic Shock: a pilot randomized, controlled trial

scientific article published on 15 December 2011

Fluid resuscitation in the critically ill: what is the next challenge?

scientific article published on December 2015

Fluid resuscitation with 6 % hydroxyethyl starch (130/0.4 and 130/0.42) in acutely ill patients: systematic review of effects on mortality and treatment with renal replacement therapy

scientific article published on 14 February 2013

Fluid resuscitation with 6% hydroxyethyl starch (130/0.4) in acutely ill patients: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on January 2012

Gender Parity in Critical Care Medicine.

scientific article published on 27 February 2017

Global, regional, and national sepsis incidence and mortality, 1990-2017: analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study

scientific article published on 01 January 2020

Glucocorticoids with or without Fludrocortisone in Septic Shock

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

Glycaemic control in Australia and New Zealand before and after the NICE-SUGAR trial: a translational study

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Glycemic control in the ICU.

scientific article published on July 2011

Health-related outcomes of critically ill patients with and without sepsis

scientific article published on 27 June 2018

Health-related quality of life in survivors of acute kidney injury: The Prolonged Outcomes Study of the Randomized Evaluation of Normal versus Augmented Level Replacement Therapy study outcomes

scientific article published on 19 April 2015

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in the critically ill: interpreting the 4Ts test in a randomized trial

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Higher versus Lower Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy Intensity in Critically ill Patients with Liver Dysfunction

scientific article published on 22 November 2017

Human Albumin Use in Adults in U.S. Academic Medical Centers

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Hydrocortisone Compared with Placebo in Patients with Septic Shock Satisfying the Sepsis-3 Diagnostic Criteria and APROCCHSS Study Inclusion Criteria: A Post Hoc Analysis of the ADRENAL Trial

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Hydroxyethyl starch or saline for fluid resuscitation in intensive care

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Hydroxyethyl starch or saline in intensive care

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Hydroxyethyl starch solutions and patient harm

scientific article published on 12 February 2018

Hydroxyethyl starch versus saline for resuscitation of patients in intensive care: long-term outcomes and cost-effectiveness analysis of a cohort from CHEST.

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Hydroxyethyl starch: putting patient safety first

scientific article published on 19 December 2013

Hypoglycemia and risk of death in critically ill patients

scientific article published in September 2012

Hypoglycemia in critically ill adults - association yes, causation not proven

scientific article published on November 30, 2011

Impact of albumin compared to saline on organ function and mortality of patients with severe sepsis

scientific article published on 6 October 2010

Individual patient data comparative analysis of hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 v 4% albumin for fluid resuscitation in critically ill patients: statistical analysis plan

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Individual patient data meta-analysis of hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4-0.42 versus crystalloid for fluid resuscitation in patients with severe sepsis: a statistical analysis plan

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Injury in China: a systematic review of injury surveillance studies conducted in Chinese hospital emergency departments

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Intensities of renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Intensity of continuous renal-replacement therapy in critically ill patients

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Intensive care unit randomised trial comparing two approaches to oxygen therapy (ICU-ROX): results of the pilot phase

Intensive insulin therapy and mortality among critically ill patients: a meta-analysis including NICE-SUGAR study data

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Intensive versus conventional glucose control in critically ill patients

scientific article published on 24 March 2009

Intensive versus conventional glucose control in critically ill patients with traumatic brain injury: long-term follow-up of a subgroup of patients from the NICE-SUGAR study

scientific article published on 19 June 2015

Intravenous fluid therapy in critically ill adults

scientific article published on 01 September 2018

Intravenous fluids in adults undergoing surgery

scientific article published in the British Medical Journal

Introduction of the medical emergency team (MET) system: a cluster-randomised controlled trial

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Investigator-initiated research in intensive care: achievement through collaboration

scientific article published on 01 September 2008

Lactate ≥2 mmol/L plus qSOFA improves utility over qSOFA alone in emergency department patients presenting with suspected sepsis.

scientific article published in December 2017

Long-Term Outcomes of the ADRENAL Trial

scientific article published on 25 April 2018

Long-Term Quality of Life Among Survivors of Severe Sepsis: Analyses of Two International Trials

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Long-term survival and dialysis dependency following acute kidney injury in intensive care: extended follow-up of a randomized controlled trial

scientific article (publication date: February 2014)

Low-dose corticosteroids for adult patients with septic shock: a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis

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Management of Australian patients with severe traumatic brain injury; are potentially harmful treatments still used?

scientific article published on 31 July 2020

Management of blood glucose in the critically ill in Australia and New Zealand: a practice survey and inception cohort study

scientific article published on 19 April 2006

Managing blood glucose in critically ill patients with or without diabetes

scientific article published on 18 April 2013

Mortality in Patients With Hypovolemic Shock Treated With Colloids or Crystalloids

scientific article published in The Journal of the American Medical Association

New sepsis definition changes incidence of sepsis in the intensive care unit

Open Letter to the Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency concerning the licensing of hydroxyethyl starch solutions for fluid resuscitation

scientific article published on 01 March 2014

Opinions and practices of blood glucose control in critically ill patients with pre-existing type 2 diabetes in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units

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Patient-centered outcomes and trials of hydroxyethyl starch

scientific article published on 27 September 2013

Patterns of intravenous fluid resuscitation use in adult intensive care patients between 2007 and 2014: An international cross-sectional study.

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Plasma Cortisol, Aldosterone, and Ascorbic Acid Concentrations in Patients with Septic Shock do not Predict Treatment Effect of Hydrocortisone on Mortality: A Nested Cohort Study

scientific article published on 12 May 2020

Pneumatic Compression in Venous Thromboprophylaxis. Reply

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Prevalence and Outcomes of Infection Among Patients in Intensive Care Units in 2017

scientific article published on 24 March 2020

Pro/con debate: Is intensive insulin therapy targeting tight blood glucose control of benefit in critically ill patients?

scientific article published on 25 April 2008

Prophylaxis of Thromboembolism in Critical Care (PROTECT) Trial: a pilot study

scientific article published on December 2005

Protocol summary and statistical analysis plan for the intensive care unit randomised trial comparing two approaches to oxygen therapy (ICU-ROX).

scientific article published in March 2018

Publication of Secondary Analyses from Randomized Trials in Critical Care

scientific article published in November 2016

Pulmonary artery catheters.

scientific article published in November 2006

Re-evaluating the Inhibition of Stress Erosions (REVISE): a protocol for pilot randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on November 2016

Reanalysis of the Crystalloid versus Hydroxyethyl Starch Trial (CHEST)

scientific article published on 01 July 2017

Reappraising the role of albumin for resuscitation

scientific article published on August 1, 2013

Recognizing Sepsis as a Global Health Priority - A WHO Resolution

scientific article published on 28 June 2017

Renal replacement therapy intensity for acute kidney injury and recovery to dialysis independence: a systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 23 November 2017

Respiratory rate: the neglected vital sign

scientific article published on June 2008

Resuscitation fluid use in critically ill adults: an international cross-sectional study in 391 intensive care units

scientific article published on 15 October 2010

Review article: Sepsis in the emergency department - Part 1: Definitions and outcomes

scientific article published on 2 November 2017

Review article: Sepsis in the emergency department - Part 2: Investigations and monitoring.

scientific article published on 16 January 2018

Risk factors and impact of major bleeding in critically ill patients receiving heparin thromboprophylaxis

scientific article published on 14 August 2013

Saline or albumin for fluid resuscitation in patients with traumatic brain injury

scientific article published in August 2007

Screening and study enrolment in the Randomized Evaluation of Normal vs. Augmented Level (RENAL) Replacement Therapy Trial

scientific article published in January 2009

Sedation and delirium in intensive care

scientific article published on 01 April 2014

Sedation and delirium in the intensive care unit.

scientific article published on January 2014

Sepsis 3 from the perspective of clinicians and quality improvement initiatives

scientific article published on 26 April 2017

Sepsis and septic shock: current approaches to management

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Sepsis in Children: Global Implications of the World Health Assembly Resolution on Sepsis

scientific article published on 13 September 2017

Sepsis-The Final Common Pathway to Death From Multiple Organ Failure in Infection

scientific article published on June 2016

Septic Shock: A Genomewide Association Study and Polygenic Risk Score Analysis

scientific article published on 05 August 2020

Serious adverse events in academic critical care research

scientific article published in April 2008

Sex and mortality in septic severe acute kidney injury

scientific article published on 23 October 2018

Sex differences in response to adjunctive corticosteroid treatment for patients with septic shock

scientific article published on 07 January 2021

Should hydroxyethyl starch be banned? – Authors' reply

scientific article published in The Lancet

Six subphenotypes in septic shock: Latent class analysis of the PROWESS Shock study

scientific article published on 08 June 2018

Statistical analysis plan for the Adjunctive Corticosteroid Treatment in Critically Ill Patients with Septic Shock (ADRENAL) trial

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Statistical analysis plan for the Pneumatic CompREssion for PreVENting Venous Thromboembolism (PREVENT) trial: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

scientific article published on 15 March 2018

Statistical analysis plan of PROWESS SHOCK study.

scientific article published on 6 August 2010

Study protocol and statistical analysis plan for the Liberal Glucose Control in Critically Ill Patients with Pre-existing Type 2 Diabetes (LUCID) trial

scientific article published on 01 June 2020

The ADRENAL study protocol: adjunctive corticosteroid treatment in critically ill patients with septic shock

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The Effect of an Accelerated Renal Replacement Therapy Initiation Is Not Modified by Baseline Risk

scientific article published in 2022

The Global Epidemiology of Sepsis. Does It Matter That We Know So Little?

scientific article published in February 2016

The Medical Emergency Team System and Not-for-Resuscitation Orders: Results from the MERIT Study

scientific article published on 25 October 2008

The NICE-SUGAR (Normoglycaemia in Intensive Care Evaluation and Survival Using Glucose Algorithm Regulation) Study: statistical analysis plan.

scientific article published in March 2009

The PRECISE RCT: evolution of an early septic shock fluid resuscitation trial

scientific article published on 4 January 2012

The Plasma-Lyte 148 v Saline (PLUS) study protocol: a multicentre, randomised controlled trial of the effect of intensive care fluid therapy on mortality

scientific article published in September 2017

The Plasma-Lyte 148 versus Saline (PLUS) study protocol amendment

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

The RENAL (Randomised Evaluation of Normal vs. Augmented Level of Replacement Therapy) study: statistical analysis plan

scientific article published in March 2009

The Surviving Sepsis Campaign: robust evaluation and high-quality primary research is still needed

scientific article published on 13 January 2010

The Surviving Sepsis Campaign: robust evaluation and high-quality primary research is still needed

scientific article published on 01 February 2010

The WHO resolution on sepsis: what action is needed in Australia?

scientific article published on 22 July 2019

The detrimental clinical impact of severe angiographic vasospasm may be diminished by maximal medical therapy and intensive endovascular treatment.

scientific article published on 10 October 2014

The impact of introducing medical emergency team system on the documentations of vital signs.

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The objective medical emergency team activation criteria: a case-control study

scientific article published on 22 January 2007

The relationship between early emergency team calls and serious adverse events

scientific article published on January 2009

The relationship between hypophosphataemia and outcomes during low-intensity and high-intensity continuous renal replacement therapy

scientific article published in March 2014

The role of albumin as a resuscitation fluid for patients with sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on February 2011

Therapeutic Hypothermia after Cardiac Arrest

scientific article published on January 13, 2011

Thromboprophylaxis for intensive care patients in Australia and New Zealand: a brief survey report

scientific article published on 01 December 2005

Thromboprophylaxis using combined intermittent pneumatic compression and pharmacologic prophylaxis versus pharmacologic prophylaxis alone in critically ill patients: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

scientific article published on 03 August 2016

Tight glycemic control in critically ill adults

scientific article published in August 2008

Timing and interventions of emergency teams during the MERIT study

scientific article published on 13 November 2009

Triggers for emergency team activation: a multicenter assessment

scientific article published in March 2010

Unblinding plan of PROWESS-SHOCK trial

scientific article published on 21 June 2011

Understanding and Enhancing Sepsis Survivorship. Priorities for Research and Practice

scientific article published on 01 October 2019

Use of an Intravascular Fluorescent Continuous Glucose Sensor in ICU Patients.

scientific article published on 12 May 2015

What's new on balanced crystalloid solutions?

scientific article published on 17 August 2016

Why is a fluid bolus administered and has there been a change in practice? Results from SAFE, SAFE TRIPS and fluid TRIPS datasets

scientific article published on 24 April 2020

Why publish statistical analysis plans?

scientific article published on 01 March 2009

Withdrawal of mechanical ventilation in anticipation of death in the intensive care unit

scientific article published on September 2003

Withholding Pantoprazole for Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis in Critically Ill Patients: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial and Meta-Analysis

scientific article published on 27 April 2017

Women in Intensive Care study: a preliminary assessment of international data on female representation in the ICU physician workforce, leadership and academic positions

World Sepsis Day - A Global Agenda to Target a Leading Cause of Morbidity and Mortality

scientific article published on 19 August 2020