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01-01-2016 | Book and New Media Reviews

Reducing Mortality in Critically Ill Patients

Giovanni Landoni, Marta Mucchetti, Alberto Zangrillo, Rinaldo Bellomo (Editors). Springer, 2015; ISBN 978-3-319-17514-0

Author: Carmen Hrymak, MD

Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie | Issue 1/2016

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Critical care physicians strive to reduce patient mortality through appropriately applying evidence-based medicine to clinical practice. This takes both skill in critical appraisal of the literature and dedication of time for a thorough review. Even compelling randomized-controlled trials (RCTs) are not always replicated in subsequent studies and applying results to everyday care is a complex task. Through the use of democracy-based medicine, Reducing Mortality in Critically Ill Patients identifies nonsurgical interventions that have either a positive or a negative effect on mortality in critically ill patients. …

Landoni G, Comis M, Conte M, et al. Mortality in multicenter critical care trials: an analysis of interventions with a significant effect. Crit Care Med 2015; 43: 1559-68.

Title: Reducing Mortality in Critically Ill Patients
Giovanni Landoni, Marta Mucchetti, Alberto Zangrillo, Rinaldo Bellomo (Editors). Springer, 2015; ISBN 978-3-319-17514-0
Author: Carmen Hrymak, MD
Publication date: 01-01-2016
Publisher: Springer US
Published in: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie / Issue 1/2016
Print ISSN: 0832-610X
Electronic ISSN: 1496-8975
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12630-015-0511-z

At a glance: The ONWARDS insulin icodec trials

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Reducing Mortality in Critically Ill Patients

Giovanni Landoni, Marta Mucchetti, Alberto Zangrillo, Rinaldo Bellomo (Editors). Springer, 2015; ISBN 978-3-319-17514-0

Excerpt

At a glance: The ONWARDS insulin icodec trials

Springer Medicine

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