AI Medical Compendium Journal:
Critical care and resuscitation : journal of the Australasian Academy of Critical Care Medicine

BACKGROUND: Intravenous antibiotics are often evaluated in clinical trials in hospitalised patients but for blinded trials masking of antibiotics is required.

To our knowledge, the use and management of pressure support ventilation (PSV) in patients receiving prolonged (≥ 7 days) invasive mechanical ventilation has not previously been described. To collect and analyse data on the use and management of PS...

To evaluate the haemodynamic effects of rapid fluid bolus therapy (FBT) (500 mL of 4% albumin over several minutes) versus combined FBT (rapid 200 mL FBT followed by a 300 mL infusion over 30 minutes). Single centre, prospective, before-and-after t...

Overweight patients are at greater risk of venous thromboembolism. We aimed to describe prescribing patterns of thrombosis chemoprophylaxis in critically ill patients weighing ≥ 100 kg and quantify the effectiveness of these regimens using the surro...

To study the temperature and haemodynamic effects of room versus body temperature 20% albumin fluid bolus therapy (FBT). Single-centre, prospective, before-after trial. A tertiary intensive care unit (ICU) in Australia. Sixty ventilated post-card...

Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 activity reflects non-classical renin-angiotensin system upregulation. We assessed the association of urinary angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (uACE2) activity with acute kidney injury (AKI). A prospective observation...

To test the effectiveness of chewing gum in the prophylaxis of postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) after surgery. Prospective, open label, pilot randomised controlled trial. Two metropolit...