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RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Holger Thiele, Uwe Zeymer, Franz-Josef Neumann, Miroslaw Ferenc, Hans-Georg Olbrich, Jörg Hausleiter, Antoinette de Waha, Gert Richardt, Marcus Hennersdorf, Klaus Empen, Georg Fuernau, Steffen Desch, Ingo Eitel, Rainer Hambrecht, Bernward Lauer, Michael Böhm, Henning Ebelt, Steffen Schneider, Karl Werdan, Gerhard Schuler
BACKGROUND: In current international guidelines the recommendation for intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) use has been downgraded in cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction on the basis of registry data. In the largest randomised trial (IABP-SHOCK II), IABP support did not reduce 30 day mortality compared with control. However, previous trials in cardiogenic shock showed a mortality benefit only at extended follow-up. The present analysis therefore reports 6 and 12 month results...
November 16, 2013: Lancet
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Giovanni Volpicelli, Mahmoud Elbarbary, Michael Blaivas, Daniel A Lichtenstein, Gebhard Mathis, Andrew W Kirkpatrick, Lawrence Melniker, Luna Gargani, Vicki E Noble, Gabriele Via, Anthony Dean, James W Tsung, Gino Soldati, Roberto Copetti, Belaid Bouhemad, Angelika Reissig, Eustachio Agricola, Jean-Jacques Rouby, Charlotte Arbelot, Andrew Liteplo, Ashot Sargsyan, Fernando Silva, Richard Hoppmann, Raoul Breitkreutz, Armin Seibel, Luca Neri, Enrico Storti, Tomislav Petrovic
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study is to provide evidence-based and expert consensus recommendations for lung ultrasound with focus on emergency and critical care settings. METHODS: A multidisciplinary panel of 28 experts from eight countries was involved. Literature was reviewed from January 1966 to June 2011. Consensus members searched multiple databases including Pubmed, Medline, OVID, Embase, and others. The process used to develop these evidence-based recommendations involved two phases: determining the level of quality of evidence and developing the recommendation...
April 2012: Intensive Care Medicine
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