Table 1

Common topics addressed by meta-analyses in the critical care literature

Topic
Number of reports

Nutrition
13
Fluid therapy
11
Central venous catheters
10
Traumatic brain injury
10
Variceal bleeding
9
Non-invasive ventilation
8
Selective decontamination
7
Oxygen delivery
6
Intervention in sepsis and septic shock
6
Cardiac arrest
5
Therapy for acute renal failure
4
Blood transfusion
3
Sedation
3
Low tidal volume ventilation
2
Eclampsia
2
Nitric oxide
2
Deep Venous Thrombosis prophylaxis
2
Heliox for acute asthma
2
Stress ulcer prophylaxis
2
Other issues
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Delaney et al. Critical Care 2005 9:R575   doi:10.1186/cc3803