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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 |
32 |
Delaney et al. Critical Care 2005 9:R575 doi:10.1186/cc3803 |
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