Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Sep 2007
Multicenter StudyContinuous renal replacement therapy: a worldwide practice survey. The beginning and ending supportive therapy for the kidney (B.E.S.T. kidney) investigators.
Little information is available regarding current practice in continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) for the treatment of acute renal failure (ARF) and the possible clinical effect of practice variation. ⋯ This study supports the notion that, worldwide, CRRT practice is quite variable and not aligned with best evidence.
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Intensive care medicine · Sep 2007
ReviewThe prevalence of post traumatic stress disorder in survivors of ICU treatment: a systematic review.
To determine the prevalence of post traumatic stress disorder in survivors of intensive care treatment. ⋯ The true prevalence of PTSD and the optimum timing and method of PTSD assessment have not yet been determined in intensive care unit survivors. Deficiencies in design, methodology and reporting make interpretation and comparison of quoted prevalence rates difficult, and rigorous longitudinal studies are needed.