Critical care medicine
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Critical care medicine · Jan 1999
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical TrialEffects of prognosis, perceived benefit, and decision style on decision making and critical care on decision making in critical care.
To assess the effects of prognostic estimates, perceived benefit of treatment, and practice style on decision-making in critical care. ⋯ There is no evidence that erroneous or biased prognostic estimates affect intensive care unit treatment choices. Neither the principle of maximizing expected utility nor the Rule of Rescue appear to affect these decisions systematically, but practice style does.
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Critical care medicine · Jan 1999
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Clinical TrialInstillation of calf lung surfactant extract (calfactant) is beneficial in pediatric acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. Members of the Mid-Atlantic Pediatric Critical Care Network.
Prospective study of the efficacy of calf lung surfactant extract in pediatric respiratory failure. ⋯ Administration of calf lung surfactant extract, calfactant, appears to be safe and is associated with rapid improvement in oxygenation, earlier extubation, and decreased requirement for intensive care in children with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. Further study is needed, however, before widespread use in pediatric respiratory failure can be recommended.