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Efficacy and safety of a paired sedation and ventilator weaning protocol for mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care (Awakening and Breathing Controlled trial): a randomised controlled trial

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It is suggested that a wake up and breathe protocol that pairs daily spontaneous awakening trials (ie, interruption of sedatives) with daily spontaneous breathing trials results in better outcomes for mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care than current standard approaches and should become routine practice.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2008-01-12. It has received 1737 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Intensive care.

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Surviving Sepsis Campaign: International Guidelines for Management of Sepsis and Septic Shock: 2016

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TL;DR: Although a significant number of aspects of care have relatively weak support, evidence-based recommendations regarding the acute management of sepsis and septic shock are the foundation of improved outcomes for these critically ill patients with high mortality.
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Early physical and occupational therapy in mechanically ventilated, critically ill patients: a randomised controlled trial.

TL;DR: A strategy for whole-body rehabilitation-consisting of interruption of sedation and physical and occupational therapy in the earliest days of critical illness-was safe and well tolerated, and resulted in better functional outcomes at hospital discharge, a shorter duration of delirium, and more ventilator-free days compared with standard care.
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An introduction to the bootstrap

TL;DR: This article presents bootstrap methods for estimation, using simple arguments, with Minitab macros for implementing these methods, as well as some examples of how these methods could be used for estimation purposes.
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R: A Language for Data Analysis and Graphics

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss their experience designing and implementing a statistical computing language, which combines what they felt were useful features from two existing computer languages, and they feel that the new language provides advantages in the areas of portability, computational efficiency, memory management, and scope.
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The Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale Validity and Reliability in Adult Intensive Care Unit Patients

TL;DR: RASS has high reliability and validity in medical and surgical, ventilated and nonventilated, and sedated and nonsedated adult ICU patients and is described as logical, easy to administer, and readily recalled.
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Daily interruption of sedative infusions in critically ill patients undergoing mechanical ventilation

TL;DR: A randomized, controlled trial involving 128 adult patients who were receiving mechanical ventilation and continuous infusions of sedative drugs in a medical intensive care unit found that the intervention group increased the median duration of mechanical ventilation, as compared with 7.3 days in the control group.
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