Evidence-based Recommendations

The purpose of this page is to provide access to a series of Evidence-based Recommendations. Each EBR is developed from a systematic review of the literature, graded to reflect the Level of Evidence it contains and posted to this site in a format that allows you to critically appraise its content. Like a systematic review, an EBR deals with a focussed clinical question, not an entire topic. Using the methdololgy of the Practice Guideline Development Cycle, a series of EBRs can be chained together to form a complete evidence-based guideline. Section Administrators : Dr. Gordon S. Doig and Dr. Brent Richards.

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Grade A+ Recommendations
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Grade A Recommendations
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Activated protein C (Xigris) for the treatment of severe sepsis in adults.
Posted By:Gordon S. Doig
Your local regulatory authority By:Gordon S. Doig
Low tidal volume ventilation in ARDs.
Posted By:Gordon S. Doig
Using low tidal volume ventilation. By:Gordon Doig
Restrictive transfusion (7.0g/dL) threshold in critical care.
Posted By:Gordon S. Doig
The use of ranitidine for the prevention of upper gastrointestinal bleeding in patients requiring mechanical ventilation.
Posted By:Gordon S. Doig
Use of enteral nutrition for stress ulcer prophylaxis. By:Gordon S. Doig
The use of proton pump inhibitors for stress ulcer prophylaxis. By:Gordon S. Doig

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Grade A- Recommendations
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Grade B+ Recommendations
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Use of early PN when EN cannot be initiated within 24 hours of ICU admit
Posted By:Gordon S. Doig and Fiona Simpson
Prevention of DVT in critically ill patients
Posted By:A Delaney

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Grade B Recommendations
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Early goal directed resuscitation for the treatment of severe sepsis and septic shock.
Posted By:Gordon S. Doig and Brent Richards
Mild therapeutic hypothermia to improve the neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest.
Posted By:Anthony Delaney and Gordon Doig
The use of the semirecumbent position to reduce ventilator associated pneumonia.
Posted By:Gordon S. Doig

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Grade B- Recommendations
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