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doi:10.1093/bja/aer257
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Critical care
Several aspects of the care of critically ill patients are addressed in this months issue. A prospective study of over 330 trauma patients (Tauber et al., pages 378 87) concluded that ROTEMw assays were useful in the diagnosis and treatment of trauma induced coagulopathy. A laboratory study of acute lung injury (Spieth et al., pages 388 97) compared an open lung approach with the ARDSnet one and found the former resulted in better oxygenation and perfusion. Fungal infections in ICU patients are a serious problem. An Editorial (Philips, pages 299 302) provides a timely review of current recommendations and practice. The use of NSAIDs following neurosurgical operations is controversial. An RCT of 100 patients given either paracoxib or placebo following craniotomy (Williams et al., pages 398 403) found no increase in adverse effects with paracoxib but also no additional analgesic benet. The role of NSAIDs in intracranial surgery is discussed in an accompanying Editorial (Kelly et al., pages 302 5).
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