Slides used by PAul Young and Chris Nickson for the session on ICU Literature essentials at WICM 2014.

1. The LITERATURE
ESSENTIALS
…according to Paul Young & Chris Nickson
Wellington Hospital / The Alfred

2. What lies
AHEAD

3. The
BOTTOM LINE

4. YOU must say what
YOU would do
and state WHY

5. … YOU must know
the key EVIDENCE
that informs ICU
practice

6. Don’t
WORRY

7. If YOU have done
enough time…

8. and paid enough
ATTENTION…

9. YOU already know
most of what
YOUneed to know

10. The
GOOD NEWS

11. YOU do not actually
need to read (all)
the literature!

12. YOU do not need to
cite references…

13. YOU do need to
know the
main findings of
key studies
& the implications

14. How to
PREPARE

15. KEEP UP-TO-DATE
Go to your journal club!
CriticalCareReviews.com
CritIQ Literature Summaries
Intensive Care Monitor
Gordon Doig’s EBM site
The LITFL Review*

16. Learn & perform
CRITICAL
APPRAISALS

17. TALK TO PEOPLE
about the literature

18. THE ESSENTIALS
ANZICS CTG Publications
CCR Top 100 / DICM Hit Parade
Past exam questions
LITFL CCC Literature Summaries*
CritIQ Literature Summaries
International guidelines

19. Trials from the
ANZICS CTG

20. Low dose dopamine
SAFE NICE-SUGAR
RENAL MERIT
PROTECT CHEST
EARLY PN
http://www.anzics.com.au/ctg/ctg-publications

21. ANZICS CTG Trials
IN PROGRESS

22. ADRENAL TRANSFUSE
EPO-TBI POLAR BLING-
2 PHARLAP HEAT
SUDDICU SPLIT ARISE
TARGET TEAM SPICE
http://www.anzics.com.au/ctg/current-research

23. Important
GUIDELINES

24. SURVIVING SEPSIS
GUIDELINES

25. BRAIN TRAUMA
FOUNDATION (BTF)
GUIDELINES

26. Barr et al, CCM 2013
Pain, Agitation and
Delirium Guideline

27. ANZICS Central Line
Insertion and
Maintenance
Guideline (2012)

28. ILCOR
Guidelines

29. CONSORT Checklist
for internal validity
YOU
for external validity

30. Know what the BIG
JOURNALS
have to say

31. NEJM
JAMA
Lancet
Critical Care & Resuscitation

32. What about
2013?

33. Rob Mac Sweeney
to the rescue!
http://lifeinthefastlane.com/mac-sweeneys-top-ten-critical-care-
papers-2013/
http://lifeinthefastlane.com/mac-sweeneys-best-guidelines-
commentaries-and-reviews-2013/
http://lifeinthefastlane.com/mac-sweeneys-best-rest-2013/

34. The Hot
STORIES

35. TTM EGDT ARDS Glucose
Control Fluids Sedation
Transfusion

36. Other
STORIES

37. Steroids in Sepsis
Steroids in ARDS PACs
RRT Dopamine APC
SDD IABP Nutrition
Cardiac arrest drugs
ECMO TXA
Tracheostomy Timing

38. The
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