Transfusion practices in intensive care units: An Australian and New Zealand point prevalence study.

Objective: To describe current transfusion practices in intensive care units (ICUs) in Australia and New Zealand, compare them against national guidelines, and describe how viscoelastic haemostatic assays (VHAs) are used in guiding transfusion decisions.

Design Setting And Participants: Prospective, multicentre, binational point-prevalence study. All adult patients admitted to participating ICUs on a single day in 2021.

Systemic methylprednisolone for hearing preservation during cochlear implant surgery: A double blinded placebo-controlled trial.

Aim: To assess whether a single, peri-operative, high dose of methylprednisolone can improve the preservation of residual acoustic hearing following cochlear implantation (CI).

Methods: This was a double blinded placebo-controlled trial, performed in a tertiary academic centre. The hypothesis was that methylprednisolone would improve the preservation of hearing, and lower electrode impedances.