Publications by authors named "Thomas Elkmann"
Article Synopsis
- Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is a major global health issue, necessitating effective vascular access for drug administration during resuscitation.
- A clinical trial comparing intraosseous and intravenous methods found that both had similar effectiveness for restoring circulation, with around 30% of patients in each group succeeding.
- At 30 days post-arrest, survival rates and favorable neurologic outcomes also showed no significant differences between the two methods, indicating both approaches are equally viable.
Background: The long-term effects of stress ulcer prophylaxis with pantoprazole are unknown in ICU patients. We report 1-year mortality outcome in the Stress Ulcer Prophylaxis in the Intensive Care Unit (SUP-ICU) trial.
Methods: In the SUP-ICU trial, acutely admitted adult ICU patients at risk of gastrointestinal bleeding were randomised to intravenous pantoprazole 40 mg vs placebo (saline) once daily during their ICU stay.
Background: Prophylaxis for gastrointestinal stress ulceration is frequently given to patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), but its risks and benefits are unclear.
Methods: In this European, multicenter, parallel-group, blinded trial, we randomly assigned adults who had been admitted to the ICU for an acute condition (i.e.
Background: Fluid responsiveness prediction with continuously available monitoring is an unsettled matter for the vast majority of critically ill patients, and development of new and reliable methods is desired. We hypothesized that the post-ectopic beat, which is associated with increased preload, could be analyzed in relation to preceding sinus beats and that the change in cardiac performance (e.g.
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