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ArticleAnnals of intensive care2017

Protocols for the obvious: Where does it start, and stop?

Armand R J Girbes, Paul E Marik

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Article in Annals of intensive care, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Contra Procrustes' medicine: ars medica in the era of tags and labels.Journal of anesthesia, analgesia and critical care · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Armand R J GirbesDepartment of Intensive Care, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. a.girbes@planet.nl.
Paul E MarikDivision of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, VA, 23507, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protocols can be helpful in specific situations and may have show benefits in clinical trials. So-called evidence based protocols and checklists frequently remind clinicians to do the obvious, but may also contain as part of a bundle, elements that are not based on the best current evidence. However, so called quality improvement programs frequently call for implementation of the total bundle. We think this is basically wrong and warn against that practice.

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Intensive careProtocolsQuality improvementSafety

Identifiers

PMID28411337
PMCPMC5392186

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