1st web based International Consensus Conference "Increasing survival in critically ill patients: multicenter, randomized evidence"

The following topics have at least one multicenter randomized controlled trial published in a peer-reviewed journal to suggest that they might improve survival in critically ill patients.

Do you agree with the potential life saving effects of these drugs/techniques/strategies?

Please grade each topic on a continuos scale of 1-100, 100 being total agreement (i.e.: you really believe that the intervention is life-saving), 75 good agreement, 50 satisfactory, 25 poor, 1 total disagreement (i.e.: you think that the intervention does not affect mortality).

Please notify comments or potential conflict of interest in the apposite space.

pdf	drug/technique/strategy	setting	score agreement	comments and/or conflict of interest
	External cooling	Sepsis/Septic Shock	score 1 to 100
	Pravastatin	Ventilator associated pneumonia	score 1 to 100
	Non invasive ventilation	Acute Respiratory Failure	score 1 to 100
	Glutamine Supplementation	Critically ill patients	score 1 to 100
	Neuromuscular Blockers	ALI/ARDS	score 1 to 100
	Tranexamic acid	Trauma	score 1 to 100
	Recruitment maneuver	ALI/ARDS	score 1 to 100
	Referral to an ECMO center	ALI/ARDS	score 1 to 100
	Non invasive ventilation	Early extubation	score 1 to 100
	Levosimendan	Cardiac Surgery	score 1 to 100
	Daily interruption of sedatives	Mechanical Ventilated Patients	score 1 to 100
	Antimicrobial Therapy	Ventilator associated tracheobronchitis	score 1 to 100
	Continuous Veno-Venous Hemodiafiltration	Acute Kidney Injury	score 1 to 100
	Protective ventilation	ALI/ARDS	score 1 to 100
	High-Volume Hemofiltration	In hospital Cardiac Arrest	score 1 to 100
	Non invasive ventilation	COPD Exacerbations	score 1 to 100
	Hydrocortisone	Severe Pneumonia	score 1 to 100
	Inspiratory Impedance Threshold Device	Out of hospital Cardiac Arrest	score 1 to 100
	Early Percutaneous Dilational Tracheotomy	Critically ill patients	score 1 to 100
	Leukocyte-Depleted Erythrocyte Transfusions	Cardiac Surgery	score 1 to 100
	Enteral Antioxidant Supplementation	Critically ill patients	score 1 to 100
	Non invasive ventilation	Hypoxic Acute Respiratory Failure	score 1 to 100
	Regional Anaesthesia	Surgery	score 1 to 100
	Drotrecogin alfa (activated)	Sepsis/Septic Shock	score 1 to 100
	Antioxidant (EDTA) in Propofol Infusion vs propofol alone	Critically ill patients	score 1 to 100
	Pressure Controlled Ventilation	ALI/ARDS	score 1 to 100
	Immune-Enhancing Enteral Diet	Sepsis/Septic Shock	score 1 to 100
	Albumin	Cirrhotic Patients	score 1 to 100
	Restrictive Transfusion Strategy	Critically ill patients	score 1 to 100
	Steroid therapy	ALI/ARDS	score 1 to 100
	Parenteral Amino Acids	Sepsis/Septic Shock	score 1 to 100

The following topics have at least one multicenter randomized controlled trial published in a peer-reviewed journal to suggest that they might increase mortality in critically ill patients.

Do you agree with the potential life threatening effects of these drugs/techniques/strategies?

Please grade each topic on a scale of 1-100, 100 being total agreement (i.e.: you really believe that the intervention is life-threatening), 75 good agreement, 50 satisfactory, 25 poor, 1 total disagreement (i.e.: you think that the intervention does not affect mortality)

Please notify comments or potential conflict of interest in the apposite space.

pdf	drug/technique/strategy	setting	score agreement	comments and/or conflict of interest
	Hydroxyethyl Starch	Sepsis/Septic Shock	score 1 to 100
	Salbutamol e.v.	ARDS	score 1 to 100
	Intensive Glucose Control	Critically ill patients	score 1 to 100
	Nitric Oxide Synthase Inhibitor	Sepsis/Septic Shock	score 1 to 100
	Early Immune-Enhancing Enteral Diet	Sepsis/Septic Shock	score 1 to 100
	Continuous Dialysis	Acute Kidney Injury	score 1 to 100
	Growth Hormone	Critically ill patients	score 1 to 100
	Diaspirin Cross-Linked Hemoglobin	Traumatic Hemorragic Shock	score 1 to 100
	Dobutamine	Critically ill patients	score 1 to 100

Do you think that we missed one or more interventions with at least one multicenter randomized trial published in a peer-reviewed journal suggesting a statistically significant effect on survival in critically ill patients? Please write the intervention(s) in the box below, possibly citing or uploading the manuscript.