Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Sep 2002
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialShort-term treatment of severe hypertension of pregnancy: prospective comparison of nicardipine and labetalol.
To assess the efficacy and safety of nicardipine in comparison to labetalol in the initial management of severe hypertension in pregnancy. DESIGN. Randomized prospective study. ⋯ Nicardipine and labetalol are effective and safe in the initial treatment of severe hypertension of pregnancy.
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Intensive care medicine · Sep 2002
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialSingle-dilator percutaneous tracheostomy: a comparison of PercuTwist and Ciaglia Blue Rhino techniques.
To compare two single-dilator percutaneous tracheostomy techniques, Ciaglia Blue Rhino and the new PercuTwist technique. ⋯ So far the new PercuTwist technique represents an alternative to the established Blue Rhino technique. Nonetheless, the two cases of posterior tracheal wall injury should not be underestimated, on the one hand, but, on the other, may be attributed to a learning curve with a new technique. The new PercuTwist technique should be performed by various teams and in a considerably larger numbers of patients before an ultimate rating can be made.