title: Why aren't we practising homogenized medicine?
abstract: Why is the practice of intensive care so heterogenous? Uncertainty as to 'best practice', conservatism, and complacency may all contribute to our divergent management strategies. The need for further generalisable research, anonymised audit, external peer review and open access databases is discussed.
authors.forename: Mervyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Singer
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000628:therapy