Can we demonstrate the efficacy of monitoring?
This article will discuss the challenges related to the demonstration of the efficacy of monitoring in an intensive care environment. It will address interpretation, therapeutic intervention, sample size and compare efficacy to effectiveness in the context of the developing field of neurocritical care.
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University of Calgary, Departments of Critical Care Medicine, Clinical Neurosciences and Community Health Sciences, Calgary, AB, Canada. david.zygun@calgaryhealthregion.ca
D002545:Brain Ischemia; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D012107:Research Design; D018401:Sample Size; D016896:Treatment Outcome