title: Acquiring knowledge in intensive care: merits and pitfalls of randomized controlled trials.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Anestesia, Rianimazione ed Emergenza Urgenza, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy, gattinon@policlinico.mi.it.
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gattinoni
authors.forename: Pierpaolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Giomarelli
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012107:Research Design