Australian And New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre

This large study is comparing two standard emergency approaches for treating septic shock, a life-threatening condition. It will test whether starting blood pressure-raising medications early, while limiting IV fluids, leads to better recovery than giving a larger amount of fluid…

This large international trial is testing whether giving sodium bicarbonate (a common medicine) to critically ill ICU patients with severe metabolic acidosis helps protect their kidneys. The study compares the medicine diluted in sugar water against sugar water alone in 500 patie…