ONLINE FIRST THIS WEEK

Enjoy our weekly ONLINE FIRST articles published in Intensive Care Medicine:

Editorial Debate ~ Djillali Annane et al. Are systematic reviews and meta-analyses still useful research? Yes.

Editorial Debate ~ Sylvie Chevret et al. Are systematic reviews and meta-analyses still useful research? No.

Editorial Debate ~ Morten Hylander Møller et al. Are systematic reviews and meta-analyses still useful research? We are not sure.

What’s New in Intensive Care ~ Akash Deep et al. Paediatric acute kidney injury: can we match therapy with resources around the world?

Obituary ~ Luciano Gattinoni et al. Ted Kolobow

Seven-Day Profile Publication ~ Cédric Daubin et al. Procalcitonin algorithm to guide initial antibiotic therapy in acute exacerbations of COPD admitted to the ICU: a randomised multicentre study.

Original ~ François Barbier et al. Infection-related ventilator-associated complications in ICU patients colonised with extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae.

Editorial ~ Harm-Jan de Grooth et al. AKI biomarkers are poor discriminants for subsequent need for renal replacement therapy, but do not disqualify them yet.

Correspondence ~ Alejandro Suarez-de-la-Rica et al. Is very short-course antibiotic therapy possible in postoperative intra-abdominal infections? Discussion on “Short-course antibiotic therapy for critically ill patients treated for postoperative intra-abdominal infection: the DURAPOP randomised clinical trial”.

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