A systematic evaluation of the quality of meta-analyses in the critical care literature

Table 1 Common topics addressed by meta-analyses in the critical care literature

Topic	Number of reports
Nutrition	13
Fluid therapy	11
Central venous catheters	10
Traumatic brain injury	10
Variceal bleeding	9
Non-invasive ventilation	8
Selective decontamination	7
Oxygen delivery	6
Intervention in sepsis and septic shock	6
Cardiac arrest	5
Therapy for acute renal failure	4
Blood transfusion	3
Sedation	3
Low tidal volume ventilation	2
Eclampsia	2
Nitric oxide	2
Deep Venous Thrombosis prophylaxis	2
Heliox for acute asthma	2
Stress ulcer prophylaxis	2
Other issues	32

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