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 |