Predicting the results of CCR 2025 Trials

FLUID and PRINCE

FLUID and PRINCE

The Best Critical Care Trials in the World!

Hello subscriber!

Last year, I made a few spot-on predictions about the results of clinical trials presented in CCR meetings. Now, I will attempt a more structured forecasting exercise. I will present a checklist of what I expect from the trials in the 9 domains of Dogtensivism. Results prediction will be there as well. I can predict a study's results before they are published by examining their premises.

Alas, it is possible that the researchers don't have any premises. As you know, Dogtensivists use the “Just Do It” approach, i.e., their research practices are bad habits they are unaware of.

The way to lose a bad habit is to be aware of it. To think of it. This is why my alter ego is “The Thoughtful Intensivist” and why my (his) posts are written as the flow of conscience.

I want you to leave behind the journal club mindset and think critically about medical research. I invite you to think about epistemology.

I write these lines in advance of reading the CCR 25 studies’ protocols. There are 12 studies. What is the best display of Dogtensivism for 2025? I am also curious. I think it is not necessary to comment on all 12 to illustrate the points I want to share with you.

However, I have of course browsed the CCR web page, and I am excited about two studies.

One is another Canadian exercise of poor understanding and great operational capacity - the FLUID Trial. It's proven that Canada has the world's highest concentration of Dogtensivists per ICU bed. The other remarkable study is less mundane and more about believing in the supernatural - the PRINCE trial, a proof of human gullibility.

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