Critical Care Medicine is a vibrant multidisciplinary research group within the University of Edinburgh which takes the broadest possible approach to improving patient outcomes. Our research spans a wide range of clinical specialties, disciplines, departments and research institutes and benefits from being embedded in the world class biomedical research environment provided by the University of Edinburgh. Effect of restrictive versus liberal transfusion strategies on outcomes in patients with cardiovascular disease in a non-cardiac surgery setting: systematic review and meta-analysis. Algorithm for Quantifying Frontal EMG Responsiveness for Sedation Monitoring. Lapinlampi, TP, et al. Can J Neurol Sci 2014 Diagnostic accuracy of pulmonary host inflammatory mediators in the exclusion of ventilator-acquired pneumonia. Hellyer, TP, et al. Thorax 2014 Hygroscopic Influence on the Semisolid-to-Liquid Transition of Secondary Organic Materials. Bateman, AP, AK Bertram, and ST Martin J Phys Chem A 2014 An evaluation of the validity and potential utility of facial electromyelogram Responsiveness Index for sedation monitoring in critically ill patients. Walsh, TS, et al. J Crit Care 2014 Publication date 14 Jan, 2016