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Critical Care

Issue 1/2006

Content (83 Articles)

Review

Clinical review: Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy

Mariam A Al-Ansari, Mohammed H Hijazi

Open Access Research

Bronchoalveolar lavage cytological alveolar damage in patients with severe pneumonia

Bogdan Grigoriu, Frédéric Jacobs, Fabienne Beuzen, Rony El Khoury, Olivier Axler, Francois G Brivet, Frédérique Capron

Open Access Research

A preliminary study on the monitoring of mixed venous oxygen saturation through the left main bronchus

Xiang-rui Wang, Yong-jun Zheng, Jie Tian, Zheng-hong Wang, Zhi-ying Pan

Open Access Research

Using simulation for training and to change protocol during the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome

Simon D Abrahamson, Sonya Canzian, Fabrice Brunet

Open Access Research

Evaluating mortality in intensive care units: contribution of competing risks analyses

Matthieu Resche-Rigon, Elie Azoulay, Sylvie Chevret

Open Access Research

Outcomes of interfacility critical care adult patient transport: a systematic review

Eddy Fan, Russell D MacDonald, Neill KJ Adhikari, Damon C Scales, Randy S Wax, Thomas E Stewart, Niall D Ferguson

Editorial

Katrina: an introduction

David Crippen

Editorial

On the nature of man and disaster

Mike Darwin

Open Access Research

Study protocol: The Improving Care of Acute Lung Injury Patients (ICAP) study

Dale M Needham, Cheryl R Dennison, David W Dowdy, Pedro A Mendez-Tellez, Nancy Ciesla, Sanjay V Desai, Jonathan Sevransky, Carl Shanholtz, Daniel Scharfstein, Margaret S Herridge, Peter J Pronovost

Commentary

Assisted spontaneous breathing during early acute lung injury

Lukas Brander, Arthur S Slutsky

Open Access Research

The clinical value of daily routine chest radiographs in a mixed medical–surgical intensive care unit is low

Marleen E Graat, Goda Choi, Esther K Wolthuis, Johanna C Korevaar, Peter E Spronk, Jaap Stoker, Margreeth B Vroom, Marcus J Schultz

Commentary

Erythromycin for prokinesis: imprudent prescribing?

Martino Dall'Antonia, Mark Wilks, Pietro G Coen, Susan Bragman, Michael R Millar

Open Access Research

Changes in appetite related gut hormones in intensive care unit patients: a pilot cohort study

Mohsen Nematy, Jacqui E O'Flynn, Liesl Wandrag, Audrey E Brynes, Stephen J Brett, Michael Patterson, Mohammad A Ghatei, Stephen R Bloom, Gary S Frost

Letter

Use of prophylactic fluconazole in a neonatal intensive care unit: efficacy is similar to that described in adult high-risk surgical patients

Paolo Manzoni, Daniele Farina, MariaLisa Leonessa, Claudio Priolo, Giovanna Gomirato

Open Access Research

Upregulated but insufficient generation of activated protein C is associated with development of multiorgan failure in severe acute pancreatitis

Outi Lindstrom, Leena Kylanpaa, Panu Mentula, Pauli Puolakkainen, Esko Kemppainen, Reijo Haapiainen, Jose A Fernandez, John H Griffin, Heikki Repo, Jari Petaja

Open Access Research

Hepatic platelet and leukocyte adherence during endotoxemia

Roland S Croner, Elfie Hoerer, Yakup Kulu, Tilo Hackert, Martha-Maria Gebhard, Christian Herfarth, Ernst Klar

Open Access Research

Acetazolamide-mediated decrease in strong ion difference accounts for the correction of metabolic alkalosis in critically ill patients

Miriam Moviat, Peter Pickkers, Peter HJ van der Voort, Johannes G van der Hoeven

Open Access Research

Inhaled beta-2 agonist salbutamol and acute lung injury: an association with improvement in acute lung injury

Sanjay Manocha, Anthony C Gordon, Ebrahim Salehifar, Horacio Groshaus, Keith R Walley, James A Russell

Commentary

Do statins have a role in preventing or treating sepsis?

Victor Novack, Marius Terblanche, Yaniv Almog

Journal club critique

PAC-Man: Game over for the pulmonary artery catheter?

Michael C. Reade, Derek C. Angus

Open Access Research

Levosimendan may improve survival in patients requiring mechanical assist devices for post-cardiotomy heart failure

Jan-Peter Braun, Dominik Jasulaitis, Maryam Moshirzadeh, Ulrich R Doepfmer, Marc Kastrup, Christian von Heymann, Pascal M Dohmen, Wolfgang Konertz, Claudia Spies

Open Access Research

A comparison of transcranial Doppler with near infrared spectroscopy and indocyanine green during hemorrhagic shock: a prospective experimental study

Berthold Bein, Patrick Meybohm, Erol Cavus, Peter H Tonner, Markus Steinfath, Jens Scholz, Volker Doerges

Open Access Research

Towards a feasible algorithm for tight glycaemic control in critically ill patients: a systematic review of the literature

Sofie Meijering, Anouk M Corstjens, Jaap E Tulleken, John HJM Meertens, Jan G Zijlstra, Jack JM Ligtenberg

Open Access Research

Evaluation of rapid screening and pre-emptive contact isolation for detecting and controlling methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in critical care: an interventional cohort study

Stephan Harbarth, Cristina Masuet-Aumatell, Jacques Schrenzel, Patrice Francois, Christophe Akakpo, Gesuele Renzi, Jerome Pugin, Bara Ricou, Didier Pittet

Open Access Research

Impact of computerized physician order entry on medication prescription errors in the intensive care unit: a controlled cross-sectional trial

Kirsten Colpaert, Barbara Claus, Annemie Somers, Koenraad Vandewoude, Hugo Robays, Johan Decruyenaere

Open Access Research

Rescue treatment with terlipressin in children with refractory septic shock: a clinical study

Antonio Rodríguez-Núñez, Jesús López-Herce, Javier Gil-Antón, Arturo Hernández, Corsino Rey

Open Access Research

Molecular adsorbent recirculating system and hemostasis in patients at high risk of bleeding: an observational study

Peter Faybik, Andreas Bacher, Sibylle A Kozek-Langenecker, Heinz Steltzer, Claus Georg Krenn, Sandra Unger, Hubert Hetz

Open Access Research

Lactate versus non-lactate metabolic acidosis: a retrospective outcome evaluation of critically ill patients

Kyle J Gunnerson, Melissa Saul, Shui He, John A Kellum

Open Access Research

Imposed work of breathing during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation: a bench study

Marc van Heerde, Huib R van Genderingen, Tom Leenhoven, Karel Roubik, Frans B Plötz, Dick G Markhorst

Letter

Cardiac troponin level is not an independent predictor of mortality in septic patients requiring medical intensive care unit admission

François G Brivet, Frédéric M Jacobs, Patrice Colin, Dominique Prat, Bogdan Grigoriu

Open Access Research

Continuous infusion of ceftazidime in critically ill patients undergoing continuous venovenous haemodiafiltration: pharmacokinetic evaluation and dose recommendation

Christophe Mariat, Christophe Venet, François Jehl, Sandrine Mwewa, Vesna Lazarevic, Eric Diconne, Nathalie Fonsale, Anne Carricajo, Stéphane Guyomarc'h, Régine Vermesch, Gérald Aubert, Roselyne Bidault, Jean-Claude Bertrand, Fabrice Zeni

Open Access Research

Effects of coagulation factor XIII on intestinal functional capillary density, leukocyte adherence and mesenteric plasma extravasation in experimental endotoxemia

Jürgen Birnbaum, Ortrud Vargas Hein, Carsten Lührs, Oskar Rückbeil, Claudia Spies, Sabine Ziemer, Matthias Gründling, Taras Usichenko, Konrad Meissner, Dragan Pavlovic, Wolfgang J Kox, Christian Lehmann

Open Access Research

Toxicity of polymyxins: a systematic review of the evidence from old and recent studies

Matthew E Falagas, Sofia K Kasiakou

Commentary

Hemodynamic monitoring over the past 10 years

Michael R Pinsky

Open Access Research

Medical Emergency Team syndromes and an approach to their management

Daryl Jones, Graeme Duke, John Green, Juris Briedis, Rinaldo Bellomo, Andrew Casamento, Andrea Kattula, Margaret Way

Open Access Research

Clinical relevance of Aspergillus isolation from respiratory tract samples in critically ill patients

Koenraad H Vandewoude, Stijn I Blot, Pieter Depuydt, Dominique Benoit, Werner Temmerman, Francis Colardyn, Dirk Vogelaers

Open Access Research

Serum total antioxidant capacity reflects severity of illness in patients with severe sepsis

Chia-Chang Chuang, Shu-Chu Shiesh, Chih-Hsien Chi, Yi-Fang Tu, Lien-I Hor, Chi-Chang Shieh, Ming-Feng Chen

Open Access Research

Dopexamine and norepinephrine versus epinephrine on gastric perfusion in patients with septic shock: a randomized study [NCT00134212]

Philippe Seguin, Bruno Laviolle, Patrick Guinet, Isabelle Morel, Yannick Mallédant, Eric Bellissant

Letter

Multiresistant Enterobacter cloacae outbreak in an intensive care unit associated with therapeutic beds

Nathalie van der Mee-Marquet, Sophie Girard, François Lagarrigue, Isabelle Leroux, Isabelle Voyer, Daniel Bloc, Jean-Marc Besnier, Roland Quentin

Open Access Research

CC and CXC chemokine levels in children with meningococcal sepsis accurately predict mortality and disease severity

Clementien L Vermont, Jan A Hazelzet, Ester D de Kleijn, Germie PJM van den Dobbelsteen, Ronald de Groot

Open Access Research

Effect of oral decontamination with chlorhexidine on the incidence of nosocomial pneumonia: a meta-analysis

Lilibeth A Pineda, Ranime G Saliba, Ali A El Solh

Open Access Research

Natriuretic peptide testing for the evaluation of critically ill patients with shock in the intensive care unit: a prospective cohort study

James L Januzzi, Alexander Morss, Roderick Tung, Richard Pino, Michael A Fifer, B Taylor Thompson, Elizabeth Lee-Lewandrowski

Open Access Research

Lung and 'end organ' injury due to mechanical ventilation in animals: comparison between the prone and supine positions

George Nakos, Anna Batistatou, Eftychia Galiatsou, Eleonora Konstanti, Vassilios Koulouras, Panayotis Kanavaros, Apostolos Doulis, Athanassios Kitsakos, Angeliki Karachaliou, Marilena E Lekka, Maria Bai

Commentary

Introduction of a rapid response system: why we are glad we MET

Daryl Jones, Rinaldo Bellomo

Editorial

Critical Care – 10 years on

Charlotte Hubbard, Jean-Louis Vincent

Open Access Research

Predicting late anemia in critical illness

Eric B Milbrandt, Gilles Clermont, Javier Martinez, Alex Kersten, Malik T Rahim, Derek C Angus

Web report

ECG Library

Vaishali Dixit Schuchert