Issue 1/2009
Content (59 Articles)
ICU staffing and patient outcomes: more work remains
David J Murphy, Eddy Fan, Dale M Needham
Ingredients for adequate evaluation of blood glucose algorithms as applied to the critically ill
Tom Van Herpe, Bart De Moor, Greet Vanden Berghe
Understanding the cognitive consequences of critical illness through experimental animal models
Max L Gunther, Brett English
Bench-to-bedside review: The importance of the precision of the reference technique in method comparison studies – with specific reference to the measurement of cardiac output
Maurizio Cecconi, Andrew Rhodes, Jan Poloniecki, Giorgio Della Rocca, R Michael Grounds
Hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis activity after intracranial catastrophies: what is enough?
AB Johan Groeneveld, Albertus Beishuizen, Nienke Molenaar
The genetics of acute lung injury: looking back and pointing the way forward
Ednan K Bajwa
The effect of antimicrobial resistance on patient outcomes: importance of proper evaluation of appropriate therapy
Mitchell J Schwaber, Yehuda Carmeli
Clinical information systems in the intensive care unit: primum non nocere
Stephen E Lapinsky
Lymphocytes, apoptosis and sepsis: making the jump from mice to humans
John D Lang, Gustavo Matute-Bello
Pro/con debate: Should synthetic colloids be used in patients with septic shock?
James Downar, Stephen E Lapinsky
Ethics review: End of life legislation – the French model
Antoine Baumann, Gérard Audibert, Frédérique Claudot, Louis Puybasset
Recombinant human activated protein C in acute lung injury: what is the role of bronchial circulation?
Marc O Maybauer, Daniel L Traber, Dirk M Maybauer
Computer says 2.5 litres – how best to incorporate intelligent software into clinical decision making in the intensive care unit?
Katie Lane, Owen Boyd
Should dialysis be offered in all cases of metformin-associated lactic acidosis?
S Neil Finkle
Critical Care Canada Forum 2008, 11–13 November 2008, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M Elizabeth Wilcox, Iain J McCullagh, Damon C Scales
Anticoagulant properties of drotrecogin alfa (activated) during hemofiltration in patients with severe sepsis
Anne CJM de Pont, Marcus J Schultz
Excess circulating angiopoietin-2 levels in sepsis: harbinger of death in the intensive care unit?
John S Giuliano Jr, Derek S Wheeler
Extending the role of lactate measurement into the prehospital environment
Rupert M Pearse
Mechanical ventilation using non-injurious ventilation settings causes lung injury in the absence of pre-existing lung injury in healthy mice
Esther K Wolthuis, Alexander PJ Vlaar, Goda Choi, Joris JTH Roelofs, Nicole P Juffermans, Marcus J Schultz
Cerebral microdialysis for detection of bacterial meningitis in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage patients: a cohort study
Florian Schlenk, Katja Frieler, Alexandra Nagel, Peter Vajkoczy, Asita S Sarrafzadeh
Surgical and medical emergencies on board European aircraft: a retrospective study of 10189 cases
Michael Sand, Falk-Georges Bechara, Daniel Sand, Benno Mann
Expiratory automatic endotracheal tube compensation reduces dynamic hyperinflation in a physical lung model
Christoph Haberthür, Annekathrin Mehlig, John F Stover, Stefan Schumann, Knut Möller, Hans-Joachim Priebe, Josef Guttmann
Benefits of intensive insulin therapy on neuromuscular complications in routine daily critical care practice: a retrospective study
Greet Hermans, Maarten Schrooten, Philip Van Damme, Noor Berends, Bernard Bouckaert, Wouter De Vooght, Wim Robberecht, Greet Van den Berghe
Automatic versus manual pressure support reduction in the weaning of post-operative patients: a randomised controlled trial
Corinne Taniguchi, Raquel C Eid, Cilene Saghabi, Rogério Souza, Eliezer Silva, Elias Knobel, Ângela T Paes, Carmen S Barbas
The effect of glutamine infusion on the inflammatory response and HSP70 during human experimental endotoxaemia
Anne Sofie Andreasen, Theis Pedersen-Skovsgaard, Ole Hartvig Mortensen, Gerrit van Hall, Pope Lloyd Moseley, Bente Klarlund Pedersen
Albumin dialysis improves hepatic encephalopathy and decreases circulating phenolic aromatic amino acids in patients with alcoholic hepatitis and severe liver failure
Albert Parés, Ramón Deulofeu, Laura Cisneros, Angels Escorsell, Joan Manuel Salmerón, Joan Caballería, Antoni Mas
Novel polymorphism of interleukin-18 associated with greater inflammation after cardiac surgery
David M Shaw, Ainsley M Sutherland, James A Russell, Samuel V Lichtenstein, Keith R Walley
Conceptual issues specifically related to health-related quality of life in critically ill patients
José GM Hofhuis, Henk F van Stel, Augustinus JP Schrijvers, Johannes H Rommes, Jan Bakker, Peter E Spronk
Pumpless extracorporeal interventional lung assist in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a prospective pilot study
Markus Zimmermann, Thomas Bein, Matthias Arlt, Alois Philipp, Leopold Rupprecht, Thomas Mueller, Matthias Lubnow, Bernhard M Graf, Hans J Schlitt
Extending international sepsis epidemiology: the impact of organ dysfunction
Annette M Esper, Greg S Martin
Central sympatholytics prolong survival in experimental sepsis
Stefan Hofer, Jochen Steppan, Tanja Wagner, Benjamin Funke, Christoph Lichtenstern, Eike Martin, Bernhard M Graf, Angelika Bierhaus, Markus A Weigand
Inhibition of complement C5a prevents breakdown of the blood-brain barrier and pituitary dysfunction in experimental sepsis
Michael A Flierl, Philip F Stahel, Daniel Rittirsch, Markus Huber-Lang, Andreas D Niederbichler, L Marco Hoesel, Basel M Touban, Steven J Morgan, Wade R Smith, Peter A Ward, Kyros Ipaktchi
Differential influence of arterial blood glucose on cerebral metabolism following severe traumatic brain injury
Monika Holbein, Markus Béchir, Silke Ludwig, Jutta Sommerfeld, Silvia R Cottini, Marius Keel, Reto Stocker, John F Stover
Cardiac force-frequency relationship and frequency-dependent acceleration of relaxation are impaired in LPS-treated rats
Olivier Joulin, Sylvestre Marechaux, Sidi Hassoun, David Montaigne, Steve Lancel, Remi Neviere
Characteristics and outcomes of cancer patients in European ICUs
Fabio Silvio Taccone, Antonio A Artigas, Charles L Sprung, Rui Moreno, Yasser Sakr, Jean-Louis Vincent
Routine delirium monitoring in a UK critical care unit
Valerie J Page, Sachin Navarange, Sibu Gama, Danny F McAuley
Effects of interventional lung assist on haemodynamics and gas exchange in cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a prospective experimental study on animals with acute respiratory distress syndrome
Günther Zick, Dirk Schädler, Gunnar Elke, Sven Pulletz, Berthold Bein, Jens Scholz, Inéz Frerichs, Norbert Weiler
The effect of diabetes mellitus on organ dysfunction with sepsis: an epidemiological study
Annette M Esper, Marc Moss, Greg S Martin
Pulmonary vascular permeability changes in an ovine model of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sepsis
Collette C Jonkam, Kamna Bansal, Daniel L Traber, Atsumori Hamahata, Marc O Maybauer, Dirk M Maybauer, Robert A Cox, Matthias Lange, Rhykka L Connelly, Lillian D Traber, Clarisse D Djukom, John R Salsbury, David N Herndon, Perenlei Enkhbaatar
Intra- and inter-individual variation of BIS-index® and Entropy® during controlled sedation with midazolam/remifentanil and dexmedetomidine/remifentanil in healthy volunteers: an interventional study
Matthias Haenggi, Heidi Ypparila-Wolters, Kathrin Hauser, Claudio Caviezel, Jukka Takala, Ilkka Korhonen, Stephan M Jakob
Prediction of extubation outcome: a randomised, controlled trial with automatic tube compensation vs. pressure support ventilation
Jonathan Cohen, Maury Shapiro, Elad Grozovski, Ben Fox, Shaul Lev, Pierre Singer
Efficacy of positive end-expiratory pressure titration after the alveolar recruitment manoeuvre in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome
Jin Won Huh, Hoon Jung, Hye Sook Choi, Sang-Bum Hong, Chae-Man Lim, Younsuck Koh
Hydroxyethylstarch impairs renal function and induces interstitial proliferation, macrophage infiltration and tubular damage in an isolated renal perfusion model
Lars Hüter, Tim-Philipp Simon, Lenard Weinmann, Tobias Schuerholz, Konrad Reinhart, Gunter Wolf, Kerstin Ute Amann, Gernot Marx
Risk factors of earthquake inpatient death: a case control study
Jin Wen, YingKang Shi, YouPing Li, Li Wang, Lan Cheng, Zhan Gao, Ling Li
Bedside diagnostic laparoscopy to diagnose intraabdominal pathology in the intensive care unit
Adriano Peris, Stefania Matano, Giuseppe Manca, Giovanni Zagli, Manuela Bonizzoli, Giovanni Cianchi, Andrea Pasquini, Stefano Batacchi, Alessandro Di Filippo, Valentina Anichini, Paola Nicoletti, Silvia Benemei, Pierangelo Geppetti
Clinical relevance of the severe abnormalities of the T cell compartment in septic shock patients
Jorge Monserrat, Raul de Pablo, Eduardo Reyes, David Díaz, Hugo Barcenilla, Manuel R Zapata, Antonio De la Hera, Alfredo Prieto, Melchor Álvarez-Mon
Hyperglycaemia results from beta-cell dysfunction in critically ill children with respiratory and cardiovascular failure: a prospective observational study
Catherine M Preissig, Mark R Rigby
The burden of sepsis-associated mortality in the United States from 1999 to 2005: an analysis of multiple-cause-of-death data
Alexander Melamed, Frank J Sorvillo