Issue Special Issue 1/2014
34th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine
Content (499 Articles)
The Limpet controlled drug cabinet alarm and camera
M Mariyaselvam, D Pearson, P Moondi, P Young
Role of pharmacist in multidisciplinary pediatric intensive care rounds: a retrospective descriptive study
S Tripathi, K Graner, K Fryer, G Arteaga
Improvement in the identification and management of inadvertent hypothermia in the critically ill: an audit cycle
J Barnes, R Darke, A Irving, S Wright
Incidence of adverse events in a Brazilian coronary ICU
VF Paula, CE Bosso, OA Souza, GE Valerio, SV Ferreira
Compliance of a ventilator-associated pneumonia care bundle in an adult intensive care setting
G Wigmore, R Sethuraman
Referrals to a critical care unit: compliance with the NCEPOD recommendations
G Wigmore, M Campbell, P Walker, K Raveendran
Organisational changes in service provision outside critical care impact on referral patterns
A Tridente, L Cecchini, S Lobaz, A Chick, S Keep, S Furmanova, D Bryden
Demand versus supply in intensive care: an ever-growing problem
M Tanaka Gutiez, R Ramaiah
Demands on a continuing education online-study program for physicians
J Seifried, V Titschen, J Guttmann, S Schumann
Do generic measures fully capture health-related quality of life in adult, general critical care survivors?
W Lim, N Black, K Rowan, N Mays
Surgical HDU admissions: utilisation, organ support and finance
G Brakmane, A Molokhia
Can dynamic light improve melatonin production and quality of sleep?
J Jennings, TD Thomsen, JW Larsen, J Markvardt
Targeting blood tests in the ICU may lead to a significant cost reduction
R Gray, F Baldwin
Analysis of the acoustic environment in an ICU using patient information as a covariate
M Park, P Vos, A Kohlrausch, B Vlaskamp, AW Oldenbeuving
Results of the Telemedicine Program for implementation of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign Protocol in a community Brazilian hospital
C Abreu Filho, M Steinman, A Andrade, F Piza, A Caluza, J Teixeira, M Bracco, R Abaladejo, E Silva
ICU nursing connectivity and the quality of care in an academic medical center: a network analysis
DM Kelly, DC Angus, D Krackhardt, JM Kahn
Compassion fatigue and burnout among healthcare professionals in the ICU
M Van Mol, E Kompanje, J Bakker, M Nijkamp
Effect of divergences about patient's care plan on the outcome of critically ill patients
EL Queiroz, G Schettino
Prevalence, risk factors and consequences of intra-team conflicts in the ICU
G Burghi, F Verga, M Acevedo, V Martinez, V Carrasco, C Quiroga, G Pittini, G Fariña, M Godino, S Mareque, P Alzugaray, H Bagnulo, E Azoulay
Do we spend less on older critically ill patients? Relationship among intensity of care, severity of illness and mortality
MD Rosa, AC Pecanha Antonio, M Mattioni, L Tagliari, F Schaich, J Maccari, R Oliveira, C Teixeira, TF Tonietto, N Brandäo da Silva
New policy for ICU visits: prospective study
A Moughabghab, S Gemayel, N Azar, R Bousaba
Dealing with cultural diversity during the process of communication and decision-making in the ICU: a literature review
RV Van Keer, RD Deschepper, LH Huyghens, WD Distelmans, JB Bilsen
Symptoms of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress in pairs of patients and their family members during and following ICU stay: who suffers most?
R Fumis, O Ranzani, P Martins, G Schettino
Heart-focused anxiety in critically ill patients' relatives
Z Konstanti, M Gouva, G Nakos, V Koulouras
Family satisfaction in the ICU: a 6-month experience
M Zouka, A Myrou, I Soultati, T Aslanidis, A Euthymiou, E Geka, E Anastasiou, V Ourailoglou, M Giannakou
Qualitative analysis of a family satisfaction in an adult ICU
C Ebm, D Dawson, M Cecconi, A Rhodes
Outcomes of ventilated surgical and medical ICU patients: do patients die from ARDS or with ARDS?
L Fuchs, D Talmor
Advance care planning in critically ill haematology patients
V Metaxa, J Lambert, A Barrow, J De Vos
A new questionnaire to determine the effect of team interaction in the ICU on perceived futility and intention to quit: results of a pilot study in two German hospitals
D Schwarzkopf, F Bloos, A Meier-Hellmann, C Icke, N Riedemann, CS Hartog
ASA helps prediction of the death rate in surgical ICU patients
P Batista, R Passos, C Gomes, A Oliveira
Till death do us part: amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in the ICU
Y Valzani, A Marudi, G De Grandis, J Mandrioli, S Baroni, R Stacca, E Bertellini
Death rate of patients admitted to a Brazilian ICU on weekends and holidays
P Batista, R Passos, R Oliveira, M Ribeiro, F Alves
How many ways are there to die? Identification of ICU death typologies using cluster analysis
L Reineck, A Barnato, R Arnold, D Angus, J Kahn
Independent risk factors associated with the decision to withhold therapeutic intervention in patients admitted to the emergency room
L Serpa-Pinto, T Cardoso
Autopsy-detected diagnostic errors in critically ill patients with cirrhosis
N De Mey, J Wauters, A Wilmer, P Meersseman
Profile, outcomes, and predictors of mortality of abdomino-pelvic trauma patients in a tertiary ICU in Saudi Arabia
S Haddad, Z Youssef, S Azzam, A Aldawood, A Al-Zahrani, H Al-Zamel, H Tamim, A Deeb, Y Arabi
Radiation exposure in trauma patients is affected by age
M Wagner, JV Vonk, CW Wichman, AH Hegde, JO Oliveto
Survival rate and predictors of outcome in intubated patients with haematological malignancies in a Greek ICU
V Tsolaki, M Karapetsa, G Ganeli, A Mpouzia, E Zakynthinos
Predictors of outcome in patients with haematological malignancies admitted to critical care
A Tridente, K Browett, J Hall, Y Sorour, J Snowden, S Webber
Early risk stratification in patients with oncological and hematological malignancies in the emergency department
A Rast, D Steiner, A Kutz, M Bargetzi, B Mueller, P Schuetz
Calculated radiation exposure for trauma patients is lower when using the New Injury Severity Score versus the Injury Severity Score to calculate injury severity
M Wagner, J Vonk, C Wichman, A Hegde, J Oliveto
Early warning scores: breaking or building barriers to critical care
E Dunne, RO Leary, K Srinivasan, B Ahmed, D Galvin, R Ni Mhuircheartaigh, B Marsh
Factors affecting the clinical response to National Early Warning score triggers
I Kolic, S McCartney, S Crane, Z Perkins, A Taylor
Impact of obesity on outcomes in patients with sepsis
PP Dobesh, TR McGuire, DG Klepser, AL Himmelberg, DA Roberts, KM Olsen
Obesity is not associated with poor outcomes in older patients with sepsis
MI Restrepo, P Faverio, LF Reyes, A Anzueto
Long-term outcome in COPD patients with pneumonic and nonpneumonic exacerbation: a 6-year prospective follow-up study
EG Grolimund, AK Kutz, MA Alan, BM Mueller, PS Schuetz
Frailty predicts need for medical review but not degree of organ support after complex orthopaedic surgery
N Singatoullina, A Panickar, A Dennis, R Porter, D Bryden
Frailty measures in the critically ill: are we approaching a critical age? A systematic review
R Pugh, DL John, C Thorpe, C Subbe
Prediction of 1-year mortality of patients treated for more than 72 hours in an ICU
S Steenbergen, S Rijkenberg, H Endeman
Long-term physical functioning and health-related outcomes in survivors of intensive care
K Solverson, C Doig
Patients with prolonged stay on ICUs and the risk of mortality within 1-year of cardiac surgery
A Grayson, N Coulson, N Scawn
Six-month outcomes in lung cancer patients surviving ICU admission: results from a multinational multicenter study
M Soares, JF Timsit, G Burghi, C Irrazabal, N Pattison, E Tobar, BF Almeida, UV Silva, LC Azevedo, JI Salluh, E Azoulay
Survival and quality of life in patients acquiring acute kidney injury in the first 24 hours of ICU admission
I Soliman, L Peelen, D De Lange, D Van Dijk
Increasing age of patients admitted to intensive care, and association between increased age and greater risk of post-ICU death
B Creagh-Brown, S Green
Outcomes of military patients treated at the UK Royal Centre for Defence Medicine 2007 to 2013
AM Johnston, J Henning, D Harrison
Very old patients with cancer admitted to the ICU: outcome and predictive factors of mortality
L Hajjar, M Franca, J Almeida, J Fukushima, F Bergamin, C Zambolim, P Camargo, C Park, E Osawa, M Sundin, R Nakamura, F Galas
A retrospective review of mortality and complications following oesophagectomy in a large UK teaching hospital
N Pawley, CM Ball, K Wickenden, B Riley, M Clapham, B Eltayeb, A Glossop, A Raithatha
SwissScoring: a nationwide survey about SAPS II assessing accuracy
M Previsdomini, B Cerutti, P Merlani, HU Rothen, M Kaufmann, A Perren
Abandoning the National Early Warning Score in our district general hospital
B Mylrea Lowndes, M Mercer, H Robinson
Endpoint resuscitation-based prediction model for early mortality of severe sepsis and septic shock
R Sinto, S Suwarto, R Sedono, K Harimurti, A Sejati
Is the Golden hour important? Looking at disability and health-related quality of life in a Portuguese trauma registry
J Estilita, CC Dias, A Costa-Pereira, C Granja, I Arag±o, L Orwelius
Predicting outcomes after blunt chest wall trauma: development and external validation of a new prognostic model
C Battle, S Lovett, H Hutchings, PA Evans
Transplantation of bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells can improve the survival rate and suppress the inflammatory response in a rat crush injury model
J Nakagawa, N Matsumoto, K Yamakawa, T Yamada, H Matsumoto, T Muroya, H Ogura, T Shimazu
Impact of a dedicated trauma desk in ambulance control on the identification of major trauma in Scotland
J Bruce, A Parker, M Donald, M Esposito, L Curatolo, A Kennedy, K Simpson, C Morton, J Cormack, M Austin
The Manchester Triage System in optimizing triage in adult general medical emergency patients: the Triage Project
D Steiner, A Kutz, AC Rast, S Haubitz, L Faessler, M Batschwaroff, U Buergi, B Mueller, P Schuetz
Introduction of the Kaifu telemedicine system for emergency medicine to ambulance services with improvement of the survival rates
F Obata, R Tabata, K Mori, T Kageji, K Tani, H Bando
Training to achieve coordination of rescue and ambulance and medical teams
T Yamashita, K Yamazumi, H Takayama, Y Sakamoto
Complementary cooperation of an ambulance helicopter and car with medical doctors: meaning of simultaneous dispatch
K Ishii, K Kurasawa, S Tanabe, T Noguchi
Evaluation and prevention of violence in the emergency department in Lebanon
Z Fadel, N Hachem, C El Ramy, G Abi Nader, D Haykal
Epidemiology and critical care management of patients admitted after intentional self-poisoning
GP Misselbrook, N Sudhan
Price per unit: the cost of alcohol-related admissions to a regional ICU
R Matthews, A Revill
Clinical research of patients with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome induced by severe heat stroke: nine case reports and literature review
J Liu, G Zou, Y Wu, W Li
Effect of low-dose hydrocortisone on gene expression profiles after severe burn injury
J Plassais, MA Cazalis, F Venet, G Monneret, A Pachot, S Tissot
Care of Burns in Scotland: 3-year data from the Managed Clinical Network National Registry
CJ Gilhooly, J Kinsella
Low socioeconomic status, ethnicity and geographical location confers high risk of significant accidental burns injuries in London
JS Heng, O Clancy, I Jones, J Atkins, J Leon-Villapalos, A Williams, M Hayes, M Vizcaychipi
Effectiveness of noncontrast abdominal multidetector CT for evaluating the patient with renal insufficiency in the emergency department
HJ Lee, E Kang, JH Shin
Antipyretics in the emergency department - intravenous paracetamol versus intramuscular diclofenac: a comparative study
N Purayil, N Vamanjore, F Paramba, O Mohammad, P Chandra
Survey of severe sepsis and septic shock management in Thailand: THAI-SHOCK SURVEY 2013
K Chittawatanarat, B Patjanasoontorn, S Rungruanghiranya
Laboratory early warning score versus clinical early warning score as a predictor of imminent cardiac arrest
M Keil, S Hutchinson, T Leary
Hospital mortality predictive factors following Rapid Response Team activation
H Palomba, F Piza, M Jaures, A Capone
Long-term outcome of the Emergency Response Team system in in-hospital cardiac arrest
J Suriyachaisawat, E Surakarn
Epidemiology of unplanned intensive care admissions through inhospital referrals at a tertiary referral centre university hospital
J Rigby, N Bradshaw, B Carr, R Matsa
Use of low-dose CT KUB: is it becoming the easy way out?
P Shah, D Wilson
Bled dry? An audit of blood sampling practices on an adult intensive therapy unit
RK Vincent, P Temblett
Decreasing central-line blood draws by consolidation of phlebotomy timing: results of a quality improvement project
G Arteaga, S Tripathi, Y Ouellette, M Nemergut, G Rohlik, K Fryer, C Huskins
Introducing an arterial non-injectable connector into clinical practice
D Laba, M Mariyaselvam, R Heij, P Young
Novel hemostatic technique using a silicone gel dressing for tangential excision in burn surgery
A Osuka, Y Kuroki, H Kojima, M Sekido, S Okuma, S Onishi, M Ueyama
Should we avoid invasive treatment in cancer patients with pericardial tamponade?
F Galas, J Fukushima, E Osawa, C Park, J Almeida, D Nagaoka, L Hajjar
Goal-directed hemostatic therapy using rotational thromboelastometry in patients requiring emergent cardiovascular surgery
D Sartorius, JL Waeber, G Pavlovic, M Aldenkortt, MJ Licker
Thromboelastometric examination on the ICU before elective procedures
P Lukas
ROTEM: Multiplate monitoring in the ICU and outcome scores
U Schött, A Larsson
Retrospective observational study of interventional radiology and critical care coagulopathy
SP Hibbs, S McKechnie, M Little, M Desborough
Monitoring of treatment with low molecular weight heparins using viscoelastic devices
U Schött, A Larsson, O Thomas, N Tynngård
Heparin stability in parenteral nutrition bags prepared in a neonatal ICU
A Foinard, M Perez, B Décaudin, C Barthélémy, A Tournoys, L Storme, P Odou
Bivalirudin or heparin: which anticoagulation strategy for critically ill cardiac surgery patients?
F Pappalardo, B Arnaez, M Celinska-Spodar, M Pieri, F Isella, S Silvetti, A Montisci, O Saleh, A Koster
Reversal of edoxaban-induced anticoagulation by the four-factor prothrombin complex concentrate Beriplex® in a rabbit model
E Herzog, F Kaspereit, W Krege, B Doerr, J Mueller-Cohrs, I Pragst, Y Morishima, G Dickneite
Use of a specific antidote to dabigatran (idarucizumab) reduces blood loss and mortality in dabigatran-induced and trauma-induced bleeding in pigs
M Honickel, O Grottke, J Van Ryn, H Ten Cate, R Rossaint, H Spronk
Primary bivalirudin anticoagulation for patients with an implantable ventricular assist device
M Pieri, B Arnaez, Al Di Prima, M Celinska-Spodar, S Ajello, O Saleh, F Isella, A Montisci, F Pappalardo
Plasma-free hemoglobin and microvascular response to fresh or old blood transfusion in septic patients
A Donati, E Damiani, R Domizi, AT Colesnicenco, E Montesi, S Ciucani, P Pelaia, C Ince
Fatty acid composition of blood plasma in multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
AN Osipenko, Av Marochkov
Response of coagulation and fibrinolysis system was different between older and nonolder patients with severe sepsis
D Kudo, S Yamanouchi, T Sato, R Nomura, T Omura, N Miyagawa, S Kushimoto
ε-Aminocaproic acid does not increase adverse effects in cardiac surgery: an analysis of 2,852 cases
S Zefferino, L Camara, J Almeida, F Galas, L Camara, J Auler Jr, J Fukushima, A Lema, L Hajjar
Eculizumab treatment of atypical haemolytic uraemic syndrome: results from the largest prospective clinical trial to date
LE weekers, JM Campistol, M Espinosa, AO Gaber, J Menne, E Minetti, F Provot, E Rondeau, M Ogawa, CL Bedrosian, M hourmant
Variation in red blood cell transfusion thresholds in critically ill patients
K Wilton, R Fowler, T Walsh, J Lacroix, J Callum
A liberal strategy of red blood cell transfusion reduces cardiovascular complications in older patients undergoing cardiac surgery
R Nakamura, JL Vincent, J Fukushima, J Almeida, F Bergamin, C Park, E Osawa, M Sundin, A Muller, F Galas, L Hajjar
Anemia and high hematocrit are associated with in-hospital mortality in emergency department patients with suspected infection
M Jessen, S Skibsted, N Shapiro
New simplified criteria for predicting massive transfusion in trauma
T Yumoto, A Iida, E Knaup, N Nosaka, S Morisada, T Hirayama, N Shiba, K Tsukahara, H Nosaka, Y Kinami, M Terado, H Yamanouchi, K Sato, T Ugawa, S Ichiba, Y Ujike
Evaluation of the implementation of a massive transfusion protocol
A Balvers, E Coppens, R Klinkspoor, AT Zeerleder, E Goslings, S Juffermans
Blood product transfusions in septic patients are associated with mortality, ARDS, and more days on mechanical ventilation
PP Dobesh, DG Klepser, TR McGuire, DA Roberts, AL Himmelberg, KM Olsen
Transfusion requirements in septic shock patients: a randomized controlled trial
F Bergamin, J Almeida, C Park, E Osawa, J Silva, F Galas, D Nagaoka, J Fukushima, S Vieira, L Candido, CO Oshiro, JL Vincent, L Hajjar
Inflammatory properties of microparticles in stored red blood cell transfusion products
M Straat, R Nieuwland, R Van Bruggen, N Juffermans
Influenza A (H1N1): the first hit for transfusion-related acute lung injury?
F Piza, F Carvalho, H Li, T Crochemore, R Rodrigues
Prothrombin complex concentrate restores haemostasis in a dabigatran anticoagulated polytrauma pig model
M Honickel, J Van Ryn, HM Spronk, H Ten Cate, R Rossaint, O Grottke
Effect of a fixed dose of fresh frozen plasma on systemic inflammation and endothelial damage in nonbleeding critically ill patients
M Straat, M Muller, J Meijers, M Schultz, N Juffermans
Application of damage control resuscitation strategies to patients with severe traumatic hemorrhage: review of plasma to packed red blood cell ratios at a single institution
K Jung, K Lee, Y Kim
In a trauma experimental pig model prothrombin complex concentrates and a specific antidote (idarucizumab) are effective to reverse the anticoagulant effects of dabigatran
O Grottke, J Van Ryn, R Rossaint
Attenuation of ischemia-reperfusion injury in swine resuscitated for hemorrhagic shock by low-dose inhaled nitrite or carbon monoxide
H Haugaa, H Gomez, D Maberry, A Holder, O Ogundele, A Botero, D Escobar, L Gordon, S Shiva, C Dezfulian, B Kenney, TI Tønnessen, B Zuckerbraun, MR Pinsky
Validation of inflationary non-invasive blood pressure monitoring in emergency room patients
J Sasaki, S Hori
Influence of the oscillometric calibration method on accuracy and precision of continuous non-invasive arterial pressure measurements using the CNAP™ device
JY Wagner, I Negulescu, M Schofthaler, A Hapfelmaier, AS Meidert, W Huber, RM Schmid, B Saugel
Arterial pulse waveform as an n-soliton evolution of the left ventricular pressure pulse
B Feix, A Ercole
Tackling the burden of postsurgical complications in the USA: would perioperative goal-directed therapy help?
G Manecke, A Asemota, F Michard
Radiological control of central venous catheter (CVC) versus electrocardiogram-guided control inserted CVC: confirm with transesophageal echocardiography
F Righetti, G Castellano
Impact of the neutral position and rotation of the head in ultrasound-guided internal jugular vein catheterization on duration of procedure and complications
M Kurt, A Ozgultekin, G Turan, F Ormanci, S Batan, O Ekinci
Anthropometric formulas versus intracavitary ECG for optimal tip position of central venous catheters
MS Vallecoccia, M Biancone, F Cavallaro, D Settanni, C Marano, MG Annetta, M Pittiruti, M Antonelli
Residents learning ultrasound-guided catheterization are not sufficiently skilled to use landmarks
J Maizel, L Guyomarc'h, P Henon, S Samy Modeliar, B De Cagny, G Choukroun, M Slama
Development of a standardized method of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC-line) bedside installation
J Hobeika, K Serri, M Albert
Is chest X-ray necessary after central venous catheter insertion?
MS Vallecoccia, F Cavallaro, M Biancone, D Settanni, C Marano, MG Annetta, M Pittiruti, M Antonelli
Diagnostic value of chest ultrasound after cardiac surgery: a comparison with chest X-ray and auscultation
A Vezzani, T Manca, F Benassi, A Gallingani, I Spaggiari, C Brusasco, F Corradi, T Gherli
Ultrasound measurement of carotid flow time changes with volume status
DC Mackenzie, NA Khan, D Blehar, CP Stowell, VE Noble, AS Liteplo
Real-time ultrasound-guided subclavian vein cannulation in cardiac surgery: comparison between short-axis and long-axis techniques
F Corradi, T Manca, C Brusasco, F Cocconcelli, A Agostinelli, F Benassi, T Gherli, A Vezzani
Transthoracic echocardiography used in conjunction with passive leg raising for assessment of fluid responsiveness in severe sepsis or septic shock patients
K Jaikriengkrai, K Chittawatanarat, A Limsukon
Transoesophageal echocardiography and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: fancy for enthusiasts or indispensable tool?
G Auzinger, R Loveridge, C Willars, T Best, V Kakar, T Hurst, A Vercueil
Accuracy of synthesized right-sided/posterior chest lead electrocardiograms
Y Saitoh, Y Goseki, A Yamashina
Aortic stiffness in patients with early sepsis
S Kazune, A Grabovskis, E Strīke, I Vanags
Novel technology for non-invasive thoracic fluid measurement: an animal model comparative study
G Karp, M Jonas, T Mandelbaum, E Kishinevsky, N Adi
Adherence to the nurse-driven hemodynamic protocol during postoperative care
J Klimes, J Hruda, M Lukes, P Suk, V Sramek
Pulse wave transit time technique for perioperative non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring
J Hruda, M Chobola, M Lukes, P Suk, J Klimes, V Sramek
Validation of cardiac output from Mostcare compared with a pulmonary artery catheter in septic patients
S Gopal, J Pooni, T Do, A Karimi, G Martinelli
Novel non-invasive technology for cardiac output determination
U Borg, D Iyer, Q Huang, Y Li, C Baker
Performance of pulse contour and pulse wave transit time-based continuous cardiac output analyses: clinical validation of two methods in Thai patients undergoing cardiac surgery
P Wacharasint, P Kunakorn, P Pankongsap
Comparison of PiCCO and VolumeView: simultaneous measurement in sepsis pig models
H Imahase, S Inoue, Y Sakamoto, T Miyasho, K Yamashita
Effects of the restrictive fluid strategy on postoperative pulmonary and renal function following pulmonary resection surgery
M Arslantas, H Batirel, B Bilgili, H Kara, B Yildizeli, M Yuksel, K Bostanci, A Kararmaz, I Cinel
Perioperative fluid balance and postoperative changes in serum creatinine in patients admitted to critical care after elective major surgery
R Rajendram, JR Prowle
Very limited usefulness of pulse pressure variation as a predictor of volume responsiveness in critically ill septic patients
GG Gavriilidis, IK Kostakou, VT Tsagari, AK Kyriakoudi, NK Koulouris, AK Koutsoukou
Effects of central hypovolemia induced by tilt table on the Doppler- based renal resistive index in healthy volunteers
A Sommese, A Lima, J Van Bommel, J Bakker
Tissue oxygenation as a target for goal-directed therapy in high-risk surgery
PA Van Beest, JJ Vos, M Poterman, AF Kalmar, TW Scheeren
Why measurements do (not) work: the human factor
A Rameau, NA Bruins, P Egbers, MA Kuiper, EC Boerma
Use of pulse pressure variation and stroke volume variation in spontaneously breathing patients to assess dynamic arterial elastance and to predict arterial pressure response to fluid administration
M Cecconi, MI Monge García, M Gracia Romero, J Mellinghoff, F Caliandro, RM Grounds, A Rhodes
Accuracy of the plethysmographic variation index as a predictor of fluid responsiveness after cardiac surgery
H Merdji, P Biston, M Piagnerelli
Kinetics of volume expansion during a fluid challenge
H Aya, A Rhodes, M Grounds, M Cecconi
In vivo effect of hydroxyethyl starch solution (HES 130/0.4) on different fibrinogen assays
U Schött, DW Winstedt, AH Hillarp
BXL 628 ameliorates toxicity of lactated Ringer in HK-2 human renal proximal tubule cells in a hypovolemia mimicking model
YT Huang, CC Cheng, TC Lin, PC Lai
Hypotonic fluids after liver transplantation may be associated with prolonged ICU stay
A Nadeem, N Salahuddin, A ElHazmi, M Joseph, B Bohlega, H Sallam, Y Elsheikh, D Broering
Early Vasopressin Application in Shock study
S Oliveira, F Dessa, C Rocha, F Oliveira
Angiotensin II may be useful for the treatment of hypotension in distributive shock, but a safe and efficacious dose is unknown
LW Busse, E Brasha, DL Davison, MG Seneff, J Honig, ZK Alotaibi, LS Chawla
Vasopressin versus norepinephrine for the management of septic shock in cancer patients
C Zambolim, D Nagaoka, J Fukushima, C Park, J Carneiro, E Osawa, J Almeida, S Zefferino, F Galas, L Hajjar
Heart rate reduction with esmolol in septic shock: effects on myocardial performance
A Morelli, A D'Egidio, A Orecchioni, E Maraffa, S Romano
A new automatic urinometer shows lower bias, no loss of precision due to temporal deviation and higher user evaluation when compared with a manual standard urinometer in an ICU setting
A Eklund, J Van der Linden
Haemodynamic effects of phenylephrine commenced prior to induction of anaesthesia in older patients undergoing high-risk vascular surgery
H Araujo, R Campbell, D Green, E Mills
Experiences of a tertiary center with use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support in patients with cardiogenic shock after cardiac surgery
L Galas, V Guimaraes, M Sundin, L Caneo, M Jatene, F Jatene, L Hajjar, J Almeida, F Galas
Potential use of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cardiogenic shock refractory to mechanical assist devices: baseline physiology and mortality data
C Vimalanathan, N Barrett, N Ioannou, C Langrish, C Meadows, G Salt, G Glover
Normobaric oxygen paradox and the microcirculation in the critically ill patient: a prospective observational study
A Donati, E Damiani, AT Colesnicenco, E Montesi, S Ciucani, A Carsetti, P Pelaia
Predictive criteria for the development of intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome
D Lyer, P Rastogi, A Aneman, S D'Amours
Early lactate-guided therapy in cardiac surgery patients: a randomized controlled trial
M Sundin, J Almeida, E Osawa, F Galas, M Gaiane, S Zefferino, L Camara, LG Galas, L Hajjar
Lactate as a predictor of deterioration in emergency department patients with and without infection
A Oedorf, E Day, R Lior, AT Novack, E Shapiro, S Henning
Adipose tissue lactate clearance but not blood lactate clearance is associated with clinical outcome in severe sepsis or septic shock during the post-resuscitation period
M Theodorakopoulou, S Orfanos, N Nikitas, D Vasilliadi, S Apolonatou, A Diamantakis, G Karkouli, C Diakaki, A Armaganidis, I Dimopoulou
Correlation between conventional and advanced hemodynamic parameters versus serum lactate in patients with severe sepsis
M Kok, A Oei, A Karakus, H Endeman
Delayed assessment of serum lactate in sepsis is associated with an increased mortality rate
R Arnold, Z Zhang, S Patel, S Smola, J Isserman, E Jackson
Lactate clearance as a predictor of mortality in colonic perforation
R Egashira, T Kobayashi
Lactate quartile concentration and prognosis in severe sepsis and septic shock
M De La Torre-Prados, A Garcia-de la Torre, C Trujillano-Fernández, J Perez-Vacas, A Puerto-Morlan, E Camara-Sola, A Garcia-Alcantara, A Garcia-alcantara
Correlation between arterial lactate and venous lactate in patients with sepsis and septic shock
P Theerawit, C Na Petvicham
Comparison of the effects of histidine-triptophan-ketoglutarate solution and crystalloid cardioplegia on myocardial protection during pediatric cardiac surgery
S Kuslu, P Zeyneloglu, A Pirat, A Camkiran, M Ozkan, G Arslan
Hyperdynamic ejection fraction in the critically ill patient
JR Paonessa, TP Brennan, LA Celi
Impact of nitric oxide on pulmonary regurgitation and cardiac function in the acute stage after right ventricular outflow surgery
Y Ko, K Morita, R Nagahori, T Abe, K Hashimoto
Cardiogenic oscillation in pediatric patients after cardiac surgery
H Imanaka, N Okuda, T Itagaki, M Onodera, M Nishimura
Intraoperative dexamethasone on left atrial function and postoperative atrial fibrillation in cardiac surgical patients
K Jacob, S Dieleman, H Nathoe, D Van Osch, E De Waal, M Cramer, J Kluin, D Van Dijk
White blood cell count and new-onset atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery
S Dieleman, K Jacob, H Nathoe, M Ten Berg, D Van Osch, J Frencken, D Van Dijk
Anti-adrenergic effects of ranolazine in isolated rat aorta
P Marchio, MD Mauricio, FB El Amrani, S Guerra, D Aguirre-Rueda, SL Vallés, JM Vila, M Aldasoro
Delays in extubation following elective adult cardiac surgery
J Parmar, J Clarke, G Lau, R Porter, C Allsager
Effects of perfusion pressure on the splanchnic circulation after cardiopulmonary bypass: a randomized double cross-over study
L McNicol, M Lipcsey, R Bellomo, F Parker, S Poustie, G Liu, S Uchino, A Kattula
Isoflurane attenuates left ventricular akinesia and preserves cardiac output in the Tako-tsubo rat model
J Oras, B Redfors, Y Shao, H Seeman-Lodding, SE Ricksten, E Omerovic
Preoperative therapy with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in cardiac surgery patients: is there any impact on postoperative renal function?
F Ampatzidou, M Sileli, K Diplaris, C Koutsogiannidis, T Karaiskos, G Drossos
Characterization of the profile and clinical variables associated with mortality in a Brazilian coronary ICU
CE Bosso, VF Paula, OA Souza, GE Valerio, SV Ferreira
Hospital visit pattern and its effect on reperfusion time and clinical outcomes in ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction
J Park, Y Kim, D Shin, W Kim, S Lee, J Son
Tissue-aggressive inflammatory response defines the tissue aggressiveness of the post-infarction milieu
E Grins, L Algotsson, H Engblom, M Carlsson, H Arheden, S Jovinge
Impact of positive end-expiratory pressure application on ventriculo-arterial coupling in decompensated left ventricles after cardiac surgery: a non-invasive echocardiographic study
P Bertini, V Simone, R Baldassarri, L Doroni, F Guarracino
Prevalence of elevated cardiac troponin T in ICU patients using the high-sensitivity assay and the relationship with mortality
S O'Sullivan, M Sutton, G Fitzpatrick
Rhabdomyolysis following cardiac surgery: from prevalence to prevention
AS Omar, HA Ewila, SR Aboulnaga, AK Tuli
Open cavity abdominal surgery in octogenarians and nonagenarians admitted to a university teaching hospital ICU: a retrospective review
A Roberts, P Hampshire
Risk factors for acute renal impairment in patients with severe acute pancreatitis
M Serpytis, N Scupakova, J Sabliauskas, A Sileikis, J Sipylaite, K Strupas
Severe acute pancreatitis in ICU: a 5-year audit
R Durrani, O Murphy, A Kibeida, G Fitzpatrick
Bacterial infection in severe acute pancreatitis patients admitted to the ICU
AR Prior, S Egan, R Durani, PG Murphy, J Febbell, G Fitzpatrick
Determining late predictors of outcome for acetaminophen- induced acute liver failure using classification and regression tree modeling analysis
C Karvellas, J Speiser, W Lee
A multicenter retrospective cohort analysis of therapeutic hypothermia in acute liver failure
C Karvellas, R Stravitz, H Battenhouse, V Durkalski, W Lee, ML Schilsky
Postoperative resource utilization and survival among liver transplant recipients with Model for End-stage Liver Disease score ≥40: a retrospective cohort study
F Sousa Cardosa, C Karvellas, N Kneteman, G Meeberg, P Fidalgo, S Bagshaw
Causes and consequences of infections in patients after liver transplantation: 2-year study in the only ICU that hospitalizes these cases in Greece
A Karapanagiotou, C Kydona, S Papadopoulos, T Theodoridou, E Mouloudi, C Dimitriadis, G Imbrios, N Gritsi-Gerogianni
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation before and after adult liver transplantation: worth the effort?
G Auzinger, C Willars, R Loveridge, A Vercueil, T Best, J Wendon
Is cirrhotic cardiomyopathy a risk factor for post-reperfusion syndrome during liver transplantation?
E Scarlatescu, G Droc, D Tomescu
Perioperative management of patients undergoing combined heart-liver transplantation
DW Barbara, KH Rehfeldt, JK Heimbach, CB Rosen, RC Daly, JY Findlay
Impaired balance between coagulation and fibrinolysis plays a prominent role in patients with sepsis
Y Umemura, K Yamakawa, T Kiguchi, H Ogura, T Shimazu, S Fujimi
Clinical usefulness of measurement of plasma soluble fibrin levels in critically ill patients
T Masuda, T Kobayashi, H Takahashi, K Yoshikawa,, M Takahashi, E Isotani
Value of microbial metabolites in blood serum as criteria for bacterial load in the pathogenesis of hemodynamic disorders in critically ill patients
Y Sarshor, N Beloborodova, V Moroz, A Osipov, A Bedova, E Chernevskaya, M Getsina
Fibrinogen at admission is an independent predictor of mortality in severe sepsis and septic shock
M Azfar, M Khan, M Khurshid
Plasma platelet-derived microparticles to platelet count ratio as a marker of mortality in critically ill patients
M Ohuchi, K Hashimoto, A Ushiba, T Kishimoto, T Yamane, T Hamamoto, T Tabata, Y Tsujita, M Matsushiga, K Takahashi, K Matsumura, K Fujino, Y Eguchi
Receptor for advanced glycation end products axis in critically ill patients
C Ingels, I Derese, PJ Wouters, G Van den Berghe, I Vanhorebeek
Usefulness of the endotoxin activity assay as a biomarker to assess severity in ICU patients
M Noguchi, T Ikeda, K Ikeda, S Suda, A Kodaira, T Ueno, A Ohmi
Usefulness of presepsin and procalcitonin levels in the diagnosis of sepsis in patients with acute kidney injury
Y Nakamura, H Ishikura, R Ichiki, K Hoshino, M Mizunuma, J Tanaka, A Murai
Differentiating sepsis from non-infective systemic inflammatory response syndrome: comparison between C-reactive protein and leptin
N Farag, K Taema, E Abdel-Latif, G Hamed
Use of procalcitonin and white blood cells as combined predictors of infection in cardiac surgery patients
E Gomez, M Heredia, P Jorge, M Lorenzo, J Gomez-Herreras, E Tamayo, S Gutierrez, E Alvarez
Single pro-adrenomedullin determination in septic shock and 28-day mortality
A Garcia-de la Torre, M De La Torre-Prados, J Parez-Vacas, C Trujillano-Fernandez, A Puerto-Morlan, E Camara Sola, A Garcia-Alcantara
Surfactant protein A: a candidate predictive biomarker of mortality in acute respiratory distress syndrome in sepsis
V Moroz, A Kuzovlev, A Goloubev
Club Cell protein: a candidate diagnostic biomarker of Pseudomonas aeruginosa nosocomial pneumonia
V Moroz, A Kuzovlev, S Polovnikov
Plasma cholinesterase activity as diagnostic marker for systemic inflammation
AR Zivkovic, K Schmidt, T Brenner, S Hofer
Lymphopenia as a predictor of bacteremia in the emergency department
R Lowsby, C Gomes, I Jarman, P Nee
Pre-analytic factors and initial biomarker levels in community- acquired pneumonia patients
A Kutz, E Grolimund, B Mueller, P Schuetz
Use of procalcitonin for identification of postoperative complications after coronary artery bypass surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
A Baysal, M Doğukan, H Torman
Altered T-cell repertoire diversity in septic shock patients
N Takeyama, A Tomino, M Hashiba, A Hirakawa, T Hattori, H Miyabe
Association between DNA haplogroups and severe sepsis in patients who underwent major surgery
E Gomez, M Heredia, S Resino, M Jimenez-Sousa, J Gomez-Herreras, E Tamayo, P Jorge, M Lorenzo, P Ruiz
T-cell receptor activation-associated cytokine release is impaired in septic patients with faecal peritonitis
DG Gore, L Preciado-Llanes, GH Mills, AW Heath, RC Read
Activated protein C consumption and coagulation parameters in severe sepsis and septic shock
M De La Torre-Prados, A Garcia-de la Torre, C Trujillano-Fernandez, J Perez-Vacas, A Puerto-Morlan, E Camara-Sola
Flow-cytometric analysis in traumatic brain injury to evaluate immunosuppression
S Di Valvasone, L Perretta, M Bonizzoli, F Liotta, F Annunziato, F Socci, P Ruggiano, A Peris
Polymorphonuclear cell surface expression patterns differ in inflammatory and infectious stages in polytraumatized and septic shock patients
M Weiss, Z Gueldue, M Georgieff, F Gebhard, M Huber-Lang, M Schneider
Lymphocyte surface expression patterns differ in inflammatory and infectious stages in polytraumatized and septic shock patients
M Weiss, L Brach, M Georgieff, F Gebhard, M Huber-Lang, M Schneider
Cl:Na ratio on ICU admission as a prognostic indicator of mortality in sepsis patients
HK Atalan, B Gucyetmez, N Cakar
Dysfunction of peroxisomes as one of the possible causes of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome development
AN Osipenko, AV Marochkov
Differential effect of alcohol on TNFα receptor II production in the presence of LPS challenge ex vivo
A Gavala, K Venetsanou, P Myrianthefs, E Manolis, C Kittas, G Baltopoulos
Neutrophil phenotype model for extracorporeal treatment of sepsis
A Malkin, R Sheehan, S Mathew, H Redl, G Clermont
Prolactin, cortisol and heat shock proteins in early sepsis: preliminary data
K Vardas, K Apostolou, K Psarra, E Botoula, S Tsagarakis, E Magira, C Routsi, E Briassouli, D Goukos, S Nanas, G Briassoulis
AMP-protein kinase may protect against sepsis-induced acute kidney injury through modulation of immune response and endothelial activation
H Gomez, D Escobar, A Botero, BS Zuckerbraun
Study of the ex vivo immune response of polytrauma older patients in the ICU on admission: preliminary results
L Filippou, K Venetsanou, G Voulalas, D Markopoulou, D Chroni, C Maltezos, I Alamanos
Multiple trauma is linked with reversal of immunoparalysis and provides survival benefit from Pseudomonas aeruginosa
E Mandragos, A Pistiki, DI Droggiti, M Georgitsi, E Giamarellos-Bourboulis
Does clopidogrel change morbidity and mortality in ICU sepsis patients?
DG Klepser, PP Dobesh, TR McGuire, DA Roberts, AL Himmelberg, KM Olsen
Continuous administration of corticosteroids in septic shock can reduce risk of hypernatremia
L Mirea, R Ungureanu, D Pavelescu, IC Grintescu, C Dumitrache, I Grintescu, D Mirea
Tissue oxygenation in patients with severe sepsis
A Oei, M Kok, A Karakus, H Endeman
Delayed admission to the ICU is associated with increased in-hospital mortality in patients with community-acquired severe sepsis or shock
A Schnegelsberg, J Mackenhauer, M Pedersen, H Nibro, H Kirkegaard
Effect of clarithromycin in patients with Gram-negative sepsis: subgroup analysis of a randomized trial
E Giamarellos-Bourboulis, K Lymberopoulou, I Tsangaris, A Antonopoulou, A Marioli, L Leonidou, E Douzinas, I Koutelidakis, A Armaganidis
Benefit profile of recombinant human soluble thrombomodulin in sepsis-induced DIC
K Yamakawa, H Ogura, S Fujimi, M Morikawa, Y Ogawa, Y Umemura, Y Inoue, H Tanaka, T Hamasaki, T Shimazu
Comprehensive assessment of the true sepsis burden using electronic health record screening augmented by natural language processing
R Arnold, J Isserman, S Smola, E Jackson
Outcomes of neutropenic patients with severe sepsis on a specialist cancer ICU
S Jhanji, S Hallam, T Wigmore
Vitamin D and ICU outcome in septic patients: a difficult connection?
FI Socci, A Cecchi, S Di Valvasone, M Ciapetti, L Perretta, ML Migliaccio, G Zagli, S Batacchi, G Cianchi, M Bonizzoli, A Terreni, A Peris
A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials on the use of statins in septic patients
G Landoni, L Nobile, D Febres, E Frati, N Villari, AL Di Prima, R Dossi, L Pasin
Efficacy of early administration of thrombomodulin alfa in patients with sepsis-induced disseminated intravascular coagulation: subanalysis from post-marketing surveillance data
Y Eguchi, S Gando, H Ishikura, D Saitoh, J Mimuro, H Takahashi, I Kitajima, H Tsuji, T Matsushita, Y Sakata
Dynamic myocardial depression in septic cardiomyopathy
A Darawshe, D Levingston, Y Haviv
Significant change in the practice of chest radiography in Dutch ICUs
M Tolsma, TA Rijpstra, MJ Schultz, NJ Van der Meer
Stating clear indications for chest radiographs after cardiac surgery increases their efficacy and safely reduces costs
M Tolsma, TA Rijpstra, PM Rosseel, M Bentala, HA Dijkstra, NJ Van der Meer
Evaluation of early graft function in a case series of lung-transplanted patients
J Fumagalli, I Algieri, M Brioni, AM Villa, GM Ruggeri, F Rapido, A Colombo, S Luoni, G Babini, B Safaee Fakhr, L Spada, S Froio, S Coppola, A Palleschi, L Rosso, D Chiumello, F Valenza, L Gattinoni
Can laboratory blood tests be used to risk stratify patients admitted with pneumonia?
L Apps, S Hutchinson, T Leary, L Perry
Lung function in the immediate postoperative period after videoassisted thoracoscopic and thoracotomy pulmonary resection
T Végh, R Nemes, B Fülesdi
Lung ultrasound reaeration score: a useful tool to predict non-invasive ventilation effectiveness
L Nobile, P Beccaria, M Zambon, L Cabrini, G Landoni, A Zangrillo
Ultrasound in the diagnosis of pneumothorax: a survey of current practice
T Berlet, T Fehr, T Merz
Computed tomographic assessment of airflow obstruction in smoke inhalation injury
H Yamamura, T Yamamoto, S Kaga, K Kaneda, Y Mizobata
Semi-upright position improves ventilation and oxygenation in mechanically ventilated intensive care patients
F Van Beers, P Vos
Effects of sitting on the respiratory pattern, mechanics and work of breathing in mechanically ventilated patients
F Ruiz-Ferron, J Serrano-Simon
The win ratio method: a novel hierarchical endpoint for pneumonia trials in patients on mechanical ventilation
A Montgomery, T Abuan, M Kollef
Failure to obtain admission sputum culture is associated with higher mortality and fewer ventilator-free days for intubated pneumonia patients: a quality improvement project
Y Mahal, K Smith, R Riker
Nonventilatory factors affecting noninvasive mechanical ventilation success in hypercapnic critical care patients
S Demir, Y Aldag, M Aydogdu, G Gürsel
Physiologic comparison between NAVA, PAV+ and PSV in critically ill patients
E Akoumianaki, G Prinianakis, E Kondili, D Georgopoulos
Does average volume-assured pressure support make any difference compared with BIPAP?
G Canpolat, A Ozgultekin, G Turan, A Iskender, E Adiyeke, O Ekinci
Oxygenation index outperforms the P/F ratio for mortality prediction
K Davies, C Bourdeaux, T Peiris, T Gould
Determining the mechanical ventilation mode and pressure support combination that is best compatible with the rapid shallow breathing index calculated in spontaneous ventilation
S Demirtas Yilmaz, G Gürsel, M Aydogdu
New setting of neurally adjusted ventilatory assist during mask noninvasive ventilation
F Longhini, C Pan, G Cammarota, R Vaschetto, J Xie, L Liu, Y Yian, F Della Corte, P Navalesi, H Qiu
A new setting to improve noninvasive neurally adjusted ventilatory assist by helmet
F Longhini, G Cammarota, C Olivieri, R Perucca, R Vaschetto, D Colombo, A Messina, F Della Corte, P Navalesi
Is neurally adjusted ventilatory assist feasible during anesthesia?
F Campoccia Jalde, P Sackey, P Radell, M Wallin
Intensive alveolar recruitment after cardiac surgery: a randomized controlled clinical trial
A Leme, L Hajjar, M Amato, J Fukushima, C Hashizume, E Nozawa, E Osawa, R Nakamura, J Almeida, R Ianotti, J Auler Jr, F Galas
Endomicroscopic analysis of time-dependent and pressure- dependent recruitment of subpleural alveoli
H Runck, D Schwenninger, S Schumann, J Haberstroh, J Guttmann
PEEP titration on the basis of intratidal resistance-volume profiles
S Buehler, S Schumann, M Lichtwarck-Aschoff, J Guttmann
US study of gliding in nondependent lung regions: the dark side of the moon
E De Blasio, M Venditto, A Federico, G Azan, C Pellegrini, C Di Maria, P De Luca, G Rossi
Protective ventilation reduces bacterial growth and lung injury in a porcine pneumonia model
J Sperber, A Nyberg, M Lipcsey, A Larsson, J Sjolin, M Castegren
Changes in computed tomography and ventilation/perfusion mismatch with positive end-expiratory pressure
DS Karbing, M Panigada, N Bottino, E Spinelli, A Protti, SE Rees', L Gattinoni
Ventilator settings in ICUs: comparing a Dutch with a global cohort
M Van IJzendoorn, M Koopmans, U Strauch, S Heines, S Den Boer, B Kors, P Van der Voort, P Dennesen, I Van den Hul, E Alberts, P Egbers, A Esteban, F Frutos-Vivar, M Kuiper
Graphical user interface for visualization of a decision support system for PEEP titration
S Lozano-Zahonero, S Buehler, S Schumann, J Guttmann
Time-dependent apoptosis induction after spontaneous-breathing or ventilation-analogue experimental mechanostimulation of monolayer lung cell cultures
S Meyer, S Schumann, J Guttmann, K Gamerdinger
Influence of positive end-expiratory pressure on cyclic recruitment and derecruitment during one breathing cycle in porcine acute lung injury
IS Sulyok, A Johannes, S Bohme, KU Klein, J Baumgardner, O Kimberger, K Markstaller, R Ullrich
Effect of positive end-expiratory pressure on right ventricle function assessed by speckle tracking echocardiography
SR Orde, A Behfar, PG Stalboerger, JK Oh, GC Kane
Airway pressure release ventilation restores hemodynamic stability in patients with cardiogenic shock: initial experience in cardiac intensive care
A Taha, A Shafie, M Mostafa, H Hon, R Marktanner
Experimental VILI begins with subpleural lung lesions
C Chiurazzi, M Gotti, M Amini, C Rovati, M Brioni, G Rossignoli, A Cammaroto, C Bacile, S Luoni, K Nikolla, C Montaruli, T Langer, D Dondossola, M Cressoni, L Gattinoni
Dissipated energy inside the respiratory system during mechanical ventilation
M Gotti, C Chiurazzi, M Amini, C Rovati, M Brioni, G Rossignoli, A Cammaroto, C Bacile di Castiglione, S Luoni, K Nikolla, C Montaruli, T Langer, G Conte, M Cressoni, L Gattinoni
CT scan and ultrasound comparative assessment of PEEP-induced lung aeration changes in ARDS
I Algieri, S Mongodi, D Chiumello, F Mojoli, M Cressoni, G Via, S Luoni, A Colombo, G Babini, A Braschi
Effect of tidal volume and positive end-expiratory pressure on lung hysteresis of healthy piglets
DT Andreis, M Milesi, P Pugni, F Nicosia, GE lapichino, M Monti, B Comini, E Votta, A Protti, L Gattinoni
Evaluation and quantification of pulmonary hyperinflation in three gravitational zones of domestic felines by computed tomography
A Rodrigues de Carvalho Martins, D Tabacchi Fantoni, D Aya Otsuki, A Magalhäes Ambrosio, A Brandäo de Campos Fonseca Pinto, J França dos Santos, C Rodrigues de Carvalho Martins, L Sá Malbouisson
Effect of inhaled nitric oxide on apoptosis of lymphocytes in newborns in a critical state
M Puhtinskaya
Diaphragm microcirculatory dysfunction and lipid accumulation in endotoxemic rabbits during mechanical ventilation
Y Yang, T Yu, J Liu, C Pan, F Longhini, L Liu, Y Huang, F Guo, H Qiu
High-frequency oscillatory ventilation use in patients with H1N1: a single-centre review
N Smith, N Pathmanthan, V Martinson, J Glazebrook, R Rao, L Sleight, A Gratix
EIT comparison of airway pressure release ventilation andconventional ventilation
S Jog, S Sable, D Patel, P Tambur
Lung-protective ventilation suppresses plasma levels of cell-free DNA in porcine experimental postoperative sepsis
A Nyberg, J Sperber, M Lipcsey, J Jylhävä, M hurme, M Castegren
Comparison of HFOV and conventional ventilation in H1N1 influenza ARDS
S Jog, S Sable, D Patel, N Kapadnis, P Rajhans, P Akole, B Pawar, B Bhurke, M Kothari, S Gururaj
Opening pressures and intratidal opening and closing in ARDS lung
I Algieri, D Chiumello, M Cressoni, A Colombo, G Babini, S Luoni, M Brioni, F Crimella, C Chiurazzi, B Cormini, M Monti
Compliance with protective lung ventilation in an Irish teaching hospital
S Chong, E Moloney, M Donnelly, G Fitzpatrick
Mechanisms underlying the lung-protective effects of FLow- controlled EXpiration
S Schumann, U Goebel, J Haberstroh, J Guttmann
Value of peak flow rates measured during a spontaneous breathing trial to predict success of weaning from mechanical ventilation
K Gundogan, S Baldane, R Coskun, I Bahar, G Altunyurt, H Mumcuoglu, M Guven, M Sungur
Lung ultrasound findings predict weaning failure from mechanical ventilation
AC Pecanha Antonio, P Souza Castro, LF Schulz, J Maccari, R Oliveira, C Teixeira, M Knorst
Fluid balance predicts weaning failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients
AC Pecanha Antonio, M Basso Gazzana, P Souza Castro, M Knorst
Role of the rapid shallow breathing index to predict the success of mechanical ventilator liberation in acute respiratory failure
C Chanpharm, R Bhurayanontachai
Determinants of ventilator weaning outcome in a medical-surgical ICU
G Georgiev, S Milanov, L Todorova, M Matveev
Microbiology and outcomes of severe pneumonia in critically ill cancer patients
L Rabello, J Salluh, M Soares, M Rosolem, V Bogado, I Souza, J Lapa e Silva, L Azevedo
Biomarker-based exclusion of ventilator-associated pneumonia: a multicentre validation study
T Hellyer, J Simpson
Clinical pulmonary infection score calculator in the early diagnosis and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia in the ICU
O Celik, N Koltka, S Devrim, B Sen, M Gura Celik
Validation of the 2005 American Thoracic Society/Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines for ventilator-associated pneumonia: a Japanese multicenter observational study
N Saito, N Shime, K Sugiyama, H Yasuda, K Ishii, Y Masuda, T Kanemura, W Sakamoto, T Hirayu
Surveillance and evaluation of ventilator-associated events as per Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines
M Brown, B Rose
Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal as a bridge to lung transplantation in life-threatening hypercapnia
K Riss, T Staudinger, R Ullrich, GG Krenn, C Sitzwohl, A Bojic, P Wohlfarth, WR Sperr, W Rabitsch, C Aigner, S Taghavi, PW Klepetko, P Schellongowski
Difference in physiological parameters between sitting out of bed into a chair or sitting up on an electric bed in the adult ICU
A Fitzgerald, D Breen
Quantifying sputum production in intensive therapy
C Pope, R Spacie, S Reynolds, H Jones
Outcomes of patients with acute respiratory failure of mixed aetiology treated with non-invasive ventilation in a large teaching hospital critical care unit
MC Faulds, S Lobaz, AJ Glossop
Effect of nasal high flow for postoperative respiratory failure: a prospective observational study
S Okahara, K Shimizu, M Hayashi, H Morimatsu
Inhalation injury and clinical course in major burned patients
S Henrich, TH Rech, IC Warwzeniak, RB Moraes, E Parolo, K Prado, SR Vieira
Severe respiratory failure in multiple trauma patients: extracorporeal support as a salvage therapy - a single-center experience
PB Biderman
Advanced respiratory care techniques in a severe adult respiratory failure unit
D Rafiq, A Needham, R Porter, G Lau
Nebulized Cl-esterase inhibitor treatment does not attenuate pulmonary complement activation in a rat model of severe Streptococcus pneumoniae pneumonia
FM De Beer, GJ Glas, CJ Beurskens, J Horn, MJ Schultz, WK Lagrand
Novel carbon dioxide removal device driven by a renal-replacement system without hemofilter: an experimental approach and validation
T Godet, A Combes, E Zogheib, M Jabaudon, E Futier, J Constantin
Does geography affect referral rates for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in England?
J Barnett
Assessment of an endotracheal tube cleaning closed-suctioning system by micro-computed tomography: preliminary clinical data
A Coppadoro, G Bellani, A Bronco, N Eronia, A Barletta, M Teggia Droghi, R Borsa, M Battistini, S Bramati, L Berra, A Pesenti
Does cost affect endotracheal tube performance?
P Lichtenthal, UB Borg
Tracheostomy in obese patients: the best tube choice issue
L Marullo, G Izzo, A Torino, A D'Elia, L Vessicchio, F Ferraro
Impact of high-flow oxygen therapy delivered through a tracheostomy on arterial blood gases and endotracheal pressure
D Natalini, FA Idone, DL Grieco, L Spaziani, MT Santantonio, F Toni, M Antonelli, SM Maggiore
Development of the novel Tracoe Twist Plus tracheostomy tube
L Barrass, M Healy, D Kennedy, H Drewery
Ability to speak in ventilator-dependent tracheostomized ICU patients
R Bultsma, M Koopmans, M Kuiper, P Egbers
Double-lumen endotracheal tube for percutaneous tracheostomy: in vitro and in vivo preliminary data
M Vargas, G Servillo, A Marra, D Salami, P Pelosi
National survey of ICUs in the UK: discharging patients with tracheostomies
A Garrett, C Strauss, S Saha
Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy in patients with severe coagulopathy or thrombocytopenia
K Pilarczyk, F Dusse, G Marggraf, B Schönfelder, H Jakob
Repeat bedside percutaneous tracheostomy: still a contraindication?
K Pilarczyk, F Dusse, G Marggraf, B Schönfelder, H Jakob
National UK survey: a review of percutaneous tracheostomy and auxiliary subglottic suction port use
J Rees, R McCartney, S Saha, T Wickrama
Is the post-critical care environment safe for tracheostomy patients?
J Siah, S Begum, S Wijayatilake, G De La Cerda, T Jovaisa
Survey on the use of chlorhexidine and toothpaste as part of oral care in UK ICUs
I Kangesan, F Millinchamp, JV Williams, LA Burrows
Effect of subglottic secretion drainage for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia
A Koker, F Gok, I Erayman, A Yosunkaya
Survey of the use and practicalities of subglottic suction drainage in the UK
F Baldwin, R Gray, A Chequers
Intravenous perfluorocarbons increased oxygen delivery/ consumption in ARDS in swine
A Scultetus, A Haque, F Arnaud, G McNamee, L Dickson, C Auker, R McCarron, R Mahon
Prevention of pneumothorax using venovenous ECMO in acute respiratory distress syndrome with emphysematous/cystic changes in the lung
T Otani, S Ohshimo, K Ota, Y Kida, T Inagawa, J Itai, S Yamaga, K Une, Y Iwasaki, N Hirohashi, N Kohno, K Tanigawa
Injurious ventilation has an age-dependent affect on the pulmonary renin-angiotensin system in LPS-challenged rats
LR Schouten, HJ Helmerhorst, GT Wagenaar, AP Bos, MJ Schultz, RM Wösten-van-Asperen
Role of Th1 and Th17 imbalance in acute lung injury mice
J Liu, W Li
Comparison of CD80 level on dendritic cells in acute lung injury mice
J Liu, W Li
Five-year single-centre review of ARDS patients receiving high-frequency oscillatory ventilation
N Pathmanathan, N Smith, V Allgar, R Rao, J Glazebrook, L Gray-Nicholson, A Gratrix
Blocking angiotensin type 1 receptor modulates Thl-mediated and Th17-mediated responses in lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury mice
J Liu, W Li
Echocardiographic guidance for Avalon Elite dual-lumen catheter implantation
D Staudacher, A Schmutz, P Biever, J Kalbhenn, C Bode, T Wengenmayer
Lower airway sampling greatly increases detection of respiratory viruses in critically ill patients: the COURSE study
F Van Someren Gréve, KF Van der Sluijs, NP Juffermans, T Winters, SP Rebers, KD SPVerheul, R Molenkamp, AM Spoelstra-de Man, P Spronk, MD De Jong, MJ Schultz
Risk factors for multi-resistant organisms in sepsis
L Serpa-Pinto, T Cardoso
Infections from MDR strains (K. pneumoniae, P. aeruginosa, A. Baumannii complex) in a multivalent ICU
K Kontopoulou, E Antypa, I Sgouropoulos, G Voloudakis, P Tasioudis, E Antoniadou
Clostridium difficile infection in ICU patients
E Belesiotou, C Routsi, M Nepka, E Magira, P Kaltsas, Z Psaroudaki, E Kraniotaki, A Argyropoulou, T Pittaras, S Zakynthinos
Retrospective observational analysis of the infective risk of arterial lines in a general ICU
M Wylie, M Clark
Risk factors of candidemia in postoperative ICU patients: a prospective study
K Kontopoulou, E Antypa, I Sgouropoulos, N Voloudakis, E Chassou, E Antoniadou
Escherichia coli infection in Polish neonatology ICUs in 2009 to 2012
J Wójkowska-Mach, A Chmielarczyk, D Romaniszyn, E Helwich, R Lauterbach, M Pobiega, M Borszewska-Kornacka, E Gulczyńska, A Kordek
Infection control as a nonpharmacologic strategy for the prevention of healthcare-associated infections in a Ukrainian hospital
Y Nalapko
Surveillance for nosocomial pathogens in our ICU
Y Kawano, H Ishikura, T Nishida, N Matusmoto, H Ohya, M Mizunuma, Y Nakamura, T Umemura
Comparison of multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter and non-Acinetobacter infections in terms of outcome in critically ill patients
A Madaan, V Singh, P Shastri, C Sharma
Candida in the respiratory tract secretions of critically ill patients and the impact of antifungal treatment: a randomized placebocontrolled pilot trial (CANTREAT study)
M Albert, DR Willamson, J Muscedere, F Lauzier, C Rostein, S Kanji, X Jiang, M Hall, DK Heyland
Retrospective analysis of respiratory isolates post out-of-hospital cardiac arrest to establish choices in empirical antibiotic cover
JL Wong, H Harb, K Bamford, A Ramesh, P Patel
Pharmacokinetics of antituberculosis drugs in critically ill patients with tuberculosis and acute respiratory failure
CH Hernandez-Cardenas, GL Lugo-Goytia
Eight-year study of the Staphylococcus epidermidis resistance profile against glycopeptides, oxazolidinones and glycylcyclines in an ICU of a Greek tertiary hospital
A Stylianakis, V Kaldis, D Argyris, D Chatzilia, V Kasouris, F Kalogeropoylos, S Kamariotis, K Daskalakis, S Stratoyli, I Alamanos
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci: eradication using vancomycin?
J Van Prehn, AM Stemerding, HK Van Saene, PE Spronk
Audit of bacteraemia management in a university hospital ICU
V De Santis, MG Gresoiu, A Peter, R Wilson, M Singer
Sepsis: impact of timely and appropriate empirical antibiotic therapy on mortality
L Serpa-Pinto, T Cardoso
Safety and efficacy of amphotericin B inhalation for Candida spp. in the respiratory tract of critically ill patients
P Van der Geest, E Dieters, B Rijnders, J Groeneveld
Inhaled tobramycin for the treatment of nosocomial pneumonia in sepsis
A Kuzovlev, V Moroz, A Goloubev
Sternal wound infections in cardiac surgery: effects of vancomycin prophylaxis
F Ampatzidou, M Sileli, C Koutsogiannidis, A Vlachou, A Baddour, G Drossos
Retrospective analysis of the clinical utility of blood cultures taken surrounding intensive care admission
V Humphrey, M Clark
Employing quality improvement methodology in sepsis: an electronic sepsis order set further improves compliance with the Surviving Sepsis Campaign 3-hour bundle
S Rossi, A Shields, N Gauge, M Kinirons, A Hopper, G Glover, R Beale
Acute kidney injury in cardiorenal syndrome type 1: a meta-analysis
W Vandenberghe, S Gevaert, H Peperstraete, I Herck, J Decruyenaere, E Hoste
Early detection of postoperative acute kidney injury by Doppler renal resistive index in major lung and cardiac operations
M Arslantas, I Cinel, A Kararmaz
Renal resistive index at ICU admission and its change after 24 hours predict acute kidney injury in sepsis
I Gornik, A Godan, V Gašparović
Acute kidney injury and cardiac surgery: impact of fluid balance on AKI classification and prognosis
EM Moore, A Tobin, D Reid, J Santamaria, R Bellomo
Acute kidney injury of all severity is associated with extended hospitalization after critical illness
JR Prowle, I Kolic, J Purdell-Lewis, CJ Kirwan
Early acute kidney injury in nonsepsis, noncardiac surgical patients admitted to a general surgical ICU
KS Kongsayreepong, N Rojanapithayakorn
Impact of kidney function calculation formulae on predicting early adverse renal events in cardiac surgery
M Sileli, F Ampatzidou, S Tsagkaropoulos, K Diplaris, C Koutsogiannidis, G Drosos
Fluid accumulation increases the risk of AKI progression and death in critically ill patients with early AKI
MR Raimundo, S Crichton, Y Syed, J Martin, M Ostermann
Postoperative acute kidney injury in patients with gynecologic malignancies
M Didik, P Zeyneloglu, A Pirat, A Ayhan, Z Kayhan
Acute kidney injury after elective adult cardiac surgery
A Darbar, G Lau, R Porter
Incidence and outcomes of contrast-induced nephropathy in adult ICU patients
S Alderson, S Pillai, A Manoras, J Papanikitas, D Lewis, S McKechnie
Human acute kidney injury is associated with a proinflammatory phenotype
N Gauge, M Varrier, D Boardman, M Hernandez-Fuentes, M Ostermann
Risk factors for the development of contrast-induced nephropathy in ICU patients
S Pillai, S Alderson, A Manoras, J Papanikitas, D Lewis, S McKechnie
Test characteristics of acute kidney injury biomarkers in animal models of sepsis
Z Peng, J Zhang, F Zhou, J Kellum
Perioperative measurement of urinary oxygen tension as a tool in the prevention of acute kidney injury?
L Desteghe, W Boer, Q Swennen, V Pennemans, M Vander Laenen, K Engelen, C De Deyne, F Jans
Postoperative acute kidney injury can be predicted by the novel biomarkers insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 7/tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-2 as early as 6 hours after surgery
I Göcze, R Herzog, M Koch, P Renner, F Zeman, BM Graf, HJ Schlitt, T Bein
Urine TIMP2 × IGFBP7 increases 24 hours before severe AKI
M Ostermann, L Chawla, L Forni, J Kellum
Urinary tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-2 and insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 7 as early biomarkers of acute kidney injury and renal recovery following cardiac surgery
A Zarbock, M Meersch, C Schmidt, S Martens, J Rossaint, K Singbartl, D Görlich, J Kellum, H Van Aken
Urine microscopy score combined with albumin creatinine ratio score improves prediction of future acute kidney injury (AKI) and worsening AKI
JJ Dixon, K Lane, W Fleming-Nouri, H Cheema, P Walker, I MacPhee, B Philips
Resveratrol ameliorates apoptosis induced by contrast medium ioxitalamate in HK-2 human renal proximal tubule cells in vitro
YY Chen, CC Cheng, TC Lin, Huang
Erythropoietin and Protection of Renal function in Cardiac Surgery (EPRICS) trial
A Dardashti
Estimated GFR versus creatinine clearance for evaluation of recovery from acute kidney injury
P Timmermans, J Gunst, G Van den Berghe, M Schetz
Recovery from AKI by KDIGO criteria
D Schrijvers, J Gunst, G Van den Berghe, M Schetz
Incidence and outcomes of acute kidney injury following orthotopic lung transplant: a population-based cohort study
P Fidalgo, M Ahmed, SR Meyer, D Lien, J Weinkauf, FS Cardoso, K Jackson, SM Bagshaw
Fluid accumulation post cardiac surgery and risk for renal replacement therapy
EM Moore, A Tobin, D Reid, J Santamaria, R Bellomo
Recovery of renal function after acute kidney injury requiring continuous renal replacement therapy
HY Jung, KH Kim, SC Park, JY Choi, SH Park, CD Kim, YL Kim, JH Cho
Relation between preoperative use of diuretics and renal replacement therapy after cardiac surgery: a propensity score analysis
E Curiel-Balsera, M Delange van de Kroft, I Macias-Guarasa, R Hinojosa Perez, J Ravina-Sanz, M Garcia-Delgado, R Rivera-Fernandez
Continuous renal replacement therapy (CVVHD) for acute kidney injury in critical care: incidence and outcome across South West Wales
K Brown, M Challis, A Mikhail
Renal replacement therapy in very elderly critical care patients
K Brown, HG Jones
Preventing continuous renal replacement therapies (CRRT)-induced hypophosphatemia using a phosphate-containing CRRT solution in the setting of regional citrate anticoagulation
V Pistolesi, S Morabito, L Tritapepe, E Vitaliano, L Zeppilli, F Polistena, MI Sacco, E Fiaccadori, A Pierucci
Elimination rates of electrolytes, vitamins and trace elements during continuous renal replacement therapy with citrate CVVHD: influence of treatment dose
P Von Freyberg, W Stahl, H Reinelt, K Träger
Evaluation of functional differences between two anticoagulation methods used in continuous renal replacement therapy in critical patients
V Goulão, E Lafuente, J Silva, M Fernandes, F Santos, A Ferreira
Development of key performance indicators for renal replacement therapy in adult intensive care to guide safe and cost-effective therapy
A Fischer, S Finney
Effectiveness of sub-albumin protein leakage membrane EMIC2 in post-cardiac surgery rhabdomyolysis
G Paternoster, A Covino, R Mercorella, C Di Leo, M Calabrese, G Pittella
Myoglobin removal of small-protein leakage membrane (EMIC2) in patients in the ICU: a case series
P Fabbrini, R Rona, M Migliari, M Viganò, A Pesenti, A Stella
Plasma filtration with dialysis (plasma diafiltration) in critically ill patients with acute liver failure
Y Eguchi, H Nakae, T Furuya, M Isono, Y Kishi, T Yoshioka
Efficacy of continuous plasma diafiltration therapy
T Komura, T Taniguchi, T Noda, M Okajima, S Kaneko
Hemodialysis with high cutoff membranes improves tissue perfusion in severe sepsis: preliminary data of the Sepsis in Florence sTudy (SIFT)
G Villa, C Chelazzi, S Valente, AR De Gaudio, S Romagnoli
Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of ciprofloxacin during sustained low-efficiency dialysis
K Olsen, T Plumb, N Reardon, K Bogard, A Branch-Woods, G Peitz
Pharmacokinetics of meropenem during continuous renal replacement therapy in critically ill patients
J Solé Violan, J Ferrer Agüero, B Sádaba, S Sancho, R Zaragoza, P Luque, M Nieto, M López, F García, C Hernández, J Azanza
Impact of ideal versus estimated body weight on haemofiltration dosing in critically ill patients with AKI
F Fischer, A Putignano, C Willars, J Wendon, S Harris, G Auzinger
ICU patients treated with RRT for AKI who have chronic kidney disease have better 1-year outcome compared with patients with better kidney function
W De Corte, V Sergoyne, J Vanhalst, A Dhondt, S Claus, S Oeyen, J Decruyenaere, E Hoste
Long-term outcomes in acute kidney injury patients treated with renal replacement therapy who were alive at hospital discharge
V Sergoyne, W De Corte, J Vanhalst, A Dhondt, S Claus, S Oeyen, J Decruyenaere, E Hoste
Polymyxin B-immobilized fiber hemoperfusion therapy improves sepsis-related immunosuppression
A Kimura, S Ono, S Hiraki, R Takahata, H Tsujimoto, M Kinoshita, S Aosasa, K Hatsuse, D Saitoh, K Hase, J Yamamoto
Endotoxin activity assay and polymyxin B hemoperfusion use in a cohort of critically ill patients
SL Cutuli, G De Pascale, V Alicino, S Cicconi, V Di Gravio, D Silvestri, D Giacobelli, E Gasperin, S Marsili, MS Vallecoccia, M Antonelli
Awakening and Breathing Coordination, Delirium Monitoring and Early Mobility bundle in adult ICU patients: a preliminary cost analysis
G Peitz, K Dvoracek, J Sankaranarayanan, M Balas, K Olsen
An assessment of long-term sleep quality using actigraphy in survivors of critical illness
K Solverson, C Doig
Study to assess whether staff are able to accurately assess sleep quality and quantity in intensive care patients
J Patel, J Baldwin, P Bunting, S Laha
Simplified versus standard EEG to measure the depth of sedation in mechanically ventilated ICU patients
T Suys, P Bouzat, A Rossetti, M Oddo
Implementation of the Behavioural Pain Scale in sedated mechanically ventilated patients in a UK ICU
J Jennings, R Bourne
Haemodynamic effects of clonidine in an ovine model of severe sepsis with septic acute kidney injury
P Calzavacca, Y Lankadeva, L Booth, S Bailey, M Bailey, R Bellomo, CN May
Off-label use of clonidine for sedation in Dutch ICUs
J Van der Valk, M Zeeman, M Arbouw, H Van den Oever
Comparison of dexmedetomidine and propofol for sedation in patients with traumatic brain injury
O Tarabrin, S Shcherbakov, D Gavrychenko, G Mazurenko
Different effects of propofol and dexmedetomidine on preload dependency in endotoxemic shock with norepinephrine infusion: a randomized case-control study
T Yu, C Pan, S Liu, F Guo, F Longhini, Y Yang, H Qiu
Influence of increased intracranial pressure on sevoflurane-fentanyl anesthesia in major abdominal surgery
N Trembach, I Zabolotskikh
Quantifying sedation satisfaction during bronchoscopy using the Bispectral Index
J Palminteri, J Dziodzio, D Seder, J Zuckerman, R Riker
Risk factor of withdrawal syndrome in the paediatric ICU
C Tanaka, N Shimizu, O Staito, M Motomura, I Watanabe
Epidural analgesia reduces perioperative myocardial infarction and all-cause mortality after cardiac surgery: but at least 25 epidural hematomas have already happened
G Landoni, M Greco, I Francesca, D Taddeo, O Saleh, A Belletti, A Putzu, R Lembo, A Zangrillo
Delirium screening, prevention and treatment in the ICU: a systematic review of implementation strategies
Z Trogrlic, M Van der Jagt, J Bakker, MC Balas, EW Ely, PH Van den Voort, E Ista
Effect of enteral and/or parenteral glutamine supplementation on mortality and morbidity in the critically ill
H Sungurtekin, I Ozturk, B Beder, S Serin
Increased threshold for gastric residual volumes and impact on nutrition in the ICU
J Brohan, M Richardson, S O Riain
Early enteral feeding in the septic critically ill patient: evaluation of our feeding protocol
M Theodorakopoulou, I Dimopoulou, S Karambi, A Strilakou, A Diamantakis, S Orfanos, A Armaganidis
A nutritional protocol and personalized support reduce the cumulative caloric deficit of cardiac surgery patients
E De Waele, K De Bondt, J Czapla, J Nijs, D Nguyen, PM Honoré, H Spapen
Vitamin B and C levels of homeless patients who visit the emergency department with alcohol ingestion
HJ Lee, JH Shin, E Kang, J Jung, DK Kim
Acid-base disorders according to the Stewart approach in septic patients
J Szrama, P Smuszkiewicz, I Trojanowska
Changes in urinary electrolytes during acute respiratory acid-base modifications
M Ferrari
Admission hypomagnesemia as a mortality predictor in medical critically ill patients
A Permata Sari, C Pitoyo, D Aditianingsih, C Rumende
Impact of reduced frequency of phosphate testing on detected phosphate levels and phosphate prescription in critical care
D Hepburn, H Roberts, S Zouwail
Effect of albumin and total protein concentration on plasma sodium measurements in the ICU
F Gennart, T Vanwynsberghe, M Nauwynck, M Bourgeois
Main causes of water-electrolyte disturbances in patients with acute brain injury: central diabetes insipidus and cerebral salt wasting syndrome
L Tsentsiper, N Dryagina
Cardiac surgery alters the sensitivity of the dynamic interaction between the pituitary and adrenal glands
B Gibbison, J Walker, G Russell, K Stevenson, Y Kershaw, G Asimakopoulos, GD Angelini, SL Lightman
Melatonin blood values and total antioxidant capacity in critically ill patients
LA D'Amato, G Mistraletti, D Longhi, IR Piva, F Marrazzo, C Villa, M Tozzi, R Paroni, E Finati, G lapichino
Continuous prediction of glucose-level changes using an electronic nose in critically ill patients
JH Leopold, RT Van Hooijdonk, LD Bos, T Winters, PJ Sterk, A Abu-Hanna, MJ Schultz
Evaluation of blood glucose control in ICU patients with Space GlucoseControl: a European study
J Blaha
Evaluation of Symphony CGM, a non-invasive, transdermal continuous glucose monitoring system for use in critically ill patients
J Joseph, M Torjman, J Reich, A Furnary, S Nasraway, M McNamara-Cullinane, D Olson, D Walton
Time-course evaluation of blood glucose changes in response to insulin delivery in critically ill patients
F Bass, S Bird, N Hammond, J Myburgh, S Finfer
Glycaemia and critical care outcomes
M Cecconi, C Ryan, D Dawson, N Di Tomasso, G McAnulty, B Philips, A Rhodes
Continuous monitoring of blood glucose using a fiberoptic-based intravascular sensor during postoperative care in the ICU
M Prasad, P Gopal, G Mannam
First clinical study data from therapeutic use of a novel continuous glucose monitoring system in the ICU
N Scawn, N Coulson, I Kemp, P Candolfi, F Andrews, V Mather, C McGee, J Goldstein
Impact of corticosteroid administration in septic shock on glycemic variability
L Mirea, R Ungureanu, D Pavelescu, IC Grintescu, C Dumitrache, D Mirea, I Grintescu
Blood glucose target in acute phase suggested by the analysis of the relationship between blood glucose profile and the severity of the diseases
M Hoshino, Y Haraguchi, K Oda, S Kajiwara
Anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects of ranolazine on primary cultured astrocytes
FB El Amrani, S Guerra, D Aguirre-Rueda, MD Mauricio, P Marchio, JM Vila, SL Vallés, F Fernández, M Aldasoro
Tuberculous meningitis: a 10-year case analysis of critical care admissions
N Ojukwu, C Talati, S Wijayatilake, G De la Cerda, A Bellini, R Jain
Intrathecal lactate to predict spinal cord ischemia in major abdominal surgery
G Landoni, M Pieri, V Testa, S Silvetti, M Zambon, G Borghi, M Azzolini, AL Di Prima, L Nobile, R Lembo, A Zangrillo
Predictors of ventilatory outcome in cervical spinal injuries
HT Wang, DW Williamson, MA Albert
Evaluation of the ocular microcirculation in brain-dead patients: first step towards a new method of multimodal neuromonitoring?
T Tamosuitis, A Pranskunas, N Balciuniene, V Pilvinis, EC Boerma
External validation of an early warning alert for elevated intracranial pressure in the Avert-IT database
M Beckers, F Güiza, B Depreitere', I Piper, R Donald, G Van den Berghe, G Meyfroidt
New support system using a mobile device for diagnostic image display and treatment of acute stroke in Japanese depopulated areas
T Kageji, H Oka, F Obata, K Tani, H Bando, R Tabata, M Kohno
Effects of cardiac output-guided hemodynamic management on fluid administration after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
B Bergmans, M Egal, J Van Bommel, J Bakker, M Van der Jagt
Effect of transient cerebral ischemia on the expression of receptor for advanced glycation end products in the gerbil hippocampus proper
JH Cho, CW Park, HY Lee, MH Won, JY Lee, DJ Chung
Correlation of thermal Doppler flowmetry and microdialysis values in patients with severe subarachnoid hemorrhage and traumatic brain injury
DC Papadopoulos, P Papamichalis, As Filippidis, D Karangelis, TH Bekiari, KN Fountas, G Vretzakis, KN Paterakis, A Komnos
New look at the 20 mmHg ICP threshold
FG Guiza, BD Depreitere, IP Piper, GV Van den Berghe, GM Meyfroidt
Model of intracranial hypertension of tumor etiology in laboratory rats
AN Kolesnikov, VI Cherniy, KA Kardash, TA Mustafin, VN Stasyuk, IV Koktishev
Arterial-jugular bulb differences in pCO2, lactate, serum sodium and C-reactive protein in neurocritical patients
M Canitrot, S Ugarte
Efficacy of terutroban in preventing delayed cerebral ischemia after subarachnoid hemorrhage: a functional isotope imaging study on a rat model
D Lagier, B Guillet, L Velly, N Bruder, M Alessi
Accuracy of transcranial color-coded duplex sonography in predicting clinical vasospasm and delayed cerebral ischemia in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage
F Di Corte, S Pifferi, L Capuano, S Magnoni, V Conte, F Ortolano, N Stocchetti
Functional MRI examination results in patients with vegetative state: revealing of the Wernicke's area
EA Kondratyeva, SV Diment, SA Kondratyev
Brain death determination in Europe: one condition with too many nuances
IA Crippa, A Bronco, A Vargiolu, G Citerio
What do brain-dead patients ultimately die of?
A Kawasaki, M Hotta, K Mochiduki, N Saito, M Namiki, M Takeda, T Harada, A Yaguchi
Acute and long-term outcomes of ICU-acquired weakness: a cohort study and propensity matched analysis
G Hermans, H Van Mechelen, B Clerckx, T Vanhullenbusch, D Mesotten, A Wilmer, MP Casaer, P Meersseman, Y Debaveye, PJ Wouters, R Gosselink, G Van den Berghe
Early electrophysiological diagnosis of ICU-acquired weakness
L Wieske, C Verhamme, E Witteveen, A Bouwes, MJ Schultz, IN Van Schaik, J Horn
Choosing a cerebral near-infrared spectroscopy system for use in traumatic brain injury: deriving the ideal source detector layout
D Davies, M Clancy, Z Su, H Denghani, A Belli
Single-subject assessment of the distribution of white matter abnormalities measured by diffusion tensor imaging in patients with severe traumatic brain injury
S Magnoni, M Macri, F Stretti, C Mac Donald, R Biffi, E Zanier, A Snyder, J Shimony, N Stocchetti, D Brody
Long-term outcome after severe traumatic brain injury
M Ciapetti, M Migliaccio, A Cecchi, M Bonizzoli, A Peris
Vitamin D level could affect the recovery rate in traumatic brain injury: a retrospective study
FI Socci, S Di Valvasone, A Cecchi, M Bonizzoli, A Terreni, A Peris
Could selected probiotics have beneficial effects on clinical outcome of severe traumatic brain injury patients?
D Pavelescu, L Mirea, I Grintescu
Effect of blood alcohol level on outcome of patients with traumatic brain injury
V Borovni Lesjak, M Strnad, V Vujanovic Popovic, T Pelcl
Long-term outcome prediction using IMPACT and APACHE II in patients with traumatic brain injury treated in the ICU
R Raj, R Kivisaari, J Siironen, M SkrifVars
Validating and comparing the CAM-ICU and the ICDSC in mild and moderate traumatic brain injury patients: a multicenter prospective study
E Bebawi, L Deslauriers, AA Tessier, AJ Frenette, MM Perreault, MS Delisle, JC Bertrand, M Desjardins, F Bernard, P Rico, K Khwaja, L Burry, DR Williamson
Functional status after 3 years in ICU patients with traumatic brain injury
M Delange Van der Kroft, M Arias-Verdú, E Banderas-Bravo, E Curiel-Balsera, A Muñoz-Lopez, J Fernandez-Ortega, R Rivera-Fernandez, M Prieto-Palomino
Demographic profiles and extent of critical care resources utilisation in patients with severe traumatic brain injury: a Tan Tock Seng Hospital National Neuroscience Institute study
J Yang, JZ Wee, CT Chong
Outcome measures in randomized controlled trials of patients with severe traumatic brain injury: a systematic review
G Lalonde', M Shemilt, F Lauzier, P Desjardins, A Boutin, L Moore, D Fergusson, R Zarychanski, A Turgeon
Predicting 6-month mortality of patients with traumatic brain injury: usefulness of common severity scores
MB Skrifvars, R Raj, S Bendel, T Selander, R Kivisaari, J Siironen, M Reinikainen
Work activities after 3-year follow-up in ICU patients with traumatic brain injury
M Arias-Verdu, M Delange Van der Kroft, E Curiel-Balsera, A Muñoz-Lopez, J Fernandez-Ortega, R Rivera-Fernandez, M Prieto-Palomino
Enteral administration of antiepileptic agents could have efficacy for prevention of post-traumatic seizures in severe traumatic brain injury
K Mocjiduki, H Suzuki, A Kawasaki, M Hotta, M Namiki, T Harada, M Takeda, A Yaguchi
Simulation-based education for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and airway management protocols: a brief report of a systematic review and meta-analysis
A Cortegiani, V Russotto, A Naro, G Sanzo, G Grutta, SM Raineri, A Giarratano
Video analysis of cardiopulmonary resuscitation performance of ambulance crews during transportation
H Giga, T Otani, T Sadamori, K Une, Y Kida, K Ota, J Itai, S Yamaga, S Kusunoki, S Ohshimo, Y Iwasaki, N Hirohashi, K Tanigawa
Implementation of the PulsePoint smartphone application for crowd-sourcing bystander resuscitation
SC Brooks, H Worthington, T Gonedalles, B Bobrow, LJ Morrison
Emergency room advanced life support after cardiac arrest: outcomes and survival, nursing care and team response
A Villamor, A Tugas, Y Masguret, M Bayon, P Ceregido
What is the role of head computed tomography in post-resuscitation care?
Y Valzani, A Marudi, S Baroni, G De Grandis, R Stacca, E Bertellini
To see or not to see: does video CPR perform better than telephone CPR?
A Ghuysen, A Delfosse, S Stipulante, A Donneau, V D'Orio
Initial anticoagulation strategy for extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation patients
Y Iwashita, M Matsuduki, M Yukimitsu, K Yokoyama, T Nakata, A Yamamoto, K Ishikura, H Imai
Predictors of poor outcome in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
JE Petrie, S Brett, R Stümpfle
Mean initial cerebral saturation and time to start advanced life support in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: are they correlated?
C Genbrugge, C De Deyne, I Meex, F Jans, W Boer, J Dens
Predicting survival in patients admitted to intensive care following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest using the Prognosis After Resuscitation score
H Davies, A Loosely, S Dolling, R Eve
Post Arrest Consult Team: a knowledge translation strategy for post-cardiac arrest care
SC Brooks, D Scales, K Dainty, S Gray, R Pinto, E Racz, M Gaudio, A Amaral, A Baker, M Chapman, E Crystal, P Dorian, N Fam, R Fowler, J Friedrich, M Madan, G Rubenfeld, O Smith, LJ Morrison
One-year assessment of in-hospital cardiac arrest
M Ahmed, A Kochhar, O Rose
Endovascular hypothermia after cardiac arrest in a Chilean ICU
M Canitrot, S Ugarte
Knowledge and use of therapeutic hypothermia in cardiac arrest victims among healthcare staff in Greece
P Manthou, T Katsoulas, A Korobeli, L Kiriakou, G Fildissis
Induced hypothermia of 33°C does not affect host response compared with maintaining 36°C
C Beurskens, J Horn, E Van Leeuwen, N Juffermans
Derived electromyography is an accurate measure of shivering burden during targeted temperature management
T May, DS Seder, GF Fraser, BM McCrum, CF Hoover, RR Riker
Shivering during targeted temperature management after cardiac arrest: a physiologic description
T May, DS Seder, GF Fraser, CF Hoover, RR Riker, BM McCrum
Temperature management following cardiac arrest: introducing a protocol improves compliance with targets
P Creber, G Talling, M Oram
Factors involved in prolonged effect of neuromuscular blockade in therapeutic hypothermia
H Tanaka, T Mochizuki, S Ode, S Ishimatsu
Serum phosphate concentration during the rewarming period after deep hypothermic circulatory arrest
H Hayami, O Yamaguchi, S Ishida, Y Koide, T Gotoh
Influence of baseline magnesium concentrations on shivering in therapeutic temperature modulation
KL Johnson