Issue 5/2013
Content (129 Articles)
Clinical review: The role of ultrasound in estimating extra-vascular lung water
Murali Shyamsundar, Benjamin Attwood, Liza Keating, Andrew P Walden
Clinical review: The critical care management of the burn patient
Jane A Snell, Ne-Hooi W Loh, Tushar Mahambrey, Kayvan Shokrollahi
Re-thinking resuscitation: leaving blood pressure cosmetics behind and moving forward to permissive hypotension and a tissue perfusion-based approach
Martin W Dünser, Jukka Takala, Andreas Brunauer, Jan Bakker
On sepsis, troponin and vasopressin: the bitter truth
Ilse Gradwohl-Matis, Martin W Dünser
Continuous glucose sensors for glycaemic control in the ICU: have we arrived?
Dieter Mesotten
Optimal blood glucose control in severely burned patients: a long way to go, but one step closer
Lars-Peter Kamolz, Thomas Pieber, Freyja M Smolle-Jüttner, David B Lumenta
Bench-to-bedside review: Future novel diagnostics for sepsis - a systems biology approach
Simon Skibsted, Manoj K Bhasin, William C Aird, Nathan I Shapiro
Induced expression and functional effects of aquaporin-1 in human leukocytes in sepsis
Alice G Vassiliou, Nikolaos A Maniatis, Stylianos E Orfanos, Zafeiria Mastora, Edison Jahaj, Triantafillos Paparountas, Apostolos Armaganidis, Charis Roussos, Vassilis Aidinis, Anastasia Kotanidou
Hypophosphatemia during continuous veno-venous hemofiltration is associated with mortality in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury
Yi Yang, Ping Zhang, Yu Cui, Xia Bing Lang, Jing Yuan, Hua Jiang, Wen Hua Lei, Rong Lv, Yi Ling Zhu, En Yin Lai, Jiang Hua Chen
Is non-operative management safe and effective for all splenic blunt trauma? A systematic review
Roberto Cirocchi, Carlo Boselli, Alessia Corsi, Eriberto Farinella, Chiara Listorti, Stefano Trastulli, Claudio Renzi, Jacopo Desiderio, Alberto Santoro, Lucio Cagini, Amilcare Parisi, Adriano Redler, Giuseppe Noya, Abe Fingerhut
Perioperative goal-directed hemodynamic therapy based on radial arterial pulse pressure variation and continuous cardiac index trending reduces postoperative complications after major abdominal surgery: a multi-center, prospective, randomized study
Cornelie Salzwedel, Jaume Puig, Arne Carstens, Berthold Bein, Zsolt Molnar, Krisztian Kiss, Ayyaz Hussain, Javier Belda, Mikhail Y Kirov, Samir G Sakka, Daniel A Reuter
Characteristics and outcomes of culture-negative versus culture-positive severe sepsis
Jason Phua, Wang Jee Ngerng, Kay Choong See, Chee Kiang Tay, Timothy Kiong, Hui Fang Lim, Mei Ying Chew, Hwee Seng Yip, Adeline Tan, Haji Jamil Khalizah, Rolando Capistrano, Kang Hoe Lee, Amartya Mukhopadhyay
Early treatment with IgM-enriched intravenous immunoglobulin does not mitigate critical illness polyneuropathy and/or myopathy in patients with multiple organ failure and SIRS/sepsis: a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded trial
Richard Brunner, Walter Rinner, Christine Haberler, Reinhard Kitzberger, Thomas Sycha, Harald Herkner, Joanna Warszawska, Christian Madl, Ulrike Holzinger
Long-term survival after intensive care unit discharge in Thailand: a retrospective study
Nantasit Luangasanatip, Maliwan Hongsuwan, Yoel Lubell, Direk Limmathurotsakul, Prapit Teparrukkul, Sirirat Chaowarat, NicholasPJ Day, Nicholas Graves, Ben S Cooper
Survey of controversial issues of end-of-life treatment decisions in Korea: similarities and discrepancies between healthcare professionals and the general public
HoGeol Ryu, Ji-Eun Choi, Sunyoung Lee, Jiwon Koh, Jong-Myon Bae, DaeSeog Heo
Biphasic positive airway pressure minimizes biological impact on lung tissue in mild acute lung injury independent of etiology
Felipe Saddy, Lillian Moraes, Cintia Lourenço Santos, Gisele Pena Oliveira, Fernanda Ferreira Cruz, Marcelo Marcos Morales, Vera Luiza Capelozzi, Marcelo Gama de Abreu, Cristiane Souza Nascimento Baez Garcia, Paolo Pelosi, Patricia Rieken Macêdo Rocco
Video laryngoscopy improves intubation success and reduces esophageal intubations compared to direct laryngoscopy in the medical intensive care unit
Jarrod M Mosier, Sage P Whitmore, John W Bloom, Linda S Snyder, Lisa A Graham, Gordon E Carr, John C Sakles
An investigation of sound levels on intensive care units with reference to the WHO guidelines
Julie L Darbyshire, J Duncan Young
Changes in dental plaque following hospitalisation in a critical care unit: an observational study
Mishal Sachdev, Derren Ready, David Brealey, Jung Hyun Ryu, Georgia Bercades, Janette Nagle, Susana Borja-Boluda, Elisa Agudo, Aviva Petrie, Jean Suvan, Nikos Donos, Mervyn Singer, Ian Needleman
Yield of intermittent versus continuous EEG in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest treated with hypothermia
Vincent Alvarez, Alba Sierra-Marcos, Mauro Oddo, Andrea O Rossetti
Local and systemic innate immune response to secondary human peritonitis
Florence Riché, Etienne Gayat, Corinne Collet, Joaquim Matéo, Marie-Josèphe Laisné, Jean-Marie Launay, Patrice Valleur, Didier Payen, Bernard P Cholley
Pattern of Brain Injury in the Acute Setting of Human Septic Shock
Andrea Polito, Frédéric Eischwald, Anne-Laure Le Maho, Angelo Polito, Eric Azabou, Djillali Annane, Fabrice Chrétien, Robert D Stevens, Robert Carlier, Tarek Sharshar
Critical illness induces nutrient-independent adipogenesis and accumulation of alternatively activated tissue macrophages
Mirna Bastos Marques, Sarah Vander Perre, Annelies Aertgeerts, Sarah Derde, Fabian Güiza, Michael P Casaer, Greet Hermans, Greet Van den Berghe, Lies Langouche
Diagnostic value and prognostic evaluation of Presepsin for sepsis in an emergency department
Bo Liu, Yun-Xia Chen, Qin Yin, Yun-Zhou Zhao, Chun-Sheng Li
Systemic endotoxin activity correlates with clot formation: an observational study in patients with early systemic inflammation and sepsis
Alexander Koch, Michael Isaäc Meesters, Bertram Scheller, Christa Boer, Kai Zacharowski
Effects of prehospital epinephrine during out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with initial non-shockable rhythm: an observational cohort study
Yoshikazu Goto, Tetsuo Maeda, Yumiko Nakatsu Goto
The impact of crystalloidal and colloidal infusion preparations on coronary vascular integrity, interstitial oedema and cardiac performance in isolated hearts
York A Zausig, Daniel Chappell, Bernhard F Becker, Daniel Potschka, Hendrik Busse, Kathrin Nixdorf, Diane Bitzinger, Barbara Jacob, Matthias Jacob
Neutrophils from critically ill septic patients mediate profound loss of endothelial barrier integrity
Elizabeth D Fox, Daithi S Heffernan, William G Cioffi, Jonathan S Reichner
Pro-adrenomedullin, pro-endothelin-1, procalcitonin, C-reactive protein and mortality risk in critically ill children: a prospective study
Corsino Rey, Irene García-Hernández, Andrés Concha, Pablo Martínez-Camblor, Marta Botrán, Alberto Medina, Belén Prieto, Jesús López-Herce
Stress-dose hydrocortisone reduces critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency associated with severe traumatic brain injury in rats
Xin Chen, Zilong Zhao, Yan Chai, Lanlan Luo, Rongcai Jiang, Jingfei Dong, Jianning Zhang
Acute kidney injury: the dilemma of organ failures or just a circular reference?
Anne-Sophie Guilbert, Pierre Tissières
Surviving sepsis bundle compliance: getting the time of the day it deserves
Madhura Borikar, Ashish Tikotekar, Amay Parikh
Learning to apply the pocket ultrasound device on the critically ill: comparing six 'quick-look' signs for quality and prognostic values during initial use by novices
Tuan V Mai, David J Shaw, Stanley A Amundson, Donna L Agan, Bruce J Kimura
Measuring glomerular filtration rate in the intensive care unit: no substitutesplease
Bruce A Molitoris
Predicting treatment failure in severe sepsis and septic shock: looking for the Holy Grail
Juan Carlos Ruiz-Rodríguez, Jordi Rello
3,4-Diaminopyridine may improve neuromuscular block during botulism
Arnaud Friggeri, Frédéric Marçon, Sandra Marciniak, Anne-Sophie Lemaire-Hurtel, Abdoul Aziz Seydi, Nacim Ammenouche, Mélanie Levrard, Yazine Mahjoub, Norik Airapetian, François Tinturier, Michel Petitjean, Hervé Dupont
Lung ventilation strategies and regional lung inflammation
Liming Luan, Antonio Hernandez, Edward R Sherwood
Fallaces sunt rerum species et hominum spes fallunt (appearances are deceptive and betray the hopes of men)
Massimo Meco, Enrico Giustiniano
Critical care rehabilitation trials: the importance of ‘usual care’
Ann Parker, Kian M Tehranchi, Dale M Needham
Adipose tissue alterations in critical illness: a paradox as to patient outcomes
Charles E Wade
Fibrinogen depletion in trauma: early, easy to estimate and central totrauma-induced coagulopathy
Ross Davenport, Karim Brohi
Patient-centered outcomes and trials of hydroxyethyl starch
John Myburgh, Simon Finfer, Rinaldo Bellomo
Long-term mortality after critical care: what is the starting point?
Otavio T Ranzani, Fernando G Zampieri, Marcelo Park, Jorge IF Salluh
The needle in the haystack: searching for biomarkers in acute respiratory distress syndrome
David R Janz, Lorraine B Ware
Nitrogen washout/washin, helium dilution, and computed tomography in the assessment of end-expiratory lung volume
Jean Christophe Richard, Claude Guerin
A protocol guided by transpulmonary thermodilution and lactate levels for resuscitation of patients with severe burns
Mette M Berger, Yok Ai Que
The microbiological and clinical outcome of guide wire exchanged versus newly inserted antimicrobial surface treated central venous catheters
Nisha Parbat, Norelle Sherry, Rinaldo Bellomo, Antoine G Schneider, Neil J Glassford, Paul DR Johnson, Michael Bailey
The subxiphoid view cannot replace the apical view for transthoracic echocardiographic assessment of hemodynamic status
Julien Maizel, Ahmed Salhi, Christophe Tribouilloy, Ziad A Massy, Gabriel Choukroun, Michel Slama
The value of pupillary dilation in pre-emptive analgesia: is there more to this than meets the eye?
Helen C Laycock, Carsten Bantel
Preadmission metformin use and mortality among intensive care patients with diabetes: a cohort study
Christian Fynbo Christiansen, Martin Berg Johansen, Steffen Christensen, James M O’Brien, Else Tønnesen, Henrik Toft Sørensen
Ideal resuscitation pressure for uncontrolled hemorrhagic shock in different ages and sexes of rats
Tao Li, Yu Zhu, Kunlun Tian, Mingying Xue, Xiaoyong Peng, Dan Lan, Liangming Liu
Early propranolol treatment induces lung heme-oxygenase-1, attenuates metabolic dysfunction, and improves survival following experimental sepsis
Joel Wilson, David Higgins, Haley Hutting, Natalie Serkova, Christine Baird, Ludmila Khailova, Kelly Queensland, Zung Vu Tran, Lindsay Weitzel, Paul E Wischmeyer
Feasibility study on full closed-loop control ventilation (IntelliVent-ASV™) in ICU patients with acute respiratory failure: a prospective observational comparative study
Jean-Michel Arnal, Aude Garnero, Dominik Novonti, Didier Demory, Laurent Ducros, Audrey Berric, Stéphane Yannis Donati, Gaëlle Corno, Samir Jaber, Jacques Durand-Gasselin
Even Mild Hyperlactatemia Is Associated with Increased Mortality in Critically Ill Patients
Asgar H Rishu, Raymond Khan, Hasan M Al-Dorzi, Hani M Tamim, Saad Al-Qahtani, Ghassan Al-Ghamdi, Yaseen M Arabi
Body temperature patterns as a predictor of hospital-acquired sepsis in afebrile adult intensive care unit patients: a case-control study
Anne M Drewry, Brian M Fuller, Thomas C Bailey, Richard S Hotchkiss
Skeletal muscle predicts ventilator-free days, ICU-free days, and mortality in elderly ICU patients
Lesley L Moisey, Marina Mourtzakis, Bryan A Cotton, Tahira Premji, Daren K Heyland, Charles E Wade, Eileen Bulger, Rosemary A Kozar
Development and Standardization of a Furosemide Stress Test to Predict the Severity of Acute Kidney Injury
Lakhmir S Chawla, Danielle L Davison, Ermira Brasha-Mitchell, Jay L Koyner, John M Arthur, Andrew D Shaw, James A Tumlin, Sharon A Trevino, Paul L Kimmel, Michael G Seneff
Pleural ultrasonography versus chest radiography for the diagnosis of pneumothorax: review of the literature and meta-analysis
Saadah Alrajab, Asser M Youssef, Nuri I Akkus, Gloria Caldito
Development of the Post Cardiac Surgery (POCAS) prognostic score
Eduardo Tamayo, Inma Fierro, Juan Bustamante-Munguira, María Heredia-Rodríguez, Pablo Jorge-Monjas, Laura Maroto, Esther Gómez-Sánchez, Francisco Jesús Bermejo-Martín, Francisco Javier Álvarez, José Ignacio Gómez-Herreras
Developing an early screening instrument for predicting psychological morbidity after critical illness
Anna Schandl, Matteo Bottai, Elisabeth Hellgren, Orjan Sundin, Peter V Sackey
A prospective longitudinal multicentre study of health related quality of life in ICU survivors with COPD
Johan Berkius, Lars Engerström, Lotti Orwelius, Peter Nordlund, Folke Sjöberg, Mats Fredrikson, Sten M Walther
Blood transfusion for upper gastrointestinal bleeding: is less more again?
Mohammed Al-Jaghbeer, Sachin Yende
Epidemiology of critically ill patients in intensive care units: a population-based observational study
Allan Garland, Kendiss Olafson, Clare D Ramsey, Marina Yogendran, Randall Fransoo
Should hydroxyethyl starch solutions be totally banned?
Jean-Louis Vincent, John A Kellum, Andrew Shaw, Michael G Mythen
Continuous regional arterial infusion for acute pancreatitis: a propensity score analysis using a nationwide administrative database
Tsuyoshi Hamada, Hideo Yasunaga, Yousuke Nakai, Hiroyuki Isayama, Hiromasa Horiguchi, Shinya Matsuda, Kiyohide Fushimi, Kazuhiko Koike
Glycaemic control in Australia and New Zealand before and after the NICE-SUGAR trial: a translational study
Kirsi-Maija Kaukonen, Michael Bailey, David Pilcher, Neil Orford, Simon Finfer, Rinaldo Bellomo
Determinants of helicopter benefit for the transport of severe trauma patients
Thibaut Desmettre, Claire Bonithon-Kopp, Marc Freysz
Nighttime intensivist staffing and the timing of death among ICU decedents: a retrospective cohort study
Lora A Reineck, David J Wallace, Amber E Barnato, Jeremy M Kahn
Variability in protocols on donation after circulatory death in Europe
Jentina Wind, Marloes Faut, Tim C van Smaalen, Ernest LW van Heurn
Prognostic value of admission blood glucose level in patients with and without diabetes mellitus who sustain ST segment elevation myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock
Jeong Hoon Yang, Pil Sang Song, Young Bin Song, Joo-Yong Hahn, Seung-Hyuk Choi, Jin-Ho Choi, Sang Hoon Lee, Myung-Ho Jeong, Young-Jo Kim, Hyeon-Cheol Gwon
The 372 T/C genetic polymorphism of TIMP-1 as a biomarker of mortality in patients with sepsis
Leonardo Lorente, Maria M Martín
The assessment and risk stratification of psychological morbidity in critical care survivors
Joshua LC Wong, Stephen J Brett
Incidence, risk factors and prediction of post-operative acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery for active infective endocarditis: an observational study
Matthieu Legrand, Romain Pirracchio, Anne Rosa, Maya L Petersen, Mark Van der Laan, Jean-Noël Fabiani, Marie-paule Fernandez-gerlinger, Isabelle Podglajen, Denis Safran, Bernard Cholley, Jean-Luc Mainardi
Hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 or hypertonic saline solution to decrease inflammatory response in hemorrhagic shock?
Pierre Esnault, Bertrand Prunet, Jean Cotte, Pierre-Julien Cungi, Audrey Alonso, Ambroise Montcriol
Age of red blood cells and outcome in acute kidney injury
Kirsi-Maija Kaukonen, Suvi T Vaara, Ville Pettilä, Rinaldo Bellomo, Jarno Tuimala, David J Cooper, Tom Krusius, Anne Kuitunen, Matti Reinikainen, Juha Koskenkari, Ari Uusaro
Preliminary results in quantitation of HLA-DRA by real-time PCR: a promising approach to identify immunosuppression in sepsis
Sara Cajander, Anders Bäckman, Elisabet Tina, Kristoffer Strålin, Bo Söderquist, Jan Källman
The adverse effect of emergency department crowding on compliance with the resuscitation bundle in the management of severe sepsis and septic shock
Tae Gun Shin, Ik Joon Jo, Dae Jong Choi, Mun Ju Kang, Kyeongman Jeon, Gee Young Suh, Min Seob Sim, So Yeon Lim, Keun Jeong Song, Yeon Kwon Jeong
Severe burn and disuse in the rat independently adversely impact body composition and adipokines
Charles E Wade, Lisa A Baer, Xiaowu Wu, David T Silliman, Thomas J Walters, Steven E Wolf
Muscle ultrasound for early assessment of critical illness neuromyopathy in severe sepsis
Alexander Grimm, Ulrike Teschner, Christine Porzelius, Katrin Ludewig, Jörg Zielske, Otto W Witte, Frank M Brunkhorst, Hubertus Axer
Clinical predictive value of manual muscle strength testing during critical illness: an observational cohort study
Bronwen A Connolly, Gareth D Jones, Alexandra A Curtis, Patrick B Murphy, Abdel Douiri, Nicholas S Hopkinson, Michael I Polkey, John Moxham, Nicholas Hart
Effect of admission time on mortality in an intensive care unit in Mainland China: a propensity score matching analysis
Min-Jie Ju, Guo-Wei Tu, Yan Han, Hong-Yu He, Yi-Zhou He, Hai-Lei Mao, Zhao-Guang Wu, Yi-Qing Yin, Jian-Feng Luo, Du-Ming Zhu, Zhe Luo, Zhang-Gang Xue
Risk of developing severe sepsis after acute kidney injury: a population-based cohort study
Tai-Shuan Lai, Cheng-Yi Wang, Sung-Ching Pan, Tao-Min Huang, Meng-Chun Lin, Chun-Fu Lai, Che-Hsiung Wu, Vin-Cent Wu, Kuo-Liong Chien
‘Safety by DEFAULT’: introduction and impact of a paediatric ward round checklist
Sanjiv Sharma, Mark J Peters
Nebulised amphotericin B to eradicate Candida colonisation from the respiratory tract in critically ill patients receiving selective digestive decontamination: a cohort study
David SY Ong, Peter MC Klein Klouwenberg, Cristian Spitoni, Marc JM Bonten, Olaf L Cremer
Urinary output and fractional excretion of sodium and urea as indicators of transient versus intrinsic acute kidney injury during early sepsis
Jill Vanmassenhove, Griet Glorieux, Eric Hoste, Annemieke Dhondt, Raymond Vanholder, Wim Van Biesen
Termination-of-resuscitation rule for emergency department physicians treating out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients: an observational cohort study
Yoshikazu Goto, Tetsuo Maeda, Yumiko Nakatsu Goto
Health-related quality of life scores after intensive care are almost equal to those of the normal population: a multicenter observational study
Lotti Orwelius, Mats Fredrikson, Margareta Kristenson, Sten Walther, Folke Sjöberg
Lipopolysaccharide infusion enhances dynamic cerebral autoregulation without affecting cerebral oxygen vasoreactivity in healthy volunteers
Ronan MG Berg, Ronni R Plovsing, Kevin A Evans, Claus B Christiansen, Damian M Bailey, Niels-Henrik Holstein-Rathlou, Kirsten Møller
An automated and standardized neural index to quantify patient-ventilator interaction
Christer Sinderby, Songqiao Liu, Davide Colombo, Gianmaria Camarotta, Arthur S Slutsky, Paolo Navalesi, Jennifer Beck
Eubaric hyperoxia: controversies in the management of acute traumatic brain injury
Pradeep K Narotam
Comparison of cold crystalloid and colloid infusions for induction of therapeutic hypothermia in a porcine model of cardiac arrest
Roman Skulec, Anatolij Truhlar, Zdenek Turek, Renata Parizkova, Pavel Dostal, Shawn Hicks, Christian Lehmann, Vladimir Cerny
Clinical prognostic indicators of dysphagia following prolonged orotracheal intubation in ICU patients
DaniellePedroni Moraes, FernandaChiarion Sassi, LauraDavison Mangilli, Bruno Zilberstein, ClaudiaReginaFurquim de Andrade
Role of calcium desensitization in the treatment of myocardial dysfunction after deep hypothermic circulatory arrest
Alessio Rungatscher, Seth Hallström, Alice Giacomazzi, Daniele Linardi, Elisabetta Milani, Maddalena Tessari, Giovanni Battista Luciani, Tiziano M Scarabelli, Alessandro Mazzucco, Giuseppe Faggian
Fluid balance and cardiac function in septic shock as predictors of hospital mortality
Scott T Micek, Colleen McEvoy, Matthew McKenzie, Nicholas Hampton, Joshua A Doherty, Marin H Kollef
Kinetics of circulating immunoglobulin M in sepsis: relationship with final outcome
Evangelos J Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Efterpi Apostolidou, Malvina Lada, Ioannis Perdios, Nikolaos K Gatselis, Iraklis Tsangaris, Marianna Georgitsi, Magdalini Bristianou, Theodora Kanni, Kalliopi Sereti, Miltiades A Kyprianou, Anastasia Kotanidou, Apostolos Armaganidis
Quality of blood culture testing - a survey in intensive care units and microbiological laboratories across four European countries
Roland PH Schmitz, Peter M Keller, Michael Baier, Stefan Hagel, Mathias W Pletz, Frank M Brunkhorst
Risk factors for intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome among adult intensive care unit patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Jessalyn K Holodinsky, Derek J Roberts, Chad G Ball, Annika Reintam Blaser, Joel Starkopf, David A Zygun, Henry Thomas Stelfox, Manu L Malbrain, Roman C Jaeschke, Andrew W Kirkpatrick
Six-month survival and quality of life of intensive care patients with acute kidney injury
Sara Nisula, Suvi T Vaara, Kirsi-Maija Kaukonen, Matti Reinikainen, Simo-Pekka Koivisto, Outi Inkinen, Meri Poukkanen, Pekka Tiainen, Ville Pettilä, Anna-Maija Korhonen
Suspected ventilator-associated respiratory infection in severely ill patients: a prospective observational study
Jason Shahin, Michael Bielinski, Celine Guichon, Catherine Flemming, Arnold S Kristof
A Cerebral Recovery Index (CRI) for early prognosis in patients after cardiac arrest
Marleen C Tjepkema-Cloostermans, Fokke B van Meulen, Gjerrit Meinsma, Michel JAM van Putten
Small bowel feeding versus gastric feeding in critically ill adults: more attention should be paid to specific populations
Wan-Jie Gu, Jing-Chen Liu
Biomarkers of lung epithelial injury and inflammation distinguish severe sepsis patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome
Lorraine B Ware, Tatsuki Koyama, Zhiguo Zhao, David R Janz, Nancy Wickersham, Gordon R Bernard, Addison K May, Carolyn S Calfee, Michael A Matthay
Effect of erythropoietin on the incidence of acute kidney injury following complex valvular heart surgery: a double blind, randomized clinical trial of efficacy and safety
Ji-Ho Kim, Jae-Kwang Shim, Jong-Wook Song, Young Song, Hye-Bin Kim, Young-Lan Kwak
Procalcitonin biomarker kinetics fails to predict treatment response in perioperative abdominal infection with septic shock
Boris Jung, Nicolas Molinari, Mourad Nasri, Zied Hajjej, Gerald Chanques, Helene Jean-Pierre, Fabrizio Panaro, Samir Jaber
Randomized controlled trials in pediatric critical care: a scoping review
Mark Duffett, Karen Choong, Lisa Hartling, Kusum Menon, Lehana Thabane, Deborah J Cook
Outcome and quality of life in patients with postoperative delirium during an ICU stay following major surgery
Fernando J Abelha, Clara Luís, Dalila Veiga, Daniela Parente, Vera Fernandes, Patrícia Santos, Miguela Botelho, Alice Santos, Cristina Santos
Death after percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy: a systematic review and analysis of risk factors
Marcel Simon, Maria Metschke, Stephan A Braune, Klaus Püschel, Stefan Kluge
Early diagnosis of sepsis-related hepatic dysfunction and its prognostic impact on survival: a prospective study with the LiMAx test
Magnus F Kaffarnik, Johan F Lock, Hannah Vetter, Navid Ahmadi, Christian Lojewski, Maciej Malinowski, Peter Neuhaus, Martin Stockmann
Better lactate clearance associated with good neurologic outcome in survivors who treated with therapeutic hypothermia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Tae Rim Lee, Mun Ju Kang, Won Chul Cha, Tae Gun Shin, Min Seob Sim, Ik Joon Jo, Keun Jeong Song, Yeon Kwon Jeong, Jun Hwi Cho
Short-term effects of noisy pressure support ventilation in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure
Peter M Spieth, Andreas Güldner, Robert Huhle, Alessandro Beda, Thomas Bluth, Dierk Schreiter, Max Ragaller, Birgit Gottschlich, Thomas Kiss, Samir Jaber, Paolo Pelosi, Thea Koch, Marcelo Gama de Abreu
High fat feeding promotes obesity and renal inflammation and protects against post cardiopulmonary bypass acute kidney injury in swine
Philippa Sleeman, Nishith N Patel, Hua Lin, Graham J Walkden, Paramita Ray, Gavin I Welsh, Simon C Satchell, Gavin J Murphy
Serum activin A and B levels predict outcome in patients with acute respiratory failure: a prospective cohort study
David Morritz de Kretser, Jonathan Guy Bensley, Ville Pettilä, Rita Linko, Mark Peter Hedger, Susan Hayward, Carolyn Anne Allan, Robert Ian McLachlan, Helen Ludlow, David James Phillips
Metabolic changes in cardiomyocytes during sepsis
James J Douglas, Keith R Walley
Is prolonged mechanical ventilation of cancer patients futile?
Anne-Claire Toffart, Jean-François Timsit
Unrevealing culture-negative severe sepsis
Nicolas de Prost, Keyvan Razazi, Christian Brun-Buisson