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Intensive Care Medicine

Issue 1/2001

Content (62 Articles)

Editorial

Aerosolized β2-agonists in the intensive care unit: just do it

Torsten T. Bauer, Antoni Torres

Editorial

Selenium and the “free“ electron

X. Forceville

Original

Pattern of spontaneous breathing: potential marker for weaning outcome

M. El-Khatib, G. Jamaleddine, R. Soubra, M. Muallem

Original

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: benefits of intensive care?

Pierre A. Bulpa, Alain M. Dive, Maria-Grazia Garrino, Monique A. Delos, Manuel R. Gonzalez, Patrick A. Evrard, Youri Glupczynski, Etienne J. Installé

Original

Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori infection in stress-induced gastric mucosal injury

Peter H.J. van der Voort, René W.M. van der Hulst, Durk F. Zandstra, Alfons A.M. Geraedts, Arie van der Ende, Guido N.J. Tytgat

ORIGINAL

Base excess and lactate as prognostic indicators for patients admitted to intensive care

I. Smith, P. Kumar, S. Molloy, A. Rhodes, P. J. Newman, R. M. Grounds, E. D. Bennett

Original

Plasma glutamine depletion and patient outcome in acute ICU admissions

H.M. Oudemans-van Straaten, R.J. Bosman, M. Treskes, H.J.I. van der Spoel, D.F. Zandstra

Original

Influence of selenium supplements on the post-traumatic alterations of the thyroid axis: a placebo-controlled trial

M. Berger, M. Reymond, A. Shenkin, F. Rey, C. Wardle, C. Cayeux, C. Schindler, R. Chioléro

Original

Daily classification of the level of care. A method to describe clinical course of illness, use of resources and quality of intensive care assistance

Gaetano Iapichino, Danilo Radrizzani, Guido Bertolini, Luca Ferla, Gianni Pasetti, Angelo Pezzi, Francesca Porta, Dinis Reis Miranda

Original

Human errors in a multidisciplinary intensive care unit: a 1-year prospective study

David Bracco, Jean-Baptiste Favre, Bruno Bissonnette, Jean-Blaise Wasserfallen, Jean-Pierre Revelly, Patrick Ravussin, René Chioléro

Original

A cost-effectiveness analysis of stays in intensive care units

M. Sznajder, P. Aegerter, R. Launois, Y. Merliere, B. Guidet, V. CubRea

Original

Changes in quality of life after medical intensive care

Markus Wehler, Peter Martus, Armin Geise, Alexandra Bost, Andreas Mueller, Eckhart Georg Hahn, Richard Strauss

Original

Needs of relatives of critical care patients: perceptions of relatives, physicians and nurses

P. Bijttebier, S. Vanoost, D. Delva, P. Ferdinande, E. Frans

ESICM Statement

Health informatics

Michael Imhoff, Andrew Webb, Andreas Goldschmidt on behalf of the ESICM

Neonatal And Pediatric Intensive Care

Intracatheter nitroglycerin infusion fails to prevent catheter-related venous thrombosis: a randomized, controlled trial

Brian R. Jacobs, Lori L. Barr, Richard J. Brilli, Kim A. Lyons, Hector R. Wong

Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care

Capillary leak syndrome in children who undergo cardiopulmonary bypass: clinical outcome in comparison with complement activation and C1 inhibitor

Brigitte Stiller, Josef Sonntag, Ingo Dähnert, Vladimir Alexi-Meskishvili, Roland Hetzer, Thomas Fischer, Peter E. Lange

Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care

Are transoesophageal Doppler parameters a reliable guide to paediatric haemodynamic status and fluid management?

S.M. Tibby, M. Hatherill, A. Durward, I.A. Murdoch

Neonatal and pediatric intensive care

Low-dose dopamine in neonatal and pediatric intensive care: a systematic review

Ingrid Prins, Frans B. Plötz, Cuno S.P.M Uiterwaal, Hans J. van Vught

Neonatal and pediatric intensive care

Comparison of procalcitonin with C-reactive protein and serum amyloid for the early diagnosis of bacterial sepsis in critically ill neonates and children

Alfredo Enguix, Corsino Rey, Andrés Concha, Alberto Medina, Daniel Coto, María Angeles Diéguez

Neonatal And Pediatric Intensive Care

In vitro validation of a metabolic monitor for gas exchange measurements in ventilated neonates

M. Behrends, M. Kernbach, A. Bräuer, U. Braun, J. Peters, W. Weyland

Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care

Survey of the use of intracranial pressure monitoring in children in the United Kingdom

S. Segal, A.C. Gallagher, A.G. Shefler, S. Crawford, P. Richards

Brief Report

Misplacement of a femoral venous catheter into the ascending lumbar vein: repositioning using ultrasonographic guidance

Enrique Carrion, James H. Hertzog, Andrew W. Gunter, Tie Lu, Cullen Ruff, Gabriel J. Hauser

Experimental

Inhibition of lung phosphodiesterase improves responsiveness to inhaled nitric oxide in isolated-perfused lungs from rats challenged with endotoxin

Alexandra Holzmann, Claire Manktelow, Jörg Weimann, Kenneth D. Bloch, Warren M. Zapol

Experimental

Reduction in intestinal leukocyte adherence in rat experimental endotoxemia by treatment with the 21-aminosteroid U-74389G

Christian Lehmann, Alexander Georgiew, Mathias Weber, Jürgen Birnbaum, Wolfgang J. Kox

Experimental

Effects of magnesium sulfate on tissue lactate and malondialdehyde levels in experimental head trauma

M.E. Üstün, M. Gürbilek, A. Ak, H. Vatansev, A. Duman

Experimental

The effect of hypoxemic reperfusion on cerebral protection after a severe global ischemic brain insult

E.E. Douzinas, I. Andrianakis, M.T. Pitaridis, D.J. Karmpaliotis, E.M. Kypriades, A. Betsou, Y. Gratsias, C. Sotiropoulou, A. Papalois, C. Roussos

Experimental

Response of neonatal platelets to nitric oxide in vitro

Didier Keh, Irit Kürer, Joachim W. Dudenhausen, Wiebke Woltmann, Konrad J. Falke, Herwig Gerlach

Technique

Infusion pump performance with vertical displacement: effect of syringe pump and assembly type

T.A. Neff, J.E. Fischer, G. Schulz, O. Baenziger, M. Weiss

Brief Report

Comparative clinical trial of progressive dilatational and forceps dilatational tracheostomy

L.W.E. Van Heurn, W.B.J. Mastboom, C.I.E. Scheeren, P.R.G. Brink, G. Ramsay

Brief Report

Changing patterns of airway accidents in intubated ICU patients

F.N. Kapadia, K.B. Bajan, S. Singh, B. Mathew, A. Nath, S. Wadkar

Brief Report

The internal jugular veins are asymmetric. Usefulness of ultrasound before catheterization

D. Lichtenstein, R. Saïfi, R. Augarde, S. Prin, J.M. Schmitt, B. Page, I. Pipien, F. Jardin

Brief Report

Peripartum cardiomyopathy: a case series

Manuel Ruiz-Bailén, Asunción López-Martínez, José Ángel Ramos-Cuadra, Miguel Ángel Díaz-Castellanos, Antonio Cárdenas-Cruz, Manuel Rodríguez-Elvira, Ángel Montiel-Trujillo

Brief Report

Delayed diagnosis of disseminated strongyloidiasis

Richard Hughes, Glenn McGuire

Current Topics

Gastric tonometry

B. Vallet, G. Lebuffe, E. Robin

Book Review

S. L. Cohen

Correspondence

About the rationale of the insertion of a Heimlich valve in the thoracostomy circuit in newborn infants and small children

H. Devlieger, C. Vanhole, A. Debeer, V. Cossey, K. Allegaert, G. Naulaers

Correspondence

Use of the Blue Rhino tracheostomy set for emergency airway management

Erwan L–her, David Goetghebeur, Abdhalia Boumedienne, Anne Renault, Jean-Michel Boles

Correspondence

Right-to-left interatrial shunt secondary to right ventricular myocardial infarction: a novel therapeutic approach

J. Azpitarte, J. Sánchez-Ramos, M. Colmenero, J. A. Romero, M. A. Fernández, T. Moreno

Correspondence

Acute respiratory failure after re-expansion pulmonary oedema localised to a lobe

B. Tremey, J. Guglielminotti, A. Belkacem, E. Maury, G. Offenstadt

Correspondence

Lethal heart failure caused by aluminium phosphide poisoning

P. Alter, W. Grimm, B. Maisch

Correspondence

Reversible myocardial dysfunction after exertional heat stroke

J.-M. Rousseau, T. Villevieille, E. Schiano, J.-E. Lévecque, I. Rouquette, L. Brinquin

Correspondence

Belching and the development of Boerhaave’s syndrome

Peter E. Spronk, Albert Beishuizen, Ben van der Hoven

Correspondence

An idiopathic total gastric necrosis

Frédéric Vargas, Gilles Hilbert, Ruddy Valentino, Didier Gruson, Georges Gbikpi-Benissan, Jean Pierre Cardinaud, Hélène L’Hostis

Correspondence

An intermediate syndrome after parathion poisoning

Ahmet Can Senel, Hülya Ulusoy, Nesrin Erciyes