Intensive Care Medicine

Let's open the door!

H. Burchardi

A multicenter survey of visiting policies in French intensive care units

Philippe Quinio, Christophe Savry, Arnaud Deghelt, Matthieu Guilloux, Jean Catineau, Anne de Tinténiac

Plasmapheresis in severe sepsis and septic shock: a prospective, randomised, controlled trial

Rolf Busund, Vladimir Koukline, Uri Utrobin, Edvard Nedashkovsky

Blood alcohol concentration for monitoring ethanol treatment to prevent alcohol withdrawal in the intensive care unit

Verena Eggers, Joke Tio, Tim Neumann, Fritz Pragst, Christian Müller, Lutz G. Schmidt, Wolfgang J. Kox, Claudia D. Spies

Is there a role for plasmapheresis/plasma exchange therapy in septic shock, MODS, and thrombocytopenia-associated multiple organ failure? We still do not know – but perhaps we are closer

Joseph A. Carcillo, John A. Kellum

Direct costs of severe sepsis in three German intensive care units based on retrospective electronic patient record analysis of resource use

Onnen Moerer, Alexandra Schmid, Michael Hofmann, Anja Herklotz, Konrad Reinhart, Karl Werdan, Heinz Schneider, Hilmar Burchardi

Disseminated histoplasmosis in Switzerland: an unexpected cause of septic shock and multiple organ dysfunction

Matthias Cavassini, Mattia Lepori, Audrey Baur, Jacques Bille, Marie-Denise Schaller, Oscar Marchetti

Norepinephrine-induced hyperglycemia does not increase cortical lactate in brain-injured rats

John F. Stover, Oliver W. Sakowitz, Ulrich W. Thomale, Stefan N. Kroppenstedt, Andreas W. Unterberg

Inhibition of human neutrophil chemotaxis toward interleukin 8 with six clinical antithrombin concentrates in vitro

Nicole C. Kaneider, Andrea Rabensteiner, Christina M. Reinisch, Stefan Dunzendorfer, Christian J. Wiedermann

Intermittent versus continuous renal replacement therapy for acute renal failure in intensive care units: results from a multicenter prospective epidemiological survey

Claude Guérin, Raphaele Girard, Jean Selli, Louis Ayzac

Assessment of former ICU patients' quality of life: comparison of different quality-of-life measures

Sonia Frick, Dominik E. Uehlinger, Regula M. Zürcher Zenklusen

Acute lactic acidosis with Wernicke's encephalopathy due to acute thiamine deficiency

K. Chadda, B. Raynard, S. Antoun, M. Thyrault, G. Nitenberg

A standardisation of the ventilator terminology is needed

S. Harboe

Intrinsic (or auto-) PEEP during controlled mechanical ventilation

Laurent Brochard

Early versus delayed surfactant administration in extremely premature neonates with respiratory distress syndrome ventilated by high-frequency oscillatory ventilation

Richard Plavka, Pavel Kopecký, Václav Sebroň, Alena Leiská, Petr Švihovec, Josef Ruffer, Milena Dokoupilová, Blanka Zlatohlávková, Vlastimil Januš, Martin Keszler

Effects of spontaneous breathing during airway pressure release ventilation on renal perfusion and function in patients with acute lung injury

Rudolf Hering, Doris Peters, Jörg Zinserling, Hermann Wrigge, Tilman von Spiegel, Christian Putensen

Citrate anticoagulation in continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration: a metabolic challenge

Luca Gabutti, Claudio Marone, Giuseppe Colucci, Francesca Duchini, Carlo Schönholzer

Effect of centre-, patient- and procedure-related factors on intensive care resource utilisation after cardiac surgery

Andrea Lassnigg, Michael Hiesmayr, Peter Bauer, Markus Haisjackl

Cryptococcal meningitis in a patient with systemic immunosuppression 13 years after liver transplantation

Wieland Hermann, Peter Günther, Jörg Berrouschot, Hans-Joachim Kühn, Armin Wagner

A multidisciplinary quality management system for the early treatment of severely injured patients: implementation and results in two trauma centers

Steffen Ruchholtz, Christian Waydhas, Ulrike Lewan, Karl Piepenbrink, Dietmar Stolke, Jörg Debatin, Leonhard Schweiberer, Dieter Nast-Kolb

Evaluation of a noninvasive method for cardiac output measurement in critical care patients

Gastón E. Murias, Ana Villagrá, Sara Vatua, Maria del Mar Fernandez, Héctor Solar, Ana Ochagavía, Rafael Fernández, Josefina Aguilar, Pablo V. Romero, Lluis Blanch

Pressure ulcers in intensive care patients: a review of risks and prevention

Paul B. Keller, Jan Wille, Bert van Ramshorst, Christian van der Werken

October 2002

RETRACTED ARTICLE: Prophylactic use of the phospodiesterase III inhibitor enoximone in elderly cardiac surgery patients: effect on hemodynamics, inflammation, and markers of organ function

Joachim Boldt, Christian Brosch, Stefan Suttner, Sven N. Piper, Andreas Lehmann, Christiane Werling