Issue 10/2015
Content (31 Articles)
Pros and cons of using biomarkers versus clinical decisions in start and stop decisions for antibiotics in the critical care setting
Werner C. Albrich, Stephan Harbarth
Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a systematic review
Michael C. Sklar, Francois Beloncle, Christina M. Katsios, Laurent Brochard, Jan O. Friedrich
Respective impact of no escalation of treatment, withholding and withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment on ICU patients’ prognosis: a multicenter study of the Outcomerea Research Group
Alexandre Lautrette, Maïté Garrouste-Orgeas, Pierre-Marie Bertrand, Dany Goldgran-Toledano, Samir Jamali, Virginie Laurent, Laurent Argaud, Carole Schwebel, Bruno Mourvillier, Michaël Darmon, Stéphane Ruckly, Anne-Sylvie Dumenil, Virginie Lemiale, Bertrand Souweine, Jean-François Timsit
A novel pump-driven veno-venous gas exchange system during extracorporeal CO2-removal
Alexander Hermann, Katharina Riss, Peter Schellongowski, Andja Bojic, Philipp Wohlfarth, Oliver Robak, Wolfgang R. Sperr, Thomas Staudinger
Effect of a quality improvement program on weaning from mechanical ventilation: a cluster randomized trial
Bo Zhu, Zhiqiang Li, Li Jiang, Bin Du, Qi Jiang, Meiping Wang, Ran Lou, Xiuming Xi
Left ventricular global longitudinal strain is independently associated with mortality in septic shock patients
Wei-Ting Chang, Wen-Huang Lee, Wei-Ting Lee, Po-Sheng Chen, Yu-Ru Su, Ping-Yen Liu, Yen-Wen Liu, Wei-Chuan Tsai
Respective impact of lowering body temperature and heart rate on mortality in septic shock: mediation analysis of a randomized trial
Frédérique Schortgen, Anaïs Charles-Nelson, Lila Bouadma, Geoffray Bizouard, Laurent Brochard, Sandrine Katsahian
Regional variation in critical care provision and outcome after high-risk surgery
Michael A. Gillies, G. Sarah Power, David A. Harrison, Andrew Fleming, Brian Cook, Timothy S. Walsh, Rupert M. Pearse, Kathryn M. Rowan
Ten false beliefs about cortisol in critically ill patients
Balasubramanian Venkatesh, Jeremy Cohen, Mark Cooper
Ten strategies to increase survival of cardiac arrest patients
Alain Cariou, Jerry P. Nolan, Kjetil Sunde
Understanding the Russell equation and projection estimates to describe critical care costs in the USA
Neil A. Halpern, Stephen M. Pastores
Early thrombus formation on a pulmonary artery catheter
Matteo Parotto, Marjan Jariani, Duminda Wijeysundera, Massimiliano Meineri
Prone positioning induced hepatic necrosis after liver transplantation
Nicolas De Schryver, Diego Castanares-Zapatero, Pierre-François Laterre, Xavier Wittebole
Acute ruptured mycotic aneurysm mimicking myocardial tumor with ST elevation myocardial infarction
Wei-Ting Chang, Nan-Haw Chow, Yi-Shan Tsai, Chih-Chan Lin
Sounding board: is mandatory recovery of organs for transplantation acceptable?
Erwin J. O. Kompanje, Yorick J. de Groot
Should cost considerations be included in medical decisions? Not so sure…
Maurizia Capuzzo, Andrew Rhodes
From weaning theory to practice: implementation of a quality improvement program in ICU
Audrey De Jong, Samir Jaber
Global longitudinal strain in septic cardiomyopathy: the hidden part of the iceberg?
Philippe Vignon, Stephen J. Huang
Unraveling the myriad contributors to persistent diminished exercise capacity after critical illness
Nicola Latronico, Margaret S. Herridge
Measuring acute kidney injury around the world: are we using the right thermometer (and adequately)?
Miet Schetz, Michael Darmon
Effects of propofol on diaphragmatic electrical activity in mechanically ventilated pediatric patients
Angela Amigoni, Giorgia Rizzi, Antuan Divisic, Luca Brugnaro, Giorgio Conti, Andrea Pettenazzo
Early lactate clearance-guided therapy in patients with sepsis: a meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis of randomized controlled trials
Wan-Jie Gu, Zhongheng Zhang, Jan Bakker
Associations between dynamics of the blood glucose level after hypoglycemia and intensive care unit mortality: a retrospective multicenter study
Roosmarijn T. M. van Hooijdonk, Jan M. Binnekade, Ameen Abu–Hanna, Floris van Braam Houckgeest, Lieuwe S. Hofstra, Janneke Horn, Michael A. Kuiper, Nicole P. Juffermans, Huub L. A. van den Oever, Johannes P. van der Sluijs, Peter E. Spronk, Marcus J. Schultz
Prolonged extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and lung transplantation for isolated pulmonary anti-GBM (Goodpasture) disease
Antoine Legras, Pierre Mordant, Nicolas Brechot, Alain Bel, Véronique Boussaud, Romain Guillemain, Bernard Cholley, Laure Gibault, Françoise Le Pimpec-Barthes, Alain Combes
EEG utilization in the medical/surgical ICU: a single centre prospective observational study
Andrea Park, J. Gordon Boyd
Incidence and impact outcome of hyperglycaemia in severe scorpion envenomed children requiring intensive care admission
Kamilia Chtara, Mabrouk Bahloul, Olfa Turki, Najeh Baccouche, Kais Regaieg, Chokri Ben Hamida, Hedi Chelly, Imen Chabchoub, Anis Chaari, Mounir Bouaziz
Understanding the benefits and harms of oxygen therapy: response to comments by Akca
Pierre Asfar, Mervyn Singer, Peter Radermacher