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Intensive Care Medicine

Issue 12/2001

Content (22 Articles)

Original

Cost-effectiveness of urinary dipsticks to screen asymptomatic catheter-associated urinary infections in an intensive care unit

Edgar Tissot, Marie-Christine Woronoff-Lemsi, Christian Cornette, Patrick Plesiat, Micheline Jacquet, Gilles Capellier

Original

CD64 surface expression on neutrophils is transiently upregulated in patients with septic shock

Guenther Fischer, Elisabeth Schneider, Lyle L. Moldawer, Christian Karcher, Eberhard Barth, Heidemarie Suger-Wiedeck, Michael Georgieff, Manfred Weiss

Original

Activation of the fibrinolytic system and utilization of the coagulation inhibitors in sepsis: comparison with severe sepsis and septic shock

Antonis C. Mavrommatis, Thodoris Theodoridis, Michael Economou, Anastasia Kotanidou, Mahmoud El Ali, Vana Christopoulou-Kokkinou, Spyros G. Zakynthinos

Original

Independent lung ventilation in patients with unilateral pulmonary contusion. Monitoring with compliance and EtCO2

G. Cinnella, M. Dambrosio, N. Brienza, R. Giuliani, F. Bruno, T. Fiore, A. Brienza

Original

Reintubation after planned extubation in surgical ICU patients: a case-control study

Hervé Dupont, Yves Le Port, Catherine Paugam-Burtz, Jean Mantz, Jean Desmonts

Original

Daily changes of the area of density in the dependent lung region – evaluation using transesophageal echocardiography

Toshihito Tsubo, Yuichi Yatsu, Akiko Suzuki, Tsutomu Iwakawa, Hirobumi Okawa, Hironori Ishihara, Akitomo Matsuki

Original

Mask mechanics and leak dynamics during noninvasive pressure support ventilation: a bench study

Guilherme Schettino, Mauro Tucci, Rogério Sousa, Carmen Barbas, Marcelo Amato, Carlos Carvalho

Original

The impact of delirium in the intensive care unit on hospital length of stay

E. Ely, S. Gautam, R. Margolin, J. Francis, L. May, T. Speroff, B. Truman, R. Dittus, G. Bernard, S. Inouye

Original

Using the EuroQol-5D to measure changes in quality of life 12 months after discharge from an intensive care unit

X. Badia, A. Diaz-Prieto, M. Gorriz, M. Herdman, H. Torrado, E. Farrero, J. Cavanilles

Original

Endocrine effects of dopexamine vs. dopamine in high-risk surgical patients

Thomas Schilling, Christof M. Strang, Lutz Wilhelm, Klaus-Uwe Möritz, Werner Siegmund, Matthias Gründling, Thomas Hachenberg

Experimental

Gut luminal lactate release during gradual intestinal ischemia

Jyrki J. Tenhunen, Stephan M. Jakob, Jukka A. Takala

Experimental

Effects of hemorrhage on gastrointestinal oxygenation

Arnaldo Dubin, Elisa Estenssoro, Gastón Murias, Héctor Canales, Pablo Sottile, Julio Badie, Marcelo Barán, Fernando Pálizas, Mercedes Laporte, Mariana Rivas Díaz

Experimental

"Ideal PEEP" is superior to high dose partial liquid ventilation with low PEEP in experimental acute lung injury

Steffen Wolf, Hansjoerg Lohbrunner, Thilo Busch, Maria Deja, Steffen Weber-Carstens, Bernd Donaubauer, Anja Sterner-Kock, Udo Kaisers

Brief Report

Responsiveness to intravenous administration of salbutamol in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with acute respiratory failure

Carlo A. Volta, Raffaele Alvisi, Elisabetta Marangoni, Ermino R. Righini, Marco Verri, Riccardo Ragazzi, Valentina Alvisi, Enrico Ferri, Joseph Milic-Emili

Brief Report

Uremic pericarditis with tamponade following prolonged continuous hemofiltration

Epaminondas Zakynthinos, Theodoros Vassilakopoulos, Panagiotis Politis, Zoi Daniil, Charis Roussos, Spyros G. Zakynthinos

Brief Report

A man with "bizarre" soft tissue infection of the thighs

K. Chadda, D. Annane, R. Carlier, B. Clair, V. Scetbon, P. Gajdos

Correspondence

Fatal hyperammonemic coma caused by ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency in a woman

Thomas Perpoint, Laurent Argaud, Quentin Blanc, Dominique Robert