Issue 4/2015
Content (28 Articles)
Year in review in Intensive Care Medicine 2014: III. Severe infections, septic shock, healthcare-associated infections, highly resistant bacteria, invasive fungal infections, severe viral infections, Ebola virus disease and paediatrics
Jean-François Timsit, Anders Perner, Jan Bakker, Matteo Bassetti, Dominique Benoit, Maurizio Cecconi, J. Randall Curtis, Gordon S. Doig, Margaret Herridge, Samir Jaber, Michael Joannidis, Laurent Papazian, Mark J. Peters, Pierre Singer, Martin Smith, Marcio Soares, Antoni Torres, Antoine Vieillard-Baron, Giuseppe Citerio, Elie Azoulay
Improving clinical handover between intensive care unit and general ward professionals at intensive care unit discharge
Nelleke van Sluisveld, Gijs Hesselink, Johannes Gerardus van der Hoeven, Gert Westert, Hub Wollersheim, Marieke Zegers
Our paper 20 years later: 1-year survival and 6-month quality of life after intensive care
Maurizia Capuzzo, Margherita Bianconi
Failure of high-flow nasal cannula therapy may delay intubation and increase mortality
Byung Ju Kang, Younsuck Koh, Chae-Man Lim, Jin Won Huh, Seunghee Baek, Myongja Han, Hyun-Suk Seo, Hee Jung Suh, Ga Jin Seo, Eun Young Kim, Sang-Bum Hong
Asynchronies during mechanical ventilation are associated with mortality
Lluís Blanch, Ana Villagra, Bernat Sales, Jaume Montanya, Umberto Lucangelo, Manel Luján, Oscar García-Esquirol, Encarna Chacón, Anna Estruga, Joan C. Oliva, Alberto Hernández-Abadia, Guillermo M. Albaiceta, Enrique Fernández-Mondejar, Rafael Fernández, Josefina Lopez-Aguilar, Jesús Villar, Gastón Murias, Robert M. Kacmarek
Measuring diaphragm thickness with ultrasound in mechanically ventilated patients: feasibility, reproducibility and validity
Ewan C. Goligher, Franco Laghi, Michael E. Detsky, Paulina Farias, Alistair Murray, Deborah Brace, Laurent J. Brochard, Steffen Sebastien-Bolz, Gordon D. Rubenfeld, Brian P. Kavanagh, Niall D. Ferguson
Improving ultrasonic measurement of diaphragmatic excursion after cardiac surgery using the anatomical M-mode: a randomized crossover study
Daniela Pasero, Adrien Koeltz, Rui Placido, Mariana Fontes Lima, Olivia Haun, Mario Rienzo, David Marrache, Romain Pirracchio, Denis Safran, Bernard Cholley
The effect of chronotype on sleepiness, fatigue, and psychomotor vigilance of ICU nurses during the night shift
Laurens Reinke, Yusuf Özbay, Willem Dieperink, Jaap E. Tulleken
Outcome of acute mesenteric ischemia in the intensive care unit: a retrospective, multicenter study of 780 cases
Marc Leone, Carole Bechis, Karine Baumstarck, Alexandre Ouattara, Olivier Collange, Pascal Augustin, Djillali Annane, Charlotte Arbelot, Karim Asehnoune, Olivier Baldési, Simon Bourcier, Laurence Delapierre, Didier Demory, Baptiste Hengy, Carole Ichai, Eric Kipnis, Etienne Brasdefer, Sigismond Lasocki, Matthieu Legrand, Olivier Mimoz, Thomas Rimmelé, Jugurtha Aliane, Pierre-Marie Bertrand, Nicolas Bruder, Fanny Klasen, Emilie Friou, Bruno Lévy, Oriane Martinez, Eric Peytel, Alexandra Piton, Elisa Richter, Kamel Toufik, Marie-Charlotte Vogler, Florent Wallet, Mourad Boufi, Bernard Allaouchiche, Jean-Michel Constantin, Claude Martin, Samir Jaber, Jean-Yves Lefrant
Probiotic prophylaxis to prevent ventilator associated pneumonia (VAP) in children on mechanical ventilation: an open-label randomized controlled trial
Balasubramaniam Banupriya, Niranjan Biswal, Rangan Srinivasaraghavan, Parameswaran Narayanan, Jharna Mandal
Acute brain failure in severe sepsis: a prospective study in the medical intensive care unit utilizing continuous EEG monitoring
Emily J. Gilmore, Nicolas Gaspard, Huimahn A. Choi, Emily Cohen, Kristin M. Burkart, David H. Chong, Jan Claassen, Lawrence J. Hirsch
Chronotypes, night shifts and intensive care
Andrew C. Argent, Julie Benbenishty, Hans Flaatten
The tens of thousands of lives saved by randomized clinical trials in critical care
Gordon S. Doig, Ian Roberts, Rinaldo Bellomo
Ultrasound-guided central venous access: what’s new?
Gregory A. Schmidt, Julien Maizel, Michel Slama
What’s new in post-ICU cognitive impairment?
Mayur B. Patel, Alessandro Morandi, Pratik P. Pandharipande
What’s new in hemorrhagic shock?
Krisztián Tánczos, Márton Németh, Zsolt Molnár
Understanding organ dysfunction in thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Pier Mannuccio Mannucci
Left upper lobe partial anomalous pulmonary venous return
Filippo Boroli, Eva Niyibizi, Karim Bendjelid
Aberrant internal carotid artery: a risky condition for tracheal intubation
Emmanuel Prokopakis, Grigorios Lyronis, Antigoni Kaprana, George Velegrakis
Is gentamicin affecting the neuromuscular system of critically ill patients?
Luuk Wieske, Reinier M. van Hest, Esther Witteveen, Camiel Verhamme, Marcus J. Schultz, Ivo N. van Schaik, Janneke Horn
Incorporation of a hemofilter circuit into venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a novel approach to provide more oxygenation
Zhongheng Zhang, Kun Chen, Hongying Ni, Xiao Xu
What’s really new in the field of vascular access? Towards a global use of ultrasound
Daniele G. Biasucci, Antonio La Greca, Giancarlo Scoppettuolo, Mauro Pittiruti
Erratum to: Measuring diaphragm thickness with ultrasound in mechanically ventilated patients: feasibility, reproducibility and validity
Ewan C. Goligher, Franco Laghi, Michael E. Detsky, Paulina Farias, Alistair Murray, Deborah Brace, Laurent J. Brochard, Steffen-Sebastien Bolz, Gordon D. Rubenfeld, Brian P. Kavanagh, Niall D. Ferguson