Intensive Care Medicine

Does an analysis of exhaled air indicate the metabolic state of critically ill patients?

U. Börner, M. Klimek

Opioids and the cardiovascular responses to haemorrhage and injury

R. A. Little, E. Kirkman, M. Ohnishi

Application of a new method for analysis of exhaled gas in critically ill patients

J. K. Schubert, W. P. E. Müller, A. Benzing, K. Geiger

Oxygen tolerance in patients with acute respiratory failure

G. Capellier, P. Beuret, G. Clement, F. Depardieu, C. Ract, J. Regnard, D. Robert, F. Barale

Transesophageal echocardiography for the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism with acute cor pulmonale: a comparison with radiological procedures

A. Vieillard-Baron, S. D. Qanadli, Y. Antakly, T. Fourme, Y. Loubières, F. Jardin, O. Dubourg

Elevation of serum human hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) level in patients with pneumonectomy during a perioperative period

K. Sugahara, M. Matsumoto, T. Baba, T. Nakamura, T. Kawamoto

Prognostic importance of gram-negative intestinal colonization preceding pancreatic infection in severe acute pancreatitis

E. J. T. Luiten, W. C. J. Hop, H. P. Endtz, H. A. Bruining

A standardized neurosurgical/neurointensive therapy directed toward vasogenic edema after severe traumatic brain injury: clinical results

S. Naredi, E. Edén, S. Zäll, H. Stephensen, B. Rydenhag

Role of replacement fluids in the immediate complications of plasma exchange

J.-M. Korach, P. Berger, C. Giraud, C. Le Perff-Desman, P. Chillet

Standard calculation of ethanol elimination rate is not sufficient to provide ethanol substitution therapy in the postoperative course of alcohol-dependent patients

L. Wilkens, H. Ruschulte, H. Rückoldt, H. Hecker, D. Schröder, S. Piepenbrock, M. Leuwer

Comparison of measured and predicted energy expenditure in mechanically ventilated children

J. J. Verhoeven, J. A. Hazelzet, E. van der Voort, K. F. M. Joosten

Assessment of functional residual capacity using nitrogen washout and plethysmographic techniques in infants with and without bronchopulmonary dysplasia

R. R. Wauer, T. Maurer, T. Nowotny, G. Schmalisch

A scoring system to predict the evolution of respiratory distress syndrome into chronic lung disease in preterm infants

C. Romagnoli, E. Zecca, L. Tortorolo, G. Vento, G. Tortorolo

Interleukin-6 levels in serum and lung lavage fluid of children undergoing open heart surgery correlate with postoperative morbidity

G. J. Hauser, J. Ben-Ari, M. P. Colvin, H. J. Dalton, J. H. Hertzog, M. Bearb, R. A. Hopkins, S. M. Walker

Determination of functional residual capacity (FRC) by multibreath nitrogen washout in a lung model and in mechanically ventilated patients

H. Wrigge, M. Sydow, J. Zinserling, P. Neumann, J. Hinz, H. Burchardi

Bronchoalveolar lavage with a diluted surfactant suspension prior to surfactant instillation improves the effectiveness of surfactant therapy in experimental acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)

D. Gommers, E. P. Eijking, K. L. So, A. van't Veen, B. Lachmann

Perfluorocarbon broncho-alveolar lavage and liquid ventilation versus saline broncho-alveolar lavage in adult guinea pig experimental model of meconium inhalation

G. Marraro, M. Bonati, A. Ferrari, M. M. Barzaghi, C. Pagani, A. Bortolotti, A. Galbiati, M. Luchetti, A. Croce

Effects of fenoldopam on systemic and splanchnic haemodynamics and oxygen delivery/consumption relationship during hyperdynamic ovine endotoxaemia

I. M. Schwieger, E. R. Schiffer, D. R. Morel

Modulation of rat brain synaptosomal plasma membrane achieved by atracurium and its metabolite laudanosine

E. F. Kamper, J. Siafaka, J. Stavridis

Intraventricular streptokinase infusion in acute post-haemorrhagic hydrocephalus

R. Luciano, L. Tortorolo, A. Chiaretti, M. Piastra, F. Velardi, G. Polidori

Timing of recovery of lung function after severe hypoxemic respiratory failure in children

N. D. B. Golder, R. Lane, R. C. Tasker

Variation of inhaled nitric oxide concentration with the use of a phasic flow ventilator

T. Hoehn, M. Krause

Early prediction of neurologic prognosis after post-anoxic coma

S. Pifferi, D. Codazzi, M. Savioli, M. Langer

Severe noninfectious acute lung injury in early phase of bone marrow transplantation

D. Gruson, G. Hilbert, F. Vargas, J. M. Boiron, A. Pigneux, J. Reiffers, G. Gbikpi-Benissan, J. P. Cardinaud

Gatekeeping in the ICU

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