Issue 5/2003
Content (37 Articles)
Does immunonutrition in patients with sepsis do more harm than good?
Daren K. Heyland, Andrew Samis
Selective decontamination of the digestive tract: to stimulate or stifle?
Marc J. M. Bonten, Christian Brun-Buisson, Robert A. Weinstein
All great truths are iconoclastic: selective decontamination of the digestive tract moves from heresy to level 1 truth
Hendrick K. F. van Saene, Andy J. Petros, Graham Ramsay, Derrick Baxby
The impact of critical care pharmacists on enhancing patient outcomes
Sandra L. Kane, Robert J. Weber, Joseph F. Dasta
Hemodynamic response to coupled plasmafiltration-adsorption in human septic shock
Marco Formica, Carlo Olivieri, Sergio Livigni, Giulio Cesano, Antonella Vallero, Mariella Maio, Ciro Tetta
Intermittent flow increases endotoxin-induced adhesion of human erythrocytes to vascular endothelial cells
Otto Eichelbrönner, William J. Sibbald, Ian H. Chin-Yee
High levels of sulfated mucins in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of ICU patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia
Paul Dennesen, Enno Veerman, Arie van Nieuw Amerongen, Jan Jacobs, Alphons Kessels, Petra van der Keybus, Graham Ramsay, André van der Ven
Measurement of functional residual capacity by nitrogen washout during partial ventilatory support
Jörg Zinserling, Hermann Wrigge, Dirk Varelmann, Rudolf Hering, Christian Putensen
Non-invasive estimation of shunt and ventilation-perfusion mismatch
Søren Kjaergaard, Stephen Rees, Jerzy Malczynski, Jørgen Ahrenkiel Nielsen, Per Thorgaard, Egon Toft, Steen Andreassen
A computer program for interpreting pulmonary artery catheterization data: results of the European HEMODYN Resident Study
Pierre Squara, Etienne Fourquet, Luc Jacquet, Alain Broccard, Thomas Uhlig, Andrew Rhodes, Jan Bakker, Claude Perret
Gastric hypercarbia and adverse outcome after cardiac surgery
Minoo N. Kavarana, Robert J. Frumento, Andrew L. Hirsch, Mehmet C. Oz, Daniel C. Lee, Elliott Bennett-Guerrero
Prophylactic N-acetylcysteine decreases serum CRP but not PCT levels and microalbuminuria following major abdominal surgery. A prospective, randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial
Zsolt Molnar, Tamas Szakmany, Tamas Koszegi
Effect of severe thrombocytopenia on patient outcome after liver transplantation
Chaker Ben Hamida, Jean-Yves Lauzet, Saida Rézaiguia-Delclaux, Christophe Duvoux, Daniel Cherqui, Philippe Duvaldestin, François Stéphan
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Influence of two different volume replacement regimens on renal function in elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgery: comparison of a new starch preparation with gelatin
Joachim Boldt, Thorsten Brenner, Andreas Lehmann, Johannes Lang, Bernhard Kumle, Christiane Werling
Influence of medical speciality and experience on interpretation of helicoidal thoracic computed tomography in blunt chest trauma
V. Compère, A. Genevois, A. Le Corre, M. F. Hellot, N. Bourguignon, P. Vandelet, B. Veber, B. Dureuil
Triaging patients to the ICU: a pilot study of factors influencing admission decisions and patient outcomes
Maité Garrouste-Orgeas, Luc Montuclard, Jean-François Timsit, Benoit Misset, Marie Christias, Jean Carlet
Long-term health-related quality of life in survivors of severe acute pancreatitis
Kimmo I. Halonen, Ville Pettilä, Ari K. Leppäniemi, Esko A. Kemppainen, Pauli A. Puolakkainen, Reijo K. Haapiainen
Distribution of lung ventilation in spontaneously breathing neonates lying in different body positions
Inéz Frerichs, Holger Schiffmann, Robert Oehler, Taras Dudykevych, Günter Hahn, José Hinz, Gerhard Hellige
The functional outcome and quality of life of children after admission to an intensive care unit
Anna Taylor, Warwick Butt, Melissa Ciardulli
Somatosensory evoked potentials as predictor of systemic inflammatory response syndrome in pigs?
Henning Ohnesorge, Petra Bischoff, Jens Scholz, Enno Yekebas, Jochen Schulte am Esch
Streptococcus pneumoniae strain-dependent lung inflammatory responses in a murine model of pneumococcal pneumonia
Jacqueline Mohler, Esther Azoulay-Dupuis, Cécile Amory-Rivier, Jean Xavier Mazoit, Jean Pierre P. Bédos, Véronique Rieux, Pierre Moine
The effect of infusions of adrenaline, noradrenaline and dopamine on cerebral autoregulation under propofol anaesthesia in an ovine model
John A. Myburgh, Richard N. Upton, Cliff Grant, Allison Martinez
Detrimental effects of short-term mechanical ventilation on diaphragm function and IGF-I mRNA in rats
Ghislaine Gayan-Ramirez, Kristel de Paepe, Pascal Cadot, Marc Decramer
Early enteral immunonutrition in patients with severe sepsis
Guido Bertolini, Gaetano Iapichino, Danilo Radrizzani, Rebecca Facchini, Bruno Simini, Paola Bruzzone, Giancarlo Zanforlin, Gianni Tognoni
Uncontrollable high-frequency tachypnea in a case of unilateral medial medullary infarct
Laurent Ducros, Katayoun Vahedi, Thomas Similowski, Marie-Germaine Bousser, Didier Payen
Weaning from tracheotomy in long-term mechanically ventilated patients: feasibility of a decisional flowchart and clinical outcome
Piero Ceriana, Annalisa Carlucci, Paolo Navalesi, Ciro Rampulla, Monica Delmastro, GianCarlo Piaggi, Elisa De Mattia, Stefano Nava
A universal method for determining intensive care unit bed requirements
J. M. Nguyen, P. Six, R. Parisot, D. Antonioli, F. Nicolas, P. Lombrail
Thoughts on intensive care: from morphine to Merlyn and Tolstoy to television
Cory Franklin
Comment on "Terlipressin in chronic hyperdynamic endotoxic shock: is it safe?" by P. Asfar
Bart L. De Keulenaer, Dianne P. Stephens
Reply to the comment on "Terlipressin in chronic hyperdynamic endotoxic shock: Is it safe?"
Pierre Asfar
Bacteremia and sepsis due to Prevotella oris from dentoalveolar abscesses
Thomas Bein, Jan Brem, Thomas Schüsselbauer
Generalisability of randomised controlled trials: a matter of discussion
Nicola Petrucci