Issue 5/2010
Content (28 Articles)
Sildenafil for pulmonary hypertension in ARDS: a new pleasant effect?
Lluis Blanch, Guillermo M. Albaiceta
The worst is yet to come. Many elderly patients with chronic terminal illnesses will eventually die in the emergency department
Erwin J. O. Kompanje
Lipid emulsions in parenteral nutrition of intensive care patients: current thinking and future directions
Philip C. Calder, Gordon L. Jensen, Berthold V. Koletzko, Pierre Singer, Geert J. A. Wanten
Do soluble mediators cause ventilator-induced lung injury and multi-organ failure?
Thomas Jaecklin, Gail Otulakowski, Brian P. Kavanagh
Sildenafil attenuates pulmonary arterial pressure but does not improve oxygenation during ARDS
Alexander D. Cornet, Jorrit J. Hofstra, Eleonora L. Swart, Armand R. J. Girbes, Nicole P. Juffermans
Death in emergency departments: a multicenter cross-sectional survey with analysis of withholding and withdrawing life support
Philippe Le Conte, David Riochet, Eric Batard, Christelle Volteau, Bruno Giraudeau, Idriss Arnaudet, Laetitia Labastire, Jacques Levraut, Frédéric Thys, Dominique Lauque, Claude Piva, Jeannot Schmidt, David Trewick, Gilles Potel
A European care bundle for prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia
Jordi Rello, Hartmut Lode, Giuseppe Cornaglia, Robert Masterton
Attributable mortality of ventilator-associated pneumonia: respective impact of main characteristics at ICU admission and VAP onset using conditional logistic regression and multi-state models
Molière Nguile-Makao, Jean-Ralph Zahar, Adrien Français, Alexis Tabah, Maité Garrouste-Orgeas, Bernard Allaouchiche, Dany Goldgran-Toledano, Elie Azoulay, Christophe Adrie, Samir Jamali, Christophe Clec’h, Bertrand Souweine, Jean-Francois Timsit
Microbiogical data, but not procalcitonin improve the accuracy of the clinical pulmonary infection score
Boris Jung, Nathalie Embriaco, François Roux, Jean-Marie Forel, Didier Demory, Jérôme Allardet-Servent, Samir Jaber, Bernard La Scola, Laurent Papazian
Accuracy of C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, and mid-regional pro-atrial natriuretic peptide to guide site of care of community-acquired pneumonia
Yann-Erick Claessens, Thierry Mathevon, Gérald Kierzek, Sophie Grabar, David Jegou, Eric Batard, Clarisse Loyer, Alain Davido, Pierre Hausfater, Hélène Robert, Leila Lavagna-Perez, Bruno Bernot, Patrick Plaisance, Christophe Leroy, Bertrand Renaud
Comparison of high-frequency oscillation and tracheal gas insufflation versus standard high-frequency oscillation at two levels of tracheal pressure
Spyros D. Mentzelopoulos, Sotiris Malachias, Stelios Kokkoris, Charis Roussos, Spyros G. Zakynthinos
Airway pressure release ventilation versus assist-control ventilation: a comparative propensity score and international cohort study
Marco González, Alejandro C. Arroliga, Fernando Frutos-Vivar, Konstantinos Raymondos, Andres Esteban, Christian Putensen, Carlos Apezteguía, Javier Hurtado, Pablo Desmery, Vinko Tomicic, José Elizalde, Fekri Abroug, Yaseen Arabi, Rui Moreno, Antonio Anzueto, Niall D. Ferguson
Depressive disorders during weaning from prolonged mechanical ventilation
Amal Jubran, Gerald Lawm, Joanne Kelly, Lisa A. Duffner, Gokay Gungor, Eileen G. Collins, Dorothy M. Lanuza, Leslie A. Hoffman, Martin J. Tobin
Electrocardiographic effects of dexmedetomidine in patients with congenital heart disease
Constantinos Chrysostomou, Rukmini Komarlu, Steven Lichtenstein, Dana Shiderly, Gaurav Arora, Richard Orr, Peter D. Wearden, Victor O. Morell, Ricardo Munoz, Edmund H. Jooste
Clinical course and mortality risk factors in critically ill children requiring continuous renal replacement therapy
Maria J. Santiago, Jesús López-Herce, Javier Urbano, Maria José Solana, Jimena del Castillo, Yolanda Ballestero, Marta Botrán, Jose María Bellón
Daily skin cleansing with chlorhexidine did not reduce the rate of central-line associated bloodstream infection in a surgical intensive care unit
Kyle J. Popovich, Bala Hota, Robert Hayes, Robert A. Weinstein, Mary K. Hayden
Effectiveness of acetazolamide for reversal of metabolic alkalosis in weaning COPD patients from mechanical ventilation
Christophe Faisy, Amel Mokline, Olivier Sanchez, Jean-Marc Tadié, Jean-Yves Fagon
Diagnostic utility of elevated serum soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells (sTREM)-1 in infected neonates
Kosmas Sarafidis, Vasiliki Soubasi-Griva, Kaliopi Piretzi, Agathi Thomaidou, Eleni Agakidou, Anna Taparkou, Elisavet Diamanti, Vasiliki Drossou-Agakidou
Hypercapnic acidosis in ventilator-induced lung injury
Vanya Peltekova, Doreen Engelberts, Gail Otulakowski, Satoko Uematsu, Martin Post, Brian P. Kavanagh
Mechanical ventilation aggravates transfusion-related acute lung injury induced by MHC-I class antibodies
A. P. J. Vlaar, E. K. Wolthuis, J. J. Hofstra, J. J. T. H. Roelofs, L. Boon, M. J. Schultz, R. Lutter, N. P. Juffermans
The effect of endotracheal suction on regional tidal ventilation and end-expiratory lung volume
D. G. Tingay, B. Copnell, C. A. Grant, P. A. Dargaville, K. R. Dunster, A. Schibler
Subcutaneous glucose measurements and glucose regulation (?)
Jack J. Ligtenberg, Hella F. Borggreve, Arjanne Stemerdink, Jan G. Zijlstra
Dilutional acidosis: is there a role for the strong ion difference?
Michalis Agrafiotis
Individual patient data meta-analysis in intensive care medicine and contextual effects
James C. Hurley
Hypercytokinemia with 2009 pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1) influenza successfully treated with polymyxin B-immobilized fiber column hemoperfusion
Shinhiro Takeda, Ryo Munakata, Shinji Abe, Seiji Mii, Manabu Suzuki, Takeru Kashiwada, Arata Azuma, Takeshi Yamamoto, Akihiko Gemma, Keiji Tanaka