Issue 8/2006
Content (36 Articles)
Sedation and analgesia in the PICU: many questions remain
Sandra Prins, Monique van Dijk, Dick Tibboel
Is the measurement of monocytes HLA-DR expression useful in patients with sepsis?
Thierry Fumeaux, Jérôme Pugin
Quality of life after acute respiratory distress syndrome: a meta-analysis
David W. Dowdy, Mark P. Eid, Cheryl R. Dennison, Pedro A. Mendez-Tellez, Margaret S. Herridge, Eliseo Guallar, Peter J. Pronovost, Dale M. Needham
Consensus guidelines on sedation and analgesia in critically ill children
Stephen Playfor, Ian Jenkins, Carolyne Boyles, Imti Choonara, Gerald Davies, Tim Haywood, Gillian Hinson, Anton Mayer, Neil Morton, Tanya Ralph, Andrew Wolf
Sedation and analgesia in German intensive care units: how is it done in reality? Results of a patient-based survey of analgesia and sedation
Jörg Martin, Martin Franck, Matthias Fischer, Claudia Spies
Xenon-CT and transcranial Doppler in poor-grade or complicated aneurysmatic subarachnoid hemorrhage patients undergoing aggressive management of intracranial hypertension
Arturo Chieregato, Giuseppe Sabia, Alessandra Tanfani, Christian Compagnone, Fernanda Tagliaferri, Luigi Targa
Stress ulcer prophylaxis in mechanically ventilated patients: integrating evidence and judgment using a decision analysis
Jeremy M. Kahn, Jason N. Doctor, Gordon D. Rubenfeld
Physiological responses to arm exercise in difficult to wean patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Michele Vitacca, Luca Bianchi, Maria Sarvà, Mara Paneroni, Bruno Balbi
Outcome value of Clara cell protein in serum of patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome
Olivier Lesur, Stephan Langevin, Yves Berthiaume, Martin Légaré, Yoanna Skrobik, Jean-François Bellemare, Bruno Lévy, Yvan Fortier, Francois Lauzier, Gina Bravo, Marc Nickmilder, Eric Rousseau, Alfred Bernard
Persisting low monocyte human leukocyte antigen-DR expression predicts mortality in septic shock
Guillaume Monneret, Alain Lepape, Nicolas Voirin, Julien Bohé, Fabienne Venet, Anne-Lise Debard, Hélène Thizy, Jacques Bienvenu, François Gueyffier, Philippe Vanhems
Adrenal axis function does not appear to be associated with hemodynamic improvement in septic shock patients systematically receiving glucocorticoid therapy
Jerome Morel, Christophe Venet, Yannis Donati, David Charier, Jerome Liotier, Delphine Frere-Meunier, Stephane Guyomarc'h, Eric Diconne, Jean Claude Bertrand, Bertrand Souweine, Laurent Papazian, Fabrice Zeni
Early enteral immunonutrition vs. parenteral nutrition in critically ill patients without severe sepsis: a randomized clinical trial
D. Radrizzani, G. Bertolini, R. Facchini, B. Simini, P. Bruzzone, G. Zanforlin, G. Tognoni, G. Iapichino
Low incidence of nephropathy in surgical ICU patients receiving intravenous contrast: a retrospective analysis
Jan Willem Haveman, Ron T. Gansevoort, Alfons H. H. Bongaerts, Maarten W. N. Nijsten
The prevalence and characteristics of anaemia at discharge home after intensive care
Timothy S. Walsh, Ezz-el-din Saleh, Robert J. Lee, D. Brian McClelland
Prediction of cardiogenic pulmonary edema onset by monitoring right lung impedance
Michael Shochat, Gideon Charach, Shmuel Meyler, Simcha Meisel, Moshe Weintraub, Galina Mengeritsky, Morris Mosseri, Pavel Rabinovich
Bilateral diaphragm paralysis following cardiac surgery in children: 10-years' experience
Ovadia Dagan, Revital Nimri, Yakov Katz, Einat Birk, Bernardo Vidne
Postoperative phrenic nerve palsy: early clinical implications and management
Julia Lemmer, Brigitte Stiller, Grit Heise, Michael Hübler, Vladimir Alexi-Meskishvili, Yuguo Weng, Matthias Redlin, Valerie Amann, Stanislav Ovroutski, Felix Berger
The dying patient: new Israeli legislation
Avraham Steinberg, Charles L. Sprung
The effect of normal saline resuscitation on vital organ blood flow in septic sheep
Li Wan, Rinaldo Bellomo, Clive N. May
Soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 1: a biomarker for bacterial meningitis
Rogier M. Determann, Martijn Weisfelt, Jan de Gans, Arie van der Ende, Marcus J. Schultz, Diederik van de Beek
Association of statin therapy and increased survival in patients with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
Hendrik Schmidt, Ralf Hennen, Alexander Keller, Martin Russ, Ursula Müller-Werdan, Karl Werdan, Michael Buerke
A proteomic analysis of liver mitochondria during acute endotoxemia
Elliott D. Crouser, Mark W. Julian, Jennifer E. Huff, David V. Mandich, Kari B. Green-Church
DTPA Fe(III) decreases cytokines and hypotension but worsens survival with Escherichia coli sepsis in rats
Yan Li, Xuemei Li, Michael Haley, Yvonne Fitz, Eric Gerstenberger, Steven M. Banks, Peter Q. Eichacker, Xizhong Cui
Magnetic valves as a source of faucet contamination with Pseudomonas aeruginosa?
Philippe Berthelot, François Chord, Franck Mallaval, Florence Grattard, Didier Brajon, Bruno Pozzetto
Distinguishing bacterial from viral meningitis: the critical importance of the CSF lactic acid levels
Burke A. Cunha
Distinguishing bacterial from viral meningitis: the critical importance of the CSF lactic acid: author's reply
François G. Brivet, Frédéric M. Jacobs
Clinical pharmacists in the intensive care unit: Is there really an equation?
Gourang Patel, Mira Loh-Trivedi
“How to increase return on investment of the intensive care pharmacist—fear of flying”: answer to Dr. Patel et al.
Michael Hartmann, Andreas Meier-Hellmann
A comment on “Ventilator-induced lung injury: from the bench to the bedside”, by Tremblay and Slutsky
François Jardin
Reply to the comment by Dr. Jardin on “Ventilator-induced lung injury: from the bench to the bedside”
Arthur S. Slutsky, Lorraine N. Tremblay
Drotrecogin alfa in tropical infections and refractory multi-organ failure
Farhad Kapadia, Charudatt Shirwadkar
The use of sildenafil in the therapy of massive pulmonary embolism
Carlos A. Dias-Junior