Issue 9/2004
Content (31 Articles)
Evaluation of fluid responsiveness in ventilated septic patients: back to venous return
Philippe Vignon
Pulmonary endothelium in acute lung injury: from basic science to the critically ill
S. E. Orfanos, I. Mavrommati, I. Korovesi, C. Roussos
Irreversible apnoeic coma 35 years later
Nereo Zamperetti, Rinaldo Bellomo, Carlo Alberto Defanti, Nicola Latronico
The European Union Directive and the protection of incapacitated subjects in research: an ethical analysis
Henry J. Silverman, Christiane Druml, Francois Lemaire, Robert Nelson
Superior vena caval collapsibility as a gauge of volume status in ventilated septic patients
Antoine Vieillard-Baron, Karim Chergui, Anne Rabiller, Olivier Peyrouset, Bernard Page, Alain Beauchet, François Jardin
Respiratory changes in inferior vena cava diameter are helpful in predicting fluid responsiveness in ventilated septic patients
Christophe Barbier, Yann Loubières, Christophe Schmit, Jan Hayon, Jean-Louis Ricôme, François Jardin, Antoine Vieillard-Baron
Co-morbidity and acute decompensations of COPD requiring non-invasive positive-pressure ventilation
Raffaele Scala, Sandra Bartolucci, Mario Naldi, Marcello Rossi, Mark W. Elliott
Noise exposure during noninvasive ventilation with a helmet, a nasal mask, and a facial mask
Franco Cavaliere, Giorgio Conti, Roberta Costa, Rodolfo Proietti, Antonino Sciuto, Simonetta Masieri
The septic shock associated HSPA1B1267 polymorphism influences production of HSPA1A and HSPA1B
Suzanna E. L. Temple, Karey Y. Cheong, Kristin G. Ardlie, David Sayer, Grant W. Waterer
Patterns of colonization by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in intubated patients: a 3-year prospective study of 1,607 isolates using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis with implications for prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia
Jordi Vallés, Dolors Mariscal, Pilar Cortés, Pere Coll, Ana Villagrá, Emili Díaz, Antonio Artigas, Jordi Rello
Bedside estimation of absolute renal blood flow and glomerular filtration rate in the intensive care unit
Kristina Swärd, Felix Valsson, Johan Sellgren, Sven-Erik Ricksten
Clinician discomfort with life support plans for mechanically ventilated patients
Lauren Griffith, Deborah Cook, Steven Hanna, Graeme Rocker, Peter Sjokvist, Peter Dodek, John Marshall, Mitchell Levy, Joseph Varon, Simon Finfer, Roman Jaeschke, Lisa Buckingham, Gordon Guyatt
Emotional strain, communication, and satisfaction of family members in the intensive care unit compared with expectations of the medical staff: experiences from a Norwegian University Hospital
Hilde Myhren, Øivind Ekeberg, Ingrid Langen, Olav Stokland
Increased plasma levels of pro-brain natriuretic peptide in patients with cardiovascular complications following off-pump coronary artery surgery
F. Kerbaul, F. Collart, R. Giorgi, C. Oddoze, P. J. Lejeune, C. Guidon, T. Caus, M. Bellezza, F. Gouin
Nutritional support in 111 pediatric intensive care units: a European survey
Martijn van der Kuip, Michiel J. S. Oosterveld, Marian A. E. van Bokhorst–de van der Schueren, K. de Meer, Harry N. Lafeber, Reinoud J. B. J. Gemke
Consumption of blood products during mechanical circulatory support in children: comparison between ECMO and a pulsatile ventricular assist device
Brigitte Stiller, Julia Lemmer, Frank Merkle, Vladimir Alexi-Meskishvili, Yuguo Weng, Michael Hübler, Andreas Koster, Thorsten Drews, Peter E. Lange, Roland Hetzer
Modulation of hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction is time and nitric oxide dependent in a peritonitis model of sepsis
L. G. Fischer, H. Freise, J.-H. Hilpert, D. Wendholt, S. Lauer, H. Van Aken, A. W. Sielenkämper
A novel approach for selective brain cooling: implications for hypercapnia and seizure activity
Hubert Trübel, Peter Herman, Christoph Kampmann, Ralf Huth, Paul K. Maciejewski, Edward Novotny, Fahmeed Hyder
The respiratory variation in inferior vena cava diameter as a guide to fluid therapy
Marc Feissel, Frédéric Michard, Jean-Pierre Faller, Jean-Louis Teboul
Effect of polymyxin B-immobilized fiber on bone resorption in patients with sepsis
Tsukasa Nakamura, Yasuhiro Kawagoe, Takaharu Matsuda, Hikaru Koide
Anion and osmolal gaps in the diagnosis of methanol poisoning: clinical study in 28 patients
Knut Erik Hovda, Odd Helge Hunderi, Nina Rudberg, Sten Froyshov, Dag Jacobsen
Predicting fluid responsiveness: should we adapt the scale to measure the central venous pressure swing?
Karim Bendjelid
Author’s reply to the comment by Dr. Bendjelid
C. Barbier, Y. Loubières, F. Jardin, A. Vieillard-Baron
Is there any usefulness for a specific scoring system in assessing the prognosis of cancer patients admitted to the intensive care unit?
T. Berghmans, J. P. Sculier
Transfusion-transmitted malaria
Fabrice Bruneel, Marc Thellier, Odile Eloy, Dominique Mazier, Gilbert Boulard, Martin Danis, Jean-Pierre Bédos
Comment on “Effects on skeletal muscle of intravenous glutamine supplementation to ICU patients” by Tjäder et al.
Michael J. O’Leary, John H. Coakley