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Intensive Care Medicine

Issue 9/2009

Content (30 Articles)

Editorial

Candida pneumonia in the ICU: myth or reality?

Jean-Damien Ricard, Damien Roux

Open Access Review

Tight glycemic control and computerized decision-support systems: a systematic review

Saeid Eslami, Ameen Abu-Hanna, Evert de Jonge, Nicolette F. de Keizer

Original

Incidence and risk factors for ventilator-associated pneumonia after major heart surgery

Javier Hortal, Maddalena Giannella, Maria Jesús Pérez, José Maria Barrio, Manuel Desco, Emilio Bouza, Patricia Muñoz

Original

Significance of the isolation of Candida species from airway samples in critically ill patients: a prospective, autopsy study

W. Meersseman, K. Lagrou, I. Spriet, J. Maertens, E. Verbeken, W. E. Peetermans, E. Van Wijngaerden

Original

Clotting factor replacement and recovery from snake venom-induced consumptive coagulopathy

Simon G. A. Brown, Ngaire Caruso, Meredith L. Borland, David L. McCoubrie, Antonio Celenza, Geoffrey K. Isbister

Original

Effects of a predominantly hydroxyethyl starch (HES)-based and a predominantly non HES-based fluid therapy on renal function in surgical ICU patients

Franziska Schabinski, Janaina Oishi, Fabio Tuche, Alain Luy, Yasser Sakr, Donald Bredle, Christiane Hartog, Konrad Reinhart

Original

Relationships among haemoglobin level, packed red cell transfusion and clinical outcomes in patients after cardiac surgery

Eva Oliver, Maria L. Carrio, David Rodríguez-Castro, Casimiro Javierre, Elisabet Farrero, Herminia Torrado, Eduard Castells, Josep L. Ventura

Original

Intensive care of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: an international survey

Robert D. Stevens, Neeraj S. Naval, Marek A. Mirski, Giuseppe Citerio, Peter J. Andrews

Open Access Original

Circulating angiopoietin-2 levels in the course of septic shock: relation with fluid balance, pulmonary dysfunction and mortality

Melanie van der Heijden, Peter Pickkers, Geerten P. van Nieuw Amerongen, Victor W. M. van Hinsbergh, Martijn P. W. J. M. Bouw, Johannes G. van der Hoeven, A. B. Johan Groeneveld

Pediatric Original

Safety and efficacy of ketorolac in children after cardiac surgery

Miho Inoue, Christopher A. Caldarone, Helena Frndova, Peter N. Cox, Shinya Ito, Anna Taddio, Anne-Marie Guerguerian

Pediatric Original

Relationships, trust, decision-making and quality of care in a paediatric intensive care unit

Lauraine Vivian, Adele Marais, Sean McLaughlin, Sandra Falkenstein, Andrew Argent

Brief Report

Is proportional-assist ventilation with load-adjustable gain factors a user-friendly mode?

Nectaria Xirouchaki, Eumorfia Kondili, Maria Klimathianaki, Dimitris Georgopoulos

BRIEF REPORT

Circulating levels of vasoactive peptides in patients with acute bacterial meningitis

Ronan M. G. Berg, Gitte Irene Strauss, Flemming Tofteng, Tavs Qvist, Lars Edvinsson, Jan Fahrenkrug, Jesper Qvist, Lise Fonsmark, Peter Skinhøj, Kirsten Møller

Open Access Brief Report

Decontamination of the digestive tract and oropharynx: hospital acquired infections after discharge from the intensive care unit

Anne Marie G. A. de Smet, Titia E. M. Hopmans, Albertus L. C. Minderhoud, Hetty E. M. Blok, Annelies Gossink-Franssen, Alexandra T. Bernards, Marc J. M. Bonten

Brief Report

Comparison of a new unguided self-advancing jejunal tube with the endoscopic guided technique: a prospective, randomized study

Ulrike Holzinger, Reinhard Kitzberger, Andja Bojic, Marlene Wewalka, Wolfgang Miehsler, Thomas Staudinger, Christian Madl

Pediatric Brief Report

Serum levels of gastric-acid-stimulating factors in children undergoing open heart surgery

Christian Breuer, Manfred Rauh, Stefan Zink, Andreas Koch, Michael Weyand, Sven Dittrich, Henrik Köhler

Pediatric Brief Report

Feasibility of non-invasive pressure support ventilation in infants with respiratory failure after extubation: a pilot study

Pascal Stucki, Marie-Hélène Perez, Pietro Scalfaro, Quentin de Halleux, François Vermeulen, Jacques Cotting

Experimental

Post-resuscitation NOS inhibition does not improve hemodynamic recovery of hypoxic newborn pigs

Tze-fun Lee, Corinne N. Tymafichuk, Richard Schulz, Po-Yin Cheung

Legal and Ethical Issues in Clinical Research

Research ethics committees in Europe: trials and tribulations

Christiane Druml, M. Wolzt, J. Pleiner, E. A. Singer

Case Discussion

Combination antifungal treatment of pseudomembranous tracheobronchial invasive aspergillosis: a case report

Francesco G. De Rosa, Pierpaolo Terragni, Daniela Pasero, Anna C. Trompeo, Rosario Urbino, Anna Barbui, Giovanni Di Perri, V. Marco Ranieri

Open Access Correspondence

Reply to Gibot

Guy J. Oudhuis, Annelies Verbon

Open Access Correspondence

Rifampicin treatment of persistently elevated benzodiazepine metabolites in a comatose patient

P. V. Nannan Panday, P. Vischjager, M. G. G. Rodgers, J. M. Maurer, M. G. G. Sturkenboom, M. W. N. Nijsten

Correspondence

Predictive ability of intra-abdominal pressure for ICU mortality

Maria Kompoti, Martha Michalia, Phyllis-Maria Clouva-Molyvdas

Correspondence

Tolerance of enteral feeding: from quantity to quality of gastric residual volume?

Michele Umbrello, Giovanluigi Elia, Anne Lucia Leona Destrebecq, Gaetano Iapichino

Correspondence

An unexpected hazard of indwelling temperature monitoring

N. J. Lees, S. Singh