Issue 9/2009
Content (30 Articles)
Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia after cardiac surgery: prepare and defend!
Patrique Segers, Bas A. de Mol
Tight glycemic control and computerized decision-support systems: a systematic review
Saeid Eslami, Ameen Abu-Hanna, Evert de Jonge, Nicolette F. de Keizer
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
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
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
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
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
Intensive care of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: an international survey
Robert D. Stevens, Neeraj S. Naval, Marek A. Mirski, Giuseppe Citerio, Peter J. Andrews
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
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
Relationships, trust, decision-making and quality of care in a paediatric intensive care unit
Lauraine Vivian, Adele Marais, Sean McLaughlin, Sandra Falkenstein, Andrew Argent
Is proportional-assist ventilation with load-adjustable gain factors a user-friendly mode?
Nectaria Xirouchaki, Eumorfia Kondili, Maria Klimathianaki, Dimitris Georgopoulos
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
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
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
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
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
Post-resuscitation NOS inhibition does not improve hemodynamic recovery of hypoxic newborn pigs
Tze-fun Lee, Corinne N. Tymafichuk, Richard Schulz, Po-Yin Cheung
Research ethics committees in Europe: trials and tribulations
Christiane Druml, M. Wolzt, J. Pleiner, E. A. Singer
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
Soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 and diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia
Sébastien Gibot
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
Does remifentanil shorten ventilator maintenance, midozolam prolong it, or both alter its duration?
Harry W. Daniell
Predictive ability of intra-abdominal pressure for ICU mortality
Maria Kompoti, Martha Michalia, Phyllis-Maria Clouva-Molyvdas
Tolerance of enteral feeding: from quantity to quality of gastric residual volume?
Michele Umbrello, Giovanluigi Elia, Anne Lucia Leona Destrebecq, Gaetano Iapichino