Critical Care

The conditioning of medical gases with hot water humidifiers

D Chiumello, M Cressoni, C De Grandis, L Landi, M Racagni

Use of a bougie during percutaneous tracheostomy

M Read

Percutaneous dilational tracheostomy in critically ill patients: progressive vs single dilatation techniques

S Zaky, K Atya

Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy – a comparison of three methods: Ciaglia Blue Rhino, PercuTwist and Griggs' Guidewire Dilation Forceps (GWDF)

J Schiefner, K Magnusson, U Zaune, E Vester

Optimal approach to the tracheostomy technique in critically ill patients with a short fat neck

I Dor, M Croitoru, S Krimerman, S Nicola, E Sabo, E Altman

Evaluation of virtual laryngo-tracheoscopy in upper airway examination after percutaneous tracheostomy

S Croitoru, I Dor, M Croitoru, S Krimerman, L Abramovski, E Altman

Influence of fiberoptic bronchoscopy through the endotracheal tube on ventilation parameters during mechanical ventilation

M Croitoru, I Dor, S Krimerman, E Sabo, E Altman, U Teitelman

Neonatal and pediatric noninvasive ventilation via single nasal tube

W Lesiuk, L Lesiuk

A new way of noninvasive ventilation in ICU patients. An innovation modification of the continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) face mask Boussignac–Vygon in order to use it in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (type II) patients

S Papanikolaou, P Polakis, S Papanikolaou, V Niakas, M Daveronas, O Iordanidou, G Tasopoulos, Th Tsouka, M Polaki, L Lira

Which positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) should be used during noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) in acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) patients?

M Pincelli, M Park, C Jardim, C Carvalho, C Barbas

Noninvasive high frequency jet ventilation for patients with cardiogenic pulmonary oedema

T Lazowski, G Opolski, P Andruszkiewicz

Comfort of different types of ventilators in noninvasive ventilation

H Vogelsang, C Sirtl, M Bellgardt, S Spiekermann, H Laubenthal, A Meiser

Dead space free flow sensor reduces the ventilation effort in very low birth weight infants: an experimental study

M Wald, V Jeitler, K Lawrenz, M Manfred Weninger

Elimination of ventilator dead space in premature infants by flow partition: a new method

M Wald

Prospective randomised controlled study of use of intrapulmonary percussive ventilation with chest physiotherapy after cardiac surgery

V Fraipont, I Kellens, T Weber, E Swenen, F Damas

Isoflurane anesthesia for status asthmaticus: 10 years' experience

M Sharpe, C Harris

Modes of mechanical ventilation in ICUs of Brazil

M Damasceno, C David, P Souza, C Leite, M Godoy, M Rahc, F Dias

Breathing pattern and work of breathing in spontaneously breathing patients during continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and pressure support ventilation (PSV) with and without automatic tube compensation (ATC)

G Ferreyra, C Melzer-Gartzke, F Hokema, K Falke, M Deja, S Weber-Carstens

Mechanical ventilation in hypobaric environment: aeromedical transport of critically ill patients

A Hernandez Abadia de Barbara, JA López López

Vd/Vt test in the detection of pulmonary dysfunction in sepsis

K Cala, V Pilas, N Vucic

High-frequency oscillatory ventilation: a better tool for lung protection?

H Gönençer, N Ünal, M Oral, M Tulunay

Protective lung strategy using independent pulmonary ventilation

F Saddy, J Verdeal, G Martins, V Resende, A Chindamo, R Pinheiro

Effect of sustained inflation recruitment maneuvers on lung endothelial and alveolar epithelial injury in experimental acute lung injury

J Frank, D McAuley, J Gutierrez, B Daniel, L Dobbs, M Matthay

Altered proteomic patterns in rat alveolar epithelial type II cells after ventilation with high and low tidal volumes

J Hirsch, K Hansen, J Frank, R Chalkley, X Fang, A Burlingame, M Matthay

Inspiratory vs expiratory limb of the pressure–volume curve for the positive end-expiratory pressure setting in acute lung injury

G Albaiceta, L Luyando, D Parra, R Menendez, J Calvo, F Taboada

Dutch intensivists do not use small tidal volumes (Vt) in mechanical ventilation (MV)

E Wolthuis, P Spronk, M Kuiper, M Vroom, M Schultz

Effects of recruitment maneuver and positive end-expiratory pressure on hypoxemia after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for chronic pulmonary thromboembolism

M Takeuchi, H Imanaka, K Tachibana, M Nishimura

The static pressure–volume curve does not predict the mechanical properties of the respiratory system during mechanical ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and acute lung injury (ALI)

CA Stahl, R Kuhlen, C Putensen, M Sydow, K Geiger, J Guttmann

Effect of lung protective ventilation strategy on pulmonary inflammatory response in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) rabbit model

Q Haibo

Extravascular lung water (EVLW) does not change during alveolar recruitment in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)

I Toth, T Szakmany, A Mikor, Z Molnar

Pleurodesis by autologous blood: a new concept in the management of persistent air leak in acute respiratory distress syndrome

S Martínez-Escobar, J Vicente Rull, J Martínez Coronel

The utility of open lung biopsy in critically ill adult patients

C Weaver, A Saayman, P Morgan, J Mecklenburgh, G Findlay

Clinically relevant concentrations of beta agonists may stimulate alveolar fluid clearance in acute respiratory distress syndrome

G Perkins, D McAuley, J Frank, D Thickett, X Fang, M Matthay

A more homogeneous distribution of strain within lung parenchyma attenuates ventilator-induced lung injury in the prone position

F Valenza, M Guglielmi, M Maffioletti, C Tedesco, GA Porro, P Maccagni, M Irace, T Fossali, G Aletti, E Carlesso, M Lazzerini, P Biondetti, L Gattinoni

Physiological effects of lateral steep positioning in critically ill patients suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)

T Staudinger, H Losert, P Schellongowski, G Locker, K Laczika

Different concomitant diseases are accompanied by different effects of the prone position in acute respiratory failure

J Lewejohann

Computerised tomography (CT) in severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS): late-stage acute respiratory disease syndrome (ARDS) and follow-up findings

G Joynt, G Antonio, K Wong, P Lam, C Gomersall, T Li

Critically ill patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in a designated national SARS ICU: clinical features and predictors for mortality

D Tai, T Lew, S Loo, A Earnest, M Chen

Retrospective analysis of critically ill patients with severe acute respiratory syndrome admitted to an intensive care unit

T Buckley

Incidence of lung injury in acute liver failure: diagnostic role of extravascular lung water index

G Auzinger, E Sizer, W Bernal, J Wendon

Acute lung injury in isolated head trauma

D Hroni, M Athanassiou, C Koumoudiou, N Markou, D Anagnostopoulou, A Preza, N Papaspyropoulou, H Apostolakos

Smoke inhalation injury and tissue dysoxia: what is the link?

M Westphal, N Morita, K Murakami, P Enkhbaatar, L Traber, D Traber

Role of oxidative stress and FAS-induced apoptosis in acute lung injury

T Shumatova, N Prikhodchenko, S Crizanovski

Effects of positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) in right ventricular function

M de Oliveira, A Rea-Neto

Haemodynamic and volumetric response to tidal volume and positive end expiratory pressure variation in acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome patients

F Turani, D Curatola, G Santoro

Confounding hemodynamic effects of assisted ventilation in hemorrhagic states

J Wigginton, P Pepe, A Idris, C Raedler, K Lurie

Ejection fraction (EF) corrected volumetric parameters better reflect preload and fluid responsiveness

M Malbrain, T De Potter, D Deeren, C Libeer

Assessment of blood flow during extra-corporeal circulation from arterial waveform analysis

S Scolletta, B Biagioli, P Giomarelli, I Olivotto, G Gensini, S Romano

The effects of variations in thoracic blood volume and intravenous sodium loading on plasma levels of NTproANP and NTproBNP in healthy volunteers

M Heringlake, C Heide, S Klaus, L Bahlmann, R Wergeland

Flow guided peripoperative resuscitation shortens hospital stay

S Lowson

The relationship between central venous saturation and outcome following high-risk surgery

R Pearse, D Dawson, J Fawcett, S Wort, A Rhodes, R Grounds

Early goal directed therapy for sepsis and septic shock: collaborative implementation models

M Baram, N Shapiro, M Howell, D Talmor, A Sucov, M Levy

The peripheral perfusion index in reactive hyperemia in critically ill patients

A Lima, J Bakker

Simultaneous measurements of subcutaneous and intramuscular tissue pO2 in critically ill patients

D Ramnarain, R Braams, L Leenen

Transcutaneous (tcCO2) measurement versus arterial blood gas CO2 measurement in critically ill adult patients

C Weaver, J Mecklenburgh, A Saayman, G Findlay

Correlations between plasma concentration of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and cardiac function in patients with cardiovascular diseases

Y Zhao, Y Tian, W Gao, S Wang

The repeatability of transpulmonary thermodilution measurements

S Wolf, D Plev, L Schürer, C Lumenta

Correlation of continuous cardiac output measured by a pulmonary artery catheter versus impedance cardiography in ventilated patients

D Ziegler, M Tellez, D Hess, T Dipprey

Evaluation of cardiac function in septics patients by the PiCCO system

F Conforto, M Gerecitano, C Castagnoli, F Turani, I Tanga

Intrathoracic blood volume (ITBV)-guided volume therapy maintains intestinal perfusion and oxygenation despite positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) ventilation

T Iber, C Mutz, D Vagts, J Roesner, V Kurzweg, M Hebig, G Noeldge-Schomburg

Intrathoracic blood volume index and extravascular lung water index in septic shock patients

G Costa, P Chiarandini, L Pompei, G Della Rocca

Extravascular lung water as a prognostic tool in surgical critically ill patients

M Bos, D Rhamnarain, R Braams, L Leenen

Routine noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring in acute myocardial infarction: application possibilities

J Brazdzionyte, A Macas, G Baksyte, A Mickeviciene

Prognostic value of low cardiac output early after cardiac surgery

M Berthet

Sublingual microcirculatory response to fluid challenge in septic shock patients

M Losser, V Cirillo, C Barbanti, D Payen

Microvascular permeability during experimental human endotoxemia

L van Eijk, P Pickkers, P Smits, M Bouw

Microvascular oxygen transport abnormalities in experimental sepsis interpreted using a computational model

C Ellis, D Goldman, R Bateman, M Sharpe

Venoarterial PCO2 gradient does not correlate with cardiac output, base excess and arterial lactate concentration in septic shock patients

A Toledo Maciel, D Teixeira Noritomi, A Machado, LCP Azevedo, VR Pizzo, A Carlos Kajdacsy-Balla Amaral, M Park

Measurement of indocyanine green plasma disappearance rate by two different dosages

S Sakka, H Koeck, A Meier-Hellmann

Correlation between LiMON®-derived liver function parameters and classic liver function tests, intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) and organ failure in mixed ICU patients

M Malbrain, D Deeren, T De Potter, R Nieuwendijk, C Libeer, R Daelemans

A 3-year experience of ultrasound-guided catheterization of internal jugular vein in an intensive care unit (ICU)

E Paramythiotou, I Poularas, A Kalogeromitros, I Atsalakis, A Douma, A Karabinis

Ultrasound-guided central line insertion

P Temblett, D Hope

Hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelet count (HELLP) syndrome versus severe preeclampsia: a critical care comparative study

S Zaky, G Ahmad, M Abd Alkader, S Abd Alshafee

Cardiac involvement in pre-eclampsia and eclampsia syndrome

A Andraos, S Mikhael, S ElGuinguihy, S Aly, H Moafy, S Mokhtar

Heart dysfunction and heart rate variability prognoses in sepsis

F Soriano, A Nogueira, S Cappi, M Lins, W Hoshino, L Gonzaga

The timing of new acute hemodynamic events in ICU patients

A Kersten, G Clermont, E Hoste, D Huang, E Milbrandt, D Martich, J Kellum, D Angus

Management and outcome of patients with acute coronary syndrome in different units: predictors of outcome at the admission

I Gornik, V Gasparovic, M Strozzi, Z Pisl

Why do we 'over diagnose' unstable angina in the medical emergency room?

I Gornik, V Gasparovic

Nitric oxide in ischemic heart disease. Defective production or impaired function?

A Rizk, N Samir, A El Hadidi, A El Naggar, E Omar, H Mowafi, S Mokhtar

Serum nitric oxide in patients with acute coronary syndromes: correlation with the extent of myocardial ischemia and role of diabetes mellitus

A Rizk, A Abd El Fattah, A Wadie, M Ashraf, W Samy, S Mokhtar

Elevated Troponin T levels in patients with and without renal dysfunction in a general intensive care unit

A Turley, J Gedney

Systemic and regional effects of levosimendan and arginine–vaopressine in endotoxin-treated rabbits

H Kaskos, V Faivre, M Losser, D Payen, A Mebazaa

Efficacy of levosimendan in shock

A McLean, S Huang, D Stewart, M Nalos, B Tang

Hemodynamic and volumetric response to levosimendan in critical care patients

F Turani, P Aurisicchio, P D'Ercole

Levosimendan in cardiac surgery

V Harjola, K Siirilä, R Suojaranta-Ylinen

Hemodynamic effects of the new calcium sensitiser levosimendan in cardiosurgical ICU patients

C Iasonidou, T Karakasis, G Vasiliadou, M Rizou, F Ambatzidou, N Kapravelos

Study design of a mortality trial with intravenous levosimendan (the SURVIVE study) in patients with acutely decompensated heart failure

A Mebazaa, A Cohen-Solal, F Kleber, M Nieminen, M Packer, S Pocock, P Põder, T Sarapohja, M Kivikko

Effect of levosimendan treatment on length of hospital and intensive care stay in the REVIVE I study

S Johansson, M Apajasalo, T Sarapohja, C Garratt

Development of a comprehensive new endpoint for the evaluation of new treatments for acute decompensated heart failure: results with levosimendan in the REVIVE 1 study

C Garratt, M Packer, W Colucci, L Fisher, B Massie, J Teerlink, J Young

Levosimendan reduces pulmonary vascular resistance: clinical echocardiographic study

M Nalos, S Huang, I Ting, A McLean

Acute and short-term haemodynamic effect of Sildenafil in pulmonary hypertension: Egyptian pilot study of seven patients

S Zaki, A Andraos

Incidence and risk factors of atrial fibrillation in a surgical intensive care unit

P Seguin, T Signouret, B Brangier, B Laviolle, Y Malledant

Perioperative changes in plasma brain natriuretic peptide and N-terminal probrain natriuretic peptide in patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass

M Ciufu, A Roman

Irreversible myocardial cell injury and early postoperative function of the heart after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)

I Karu, R Loit, A Paapstel, J Starkopf

Impact factors of short-term prognosis in very elderly patients (aged 80 years and older) with acute myocardial infarction: multivariate logistic regression analysis

Y Zhao, G Liu, S WAng

Long-term outcome after angioplasty in cardiogenic shock

P Bulpa, Y Ernst, J Jamart, P Chenu, P Evrard, M Gonzalez, B Marchandise, E Installe, E Schroeder

Hemodynamic support with the Impella acute 100 in patients with cardiogenic chock, or high-risk coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)

J Dens, B Meyens, J Maessen, V van Ommen, E Grübe

Prosthetic heart valve trombosis: thrombolytic therapy as first approach

J Santos Gracia, F Cáceres Loriga, H Perez Lopez, K Morlans Hernandez, J Valiente Mustelier, M Marrero Miragaya

Incidence of deep vein thrombosis in critically ill ICU patients with a femoral central venous catheter

P Myrianthefs, P Aravosita, M Georganas, L Livieratos, G Baltopoulos

Morphologic characteristics of central pulmonary thromboemboli predict thrombolytic efficacy in massive pulmonary embolism

M Podbregar, G Voga, B Krivec

Clinical and laboratory characteristics in the patients with pulmonary embolism

L Yamanel, B Comert, V Inal

Emergency angiography in acute pulmonary embolism: role in clinically suspected cases

AW Andraos, M Ashraf, A El Sherif, M El Badry, M Mostafa, A Rizk, O Metwally, AA Fattah, S Mokhtar

Burden of Illness in ThromboEmbolism in Critical Care (BITEC) study: a multicenter Canadian study

R Patel, L Griffith, M Mead, S Mehta, R Hodder, C Martin, D Heyland, J Marshall, G Rocker, S Peters, F Clarke, E McDonald, M Soth, J Muscadere, N Campbell, G Guyatt, D Cook

Thromboelastogram as a screening tool for hypercoagulabilityin traumatic brain injury

A Badr, D Esposito, W Rock, D Quin, A Parent

Incidence and clinical relevance of heparin-induced antibodies in critically ill patients

P Grigoriou, E Grouzi, P Evagelopoulou, A Haikali, I Spiliotopoulou, G Baltopoulos

Circulating thrombomodulin in ischemic heart disease: correlation with the extent and severity of coronary atherosclerosis

A Rizk, N Samir, A El Naggar, A El hadidi, E Omar, H Mowafi, S Mokhtar

Antithrombin and free tri-iodothyronine in sepsis

P Mateu, V Kostusiak

Effects of recombinant surfactant protein C and elastase inhibitor on neutrophil apoptosis

E Pravinkumar, A Watt, B Cuthbertson, H Galley, N Webster

Recombinant human activated protein C upregulates cyclooxygenase-2 and release of prostaglandins from cultured human endothelial cells via the endothelial protein C receptor

M Brueckmann, K Fukudome, S Horn, S Lang, V Liebe, U Hoffmann, M Borggrefe, K Haase, G Huhle

Drotrecogin alfa (activated) does not impair platelet receptor expression in vitro

T Schuerholz, I Kornau, L Friedrich, B Juettner, H Elsner, D Scheinichen

Disturbed alveolar fibrin turnover during pneumonia is associated with reduced activated protein C levels in lungs

G Choi, P Bresser, M Levi, T van der Poll, M Schultz

Predictability of disseminated intravascular coagulation based on the decrease rate of platelets

H Miyauchi, A Hagiwara, A Murata, T Masuda, H Masuda, S Shimazaki

Drotrecogin alfa (activated) reduces the plasma levels of N-terminal prohormone atrial natriuretic peptide and N-terminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide as markers of cardiac depression in septic patients

U Hoffmann, M Brückmann, C Liebetrau, S Lang, T Bertsch, M Borggrefe, C Putensen, S Schröder, K Haase

The efficacy of Drotrecogin alfa (activated) during a global, single-arm, open-label trial in adult patients with severe sepsis (ENHANCE): comparisons with PROWESS

J Vincent, G Bernard, J Dhainaut, M Levy, A Wheeler, W Macias

Drotrecogin alfa (activated) in the subgroup of patients with multiple organ dysfunction (MOD) during a global, single-arm, open-label trial in adult patients with severe sepsis (ENHANCE): comparisons with PROWESS

J Vincent, G Bernard, J Dhainaut, J Janes, T Wright, C Gaillez

The incidence of serious bleeding events in a global, single-arm, open-label trial of Drotrecogin alfa (activated) in adult patients with severe sepsis (ENHANCE): comparisons with PROWESS

R Beale, J Vincent, C Doig, J Dhainaut, D Sundin, T Wright

Early treatment with Drotrecogin alfa (activated) was associated with reduced hospital resource use in adult severe sepsis patients with two or more organ dysfunctions at baseline: results from ENHANCE

J Vincent, J Dhainaut, C Putensen, A Artigas, R Fumagalli, M Turlo, K Wong, J Janes

Early treatment with Drotrecogin alfa (activated) was associated with reduced hospital resource use in adult severe sepsis patients with an APACHE II score of 25 or greater at baseline: results from ENHANCE

C Doig, G Bernard, M Levy, W Macias

Age and number of organ dysfunctions are associated with early mortality in patients suffering from severe sepsis treated with recombinant human activated protein C

G Vazquez de Anda, G Cabello

Neuroaxial catheters following abdominal surgery and their impact on the use of Drotrecogin alfa (activated) in sepsis

A Steel, H Pathak, J Crawfurd, K Burchett, P Young, M Blunt

Use of national guidelines for the introduction of Drotrecogin alfa (activated)

S Mackenzie, L Patterson, L Plenderleith, F MacKirdy

Drotrecogin alfa in sepsis: analysis of outcomes in a UK district general intensive care unit

H Pathak, A Steel, J Crawfurd, K Burchett, M Blunt, P Young

Characteristics and blood products requirements of thrombocytopenic patients in ICU

A Serre, A Itoua-N'Gaporo, F Thiolliere, D Moreau, M Fouassier, G Mareynat, P Deteix, B Souweine

Central venous catheter (CVC) placement in patients with bleeding disorders (BD)

F Klein, J Díaz, E Duronto, P Klin

Thrombocytopenia in medical–surgical ICU patients

F Clarke, E McDonald, L Griffith, D Cook, M Mead, G Guyatt, C Rabbat, W Geerts, D Arnold, T Warkentin, M Crowther

A review of a trauma database for inappropriateness of transfused blood products

T Mahambrey, N Pisani, T Smith

Hemoglobin solutions: use in surgical patients

J Levy

A cost-effectiveness analysis of erthropoietin in ICU patients

P Levin, R Fowler, D Naimark

Hydroxyethyl starch but not crystalloid resuscitation improves impairment of intestinal microvascular perfusion during normotensive sepsis

J Adolphs, T Schäfer, S Mousa, H Habazettl, M Schäfer, M Welte

Fluid resuscitation with colloids of different molecular weight in septic shock

T Szakmany, A Mikor, T Leiner, Z Molnar

6% 130/0.4 versus 6% 200/0.5 hydroxyethyl starch: effects on plasma volume and capillary leakage in a porcine model of septic shock

S Swaraj, G Marx, S Pedder, L Smith, H Stockdale, M Leuwer

Improvement of pancreatic tissue oxygenation and survival rate and time after isovolemic hemodilution with hydroxyethyl starch plus bovine hemoglobin in swine with acute pancreatitis

M Freitag, T Strate, A Gottschalk, O Mann, C Rempf, J Izbicki, T Standl

Multicenter, randomized, double-blind trial comparing albumin and polygeline for intravascular fluid loading in patients with cirrhosis and tense ascites treated with paracentesis

R Moreau, D Valla, D Golly, Z Tellier

Effect of albumin with furosemide in adult respiratory distress syndrome

M Kuper, S Halder, N Soni

The use of recombinant factor VIIa as a haemostatic agent in ICU patients

P Vernikos, D Xanthis, S Georgiou, N Archontoulis, A Mega, K Rigas, J Pavleas, O Katsarou, G Thomopoulos

Efficacy of activated recombinant factor VII (rFVIIa; NovoSeven®) in cirrhotic patients with upper gastrointestinal bleeding: a randomised placebo-controlled double-blind multicenter trial

D Thabut, R de Franchis, F Bendtsen, G D'Amico, A Albillos, JG Abraldes, S Sofelt, J Bosch

Use of NovoSeven® in cases with massive bleeding following surgery with extracorporeal circulation

I Dementieva, N Trekova, V Sandrikov

Burn variables and intensive care mortality in severe burn patients

L Gianesello, L Paparella, V Pavoni, G Gritti, G Pittoni

Does the Mainz Emergency Evaluation Scoring (MEES) in combination with capnometry (MEESc) help in the prediction of outcome in major trauma

T Hren, S Grmec, M Golub

Decision-making of hemorrhagic shock patients with intraperitoneal bleeding (IPB) by ultrasonography (US): the importance of early detection of an increase of IPB

Y Moriwaki, M Sugiyama, K Kanaya, H Toyoda, S Fujita, H Fukuyama, M Iwashita, T Kosuge, J Suzuki, N Suzuki

Molecular Adsorbents Recirculating System: clinical experience in patients with acute and acute on chronic liver failure

M Wang, X Ding, L Chen

Application of the Molecular Adsorbents Recirculating System in patients with severe chronic viral hepatitis B in middle and end stages

L Liu, H Deng, X Sun, J Zhao, X Li

Experience with the Molecular Adsorbents Recirculating System: Chinese results on 149 patients with liver failure based on hepatitis B

M Wang, Y Yang, Q Ye, S Chen, L Guo, X Zhou

Preoperation risk factor analysis in orthotopic liver transplantation with pretransplant artificial liver support therapy

Q Ye, J Yuan, Y Ming, S Li, Z Huang

Systemic hemodynamic during continuous hemodiafiltration in patients with septic shock

O Mouravev, I Iakovleva, E Pestriakov

Kinetics of TNF-α during continuous hemodiafiltration in patients with sepsis

I Iakovleva, V Timokhov, G Lialikova, E Pestriakov, O Muraviev

The effects of plasmapheresis on hemodynamic parameters and tissue oxygenations in septic patients

A Yilmaz, M Oral, N Ünal, M Tulunay

Clinical evaluation of endotoxin hemoadsorption therapy (PMX-DHP) for hypercytokinemia caused by septic multiple organ failure

T Ikeda, K Ikeda, M Nagura, H Taniuchi, M Matsushita, Y Kuroki, K Suzuki, N Matsuno

Does the use of a cytokine 'filter' during cardiopulmonary bypass make sense?

G Clermont, J Kellum, J Bartels, S Chang, C Chow, Y Vodovotz

The place of plasmapheresis in septic patients complicated with disseminated intravascular coagulation

M Oral, A Yilmaz, D Yilmaz, N Ünal, M Tulunay

Renal replacement therapy with high cutoff hemofilters: impact of convection and diffusive on cytokine clearances and protein status

S Morgera, C Melzer, V Sobottke, O Vargas-Hein, H Zuckermann-Becker, R Bellomo, H Neumayer

Therapeutic application of the Molecular Adsorbents Recirculating System in various pathogenic multiple organ dysfunction syndrome patients

H Luo, L Guo, M Wu

Interim results of the SHARF4 study: outcome of acute renal failure with different treatment modalities

M Malbrain, M Elseviers, P Van der Niepen, P Damas, E Hoste, J Devriendt, R Lins

Prediction of safe discharge of emergency department patients with acute rhabdomyolysis

K Delaney, R Vohra

The correlation between creatine kinase and myoglobin in critical ill patients with rhabdomyolysis

TS Mikkelsen, P Toft

Prediction of the clinical course of rhabdomyolysis in patients with initial creatine kinase < 1000 U/l

K Delaney

Continuous venovenous haemofiltration in neonates

S Mayell, G Morrison

Renal replacement in critically ill patients: the age factor

F Occhigrossi, V Angeloni, R Rocca, A Filippini, P Assisi, M Podestà

Acute renal failure requiring dialysis in very old critically ill patients

M Espinoza, E Reynolds, M Vargas, J Graf, V Tomicic

Outcome in critically ill medical patients requiring renal replacement therapy for acute renal failure: comparison between patients with and without hematologic malignancies

D Benoit, E Hoste, P Depuydt, F Offner, N Lameire, J Decruyenaere, K Vandewoude, F Colardyn

Risk factors for acute renal failure in critically ill children: a prospective descriptive epidemiologic study

D Bailey, F Gauvin, V Phan, C Litalien, A Merouani, J Lacroix

Clinical evaluation of the new RIFLE criteria for acute renal failure

E Hoste, G Clermont, A Kersten, R Venkataraman, H Kaldas, D Angus, J Kellum

Early goal-directed therapy in patients with end-stage renal disease

M Donnino, E Shirazi, C Wira, B Nguyen, G Jacobsen, K Floyd, E Rivers

Healing process in the early phase after the simple closure/omental patch for perforated duodenal ulcer: endoscopic direct evaluation

Y Moriwaki, M Sugiyama, K Yoshida, S Yamagishi, H Tomita, K Kanaya, H Toyoda, S Arata, T Kosuge, J Suzuki, N Suzuki

Changes in glucagon kinetics and processing in patients with acute pancreatitis

K Tanjoh, R Tomita, K Kinoshita

Cytokines may predict outcome at acute pancreatic patients with pulmonary failure: the beneficial role of somatostatin

M Sosolceva, S Stojanova, M Licenovska, M Gjorceva

Effects of abdominal compression on respiratory parameters in normal volunteers

V Wagana, S Ferreras, C Barbas

The risk factors for intra-abdominal hypertension in a mixed population of critically ill patients

D Chiumello, N Brienza, J Cohen, M Ranieri, A Wilmer, M Malbrain

Early abdominal and pulmonary neutrophil accumulation and activation in patients with secondary peritonitis: a compartmentalized response

O van Till, V den Broeder, T Out, P Bresser, R Lutter, M Schultz, D Gouma, M Boermeester

Intraperitoneal placement of a microdialysis catheter in patients with gastrointestinal anastomosis: preliminary results of a prospective study

I Ginosatis, P Tzardis, P Stefanidis, E Kriticos, J Tierris, V Laopodis

Coefficient of variation (COVA) during continuous intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) and abdominal perfusion pressure (APP) monitoring

M Malbrain, D Deeren, T De Potter, C Libeer, R Daelemans

Inter-relation between splanchnic ischaemia measured by air-tonometry and renal function

A Henniger, F Brunkhorst, K Reinhart, T Uhlig

Influence of elevated abdominal pressure (EAP) on lung mechanics and gas exchange during PCV with and without spontaneous breathing

R Bensberg, D Henzler, V Fackeldey, R Dembinski, R Rossaint, R Kuhlen

Intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) and hypoperfusion of splanchnic organs after major abdominal surgery

V Sramek, M Masek, S Chalupnik, J Zak, P Suk, D Zvonickova, H Valouchova

Nonoperative management of patients with abdominal compartment syndrome

J Nollet, J De Waele, E Hoste, K Colpaert, S Blot, C Roosens, J Decruyenaere, F Colardyn

Blood flow changes during septic shock compared with controlled stepwise blood flow reduction in the superior mesenteric artery: effects on microcirculatory blood flow in the small intestine

V Krejci, L Hiltebrand, S Jakob, G Sigurdsson

The effects of five vasopressors on renal blood flow in septic dogs

Z Peng, L Critchley

Epinephrine induces tissue perfusion deficit in porcine endotoxin shock: evaluation by regional CO2 content gradients and L/P ratios

J Tenhunen, T Martikainen, A Uusaro, E Ruokonen

Effects of arginine–vasopressin on jejunal mucosal oxygen supply in healthy pigs

H Knotzer, W Pajk, S Maier, R Ladurner, V Wenzel

Early and aggressive use of high-dose norepinephrine in the treatment of septic shock

A Kapralou, D Theodorou, P Drimousis, F Archondovassilis, K Stamou, C Mpantias, G Karantzikos, S Katsaragakis

Correlation of gastric-mucosal tonometry and procalcitonin (PCT) values in intensive care patients

C Reinhardt, F Brunkhorst, K Reinhart, T Uhlig

Ultrasonography and color Doppler contrast-enhanced imaging of the gallbladder in intensive care unit patients: an early diagnosis of acute acalculous cholecystitis

K Chatzimichail, D Zervakis, A Siafaka, M Zervou, S Nanas, C Roussos

Severe abdominal sepsis in the intensive care unit

R Morar

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The Duffy antigen receptor for chemokines (DARC) and acute renal failure (ARF) during lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced systemic inflammation

K Singbartl, S große Bockhorn, H Van Aken

Pathophysiology of early ischaemia reperfusion injury of the colon in aortic surgery

N Khwaja, J Ghosh, V Howarth, M Murphy, R McMahon, P Brenchley, J Eddleston, M Walker

Plasma DNA concentration as a predictor of mortality and sepsis in critically ill patients

S Wort, A Rhodes, H Thomas, R Pearse, P Collinson

Predictive markers for nosocomial infections in multiple trauma: comparison of 13 inflammation parameters

H Mitterhammer, KH Smolle, P Kaufmann, R Aigner, G Egger

Procalcitonin as a marker of infection in critically ill patients

P Koukiasa, B Soulountsi, P Giallouris, A Vavlitou, M Filipescu, I Rodini, E Projia, M Bitzani

Diagnostic value of procalcitonin monitoring in cardiac surgery

N Beloborodova, D Popov

New diagnostic marker for sepsis: soluble CD14 subtype

K Shirakawa, S Furusako, S Endo, Y Yaegashi, H Inada

Prediction of the development of organ failures in patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome by determination of plasma levels of soluble E-selectin

K Okajima, M Koga, H Suga, M Abe, T Nakagawa

Activity of the lipoxygenase inhibitor 1-phenyl-3-pyrazolidinone (phenidone) and derivatives on the expression of adhesion molecules on human umbilical vascular endothelial cells

T Schroeder, F Neuscheler, C Karcher, H Dieterich, B Nohé

Microdialysis: an innovative new tool to detect endotoxin tolerance

K Staubach, S Klaus

Serum lipids analysis in septic shock patients

S Cappi, A Nogueira, L Giusti, C Valeri, W Hoshino, M Lins

Association of mannose-binding lectin polymorphisms with sepsis and fatal outcome in patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome

P Garred, J Strøm, L Quist, E Taaning, H Madsen

Upregulation of renal inducible NO synthase and proximal tubule damage during human endotoxemia

S Heemskerk, P Pickkers, L van Eijk, H van der Hoeven, W Peters, F Russel, R Masereeuw

Moderate hypothermia during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) inhibits the intramyocardial synthesis of TNF-α: a role of p38 MAP kinase

M Qing, K Schmuacher, M Sokalmska, J Vazquez-Jimenez, M Seghaye

Acute and high-dose therapy of urinary trypsin inhibitor could inhibit vascular endothelial cell disorders in critical illness

M Abe, M Ishikawa, Y Soga, H Suga, T Nakagawa, T Suzuki

Effects of urinary trypsin inhibitor for trauma patients

Y Deguchi, Y Soga, H Suga, T Nakagawa

Exosomes derived from plasma of septic patients induce myocardial dysfunction

L Azevedo, V Pontieri, P Tucci, F Laurindo

Benzisothiazole derivative inhibits toll-like receptor 4 signal transduction and prevents mice from the lethal shock

Y Hosaka, Y Shimizu, M Nakamura, Y Sato, Y Miyazaki, T Sato, M Mizuno, Y Kato, S Furusako

The influence of N-acetyl cysteine infusion oncytokine levels and gastric intramucosal pH during severe sepsis

S Emet, D Memis, Z Pamukçu

N-Acetylcysteine inhibits peroxynitrite-mediated damage in oleic acid-induced lung injury

O Koksel, I Cinel, L Tamer, L Cinel, A Ozdulger, U Oral

Therapeutic neutralization of interferon-gamma in primates prevents lethality in Gram-negative bacteremic shock

P Lainée, P Efron, K Lorré, L Moldawer

Predicting the response to therapy from a mathematical model

G Clermont, R Kumar, J Bartels, Y Vodovotz, S Chang, C Chow

Effect of interferon gamma on sepsis-related death in patients with immunoparalysis

N Takeyama, T Tanaka, T Yabuki, K Nakatani, T Nakatani

Cervical spine injury: factors associated with secondary pneumonia

H Mehdaoui, H Pascal-Mousselard, P Schott, B Dubois, R Valentino, D Joachim-Arnaud

Ventilator-associated pneumonia in children: evaluation of clinical pulmonary infection score in monitoring the course of illness

F Grasso, G Chidini, L Napolitano, E Calderini

Comparison of bronchoalveolar lavage and endotracheal aspirates culture sampling with clinical pulmonary infection score on diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia

E Güler, F Kahveci, H AkalIn, M SInIrtas, S Bayram, B Özcan

Ventilator-associated pneumonia with a closed versus an open endotracheal suction system

L Lorente, M Lecuona, C García, M Mora, A Sierra

Clinical pulmonary infection score (CPIS) dynamics in polytrauma patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia

M Georgieva, S Milanov, M Milanov, E Gyurov

Ventilator-associated pneumonia: do patients that initiate mechanical ventilation outside the intensive care unit do worst?

I Previgliano, P Marchio, D Ceraso

Predictors of disease severity are similar for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)-positive and RSV-negative induced respiratory failure

E Davis, K Deem, R Mehta, M Marsh

Hand washing compliance in the intensive care unit

I Qushmaq, M Meade

Positive blood cultures in critically ill patients: incidence and impact on outcome

G Frank

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection acquired in intensive care: a prospective study of infection and outcome

C MacNeil, E Curran, J Kinsella, M Booth

Incidence of multidrug-resistant bacteria in a general ICU: 1-year study

C Kydona, G Malamis, N Sidiropoulou, C Tsiotras, E Papazafiriou, N Gritsi-Gerogianni

A 6-month study of infections and antibiotic resistance pattern in a Greek intensive care unit

E Paramythiotou, P Ntagiopoulos, H Giamarellou, A Antoniadou, G Poulakou, A Karabinis

Increase in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus acquisition and change in pathogen pattern associated with outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

F Yap

Validation of the Belgian surveillance data of ICU-acquired nosocomial infections

I Morales, C Suetens

Daily interruption of central venous catheters in critically ill ICU patients

P Myrianthefs, E Boutzouka, L Louizou, A Retzoulas, I Samara, G Baltopoulos

Central venous catheter-related infection in critically ill patients

L Lorente, R Galván, M Martín, C García, M Mora

Catheter-related infection of arterial catheters in critical care

L Lorente, R Galván, M Martín, J Villegas, M Mora

Double-lumen central venous catheters impregnated with chlorhexidine and silver sulfadiazine as a prevention of catheter colonization in the intensive care unit setting: a prospective randomized study

L Camargo, G Büchele, A Marra, R Cal, J Sousa, F Machado, A Sogayar, V Michels, E Silva, M Martino, E Knobel, L Poli

Routine screening for Candida colonization

C Triboulet, G Duquenne, Y Breton, A Chehab, S Winnock

IL-10 plasma and bronchoalveolar lavage levels used as markers of candida bronchopneumonia during fungal sepsis

A Giarratano, S Raineri, M Gjomarkaj

Invasive aspergillosis in a medical ICU: the spectrum of disease in 89 nonhaematology patients

W Meersseman, A Wilmer

Sputum concentration of amikacin varies with nebulizer efficiency measured in vitro in patients on mechanical ventilators

P Dequin, E Mercier, C Valat, R Fishman, J Fink, N Smith, K Gibbons, P Diot

Comparison of levofloxacin (L) and cefotaxime (C) combined with ofloxacin (O) for treatment of severe community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in the intensive care unit

O Leroy, P Saux, J Bédos, E Caulin

Pharmacokinetics of linezolid in critically ill patients undergoing continuous venovenous hemofiltration

B Meyer, G Kornek, M Nikfardjam, G Delle Karth, G Heinz, G Locker, W Jaeger, F Thalhammer

Ceftazidime administered by continuous perfusion can improve the prognosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia

L Lorente, R Galván, M Martín, C García, M Mora

Continuous vs bolus administration of imipenem in critically ill patients with ICU-acquired pneumonia

S Sakka, A Glauner, J Bulitta, M Kinzig-Schippers, F Sörgel

ICU use of haloperidol prior to the 2002 SCCM sedation and analgesia guidelines

E Milbrandt, A Kersten, G Clermont, R Andrews, O Collange, M Coughlin, S Watson, D Angus

The safety of remifentanil administered for up to 5 days in ICU patients with neurotrauma

S Stergiopoulos, A Karabinis, K Mandragos, A Komnos, J Soukup, B Speelberg, A Kirkham

Remifentanil-based analgesia and sedation facilitates more rapid and predictable time to neurological assessments

A Karabinis, K Mandragos, S Stergiopoulos, A Komnos, J Soukup, B Speelberg, A Kirkham

Remifentanil-based analgesia and sedation is well tolerated when administered for up to 10 days in mechanically ventilated ICU patients

A Karabinis, M Malbrain, J Bakker, T Jensen, P Germann, D Breen, P Parkinson

Decreased time on mechanical ventilation using remifentanil-based analgesia and sedation

M Malbrain, A Karabinis, R Morais, S Albrecht, D Breen, P Parkinson

Effect of propofol on stroke volume and shunt in patients undergoing thoracic surgery with the exclusion of one-lung ventilation during planned operations

W Machala, W Gaszynski

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Accidental withdrawal of nonintravascular catheters in critically ill patients

L Lorente, C Henry, M Martín, S Huidobro, M Mora

Ketamine and midazolam mixture versus ketamine for analgesia/sedation in polytrauma patients with asthma

E Gyurov, S Milanov, M Milanov

Pediatric anesthesia for magnetic resonance scan with a laryngeal mask: maintenance in case of reduced intracranial compliance

M Di Nardo, F Giunta

Intravenous paracetamol (Prodafalgan) causes hypotension in critically ill patients

M Hersch, L Kanter, M Gurevitz, D Raveh

Intrapleural versus epidural analgesia with local anesthetics in patients with thoracic trauma

E Gyurov, S Milanov, M Milanov

Concentration of hormones regulating water and electrolytes balance in patients after cardiac arrest

A Samborska-Sablik, W Gaszynski, J Goch, Z Sablik

Endocrine changes in patients recovering from acute traumatic or nontraumatic brain injury: pattern and correlations with functional outcome

I Dimopoulou, A Kouyialis, E Duka, S Tsagarakis, M Zervou, N Thalassinos, C Roussos, A Armaganidis

Strict blood glucose control with insulin improves hepatic mitochondrial ultrastructure and function in critical illness

I Vanhorebeek, R De Vos, P Wouters, F Weekers, D Mesotten, G Van den Berghe

Antiplatelet use and glycaemic control in noncardiac critically ill patients with elevated Troponin T levels

A Turley, J Gedney

Insulin requirement in the first 24 hours of intensive care admission predicts outcome

P Gikas, R Raobaikady, G McAnulty

Lowering of Glucose in Critical Care (LOGIC): pilot trial in medical–surgical ICU patients

J McMullin, E McDonald, F Clarke, R Jaeschke, J Gibson, D Cook

Acute hyperglycemia impairs platelet receptor expression but not platelet aggregation in vitro

T Schuerholz, O Keil, L Friedrich, H Elsner, D Scheinichen

Evaluation of glucose intolerance in acutely ill severe patients by means of an artificial pancreas

M Hoshino, Y Haraguchi, I Mizushima, M Sakai, T Yokoi, C Tanaka

Early hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia and 'tight' glycaemic control with and without glucose infusions

R Raobaikady, M Moore, S Bele, G McAnulty

Cortisol deficiency in critically ill patients after major trauma

G Schleicher, G Richards

The hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis in critical illness: responses to the low-dose corticotropin (ACTH) stimulation test and human corticotropin-releasing hormone (hCRH)

P Alevizopoulou, I Dimopoulou, S Tsagarakis, M Tzanela, E Souvatzoglou, K Stamoulis, E Duka, M Zervou, C Augustatou, N Thalassinos, C Roussos, A Armaganidis

Adrenal hyporesponsiveness to the low-dose stimulation test (LDST) is associated with a higher mortality in early sepsis and/or septic shock

I Dimopoulou, M Zervou, S Tsagarakis, E Duka, C Augustatou, M Tzanela, S Orfanos, P Alevizopoulou, N Thalassinos, C Roussos

The effect of Etomidate on corticotropin stimulation test to diagnose relative adrenal insufficiency in septic shock

Z Mohammad, R Kersting, B Afessa

Is there any place to corticotropin test in sepsis?

S Abdellatif, S Alaya, H Ksouri, R Nasri, H Ghadhoun, S Ben Lakhal

Does the antioxidant level increase after the treatment of exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease every time?

A Balkan, H Turkan, M Ozkan, A Sayal, A Aydin, N Demirci

Antioxidant enzyme activities in patients with severe sepsis

F Novak, M Hynkova, H Lubanda, O Novakova, A Zak

Scavengers prevent lung injury but do not improve the survival during sepsis in rats

M Ohya, S Marukawa, K Hosohara, J Hirata, J Kotani

Early postoperative substitution procedure of the antioxidant ascorbic acid (AA) in postoperative intensive care unit (ICU) patients

A Ruemelin, U Jaehde, T Kerz, M Krämer, U Fauth

Trace minerals in critically ill patients: a forgotten cause of delayed recovery?

B van der Hoven, J Schoonderbeek, C Groeninx van Zoelen

Selenium and zinc plasmatic levels in intensive care patients

A Kazda, H Brodska, H Vinglerova, J Blaha, J Valenta, M Stritesky, T Zima, M Urban

Significant hypophosphatemia following major cardiac surgery: incidence and consequences

J Cohen, A Kogan, G Sahar, S Lev, B Vidne

Pseudohyperkalemia during the onset of critical illness

G Tsolakidis, S Fourka, G Anthopoulos, C Kaninis, N Sevastos

Risk factors for myelinolysis following correction of severe hyponatremia in the ICU

P Vacher, F Thiollière, A Hamzaoui, L Boyer, D Moreau, B Souweine

The confounding effect of hyperchloraemia on the base deficit in diabetic ketoacidosis

D Taylor, A Durward, K Thorburn, IC Johnstone, SM Tibby, IA Murdoch

Does the nutritive status influence on the outcome of sepsis in children with cancer?

D Furmanchuk, V Gerein

Three-month experience of an outpatient office of nutritional support after evaluation of body synthesis with bioelectrical impedance analysis under the auspices of the ICU

A Bekridelis, M Stougianni, A Katsanikos, S Vasiliagkou, E Antoniadou, V Petropoulou

Changes in resting energy expenditure, body temperature and jugular bulb oxygen saturation after brain death

M Cengiz, L Dösemeci, M Yilmaz, A Ramazanoglu

Changes in cytokine concentration during enrichment of early enteral nutrition with lactic acid bacterium (Synbiotic 2000) after major abdominal surgery

A Möller, S Lüdemann, I Kürer, O Ahlers, D Keh, N Rayes, P Neuhaus, H Gerlach

Early enteral nutrition: a challenge in the ICU?

S Lehtipalo, O Winsö

Enteral nutrition in adult ICU patients: optimizing the outcome using computer-assisted individualisation of nutritional support

F Archodovassilis, P Drimoussis, M Skouroliakou, S Katsaragakis, G Androulakis

A new method to place an enteral feeding tube for transpyloric feeding in infants

H Hayami, O Yamaguchi, H Ooki, R Yazawa, A Koyama

Enteral nutrition affects nitric oxide levels in both peripheral blood and liver tissue in an experimental model of postoperative sepsis

K Kotzampassi, G Kolios, P Manousou, G Notas, N Tsagarakis, H Papanastasiou, E Kouroumalis, E Eleftheriadis

Short-term lung metabolic effects of middle-chain triglyceride/long-chain triglyceride-containing lipid emulsions in patients with post-traumatic acute respiratory distress syndrome

S Milanov, M Milanov, M Georgieva

Pathophysiology of renal injury in patients with acute rhabdomyolysis associated with sympathomimetic drug abuse

K Delaney, L Velez

The sepsis syndromes in the emergency department

N Shapiro

Major airway trauma: a 5-year study in four hospitals in the Middle East

K Ayazi, S Ayazi, A Dezfooli-abbasi

Cardiac damage in carbon monoxide poisoning

B Yelken

Anesthesia-assisted opiate detoxification (AAOD) for heroine addicts during 24-hour ICU admission: complications and results for opiate abstinence at 1-year follow-up

C de Jong

Emergency treatment of esophago-gastric lesion in caustic ingestion patients

F Conforto, M Gerecitano, I Tanga, A Mereu, A Sansonetti, C Huscher

B-type natriuretic peptide testing reduces time to discharge in patients presenting with acute dyspnea (the BASEL study)

C Mueller, A Scholer, B Martina, S Marsch

Patient outcomes following prehospital rapid sequence intubation for medical emergencies

B McGlinch, E Weller

Analysis of regular attenders to the accident and emergency department

P Philippou, E Papageorgiou

Pivotal role of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pediatric drowning incidents

J Wigginton, P Pepe, A Idris, D Persse, R Berg

Prevention of inhospital cardiac arrest: a project based on a clinical severity score assessment

R Oggioni, G Fradella, F Bandini, M Pratesi, A Pedullà, A Nesi, B Padelletti, M Tonelli

Pre-arrest signs in different types of hospitals

J Nurmi, V Harjola, P Rosenberg, M Castrén

The intuitive use of laryngeal airway devices by lay responders

J Bickenbach, G Schaelte, S Beckers, M Fries, R Rossaint, R Kuhlen

Effect of nifekalant for out-of–hospital cardiac arrest with shock-resistant ventricular fibrillation

H Toyama, M Sugiyama, Y Tahara, H Toyoda, T Kosuge, Y Moriwaki, S Arata, J Suzuki, N Suzuki, F Otsuka, K Kimura

Comparison of automatic vs semiautomatic automated external defibrillators used by laypersons

S Beckers, M Fries, J Bickenbach, M Derwall, R Kuhlen, R Rossaint

Use of automated external defibrillators in a major Latin America airline: 5 years' experience

S Timerman, P Magalhaes Alves, M Castro Gonzalez, A Mansur, JAF Ramires

Efficacy and safety of a device for minimally invasive direct cardiac masage

S Timerman, P Magalhaes Alves, SR Vieira, A Mansur, JAF Ramires

Witnessed cardiopulmonary resuscitation: the public's perception

M Mazer

The process of teambuilding delays cardiopulmonary resuscitation

S Marsch, P Hunziker, C Mueller, M Spychiger, M Breuer, N Semmer, F Tschan

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation surprise drills: an instrument to improve performance in resuscitation

F Zveibil, Z Zohar

Inhospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation of cancer patients: is it worthwhile?

S Myatra, J Divatia, H Pathan

ITU outcome of postcardiac arrest patients

M Vizcaychipi, M Laban, E Bradshaw, E Svoren

A low-tech and no-cost approach to induce mild hypothermia in postcardiac arrest patients

M Busch, T Lindner, E Soreide, K Lexow

Does cooling the wrong patients heat up the costs?

M Busch, E Soreide

Neurological complications after liver transplantation

M Yilmaz, L Dosemeci, N Hadimioglu, B Dora, M Cengiz, A Ramazanoglu

The gamma isoform of enolase (NSE) is predictive of mortality after cardiopulmonary resuscitation: comparison with clinical neurologic examination and computerised tomography scan of the brain

K Magnusson, C Priegnitz, N Cicco

Evaluation of Fisher's Classification of aneurismal subarachnoid hemorrhage as a predictor of cerebral vasospasm in endovascular neurosurgery

I Previgliano, R Romero, P Lylyk, R Ceratto

Variations of S-100B in early phases of head trauma

M Takeda, J Yuzawa, T Suzuki, M Ishikawa, A Yaguchi, S Yamada

Serum S-100B protein predicts prognosis in endogenous encephalopathy

J Yuzawa, T Suzuki, M Ishikawa, M Takeda, S Yamada, N Sasaki, A Yaguchi

Severe brain injury epidemiology in Western Macedonia: experience of a general hospital as the basis for planning brain injury management

E Apostolidou, K Eleutheriadou, A Tsamitrou, V Sakellariou, P Miggos, T Sidiropoulos, D Tsaphis

Long-term follow-up of severely brain injured patients in Martinique

H Mehdaoui, J Uzan, W Lucien, R Edragas, B Dubois, D Joachim-Arnaud, R Valentino

The use of transcranial Doppler ultrasonography (TCD) in the diagnosis of intracranial hypertension

A Vakalos, D Setzis, P Doukelis, D Vasilakos, D Matamis

Blood flow and oxygen extraction fraction in regions of oedema following head injury

P Bradley, S Harding, J Coles, D Chatfield, J Pickard, D Menon

The relationship between intracranial pressure, cerebral perfusion pressure and survival in paediatric head injured patients: what does the first 24 hours tell us?

A Frampton, F Kirkham, R Mehta, M Marsh

A comparison of a behavioural assessment tool and electrophysiological measures of recovery from coma

C Schnakers, S Laureys, S Majerus

Neuropsychological testing in the locked-in syndrome: preliminary results from a feasability study

C Schnakers, S Majerus, P Van Eeckhout, P Peigneux, S Laureys

The comparison of prognosis of the patients with severe head trauma in two different treatment protocols

L Dosemeci, M Yilmaz, M Akyuz, T Ucar, M Cengiz, A Ramazanoglu

Subcutaneous diclofenac at low dose is very effective in treating fever with an accompanying reduction in intracerebral pressure in NICU patients

M Cormio, C Ergoli, G Citerio, G Portella, A Pesenti

Evaluation of intracranial pressure in influenza-associated acute encephalopathy: therapeutic strategy with intracranial pressure monitoring

H Rinka, M Shiomi, K Shimadzu, H Ujino, T Miyaichi, M Kan, T Shigemoto, A Kaji, K Haze, J Nolan

Antithrombotic therapy in an experimental model of acute ischemic stroke in rabbits

V Segura, C Huang, E Martín, E Martínez, F Sansivirini, N Astacio

Role of thiopentone infusion for management of intractable status epilepicus in pediatric patients

R Govindarajan, M Sathyamoorthy, J Aronsohn

Influence of dobutamine and norepinephrine and cerebral blood flow: preliminary data

A Donati, R Coltrinari, S Loggi, R Pallotto, M Ruzzi, M Scarcella, I Valentini, P Pelaia

Recognition of potential organ donors: an audit in a university hospital ICU

T Gaszynski

Utility of an emergency intensive care unit (EICU) in a tertiary care hospital

A Garg, D Jose, K Bajan

Treatment on a high-dependency unit and subsequent outcome following intensive care admission

M Parker

Development of a tool to determining the number of medium care beds required for a large surgical ICU

L Verhaeghe, M Valcke, P Wouters, J Vermeyen, G Van den Berghe

Winter excess mortality in UK critical care units: an analysis of outcome adjusted for patient case mix and unit workload

D Harrison, P Lertsithichai, A Brady, J Carpenter, K Rowan

Patient outcome after reorganization of a medical intensive care unit

S Dara, B Afessa

Can we identify futility of care in the sickest critically ill patients on the third ICU day?

B Afessa, M Keegan, Z Mohammad, S Peters

Base excess and lactate as predictors of mortality in medical ICU patients

L Azevedo, M Park, R Sanga, G Ferreira, L Palma, L Brauer, A Maciel, D Noritomi, J Ladeira, A Amaral

Is Paediatric Index of Mortality 2 already out of date?

SM Tibby, F Holton, A Durward, IA Murdoch

A systematic review of intensive care length of stay indicators

L Burry

Outcome of mechanically ventilated patients with predominantly cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases: results of the German Arbeitsgemeinschaft Leitender Kardiologischer Krankenhausärzte multicenter BEAT Registry

U Janssens, U Tebbe, H Klein, S Schneider, R Uebis

Outcome and prognostic factors in critically ill immunocompromised patients admitted to the ICU

P Schellongowski, B Stoiser, G Locker, M Frass, T Staudinger

How well does increased lactate differentiate between ITU survivors and nonsurvivors?

S Hubble, S Shaw

Blood osmolar gap as a prognostic indicator in critically ill patients: preliminary results

S Aloizos, P Myrianthefs, V Zidianakis, E Tsigou, G Fildisis, S Karatzas, H Boutzouka, G Baltopoulos

Relationship of insurance type and treatment of severe status asthmaticus in working-age adults

K Wood, A Kersten, W Linde-Zwirble, D Angus, M Danis, G Clermont

The Mortality in Emergency Department Sepsis: 1-year mortality rates

N Shapiro, D Bates

Iatrogenic occurrences at the intensive care unit: impact on the patients' severity and on the nursing workload

S Silva, K Padilha

Medication errors: comparison of electronic and hand-written prescribing in the ICU

R Shulman, G Bellingan, M Singer

Signal merging and signal fusion to enhance robustness and reduce false alarms during multichannel patient monitoring

E Braithwaite, J Price, L Tarassenko, J Young, W Sibbald

Depression and burnout syndrome in intensive care unit nurses

E Özgencil, N Ünal, M Oral, Ü Okyavuz, Z Alanoglu, M Tulunay

Teamwork and safety attitudes among staff in critical care units and the relationship to patient mortality

K Rowan, A Brady, K Vella, J Boyden, J Sexton

The PIRO concept: prediction of bacteremia in patients admitted to the intensive care unit with infection

S Dara, J Finkielman, B Sujay, Z Mohammad, B Afessa

Post-traumatic stress disorder after medical intensive care

M Wehler, M Stolle, A Riek, T Loew, U Reulbach, E Hahn, R Strauss

Five-year survival, quality of life, and individual costs of 303 consecutive medical intensive care patients

J Graf, J Wagner, C Graf, K Koch, P Hanrath, U Janssens

Quality of life of sepsis survivors: evaluation with a specific critical care questionnaire

C Granja