Issue 3/2007
Content (47 Articles)
Bench-to-bedside review: Pulmonary–renal syndromes – an update for the intensivist
Spyros A Papiris, Effrosyni D Manali, Ioannis Kalomenidis, Giorgios E Kapotsis, Anna Karakatsani, Charis Roussos
Conclusions regarding the efficacy of treatments for neuroleptic malignant syndrome should be tempered given poor quality data, regardless of the analysis conducted
Darren M Roberts, Jason A Roberts
Clinical review: Agitation and delirium in the critically ill – significance and management
Jean-Claude Chevrolet, Philippe Jolliet
Is tissue Doppler echocardiography the Holy Grail for the intensivist?
Jan Poelaert, Carl Roosens
Pulse pressure variation: beyond the fluid management of patients with shock
Frédéric Michard, Marcel R Lopes, Jose-Otavio C Auler Jr
Liquid versus gel handrub formulation: a prospective intervention study
Ousmane Traore, Stéphane Hugonnet, Jann Lübbe, William Griffiths, Didier Pittet
Video of dantrolene effectiveness on neuroleptic malignant syndrome associated muscular rigidity and tremor
Miran Brvar, Matjaz Bunc
Prediction of death and prolonged mechanical ventilation in acute lung injury
Ognjen Gajic, Bekele Afessa, B Taylor Thompson, Fernando Frutos-Vivar, Michael Malinchoc, Gordon D Rubenfeld, André Esteban, Antonio Anzueto, Rolf D Hubmayr
Cooling and hemodynamic management in heatstroke: practical recommendations
Abderrezak Bouchama, Mohammed Dehbi, Enrique Chaves-Carballo
Attributable mortality of Acinetobacter baumannii: no longer a controversial issue
Matthew E Falagas, Petros I Rafailidis
Beneficial effects of erythropoietin in preclinical models of shock and organ failure
Christoph Thiemermann
Paw HGW, Park GR: Handbook of Drugs in Intensive Care: An A-Z Guide. 3rd edition. New York:Cambridge University Press; 2006:269pp
James Yassin, Owen Boyd
Haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis patients admitted to intensive care units
Nishkantha Arulkumaran, John B Eastwood, Debasish Banerjee
Acute and long-term survival in chronically critically ill surgical patients: a retrospective observational study
Wolfgang H Hartl, Hilde Wolf, Christian P Schneider, Helmut Küchenhoff, Karl-Walter Jauch
Effect of induction agent on vasopressor and steroid use, and outcome in patients with septic shock
David Charles Ray, Dermot William McKeown
Diagnostic yield of quantitative endotracheal aspirates in patients with severe nursing home-acquired pneumonia
Ali A El Solh, Morohunfolu E Akinnusi, Lilibeth A Pineda, Corey R Mankowski
Erythropoietin improves skeletal muscle microcirculation and tissue bioenergetics in a mouse sepsis model
Raymond Kao, Anargyros Xenocostas, Tao Rui, Pei Yu, Weixiong Huang, James Rose, Claudio M Martin
Bench-to-bedside review: Current evidence for extracorporeal albumin dialysis systems in liver failure
Constantine J Karvellas, Noel Gibney, Demetrios Kutsogiannis, Julia Wendon, Vincent G Bain
Cystatin C and beta2-microglobulin: markers of glomerular filtration in critically ill children
José David Herrero-Morín, Serafín Málaga, Nuria Fernández, Corsino Rey, María Ángeles Diéguez, Gonzalo Solís, Andrés Concha, Alberto Medina
Metabolic effects of phosphodiesterase III inhibitors: another reason to promote their use?
Vladislava Simkova, Peter Radermacher, Eberhard Barth
Nitric oxide inhibition rapidly increases blood pressure with no change in outcome in cardiogenic shock: the TRIUMPH trial
Réda Salem, Alexandre Mebazaa
Serum procalcitonin measurement as diagnostic and prognostic marker in febrile adult patients presenting to the emergency department
Pierre Hausfater, Gaëlle Juillien, Beatrice Madonna-Py, Julien Haroche, Maguy Bernard, Bruno Riou
Predicting a low cortisol response to adrenocorticotrophic hormone in the critically ill: a retrospective cohort study
Margriet FC de Jong, Albertus Beishuizen, Jan-Jaap Spijkstra, Armand RJ Girbes, Rob JM Strack van Schijndel, Jos WR Twisk, AB Johan Groeneveld
Clinical review: Allocating ventilators during large-scale disasters – problems, planning, and process
John L Hick, Lewis Rubinson, Daniel T O'Laughlin, J Christopher Farmer
Bench-to-bedside review: Brain-lung interaction in the critically ill – a pending issue revisited
Romina Gonzalvo, Octavi Martí-Sistac, Lluís Blanch, Josefina López-Aguilar
Nucleated red blood cells in the blood of medical intensive care patients indicate increased mortality risk: a prospective cohort study
Axel Stachon, Elmar Segbers, Tim Holland-Letz, Reiner Kempf, Steffen Hering, Michael Krieg
Red blood cell transfusions and the risk of acute respiratory distress syndrome among the critically ill: a cohort study
Marya D Zilberberg, Chureen Carter, Patrick Lefebvre, Monika Raut, Francis Vekeman, Mei Sheng Duh, Andrew F Shorr
Kidney function assessment in the critically ill child: is it time to leave creatinine behind?
Stuart L Goldstein
Transfusion trigger in critically ill patients: has the puzzle been completed?
Eric Reiles, Philippe Van der Linden
Etomidate, sepsis, and adrenal function: not as bad as we thought?
Ryan Kamp, John P Kress
Injurious mechanical ventilation in the normal lung causes a progressive pathologic change in dynamic alveolar mechanics
Lucio A Pavone, Scott Albert, David Carney, Louis A Gatto, Jeffrey M Halter, Gary F Nieman
Use of dynamic microsimulation to predict disease progression in patients with pneumonia-related sepsis
Görkem Saka, Jennifer E Kreke, Andrew J Schaefer, Chung-Chou H Chang, Mark S Roberts, Derek C Angus
Surfactant therapy for acute respiratory failure in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Mark Duffett, Karen Choong, Vivian Ng, Adrienne Randolph, Deborah J Cook
Hemodynamic goals in randomized clinical trials in patients with sepsis: a systematic review of the literature
Jonathan E Sevransky, Seema Nour, Gregory M Susla, Dale M Needham, Steven Hollenberg, Peter Pronovost
Changes in the incidence and outcome for early acute kidney injury in a cohort of Australian intensive care units
Sean M Bagshaw, Carol George, Rinaldo Bellomo
A German national prevalence study on the cost of intensive care: an evaluation from 51 intensive care units
Onnen Moerer, Enno Plock, Uchenna Mgbor, Alexandra Schmid, Heinz Schneider, Manfred Bernd Wischnewsky, Hilmar Burchardi
Modeling effect of the septic condition and trauma on C-reactive protein levels in children with sepsis: a retrospective study
Michal Kyr, Michal Fedora, Lubomir Elbl, Nishan Kugan, Jaroslav Michalek
Efficacy of and tolerance to mild induced hypothermia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest using an endovascular cooling system
Nicolas Pichon, Jean Bernard Amiel, Bruno François, Anthony Dugard, Caroline Etchecopar, Philippe Vignon