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Critical Care

Issue 4/2009

Content (73 Articles)

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Intensity of renal replacement therapy in acute kidney injury: perspective from within the Acute Renal Failure Trial Network Study

Paul M Palevsky, Theresa Z O'Connor, Glenn M Chertow, Susan T Crowley, Jane Hongyuan Zhang, John A Kellum

Commentary

Acoustic monitoring – super sonics?

John J Marini

Commentary

Incretins in the ICU: is insulin on its way out?

Michelle A Kovalaske, Gunjan Y Gandhi

Commentary

Central venous oxygen saturation and emergency intubation – another piece in the puzzle?

Wolfgang Stahl, Peter Radermacher, Michael Georgieff, Hendrik Bracht

Commentary

Can a simple blood test quantify brain injury?

Stephan A Mayer, Guillermo Linares

Commentary

When once is not enough – further evidence of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic stewardship

Stephan Harbarth, Werner C Albrich, Beat Müller

Open Access Research

Serum Interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 are early biomarkers of acute kidney injury and predict prolonged mechanical ventilation in children undergoing cardiac surgery: a case-control study

Kathleen D Liu, Christopher Altmann, Gerard Smits, Catherine D Krawczeski, Charles L Edelstein, Prasad Devarajan, Sarah Faubel

Open Access Research

Changes in serum adiponectin concentrations in critical illness: a preliminary investigation

Bala Venkatesh, Ingrid Hickman, Janelle Nisbet, Jeremy Cohen, John Prins

Open Access Research

Reliability issues in human brain temperature measurement

Charmaine Childs, Graham Machin

Open Access Research

Comparison of three methods of extravascular lung water volume measurement in patients after cardiac surgery

Benjamin Maddison, Christopher Wolff, George Findlay, Peter Radermacher, Charles Hinds, Rupert M Pearse

Open Access Research

Unfractionated heparin and enoxaparin reduce high-stretch ventilation augmented lung injury: a prospective, controlled animal experiment

Li-Fu Li, Chung-Chi Huang, Horng-Chyuan Lin, Ying-Huang Tsai, Deborah A Quinn, Shuen-Kuei Liao

Open Access Research

Thoracic epidural anesthesia time-dependently modulates pulmonary endothelial dysfunction in septic rats

Stefan Lauer, Hendrik Freise, Martin Westphal, Alexander Zarbock, Manfred Fobker, Hugo K Van Aken, Andreas W Sielenkämper, Lars G Fischer

Open Access Research

The relation between the incidence of hypernatremia and mortality in patients with severe traumatic brain injury

Umberto Maggiore, Edoardo Picetti, Elio Antonucci, Elisabetta Parenti, Giuseppe Regolisti, Mario Mergoni, Antonella Vezzani, Aderville Cabassi, Enrico Fiaccadori

Open Access Research

Adiponectin, retinol-binding protein 4, and leptin in protracted critical illness of pulmonary origin

Lies Langouche, Sarah Vander Perre, Jan Frystyk, Allan Flyvbjerg, Troels Krarup Hansen, Greet Van den Berghe

Open Access Research

Comparison of cardiac, hepatic, and renal effects of arginine vasopressin and noradrenaline during porcine fecal peritonitis: a randomized controlled trial

Florian Simon, Ricardo Giudici, Angelika Scheuerle, Michael Gröger, Pierre Asfar, Josef A Vogt, Ulrich Wachter, Franz Ploner, Michael Georgieff, Peter Möller, Régent Laporte, Peter Radermacher, Enrico Calzia, Balázs Hauser

Open Access Research

DHEA-dependent and organ-specific regulation of TNF-α mRNA expression in a murine polymicrobial sepsis and trauma model

Tanja Barkhausen, Frank Hildebrand, Christian Krettek, Martijn van Griensven

Open Access Research

Determinants of mortality in non-neutropenic ICU patients with candidaemia

Deborah JE Marriott, E Geoffrey Playford, Sharon Chen, Monica Slavin, Quoc Nguyen, David Ellis, Tania C Sorrell

Open Access Research

Thoracic epidural anesthesia reverses sepsis-induced hepatic hyperperfusion and reduces leukocyte adhesion in septic rats

Hendrik Freise, Fritz Daudel, Christina Grosserichter, Stefan Lauer, Juergen Hinkelmann, Hugo K Van Aken, Andreas W Sielenkaemper, Martin Westphal, Lars G Fischer

Commentary

Cell death in sepsis: a matter of how, when, and where

Heike Bantel, Klaus Schulze-Osthoff

Open Access Research

A randomized trial of chlorhexidine gluconate on oral bacterial pathogens in mechanically ventilated patients

Frank A Scannapieco, Jihnhee Yu, Krishnan Raghavendran, Angela Vacanti, Susan I Owens, Kenneth Wood, Joseph M Mylotte

Open Access Research

The change and effect of endothelial progenitor cells in pig with multiple organ dysfunction syndromes

Tian Hang Luo, Yao Wang, Zheng Mao Lu, Hong Zhou, Xu Chao Xue, Jian Wei Bi, Li Ye Ma, Guo En Fang

Open Access Research

Phenotype changes and impaired function of dendritic cell subsets in patients with sepsis: a prospective observational analysis

Holger Poehlmann, Joerg C Schefold, Heidrun Zuckermann-Becker, Hans-Dieter Volk, Christian Meisel

Commentary

Macrophage migration inhibitory factor, infection, the brain, and corticosteroids

Madelijn Geldhoff, Barry B Mook-Kanamori, Diederik van de Beek

Open Access Research

Pharmacokinetics of epinephrine in patients with septic shock: modelization and interaction with endogenous neurohormonal status

Imad Abboud, Nicolas Lerolle, Saik Urien, Jean-Marc Tadié, Françoise Leviel, Jean-Yves Fagon, Christophe Faisy

Open Access Research

S-100B and neuron-specific enolase as predictors of neurological outcome in patients after cardiac arrest and return of spontaneous circulation: a systematic review

Koichiro Shinozaki, Shigeto Oda, Tomohito Sadahiro, Masataka Nakamura, Yo Hirayama, Ryuzo Abe, Yoshihisa Tateishi, Noriyuki Hattori, Tadanaga Shimada, Hiroyuki Hirasawa

Open Access Research

Midregional pro-Adrenomedullin in addition to b-type natriuretic peptides in the risk stratification of patients with acute dyspnea: an observational study

Mihael Potocki, Tobias Breidthardt, Tobias Reichlin, Nils G Morgenthaler, Andreas Bergmann, Markus Noveanu, Nora Schaub, Heiko Uthoff, Heike Freidank, Lorenz Buser, Roland Bingisser, Michael Christ, Alexandre Mebazaa, Christian Mueller

Open Access Research

Critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency in patients with severe acute biliary pancreatitis: a prospective cohort study

Yun-Shing Peng, Cheng-Shyong Wu, Yung-Chang Chen, Jau-Min Lien, Ya-Chung Tian, Ji-Tseng Fang, Chun Yang, Yun-Yi Chu, Chien-Fu Hung, Chih-Wei Yang, Pang-Chi Chen, Ming-Hung Tsai

Open Access Research

Translocation of bacterial NOD2 agonist and its link with inflammation

Oh Yoen Kim, Antoine Monsel, Michèle Bertrand, Jean-Marc Cavaillon, Pierre Coriat, Minou Adib-Conquy

Open Access Research

Comparison of monitoring performance of Bioreactance vs. pulse contour during lung recruitment maneuvers

Pierre Squara, Dominique Rotcajg, Dominique Denjean, Philippe Estagnasie, Alain Brusset

Commentary

The riddle of hyperlactatemia

Guillermo Gutierrez, Jeffrey D Williams

Open Access Research

Using Medical Emergency Teams to detect preventable adverse events

Akshai Iyengar, Alan Baxter, Alan J Forster

Open Access Research

School children sufficiently apply life supporting first aid: a prospective investigation

Roman Fleischhackl, Alexander Nuernberger, Fritz Sterz, Christina Schoenberg, Tania Urso, Tanja Habart, Martina Mittlboeck, Nisha Chandra-Strobos

Commentary

Arginine vasopressin in septic shock: supplement or substitute for norepinephrine?

Sebastian Rehberg, Perenlei Enkhbaatar, Daniel L Traber

Journal club critique

CORTICUS: The end of unconditional love for steroid use?

Phillip E Mason, Ali Al-Khafaji, Eric B Milbrandt, Brian P Suffoletto, David T Huang

Commentary

Epinephrine kinetics in septic shock – a means to understand variable catecholamine efficiency?

Enrico Calzia, Michael Georgieff, Markus Huber-Lang, Peter Radermacher

Open Access Research

Landmark survival as an end-point for trials in critically ill patients – comparison of alternative durations of follow-up: an exploratory analysis

Gopal Taori, Kwok M Ho, Carol George, Rinaldo Bellomo, Steven AR Webb, Graeme K Hart, Michael J Bailey

Open Access Research

Short-term outcomes of cadaveric lung transplantation in ventilator-dependent patients

Hsao-Hsun Hsu, Jin-Shing Chen, Wen-Je Ko, Shu-Chien Huang, Shuenn-Wen Kuo, Pei-Ming Huang, Nai-Hsin Chi, Chin-Chih Chang, Robert J Chen, Yung-Chie Lee

Open Access Research

Continuous terlipressin versus vasopressin infusion in septic shock (TERLIVAP): a randomized, controlled pilot study

Andrea Morelli, Christian Ertmer, Sebastian Rehberg, Matthias Lange, Alessandra Orecchioni, Valeria Cecchini, Alessandra Bachetoni, Mariadomenica D'Alessandro, Hugo Van Aken, Paolo Pietropaoli, Martin Westphal

Open Access Research

Implementation of a delirium assessment tool in the ICU can influence haloperidol use

Mark van den Boogaard, Peter Pickkers, Hans van der Hoeven, Gabriel Roodbol, Theo van Achterberg, Lisette Schoonhoven

Open Access Research

Optimal nutrition during the period of mechanical ventilation decreases mortality in critically ill, long-term acute female patients: a prospective observational cohort study

Rob JM Strack van Schijndel, Peter JM Weijs, Rixt H Koopmans, Hans P Sauerwein, Albertus Beishuizen, Armand RJ Girbes

Open Access Research

Comparison of two non-bronchoscopic methods for evaluating inflammation in patients with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure

Giuseppe Colucci, Guido Domenighetti, Roberto Della Bruna, Josè Bonilla, Costanzo Limoni, Michael A Matthay, Thomas R Martin

Open Access Research

Development and initial validation of the Bedside Paediatric Early Warning System score

Christopher S Parshuram, James Hutchison, Kristen Middaugh

Open Access Research

Sedation improves early outcome in severely septic Sprague Dawley rats

Hong Qiao, Robert D Sanders, Daqing Ma, Xinmin Wu, Mervyn Maze

Open Access Research

Extracorporeal life support in severe drug intoxication: a retrospective cohort study of seventeen cases

Cédric Daubin, Philippe Lehoux, Calin Ivascau, Marine Tasle, Mehdi Bousta, Olivier Lepage, Charlotte Quentin, Massimo Massetti, Pierre Charbonneau

Open Access Research

Effects of inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibition or norepinephrine on the neurovascular coupling in an endotoxic rat shock model

Bernhard Rosengarten, Stephanie Wolff, Sabine Klatt, Ralf T Schermuly

Open Access Research

Glucose absorption and gastric emptying in critical illness

Marianne J Chapman, Robert JL Fraser, Geoffrey Matthews, Antonietta Russo, Max Bellon, Laura K Besanko, Karen L Jones, Ross Butler, Barry Chatterton, Michael Horowitz

Open Access Research

Kidney retrieval after sudden out of hospital refractory cardiac arrest: a cohort of uncontrolled non heart beating donors

Fabienne Fieux, Marie-Reine Losser, Eric Bourgeois, Francine Bonnet, Olivier Marie, François Gaudez, Imad Abboud, Jean-Luc Donay, France Roussin, François Mourey, Frédéric Adnet, Laurent Jacob