Issue 10/2010
Content (32 Articles)
Evaluating guidelines for critical care: a need for detail
Peter Q. Eichacker, Charles Natanson
Non-invasive ventilation in patients with hematological malignancies: the saga continues, but where is the finale?
Dominique D. Benoit, Pieter O. Depuydt
A critical appraisal of the quality of critical care pharmacotherapy clinical practice guidelines and their strength of recommendations
Sean K. Gorman, Michelle Ho Chung, Richard S. Slavik, Peter J. Zed, Kerry Wilbur, Vinay K. Dhingra
The RAGE axis in systemic inflammation, acute lung injury and myocardial dysfunction: an important therapeutic target?
Benedict C. Creagh-Brown, Gregory J. Quinlan, Timothy W. Evans, Anne Burke-Gaffney
Hypoalbuminemia and acute kidney injury: a meta-analysis of observational clinical studies
Christian J. Wiedermann, Wolfgang Wiedermann, Michael Joannidis
Early CPAP prevents evolution of acute lung injury in patients with hematologic malignancy
Vincenzo Squadrone, Massimo Massaia, Benedetto Bruno, Filippo Marmont, Michele Falda, Carlotta Bagna, Stefania Bertone, Claudia Filippini, Arthur S. Slutsky, Umberto Vitolo, Mario Boccadoro, V. Marco Ranieri
Target-controlled infusion of propofol for sedation in patients with non-invasive ventilation failure due to low tolerance: a preliminary study
Benjamin Clouzeau, Hoang-Nam Bui, Frederic Vargas, Marieke Grenouillet-Delacre, Emmanuelle Guilhon, Didier Gruson, Gilles Hilbert
Speech effects of a speaking valve versus external PEEP in tracheostomized ventilator-dependent neuromuscular patients
Hélène Prigent, Marine Garguilo, Sophie Pascal, Samuel Pouplin, Justine Bouteille, Michèle Lejaille, David Orlikowski, Frédéric Lofaso
Continuous flow biphasic positive airway pressure by helmet in patients with acute hypoxic respiratory failure: effect on oxygenation
Stefano Isgrò, Alberto Zanella, Chiara Sala, Giacomo Grasselli, Giuseppe Foti, Antonio Pesenti, Nicolò Patroniti
Critical care management of patients with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis
Sophie Buyse, Luis Teixeira, Lionel Galicier, Eric Mariotte, Virginie Lemiale, Amélie Seguin, Philippe Bertheau, Emmanuel Canet, Adrienne de Labarthe, Michaël Darmon, Michel Rybojad, Benoit Schlemmer, Elie Azoulay
Increased muscle-to-serum lactate gradient predicts progression towards septic shock in septic patients
Bruno Levy, Pierre Perez, Sebastien Gibot, Alain Gerard
Transfusion-related acute lung injury in ICU patients admitted with gastrointestinal bleeding
Alexander B. Benson, Gregory L. Austin, Mary Berg, Kim K. McFann, Sila Thomas, Gina Ramirez, Hugo Rosen, Christopher C. Silliman, Marc Moss
Intensive care-acquired hypernatremia after major cardiothoracic surgery is associated with increased mortality
Gregor Lindner, Georg-Christian Funk, Andrea Lassnigg, Mohamed Mouhieddine, Salem-Ahmed Ahmad, Christoph Schwarz, Michael Hiesmayr
Do hypooncotic fluids for shock increase the risk of late-onset acute respiratory distress syndrome?
Frédérique Schortgen, Emmanuelle Girou, Nicolas Deye, Laurent Brochard
Normal citratemia and metabolic tolerance of citrate anticoagulation for hemodiafiltration in severe septic shock burn patients
Filippo Mariano, Luisa Tedeschi, Maurizio Morselli, Maurizio Stella, Giorgio Triolo
Impact of organ dysfunction on mortality in ICU patients with hematologic malignancies
Dominique M. Vandijck, Pieter O. Depuydt, Fritz C. Offner, Joke Nollet, Renaat A. Peleman, Eva Steel, Lucien A. Noens, Johan M. Decruyenaere, Dominique D. Benoit
Development and validation of a questionnaire for quantitative assessment of perceived discomforts in critically ill patients
Pierre Kalfon, Olivier Mimoz, Pascal Auquier, Anderson Loundou, Rémy Gauzit, Alain Lepape, Jean Laurens, Bernard Garrigues, Thierry Pottecher, Yannick Mallédant
Intensive care reimbursement practices: results from the ICUFUND survey
Akos Csomos, Szilard Varga, Guido Bertolini, Clare Hibbert, Janos Sandor, Maurizia Capuzzo, Bertrand R. Guidet
Hospital mortality is associated with ICU admission time
Hans A. J. M. Kuijsten, Sylvia Brinkman, Iwan A. Meynaar, Peter E. Spronk, Johan I. van der Spoel, Rob J. Bosman, Nicolette F. de Keizer, Ameen Abu-Hanna, Dylan W. de Lange
Reasons for refusal of admission to intensive care and impact on mortality
Gaetano Iapichino, Davide Corbella, Cosetta Minelli, Gary H. Mills, Antonio Artigas, David L. Edbooke, Angelo Pezzi, Jozef Kesecioglu, Nicolò Patroniti, Mario Baras, Charles L. Sprung
Corticosteroids do not cause harmful increase of viral load in severe H1N1 virus infection
Marco Confalonieri, Pierlanfranco D’Agaro, Cesare Campello
Noninvasive ventilation in H1N1-correlated severe ARDS in a pregnant woman: please, be cautious!
Luca Cabrini, Paolo Silvani, Giovanni Landoni, Elena Moizo, Sergio Colombo, Alberto Zangrillo
Selective decontamination of the digestive tract: selectivity is not required
D. F. Zandstra, A. J. Petros, L. Silvestri, M. A. de la Cal, N. Taylor, V. Damjanovic, H. K. F. van Saene
SDD: don’t be selective in considering pros and cons
R. F. Benus, H. J. Harmsen, T. S. van der Werf
Questions remain regarding mandatory use of macrolides in community-acquired pneumonia
Benjamin P. Westley, Philip A. Chan
Macrolide combination antibiotic therapy should be prudently considered in complicated CAP cases and in regions with low macrolide susceptibility
Hsin-I Shih, Hsiang-Chin Hsu, Chih-Hsien Chi, Wen-Chien Ko
Reply to Westley and Chan and to Shih et al.
Ignacio Martin-Loeches, Alejandro Rodriguez, Jordi Rello
Lung recruitability in ARDS H1N1 patients
D. Chiumello, A. Marino, M. Lazzerini, M. L. Caspani, L. Gattinoni
Skin rash in a patient with A(H1N1) infection
Lars C. Huber, Jivko Kamarachev, Marco Maggiorini, Véronique Müller
Intravenous colistimethate administration and colistin lung tissue concentrations
Roberto Imberti
Lack of lung tissue penetration after intravenous colistimethate administration: reply to Imberti
Olivier Petitjean, Qin Lu, Jean-Jacques Rouby
Erratum to: A critical appraisal of the quality of critical care pharmacotherapy clinical practice guidelines and their strength of recommendations
Sean K. Gorman, Michelle Ho Chung, Richard S. Slavik, Peter J. Zed, Kerry Wilbur, Vinay K. Dhingra