Issue 6/2002
Content (33 Articles)
Magnesium in critical illness: metabolism, assessment, and treatment
Luis J. Noronha, George M. Matuschak
Definitions and methods of cost assessment: an intensivist's guide
M. Jegers, D. Edbrooke, C. Hibbert, D. Chalfin, H. Burchardi
Severe pneumonia due to Legionella pneumophila: prognostic factors, impact of delayed appropriate antimicrobial therapy
A. Gacouin, Y. Le Tulzo, S. Lavoue, C. Camus, J. Hoff, R. Bassen, C. Arvieux, C. Heurtin, R. Thomas
Vancomycin-sensitive and vancomycin-resistant enterococcal infections in the ICU: attributable costs and outcomes
Robert K. Pelz, Pamela A. Lipsett, Sandra M. Swoboda, Marie Diener-West, Neil R. Powe, Roy G. Brower, Trish M. Perl, Janet M. Hammond, Craig W. Hendrix
Peer-led resuscitation training for healthcare students: a randomised controlled study
Gavin D. Perkins, J. Hulme, Julian F. Bion
Aerosolized β2-adrenergic agonists achieve therapeutic levels in the pulmonary edema fluid of ventilated patients with acute respiratory failure
Kamran Atabai, Lorraine B. Ware, Mary E. Snider, Patrick Koch, Brian Daniel, Thomas J. Nuckton, Michael A. Matthay
Intravascular volume monitoring and extravascular lung water in septic patients with pulmonary edema
Sandrine Boussat, Thierry Jacques, Bruno Levy, Evelyne Laurent, Antoine Gache, Gilles Capellier, Alain Neidhardt
Physicians' attitude to use heat and moisture exchangers or heated humidifiers: a Franco-Canadian survey
Jean-Damien Ricard, Deborah Cook, Lauren Griffith, Laurent Brochard, Didier Dreyfuss
Translaryngeal tracheostomy in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients
Annalisa Benini, Nicola Rossi, Paolo Maisano, Roberto Marcolin, Nicolò Patroniti, Antonio Pesenti, Giuseppe Foti
Evaluation of heated humidifiers for use on intubated patients: a comparative study of humidifying efficiency, flow resistance, and alarm functions using a lung model
Jörg Rathgeber, Stephan Kazmaier, Olaf Penack, Klaus Züchner
C-reactive protein and mortality in patients with acute aortic disease
Martin Schillinger, Hans Domanovits, Keywan Bayegan, Thomas Hölzenbein, Martin Grabenwöger, Jana Thoenissen, Martin Röggla, Marcus Müllner
Cardiac performance during vasopressin infusion in postcardiotomy shock
M. Dünser, A. Mayr, A. Stallinger, H. Ulmer, N. Ritsch, H. Knotzer, W. Pajk, N. Mutz, W. Hasibeder
An evaluation of extubation failure predictors in mechanically ventilated infants and children
J. Farias, I. Alía, A. Retta, F. Olazarri, A. Fernández, A. Esteban, K. Palacios, L. Di Nunzio, G. Fernández, A. Bordón, C. Berrondo, G. Sheehan
Transient abnormal myelopoiesis (TAM) causing multiple organ failure
Aparna Hoskote, Judith Chessells, Christine Pierce
Ventilator-associated pneumonia and upper airway colonisation with Gram negative bacilli: the role of stress ulcer prophylaxis in children
Enrico Lopriore, Dick G. Markhorst, Reinoud J. Gemke
High-frequency oscillatory ventilation in experimental lung injury: effects on gas exchange
Rolf Dembinski, Martin Max, Ralf Bensberg, Johannes Bickenbach, Ralf Kuhlen, Rolf Rossaint
The tyrosine kinase inhibitor tyrphostin AG 126 reduces the multiple organ failure induced by zymosan in the rat
L. Dugo, P. Chatterjee, E. Mazzon, M. McDonald, Di R. Paola, F. Fulia, A. Caputi, C. Thiemermann, S. Cuzzocrea
Aborted sudden death in a patient with a structurally normal heart: the Brugada syndrome
D. Scherr, G. Brunner, P. Kaufmann, P. Lercher, A. Lueger, B. Rotman, K. Smolle, G. Stark, W. Klein, G. Krejs
Increased endogenous carbon monoxide production in severe sepsis
Rachid Zegdi, Dominique Perrin, Michèle Burdin, Richard Boiteau, Alain Tenaillon
Seven cases of fungemia with Saccharomyces boulardii in critically ill patients
Thierry Lherm, Claire Monet, Bruno Nougière, Muriel Soulier, Daho Larbi, Christian Le Gall, Daniel Caen, Claire Malbrunot
Inter-hospital transportation of patients with severe acute respiratory failure on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
Pierre Bulpa, Patrick Evrard, Alain Dive, Delphine Pranger, Manuel Gonzalez, Etienne Installe
Innominate veins for central venous access: comment on “Central venous catheter use. I. Mechanical complications,” by Polderman and Girbes
Matthias Hübler, Rainer J. Litz, Volker K. Meier, K. Michael Albrecht
Checking CVC position after insertion: comment on “Central venous catheter use. I. Mechanical complications,” by Polderman and Girbes
Wolfram Schummer, Claudia Schummer
“Checking CVC position after insertion”: comments on the letter to the editor by Schummer and Schummer
K. H. Polderman, A. R. J. Girbes
“Failure to pass a guide wire”: comments on the letter to the editor by Ryan et al.
K. H. Polderman, A. R. J. Girbes
Uncommon complications during chest tube placement
Sophie M. Jaillard, Alain Tremblay, Massimo Conti, Alain J. Wurtz
Plasmapheresis as an adjunct treatment in severe botulism
M. Emre Atabek, Haluk Yavuz, Bulent Oran, Sevim Karaaslan, Ibrahim Erkul