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Intensive Care Medicine

Issue 9/2003

Content (40 Articles)

Editorial

Is prostacyclin an inodilator?

Sven-Erik Ricksten

Editorial

Helium in the treatment of respiratory failure: why not a standard?

Enrico Calzia, Peter Radermacher

Editorial

Salt saves the hot brain?

Nino Stocchetti

Review

The pathophysiology of propofol infusion syndrome: a simple name for a complex syndrome

Beatrice Vasile, Frank Rasulo, Andrea Candiani, Nicola Latronico

Original

Prognostic factors in acute respiratory distress syndrome: a retrospective multivariate analysis including prone positioning in management strategy

Christophe Venet, Stephane Guyomarc'h, Juliette Pingat, Christophe Michard, Silvy Laporte, Monique Bertrand, Pierre Gery, Dominique Page, Regine Vermesch, Jean Claude Bertrand, Fabrice Zeni

Original

Comparative effects of helium-oxygen and external positive end-expiratory pressure on respiratory mechanics, gas exchange, and ventilation-perfusion relationships in mechanically ventilated patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Philippe Jolliet, Christine Watremez, Jean Roeseler, J. C. Ngengiyumva, Marc de Kock, Thierry Clerbaux, Didier Tassaux, Marc Reynaert, Bruno Detry, Giuseppe Liistro

Original

Swallowing disorders post orotracheal intubation in the elderly

Ali El Solh, Mifue Okada, Abid Bhat, Celestino Pietrantoni

Original

Modulation of host defense by hydrocortisone in stress doses during endotoxemia

Axel R. Heller, Susanne C. Heller, Annette Borkenstein, Sebastian N. Stehr, Thea Koch

Original

The costs of septic syndromes in the intensive care unit and influence of hospital-acquired sepsis

Christian Brun-Buisson, Françoise Roudot-Thoraval, Emmanuelle Girou, Catherine Grenier-Sennelier, Isabelle Durand-Zaleski

Original

ω-3 vs. ω-6 lipid emulsions exert differential influence on neutrophils in septic shock patients: impact on plasma fatty acids and lipid mediator generation

Konstantin Mayer, Christine Fegbeutel, Katja Hattar, Ulf Sibelius, Hans-Joachim Krämer, Kai-Uwe Heuer, Bettina Temmesfeld-Wollbrück, Stephanie Gokorsch, Friedrich Grimminger, Werner Seeger

Original

Nosocomial infections in intensive care unit in a Turkish university hospital: a 2-year survey

Hakan Erbay, Ata Nevzat Yalcin, Simay Serin, Huseyin Turgut, Erkan Tomatir, Banu Cetin, Mehmet Zencir

Original

Conflict in the care of patients with prolonged stay in the ICU: types, sources, and predictors

David M. Studdert, Michelle M. Mello, Jeffrey P. Burns, Ann Louise Puopolo, Benjamin Z. Galper, Robert D. Truog, Troyen A. Brennan

Original

Family participation in care to the critically ill: opinions of families and staff

Élie Azoulay, Frédéric Pochard, Sylvie Chevret, Charles Arich, François Brivet, Frédéric Brun, Pierre-Emmanuel Charles, Thibaut Desmettre, Didier Dubois, Richard Galliot, Maite Garrouste-Orgeas, Dany Goldgran-Toledano, Patrick Herbecq, Luc-Marie Joly, Mercé Jourdain, Michel Kaidomar, Alain Lepape, Nicolas Letellier, Olivier Marie, Bernard Page, Antoine Parrot, Pierre-Andre Rodie-Talbere, Alain Sermet, Alain Tenaillon, Marie Thuong, Patrick Tulasne, Jean-Roger Le Gall, Benot Schlemmer

Original

Electrophoretic determination of the myosin/actin ratio in the diagnosis of critical illness myopathy

Helena Stibler, Lars Edström, Karsten Ahlbeck, Sten Remahl, Tor Ansved

Original

Solute mass balance during isovolaemic high volume haemofiltration

Shigehiko Uchino, Louise Cole, Hiroshi Morimatsu, Donna Goldsmith, Claudio Ronco, Rinaldo Bellomo

Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care

Transport of critically ill children in a resource-limited setting

Mark Hatherill, Zainab Waggie, Louis Reynolds, Andrew Argent

Neonatal and Pediatric Intensive Care

Problems in interhospital pediatric intensive care transport in The Netherlands: results from a survey of general pediatricians

G. D. Vos, F. H. M. Nieman, A. M. B. Meurs, D. A. Van Waardenburg, G. Ramsay, R. A. M. G. Donckerwolcke

Experimental

Effects of helium-oxygen on respiratory mechanics, gas exchange, and ventilation-perfusion relationships in a porcine model of stable methacholine-induced bronchospasm

Christine Watremez, Giuseppe Liistro, Marc deKock, Jean Roeseler, Thierry Clerbaux, Bruno Detry, Marc Reynaert, Pierre Gianello, Philippe Jolliet

Experimental

Effects of hypertonic (3%) saline in rats with circulatory shock and cerebral ischemia after heatstroke

Jinn-Rung Kuo, Chia-Li Lin, Chung-Ching Chio, Jhi-Joung Wang, Mao-Tsun Lin

Experimental

The prostaglandins epoprostenol and iloprost increase left ventricular contractility in vivo

Hille Kisch-Wedel, Gregor Kemming, Franz Meisner, Michael Flondor, Wolfgang M. Kuebler, Sebastian Bruhn, Carolina Koehler, Bernhard Zwissler

Original

Quality of life and dialysis decisions in critically ill patients with acute renal failure

Sharon E. Maynard, Jeffrey Whittle, Lakshmipathi Chelluri, Robert Arnold

Brief Report

Adult presentation of MCAD deficiency revealed by coma and severe arrythmias.

F. Feillet, G Steinmann, C. Vianey-Saban, C. de Chillou, N. Sadoul, E. Lefebvre, M. Vidailhet, P. E. Bollaert

Brief Report

Cardiac troponin I release and cytokine response during experimental human endotoxaemia

Esther A. P. van Bockel, Jaap E. Tulleken, Anneke C. Muller Kobold, Jack J. M. Ligtenberg, Tjip S. van der Werf, Rob Spanjersberg, Jan G. Zijlstra

Brief Report

Negative pressure pulmonary oedema in the medical intensive care unit

Mariko Siyue Koh, Anne Ann Ling Hsu, Philip Eng

Technical Note

Evaluation of two novel methods for the direct and continuous measurement of the intra-abdominal pressure in a porcine model

Alexander Schachtrupp, Christian Tons, Volker Fackeldey, Joerg Hoer, Marcus Reinges, Volker Schumpelick

Correspondence

An unusual case of acute orchitis following aortic surgery

Cyrus Motamed, Leila Yakhou, Jocelyne Vodinh, Christian Kouyoumoudjian, Marc Dumérat, Jean Claude Merle, Pascal Desgranges, Philippe Duvaldestin

Correspondence

Uncommon complications during chest tube placement: a potential role of tube material

P. Berger, R. Leemans, M. A. Kuiper, P. H. J. van der Voort

Correspondence

Weight loss of respiratory muscles during mechanical ventilation

R. Hering, A. Viehöfer, A. Berg, S. Kreyer, J. Zinserling, H. Wrigge, C. Putensen

Correspondence

Influence of tidal volume on stroke volume variation. Does it really matter?

Frédéric Michard, Jean-Louis Teboul, Christian Richard

Correspondence

Abdominal compartment syndrome in a patient resulting from pneumothorax

Syed Z. Ali, Bradley D. Freeman, Craig M. Coopersmith

Correspondence

Life-threatening snakebites by Vipera berus

Michael Schroth, Jörg Jüngert, Matthias Schreiber, Gabriela Gerber-Zupan, Stefan Zink, Wolfgang Rascher

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