Ausgabe 1/2012
Inhalt (69 Artikel)
The importance of diagnostic testing in the management of community-acquired respiratory infection during influenza season
Tom WL Holmes, Andrew Campbell, Jaisi Sinha, Matt P Wise
Do we need an assessment of the nutrition risk in the critically ill patient?
Jean-Charles Preiser
Knowledge is power: studying critical incidents in intensive care
Panagiotis Kiekkas, Diamanto Aretha, Nikolaos Stefanopoulos, George I Baltopoulos
LightCycler SeptiFast technology in patients with solid malignancies: clinical utility for rapid etiologic diagnosis of sepsis
Lenka Dubská, Martina Vyskočilová, Dagmar Minaříková, Petr Jelínek, Renata Tejkalová, Dalibor Valík
Clinical review: Use of renal replacement therapies in special groups of ICU patients
Eric AJ Hoste, Annemieke Dhondt
Pro/Con debate: Are barrier precautions cost-effective in improving patient outcomes in the intensive care unit?
Nisha Thampi, Andrew M Morris
Glucocorticoid therapy for trauma - ready for prime time?
Venkata S Aleti, Sachin Yende
High-frequency oscillatory ventilation after cardiac surgery: a treatment for all ages
Ravi S Tripathi, Erica J Stein, Juan A Crestanello, Thomas J Papadimos
Use of carperitide infusion for acutely decompensated heart failure
Yoshihisa Morita, Shun Kohsaka, Kazuki Oshima, Tsutomu Yoshikawa, Keiichi Fukuda
Passive immunotherapy of sepsis with intravenous immune globulin: not all IVIg preparations are created equal
Tchavdar Vassilev, Michael Bauer
Pragmatic fluid optimization in high-risk surgery patients: when pragmatism dilutes the benefits
Daniel A Reuter
Optimization of oxygen delivery during high-risk surgery: keeping the concept but refining goals for inotrope infusion?
Emmanuel Futier, Benoit Vallet
Drotrecogin alfa (activated) ... a sad final fizzle to a roller-coaster party
Derek C Angus
A handoff is not a telegram: an understanding of the patient is co-constructed
Michael D Cohen, Brian Hilligoss, André Carlos Kajdacsy-Balla Amaral
Inflammasome and caspase-1 inhibition caused by Bcl-2 and Bcl-XL may influence cytokine responses of lipopolysaccharide-stimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells from septic patients
Zhao-Jun Liu, Jia-Lin Liu, Hong-Ping Qu
Erratum to: Screening and control of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 186 intensive care units: different situations and individual solutions
Anke Kohlenberg, Frank Schwab, Michael Behnke, Petra Gastmeier
Clinical review: Humidifiers during non-invasive ventilation - key topics and practical implications
Antonio M Esquinas Rodriguez, Raffaele Scala, Arie Soroksky, Ahmed BaHammam, Alan de Klerk, Arschang Valipour, Davide Chiumello, Claude Martin, Anne E Holland
Lung recruitment in ARDS: We are still confused, but on a higher PEEP level
Peter M Spieth, Marcelo Gama de Abreu
Carboxyhemoglobin levels in medical intensive care patients: a retrospective, observational study
Andreas S Fazekas, Marlene Wewalka, Christian Zauner, Georg-Christian Funk
Ethyl pyruvate for the treatment of acetaminophen intoxication: alternative to N-acetylcysteine?
Florian Wagner, Pierre Asfar, Michael Georgieff, Peter Radermacher, Katja Wagner
Extravascular lung water index improves the diagnostic accuracy of lung injury in patients with shock
Michelle S Chew, Lilian Ihrman, Joachim During, Lill Bergenzaun, Anders Ersson, Johan Undén, Jörgen Ryden, Eva Åkerman, Marina Larsson
What is the optimal rate of failed extubation?
James S Krinsley, Praveen K Reddy, Abid Iqbal
New obstacles to improving the quality of end-of-life care in ICU
Maxim V Bocharov, Jeremy M Kahn
Beyond checklists: Using clinician prompts to achieve meaningful ICU quality improvement
Osamudiamen Idahosa, Jeremy M Kahn
Influence of respiratory rate and end-expiratory pressure variation on cyclic alveolar recruitment in an experimental lung injury model
Erik K Hartmann, Stefan Boehme, Alexander Bentley, Bastian Duenges, Klaus U Klein, Amelie Elsaesser, James E Baumgardner, Matthias David, Klaus Markstaller
Survival and mitochondrial function in septic patients according to mitochondrial DNA haplogroup
Leonardo Lorente, Ruth Iceta, María M Martín, Esther López-Gallardo, Jordi Solé-Violán, José Blanquer, Lorenzo Labarta, César Díaz, Alejandro Jiménez, Julio Montoya, Eduardo Ruiz-Pesini
Extravascular lung water in acute respiratory distress syndrome: potential clinical value, assumptions and limitations
Luigi Camporota, Mark De Neef, Richard Beale
Clinical utility of biomarkers of endothelial activation in sepsis-a systematic review
Katharine Xing, Srinivas Murthy, W Conrad Liles, Jeffrey M Singh
Ethyl pyruvate reduces liver injury at early phase but impairs regeneration at late phase in acetaminophen overdose
Runkuan Yang, Xiaoping Zou, Marja-Leena Koskinen, Jyrki Tenhunen
Alkaline phosphatase for treatment of sepsis-induced acute kidney injury: a prospective randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial
Peter Pickkers, Suzanne Heemskerk, Jeroen Schouten, Pierre-François Laterre, Jean-Louis Vincent, Albertus Beishuizen, Philippe G Jorens, Herbert Spapen, Michael Bulitta, Wilbert HM Peters, Johannes G van der Hoeven
Three-year mortality among alcoholic patients after intensive care: a population-based cohort study
Steffen Christensen, Martin B Johansen, Lars Pedersen, Reinhold Jensen, Kim M Larsen, Anders Larsson, Else Tønnesen, Christian F Christiansen, Henrik T Sørensen
Population-based incidence, mortality and quality of life in critically ill patients treated with renal replacement therapy: a nationwide retrospective cohort study in finnish intensive care units
Suvi T Vaara, Ville Pettilä, Matti Reinikainen, Kirsi-Maija Kaukonen
Low doses of esmolol and phenylephrine act as diuretics during intravenous anesthesia
Yu Hong Li, Hai Bin Zhu, Xiaozhu Zheng, Han Jian Chen, Liang Shao, Robert G Hahn
A prospective randomized open-label crossover trial of regional citrate anticoagulation vs. anticoagulation free liver dialysis by the Molecular Adsorbents Recirculating System
Björn Meijers, Wim Laleman, Pieter Vermeersch, Frederik Nevens, Alexander Wilmer, Pieter Evenepoel
Early initiation of low-dose corticosteroid therapy in the management of septic shock: a retrospective observational study
Hye Yun Park, Gee Young Suh, Jae-Uk Song, Hongseok Yoo, Ik Joon Jo, Tae Gun Shin, So Yeon Lim, Sookyoung Woo, Kyeongman Jeon
Costs and benefits of rapid screening of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus carriage in intensive care units: a prospective multicenter study
Marjan Wassenberg, Jan Kluytmans, Stephanie Erdkamp, Ron Bosboom, Anton Buiting, Erika van Elzakker, Willem Melchers, Steven Thijsen, Annet Troelstra, Christina Vandenbroucke-Grauls, Caroline Visser, Andreas Voss, Petra Wolffs, Mireille Wulf, Ton van Zwet, Ardine de Wit, Marc Bonten
How large is the lung recruitability in early acute respiratory distress syndrome: a prospective case series of patients monitored by computed tomography
Gustavo FJ de Matos, Fabiana Stanzani, Rogerio H Passos, Mauricio F Fontana, Renata Albaladejo, Raquel E Caserta, Durval CB Santos, João Batista Borges, Marcelo BP Amato, Carmen SV Barbas
Impairment of renal function using hyperoncotic colloids in a two hit model of shock: a prospective randomized study
Tim Philipp Simon, Tobias Schuerholz, Lars Hüter, Michael Sasse, Florian Heyder, Wolfgang Pfister, Gernot Marx
A placebo-controlled, double-blind, dose-escalation study to assess the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of single and multiple intravenous infusions of AZD9773 in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock
Peter E Morris, Brian Zeno, Andrew C Bernard, Xiangning Huang, Shampa Das, Timi Edeki, Steven G Simonson, Gordon R Bernard
Patient safety in pre-hospital emergency tracheal intubation: a comprehensive meta-analysis of the intubation success rates of EMS providers
Hans Morten Lossius, Jo Røislien, David J Lockey
Age of blood and recipient factors determine the severity of transfusion-related acute lung injury (TRALI)
John-Paul Tung, John F Fraser, Maria Nataatmadja, Kathryn I Colebourne, Adrian G Barnett, Kristen M Glenister, Anna Y Zhou, Peter Wood, Christopher C Silliman, Yoke L Fung
Alterations in arterial function after high-voltage electrical injury
Kyoung-Ha Park, Woo Jung Park, Min-Kyu Kim, Hyun-Sook Kim, Seong Hwan Kim, Goo-Yeong Cho, Young-Jin Choi
Early use of imipenem/cilastatin and vancomycin followed by de-escalation versus conventional antimicrobials without de-escalation for patients with hospital-acquired pneumonia in a medical ICU: a randomized clinical trial
Jong Wook Kim, Joowon Chung, Sang-Ho Choi, Hang Jea Jang, Sang-Bum Hong, Chae-Man Lim, Younsuck Koh
Plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin for the prediction of acute kidney injury in acute heart failure
Tobias Breidthardt, Thenral Socrates, Beatrice Drexler, Markus Noveanu, Corinna Heinisch, Nisha Arenja, Theresia Klima, Christina Züsli, Tobias Reichlin, Mihael Potocki, Raphael Twerenbold, Jürg Steiger, Christian Mueller
Assessment of left ventricular ejection fraction using an ultrasonic stethoscope in critically ill patients
Jean-Bernard Amiel, Ana Grümann, Gwenaëlle Lhéritier, Marc Clavel, Bruno François, Nicolas Pichon, Anthony Dugard, Benoît Marin, Philippe Vignon
Hepatorenal syndrome: the 8th international consensus conference of the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI) Group
Mitra K Nadim, John A Kellum, Andrew Davenport, Florence Wong, Connie Davis, Neesh Pannu, Ashita Tolwani, Rinaldo Bellomo, Yuri S Genyk
Relationship between thyroid function and ICU mortality: a prospective observation study
Feilong Wang, Wenzhi Pan, Hairong Wang, Shuyun Wang, Shuming Pan, Junbo Ge
Association of body temperature and antipyretic treatments with mortality of critically ill patients with and without sepsis: multi-centered prospective observational study
Byung Ho Lee, Daisuke Inui, Gee Young Suh, Jae Yeol Kim, Jae Young Kwon, Jisook Park, Keiichi Tada, Keiji Tanaka, Kenichi Ietsugu, Kenji Uehara, Kentaro Dote, Kimitaka Tajimi, Kiyoshi Morita, Koichi Matsuo, Koji Hoshino, Koji Hosokawa, Kook Hyun Lee, Kyoung Min Lee, Makoto Takatori, Masaji Nishimura, Masamitsu Sanui, Masanori Ito, Moritoki Egi, Naofumi Honda, Naoko Okayama, Nobuaki Shime, Ryosuke Tsuruta, Satoshi Nogami, Seok-Hwa Yoon, Shigeki Fujitani, Shin Ok Koh, Shinhiro Takeda, Shinsuke Saito, Sung Jin Hong, Takeshi Yamamoto, Takeshi Yokoyama, Takuhiro Yamaguchi, Tomoki Nishiyama, Toshiko Igarashi, Yasuyuki Kakihana, Younsuck Koh
Patient-care time allocation by nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the intensive care unit
David L Carpenter, Sara R Gregg, Daniel S Owens, Timothy G Buchman, Craig M Coopersmith
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Flavocoxid, a dual inhibitor of COX-2 and 5-LOX of natural origin, attenuates the inflammatory response and protects mice from sepsis
Alessandra Bitto, Letteria Minutoli, Antonio David, Natasha Irrera, Mariagrazia Rinaldi, Francesco S Venuti, Francesco Squadrito, Domenica Altavilla
Fluid management and risk factors for renal dysfunction in patients with severe sepsis and/or septic shock
Laurent Muller, Samir Jaber, Nicolas Molinari, Laurent Favier, Jérôme Larché, Gilles Motte, Sonia Lazarovici, Luc Jacques, Sandrine Alonso, Marc Leone, Jean Michel Constantin, Bernard Allaouchiche, Carey Suehs, Jean-Yves Lefrant
Inter-hospital transport of critically ill patients; expect surprises
Joep M Droogh, Marije Smit, Jakob Hut, Ronald de Vos, Jack J M Ligtenberg, Jan G Zijlstra
Clinical experience with power-injectable PICCs in intensive care patients
Mauro Pittiruti, Alberto Brutti, Davide Celentano, Massimiliano Pomponi, Daniele G Biasucci, Maria Giuseppina Annetta, Giancarlo Scoppettuolo
Early recognition of the 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) pneumonia by chest ultrasound
Americo Testa, Gino Soldati, Roberto Copetti, Rosangela Giannuzzi, Grazia Portale, Nicolò Gentiloni-Silveri
Nutritional support and brain tissue glucose metabolism in poor-grade SAH: a retrospective observational study
J Michael Schmidt, Jan Claassen, Sang-Bae Ko, Hector Lantigua, Mary Presciutti, Kiwon Lee, E Sander Connolly, Stephan A Mayer, David S Seres, Neeraj Badjatia
Descending aortic calcification increases renal dysfunction and in-hospital mortality in cardiac surgery patients with intraaortic balloon pump counterpulsation placed perioperatively: a case control study
Martina Nowak-Machen, James D Rawn, Prem S Shekar, Aya Mitani, Sagun Tuli, Tobias M Bingold, Garrett Lawlor, Holger K Eltzschig, Stanton K Shernan, Peter Rosenberger
Failure to normalize lymphopenia following trauma is associated with increased mortality, independent of the leukocytosis pattern
Daithi S Heffernan, Sean F Monaghan, Rajan K Thakkar, Jason T Machan, William G Cioffi, Alfred Ayala