Intensive Care Medicine

Protective functions of intracellular heat-shock protein (HSP) 70-expression in patients with severe sepsis

S. Bruemmer-Smith, F. Stüber, S. Schroeder

Cost-effectiveness of urinary dipsticks to screen asymptomatic catheter-associated urinary infections in an intensive care unit

Edgar Tissot, Marie-Christine Woronoff-Lemsi, Christian Cornette, Patrick Plesiat, Micheline Jacquet, Gilles Capellier

CD64 surface expression on neutrophils is transiently upregulated in patients with septic shock

Guenther Fischer, Elisabeth Schneider, Lyle L. Moldawer, Christian Karcher, Eberhard Barth, Heidemarie Suger-Wiedeck, Michael Georgieff, Manfred Weiss

Activation of the fibrinolytic system and utilization of the coagulation inhibitors in sepsis: comparison with severe sepsis and septic shock

Antonis C. Mavrommatis, Thodoris Theodoridis, Michael Economou, Anastasia Kotanidou, Mahmoud El Ali, Vana Christopoulou-Kokkinou, Spyros G. Zakynthinos

Independent lung ventilation in patients with unilateral pulmonary contusion. Monitoring with compliance and EtCO2

G. Cinnella, M. Dambrosio, N. Brienza, R. Giuliani, F. Bruno, T. Fiore, A. Brienza

Outcome of mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory failure in patients with pulmonary fibrosis

Thierry Fumeaux, Claudia Rothmeier, Philippe Jolliet

Reintubation after planned extubation in surgical ICU patients: a case-control study

Hervé Dupont, Yves Le Port, Catherine Paugam-Burtz, Jean Mantz, Jean Desmonts

Daily changes of the area of density in the dependent lung region – evaluation using transesophageal echocardiography

Toshihito Tsubo, Yuichi Yatsu, Akiko Suzuki, Tsutomu Iwakawa, Hirobumi Okawa, Hironori Ishihara, Akitomo Matsuki

Mask mechanics and leak dynamics during noninvasive pressure support ventilation: a bench study

Guilherme Schettino, Mauro Tucci, Rogério Sousa, Carmen Barbas, Marcelo Amato, Carlos Carvalho

The impact of delirium in the intensive care unit on hospital length of stay

E. Ely, S. Gautam, R. Margolin, J. Francis, L. May, T. Speroff, B. Truman, R. Dittus, G. Bernard, S. Inouye

Using the EuroQol-5D to measure changes in quality of life 12 months after discharge from an intensive care unit

X. Badia, A. Diaz-Prieto, M. Gorriz, M. Herdman, H. Torrado, E. Farrero, J. Cavanilles

Endocrine effects of dopexamine vs. dopamine in high-risk surgical patients

Thomas Schilling, Christof M. Strang, Lutz Wilhelm, Klaus-Uwe Möritz, Werner Siegmund, Matthias Gründling, Thomas Hachenberg

Gut luminal lactate release during gradual intestinal ischemia

Jyrki J. Tenhunen, Stephan M. Jakob, Jukka A. Takala

Gastric mucosal systemic partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PCO2) gradient in experimental endotoxin shock in swine – comparison of two methods

Jyrki J. Tenhunen, Ari Uusaro, Esko Ruokonen

Effects of hemorrhage on gastrointestinal oxygenation

Arnaldo Dubin, Elisa Estenssoro, Gastón Murias, Héctor Canales, Pablo Sottile, Julio Badie, Marcelo Barán, Fernando Pálizas, Mercedes Laporte, Mariana Rivas Díaz

"Ideal PEEP" is superior to high dose partial liquid ventilation with low PEEP in experimental acute lung injury

Steffen Wolf, Hansjoerg Lohbrunner, Thilo Busch, Maria Deja, Steffen Weber-Carstens, Bernd Donaubauer, Anja Sterner-Kock, Udo Kaisers

Responsiveness to intravenous administration of salbutamol in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with acute respiratory failure

Carlo A. Volta, Raffaele Alvisi, Elisabetta Marangoni, Ermino R. Righini, Marco Verri, Riccardo Ragazzi, Valentina Alvisi, Enrico Ferri, Joseph Milic-Emili

Enoxaparin-associated severe retroperitoneal bleeding and abdominal compartment syndrome: a report of two cases

Anne Dabney, Bahar Bastani

Uremic pericarditis with tamponade following prolonged continuous hemofiltration

Epaminondas Zakynthinos, Theodoros Vassilakopoulos, Panagiotis Politis, Zoi Daniil, Charis Roussos, Spyros G. Zakynthinos

A man with "bizarre" soft tissue infection of the thighs

K. Chadda, D. Annane, R. Carlier, B. Clair, V. Scetbon, P. Gajdos

Fatal hyperammonemic coma caused by ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency in a woman

Thomas Perpoint, Laurent Argaud, Quentin Blanc, Dominique Robert

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