Critical Care

Thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor and organ dysfunction in disseminated intravascular coagulation associated with sepsis

M Hayakawa, A Sawamura, M Sugano, S Uegaki, N Kubota, S Gando, S Jesmin

Anti-endotoxin immunity in abdominal sepsis patients

O Butyrsky, V Starosek

Presepsin (sCD14-ST) as a new diagnostic biomarker of sepsis: development of diagnostic tools using the whole blood

T Shozushima

Investigation into problems associated with the endotoxin activity assay

N Matsumoto, G Takahashi, M Kojika, Y Ishibe, S Tatsuyori, S Yasushi, SK Inada, S Endo

Yale insulin protocol infusion in sepsis patients

S Oliveira

Early vasopressin application in shock

S Oliveira

Endotoxin removal by hemoperfusion in septic shock

B Adamik, J Smiechowicz, S Zielinski, A Kübler

Urinary hepcidin is potentially a marker of systemic infection rather than inflammation, in the setting of preserved renal function

NJ Glassford, AG Schneider, G Eastwood, L Peck, H Young, M Westerman, V Ostland, R Bellomo

Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin has a stronger association with serum creatinine than C-reactive protein in patients without sepsis; this relationship is lost in septic patients

NJ Glassford, AG Schneider, G Eastwood, L Peck, H Young, R Bellomo

Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin as a marker of tubular damage appears to be unrelated to fractional excretion of sodium as a marker of tubular function in septic patients, with or without AKI

NJ Glassford, AG Schneider, G Eastwood, L Peck, H Young, R Bellomo

Renal biomarkers are less useful at predicting acute kidney injury in patients with sepsis than those without

N Glassford, A Schneider, G Eastwood, L Peck, H Young, M Westerman, V Ostland, R Bellomo

Cancer patients with sepsis admitted to a specialized onco-medical ICU: incidence, ICU course and outcome

D Juneja, O Singh, Y Javeri, P Nasa, P Kumar

Use of plasma protein fraction in patients with septic shock admitted to the ICU

D Juneja, O Singh, P Nasa, Y Javeri, R Dang

ICU scoring systems: which one to use in patients with sepsis?

D Juneja, O Singh, P Nasa, Y Javeri, M Mathur, R Dang

Comparison of the value of plasma and urine cystatin-C and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin levels in prediction of acute kidney injury in sepsis

G Gursel

Clinical and biological effects of high-dose sodium selenite, continuously administered in septic shock

X Forceville, D Vitoux, W Wasowicz, M Dehoux, P Van Antwerpeen, D Annane, E Plouvier, A Boutten, J Gromadzinska, B Laviolle, A Combes, E Bellissant

Temperature management of patients with sepsis and inflammation in Australian and New Zealand ICUs: a point prevalence study

NE Hammond, MK Saxena, C Taylor, I Seppelt, P Glass, J Myburgh

A survey of fever management in febrile intensive care patients without neurological injury

MK Saxena, NE Hammond, C Taylor, P Young, MC Reade, R Bellomo, J Myburgh

Assessment of the usefulness of presepsin (soluble CD14 subtype) in septic patients

T Nishida, H Ishikura, A Murai, Y Irie, T Umemura, T Kamitani, S Endo

An audit of awareness about maternal sepsis in a UK district general hospital

C Donohue, E Teh, M Kitching

Septic shock and vasopressor requirement is associated with lower vitamin D levels in critically ill children

K Madden, HA Feldman, E Smith, CM Gordon, S Keisling, R Sullivan, BW Hollis, AA Agan, AG Randolph

The endothelial glycocalyx degenerates with increasing sepsis severity

M Köhler, I Kaufmann, J Briegel, M Jacob, J Goeschl, W Rachinger, M Thiel, M Rehm

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Early peak temperature and mortality in critically ill patients with or without infection

M Saxena, P Young, R Beasley, M Bailey, R Bellomo, D Pilcher, S Finfer, D Harrison, J Myburgh, K Rowan

Role of procalcitonin and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in sepsis: a prospective study

S Das, D Anand, S Ray, S Bhargava, A Manocha, M Kankra, LM Srivastava

Prehospital identification of sepsis patients and alerting of receiving hospitals: impact on early goal-directed therapy

K Halimi, J Freeman-Garrick, C Agcaoili, K Choy, F Claridge, M Jacobs, M Taigman

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Thalidomide in combination with augmentin (amoxicillin with clavulanic acid) protects BALB/c mice suffering from Klebsiella pneumoniae B5055-induced sepsis

V Kumar, S Chhibber

A novel DDAH-1 inhibitor improved sepsis-induced impairment in vasoreactivity to noradrenaline in a rat endotoxaemia model

Z Wang, V Taylor, R Stidwill, J Leiper, M Singer

A novel DDAH-1 inhibitor improved cardiovascular function in a short-term anesthetized rat model of sepsis

Z Wang, V Taylor, R Stidwill, J Leiper, M Singer

Early detection of serum enteric bacterial DNA with real-time PCR in patients with SIRS

JM-C Yang

Direct effects of esmolol, ultra-short-acting β-blockers, on cardiac function, ion channels, and coronary arteries in guinea pigs

S Shibata

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Sepsis-induced lung fibrosis in baboons is reduced by the treatment with a complement inhibitor

F Lupu, H Zhu, R Silasi-Mansat, C Georgescu, N Popescu, G Peer, C Lupu, F Taylor, G Kinasewitz, J Lambris

AB103, a CD28 antagonist peptide: a new therapeutic agent in a model of severe sepsis

D Teleman, C-S Chung, A Ayala, S Opal, A Chahin, A Shirvan

Cardiovascular effects of β-blockade in a sheep model of severe sepsis

P Calzavacca, R Ramchandra, L Booth, R Bellomo, CN May

A sepsis progression model in humans: characterization of biomarkers descriptive of sepsis progression

BW Footer, C-B Hsiao, DM Parish, P Wickremasingha, A-B Halim, G Senaldi, R Scheyer, JJ Schentag

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Interplay between angiopoietin-2, vascular endothelial growth factor and peroxynitrite is an important determinant of vascular hyperpermeability during methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus sepsis

P Enkhbaatar, Y Zhu, L Traber, D Traber

Clinical characteristics, management, and outcomes of sepsis in Lusaka, Zambia

SM Chimese, B Andrews, S Lakhi

AZD9773, a novel anti-TNFα immune Fab in development for severe sepsis and septic shock: demonstration of safety and efficacy in a murine CLP sepsis model

P Newham, P Ceuppens, S Das, JWT Yates, R Knight, JS McKay

Efficacy of endotoxin absorption therapy on sepsis by polymyxin B-attached fibers

K Atagi

Lactate clearance as a simple bedside instrument to predict short-term mortality of severe septic patients

W Hambali, K Chen, D Widodo, E Dewiasty, HT Pohan, S Suwarto

Effect of low-dose steroid on NF-κB and caspase-3 intestinal expression in a sepsis mouse model

HA Guntur, HP Diding, HT Pohan, D Widodo

Etiological agents of bacterial sepsis in a newly constructed medical center in Saint Petersburg, Russia

E Barantsevich, N Barantsevich, N Rybkova, I Churkina, N Pestova, M Karpenko

Efficacy and safety of gelatin for fluid therapy in hypovolemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

CS Hartog, V Vlasakov, DO Thomas-Rueddel, H Rueddel, R Hutagalung, K Reinhart