Ausgabe 4/2006
Inhalt (62 Artikel)
Ethics review: Perioperative do-not-resuscitate orders – doing 'nothing' when 'something' can be done
Mark Ewanchuk, Peter G Brindley
Unmeasured anions in metabolic acidosis: unravelling the mystery
Lui G Forni, William McKinnon, Philip J Hilton
Pro/con debate: Octreotide has an important role in the treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding of unknown origin?
Yaseen Arabi, Bandar Al Knawy, Alan N Barkun, Marc Bardou
Noninvasive ventilation for acute lung injury: how often should we try, how often should we fail?
Erik Garpestad, Nicholas S Hill
Tracheotomy does not affect reducing sedation requirements of patients in intensive care – a retrospective study
Denise P Veelo, Dave A Dongelmans, Jan M Binnekade, Johanna C Korevaar, Margreeth B Vroom, Marcus J Schultz
Effect of bladder volume on measured intravesical pressure: a prospective cohort study
Manu LNG Malbrain, Dries H Deeren
Hyperinsulinemia-euglycemia therapy: a useful tool in treating calcium channel blocker poisoning
Michael D Levine, Edward Boyer
Haemodynamic management of severe sepsis: recommendations of the French Intensive Care Societies (SFAR/SRLF) Consensus Conference, 13 October 2005, Paris, France
Thierry Pottecher, Sylvie Calvat, Hervé Dupont, Jacques Durand-Gasselin, Patrick Gerbeaux
The outcomes of severe sepsis and septic shock in the UK
Adam D Reuben, Andrew V Appelboam, Ian Higginson
Effect of a lung recruitment maneuver by high-frequency oscillatory ventilation in experimental acute lung injury on organ blood flow in pigs
Matthias David, Hendrik W Gervais, Jens Karmrodt, Arno L Depta, Oliver Kempski, Klaus Markstaller
Unloading work of breathing during high-frequency oscillatory ventilation: a bench study
Marc van Heerde, Karel Roubik, Vitek Kopelent, Frans B Plötz, Dick G Markhorst
Bench-to-bedside review: Mechanisms of critical illness – classifying microcirculatory flow abnormalities in distributive shock
Paul WG Elbers, Can Ince
How can the response to volume expansion in patients with spontaneous respiratory movements be predicted?
Sarah Heenen, Daniel De Backer, Jean-Louis Vincent
Corticosteroids influence the mortality and morbidity of acute critical illness
Mohamed Y Rady, Daniel J Johnson, Bhavesh Patel, Joel Larson, Richard Helmers
The outcome of patients presenting to the emergency department with severe sepsis or septic shock
Emanuel Rivers
Measurement of PEEP-induced alveolar recruitment: just a research tool?
Michele De Michele, Salvatore Grasso
Pharmacokinetics of recombinant activated factor VII in trauma patients with severe bleeding
Thomas Klitgaard, Rene Tabanera y Palacios, Kenneth D Boffard, Philip TC Iau, Brian Warren, Sandro Rizoli, Rolf Rossaint, Yoram Kluger, Bruno Riou
Measuring the anticoagulant effect of low molecular weight heparins in the critically ill
Mark Crowther, Wendy Lim
The incidence of relative adrenal insufficiency in patients with septic shock after the administration of etomidate
Zulfiqar Mohammad, Bekele Afessa, Javier D Finkielman
Bench-to-bedside review: Brain dysfunction in critically ill patients – the intensive care unit and beyond
Nuala J Meyer, Jesse B Hall
Open lung biopsy in early-stage acute respiratory distress syndrome
Kuo-Chin Kao, Ying-Huang Tsai, Yao-Kuang Wu, Ning-Hung Chen, Meng-Jer Hsieh, Shiu-Feng Huang, Chung-Chi Huang
Extrapulmonary manifestations of severe respiratory syncytial virus infection – a systematic review
Michael Eisenhut
Effect of the molecular adsorbent recirculating system and Prometheus devices on systemic haemodynamics and vasoactive agents in patients with acute-on-chronic alcoholic liver failure
Wim Laleman, Alexander Wilmer, Pieter Evenepoel, Ingrid Vander Elst, Marcel Zeegers, Zahur Zaman, Chris Verslype, Johan Fevery, Frederik Nevens
Dehydroepiandrosterone administration modulates endothelial and neutrophil adhesion molecule expression in vitro
Tanja Barkhausen, Britt-Mailin Westphal, Claudia Pütz, Christian Krettek, Martijn van Griensven
'Progression towards the minimum': the importance of standardizing the priming volume during the indirect measurement of intra-abdominal pressures
Chad G Ball, Andrew W Kirkpatrick
Measuring extravascular lung water: animals and humans are not the same
Mikhail Y Kirov, Vsevolod V Kuzkov, Enrique Fernandez-Mondejar, Lars J Bjertnaes
Bench-to-bedside review: Significance and interpretation of elevated troponin in septic patients
Raphael Favory, Remi Neviere
Serum procalcitonin level and leukocyte antisedimentation rate as early predictors of respiratory dysfunction after oesophageal tumour resection
Lajos Bogar, Zsolt Molnar, Piroska Tarsoly, Peter Kenyeres, Sandor Marton
Allowing for spontaneous breathing during high-frequency oscillation: the key for final success?
Peter C Rimensberger
Attributable cost of methicillin resistance: an issue that is difficult to evaluate
Jean-François Timsit
Timing of adequate antibiotic therapy is a greater determinant of outcome than are TNF and IL-10 polymorphisms in patients with sepsis
Jose Garnacho-Montero, Teresa Aldabo-Pallas, Carmen Garnacho-Montero, Aurelio Cayuela, Rocio Jiménez, Sonia Barroso, Carlos Ortiz-Leyba
Gingival and plaque decontamination: Can we take a bite out of VAP?
Jatinder Somal, Joseph M Darby
The low-dose ACTH test in the ICU: Not ready for prime time
Makito Yaegashi, Arthur J Boujoukos
Rapid detection of pneumothorax by ultrasonography in patients with multiple trauma
Mao Zhang, Zhi-Hai Liu, Jian-Xin Yang, Jian-Xin Gan, Shao-Wen Xu, Xiang-Dong You, Guan-Yu Jiang
Pediatric defibrillation after cardiac arrest: initial response and outcome
Antonio Rodríguez-Núñez, Jesús López-Herce, Cristina García, Pedro Domínguez, Angel Carrillo, Jose María Bellón
Reappraisal of Pseudomonas aeruginosa hospital-acquired pneumonia mortality in the era of metallo-β-lactamase-mediated multidrug resistance: a prospective observational study
Alexandre Prehn Zavascki, Afonso Luís Barth, Juliana Fernandez Fernandes, Ana Lúcia Didonet Moro, Ana Lúcia Saraiva Gonçalves, Luciano Zubaran Goldani
SOFA is superior to MOD score for the determination of non-neurologic organ dysfunction in patients with severe traumatic brain injury: a cohort study
David Zygun, Luc Berthiaume, Kevin Laupland, John Kortbeek, Christopher Doig
Ventilator-associated pneumonia using a heated humidifier or a heat and moisture exchanger: a randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN88724583]
Leonardo Lorente, María Lecuona, Alejandro Jiménez, María L Mora, Antonio Sierra
Timing of drotrecogin alfa (activated) treatment in severe sepsis
Goda Choi, Anne-Cornélie JM de Pont, Marcus J Schultz
Effects of dopexamine on the intestinal microvascular blood flow and leucocyte activation in a sepsis model in rats
Jürgen Birnbaum, Edda Klotz, Claudia D Spies, Björn Lorenz, Patrick Stuebs, Ortrud Vargas Hein, Matthias Gründling, Dragan Pavlovic, Taras Usichenko, Michael Wendt, Wolfgang J Kox, Christian Lehmann
Think outside the box: extrapulmonary manifestations of severe respiratory syncytial virus infection
Kentigern Thorburn, C Anthony Hart
Effects of prolonged endotoxemia on liver, skeletal muscle and kidney mitochondrial function
Francesca Porta, Jukka Takala, Christian Weikert, Hendrik Bracht, Anna Kolarova, Bernhard H Lauterburg, Erika Borotto, Stephan M Jakob
Bench-to-bedside review: Genetics and proteomics: deciphering gene association studies in critical illness
Sachin Yende, Candace M Kammerer, Derek C Angus
HLA-DR expression on monocytes and systemic inflammation in patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms
Jan Willem Haveman, Aad P van den Berg, Eric LG Verhoeven, Maarten WN Nijsten, Jan JAM van den Dungen, Hauw T The, Jan Harm Zwaveling
Ventilatory management of ARDS: high frequency oscillation and lung recruitment!
Robert M Kacmarek
Etomidate, pharmacological adrenalectomy and the critically ill: a matter of vital importance
Roxanna Bloomfield, David W Noble
Recommendations on the use of recombinant activated factor VII as an adjunctive treatment for massive bleeding – a European perspective
Jean-Louis Vincent, Rolf Rossaint, Bruno Riou, Yves Ozier, David Zideman, Donat R Spahn
A research algorithm to improve detection of delirium in the intensive care unit
Margaret A Pisani, Katy LB Araujo, Peter H Van Ness, Ying Zhang, E Wesley Ely, Sharon K Inouye
Effects of descending positive end-expiratory pressure on lung mechanics and aeration in healthy anaesthetized piglets
Alysson Roncally S Carvalho, Frederico C Jandre, Alexandre V Pino, Fernando A Bozza, Jorge I Salluh, Rosana S Rodrigues, João HN Soares, Antonio Giannella-Neto
Administration of antibiotics via the respiratory tract for the prevention of ICU-acquired pneumonia: a meta-analysis of comparative trials
Matthew E Falagas, Ilias I Siempos, Ioannis A Bliziotis, Argyris Michalopoulos
Endotoxin-induced myocardial dysfunction in senescent rats
Sandrine Rozenberg, Sophie Besse, Hélène Brisson, Elsa Jozefowicz, Abdelmejid Kandoussi, Alexandre Mebazaa, Bruno Riou, Benoît Vallet, Benoît Tavernier