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Critical Care

Ausgabe 1/2017

Inhalt (317 Artikel)

Open Access Research

Is platelet transfusion associated with hospital-acquired infections in critically ill patients?

Cécile Aubron, Andrew W. Flint, Michael Bailey, David Pilcher, Allen C. Cheng, Colin Hegarty, Antony Martinelli, Michael C. Reade, Rinaldo Bellomo, Zoe McQuilten

Open Access Research

Normal saline versus heparin for patency of central venous catheters in adult patients - a systematic review and meta-analysis

Lei Zhong, Hai-Li Wang, Bo Xu, Yao Yuan, Xin Wang, Ying-ying Zhang, Li Ji, Zi-mu Pan, Zhan-Sheng Hu

Open Access Letter

Patients want to be heard–loud and clear!

Anna-Liisa Sutt, John F. Fraser

Open Access Letter

Should we assume that hypothermia is a dysfunction in sepsis?

Alexandre A. Steiner, Monique T. Fonseca, Francisco G. Soriano

Open Access Research

Whole-body vibration to prevent intensive care unit-acquired weakness: safety, feasibility, and metabolic response

Tobias Wollersheim, Kurt Haas, Stefan Wolf, Knut Mai, Claudia Spies, Elisabeth Steinhagen-Thiessen, Klaus-D. Wernecke, Joachim Spranger, Steffen Weber-Carstens

Open Access Editorial

Towards precision medicine for sepsis patients

Peter Pickkers, Matthijs Kox

Open Access Research

Does training improve diagnostic accuracy and inter-rater agreement in applying the Berlin radiographic definition of acute respiratory distress syndrome? A multicenter prospective study

Jin-Min Peng, Chuan-Yun Qian, Xiang-You Yu, Ming-Yan Zhao, Shu-Sheng Li, Xiao-Chun Ma, Yan Kang, Fa-Chun Zhou, Zhen-Yang He, Tie-He Qin, Yong-Jie Yin, Li Jiang, Zhen-Jie Hu, Ren-Hua Sun, Jian-Dong Lin, Tong Li, Da-Wei Wu, You-Zhong An, Yu-Hang Ai, Li-Hua Zhou, Xiang-Yuan Cao, Xi-Jing Zhang, Rong-Qing Sun, Er-Zhen Chen, Bin Du

Open Access Research

Can calculation of energy expenditure based on CO2 measurements replace indirect calorimetry?

Taku Oshima, Séverine Graf, Claudia-Paula Heidegger, Laurence Genton, Jérôme Pugin, Claude Pichard

Open Access Research

The association of findings on brain computed tomography with neurologic outcomes following extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Jeong-Am Ryu, Chi Ryang Chung, Yang Hyun Cho, Kiick Sung, Gee Young Suh, Taek Kyu Park, Young Bin Song, Joo-Yong Hahn, Jin-Ho Choi, Hyeon-Cheol Gwon, Seung-Hyuk Choi, Jeong Hoon Yang

Open Access Letter

Optimal doses of caspofungin during continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration in critically ill patients

Gerardo Aguilar, Rafael Ferriols, Angels Lozano, Carlos Ezquer, José A. Carbonell, Ana Jurado, Juan Carrizo, Ferran Serralta, Jaume Puig, David Navarro, Manuel Alos, F. Javier Belda

Open Access Research

A diaphragmatic electrical activity-based optimization strategy during pressure support ventilation improves synchronization but does not impact work of breathing

Francois Beloncle, Lise Piquilloud, Nuttapol Rittayamai, Christer Sinderby, Hadrien Rozé, Laurent Brochard

Open Access Research

A randomized placebo-controlled phase II study of a Pseudomonas vaccine in ventilated ICU patients

Jordi Rello, Claus-Georg Krenn, Gottfried Locker, Ernst Pilger, Christian Madl, Laura Balica, Thierry Dugernier, Pierre-Francois Laterre, Herbert Spapen, Pieter Depuydt, Jean-Louis Vincent, Lajos Bogár, Zsuzsanna Szabó, Barbara Völgyes, Rafael Máñez, Nahit Cakar, Atilla Ramazanoglu, Arzu Topeli, Maria A. Mastruzzo, Abel Jasovich, Christian G. Remolif, Liliana del Carmen Soria, Max A. Andresen Hernandez, Carolina Ruiz Balart, Ildikó Krémer, Zsolt Molnár, Frank von Sonnenburg, Arthur Lyons, Michael Joannidis, Heinz Burgmann, Tobias Welte, Anton Klingler, Romana Hochreiter, Kerstin Westritschnig

Open Access Research

The effects of low tidal ventilation on lung strain correlate with respiratory system compliance

Jianfeng Xie, Fang Jin, Chun Pan, Songqiao Liu, Ling Liu, Jingyuan Xu, Yi Yang, Haibo Qiu

Open Access Letter

Skin autofluorescence in acute kidney injury

Aurelie Lavielle, Sebastien Rubin, Alexandre Boyer, Karine Moreau, Kalina Rajaobelina, Christian Combe, Vincent Rigalleau

Open Access Review

Shock induced endotheliopathy (SHINE) in acute critical illness - a unifying pathophysiologic mechanism

PärIngemar Johansson, Jakob Stensballe, SisseRye Ostrowski

Open Access Editorial

Could type 2 diabetes be a component of the post-intensive care syndrome?

Jean-Charles Preiser, Caroline de Longueville

Open Access Letter

Freedom of speech for all critically ill patients: work in progress

P. R. Tuinman, S. ten Hoorn

Open Access Letter

Blood pressure and acute kidney injury

Ryota Sato, Sarah Kyuragi Luthe, Michitaka Nasu

Open Access Letter

The importance of diastolic dysfunction in the development of weaning-induced pulmonary oedema

Filippo Sanfilippo, Cristina Santonocito, Gaetano Burgio, Antonio Arcadipane

Open Access Research

Point-of-care testing for emergency assessment of coagulation in patients treated with direct oral anticoagulants

Matthias Ebner, Ingvild Birschmann, Andreas Peter, Charlotte Spencer, Florian Härtig, Joachim Kuhn, Gunnar Blumenstock, Christine S. Zuern, Ulf Ziemann, Sven Poli

Open Access Research

Use of stepwise lactate kinetics-oriented hemodynamic therapy could improve the clinical outcomes of patients with sepsis-associated hyperlactatemia

Xiang Zhou, Dawei Liu, Longxiang Su, Bo Yao, Yun Long, Xiaoting Wang, Wenzhao Chai, Na Cui, Hao Wang, Xi Rui

Open Access Research

The impact of post-operative sepsis on mortality after hospital discharge among elective surgical patients: a population-based cohort study

Lixin Ou, Jack Chen, Ken Hillman, Arthas Flabouris, Michael Parr, Hassan Assareh, Rinaldo Bellomo

Open Access Research

Noninvasive detection of alarming intracranial pressure changes by auditory monitoring in early management of brain injury: a prospective invasive versus noninvasive study

Fabrice Giraudet, François Longeras, Aurélien Mulliez, Aurélie Thalamy, Bruno Pereira, Paul Avan, Laurent Sakka

Open Access Research

Can body mass index predict clinical outcomes for patients with acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome? A meta-analysis

Yue-Nan Ni, Jian Luo, He Yu, Yi-Wei Wang, Yue-Hong Hu, Dan Liu, Bin-Miao Liang, Zong-An Liang

Open Access Research

Catecholamines as outcome markers in isolated traumatic brain injury: the COMA-TBI study

Sandro B. Rizoli, Blessing N. R. Jaja, Alex P. Di Battista, Shawn G. Rhind, Antonio Capone Neto, Leodante da Costa, Kenji Inaba, Luis Teodoro da Luz, Bartolomeu Nascimento, Adic Perez, Andrew J. Baker, Airton Leonardo de Oliveira Manoel

Open Access Research

SOFA and mortality endpoints in randomized controlled trials: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis

Harm-Jan de Grooth, Irma L. Geenen, Armand R. Girbes, Jean-Louis Vincent, Jean-Jacques Parienti, Heleen M. Oudemans-van Straaten

Open Access Letter

Optimal energy delivery and measured energy expenditure—impact of length of stay

Mette M. Berger, Claude Pichard, Eric Fontaine

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Hemodynamic consequences of severe lactic acidosis in shock states: from bench to bedside

Antoine Kimmoun, Emmanuel Novy, Thomas Auchet, Nicolas Ducrocq, Bruno Levy

Open Access Research

The accuracy of transcranial Doppler in excluding intracranial hypertension following acute brain injury: a multicenter prospective pilot study

Frank A. Rasulo, Rita Bertuetti, Chiara Robba, Francesco Lusenti, Alfredo Cantoni, Marta Bernini, Alan Girardini, Stefano Calza, Simone Piva, Nazzareno Fagoni, Nicola Latronico

Open Access Research

Duration of veno-arterial extracorporeal life support (VA ECMO) and outcome: an analysis of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) registry

Myles Smith, Alexander Vukomanovic, Daniel Brodie, Ravi Thiagarajan, Peter Rycus, Hergen Buscher

Open Access Research

Evaluation of clinically available renal biomarkers in critically ill adults: a prospective multicenter observational study

Yujun Deng, Ruibin Chi, Shenglong Chen, Heng Ye, Jie Yuan, Lin Wang, Yiling Zhai, Lu Gao, Danqing Zhang, Linhui Hu, Bo Lv, Yi Long, Cheng Sun, Xiaobing Yang, Xia Zou, Chunbo Chen

Open Access Research

Genetic variants in SERPINA4 and SERPINA5, but not BCL2 and SIK3 are associated with acute kidney injury in critically ill patients with septic shock

Laura M. Vilander, Mari A. Kaunisto, Suvi T. Vaara, Ville Pettilä, Raili Laru-Sompa, Anni Pulkkinen, Minna Saarelainen, Mikko Reilama, Sinikka Tolmunen, Ulla Rantalainen, Marja Miettinen, Markku Suvela, Katrine Pesola, Pekka Saastamoinen, Sirpa Kauppinen, Ville Pettilä, Kirsi-Maija Kaukonen, Anna-Maija Korhonen, Sara Nisula, Suvi Vaara, Raili Suojaranta-Ylinen, Leena Mildh, Mikko Haapio, Laura Nurminen, Sari Sutinen, Leena Pettilä, Helinä Laitinen, Heidi Syrjä, Kirsi Henttonen, Elina Lappi, Hillevi Boman, Tero Varpula, Päivi Porkka, Mirka Sivula, Mira Rahkonen, Anne Tsurkka, Taina Nieminen, Niina Prittinen, Ari Alaspää, Ville Salanto, Hanna Juntunen, Teija Sanisalo, Ilkka Parviainen, Ari Uusaro, Esko Ruokonen, Stepani Bendel, Niina Rissanen, Maarit Lång, Sari Rahikainen, Saija Rissanen, Merja Ahonen, Elina Halonen, Eija Vaskelainen, Meri Poukkanen, Esa Lintula, Sirpa Suominen, Jorma Heikkinen, Timo Lavander, Kirsi Heinonen, Anne-Mari Juopperi, Tadeusz Kaminski, Fiia Gäddnäs, Tuija Kuusela, Jane Roiko, Sari Karlsson, Matti Reinikainen, Tero Surakka, Helena Jyrkönen, Tanja Eiserbeck, Jaana Kallinen, Vesa Lund, Päivi Tuominen, Pauliina Perkola, Riikka Tuominen, Marika Hietaranta, Satu Johansson, Seppo Hovilehto, Anne Kirsi, Pekka Tiainen, Tuija Myllärinen, Pirjo Leino, Anne Toropainen, Anne Kuitunen, Ilona Leppänen, Markus Levoranta, Sanna Hoppu, Jukka Sauranen, Jyrki Tenhunen, Atte Kukkurainen, Samuli Kortelainen, Simo Varila, Outi Inkinen, Niina Koivuviita, Jutta Kotamäki, Anu Laine, Tero Ala-Kokko, Jouko Laurila, Sinikka Sälkiö, Simo-Pekka Koivisto, Raku Hautamäki, Maria Skinnar

Open Access Research

Decreased cytokine production by mononuclear cells after severe gram-negative infections: early clinical signs and association with final outcome

Nikolaos Antonakos, Thomas Tsaganos, Volker Oberle, Iraklis Tsangaris, Malvina Lada, Aikaterini Pistiki, Nikolaos Machairas, Maria Souli, Michael Bauer, Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis

Open Access Letter

Blood components are essential to regulate microcirculatory blood flow

Nicolas Morel, Marie Moisan

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Cardiac dysfunction induced by weaning from mechanical ventilation: incidence, risk factors, and effects of fluid removal

Jinglun Liu, Feng Shen, Jean-Louis Teboul, Nadia Anguel, Alexandra Beurton, Nadia Bezaz, Christian Richard, Xavier Monnet

Open Access Research

Dual inhibition of thrombin and activated factor X attenuates disseminated intravascular coagulation and protects organ function in a baboon model of severe Gram-negative sepsis

Herbert Schöchl, Martijn van Griensven, Stefan Heitmeier, Volker Laux, Ulrike Kipman, Jan Roodt, Soheyl Bahrami, Heinz Redl

Open Access Research

Effect of an automated notification system for deteriorating ward patients on clinical outcomes

Christian P. Subbe, Bernd Duller, Rinaldo Bellomo

Open Access Letter

What is the risk of acquiring bacteria from prior intensive care unit bed occupants?

Vincenzo Russotto, Andrea Cortegiani, Santi Maurizio Raineri, Pasquale Iozzo, Cesare Gregoretti, Antonino Giarratano

Open Access Review

Antiarrhythmic drugs for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with refractory ventricular fibrillation

Takashi Tagami, Hideo Yasunaga, Hiroyuki Yokota

Open Access Review

Use of ‘tidal volume challenge’ to improve the reliability of pulse pressure variation

Sheila Nainan Myatra, Xavier Monnet, Jean-Louis Teboul

Open Access Review

Anemia and blood transfusion in the critically ill patient with cardiovascular disease

Annemarie B. Docherty, Timothy S. Walsh

Open Access Review

High-flow nasal cannula support therapy: new insights and improving performance

Gonzalo Hernández, Oriol Roca, Laura Colinas

Open Access Review

Mechanical ventilation in obese ICU patients: from intubation to extubation

Audrey De Jong, Gerald Chanques, Samir Jaber

Open Access Review

Novel insights in ICU-acquired respiratory muscle dysfunction: implications for clinical care

Annemijn H. Jonkman, Diana Jansen, Leo M. A. Heunks

Open Access Review

Neuroanatomy of sepsis-associated encephalopathy

Nicholas Heming, Aurelien Mazeraud, Franck Verdonk, Fernando A. Bozza, Fabrice Chrétien, Tarek Sharshar

Open Access Review

Medicating patients during extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: the evidence is building

Amy L. Dzierba, Darryl Abrams, Daniel Brodie

Open Access Review

Anti-inflammatory properties of anesthetic agents

Fernanda Ferreira Cruz, Patricia Rieken Macedo Rocco, Paolo Pelosi

Open Access Review

Facing the ongoing challenge of the febrile young infant

Adrienne G. DePorre, Paul L. Aronson, Russell J. McCulloh

Open Access Research

The association of time and medications with changes in bone mineral density in the 2 years after critical illness

Neil R. Orford, Michael Bailey, Rinaldo Bellomo, Julie A. Pasco, Claire Cattigan, Tania Elderkin, Sharon L. Brennan-Olsen, David J. Cooper, Mark A. Kotowicz

Open Access Research

Intestinal T lymphocyte homing is associated with gastric emptying and epithelial barrier function in critically ill: a prospective observational study

Christian Greis, Zohal Rasuly, Rolf A. Janosi, Lambros Kordelas, Dietrich W. Beelen, Tobias Liebregts

Open Access Research

Predictors of hospital and one-year mortality in intensive care patients with refractory status epilepticus: a population-based study

Anne-Mari Kantanen, Reetta Kälviäinen, Ilkka Parviainen, Marika Ala-Peijari, Tom Bäcklund, Juha Koskenkari, Ruut Laitio, Matti Reinikainen

Open Access Research

Time-dependent association of glucocorticoids with adverse outcome in community-acquired pneumonia: a 6-year prospective cohort study

Manuela Nickler, Manuel Ottiger, Christian Steuer, Alexander Kutz, Mirjam Christ-Crain, Werner Zimmerli, Robert Thomann, Claus Hoess, Christoph Henzen, Luca Bernasconi, Andreas Huber, Beat Mueller, Philipp Schuetz, Ursula Schild, Katharina Regez, Rita Bossart, Robert Thomann, Claudine Falconnier, Marcel Wolbers, Stefanie Neidert, Thomas Fricker, Claudine Blum, Thomas Bregenzer, Claus Hoess, Heiner C. Bucher, Fabian Mueller, Jeannine Haeuptle, Roya Zarbosky, Rico Fiumefreddo, Melanie Wieland, Charly Nusbaumer, Andres Christ, Roland Bingisser, Kristian Schneider, Brigitte Walz, Verena Briner, Dieter Conen, Andreas Huber, Jody Staehelin, Chantal Bruehlhardt, Ruth Luginbuehl, Agnes Muehlemann, Ineke Lambinon, Werner Zimmerli, Max Zueger

Open Access Research

Comparison of qSOFA and SIRS for predicting adverse outcomes of patients with suspicion of sepsis outside the intensive care unit

Eli J. Finkelsztein, Daniel S. Jones, Kevin C. Ma, Maria A. Pabón, Tatiana Delgado, Kiichi Nakahira, John E. Arbo, David A. Berlin, Edward J. Schenck, Augustine M. K. Choi, Ilias I. Siempos

Open Access Research

Hemoadsorption by CytoSorb in septic patients: a case series

Klaus Kogelmann, Dominik Jarczak, Morten Scheller, Matthias Drüner

Open Access Research

Clonidine for sedation in the critically ill: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Jing Gennie Wang, Emilie Belley-Coté, Lisa Burry, Mark Duffett, Timothy Karachi, Dan Perri, Waleed Alhazzani, Frederick D’Aragon, Hannah Wunsch, Bram Rochwerg

Open Access Research

Life-threatening massive pulmonary embolism rescued by venoarterial-extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

Fillipo Corsi, Guillaume Lebreton, Nicolas Bréchot, Guillaume Hekimian, Ania Nieszkowska, Jean-Louis Trouillet, Charles-Edouard Luyt, Pascal Leprince, Jean Chastre, Alain Combes, Matthieu Schmidt

Open Access Research

Corticosteroids in septic shock: a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Ben Gibbison, José A. López-López, Julian P. T. Higgins, Tom Miller, Gianni D. Angelini, Stafford L. Lightman, Djillali Annane

Open Access Review

A path to precision in the ICU

David M. Maslove, Francois Lamontagne, John C. Marshall, Daren K. Heyland

Open Access Letter

Lice, rodents, and many hopes: a rare disease in a young refugee

Salvatore L. Cutuli, Gennaro De Pascale, Teresa Spanu, Antonio M. Dell’Anna, Maria G. Bocci, Federico Pallavicini, Fabiola Mancini, Alessandra Ciervo, Massimo Antonelli

Open Access Letter

VCO2-derived energy expenditure: do not throw the baby out with the bath water!

Sandra N. Stapel, Paul W. G. Elbers, Heleen M. Oudemans-van Straaten

Open Access Editorial

Inhaled nitric oxide and acute kidney injury: new insights from observational data

Laveena Munshi, Neill K. J. Adhikari

Open Access Research

Implementing a bedside assessment of respiratory mechanics in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

Lu Chen, Guang-Qiang Chen, Kevin Shore, Orest Shklar, Concetta Martins, Brian Devenyi, Paul Lindsay, Heather McPhail, Ashley Lanys, Ibrahim Soliman, Mazin Tuma, Michael Kim, Kerri Porretta, Pamela Greco, Hilary Every, Chris Hayes, Andrew Baker, Jan O. Friedrich, Laurent Brochard

Open Access Research

Determinants of the calibration of SAPS II and SAPS 3 mortality scores in intensive care: a European multicenter study

Antoine Poncet, Thomas V. Perneger, Paolo Merlani, Maurizia Capuzzo, Christophe Combescure

Open Access Research

Retinal arterial blood flow and retinal changes in patients with sepsis: preliminary study using fluorescein angiography

Kristo Erikson, Janne Henrik Liisanantti, Nina Hautala, Juha Koskenkari, Remi Kamakura, Karl Heinz Herzig, Hannu Syrjälä, Tero Ilmari Ala-Kokko

Open Access Research

Renal function and oxygenation are impaired early after liver transplantation despite hyperdynamic systemic circulation

Jenny Skytte Larsson, Gudrun Bragadottir, Bengt Redfors, Sven-Erik Ricksten

Open Access Research

Cardiac biomarkers are associated with maximum stage of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients: a prospective analysis

Ryan Haines, Siobhan Crichton, Jessica Wilson, David Treacher, Marlies Ostermann

Open Access Review

New drugs, new toxicities: severe side effects of modern targeted and immunotherapy of cancer and their management

Frank Kroschinsky, Friedrich Stölzel, Simone von Bonin, Gernot Beutel, Matthias Kochanek, Michael Kiehl, Peter Schellongowski

Open Access Review

Clinical pathophysiology of hypoxic ischemic brain injury after cardiac arrest: a “two-hit” model

Mypinder S. Sekhon, Philip N. Ainslie, Donald E. Griesdale

Open Access Letter

Feasibility and safety of whole-body vibration therapy in intensive care patients

Peter Alter, Tobias Boeselt, Christoph Nell, Marc Spielmanns, Klaus Kenn, A. Rembert Koczulla

Open Access Review

The future of critical care: renal support in 2027

William R. Clark, Mauro Neri, Francesco Garzotto, Zaccaria Ricci, Stuart L. Goldstein, Xiaoqiang Ding, Jiarui Xu, Claudio Ronco

Open Access Review

The hospital of tomorrow in 10 points

Jean-Louis Vincent, Jacques Creteur

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Pre-hospital management of mass casualty civilian shootings: a systematic literature review

Conor D. A. Turner, David J. Lockey, Marius Rehn

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Can calculation of energy expenditure based on CO2 measurements replace indirect calorimetry?

Taku Oshima, Séverine Graf, Claudia-Paula Heidegger, Laurence Genton, Jérôme Pugin, Claude Pichard

Open Access Research

Early predictors of poor outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Louise Martinell, Niklas Nielsen, Johan Herlitz, Thomas Karlsson, Janneke Horn, Matt P. Wise, Johan Undén, Christian Rylander

Open Access Research

Plasma metabolomics for the diagnosis and prognosis of H1N1 influenza pneumonia

Mohammad M. Banoei, Hans J. Vogel, Aalim M. Weljie, Anand Kumar, Sachin Yende, Derek C. Angus, Brent W. Winston

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Cardiac ischemia in patients with septic shock randomized to vasopressin or norepinephrine

Sangeeta Mehta, John Granton, Anthony C. Gordon, Deborah J. Cook, Stephen Lapinsky, Gary Newton, Kris Bandayrel, Anjuli Little, Chuin Siau, Dieter Ayers, Joel Singer, Terry C. K. Lee, Keith R. Walley, Michelle Storms, D. James Cooper, Cheryl L. Holmes, Paul Hebert, Jeffrey Presneill, James A. Russell

Open Access Letter

Bacteriophage lysins as antibacterials

Umender Sharma, Vivek D. Paul

Open Access Letter

A brief comment on vaccinations for opportunistic microorganisms

Ferhat Arslan, Haluk Vahaboğlu

Open Access Research

Myocardial and haemodynamic responses to two fluid regimens in African children with severe malnutrition and hypovolaemic shock (AFRIM study)

Nchafatso Obonyo, Bernadette Brent, Peter Olupot-Olupot, Michael Boele van Hensbroek, Irene Kuipers, Sidney Wong, Kenji Shiino, Jonathan Chan, John Fraser, Job B. M. van Woensel, Kathryn Maitland

Open Access Research

Time course of blood lactate levels, inflammation, and mitochondrial function in experimental sepsis

Thiago Domingos Corrêa, Adriano José Pereira, Sebastian Brandt, Madhusudanarao Vuda, Siamak Djafarzadeh, Jukka Takala, Stephan Mathias Jakob

Open Access Viewpoint

High protein intake without concerns?

Olav Rooyackers, Martin Sundström Rehal, Felix Liebau, Åke Norberg, Jan Wernerman

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Contribution of Candida biomarkers and DNA detection for the diagnosis of invasive candidiasis in ICU patients with severe abdominal conditions

Cristóbal León, Sergio Ruiz-Santana, Pedro Saavedra, Carmen Castro, Ana Loza, Ismail Zakariya, Alejandro Úbeda, Manuel Parra, Desirée Macías, José Ignacio Tomás, Antonio Rezusta, Alejandro Rodríguez, Frederic Gómez, Estrella Martín-Mazuelos

Open Access Research

Simvastatin for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: long-term outcomes and cost-effectiveness from a randomised controlled trial

A. Agus, C. Hulme, R. M. Verghis, C. McDowell, C. Jackson, C. M. O’Kane, J. G. Laffey, D. F. McAuley

Open Access Research

Cost analysis of the very elderly admitted to intensive care units

Nicolas Chin-Yee, Gianni D’Egidio, Kednapa Thavorn, Daren Heyland, Kwadwo Kyeremanteng

Open Access Research

Early EEG for outcome prediction of postanoxic coma: prospective cohort study with cost-minimization analysis

Lotte Sondag, Barry J. Ruijter, Marleen C. Tjepkema-Cloostermans, Albertus Beishuizen, Frank H. Bosch, Janine A. van Til, Michel J. A. M. van Putten, Jeannette Hofmeijer

Open Access Letter

Video vs direct laryngoscopy in the ICU: are we asking the right question?

Michael Chaim Sklar, Stephen Lapinsky

Open Access Research

Comparison of fluid balance and hemodynamic and metabolic effects of sodium lactate versus sodium bicarbonate versus 0.9% NaCl in porcine endotoxic shock: a randomized, open-label, controlled study

Thibault Duburcq, Arthur Durand, Anne-Frédérique Dessein, Joseph Vamecq, Jean-Claude Vienne, Dries Dobbelaere, Karine Mention, Claire Douillard, Patrice Maboudou, Valery Gmyr, François Pattou, Mercé Jourdain, Fabienne Tamion, Julien Poissy, Daniel Mathieu, Raphaël Favory

Open Access Letter

Echocardiography accurately predicts pulmonary hypertension in patients with advanced lung disease

Silvia Cottini, Christian Benden, Lars C. Huber, Mattia Arrigo

Open Access Letter

Diaphragm electrical activity monitoring as a breakpoint in the management of a tetraplegic child

Guillaume Mortamet, François Proulx, Benjamin Crulli, Nadia Savy, Philippe Jouvet, Guillaume Emeriaud

Open Access Letter

No-touch methods of terminal cleaning in the intensive care unit: results from the first large randomized trial with patient-centred outcomes

Vincenzo Russotto, Andrea Cortegiani, Pasquale Iozzo, Santi Maurizio Raineri, Cesare Gregoretti, Antonino Giarratano

Open Access Letter

Efficient organisation of intensive care units with a focus on quality: the non-physician provider

Herman Gerhard Kreeftenberg, Sjaak Pouwels, Peter Henricus Johannes van der Voort

Open Access Research

Timing of appropriate empirical antimicrobial administration and outcome of adults with community-onset bacteremia

Ching-Chi Lee, Chung-Hsun Lee, Ming-Yuan Hong, Hung-Jen Tang, Wen-Chien Ko

Open Access Research

Circulating microparticle levels are reduced in patients with ARDS

Ciara M. Shaver, Justin Woods, Jennifer K. Clune, Brandon S. Grove, Nancy E. Wickersham, J. Brennan McNeil, Gregory Shemancik, Lorraine B. Ware, Julie A. Bastarache

Open Access Letter

A critical age: can we reliably measure frailty in critical care?

Richard J. Pugh, Chris M. Thorpe, Christian P. Subbe

Open Access Research

Outcome of acute respiratory distress syndrome in university and non-university hospitals in Germany

Konstantinos Raymondos, Tamme Dirks, Michael Quintel, Ulrich Molitoris, Jörg Ahrens, Thorben Dieck, Kai Johanning, Dietrich Henzler, Rolf Rossaint, Christian Putensen, Hermann Wrigge, Ralph Wittich, Maximilian Ragaller, Thomas Bein, Martin Beiderlinden, Maxi Sanmann, Christian Rabe, Jörn Schlechtweg, Monika Holler, Fernando Frutos-Vivar, Andres Esteban, Hartmut Hecker, Simone Rosseau, Vera von Dossow, Claudia Spies, Tobias Welte, Siegfried Piepenbrock, Steffen Weber-Carstens

Open Access Research

Heat and moisture exchangers (HMEs) and heated humidifiers (HHs) in adult critically ill patients: a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression of randomized controlled trials

Maria Vargas, Davide Chiumello, Yuda Sutherasan, Lorenzo Ball, Antonio M. Esquinas, Paolo Pelosi, Giuseppe Servillo

Open Access Research

Critical care at the end of life: a population-level cohort study of cost and outcomes

Dipayan Chaudhuri, Peter Tanuseputro, Brent Herritt, Gianni D’Egidio, Mathieu Chalifoux, Kwadwo Kyeremanteng

Open Access Research

Trials directly comparing alternative spontaneous breathing trial techniques: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Karen E. A. Burns, Ibrahim Soliman, Neill K. J. Adhikari, Amer Zwein, Jessica T. Y. Wong, Carolina Gomez-Builes, Jose Augusto Pellegrini, Lu Chen, Nuttapol Rittayamai, Michael Sklar, Laurent J. Brochard, Jan O. Friedrich

Open Access Letter

Use of bacteriophages in the treatment of colistin-only-sensitive Pseudomonas aeruginosa septicaemia in a patient with acute kidney injury—a case report

Serge Jennes, Maia Merabishvili, Patrick Soentjens, Kim Win Pang, Thomas Rose, Elkana Keersebilck, Olivier Soete, Pierre-Michel François, Simona Teodorescu, Gunther Verween, Gilbert Verbeken, Daniel De Vos, Jean-Paul Pirnay

Open Access Research

Role of nutrition support in adult cardiac surgery: a consensus statement from an International Multidisciplinary Expert Group on Nutrition in Cardiac Surgery

Christian Stoppe, Andreas Goetzenich, Glenn Whitman, Rika Ohkuma, Trish Brown, Roupen Hatzakorzian, Arnold Kristof, Patrick Meybohm, Jefferey Mechanick, Adam Evans, Daniel Yeh, Bernard McDonald, Michael Chourdakis, Philip Jones, Richard Barton, Ravi Tripathi, Gunnar Elke, Oliver Liakopoulos, Ravi Agarwala, Vladimir Lomivorotov, Ekaterina Nesterova, Gernot Marx, Carina Benstoem, Margot Lemieux, Daren K. Heyland

Open Access Research

Effect sizes in ongoing randomized controlled critical care trials

Elliott E. Ridgeon, Rinaldo Bellomo, Scott K. Aberegg, Rob Mac Sweeney, Rachel S. Varughese, Giovanni Landoni, Paul J. Young

Open Access Research

Potential survival benefit of polymyxin B hemoperfusion in patients with septic shock: a propensity-matched cohort study

Yoshihiko Nakamura, Taisuke Kitamura, Fumiaki Kiyomi, Mineji Hayakawa, Kota Hoshino, Yasumasa Kawano, Reiko Yamasaki, Takeshi Nishida, Mariko Mizunuma, Hiroyasu Ishikura, Shinjiro Saito, Shigehiko Uchino, Daisuke Kudo, Toshihiko Mayumi, Takeo Azuhata, Fumihito Ito, Shodai Yoshihiro, Hayakawa Katsura, Tsuyoshi Nakashima, Takayuki Ogura, Eiichiro Noda, Yoshihiko Nakamura, Ryosuke Sekine, Kazuma Yamakawa, Yoshiaki Yoshikawa, Motohiro Sekino, Keiko Ueno, Yuko Okuda, Masayuki Watanabe, Akihito Tampo, Nobuyuki Saito, Yuya Kitai, Kohei Takimoto, Hiroki Takahashi, Iwao Kobayashi, Yutaka Kondo, Masamitsu Sanui, Yusuke Iizuka, Wataru Matsunaga, Sho Nachi, Toru Miike, Hiroshi Takahashi, Shuhei Takauji, Kensuke Umakoshi, Takafumi Todaka, Hiroshi Kodaira, Kohkichi Andoh, Takehiko Kasai, Yoshiaki Iwashita, Hideaki Arai, Masato Murata, Masahiro Yamane, Kazuhiro Shiga, Naoto Hori

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Transthoracic echocardiography: an accurate and precise method for estimating cardiac output in the critically ill patient

Pablo Mercado, Julien Maizel, Christophe Beyls, Dimitri Titeca-Beauport, Magalie Joris, Loay Kontar, Antoine Riviere, Olivier Bonef, Thierry Soupison, Christophe Tribouilloy, Bertrand de Cagny, Michel Slama

Open Access Research

Severe varicella-zoster virus pneumonia: a multicenter cohort study

Adrien Mirouse, Philippe Vignon, Prescillia Piron, René Robert, Laurent Papazian, Guillaume Géri, Pascal Blanc, Christophe Guitton, Claude Guérin, Naïke Bigé, Antoine Rabbat, Aurélie Lefebvre, Keyvan Razazi, Muriel Fartoukh, Eric Mariotte, Lila Bouadma, Jean-Damien Ricard, Amélie Seguin, Bertrand Souweine, Anne-Sophie Moreau, Stanislas Faguer, Arnaud Mari, Julien Mayaux, Francis Schneider, Annabelle Stoclin, Pierre Perez, Julien Maizel, Charles Lafon, Frédérique Ganster, Laurent Argaud, Christophe Girault, François Barbier, Lucien Lecuyer, Jérôme Lambert, Emmanuel Canet

Open Access Research

A randomized trial of supplemental parenteral nutrition in underweight and overweight critically ill patients: the TOP-UP pilot trial

Paul E. Wischmeyer, Michel Hasselmann, Christine Kummerlen, Rosemary Kozar, Demetrios James Kutsogiannis, Constantine J. Karvellas, Beth Besecker, David K. Evans, Jean-Charles Preiser, Leah Gramlich, Khursheed Jeejeebhoy, Rupinder Dhaliwal, Xuran Jiang, Andrew G. Day, Daren K. Heyland

Open Access Commentary

Systematic assessment of advanced respiratory physiology: precision medicine entering real-life ICU?

Tommaso Mauri, Giacomo Grasselli, Antonio Pesenti

Open Access Letter

Assessment of pulmonary mechanics in mechanical ventilation

Federico Gordo, Beatriz Lobo-Valbuena

Open Access Viewpoint

Optimal timing of renal replacement therapy initiation in acute kidney injury: the elephant felt by the blindmen?

Chih-Chung Shiao, Tao-Min Huang, Herbert D. Spapen, Patrick M. Honore, Vin-Cent Wu

Open Access Review

Transpulmonary thermodilution: advantages and limits

Xavier Monnet, Jean-Louis Teboul

Open Access Letter

On-line plasma lactate concentration monitoring in critically ill patients

Christian De Tymowski, Sabri Soussi, François Depret, Matthieu Legrand

Open Access Research

Untangling glycaemia and mortality in critical care

Vincent Uyttendaele, Jennifer L. Dickson, Geoffrey M. Shaw, Thomas Desaive, J. Geoffrey Chase

Open Access Research

Protein S100 as outcome predictor after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and targeted temperature management at 33 °C and 36 °C

Pascal Stammet, Josef Dankiewicz, Niklas Nielsen, François Fays, Olivier Collignon, Christian Hassager, Michael Wanscher, Johan Undèn, Jorn Wetterslev, Tommaso Pellis, Anders Aneman, Jan Hovdenes, Matt P. Wise, Georges Gilson, David Erlinge, Janneke Horn, Tobias Cronberg, Michael Kuiper, Jesper Kjaergaard, Yvan Gasche, Yvan Devaux, Hans Friberg

Open Access Research

Nucleated red blood cells, critical illness survivors and postdischarge outcomes: a cohort study

Steven W. Purtle, Clare M. Horkan, Takuhiro Moromizato, Fiona K. Gibbons, Kenneth B. Christopher

Open Access Research

Marked regional endothelial dysfunction in mottled skin area in patients with severe infections

Simon Bourcier, Jérémie Joffre, Vincent Dubée, Gabriel Preda, Jean-Luc Baudel, Naïke Bigé, Guillaume Leblanc, Bernard I. Levy, Bertrand Guidet, Eric Maury, Hafid Ait-Oufella

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Impact of Gram stain results on initial treatment selection in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia: a retrospective analysis of two treatment algorithms

Jumpei Yoshimura, Takahiro Kinoshita, Kazuma Yamakawa, Asako Matsushima, Naoki Nakamoto, Toshimitsu Hamasaki, Satoshi Fujimi

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Influence of low-flow time on survival after extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (eCPR)

Tobias Wengenmayer, Stephan Rombach, Florian Ramshorn, Paul Biever, Christoph Bode, Daniel Duerschmied, Dawid L. Staudacher

Open Access Research

Transcriptome modulation by hydrocortisone in severe burn shock: ancillary analysis of a prospective randomized trial

Jonathan Plassais, Fabienne Venet, Marie-Angélique Cazalis, Diane Le Quang, Alexandre Pachot, Guillaume Monneret, Sylvie Tissot, Julien Textoris

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Hemoglobin concentrations and RBC transfusion thresholds in patients with acute brain injury: an international survey

Rafael Badenes, Mauro Oddo, José I. Suarez, Massimo Antonelli, Jeffrey Lipman, Giuseppe Citerio, Fabio Silvio Taccone

Open Access Research

Low-volume resuscitation with normal saline is associated with microvascular endothelial dysfunction after hemorrhage in rats, compared to colloids and balanced crystalloids

Luciana N. Torres, Kevin K. Chung, Christi L. Salgado, Michael A. Dubick, Ivo P. Torres Filho

Open Access Research

Evaluation of early antimicrobial therapy adaptation guided by the BetaLACTA® test: a case-control study

Marc Garnier, Sacha Rozencwajg, Tài Pham, Sophie Vimont, Clarisse Blayau, Mehdi Hafiani, Jean-Pierre Fulgencio, Francis Bonnet, Jean-Luc Mainardi, Guillaume Arlet, Muriel Fartoukh, Salah Gallah, Christophe Quesnel

Open Access Research

Treatment of severe hospital-acquired and ventilator-associated pneumonia: a systematic review of inclusion and judgment criteria used in randomized controlled trials

Emmanuel Weiss, Wafa Essaied, Christophe Adrie, Jean-Ralph Zahar, Jean-François Timsit

Open Access Letter

Does anti-VEGF bevacizumab improve survival in experimental sepsis?

Emmanuel Besnier, Ebba Brakenhielm, Vincent Richard, Fabienne Tamion

Open Access Letter

Is it time to consider visual feedback systems the gold standard for chest compression skill acquisition?

Andrea Cortegiani, Vincenzo Russotto, Enrico Baldi, Enrico Contri, Santi Maurizio Raineri, Antonino Giarratano

Open Access Letter

Limited evidence to recommend lactate kinetics-guided therapy

Daniel O. Thomas-Rüddel, Michael Bauer

Open Access Research

Open-chest versus closed-chest cardiopulmonary resuscitation in blunt trauma: analysis of a nationwide trauma registry

Akira Endo, Atsushi Shiraishi, Yasuhiro Otomo, Makoto Tomita, Hiroki Matsui, Kiyoshi Murata

Open Access Research

New setting of neurally adjusted ventilatory assist for noninvasive ventilation by facial mask: a physiologic study

Federico Longhini, Chun Pan, Jianfeng Xie, Gianmaria Cammarota, Andrea Bruni, Eugenio Garofalo, Yi Yang, Paolo Navalesi, Haibo Qiu

Open Access Research

The common promoter polymorphism rs11666254 downregulates FPR2/ALX expression and increases risk of sepsis in patients with severe trauma

Han Zhang, Yao Lu, Guixiang Sun, Fang Teng, Nian Luo, Jianxin Jiang, Aiqing Wen

Open Access Research

Association of neuron-specific enolase values with outcomes in cardiac arrest survivors is dependent on the time of sample collection

Dagmar Vondrakova, Andreas Kruger, Marek Janotka, Filip Malek, Vlasta Dudkova, Petr Neuzil, Petr Ostadal

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Double carbapenem as a rescue strategy for the treatment of severe carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae infections: a two-center, matched case–control study

Gennaro De Pascale, Gennaro Martucci, Luca Montini, Giovanna Panarello, Salvatore Lucio Cutuli, Daniele Di Carlo, Valentina Di Gravio, Roberta Di Stefano, Guido Capitanio, Maria Sole Vallecoccia, Piera Polidori, Teresa Spanu, Antonio Arcadipane, Massimo Antonelli

Open Access Research

Detecting impaired myocardial relaxation in sepsis with a novel tissue Doppler parameter (septal e′/s′)

David J. Clancy, Michel Slama, Stephen Huang, Timothy Scully, Anthony S. McLean, Sam R. Orde

Open Access Research

Combined use of serum (1,3)-β-d-glucan and procalcitonin for the early differential diagnosis between candidaemia and bacteraemia in intensive care units

Daniele Roberto Giacobbe, Malgorzata Mikulska, Mario Tumbarello, Elisa Furfaro, Marzia Spadaro, Angela Raffaella Losito, Alessio Mesini, Gennaro De Pascale, Anna Marchese, Marco Bruzzone, Paolo Pelosi, Michele Mussap, Alexandre Molin, Massimo Antonelli, Brunella Posteraro, Maurizio Sanguinetti, Claudio Viscoli, Valerio Del Bono

Open Access Research

Electrical impedance tomography for predicting failure of spontaneous breathing trials in patients with prolonged weaning

Johannes Bickenbach, Michael Czaplik, Mareike Polier, Gernot Marx, Nikolaus Marx, Michael Dreher

Open Access Research

Protocol based invasive intracranial pressure monitoring in acute liver failure: feasibility, safety and impact on management

Venkatakrishna Rajajee, Robert J. Fontana, Anthony J. Courey, Parag G. Patil

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Outcomes of subsyndromal delirium in ICU: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Rodrigo B. Serafim, Marcio Soares, Fernando A. Bozza, José R. Lapa e Silva, Felipe Dal-Pizzol, Maria Carolina Paulino, Pedro Povoa, Jorge I. F. Salluh

Open Access Research

Enhanced antimicrobial de-escalation for pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients: a cross-over study

Tracy Trupka, Kristen Fisher, Scott T. Micek, Paul Juang, Marin H. Kollef

Open Access Research

Low-dose immunoglobulin G is not associated with mortality in patients with sepsis and septic shock

Yusuke Iizuka, Masamitsu Sanui, Yusuke Sasabuchi, Alan Kawarai Lefor, Mineji Hayakawa, Shinjiro Saito, Shigehiko Uchino, Kazuma Yamakawa, Daisuke Kudo, Kohei Takimoto, Toshihiko Mayumi, Takeo Azuhata, Fumihito Ito, Shodai Yoshihiro, Katsura Hayakawa, Tsuyoshi Nakashima, Takayuki Ogura, Eiichiro Noda, Yoshihiko Nakamura, Ryosuke Sekine, Yoshiaki Yoshikawa, Motohiro Sekino, Keiko Ueno, Yuko Okuda, Masayuki Watanabe, Akihito Tampo, Nobuyuki Saito, Yuya Kitai, Hiroki Takahashi, Iwao Kobayashi, Yutaka Kondo, Wataru Matsunaga, Sho Nachi, Toru Miike, Hiroshi Takahashi, Shuhei Takauji, Kensuke Umakoshi, Takafumi Todaka, Hiroshi Kodaira, Kohkichi Andoh, Takehiko Kasai, Yoshiaki Iwashita, Hideaki Arai, Masato Murata, Masahiro Yamane, Kazuhiro Shiga, Naoto Hori

Open Access Review

The future of mechanical ventilation: lessons from the present and the past

Luciano Gattinoni, John J. Marini, Francesca Collino, Giorgia Maiolo, Francesca Rapetti, Tommaso Tonetti, Francesco Vasques, Michael Quintel

Open Access Research

Association of baseline steroid use with long-term rates of infection and sepsis in the REGARDS cohort

Ninad S. Chaudhary, John P. Donnelly, Justin X. Moore, John W. Baddley, Monika M. Safford, Henry E. Wang

Open Access Research

Monocyte programmed death ligand-1 expression is an early marker for predicting infectious complications in acute pancreatitis

Tingting Pan, Tianyun Zhou, Lei Li, Zhaojun Liu, Ying Chen, Enqiang Mao, Meiling Li, Hongping Qu, Jialin Liu

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Shock induced endotheliopathy (SHINE) in acute critical illness - a unifying pathophysiologic mechanism

Pär Ingemar Johansson, Jakob Stensballe, Sisse Rye Ostrowski

Open Access Research

Severity of acute gastrointestinal injury grade is a predictor of all-cause mortality in critically ill patients: a multicenter, prospective, observational study

Bangchuan Hu, Renhua Sun, Aiping Wu, Yin Ni, Jingquan Liu, Feng Guo, Lijun Ying, Guoping Ge, Aijun Ding, Yunchao Shi, Changwen Liu, Lei Xu, Ronglin Jiang, Jun Lu, Ronghai Lin, Yannan Zhu, Weidong Wu, Bo Xie

Open Access Research

Markers of nitric oxide are associated with sepsis severity: an observational study

Martin Sebastian Winkler, Stefan Kluge, Maximilian Holzmann, Eileen Moritz, Linda Robbe, Antonia Bauer, Corinne Zahrte, Marion Priefler, Edzard Schwedhelm, Rainer H. Böger, Alwin E. Goetz, Axel Nierhaus, Christian Zoellner

Open Access Research

Evidence of altered haemostasis in an ovine model of venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support

Margaret R. Passmore, Yoke L. Fung, Gabriela Simonova, Samuel R. Foley, Sara D. Diab, Kimble R. Dunster, Michelle M. Spanevello, Charles I. McDonald, John-Paul Tung, Natalie M. Pecheniuk, Karen Hay, Kiran Shekar, John F. Fraser

Open Access Research

A systematic review and meta-analysis comparing mortality in pre-hospital tracheal intubation to emergency department intubation in trauma patients

Espen Fevang, Zane Perkins, David Lockey, Elisabeth Jeppesen, Hans Morten Lossius

Open Access Research

Metabolome alterations in severe critical illness and vitamin D status

Jessica Lasky-Su, Amber Dahlin, Augusto A. Litonjua, Angela J. Rogers, Michael J. McGeachie, Rebecca M. Baron, Lee Gazourian, Diana Barragan-Bradford, Laura E. Fredenburgh, Augustine M. K. Choi, Kris M. Mogensen, Sadeq A. Quraishi, Karin Amrein, Kenneth B. Christopher

Open Access Research

Inhaled AP301 for treatment of pulmonary edema in mechanically ventilated patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a phase IIa randomized placebo-controlled trial

Katharina Krenn, Rudolf Lucas, Adrien Croizé, Stefan Boehme, Klaus Ulrich Klein, Robert Hermann, Klaus Markstaller, Roman Ullrich

Open Access Commentary

Care at a non-university hospital: an independent risk factor for mortality in ARDS?

Bourke Tillmann, Hannah Wunsch

Open Access Letter

Targeted therapeutic mild hypercapnia after cardiac arrest

Glenn M. Eastwood, Alistair Nichol, Matt P. Wise

Open Access Review

Continuous glucose monitoring in the ICU: clinical considerations and consensus

James S. Krinsley, J. Geoffrey Chase, Jan Gunst, Johan Martensson, Marcus J. Schultz, Fabio S. Taccone, Jan Wernerman, Julien Bohe, Christophe De Block, Thomas Desaive, Pierre Kalfon, Jean-Charles Preiser

Open Access Viewpoint

Driving pressure: a marker of severity, a safety limit, or a goal for mechanical ventilation?

Guillermo Bugedo, Jaime Retamal, Alejandro Bruhn

Open Access Letter

Plasma concentrations of caspofungin in a critically ill patient with morbid obesity

Rafael Ferriols-Lisart, Gerardo Aguilar, Alejandro Pérez-Pitarch, Jaume Puig, Carlos Ezquer-Garín, Manuel Alós

Open Access Letter

Response to: Understanding the null hypothesis (H0) in non-inferiority trials

Xiang Zhou, Dawei Liu, Longxiang Su

Open Access Viewpoint

Hyperglycaemia in critically ill patients: the immune system’s sweet tooth

Gustav van Niekerk, Tanja Davis, Anna-Mart Engelbrecht

Open Access Letter

Relapsing fever in young refugees from East Africa

Spinello Antinori, Valeria Colombo, Mario Corbellino

Open Access Research

What is the impact of the fluid challenge technique on diagnosis of fluid responsiveness? A systematic review and meta-analysis

Laura Toscani, Hollmann D. Aya, Dimitra Antonakaki, Davide Bastoni, Ximena Watson, Nish Arulkumaran, Andrew Rhodes, Maurizio Cecconi

Open Access Editorial

Rapid identification of antimicrobial resistance patterns allows a faster antibiotic adequacy

Adrian Ceccato, Otavio T. Ranzani, Antoni Torres

Open Access Research

Voluntary running exercise protects against sepsis-induced early inflammatory and pro-coagulant responses in aged mice

Karel Tyml, Scott Swarbreck, Cynthia Pape, Dan Secor, James Koropatnick, Qingping Feng, Ruud A. W. Veldhuizen, Sean E. Gill

Open Access Research

Software-guided versus nurse-directed blood glucose control in critically ill patients: the LOGIC-2 multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial

Jasperina Dubois, Tom Van Herpe, Roosmarijn T. van Hooijdonk, Ruben Wouters, Domien Coart, Pieter Wouters, Aimé Van Assche, Guy Veraghtert, Bart De Moor, Joost Wauters, Alexander Wilmer, Marcus J. Schultz, Greet Van den Berghe, Dieter Mesotten

Open Access Research

Selepressin, a novel selective vasopressin V1A agonist, is an effective substitute for norepinephrine in a phase IIa randomized, placebo-controlled trial in septic shock patients

James A. Russell, Jean-Louis Vincent, Anne Louise Kjølbye, Håkan Olsson, Allan Blemings, Herbert Spapen, Peder Carl, Pierre-Francois Laterre, Lars Grundemar

Open Access Research

Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate/cortisol ratio in cirrhotic patients with septic shock: another sign of hepatoadrenal syndrome?

Ming-Hung Tsai, Hui-Chun Huang, Yun-Shing Peng, Yung-Chang Chen, Ya-Chung Tian, Chih-Wei Yang, Jau-Min Lien, Ji-Tseng Fang, Cheng-Shyong Wu, Sen-Yung Hsieh, Fa-Yauh Lee

Open Access Research

Early troponin I in critical illness and its association with hospital mortality: a cohort study

Annemarie B. Docherty, Malcolm Sim, Joao Oliveira, Michael Adlam, Marlies Ostermann, Timothy S. Walsh, John Kinsella, Nazir I. Lone

Open Access Research

Circulating levels of soluble Fas (sCD95) are associated with risk for development of a nonresolving acute kidney injury subphenotype

Pavan K. Bhatraju, Cassianne Robinson-Cohen, Carmen Mikacenic, Susanna Harju-Baker, Victoria Dmyterko, Natalie S. J. Slivinski, W. Conrad Liles, Jonathan Himmelfarb, Susan R. Heckbert, Mark M. Wurfel

Open Access Research

The association of early combined lactate and glucose levels with subsequent renal and liver dysfunction and hospital mortality in critically ill patients

Pedro Freire Jorge, Nienke Wieringa, Eva de Felice, Iwan C. C. van der Horst, Annemieke Oude Lansink, Maarten W. Nijsten

Open Access Research

Disseminated intravascular coagulation with increased fibrinolysis during the early phase of isolated traumatic brain injury

Takeshi Wada, Satoshi Gando, Kunihiko Maekaw, Kenichi Katabami, Hisako Sageshima, Mineji Hayakawa, Atsushi Sawamura

Open Access Research

Costs and expected gain in lifetime health from intensive care versus general ward care of 30,712 individual patients: a distribution-weighted cost-effectiveness analysis

Frode Lindemark, Øystein A. Haaland, Reidar Kvåle, Hans Flaatten, Ole F. Norheim, Kjell A. Johansson

Open Access Research

Recorded time periods of bispectral index values equal to zero predict neurological outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Ward Eertmans, Cornelia Genbrugge, Gilles Haesevoets, Jo Dens, Willem Boer, Frank Jans, Cathy De Deyne

Open Access Research

Hyperfibrinolysis in severe isolated traumatic brain injury may occur without tissue hypoperfusion: a retrospective observational multicentre study

Mineji Hayakawa, Kunihiko Maekawa, Shigeki Kushimoto, Hiroshi Kato, Junichi Sasaki, Hiroshi Ogura, Tetsuya Matsuoka, Toshifumi Uejima, Naoto Morimura, Hiroyasu Ishikura, Akiyoshi Hagiwara, Munekazu Takeda, Naoyuki Kaneko, Daizoh Saitoh, Daisuke Kudo, Takashi Kanemura, Takayuki Shibusawa, Shintaro Furugori, Yoshihiko Nakamura, Atsushi Shiraishi, Kiyoshi Murata, Gou Mayama, Arino Yaguchi, Shiei Kim, Osamu Takasu, Kazutaka Nishiyama

Open Access Research

Weekends affect mortality risk and chance of discharge in critically ill patients: a retrospective study in the Austrian registry for intensive care

Paul Zajic, Peter Bauer, Andrew Rhodes, Rui Moreno, Tobias Fellinger, Barbara Metnitz, Faidra Stavropoulou, Martin Posch, Philipp G. H. Metnitz

Open Access Review

Ultrasound-guided central venous catheter placement: a structured review and recommendations for clinical practice

Bernd Saugel, Thomas W. L. Scheeren, Jean-Louis Teboul

Open Access Review

The role of nutritional support in the physical and functional recovery of critically ill patients: a narrative review

Danielle E. Bear, Liesl Wandrag, Judith L. Merriweather, Bronwen Connolly, Nicholas Hart, Michael P. W. Grocott

Open Access Research

Current clinical nutrition practices in critically ill patients in Latin America: a multinational observational study

Karin Papapietro Vallejo, Carolina Méndez Martínez, Alfredo A. Matos Adames, Vanessa Fuchs-Tarlovsky, Guillermo Carlos Contreras Nogales, Roger Enrique Riofrio Paz, Mario Ignacio Perman, Maria Isabel Toulson Davisson Correia, Dan Linetzky Waitzberg

Open Access Research

A systematic review of diagnostic methods to differentiate acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome from cardiogenic pulmonary edema

Kosaku Komiya, Tomohiro Akaba, Yuji Kozaki, Jun-ichi Kadota, Bruce K. Rubin

Open Access Research

Markers of acute kidney injury in patients with sepsis: the role of soluble thrombomodulin

Shinshu Katayama, Shin Nunomiya, Kansuke Koyama, Masahiko Wada, Toshitaka Koinuma, Yuya Goto, Ken Tonai, Jun Shima

Open Access Letter

Renal replacement therapy after cardiac surgery: do not ask “When”, ask “Why”

Stéphane Gaudry, David Hajage, Didier Dreyfuss

Open Access Research

Variation in monitoring and treatment policies for intracranial hypertension in traumatic brain injury: a survey in 66 neurotrauma centers participating in the CENTER-TBI study

Maryse C. Cnossen, Jilske A. Huijben, Mathieu van der Jagt, Victor Volovici, Thomas van Essen, Suzanne Polinder, David Nelson, Ari Ercole, Nino Stocchetti, Giuseppe Citerio, Wilco C. Peul, Andrew I. R. Maas, David Menon, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Hester F. Lingsma, Hadie Adams, Masala Alessandro, Judith Allanson, Krisztina Amrein, Norberto Andaluz, Nada Andelic, Nanni Andrea, Lasse Andreassen, Audny Anke, Anna Antoni, Hilko Ardon, Gérard Audibert, Kaspars Auslands, Philippe Azouvi, Camelia Baciu, Andrew Bacon, Rafael Badenes, Trevor Baglin, Ronald Bartels, Pál Barzó, Ursula Bauerfeind, Ronny Beer, Francisco Javier Belda, Bo-Michael Bellander, Antonio Belli, Rémy Bellier, Habib Benali, Thierry Benard, Maurizio Berardino, Luigi Beretta, Christopher Beynon, Federico Bilotta, Harald Binder, Erta Biqiri, Morten Blaabjerg, Lund Stine Borgen, Pierre Bouzat, Peter Bragge, Alexandra Brazinova, Felix Brehar, Camilla Brorsson, Andras Buki, Monika Bullinger, Veronika Bučková, Emiliana Calappi, Peter Cameron, Guillermo Carbayo Lozano, Elsa Carise, K. Carpenter, Ana M. Castaño-León, Francesco Causin, Giorgio Chevallard, Arturo Chieregato, Giuseppe Citerio, Maryse Cnossen, Mark Coburn, Jonathan Coles, Jamie D. Cooper, Marta Correia, Amra Covic, Nicola Curry, Endre Czeiter, Marek Czosnyka, Claire Dahyot-Fizelier, François Damas, Pierre Damas, Helen Dawes, Véronique De Keyser, Francesco Della Corte, Bart Depreitere, Shenghao Ding, Diederik Dippel, Kemal Dizdarevic, Guy-Loup Dulière, Adelaida Dzeko, George Eapen, Heiko Engemann, Ari Ercole, Patrick Esser, Erzsébet Ezer, Martin Fabricius, Valery L. Feigin, Junfeng Feng, Kelly Foks, Francesca Fossi, Gilles Francony, Janek Frantzén, Ulderico Freo, Shirin Frisvold, Alex Furmanov, Pablo Gagliardo, Damien Galanaud, Guoyi Gao, Karin Geleijns, Alexandre Ghuysen, Benoit Giraud, Ben Glocker, Pedro A. Gomez, Francesca Grossi, Russell L. Gruen, Deepak Gupta, Juanita A. Haagsma, Ermin Hadzic, Iain Haitsma, Jed A. Hartings, Raimund Helbok, Eirik Helseth, Daniel Hertle, Sean Hill, Astrid Hoedemaekers, Stefan Hoefer, Peter J. Hutchinson, Asta Kristine Håberg, Bram Jacobs, Ivan Janciak, Koen Janssens, Ji-yao Jiang, Kelly Jones, Jean-Pierre Kalala, Konstantinos Kamnitsas, Mladen Karan, Jana Karau, Ari Katila, Maija Kaukonen, David Keeling, Thomas Kerforne, Naomi Ketharanathan, Johannes Kettunen, Riku Kivisaari, Angelos G. Kolias, Bálint Kolumbán, Erwin Kompanje, Daniel Kondziella, Lars-Owe Koskinen, Noémi Kovács, Ferenc Kálovits, Alfonso Lagares, Linda Lanyon, Steven Laureys, Martin Lauritzen, Fiona Lecky, Christian Ledig, Rolf Lefering, Valerie Legrand, Jin Lei, Leon Levi, Roger Lightfoot, Hester Lingsma, Dirk Loeckx, Angels Lozano, Roger Luddington, Chantal Luijten-Arts, I. R. Maas Andrew, Stephen MacDonald, Charles MacFayden, Marc Maegele, Marek Majdan, Sebastian Major, Alex Manara, Pauline Manhes, Geoffrey Manley, Didier Martin, Costanza Martino, Armando Maruenda, Hugues Maréchal, Dagmara Mastelova, Julia Mattern, Catherine McMahon, Béla Melegh, David Menon, Tomas Menovsky, Cristina Morganti-Kossmann, Davide Mulazzi, Manuel Mutschler, Holger Mühlan, Ancuta Negru, David Nelson, Eddy Neugebauer, Virginia Newcombe, Quentin Noirhomme, József Nyirádi, Mauro Oddo, Annemarie Oldenbeuving, Matej Oresic, Fabrizio Ortolano, Aarno Palotie, Paul M. Parizel, Adriana Patruno, Jean-François Payen, Natascha Perera, Vincent Perlbarg, Paolo Persona, Wilco Peul, Nicolas Pichon, Henning Piilgaard, Anna Piippo, Sébastien Pili Floury, Matti Pirinen, Horia Ples, Suzanne Polinder, Inigo Pomposo, Marek Psota, Pim Pullens, Louis Puybasset, Arminas Ragauskas, Rahul Raj, Malinka Rambadagalla, Veronika Rehorčíková, Jonathan Rhodes, Sylvia Richardson, Samuli Ripatti, Saulius Rocka, Nicolas Rodier, Cecilie Roe, Olav Roise, Gerwin Roks, Pauline Romegoux, Jonathan Rosand, Jeffrey Rosenfeld, Christina Rosenlund, Guy Rosenthal, Rolf Rossaint, Sandra Rossi, Tim Rostalski, Daniel Rueckert, Felix Ruiz de Arcaute, Martin Rusnák, Marco Sacchi, Barbara Sahakian, Juan Sahuquillo, Oliver Sakowitz, Francesca Sala, Paola Sanchez-Pena, Renan Sanchez-Porras, Janos Sandor, Edgar Santos, Nadine Sasse, Luminita Sasu, Davide Savo, Inger Schipper, Barbara Schlößer, Silke Schmidt, Annette Schneider, Herbert Schoechl, Guus Schoonman, Rico Frederik Schou, Elisabeth Schwendenwein, Michael Schöll, Özcan Sir, Toril Skandsen, Lidwien Smakman, Dirk Smeets, Peter Smielewski, Abayomi Sorinola, Emmanuel Stamatakis, Simon Stanworth, Katrin Stegemann, Nicole Steinbüchel, Robert Stevens, William Stewart, Ewout W. 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Open Access Research

A pilot clinical trial of recombinant human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 in acute respiratory distress syndrome

Akram Khan, Cody Benthin, Brian Zeno, Timothy E. Albertson, John Boyd, Jason D. Christie, Richard Hall, Germain Poirier, Juan J. Ronco, Mark Tidswell, Kelly Hardes, William M. Powley, Tracey J. Wright, Sarah K. Siederer, David A. Fairman, David A. Lipson, Andrew I. Bayliffe, Aili L. Lazaar

Open Access Research

Loxapine to control agitation during weaning from mechanical ventilation

Stéphane Gaudry, Benjamin Sztrymf, Romain Sonneville, Bruno Megarbane, Guillaume Van Der Meersch, Dominique Vodovar, Yves Cohen, Jean-Damien Ricard, David Hajage, Laurence Salomon, Didier Dreyfuss

Open Access Editorial

Traversing the valley of glycemic control despair

J. Geoffrey Chase, Jennifer L. Dickson

Open Access Research

Prognostic value of platelet-to-lymphocyte ratios among critically ill patients with acute kidney injury

Chen-Fei Zheng, Wen-Yue Liu, Fang-Fang Zeng, Ming-Hua Zheng, Hong-Ying Shi, Ying Zhou, Jing-Ye Pan

Open Access Research

Satisfaction with quality of ICU care for patients and families: the euroQ2 project

Hanne Irene Jensen, Rik T. Gerritsen, Matty Koopmans, Lois Downey, Ruth A. Engelberg, J. Randall Curtis, Peter E. Spronk, Jan G. Zijlstra, Helle Ørding

Open Access Review

Respiratory support in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: an expert opinion

Davide Chiumello, Laurent Brochard, John J. Marini, Arthur S. Slutsky, Jordi Mancebo, V. Marco Ranieri, B. Taylor Thompson, Laurent Papazian, Marcus J. Schultz, Marcelo Amato, Luciano Gattinoni, Alain Mercat, Antonio Pesenti, Daniel Talmor, Jean-Louis Vincent

Open Access Letter

Accounting for single center effects in systematic reviews cannot be overlooked

Bruno Adler Maccagnan Pinheiro Besen, Marcelo Park, Antonio Paulo Nassar Jr

Open Access Letter

Main limitations of transpulmonary thermodilution: set targets

Manuel Sánchez-Sánchez, Eva Herrero, Lucia Cachafeiro, Eva Flores, Alexander Agrifoglio, Belén Civantos, Abelardo García-de-Lorenzo

Open Access Letter

Effect of extended visiting hours on physician distractions in the ICU: a before-and-after study

Kay Choong See, Xie Ying Song, Han Tun Aung

Open Access Research

Undetectable haptoglobin is associated with major adverse kidney events in critically ill burn patients

François Dépret, Chloé Dunyach, Christian De Tymowski, Maïté Chaussard, Aurélien Bataille, Axelle Ferry, Nabila Moreno, Alexandru Cupaciu, Sabri Soussi, Mourad Benyamina, Alexandre Mebazaa, Kevin Serror, Marc Chaouat, Jean-Pierre Garnier, Romain Pirracchio, Matthieu Legrand

Open Access Letter

Pre-emptive and therapeutic value of blocking bacterial attachment to the endothelial alphaVbeta3 integrin with cilengitide in sepsis

Carolina D. Garciarena, Tony M. McHale, Ignacio Martin-Loeches, Steve W. Kerrigan

Open Access Research

Systemic impact on secondary brain aggravation due to ischemia/reperfusion injury in post-cardiac arrest syndrome: a prospective observational study using high-mobility group box 1 protein

Atsunori Sugita, Kosaku Kinoshita, Atsushi Sakurai, Nobutaka Chiba, Junko Yamaguchi, Tsukasa Kuwana, Nami Sawada, Satoshi Hori

Open Access Research

Blind bedside postpyloric placement of spiral tube as rescue therapy in critically ill patients: a prospective, tricentric, observational study

Bo Lv, Linhui Hu, Lifang Chen, Bei Hu, Yanlin Zhang, Heng Ye, Cheng Sun, Xiunong Zhang, Huilan Lan, Chunbo Chen

Open Access Viewpoint

Evaluating physical functioning in critical care: considerations for clinical practice and research

Selina M. Parry, Minxuan Huang, Dale M. Needham

Open Access Research

Simplified prognostic model for critically ill patients in resource limited settings in South Asia

Rashan Haniffa, Mavuto Mukaka, Sithum Bandara Munasinghe, Ambepitiyawaduge Pubudu De Silva, Kosala Saroj Amarasiri Jayasinghe, Abi Beane, Nicolette de Keizer, Arjen M. Dondorp

Open Access Research

Association between kidney intracapsular pressure and ultrasound elastography

Kianoush B. Kashani, Shennen A. Mao, Sami Safadi, Bruce P. Amiot, Jaime M. Glorioso, John C. Lieske, Scott L. Nyberg, Xiaoming Zhang

Open Access Research

Levosimendan for patients with severely reduced left ventricular systolic function and/or low cardiac output syndrome undergoing cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Filippo Sanfilippo, Joshua B. Knight, Sabino Scolletta, Cristina Santonocito, Federico Pastore, Ferdinando L. Lorini, Luigi Tritapepe, Andrea Morelli, Antonio Arcadipane

Open Access Research

Effect of levosimendan on prognosis in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Qi-Hong Chen, Rui-Qiang Zheng, Hua Lin, Jun Shao, Jiang-quan Yu, Hua-Ling Wang

Open Access Research

Predictors of diffuse alveolar damage in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a retrospective analysis of clinical autopsies

Arnaud W. Thille, Oscar Peñuelas, José A. Lorente, Pilar Fernández-Segoviano, José-Maria Rodriguez, José-Antonio Aramburu, Julian Panizo, Andres Esteban, Fernando Frutos-Vivar

Open Access Research

Mildly elevated lactate levels are associated with microcirculatory flow abnormalities and increased mortality: a microSOAP post hoc analysis

Namkje A. R. Vellinga, E. Christiaan Boerma, Matty Koopmans, Abele Donati, Arnaldo Dubin, Nathan I. Shapiro, Rupert M. Pearse, Peter H. J. van der Voort, Arjen M. Dondorp, Tony Bafi, Michael Fries, Tulin Akarsu-Ayazoglu, Andrius Pranskunas, Steven Hollenberg, Gianmarco Balestra, Mat van Iterson, Farid Sadaka, Gary Minto, Ulku Aypar, F. Javier Hurtado, Giampaolo Martinelli, Didier Payen, Frank van Haren, Anthony Holley, Hernando Gomez, Ravindra L. Mehta, Alejandro H. Rodriguez, Carolina Ruiz, Héctor S. Canales, Jacques Duranteau, Peter E. Spronk, Shaman Jhanji, Sheena Hubble, Marialuisa Chierego, Christian Jung, Daniel Martin, Carlo Sorbara, Jan Bakker, Can Ince, E. C. Boerma, M. Koopmans, N. A. R. Vellinga, M. van Iterson, P. H. J. van der Voort, J. Bakker, P. E. Spronk, C. Ruiz, A. T. Bafi, A. Dubin, V. S. Kanoore Edul, H. S. Canales, F. J. Hurtado, S. M. Hollenberg, N. I. Shapiro, H. Gomez, F. G. Sadaka, R. Mehta, C. Jung, M. Fries, R. M. Pearse, D. S. Martin, P. Meale, S. Jhanji, G. Minto, G. Martinelli, M. Lombrano, S. M. A. Hubble, A. H. Rodriguez, I. Martin-Loeches, F. M. P. van Haren, A. Pranskunas, V. Pilvinis, A. Donati, C. Sorbara, M. L. Chierego, A. Holley, J. Duranteau, A. Harrois, D. Payen, G. M. Balestra, A. M. Dondorp, U. Aypar, J. van Bommel, G. Hernandez, F. Machado, V. Kanoore Edul, G. Lacuesta, M. Baz, U. Patel, M. Pinsky, K. Krause, A. Smith, C. Thorn, A. Forti, A. Comin, T. Pellis, J. Paratz, C. Damoisel, E. Bucher, R. Pattnaik, M. T. Herdman, B. Ayhan

Open Access Erratum

Erratum to: Immunomodulation after ischemic stroke: potential mechanisms and implications for therapy

Cynthia Santos Samary, Paolo Pelosi, Pedro Leme Silva, Patricia Rieken Macedo Rocco

Open Access Review

Precision medicine for all? Challenges and opportunities for a precision medicine approach to critical illness

Christopher W. Seymour, Hernando Gomez, Chung-Chou H. Chang, Gilles Clermont, John A. Kellum, Jason Kennedy, Sachin Yende, Derek C. Angus

Open Access Viewpoint

Individualized perfusion targets in hypoxic ischemic brain injury after cardiac arrest

Mypinder S. Sekhon, Donald E. Griesdale

Open Access Review

Sleeping with the enemy: Clostridium difficile infection in the intensive care unit

Florian Prechter, Katrin Katzer, Michael Bauer, Andreas Stallmach

Open Access Research

Three-dimensional ultrastructure of capillary endothelial glycocalyx under normal and experimental endotoxemic conditions

Hideshi Okada, Genzou Takemura, Kodai Suzuki, Kazumasa Oda, Chihiro Takada, Yasuaki Hotta, Nagisa Miyazaki, Akiko Tsujimoto, Isamu Muraki, Yoshiaki Ando, Ryogen Zaikokuji, Atsumu Matsumoto, Hiroki Kitagaki, Yuto Tamaoki, Takahiro Usui, Tomoaki Doi, Takahiro Yoshida, Shozo Yoshida, Hiroaki Ushikoshi, Izumi Toyoda, Shinji Ogura

Open Access Research

Translational evidence for two distinct patterns of neuroaxonal injury in sepsis: a longitudinal, prospective translational study

Johannes Ehler, Lucinda K. Barrett, Valerie Taylor, Michael Groves, Francesco Scaravilli, Matthias Wittstock, Stephan Kolbaske, Annette Grossmann, Jörg Henschel, Martin Gloger, Tarek Sharshar, Fabrice Chretien, Francoise Gray, Gabriele Nöldge-Schomburg, Mervyn Singer, Martin Sauer, Axel Petzold

Open Access Research

Role of renal function in risk assessment of target non-attainment after standard dosing of meropenem in critically ill patients: a prospective observational study

Lisa Ehmann, Michael Zoller, Iris K. Minichmayr, Christina Scharf, Barbara Maier, Maximilian V. Schmitt, Niklas Hartung, Wilhelm Huisinga, Michael Vogeser, Lorenz Frey, Johannes Zander, Charlotte Kloft

Open Access Research

Aerosol delivery during invasive mechanical ventilation: a systematic review

Jonathan Dugernier, Stephan Ehrmann, Thierry Sottiaux, Jean Roeseler, Xavier Wittebole, Thierry Dugernier, François Jamar, Pierre-François Laterre, Gregory Reychler

Open Access Research

Functional evaluation of sublingual microcirculation indicates successful weaning from VA-ECMO in cardiogenic shock

Sakir Akin, Dinis dos Reis Miranda, Kadir Caliskan, Osama I. Soliman, Goksel Guven, Ard Struijs, Robert J. van Thiel, Lucia S. Jewbali, Alexandre Lima, Diederik Gommers, Felix Zijlstra, Can Ince

Open Access Letter

Lactate and stepwise lactate kinetics can be used to guide resuscitation

Xiang Zhou, Dawei Liu, Longxiang Su

Open Access Research

Implementation of sepsis bundles in public hospitals in Brazil: a prospective study with heterogeneous results

Flavia Ribeiro Machado, Elaine Maria Ferreira, Pierre Schippers, Ilusca Cardoso de Paula, Letícia Sandre Vendrame Saes, Francisco Ivanildo de Oliveira Jr, Paula Tuma, Wilson Nogueira Filho, Felipe Piza, Sandra Guare, Cláudia Mangini, Gustavo Ziggiatti Guth, Luciano Cesar Pontes Azevedo, Flavio Geraldo Resende Freitas, Jose Luiz Gomes do Amaral, Nacime Salomão Mansur, Reinaldo Salomão

Open Access Research

The impact of N-acetylcysteine and ascorbic acid in contrast-induced nephropathy in critical care patients: an open-label randomized controlled study

Eleni Palli, Demosthenes Makris, John Papanikolaou, Grigorios Garoufalis, Irini Tsilioni, Paris Zygoulis, Epaminondas Zakynthinos

Open Access Letter

Does enhanced antibiotic de-escalation really have no benefit in the ICU?

Shingo Ohki, Shinichiro Ohshimo, Nobuaki Shime

Open Access Letter

Icatibant as an early rescue therapy in hypovolemic shock with converting enzyme inhibitor treatment

Hélène Charbonneau, Marie Buléon, Benoit Richard, Nicolas Mayeur

Open Access Research

The impact of sex and age on neurological outcomes in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients with targeted temperature management

Sang Hoon Oh, Kyu Nam Park, Jeeyong Lim, Seung Pill Choi, Joo Suk Oh, In Soo Cho, Byung Kook Lee, Yong Hwan Kim, Young-Min Kim, Han Joon Kim, Chun Song Youn, Soo Hyun Kim

Open Access Research

Early psychological screening of intensive care unit survivors: a prospective cohort study

Anna Milton, Emily Brück, Anna Schandl, Matteo Bottai, Peter Sackey

Open Access Research

Vasculotide reduces pulmonary hyperpermeability in experimental pneumococcal pneumonia

Birgitt Gutbier, Xiaohui Jiang, Kristina Dietert, Carolin Ehrler, Jasmin Lienau, Paul Van Slyke, Harold Kim, Van C. Hoang, Jason T. Maynes, Daniel J. Dumont, Achim D. Gruber, Norbert Weissmann, Timothy J. Mitchell, Norbert Suttorp, Martin Witzenrath

Open Access Research

Cefepime-induced neurotoxicity: a systematic review

Lauren E. Payne, David J. Gagnon, Richard R. Riker, David B. Seder, Elizabeth K. Glisic, Jane G. Morris, Gilles L. Fraser

Open Access Letter

Angiotensin II in vasodilatory shock: lights and shadows

Elio Antonucci, Sara Agosta, Yasser Sakr

Open Access Letter

Weekend effect: a great problem with a potential solution

Ana Abella, Beatriz Lobo-Valbuena, Marcela Hómez, Federico Gordo

Open Access Review

Pearls and pitfalls in comprehensive critical care echocardiography

Sam Orde, Michel Slama, Andrew Hilton, Konstantin Yastrebov, Anthony McLean

Open Access Research

Kinetic estimated glomerular filtration rate in critically ill patients: beyond the acute kidney injury severity classification system

Flávio de Oliveira Marques, Saulo Aires Oliveira, Priscila Ferreira de Lima e Souza, Wandervânia Gomes Nojoza, Maiara da Silva Sena, Taynara Muniz Ferreira, Bruno Gabriele Costa, Alexandre Braga Libório

Open Access Viewpoint

Complications of regional citrate anticoagulation: accumulation or overload?

Antoine G. Schneider, Didier Journois, Thomas Rimmelé

Open Access Research

A clinical prediction model to identify patients at high risk of hemodynamic instability in the pediatric intensive care unit

Cristhian Potes, Bryan Conroy, Minnan Xu-Wilson, Christopher Newth, David Inwald, Joseph Frassica

Open Access Research

Impact of earplugs and eye mask on sleep in critically ill patients: a prospective randomized study

Alexandre Demoule, Serge Carreira, Sophie Lavault, Olivier Pallanca, Elise Morawiec, Julien Mayaux, Isabelle Arnulf, Thomas Similowski

Open Access Editorial

Age, exercise, and the outcome of sepsis

Debasree Banerjee, Steven M. Opal

Open Access Research

Vitamin D deficiency in critically ill children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

James Dayre McNally, Nassr Nama, Katie O’Hearn, Margaret Sampson, Karin Amrein, Klevis Iliriani, Lauralyn McIntyre, Dean Fergusson, Kusum Menon

Open Access Research

High-volume hemofiltration in adult burn patients with septic shock and acute kidney injury: a multicenter randomized controlled trial

Kevin K. Chung, Elsa C. Coates, David J. Smith Jr, Rachel A. Karlnoski, William L. Hickerson, Angela L. Arnold-Ross, Michael J. Mosier, Marcia Halerz, Amy M. Sprague, Robert F. Mullins, Daniel M. Caruso, Marlene Albrecht, Brett D. Arnoldo, Agnes M. Burris, Sandra L. Taylor, Steven E. Wolf, Booker T. King, Julie A. Rizzo, Jeremy C. Pamplin, Ian R. Driscoll, Evan M. Renz, Jonathan B. Lundy, Leopoldo C. Cancio, Carl W. Cruse, Christopher A. McFarren, Kimberly S. Brown, Arif Showkat, Lekha George, Aneel Kumar, Barbara Birmingham, David Hill, Mary E. Bruce, Arthur P. Sanford, David J. Leehey, Robert F. Mullins, Zaheed Hassan, Joseph R. Shaver, Bruce Friedman, Kevin N. Fosters, Michael D. Peck, Herb A. Phelan, Ramesh Saxena, James Howard, Dhaval Bhavsar, Satish Ponnuru, Michelle DeSouza, Sri G. Yarlagadda

Open Access Research

Chloral hydrate enteral infusion for sedation in ventilated children: the CHOSEN pilot study

Ari R. Joffe, Jessica Hogan, Cathy Sheppard, Gerda Tawfik, Jonathan P. Duff, Gonzalo Garcia Guerra

Open Access Research

Initial nutritional management during noninvasive ventilation and outcomes: a retrospective cohort study

Nicolas Terzi, Michael Darmon, Jean Reignier, Stéphane Ruckly, Maïté Garrouste-Orgeas, Alexandre Lautrette, Elie Azoulay, Bruno Mourvillier, Laurent Argaud, Laurent Papazian, Marc Gainnier, Dan Goldgran-Toledano, Samir Jamali, Anne-Sylvie Dumenil, Carole Schwebel, Jean-François Timsit, Jean-François Timsit, Elie Azoulay, Maïté Garrouste-Orgeas, Jean-Ralph Zahar, Christophe Adrie, Michael Darmon, Christophe Clec’h, Jean-Francois Timsit, Corinne Alberti, Stephane Ruckly, Sébastien Bailly, Lenka Styfalova, Aurélien Vannieuwenhuyze, Christophe Adrie, Bernard Allaouchiche, Laurent Argaud, Claire Ara-Somohano, Elie Azoulay, Francois Barbier, Julien Bohé, Christine Cheval, Christophe Clec’h, Michael Darmon, Anne-Sylvie Dumenil, Claire Dupuis, Jean-Marie Forel, Marc Gainier, Akim Haouache, Samir Jamali, Hatem Khallel, Alexandre Lautrette, Guillaume Marcotte, Eric Le Miere, Maxime Lugosi, Bruno Mourvillier, Benoît Misset, Delphine Moreau, Bruno Mourvillier, Laurent Papazian, Benjamin Planquette, Bertrand Souweine, Carole Schwebel, Nicolas Terzi, Gilles Troché, Marie Thuong, Guillaume Thierry, Dany Toledano, Eric Vantalon, Julien Fournier, Caroline Tournegros, Stéphanie Bagur, Mireille Adda, Vanessa Vindrieux, Loic Ferrand, Nadira Kaddour, Boris Berthe, Samir Bekkhouche, Kaouttar Mellouk, Sylvie Conrozier, Igor Theodose, Veronique Deiler, Sophie Letrou

Open Access Research

Long-term continuous renal replacement therapy and anticoagulation with citrate in critically ill patients with severe liver dysfunction

Matthias Klingele, Theresa Stadler, Danilo Fliser, Timo Speer, Heinrich V. Groesdonk, Alexander Raddatz

Open Access Research

Change in cardiac output during Trendelenburg maneuver is a reliable predictor of fluid responsiveness in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome in the prone position under protective ventilation

Hodane Yonis, Laurent Bitker, Mylène Aublanc, Sophie Perinel Ragey, Zakaria Riad, Floriane Lissonde, Aurore Louf-Durier, Sophie Debord, Florent Gobert, Romain Tapponnier, Claude Guérin, Jean-Christophe Richard

Open Access Review

Recovery after critical illness: putting the puzzle together—a consensus of 29

Elie Azoulay, Jean-Louis Vincent, Derek C. Angus, Yaseen M. Arabi, Laurent Brochard, Stephen J. Brett, Giuseppe Citerio, Deborah J. Cook, Jared Randall Curtis, Claudia C. dos Santos, E. Wesley Ely, Jesse Hall, Scott D. Halpern, Nicholas Hart, Ramona O. Hopkins, Theodore J. Iwashyna, Samir Jaber, Nicola Latronico, Sangeeta Mehta, Dale M. Needham, Judith Nelson, Kathleen Puntillo, Michael Quintel, Kathy Rowan, Gordon Rubenfeld, Greet Van den Berghe, Johannes Van der Hoeven, Hannah Wunsch, Margaret Herridge

Open Access Research

A supplemental intravenous amino acid infusion sustains a positive protein balance for 24 hours in critically ill patients

Martin Sundström Rehal, Felix Liebau, Inga Tjäder, Åke Norberg, Olav Rooyackers, Jan Wernerman

Open Access Research

Hypovitaminosis C and vitamin C deficiency in critically ill patients despite recommended enteral and parenteral intakes

Anitra C. Carr, Patrice C. Rosengrave, Simone Bayer, Steve Chambers, Jan Mehrtens, Geoff M. Shaw

Open Access Research

Microvascular effects of intravenous esmolol in patients with normal cardiac function undergoing postoperative atrial fibrillation: a prospective pilot study in cardiothoracic surgery

William Fornier, Matthias Jacquet-Lagrèze, Thomas Collenot, Priscilla Teixeira, Philippe Portran, Rémi Schweizer, Michel Ovize, Jean-Luc Fellahi

Open Access Research

Hyaluronic acid is associated with organ dysfunction in acute respiratory distress syndrome

Anthony J. Esposito, Pavan K. Bhatraju, Renee D. Stapleton, Mark M. Wurfel, Carmen Mikacenic

Open Access Editorial

Recombinant human ACE2: acing out angiotensin II in ARDS therapy

Haibo Zhang, Andrew Baker

Open Access Letter

Necessary additional steps in ultrasound guided central venous catheter placement: getting to the heart of the matter

Thei S. Steenvoorden, Jasper M. Smit, Mark E. Haaksma, Pieter R. Tuinman

Open Access Research

Co-administration of vancomycin and piperacillin-tazobactam is associated with increased renal dysfunction in adult and pediatric burn patients

Gabriel Hundeshagen, David N. Herndon, Karel D. Capek, Ludwik K. Branski, Charles D. Voigt, Elizabeth A. Killion, Janos Cambiaso-Daniel, Michaela Sljivich, Andrew De Crescenzo, Ronald P. Mlcak, Michael P. Kinsky, Celeste C. Finnerty, William B. Norbury

Open Access Research

Antimicrobials for the treatment of drug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii pneumonia in critically ill patients: a systemic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis

Su Young Jung, Seung Hee Lee, Soo Young Lee, Seungwon Yang, Hayeon Noh, Eun Kyoung Chung, Jangik I. Lee

Open Access Research

Comparison of the efficacy of three topical antiseptic solutions for the prevention of catheter colonization: a multicenter randomized controlled study

Hideto Yasuda, Masamitsu Sanui, Takayuki Abe, Nobuaki Shime, Tetsuya Komuro, Junji Hatakeyama, Shohei Matsukubo, Shinji Kawano, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Kohkichi Andoh, Ryutaro Seo, Kyo Inoue, Eiichiro Noda, Nobuyuki Saito, Satoshi Nogami, Kentaro Okamoto, Ryota Fuke, Yasuhiro Gushima, Atsuko Kobayashi, Toru Takebayashi, Alan Kawarai Lefor

Open Access Research

Copeptin in acute decompensation of liver cirrhosis: relationship with acute-on-chronic liver failure and short-term survival

Annarein J. C. Kerbert, Hein W. Verspaget, Àlex Amorós Navarro, Rajiv Jalan, Elsa Solà, Daniel Benten, François Durand, Pere Ginès, Johan J. van der Reijden, Bart van Hoek, Minneke J. Coenraad

Open Access Research

Initial blood pH during cardiopulmonary resuscitation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients: a multicenter observational registry-based study

Jonghwan Shin, Yong Su Lim, Kyuseok Kim, Hui Jai Lee, Se Jong Lee, Euigi Jung, Kyoung Min You, Hyuk Jun Yang, Jin Joo Kim, Joonghee Kim, You Hwan Jo, Jae Hyuk Lee, Seong Youn Hwang

Open Access Letter

Subclavian oblique-axis catheterization technique

Alessandro De Cassai, Helmut Galligioni

Open Access Research

The effect of angiotensin II on blood pressure in patients with circulatory shock: a structured review of the literature

Laurence W. Busse, Michael T. McCurdy, Osman Ali, Anna Hall, Huaizhen Chen, Marlies Ostermann

Open Access Review

Thoracic ultrasound for pleural effusion in the intensive care unit: a narrative review from diagnosis to treatment

E. Brogi, L. Gargani, E. Bignami, F. Barbariol, A. Marra, F. Forfori, L. Vetrugno

Open Access Research

Timing of renal replacement therapy and long-term risk of chronic kidney disease and death in intensive care patients with acute kidney injury

Søren Christiansen, Steffen Christensen, Lars Pedersen, Henrik Gammelager, J. Bradley Layton, M. Alan Brookhart, Christian Fynbo Christiansen

Open Access Letter

Do we know enough to recommend corticosteroids in acute respiratory distress syndrome?

Mathieu Blot, Arnaud Salmon-Rousseau, Pascal Chavanet, Lionel Piroth

Open Access Research

Association between continuous hyperosmolar therapy and survival in patients with traumatic brain injury – a multicentre prospective cohort study and systematic review

Karim Asehnoune, Sigismond Lasocki, Philippe Seguin, Thomas Geeraerts, Pierre François Perrigault, Claire Dahyot-Fizelier, Catherine Paugam Burtz, Fabrice Cook, Dominique Demeure dit latte, Raphael Cinotti, Pierre Joachim Mahe, Camille Fortuit, Romain Pirracchio, Fanny Feuillet, Véronique Sébille, Antoine Roquilly, Nicolas Nesseler, Yoann Launey, Olivier Mimoz, Thomas Kerforne, Martine Ferrandière, Francis Remerand, Pascale le Maguet, Yannick Malledant, Mathieu Martin, Russel Chabanne, Laurent Muller, Jean Luc Hanouz, Jeremy Allary, Hervé Floch, Claire Roger, Anne-Claire Lukaszewicz, Matthieu Biais, Perrine Boucheix, Soizic Gergaud, Benoit Plaud, Jean Michel Constantin, Fouad Marhar

Open Access Letter

The evolving role of the renin–angiotensin system in ARDS

Eleni Vrigkou, Iraklis Tsangaris, Stefanos Bonovas, Argyrios Tsantes, Petros Kopterides

Open Access Research

Bronchoscopy versus an endotracheal tube mounted camera for the peri-interventional visualization of percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy - a prospective, randomized trial (VivaPDT)

Jörn Grensemann, Lars Eichler, Sophie Kähler, Dominik Jarczak, Marcel Simon, Hans O. Pinnschmidt, Stefan Kluge

Open Access Letter

Ultrasound-guided central venous catheter placement: first things first

Bernd Saugel, Leonie Schulte-Uentrop, Thomas W. L. Scheeren, Jean-Louis Teboul

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