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Critical Care

Ausgabe 1/2019

Inhalt (405 Artikel)

Open Access Research

Improvement in the survival rates of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-supported respiratory failure patients: a multicenter retrospective study in Korean patients

Moon Seong Baek, Sang-Min Lee, Chi Ryang Chung, Woo Hyun Cho, Young-Jae Cho, Sunghoon Park, So-My Koo, Jae-Seung Jung, Seung Yong Park, Youjin Chang, Byung Ju Kang, Jung-Hyun Kim, Jin Young Oh, So Hee Park, Jung-Wan Yoo, Yun Su Sim, Sang-Bum Hong

Open Access Research

Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) versus pressure support ventilation: patient-ventilator interaction during invasive ventilation delivered by tracheostomy

Olivier Lamouret, Laure Crognier, Fanny Vardon Bounes, Jean-Marie Conil, Caroline Dilasser, Thibaut Raimondi, Stephanie Ruiz, Antoine Rouget, Clément Delmas, Thierry Seguin, Vincent Minville, Bernard Georges

Open Access Research

Enteral versus intravenous approach for the sedation of critically ill patients: a randomized and controlled trial

Giovanni Mistraletti, Michele Umbrello, Silvia Salini, Paolo Cadringher, Paolo Formenti, Davide Chiumello, Cristina Villa, Riccarda Russo, Silvia Francesconi, Federico Valdambrini, Giacomo Bellani, Alessandra Palo, Francesca Riccardi, Enrica Ferretti, Maurilio Festa, Anna Maria Gado, Martina Taverna, Cristina Pinna, Alessandro Barbiero, Pier Alda Ferrari, Gaetano Iapichino, Gaetano Iapichino, Alberto Morabito, Martin Langer, Franco Valenza, Roberto Malacrida, Marco Rambaldi, Giovanni Mistraletti, Davide Chiumello, Michele Umbrello, Paolo Formenti, Paolo Spanu, Stefania Anania, Elisa Andrighi, Alessandra Di Carlo, Federica Martinetti, Serena Barello, Andrea Noto, Gianfranco Capello, Bruno Sabatelli, Giovanni Brenna, Morena Astori, Pietro Placido, Luciano Gattinoni, Alessandro Protti, Paolo Cadringher, Riccarda Russo, Francesca Pagan, Virna Berto, Paola Roselli, Giulio Ronzoni, Eduardo Beck, Silvia Francesconi, Maurizio Gaiotto, Danilo Radrizzani, Luca Ferla, Federico Valdambrini, Riccardo Giudici, Laura Merlini, Antonio Pesenti, Giacomo Bellani, Alessia La Bruna, Emanuele Rezoagli, Alberto Lucchini, Antonio Braschi, Alessandra Palo, Thekla Niebel, Marina Selvini, Sergio Cortesi, Attilio Quaini, Giorgio Iotti, Francesca Riccardi, Enrico Contri, Antonella Sacchi, Sergio Livigni, Giuseppe Naretto, Enrica Ferretti, Alessandro Deprado, Virna Venturi degli Esposti, Pietro Caironi, Giulio Radeschi, Maurilio Festa, Lorenzo Odetto, Daniele Ferrero, Stefano Cognolato, Roberto Penso, Roberta Vacchelli, Silvano Cardellino, Edda Bosco, Anna Maria Gado, Anna Bresciani, Ivana Pozzo, Annachiara Alessio, Vanessa Clarindo Rodrigues, Edna Biase, Nicoletta Vivaldi, Martina Taverna, Antonella Nava, Cristina Pinna, Francesco Ponzetta, Lucilla Bavutti, Paola Martina, Beatriz Palacios, Giancarla Bergonzini

Open Access Letter

Optimal pressing strength and time for capillary refilling time

Rui Kawaguchi, Taka-aki Nakada, Taku Oshima, Masayoshi Shinozaki, Toshiya Nakaguchi, Hideaki Haneishi, Shigeto Oda

Open Access Letter

Dosing adjuvant vitamin C in critically ill patients undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy: We are not there yet!

Patrick M. Honore, David De Bels, Luc Kugener, Sebastien Redant, Rachid Attou, Andrea Gallerani, Herbert D. Spapen

Open Access Editorial

Artificial intelligence in the intensive care unit

Christopher A. Lovejoy, Varun Buch, Mahiben Maruthappu

Open Access Letter

A conceivable mechanism of harm in a stretched “teen lung”

João Batista Borges

Open Access Letter

Hyperchloremia-associated acute chronic kidney injury: beware of confounders!

Patrick M. Honore, David De Bels, Luc Kugener, Sebastien Redant, Rachid Attou, Andrea Gallerani, Herbert D. Spapen

Open Access Research

Predicting mortality in patients undergoing VA-ECMO after coronary artery bypass grafting: the REMEMBER score

Liangshan Wang, Feng Yang, Xiaomeng Wang, Haixiu Xie, Eddy Fan, Mark Ogino, Daniel Brodie, Hong Wang, Xiaotong Hou

Open Access Research Article

Outcomes used in randomised controlled trials of nutrition in the critically ill: a systematic review

Garry Taverny, Thomas Lescot, Emmanuel Pardo, Frederique Thonon, Manar Maarouf, Corinne Alberti

Open Access Letter

Vancomycin pharmacokinetics in critically ill obese patients: can the clinician sit back and relax?

Patrick M. Honore, David De Bels, Luc Kugener, Sebastien Redant, Rachid Attou, Andrea Gallerani, Herbert D. Spapen

Open Access Review

The glycocalyx: a novel diagnostic and therapeutic target in sepsis

Ryo Uchimido, Eric P. Schmidt, Nathan I. Shapiro

Open Access Letter

Potential confounders for the effect of high-flow nasal cannula oxygen therapy

Satoshi Yamaga, Shinichiro Ohshimo, Nobuaki Shime

Open Access Research

Vascular endothelial cadherin shedding is more severe in sepsis patients with severe acute kidney injury

Wen-Kuang Yu, J. Brennan McNeil, Nancy E. Wickersham, Ciara M. Shaver, Julie A. Bastarache, Lorraine B. Ware

Open Access Research

The effects of passive leg raising may be detected by the plethysmographic oxygen saturation signal in critically ill patients

Alexandra Beurton, Jean-Louis Teboul, Francesco Gavelli, Filipe Andre Gonzalez, Valentina Girotto, Laura Galarza, Nadia Anguel, Christian Richard, Xavier Monnet

Open Access Letter

Cerebrospinal fluid procalcitonin predicts Gram-negative bacterial meningitis in patients with empiric antibiotic pretreatment

Wen Li, Fang Yuan, Xiaolong Sun, Zhihan Zhao, Yaoyao Zhang, Wen Jiang

Open Access Letter

Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid dilution in ICU patients: what we should know and what we should do

Yuetian Yu, Chunyan Liu, Zhongheng Zhang, Hui Shen, Yujie Li, Liangjing Lu, Yuan Gao

Open Access Review

The aftermath of acute kidney injury: a narrative review of long-term mortality and renal function

Gijs Fortrie, Hilde R. H. de Geus, Michiel G. H. Betjes

Open Access Letter

A smartphone comes to the rescue during tracheostomy

Animesh Ray, Bharath, Sanjeev Sinha, Saurav Sekhar Paul

Open Access Research

Host genetic variants in sepsis risk: a field synopsis and meta-analysis

Hongxiang Lu, Dalin Wen, Xu Wang, Lebin Gan, Juan Du, Jianhui Sun, Ling Zeng, Jianxin Jiang, Anqiang Zhang

Open Access Research

Comparison of extracorporeal and conventional cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a retrospective propensity score matched study

Daniel Patricio, Lorenzo Peluso, Alexandre Brasseur, Olivier Lheureux, Mirko Belliato, Jean-Louis Vincent, Jacques Creteur, Fabio Silvio Taccone

Open Access Research

The effect of diabetes on burn patients: a retrospective cohort study

Reinhard Dolp, Sarah Rehou, Ruxandra Pinto, Rachel Trister, Marc G. Jeschke

Open Access Letter

The adrenal-vitamin C axis: from fish to guinea pigs and primates

Michael H. Hooper, Anitra Carr, Paul E. Marik

Open Access Research

Associations between partial pressure of oxygen and neurological outcome in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients: an explorative analysis of a randomized trial

Florian Ebner, Susann Ullén, Anders Åneman, Tobias Cronberg, Niklas Mattsson, Hans Friberg, Christian Hassager, Jesper Kjærgaard, Michael Kuiper, Paolo Pelosi, Johan Undén, Matt P. Wise, Jørn Wetterslev, Niklas Nielsen

Open Access Research

Sigh maneuver to enhance assessment of fluid responsiveness during pressure support ventilation

Antonio Messina, Davide Colombo, Federico Lorenzo Barra, Gianmaria Cammarota, Giacomo De Mattei, Federico Longhini, Stefano Romagnoli, Francesco DellaCorte, Daniel De Backer, Maurizio Cecconi, Paolo Navalesi

Open Access Editorial

Humanizing the intensive care unit

Michael E. Wilson, Sarah Beesley, Amanda Grow, Eileen Rubin, Ramona O. Hopkins, Negin Hajizadeh, Samuel M. Brown

Open Access Research

Organizational factors associated with target sedation on the first 48 h of mechanical ventilation: an analysis of checklist-ICU database

Antonio Paulo Nassar Jr, Fernando G. Zampieri, Jorge I. Salluh, Fernando A. Bozza, Flávia Ribeiro Machado, Helio Penna Guimarães, Lucas P. Damiani, Alexandre Biasi Cavalcanti

Open Access Research

The ELSO Maastricht Treaty for ECLS Nomenclature: abbreviations for cannulation configuration in extracorporeal life support - a position paper of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization

Lars Mikael Broman, Fabio Silvio Taccone, Roberto Lorusso, Maximilian Valentin Malfertheiner, Federico Pappalardo, Matteo Di Nardo, Mirko Belliato, Melania M. Bembea, Ryan P. Barbaro, Rodrigo Diaz, Lorenzo Grazioli, Vincent Pellegrino, Malaika H. Mendonca, Daniel Brodie, Eddy Fan, Robert H. Bartlett, Michael M. McMullan, Steven A. Conrad

Open Access Letter

Passive leg cycling and electrical stimulation cannot preserve strength in sepsis

Pierre-François Laterre, Cheryl Hickmann, Diego Castanares-Zapatero

Open Access Research

Impact of post-traumatic stress symptoms on the health-related quality of life in a cohort study with chronically critically ill patients and their partners: age matters

Gloria-Beatrice Wintermann, Katja Petrowski, Kerstin Weidner, Bernhard Strauß, Jenny Rosendahl

Open Access Research

The early identification of disease progression in patients with suspected infection presenting to the emergency department: a multi-centre derivation and validation study

Kordo Saeed, Darius Cameron Wilson, Frank Bloos, Philipp Schuetz, Yuri van der Does, Olle Melander, Pierre Hausfater, Jacopo M. Legramante, Yann-Erick Claessens, Deveendra Amin, Mari Rosenqvist, Graham White, Beat Mueller, Maarten Limper, Carlota Clemente Callejo, Antonella Brandi, Marc-Alexis Macchi, Nicholas Cortes, Alexander Kutz, Peter Patka, María Cecilia Yañez, Sergio Bernardini, Nathalie Beau, Matthew Dryden, Eric C. M. van Gorp, Marilena Minieri, Louisa Chan, Pleunie P. M. Rood, Juan Gonzalez del Castillo

Open Access Research

Low-dose atrial natriuretic peptide for prevention or treatment of acute kidney injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Hiroyuki Yamada, Kent Doi, Tatsuo Tsukamoto, Hideyasu Kiyomoto, Kazuto Yamashita, Motoko Yanagita, Yoshio Terada, Kiyoshi Mori

Open Access Research

Thromboxane–prostaglandin receptor antagonist, terutroban, prevents neurovascular events after subarachnoid haemorrhage: a nanoSPECT study in rats

David Lagier, David Tonon, Philippe Garrigue, Benjamin Guillet, Laura Giacomino, Jean-Charles Martin, Marie-Christine Alessi, Nicolas Bruder, Lionel J. Velly

Open Access Research

Lung fluid biomarkers for acute respiratory distress syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yishan Wang, Huijuan Wang, Chunfang Zhang, Chao Zhang, Huqin Yang, Ruiyue Gao, Zhaohui Tong

Open Access Research

Exosomes from endothelial progenitor cells improve outcomes of the lipopolysaccharide-induced acute lung injury

Yue Zhou, Pengfei Li, Andrew J. Goodwin, James A. Cook, Perry V. Halushka, Eugene Chang, Basilia Zingarelli, Hongkuan Fan

Open Access Research

Cerebral metabolism is not affected by moderate hyperventilation in patients with traumatic brain injury

Giovanna Brandi, Nino Stocchetti, Alberto Pagnamenta, Federica Stretti, Peter Steiger, Stephanie Klinzing

Open Access Editorial

Current place of probiotics for VAP

Harjeet Singh Virk, W. Joost Wiersinga

Open Access Editorial

Predicting clinical outcome in patients undergoing VA-ECMO

Antoine Kimmoun, Bruno Levy

Open Access Letter

NephroCheck: should we consider urine osmolality?

Alberto Noto, Andrea Cortegiani, Antonio David

Open Access Research

Association of preadmission metformin use and mortality in patients with sepsis and diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies

Huoyan Liang, Xianfei Ding, Lifeng Li, Tian Wang, Quancheng Kan, Lexin Wang, Tongwen Sun

Open Access Research

Invasive and non-invasive diagnostic approaches for microbiological diagnosis of hospital-acquired pneumonia

Otavio T. Ranzani, Tarek Senussi, Francesco Idone, Adrian Ceccato, Gianluigi Li Bassi, Miquel Ferrer, Antoni Torres

Open Access Editorial

Designing nutrition-based interventional trials for the future: addressing the known knowns

Danielle E. Bear, Zudin A. Puthucheary

Open Access Editorial

The role of impaired brain perfusion in septic encephalopathy

Lucia Rivera-Lara

Open Access Letter

Impact of acute renal failure on plasmatic levels of cleaved endocan

Alexandre Gaudet, Erika Parmentier, Nathalie De Freitas Caires, Lucie Portier, Sylvain Dubucquoi, Julien Poissy, Thibault Duburcq, Maxence Hureau, Philippe Lassalle, Daniel Mathieu

Open Access Letter

Soluble vascular endothelial cadherin: a promising marker of critical illness?

Ruyuan Zhang, Ranran Li, Yaoqing Tang

Open Access Letter

Authors’ response to letter “Prediction of acute kidney injury in intensive care unit patients”

Hiroyuki Naruse, Hiroshi Takahashi, Junnichi Ishii

Open Access Letter

Response to “Are fluids resuscitation the “Keyser Soze” of acute kidney injury in trauma patients?”

Anatole Harrois, Benjamin Soyer, Tobias Gauss, Sophie Hamada, Mathieu Raux, Jacques Duranteau, Catherine Paugam-Burtz, Romain Pirracchio, Anne Godier, Sylvain Ausset, Eric Meaudre, Thomas Geeraerts, Nathalie Delhaye, Bernard Vigué

Open Access Research

Prognostic accuracy of the Hamilton Early Warning Score (HEWS) and the National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) among hospitalized patients assessed by a rapid response team

Shannon M. Fernando, Alison E. Fox-Robichaud, Bram Rochwerg, Pierre Cardinal, Andrew J. E. Seely, Jeffrey J. Perry, Daniel I. McIsaac, Alexandre Tran, Steven Skitch, Benjamin Tam, Michael Hickey, Peter M. Reardon, Peter Tanuseputro, Kwadwo Kyeremanteng

Open Access Research

Intravascular versus surface cooling for targeted temperature management after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: an analysis of the TTH48 trial

Chiara De Fazio, Markus B. Skrifvars, Eldar Søreide, Jacques Creteur, Anders M. Grejs, Jesper Kjærgaard, Timo Laitio, Jens Nee, Hans Kirkegaard, Fabio Silvio Taccone

Open Access Review

Diagnostic and therapeutic approach in adult patients with traumatic brain injury receiving oral anticoagulant therapy: an Austrian interdisciplinary consensus statement

Marion Wiegele, Herbert Schöchl, Alexander Haushofer, Martin Ortler, Johannes Leitgeb, Oskar Kwasny, Ronny Beer, Cihan Ay, Eva Schaden

Open Access Research

Acute neuropathological consequences of short-term mechanical ventilation in wild-type and Alzheimer’s disease mice

Shouri Lahiri, Giovanna C. Regis, Yosef Koronyo, Dieu-Trang Fuchs, Julia Sheyn, Elizabeth H. Kim, Mitra Mastali, Jennifer E. Van Eyk, Padmesh S. Rajput, Patrick D. Lyden, Keith L. Black, E. Wesley Ely, Heather D. Jones, Maya Koronyo-Hamaoui

Open Access Research

Emergency department triage prediction of clinical outcomes using machine learning models

Yoshihiko Raita, Tadahiro Goto, Mohammad Kamal Faridi, David F. M. Brown, Carlos A. Camargo Jr., Kohei Hasegawa

Open Access Research

The prognostic value of optic nerve sheath diameter in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage

Sangkil Lee, Yong Oh Kim, Ji Sun Baek, Jeong-Am Ryu

Open Access Commentary

The chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) chain of survival: a new pragmatic and didactic tool used by Paris Fire Brigade

Franck Calamai, Clément Derkenne, Daniel Jost, Stéphane Travers, Isabelle Klein, Kilian Bertho, Frédéric Dorandeu, Michel Bignand, Bertrand Prunet

Open Access Research

Association of extracerebral organ failure with 1-year survival and healthcare-associated costs after cardiac arrest: an observational database study

Pirkka T. Pekkarinen, Minna Bäcklund, Ilmar Efendijev, Rahul Raj, Daniel Folger, Erik Litonius, Ruut Laitio, Stepani Bendel, Sanna Hoppu, Tero Ala-Kokko, Matti Reinikainen, Markus B. Skrifvars

Open Access Research

Early nasal high-flow versus Venturi mask oxygen therapy after lung resection: a randomized trial

Mariano Alberto Pennisi, Giuseppe Bello, Maria Teresa Congedo, Luca Montini, Dania Nachira, Gian Maria Ferretti, Elisa Meacci, Elisabetta Gualtieri, Gennaro De Pascale, Domenico Luca Grieco, Stefano Margaritora, Massimo Antonelli

Open Access Research

Permissive versus restrictive temperature thresholds in critically ill children with fever and infection: a multicentre randomized clinical pilot trial

Mark J. Peters, Kerry Woolfall, Imran Khan, Elisabeth Deja, Paul R. Mouncey, Jerome Wulff, Alexina Mason, Rachel S. Agbeko, Elizabeth S. Draper, Blaise Fenn, Doug W. Gould, Abby Koelewyn, Nigel Klein, Christine Mackerness, Sian Martin, Lauran O’Neill, Samiran Ray, Padmanabhan Ramnarayan, Shane Tibby, Kentigern Thorburn, Lyvonne Tume, Jason Watkins, Paul Wellman, David A. Harrison, Kathryn M. Rowan

Open Access Research

Subjective right ventricle assessment by echo qualified intensive care specialists: assessing agreement with objective measures

Sam Orde, Michel Slama, Konstantin Yastrebov, Anthony Mclean, Stephen Huang, Andras Nyikovics, Deirdre Murphy, Geoff Gordon, Lewis Campbell, Li Tan, Mate Rudas, Michael Farqharson, Nicola Stanley, Pierre Janin, Russell Laver, Soumya Ray, Vinodh Nanjayya, Ramsy D’Souza, Paul Healey, Bradley Wibrow, Florian Pracher, Kyle Brooks, David Clancy, Thomas Hamp, Sebastian Knudsen, Joe McCaffrey, Godfrey Lo, Sutrisno Gunawan, Arvind Rajamani, Marek Nalos, Ian Seppelt, Alison Main, Yang Yang, Andrew Hilton, Pranesh Jogia, Jude Bhathan, John Evans, Priya Nair, Lyndal Russel, Mani Gopal, Matthew Anstey, Josh Ihle, Alvin Teo, Ben Cheung, Matt Brian, Richard Strickland, Cartan Costello, Peter McCanny, Siew Wai, Irma Bilgram

Open Access Letter

Important methodological flaws in the recently published clinical prediction model the REMEMBER score

Anders Granholm, Anders Perner, Aksel Karl Georg Jensen, Morten Hylander Møller

Open Access Review

ARDS in Obese Patients: Specificities and Management

Audrey De Jong, Daniel Verzilli, Samir Jaber

Open Access Review

Physiological and Technical Considerations of Extracorporeal CO2 Removal

Christian Karagiannidis, Felix Hesselmann, Eddy Fan

Open Access Review

Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices for Cardiogenic Shock: State of the Art

Ludhmila Abrahao Hajjar, Jean-Louis Teboul

Open Access Review

Resuscitation Fluid Choices to Preserve the Endothelial Glycocalyx

Elissa M. Milford, Michael C. Reade

Open Access Review

Uncovering Consciousness in Unresponsive ICU Patients: Technical, Medical and Ethical Considerations

Benjamin Rohaut, Andrey Eliseyev, Jan Claassen

Open Access Review

Multidrug Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in Community-Acquired Pneumonia

Catia Cillóniz, Cristina Dominedò, Antoni Torres

Open Access Review

Heterogeneity in sepsis: new biological evidence with clinical applications

Aleksandra Leligdowicz, Michael A. Matthay

Open Access Review

Iron Metabolism: An Emerging Therapeutic Target in Critical Illness

Edward Litton, Jolene Lim

Open Access Review

Sleep and Circadian Rhythm in Critical Illness

Irene Telias, Mary Elizabeth Wilcox

Open Access Research

Organ system network analysis and biological stability in critically ill patients

Toshifumi Asada, Kent Doi, Ryota Inokuchi, Naoki Hayase, Miyuki Yamamoto, Naoto Morimura

Open Access Letter

Validity of the relationship between mobility group box-1 protein and poor post–cardiac arrest neurological outcome during renal replacement therapy

Patrick M. Honore, David De Bels, Luc Kugener, Sebastien Redant, Rachid Attou, Andrea Gallerani, Herbert D. Spapen

Open Access Letter

The complex kinetics of blood endocan during the time course of sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome

Alexandre Gaudet, Erika Parmentier, Sylvain Dubucquoi, Julien Poissy, Thibault Duburcq, Lucie Portier, Philippe Lassalle, Nathalie De Freitas Caires, Daniel Mathieu

Open Access Letter

Response to “Weaning order of vasoactive drugs”

Kyeongman Jeon, Jae-Uk Song, Gee Young Suh

Open Access Letter

The pharmacokinetic challenge of voriconazole therapy for cerebral aspergillosis in patients treated with ibrutinib

Rémy Nyga, Laura Simon, Taieb Chouaki, Caroline Delette, Youssef Bennis, Cedric Joseph, Jean-Pierre Marolleau, Michel Slama, Elie Zogheib, Julien Maizel

Open Access Research

Transfusion requirements after head trauma: a randomized feasibility controlled trial

André L. N. Gobatto, Milena A. Link, Davi J. Solla, Estevão Bassi, Paulo F. Tierno, Wellingson Paiva, Fabio S. Taccone, Luiz M. Malbouisson

Open Access Letter

Weaning order of vasoactive drugs

Vilto Michels Jr, Daisson José Trevisol

Open Access Letter

State-level hospital compliance with and performance in the Centers for Medicaid & Medicare Services’ Early Management Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Bundle

Jordan A. Kempker, Michael R. Kramer, Lance A. Waller, Henry E. Wang, Greg S. Martin

Open Access Research

The association between autoimmune disease and 30-day mortality among sepsis ICU patients: a cohort study

Mallory Sheth, Corey M. Benedum, Leo Anthony Celi, Roger G. Mark, Natasha Markuzon

Open Access Letter

Is cortical perfusion a reliable marker for predicting septic acute kidney injury?

Patrick M. Honore, David De Bels, Andrea Gallerani, Rachid Attou, Sebastien Redant, Leonel Barreto Gutierrez, Willem Boer

Open Access Research

Development of a quality indicator set to measure and improve quality of ICU care for patients with traumatic brain injury

Jilske A. Huijben, Eveline J. A. Wiegers, Nicolette F. de Keizer, Andrew I. R. Maas, David Menon, Ari Ercole, Giuseppe Citerio, Fiona Lecky, Lindsay Wilson, Maryse C. Cnossen, Suzanne Polinder, Ewout W. Steyerberg, Mathieu van der Jagt, Hester F. Lingsma, Marcel Aries, Rafael Badenes, Albertus Beishuizen, Federico Bilotta, Arturo Chieregato, Emiliano Cingolani, Giuseppe Citerio, Maryse Cnossen, Mark Coburn, Jonathan P. Coles, Mark Delargy, Bart Depreitere, Ari Ercole, Hans Flaatten, Volodymyr Golyk, Erik Grauwmeijer, Iain Haitsma, Raimund Helbok, Cornelia Hoedemaekers, Bram Jacobs, Korné Jellema, Lars-Owe D. Koskinen, Andrew I. R. Maas, Marc Maegele, Maria Cruz Martin Delgado, David Menon, Kirsten Møller, Rui Moreno, David Nelson, Annemarie W. Oldenbeuving, Jean-Francois Payen, Suzanne Polinder, Jasmina Pejakovic, Gerard M. Ribbbers, Rolf Rossaint, Guus Geurt Schoonman, Luzius A. Steiner, Nino Stocchetti, Fabio Silvio Taccone, Riikka Takala, Olli Tenovuo, Eglis Valeinis, Walter M. van den Bergh, Mathieu van der Jagt, Thomas van Essen, Nikki van Leeuwen, Michael H. J. Verhofstad, Pieter E. Vos, Lindsay Wilson

Open Access Research

The European guideline on management of major bleeding and coagulopathy following trauma: fifth edition

Donat R. Spahn, Bertil Bouillon, Vladimir Cerny, Jacques Duranteau, Daniela Filipescu, Beverley J. Hunt, Radko Komadina, Marc Maegele, Giuseppe Nardi, Louis Riddez, Charles-Marc Samama, Jean-Louis Vincent, Rolf Rossaint

Open Access Research

The effect of corticosteroids on mortality of patients with influenza pneumonia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yue-Nan Ni, Guo Chen, Jiankui Sun, Bin-Miao Liang, Zong-An Liang

Open Access Research

A meta-analysis of the resuscitative effects of mechanical and manual chest compression in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients

Ni Zhu, Qi Chen, Zhixia Jiang, Futuan Liao, Bujin Kou, Hui Tang, Manhong Zhou

Open Access Research

Time to epinephrine treatment is associated with the risk of mortality in children who achieve sustained ROSC after traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Yan-Ren Lin, Meng-Huan Wu, Tren-Yi Chen, Yuan-Jhen Syue, Mei-Chueh Yang, Tsung-Han Lee, Chih-Ming Lin, Chu-Chung Chou, Chin-Fu Chang, Chao-Jui Li

Open Access Research

PO2 oscillations induce lung injury and inflammation

Stefan Boehme, Erik K. Hartmann, Thomas Tripp, Serge C. Thal, Matthias David, Dietmar Abraham, James E. Baumgardner, Klaus Markstaller, Klaus U. Klein

Open Access Review

Dysphagia in the intensive care unit: epidemiology, mechanisms, and clinical management

Patrick Zuercher, Céline S. Moret, Rainer Dziewas, Joerg C. Schefold

Open Access Review

Optimization of the treatment with beta-lactam antibiotics in critically ill patients—guidelines from the French Society of Pharmacology and Therapeutics (Société Française de Pharmacologie et Thérapeutique—SFPT) and the French Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine (Société Française d’Anesthésie et Réanimation—SFAR)

Romain Guilhaumou, Sihem Benaboud, Youssef Bennis, Claire Dahyot-Fizelier, Eric Dailly, Peggy Gandia, Sylvain Goutelle, Sandrine Lefeuvre, Nicolas Mongardon, Claire Roger, Julien Scala-Bertola, Florian Lemaitre, Marc Garnier

Open Access Research

Flagellin attenuates experimental sepsis in a macrophage-dependent manner

Xiaoliang Yang, Yibing Yin, Xingxing Yan, Zebo Yu, Yi Liu, Ju Cao

Open Access Research

Death after awakening from post-anoxic coma: the “Best CPC” project

Fabio Silvio Taccone, Janneke Horn, Christian Storm, Alain Cariou, Claudio Sandroni, Hans Friberg, Cornelia Astrid Hoedemaekers, Mauro Oddo

Open Access Research

Cytokine clearance with CytoSorb® during cardiac surgery: a pilot randomized controlled trial

Elettra C Poli, Lorenzo Alberio, Anna Bauer-Doerries, Carlo Marcucci, Aurélien Roumy, Matthias Kirsch, Eleonora De Stefano, Lucas Liaudet, Antoine G Schneider

Open Access Research

Sequential organ failure assessment score is an excellent operationalization of disease severity of adult patients with hospitalized community acquired pneumonia – results from the prospective observational PROGRESS study

Peter Ahnert, Petra Creutz, Katrin Horn, Fabian Schwarzenberger, Michael Kiehntopf, Hamid Hossain, Michael Bauer, Frank Martin Brunkhorst, Konrad Reinhart, Uwe Völker, Trinad Chakraborty, Martin Witzenrath, Markus Löffler, Norbert Suttorp, Markus Scholz, Stefan Angermair, Christoph Arntzen, Lorenz Balke, Robert Bals, Michael Benzke, Ayhan Berber, Frank Bloos, Martin Buchenroth, Lea Deterding, Nicolas Dickgreber, Oleg Dmitriev, Hermann Druckmiller, Holger Flick, Ulrike Föllmer, Julia Freise, Carmen Garcia, Sven Gläser, Christian Grah, Simone Hamberger, Karsten Hartung, Barabara Hauptmeier, Matthias Held, Frederik Hempel, Iris Hering, Carola Hobler, Andreas Hocke, Ursula Hoffmann, Henning Kahnert, Oliver Kanwar, Lena Kappauf, Charlotte Keller, Nils Keller, Walter Knüppel, Eva Koch, Martin Kolditz, Christine Krollmann, Cornelia Kropf-Sanchen, Josefa Lehmke, Christian Lensch, Andreas Liebrich, Achim Lies, Katrin Ludewig, Lena-Maria Makowski, Phillippr Mayer, Brigitte Mayer, Agata Mikolajewska, Anne Moeser, Thomas Müller, Michaela Niebank, Markus Niesen, Tim Oqueka, Wulf Pankow, Judith Pannier, Claus Peckelsen, Mathias Plauth, Mathias Pletz, Jan Pluta, Kalina Popkirova, Jessicar Rademache, Mirja Ramke, Felix Rosenow, Stefan Rüdiger, Bernhard Ruf, Jan Rupp, Bernhard Schaaf, Tom Schaberg, Marianne Schelle, Patrick Schmidt-Schridde, Galina Schott, Barbara Schröder, Tetyana Shchetynska-Marinova, Michael Simpfendörfer, Thomas Spinner, Norbert Suttorp, Dorina Thiemig, Daniel Thomas-Rüddel, Markus Unnewehr, Barbara Wagener, Gudrun Wakonigg, Deborah Wehde, Hubert Wirtz, Charite ICU-Teams

Open Access Research

Impact of nutrition route on microaspiration in critically ill patients with shock: a planned ancillary study of the NUTRIREA-2 trial

Saad Nseir, Amélie Le Gouge, Jean-Baptiste Lascarrou, Jean-Claude Lacherade, Emmanuelle Jaillette, Jean-Paul Mira, Emmanuelle Mercier, Pierre-Louis Declercq, Michel Sirodot, Gaël Piton, François Tinturier, Elisabeth Coupez, Stéphane Gaudry, Michel Djibré, Didier Thevenin, Jeremy Pasco, Malika Balduyck, Farid Zerimech, Jean Reignier

Open Access Research

Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) exacerbate severity of infant sepsis

David F. Colón, Carlos W. Wanderley, Marcelo Franchin, Camila M. Silva, Carlos H. Hiroki, Fernanda V. S. Castanheira, Paula B. Donate, Alexandre H. Lopes, Leila C. Volpon, Silvia K. Kavaguti, Vanessa F. Borges, Cesar A. Speck-Hernandez, Fernando Ramalho, Ana P. Carlotti, Fabio Carmona, Jose C. Alves-Filho, Foo Y. Liew, Fernando Q. Cunha

Open Access Letter

Lack of relationship between fasting plasma citrulline and glucose absorption: do not underestimate the role of the failing kidney!

Patrick M. Honore, David De Bels, Andrea Gallerani, Rachid Attou, Willem Boer

Open Access Research

What is the lowest change in cardiac output that transthoracic echocardiography can detect?

Mathieu Jozwiak, Pablo Mercado, Jean-Louis Teboul, Anouar Benmalek, Julia Gimenez, François Dépret, Christian Richard, Xavier Monnet

Open Access Research

Microcirculatory perfusion disturbances following cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass are associated with in vitro endothelial hyperpermeability and increased angiopoietin-2 levels

Nicole A. M. Dekker, Anoek L. I. van Leeuwen, Willem W. J. van Strien, Jisca Majolée, Robert Szulcek, Alexander B. A. Vonk, Peter L. Hordijk, Christa Boer, Charissa E. van den Brom

Open Access Research

Cardiovascular determinants of resuscitation from sepsis and septic shock

Fabio Guarracino, Pietro Bertini, Michael R. Pinsky

Open Access Research

Heterogeneity of regional inflection points from pressure-volume curves assessed by electrical impedance tomography

Gaetano Scaramuzzo, Savino Spadaro, Andreas D. Waldmann, Stephan H. Böhm, Riccardo Ragazzi, Elisabetta Marangoni, Valentina Alvisi, Elena Spinelli, Tommaso Mauri, Carlo Alberto Volta

Open Access Letter

Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist decreases work of breathing during non-invasive ventilation in infants with severe bronchiolitis

Florent Baudin, Guillaume Emeriaud, Sandrine Essouri, Jennifer Beck, Etienne Javouhey, Claude Guerin

Open Access Research

Mechanical ventilation causes diaphragm dysfunction in newborn lambs

Feng Liang, Guillaume Emeriaud, Dilson E. Rassier, Dong Shang, Ekaterina Gusev, Sabah N. A. Hussain, Michael Sage, Benjamin Crulli, Etienne Fortin-Pellerin, Jean-Paul Praud, Basil J. Petrof

Open Access Commentary

Broad spectrum vasopressors: a new approach to the initial management of septic shock?

Lakhmir S. Chawla, Marlies Ostermann, Lui Forni, George F. Tidmarsh

Open Access Research

A prospective investigation of interleukin-8 levels in pediatric acute respiratory failure and acute respiratory distress syndrome

Heidi Flori, Anil Sapru, Michael W. Quasney, Ginny Gildengorin, Martha A. Q. Curley, Michael A. Matthay, Mary K. Dahmer, Scot T. Bateman, M. D. Berg, Santiago Borasino, G. Kris Bysani, Allison S. Cowl, Cindy Darnell Bowens, E. Vincent S. Faustino, Lori D. Fineman, A. J. Godshall, Ellie Hirshberg, Aileen L. Kirby, Gwenn E. McLaughlin, Shivanand Medar, Phineas P. Oren, James B. Schneider, Adam J. Schwarz, Thomas P. Shanley, Lauren R. Sorce, Edward J. Truemper, Michele A. Vander Heyden, Kim Wittmayer, Athena Zuppa, David Wypij

Open Access Letter

Application of MR-ProADM to predict prevention of hospitalisation, derived from a multi-centre study

Milo Cullinan, Sara Graziadio, David Ashley Price

Open Access Research

Sedation practices and clinical outcomes in mechanically ventilated patients in a prospective multicenter cohort

Romina E. Aragón, Alvaro Proaño, Nicole Mongilardi, Aldo de Ferrari, Phabiola Herrera, Rollin Roldan, Enrique Paz, Amador A. Jaymez, Eduardo Chirinos, Jose Portugal, Rocio Quispe, Roy G. Brower, William Checkley

Open Access Research

TCR activation mimics CD127lowPD-1high phenotype and functional alterations of T lymphocytes from septic shock patients

Julie Mouillaux, Camille Allam, Morgane Gossez, Thomas Uberti, Benjamin Delwarde, Jack Hayman, Thomas Rimmelé, Julien Textoris, Guillaume Monneret, Estelle Peronnet, Fabienne Venet

Open Access Letter

vvECMO can be avoided by a transpulmonary pressure guided open lung concept in patients with severe ARDS

Philip van der Zee, Dinis Dos Reis Miranda, Han Meeder, Henrik Endeman, Diederik Gommers

Open Access Research

Control of respiratory drive by extracorporeal CO2 removal in acute exacerbation of COPD breathing on non-invasive NAVA

Christian Karagiannidis, Stephan Strassmann, Sarah Schwarz, Michaela Merten, Eddy Fan, Jennifer Beck, Christer Sinderby, Wolfram Windisch

Open Access Editorial

Intelligently learning from data

Edward Palmer, Roman Klapaukh, Steve Harris, Mervyn Singer, Tim Bonnici, Ahmed Al-Hindawi, Tom Keen

Open Access Editorial

Composed endotypes to guide antibiotic discontinuation in sepsis

Jesus F. Bermejo-Martin, David Andaluz-Ojeda, Marta Martin-Fernandez, Cesar Aldecoa, Raquel Almansa

Open Access Letter

Biomarkers to guide antibiotic timing and administration in infected patients presenting to the emergency department

Mari Rosenqvist, Darius Cameron Wilson, Lena Tegnér, Maria Bengtsson-Toni, Marjaneh Peyman, Juan Gonzalez del Castillo, Kordo Saeed, Olle Melander

Open Access Research

Epidemiology of infective endocarditis in French intensive care units over the 1997–2014 period—from CUB-Réa Network

Jérémie Joffre, Guillaume Dumas, Philippe Aegerter, Vincent Dubée, Naike Bigé, Gabriel Preda, Jean-Luc Baudel, Eric Maury, Bertrand Guidet, Hafid Ait-Oufella, P. Trouiller, J.-P. Bedos, A. Vieillard-Baron, Y. Cohen, C. Richard, J. F. Timsit, G. Chevrel, J.-P. Mira, D. Da Silva, J.-L. Diehl, P. Ho, A. Mekontso-Dessap, F. Blot, G. Dhonneur, D. Dreyfuss, B. Megarbane, Goldgran Toledano Dany, V. Das, D. Samuel, A. Demoule, A. Combes, F. Bolgert, H. Outin, F. Santoli, D. Annane, B. Guidet, C. Bruel, E. Azoulay, A. Mebazaa, M. Fartoukh, F. Bonnet, H. Mentec

Open Access Letter

Angiotensin II in ECMO patients: a word of caution

Elio Antonucci, Fabio Silvio Taccone

Open Access Letter

Optimizing ceftolozane-tazobactam dosage in critically ill patients during continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration

Gerardo Aguilar, Rafael Ferriols, Sara Martínez-Castro, Carlos Ezquer, Ernesto Pastor, José A. Carbonell, Manuel Alós, David Navarro

Open Access Letter

Renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system blockers after KDIGO stage 3 acute kidney injury: use and impact on 2-year mortality in the AKIKI trial

Mathilde Scarton, Anne Oppenheimer, Khalil Chaïbi, Didier Dreyfuss, Stéphane Gaudry

Open Access Editorial

The global challenge of Candida auris in the intensive care unit

Andrea Cortegiani, Giovanni Misseri, Antonino Giarratano, Matteo Bassetti, David Eyre

Open Access Research

Influenza and associated co-infections in critically ill immunosuppressed patients

Ignacio Martin-Loeches, Virginie Lemiale, Pierce Geoghegan, Mary Aisling McMahon, Peter Pickkers, Marcio Soares, Anders Perner, Tine Sylvest Meyhoff, Ramin Brandt Bukan, Jordi Rello, Philippe R. Bauer, Andry van de Louw, Fabio Silvio Taccone, Jorge Salluh, Pleun Hemelaar, Peter Schellongowski, Katerina Rusinova, Nicolas Terzi, Sangeeta Mehta, Massimo Antonelli, Achille Kouatchet, Pål Klepstad, Miia Valkonen, Precious Pearl Landburg, Andreas Barratt-Due, Fabrice Bruneel, Frédéric Pène, Victoria Metaxa, Anne Sophie Moreau, Virginie Souppart, Gaston Burghi, Christophe Girault, Ulysses V. A. Silva, Luca Montini, Francois Barbier, Lene B. Nielsen, Benjamin Gaborit, Djamel Mokart, Sylvie Chevret, Elie Azoulay

Open Access Letter

Social and economic problems of ICU survivors identified by a structured social welfare consultation

J. M. McPeake, P. Henderson, G. Darroch, T. J. Iwashyna, P. MacTavish, C. Robinson, T. Quasim

Open Access Letter

When circulatory death does not come in time in potential organ donors

Angela Kotsopoulos, Nichon Jansen, Wilson Farid Abdo

Open Access Research

Quantitative pupillometry for the monitoring of intracranial hypertension in patients with severe traumatic brain injury

Fritz-Patrick Jahns, John Paul Miroz, Mahmoud Messerer, Roy T. Daniel, Fabio Silvio Taccone, Philippe Eckert, Mauro Oddo

Open Access Research

Heterogeneity of treatment effect by baseline risk of mortality in critically ill patients: re-analysis of three recent sepsis and ARDS randomised controlled trials

Shalini Santhakumaran, Anthony Gordon, A. Toby Prevost, Cecilia O’Kane, Daniel F. McAuley, Manu Shankar-Hari

Open Access Letter

Does training level affect the accuracy of visual assessment of capillary refill time?

Koichiro Shinozaki, Lee S. Jacobson, Kota Saeki, Naoki Kobayashi, Steve Weisner, Julianne M. Falotico, Timmy Li, Junhwan Kim, Joshua W. Lampe, Lance B. Becker

Open Access Research

Fluid management in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: effects of an acetate- versus lactate-buffered balanced infusion solution on hemodynamic stability (HEMACETAT)

Carmen A. Pfortmueller, Livia Faeh, Martin Müller, Balthasar Eberle, Hansjörg Jenni, Björn Zante, Josef Prazak, Lars Englberger, Jukka Takala, Stephan M. Jakob

Open Access Editorial

How I monitor cerebral autoregulation

Samuel P. Klein, Bart Depreitere, Geert Meyfroidt

Open Access Research

The effect of adhesive tape versus endotracheal tube fastener in critically ill adults: the endotracheal tube securement (ETTS) randomized controlled trial

Janna S. Landsperger, Jesse M. Byram, Bradley D. Lloyd, Todd W. Rice, David R. Janz

Open Access Research

Pyroglutamic acidosis by glutathione regeneration blockage in critical patients with septic shock

Yenifer Gamarra, Felipe C. Santiago, Jorge Molina-López, José Castaño, Lourdes Herrera-Quintana, Álvaro Domínguez, Elena Planells

Open Access Research

Renal function after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; the influence of temperature management and coronary angiography, a post hoc study of the target temperature management trial

Malin Rundgren, Susann Ullén, Matt P. G. Morgan, Guy Glover, Julius Cranshaw, Nawaf Al-Subaie, Andrew Walden, Michael Joannidis, Marlies Ostermann, Josef Dankiewicz, Niklas Nielsen, Matthew P. Wise

Open Access Letter

Inducible metabolic pathway for citrate metabolism in case of major liver dysfunction: fact or fiction?

Patrick M. Honore, David De Bels, Sebastien Redant, Rachid Attou, Luc Kugener, Willem Boer

Open Access Research

Comparative efficacy of vasoactive medications in patients with septic shock: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Lu Cheng, Jing Yan, Shutang Han, Qiuhua Chen, Mingqi Chen, Hua Jiang, Jun Lu

Open Access Research

Nuclear magnetic resonance-based serum metabolomic analysis reveals different disease evolution profiles between septic shock survivors and non-survivors

Zhicheng Liu, Mohamed N. Triba, Roland Amathieu, Xiangping Lin, Nadia Bouchemal, Edith Hantz, Laurence Le Moyec, Philippe Savarin

Open Access Research

Is systematic fecal carriage screening of extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae still useful in intensive care unit: a systematic review

Renaud Prevel, Alexandre Boyer, Fatima M’Zali, Agnès Lasheras, Jean-Ralph Zahar, Anne-Marie Rogues, Didier Gruson

Open Access Research

Near-infrared spectroscopy after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

Pekka Jakkula, Johanna Hästbacka, Matti Reinikainen, Ville Pettilä, Pekka Loisa, Marjaana Tiainen, Erika Wilkman, Stepani Bendel, Thomas Birkelund, Anni Pulkkinen, Minna Bäcklund, Sirkku Heino, Sari Karlsson, Hiski Kopponen, Markus B. Skrifvars

Open Access Research

Temporal change in characteristics and outcomes of acute kidney injury on renal replacement therapy in intensive care units: analysis of a nationwide administrative database in Japan, 2007–2016

Yoshihisa Miyamoto, Masao Iwagami, Shotaro Aso, Hideo Yasunaga, Hiroki Matsui, Kiyohide Fushimi, Yoshifumi Hamasaki, Masaomi Nangaku, Kent Doi

Open Access Letter

The challenge of removal of sepsis markers by continuous hemofiltration

Patrick M. Honore, David De Bels, Rachid Attou, Sebastien Redant, Kianoush Kashani

Open Access Letter

Should ECMO be used in cardiogenic shock?

Orhan Gokalp, Koksal Donmez, Hasan Iner, Gamze Gokalp, Yuksel Besir, Nihan Karakas Yesilkaya, Levent Yilik, Ali Gurbuz

Open Access Research

Patterns of utilization and effects of hospital-specific factors on physical, occupational, and speech therapy for critically ill patients with acute respiratory failure in the USA: results of a 5-year sample

Clare C. Prohaska, Peter D. Sottile, Amy Nordon-Craft, Matt D. Gallagher, Ellen L. Burnham, Brendan J. Clark, Michael Ho, Tyree H. Kiser, R. William Vandivier, Wenhui Liu, Margaret Schenkman, Marc Moss

Open Access Editorial

How I ventilate an obese patient

Lorenzo Ball, Paolo Pelosi

Open Access Editorial

How I manage a difficult intubation

Jonathan D. Casey, Matthew W. Semler, Kevin High, Wesley H. Self

Open Access Letter

Are we really preventing lung collapse with APRV?

Ryota Sato, Natsumi Hamahata, Ehab G. Daoud

Open Access Research

Time course of fluid responsiveness in sepsis: the fluid challenge revisiting (FCREV) study

Claire Roger, Laurent Zieleskiewicz, Christophe Demattei, Karim Lakhal, Gael Piton, Benjamin Louart, Jean-Michel Constantin, Russell Chabanne, Jean-Sébastien Faure, Yazine Mahjoub, Isabelle Desmeulles, Hervé Quintard, Jean-Yves Lefrant, Laurent Muller, Claire Roger, Laurent Zieleskiewicz, Karim Lakhal, Benjamin Louart, Jean-Michel Constantin, Russell Chabanne, Jean-Sébastien Faure, Yazine Mahjoub, Hervé Quintard, Jean-Yves Lefrant, Laurent Muller

Open Access Letter

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Huoyan Liang, Xianfei Ding, Tongwen Sun

Open Access Research

An overview of positive cultures and clinical outcomes in septic patients: a sub-analysis of the Prehospital Antibiotics Against Sepsis (PHANTASi) trial

Rishi S. Nannan Panday, Eline M. J. Lammers, Nadia Alam, Prabath W. B. Nanayakkara

Open Access Letter

How to treat combined respiratory and metabolic acidosis after extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation?

Xavier Bemtgen, Florentine Schroth, Tobias Wengenmayer, Paul M. Biever, Daniel Duerschmied, Christoph Benk, Christoph Bode, Dawid L. Staudacher

Open Access Letter

Endocan removal during continuous renal replacement therapy: does it affect the reliability of this biomarker?

Patrick M. Honore, David De Bels, Rachid Attou, Sebastien Redant, Andrea Gallerani, Kianoush Kashani

Open Access Research

Clinically relevant pharmacokinetic knowledge on antibiotic dosing among intensive care professionals is insufficient: a cross-sectional study

Lucas M. Fleuren, Luca F. Roggeveen, Tingjie Guo, Petr Waldauf, Peter H. J. van der Voort, Rob J. Bosman, Eleonora L. Swart, Armand R. J. Girbes, Paul W. G. Elbers

Open Access Research

Describing organ dysfunction in the intensive care unit: a cohort study of 20,000 patients

Andrea Soo, Danny J. Zuege, Gordon H. Fick, Daniel J. Niven, Luc R. Berthiaume, Henry T. Stelfox, Christopher J. Doig

Open Access Research

Identifying patients’ support needs following critical illness: a scoping review of the qualitative literature

J. King, B. O’Neill, P. Ramsay, M. A. Linden, A. Darweish Medniuk, J. Outtrim, B. Blackwood

Open Access Letter

Red blood cell transfusion may be more detrimental than anemia for the clinical outcome of patients with severe traumatic brain injury

Santiago R. Leal-Noval, María D. Rincón-Ferrari, Manuel Múñoz-Gómez

Open Access Research

Procalcitonin levels in candidemia versus bacteremia: a systematic review

Andrea Cortegiani, Giovanni Misseri, Mariachiara Ippolito, Matteo Bassetti, Antonino Giarratano, Ignacio Martin-Loeches, Sharon Einav

Open Access Research

Albumin infusion rate and plasma volume expansion: a randomized clinical trial in postoperative patients after major surgery

Svajunas Statkevicius, Johan Bonnevier, Jane Fisher, Björn P. Bark, Erik Larsson, Carl M. Öberg, Päivi Kannisto, Bobby Tingstedt, Peter Bentzer

Open Access Research

Continuous monitoring of intrinsic PEEP based on expired CO2 kinetics: an experimental validation study

Sarah Heili-Frades, Fernando Suarez-Sipmann, Arnoldo Santos, Maria Pilar Carballosa, Alba Naya-Prieto, Carlos Castilla-Reparaz, Maria Jesús Rodriguez-Nieto, Nicolás González-Mangado, German Peces -Barba

Open Access Editorial

Acute kidney injury after cardiac arrest: the role of coronary angiography and temperature management

Angélique M. E. Spoelstra-de Man, Heleen M. Oudemans-van Straaten

Open Access Viewpoint

Automated continuous noninvasive ward monitoring: future directions and challenges

Ashish K. Khanna, Phillip Hoppe, Bernd Saugel

Open Access Research

Dysbiosis of the intestinal microbiota in neurocritically ill patients and the risk for death

Ruoting Xu, Chuhong Tan, Jiajia Zhu, Xiuli Zeng, Xuxuan Gao, Qiheng Wu, Qiong Chen, Huidi Wang, Hongwei Zhou, Yan He, Suyue Pan, Jia Yin

Open Access Research

Frequency and mortality of septic shock in Europe and North America: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Jean-Louis Vincent, Gabriel Jones, Sholto David, Elena Olariu, Kevin K. Cadwell

Open Access Research

Post-stroke treatment with argon attenuated brain injury, reduced brain inflammation and enhanced M2 microglia/macrophage polarization: a randomized controlled animal study

Jingjin Liu, Kay Nolte, Gary Brook, Lisa Liebenstund, Agnieszka Weinandy, Anke Höllig, Michael Veldeman, Antje Willuweit, Karl-Josef Langen, Rolf Rossaint, Mark Coburn

Open Access Letter

Short-term assist devices in postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock

Hasan Iner, Nihan Karakas Yesilkaya, Yuksel Besir, Gamze Gokalp, Orhan Gokalp, Levent Yilik, Ali Gurbuz

Open Access Research

Trying to identify who may benefit most from future vitamin D intervention trials: a post hoc analysis from the VITDAL-ICU study excluding the early deaths

Gennaro Martucci, Dayre McNally, Dhruv Parekh, Paul Zajic, Fabio Tuzzolino, Antonio Arcadipane, Kenneth B. Christopher, Harald Dobnig, Karin Amrein

Open Access Letter

Effect of high-flow nasal therapy on dyspnea, comfort, and respiratory rate

Andrea Cortegiani, Claudia Crimi, Alberto Noto, Yigal Helviz, Antonino Giarratano, Cesare Gregoretti, Sharon Einav

Open Access Research

In-hospital mortality associated with the misdiagnosis or unidentified site of infection at admission

Toshikazu Abe, Yasuharu Tokuda, Atsushi Shiraishi, Seitaro Fujishima, Toshihiko Mayumi, Takehiro Sugiyama, Gautam A. Deshpande, Yasukazu Shiino, Toru Hifumi, Yasuhiro Otomo, Kohji Okamoto, Joji Kotani, Yuichiro Sakamoto, Junichi Sasaki, Shin-ichiro Shiraishi, Kiyotsugu Takuma, Akiyoshi Hagiwara, Kazuma Yamakawa, Naoshi Takeyama, Satoshi Gando, Satoshi Gando, Toshikazu Abe, Kohji Okamoto, Seitaro Fujishima, Junichi Sasaki, Yasukazu Shiino, Yasuhiro Otomo, Shin-ichiro Shiraishi, Kiyotsugu Takuma, Toru Hifumi, Kazuma Yamakawa, Toshihiko Mayumi, Atsushi Shiraishi, Akiyoshi Hagiwara, Takashi Muroya, Kaoru Koike, Hideaki Anan, Manabu Sugita, Yasuo Miki, Hisashi Yamashita, Hirotada Kittaka, Junichi Maehara, Sho Nachi, Kazuma Morino, Atsumi Hoshino, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Masahiro Harada, Hiroyasu Ishikura, Masato Kawakami, Yoshizumi Deguchi, Hideaki Yoshihara, Yoshihiro Hanaki, Kunihiko Okada, Tadashi Kaneko, Kazuya Kiyota, Yoshihiro Shimizu

Open Access Editorial

ELS (Ethical Life Support): a new teaching tool for medical ethics

Marco Vergano, Giuseppe Naretto, Fabrizio Elia, Enrico Gandolfo, Chiara Nebris Calliera, Giuseppe R. Gristina

Open Access Research

Population pharmacokinetics of total and unbound concentrations of intravenous posaconazole in adult critically ill patients

Fekade B. Sime, Catherine J. Byrne, Suzanne Parker, Janine Stuart, Jenie Butler, Therese Starr, Saurabh Pandey, Steven C. Wallis, Jeffrey Lipman, Jason A. Roberts

Open Access Review

Reversal of oral anticoagulation in patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage

Joji B. Kuramatsu, Jochen A. Sembill, Hagen B. Huttner

Open Access Research

Examining the weekend effect across ICU performance metrics

Louis Faust, Keith Feldman, Nitesh V. Chawla

Open Access Research

The ecological effects of selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) on antimicrobial resistance: a 21-year longitudinal single-centre study

Sophie Buitinck, Rogier Jansen, Saskia Rijkenberg, Jos P. J. Wester, Rob J. Bosman, Nardo J. M. van der Meer, Peter H. J. van der Voort

Open Access Review

Decompressive craniectomy for acute ischemic stroke

Thomas Beez, Christopher Munoz-Bendix, Hans-Jakob Steiger, Kerim Beseoglu

Open Access Editorial

Interventions to improve cardiopulmonary resuscitation: a review of meta-analyses and future agenda

Athanasios Chalkias, John P. A. Ioannidis

Open Access Research

Mottling score is a strong predictor of 14-day mortality in septic patients whatever vasopressor doses and other tissue perfusion parameters

Guillaume Dumas, Jean-Rémi Lavillegrand, Jérémie Joffre, Naïke Bigé, Edmilson Bastos de-Moura, Jean-Luc Baudel, Sylvie Chevret, Bertrand Guidet, Eric Maury, Fabio Amorim, Hafid Ait-Oufella

Open Access Research

Aetiology and outcomes of sepsis in adults in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Joseph M. Lewis, Nicholas A. Feasey, Jamie Rylance

Open Access Research

Prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in adult critical care survivors: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Cássia Righy, Regis Goulart Rosa, Rodrigo Teixeira Amancio da Silva, Renata Kochhann, Celina Borges Migliavaca, Caroline Cabral Robinson, Stefania Pigatto Teche, Cassiano Teixeira, Fernando Augusto Bozza, Maicon Falavigna

Open Access Review

Influenza virus-related critical illness: prevention, diagnosis, treatment

Eric J. Chow, Joshua D. Doyle, Timothy M. Uyeki

Open Access Letter

Influence of pathogen and focus of infection on procalcitonin values in sepsis: are there additional confounding factors?

Patrick M. Honore, David De Bels, Rachid Attou, Sebastien Redant, Andrea Gallerani, Kianoush Kashani

Open Access Editorial

How to achieve nutrition goals by actual nutrition guidelines

Christian Stoppe, Jean-Charles Preiser, Daren Heyland

Open Access Research

Detailed measurements of oesophageal pressure during mechanical ventilation with an advanced high-resolution manometry catheter

Per Persson, Rebecca Ahlstrand, Magni Gudmundsson, Alex de Leon, Stefan Lundin

Open Access Letter

Benefits of red blood cell transfusion in patients with traumatic brain injury

Weimin Zhang, Kailei Du, Xuping Chen

Open Access Research

Incidence and outcome of invasive candidiasis in intensive care units (ICUs) in Europe: results of the EUCANDICU project

Matteo Bassetti, Daniele R. Giacobbe, Antonio Vena, Cecilia Trucchi, Filippo Ansaldi, Massimo Antonelli, Vaclava Adamkova, Cristiano Alicino, Maria-Panagiota Almyroudi, Enora Atchade, Anna M. Azzini, Novella Carannante, Alessia Carnelutti, Silvia Corcione, Andrea Cortegiani, George Dimopoulos, Simon Dubler, José L. García-Garmendia, Massimo Girardis, Oliver A. Cornely, Stefano Ianniruberto, Bart Jan Kullberg, Katrien Lagrou, Clement Le Bihan, Roberto Luzzati, Manu L. N. G. Malbrain, Maria Merelli, Ana J. Marques, Ignacio Martin-Loeches, Alessio Mesini, José-Artur Paiva, Maddalena Peghin, Santi Maurizio Raineri, Riina Rautemaa-Richardson, Jeroen Schouten, Pierluigi Brugnaro, Herbert Spapen, Polychronis Tasioudis, Jean-François Timsit, Valentino Tisa, Mario Tumbarello, Charlotte H. S. B. van den Berg, Benoit Veber, Mario Venditti, Guillaume Voiriot, Joost Wauters, Philippe Montravers

Open Access Research

Impact of weekly case-based tele-education on quality of care in a limited resource medical intensive care unit

Pedja Kovacevic, Sasa Dragic, Tijana Kovacevic, Danica Momcicevic, Emir Festic, Rahul Kashyap, Alexander S. Niven, Yue Dong, Ognjen Gajic

Open Access Viewpoint

Videolaryngoscopy in critically ill patients

Samir Jaber, Audrey De Jong, Paolo Pelosi, Luca Cabrini, Jean Reignier, Jean Baptiste Lascarrou

Open Access Research

The association between nutritional adequacy and 28-day mortality in the critically ill is not modified by their baseline nutritional status and disease severity

Charles Chin Han Lew, Gabriel Jun Yung Wong, Ka Po Cheung, Robert J. L. Fraser, Ai Ping Chua, Mary Foong Fong Chong, Michelle Miller

Open Access Research

Beyond dichotomy: patterns and amplitudes of SSEPs and neurological outcomes after cardiac arrest

Sang Hoon Oh, Kyu Nam Park, Seung Pill Choi, Joo Suk Oh, Han Joon Kim, Chun Song Youn, Soo Hyun Kim, Kiyuk Chang, Seong Hoon Kim

Open Access Research

Clinical use of [TIMP-2]•[IGFBP7] biomarker testing to assess risk of acute kidney injury in critical care: guidance from an expert panel

Louis M. Guzzi, Tobias Bergler, Brian Binnall, Daniel T. Engelman, Lui Forni, Michael J. Germain, Eric Gluck, Ivan Göcze, Michael Joannidis, Jay L. Koyner, V. Seenu Reddy, Thomas Rimmelé, Claudio Ronco, Julien Textoris, Alexander Zarbock, John A. Kellum

Open Access Letter

Matrix metalloproteinase-8: a useful biomarker to refine the diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia upon intensive care unit admission?

Fabrice Uhel, Brendon P. Scicluna, Lonneke A. van Vught, Olaf L. Cremer, Marc J. Bonten, Marcus J. Schultz, Tom van der Poll

Open Access Research

Interventions aimed at healthcare professionals to increase the number of organ donors: a systematic review

Marloes Witjes, Nichon E. Jansen, Johannes G. van der Hoeven, Wilson F. Abdo

Open Access Letter

Attainment of therapeutic vancomycin level within the first 24 h

Patrick M. Honore, David De Bels, Rachid Attou, Sebastien Redant, Andrea Gallerani, Kianoush Kashani

Open Access Letter

New-onset QT prolongation is a novel predictor of mortality in critically ill patients

Yonghe Ding, Ryounghoon Jeon, Linyu Ran, Wenzhi Pan, Feilong Wang, Qiang Li

Open Access Research

Prognostic value of NT-proBNP levels in the acute phase of sepsis on lower long-term physical function and muscle strength in sepsis survivors

Carlo Custodero, Quran Wu, Gabriela L. Ghita, Stephen D. Anton, Scott C. Brakenridge, Babette A. Brumback, Philip A. Efron, Anna K. Gardner, Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, Lyle L. Moldawer, John W. Petersen, Frederick A. Moore, Robert T. Mankowski

Open Access Research

Hemodynamic goal-directed therapy and postoperative kidney injury: an updated meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis

Mariateresa Giglio, Lidia Dalfino, Filomena Puntillo, Nicola Brienza

Open Access Letter

Is interleukin-8 a true predictor of pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome outcomes? Beware of potential confounders

Sébastien Redant, François Angoulvant, Oceane Barbance, David De Bels, Andrea Gallerani, Rachid Attou, Kianoush Kashani, Patrick M. Honore

Open Access Research

Alterations of the iNKT cell compartment in brain-injured patients

Allan Patinec, Jézabel Rocher, Mickael Vourc’h, Antoine Roquilly, Karim Asehnoune, Jacques Le Pendu

Open Access Research

Plasma receptor interacting protein kinase-3 levels are associated with acute respiratory distress syndrome in sepsis and trauma: a cohort study

Michael G. S. Shashaty, John P. Reilly, Hilary E. Faust, Caitlin M. Forker, Caroline A. G. Ittner, Peggy X. Zhang, Meghan J. Hotz, David Fitzgerald, Wei Yang, Brian J. Anderson, Daniel N. Holena, Paul N. Lanken, Jason D. Christie, Nuala J. Meyer, Nilam S. Mangalmurti

Open Access Research

Adipose tissue protects against sepsis-induced muscle weakness in mice: from lipolysis to ketones

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Open Access Review

Preparing intensive care for the next pandemic influenza

Taylor Kain, Robert Fowler

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Adaptive mechanical ventilation with automated minimization of mechanical power—a pilot randomized cross-over study

Tobias Becher, Anna Adelmeier, Inéz Frerichs, Norbert Weiler, Dirk Schädler

Open Access Letter

What should be the best dialysis catheter lock in critically ill patients?

Patrick M. Honore, Leonel Barreto Gutierrez, Sebastien Redant, Keitiane Kaefer, Andrea Gallerani, David De Bels

Open Access Letter

The place of dexmedetomidine light sedation in patients with acute brain injury

Simone Carelli, Gennaro De Pascale, Nicoletta Filetici, Maria Grazia Bocci, Gian Marco Maresca, Salvatore Lucio Cutuli, Cecilia Maria Pizzo, Giuseppe Bello, Luca Montini, Anselmo Caricato, Giorgio Conti, Massimo Antonelli

Open Access Letter

Intracranial hypertension and deep sedation

Guillermo Bugedo, César Santis

Open Access Letter

Hemoadsorption efficacy for uncomplicated high-risk cardiac surgery

Sébastien Redant, Matthieu Legrand, Yael Langman, Alejandra Garcia Aguilar, François Angoulvant, Keitiane Kaefer, David De Bels, Rachid Attou, Kianoush Kashani, Patrick M. Honore

Open Access Research

A novel non-invasive method to detect excessively high respiratory effort and dynamic transpulmonary driving pressure during mechanical ventilation

Michele Bertoni, Irene Telias, Martin Urner, Michael Long, Lorenzo Del Sorbo, Eddy Fan, Christer Sinderby, Jennifer Beck, Ling Liu, Haibo Qiu, Jenna Wong, Arthur S. Slutsky, Niall D. Ferguson, Laurent J. Brochard, Ewan C. Goligher

Open Access Research

Effect of tranexamic acid on mortality in patients with haemoptysis: a nationwide study

Takahiro Kinoshita, Hiroyuki Ohbe, Hiroki Matsui, Kiyohide Fushimi, Hiroshi Ogura, Hideo Yasunaga

Open Access Research

Low-flow assessment of current ECMO/ECCO2R rotary blood pumps and the potential effect on hemocompatibility

Sascha Gross-Hardt, Felix Hesselmann, Jutta Arens, Ulrich Steinseifer, Leen Vercaemst, Wolfram Windisch, Daniel Brodie, Christian Karagiannidis

Open Access Editorial

Obituary: Professor Claude Martin

Marc Leone, Jean-Louis Vincent

Open Access Research

Effects of a swallowing and oral care intervention for patients following endotracheal extubation: a pre- and post-intervention study

Chung-Pei Wu, Yu-Juan Xu, Tyng-Guey Wang, Shih-Chi Ku, Ding-Cheng Chan, Jang-Jaer Lee, Yu-Chung Wei, Tzu-Yu Hsiao, Cheryl Chia-Hui Chen

Open Access Research

Exogenous vasopressin dose-dependently modulates gastric microcirculatory oxygenation in dogs via V1A receptor

Richard Truse, Steven Grewe, Anna Herminghaus, Jan Schulz, Andreas P. M. Weber, Tabea Mettler-Altmann, Inge Bauer, Olaf Picker, Christian Vollmer

Open Access Letter

Attainment of therapeutic vancomycin level within the first 24 h: Authors' response

João Pedro Baptista, Jason A. Roberts, Eduardo Sousa, Ricardo Freitas, Nuno Devesa, Jorge Pimentel

Open Access Research

Myeloid-derived suppressor cell function and epigenetic expression evolves over time after surgical sepsis

McKenzie K. Hollen, Julie A. Stortz, Dijoia Darden, Marvin L. Dirain, Dina C. Nacionales, Russell B. Hawkins, Michael C. Cox, Maria-Cecilia Lopez, Jaimar C. Rincon, Ricardo Ungaro, Zhongkai Wang, Quran Wu, Babette Brumback, Marie-Pierre L. Gauthier, Michael Kladde, Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, Mark Segal, Azra Bihorac, Scott Brakenridge, Frederick A. Moore, Henry V. Baker, Alicia M. Mohr, Lyle L. Moldawer, Philip A. Efron

Open Access Research Letter

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: outcome in HIV and non-HIV patients

Jonathan Rilinger, Dawid L. Staudacher, Siegbert Rieg, Daniel Duerschmied, Christoph Bode, Tobias Wengenmayer

Open Access Research

Left ventricular wall findings in non-electrocardiography-gated contrast-enhanced computed tomography after extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Kazuhiro Sugiyama, Masamichi Takahashi, Kazuki Miyazaki, Takuto Ishida, Mioko Kobayashi, Yuichi Hamabe

Open Access Research

Implementation of earlier antibiotic administration in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock in Japan: a descriptive analysis of a prospective observational study

Toshikazu Abe, Shigeki Kushimoto, Yasuharu Tokuda, Gary S. Phillips, Andrew Rhodes, Takehiro Sugiyama, Akira Komori, Hiroki Iriyama, Hiroshi Ogura, Seitaro Fujishima, Atsushi Shiraishi, Daizoh Saitoh, Toshihiko Mayumi, Toshio Naito, Kiyotsugu Takuma, Taka-aki Nakada, Yasukazu Shiino, Takehiko Tarui, Toru Hifumi, Yasuhiro Otomo, Kohji Okamoto, Yutaka Umemura, Joji Kotani, Yuichiro Sakamoto, Junichi Sasaki, Shin-ichiro Shiraishi, Ryosuke Tsuruta, Akiyoshi Hagiwara, Kazuma Yamakawa, Tomohiko Masuno, Naoshi Takeyama, Norio Yamashita, Hiroto Ikeda, Masashi Ueyama, Satoshi Gando, Osamu Tasaki, Yasumitsu Mizobata, Hiraku Funakoshi, Toshiro Okuyama, Iwao Yamashita, Toshio Kanai, Yasuo Yamada, Mayuki Aibiki, Keiji Sato, Susumu Yamashita, Kenichi Yoshida, Shunji Kasaoka, Akihide Kon, Hiroshi Rinka, Hiroshi Kato, Hiroshi Okudera, Eichi Narimatsu, Toshifumi Fujiwara, Manabu Sugita, Yasuo Shichinohe, Hajime Nakae, Ryouji Iiduka, Mitsunobu Nakamura, Yuji Murata, Yoshitake Sato, Hiroyasu Ishikura, Yasuhiro Myojo, Yasuyuki Tsujita, Kosaku Kinoshita, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Toshihiro Sakurai, Satoru Miyatake, Takao Saotome, Susumu Yasuda, Toshikazu Abe, Hiroshi Ogura, Yutaka Umemura, Atsushi Shiraishi, Shigeki Kushimoto, Daizoh Saitoh, Seitaro Fujishima, Junichi Sasaki, Toshihiko Mayumi, Yasukazu Shiino, Taka-aki Nakada, Takehiko Tarui, Toru Hifumi, Yasuhiro Otomo, Joji Kotani, Yuichiro Sakamoto, Shin-ichiro Shiraishi, Kiyotsugu Takuma, Ryosuke Tsuruta, Akiyoshi Hagiwara, Kazuma Yamakawa, Naoshi Takeyama, Norio Yamashita, Hiroto Ikeda, Yasuaki Mizushima, Satoshi Gando

Open Access Letter

The IES-R remains a core outcome measure for PTSD in critical illness survivorship research

Megan M. Hosey, O. Joseph Bienvenu, Victor D. Dinglas, Alison E. Turnbull, Ann M. Parker, Ramona O. Hopkins, Karin J. Neufeld, Dale M. Needham

Open Access Research

Beneficial effects of early empirical administration of appropriate antimicrobials on survival and defervescence in adults with community-onset bacteremia

Ching-Chi Lee, Chung-Hsun Lee, Chao-Yung Yang, Chih-Chia Hsieh, Hung-Jen Tang, Wen-Chien Ko

Open Access Research

Why physiology will continue to guide the choice between balanced crystalloids and normal saline: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Charlotte L. Zwager, Pieter Roel Tuinman, Harm-Jan de Grooth, Jos Kooter, Hans Ket, Lucas M. Fleuren, Paul W. G. Elbers

Open Access Research

Association between hospital mortality and inspiratory airway pressures in mechanically ventilated patients without acute respiratory distress syndrome: a prospective cohort study

Sarina K. Sahetya, Christopher Mallow, Jonathan E. Sevransky, Greg S. Martin, Timothy D. Girard, Roy G. Brower, William Checkley

Open Access Review

Nutrition therapy and critical illness: practical guidance for the ICU, post-ICU, and long-term convalescence phases

Arthur Raymond Hubert van Zanten, Elisabeth De Waele, Paul Edmund Wischmeyer

Open Access Research

Effects of inspiratory flow on lung stress, pendelluft, and ventilation heterogeneity in ARDS: a physiological study

Alessandro Santini, Tommaso Mauri, Francesca Dalla Corte, Elena Spinelli, Antonio Pesenti

Open Access Research

Respective contribution of intensive care unit-acquired limb muscle and severe diaphragm weakness on weaning outcome and mortality: a post hoc analysis of two cohorts

Martin Dres, Boris Jung, Nicolas Molinari, Federico Manna, Bruno-Pierre Dubé, Gerald Chanques, Thomas Similowski, Samir Jaber, Alexandre Demoule

Open Access Research

Outcomes of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia hospital-acquired pneumonia in intensive care unit: a nationwide retrospective study

Philippe Guerci, Hugo Bellut, Mokhtar Mokhtari, Julie Gaudefroy, Nicolas Mongardon, Claire Charpentier, Guillaume Louis, Parvine Tashk, Clément Dubost, Stanislas Ledochowski, Antoine Kimmoun, Thomas Godet, Julien Pottecher, Jean-Marc Lalot, Emmanuel Novy, David Hajage, Adrien Bouglé, Jean-Michel Constantin, Thomas Godet, Philippe Guerci, Sebastien Perbet, Stanislas Ledochowski

Open Access Research

In-line filtration of intravenous infusion may reduce organ dysfunction of adult critical patients

Elke Schmitt, Patrick Meybohm, Eva Herrmann, Karin Ammersbach, Raphaela Endres, Simone Lindau, Philipp Helmer, Kai Zacharowski, Holger Neb

Open Access Review

The SOFA score—development, utility and challenges of accurate assessment in clinical trials

Simon Lambden, Pierre Francois Laterre, Mitchell M. Levy, Bruno Francois

Open Access Research

Dynamic hyperinflation and intrinsic positive end-expiratory pressure in ARDS patients

Silvia Coppola, Alessio Caccioppola, Sara Froio, Erica Ferrari, Miriam Gotti, Paolo Formenti, Davide Chiumello

Open Access Letter

Early vs. late coronary angiography in cardiac arrest improves survival and preserves renal function: some confounding factors to consider

Sébastien Redant, Yael Langman, Xavier Beretta-Piccoli, David De Bels, Rachid Attou, Patrick M. Honore

Open Access Research

Mortality risk over time after early fluid resuscitation in African children

Elizabeth C. George, Sarah Kiguli, Peter Olupot Olupot, Robert O. Opoka, Charles Engoru, Samuel O. Akech, Richard Nyeko, George Mtove, Ayub Mpoya, Margaret J. Thomason, Jane Crawley, Jennifer A. Evans, Diana M. Gibb, Abdel G. Babiker, Kathryn Maitland, A. Sarah Walker

Open Access Research

Predictive value of transabdominal intestinal sonography in critically ill patients: a prospective observational study

Tao Gao, Min-Hua Cheng, Feng-Chan Xi, Yan Chen, Chun Cao, Ting Su, Wei-Qin Li, Wen-Kui Yu

Open Access Research

Increased β-Lactams dosing regimens improve clinical outcome in critically ill patients with augmented renal clearance treated for a first episode of hospital or ventilator-acquired pneumonia: a before and after study

Cédric Carrié, Grégoire Chadefaux, Noémie Sauvage, Hugues de Courson, Laurent Petit, Karine Nouette-Gaulain, Bruno Pereira, Matthieu Biais

Open Access Research

A comparison of clinical paediatric guidelines for hypotension with population-based lower centiles: a systematic review

Nienke N. Hagedoorn, Joany M. Zachariasse, Henriette A. Moll

Open Access Research

Variability in intensive care unit admission among pregnant and postpartum women in Canada: a nationwide population-based observational study

Kazuyoshi Aoyama, Ruxandra Pinto, Joel G. Ray, Andrea D. Hill, Damon C. Scales, Stephen E. Lapinsky, Michelle Hladunewich, Gareth R. Seaward, Robert A. Fowler

Open Access Research Letter

Oral mucositis as a pathway for fatal outcome among critically ill patients exposed to chlorhexidine: post hoc analysis of a randomized clinical trial

Wanessa Teixeira Bellissimo-Rodrigues, Mayra Gonçalves Menegueti, Leandro Dorigan de Macedo, Anibal Basile-Filho, Roberto Martinez, Fernando Bellissimo-Rodrigues

Open Access Research

Colistin versus meropenem in the empirical treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (Magic Bullet study): an investigator-driven, open-label, randomized, noninferiority controlled trial

José M. Cisneros, Clara María Rosso-Fernández, Cristina Roca-Oporto, Gennaro De Pascale, Silvia Jiménez-Jorge, Esteban Fernández-Hinojosa, Dimitrios K. Matthaiou, Paula Ramírez, Ramón Ortiz Díaz-Miguel, Angel Estella, Massimo Antonelli, George Dimopoulos, José Garnacho-Montero, V. Di Gravio, G. Bello, V. González, R. Leal, A. Puppo, J. A. Lepe, A. Gutiérrez-Pizarraya, E. Villarreal, M. C. Espinosa, M. J. Polanco, M. D. López, M. E. Herrera-Gutiérrez, G. Seller, S. Zakinthinos, S. Malachias, A. Komnos, T. Zafeiridis, R. Sierra, A. González, E. Zakynthinos, L. Alvárez-Rocha, M. Victoria de la Torre, P. J. Domínguez, M. Bitsan, A. Koutsoukou, R. Zaragoza, E. De Roberts, J. M. Allegue, J. Carlos Pozo, G. Nakos, R. Ferrer, I. Pneumatikos, P. Vidal, José M. Cisneros, Clara María Rosso-Fernández, Cristina Roca-Oporto, Gennaro De Pascale, Silvia Jiménez-Jorge, Esteban Fernández-Hinojosa, Dimitrios K. Matthaiou, Paula Ramírez, Ramón Ortiz Díaz-Miguel, Angel Estella, Massimo Antonelli, George Dimopoulos, José Garnacho-Montero

Open Access Research

Murine sepsis phenotypes and differential treatment effects in a randomized trial of prompt antibiotics and fluids

Christopher W. Seymour, Samantha J. Kerti, Anthony J. Lewis, Jason Kennedy, Emily Brant, John E. Griepentrog, Xianghong Zhang, Derek C. Angus, Chung-Chou H. Chang, Matthew R. Rosengart

Open Access Review

Levosimendan in the light of the results of the recent randomized controlled trials: an expert opinion paper

Bernard Cholley, Bruno Levy, Jean-Luc Fellahi, Dan Longrois, Julien Amour, Alexandre Ouattara, Alexandre Mebazaa

Open Access Editorial

How I search for a sepsis source

Jan J. De Waele, Yasser Sakr

Open Access Research

The early change of SOFA score as a prognostic marker of 28-day sepsis mortality: analysis through a derivation and a validation cohort

Eleni Karakike, Evdoxia Kyriazopoulou, Iraklis Tsangaris, Christina Routsi, Jean-Louis Vincent, Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis

Open Access Review

Mechanical ventilation in patients with acute ischaemic stroke: from pathophysiology to clinical practice

Chiara Robba, Giulia Bonatti, Denise Battaglini, Patricia R. M. Rocco, Paolo Pelosi

Open Access Research

Ultrasound-based clinical profiles for predicting the risk of intradialytic hypotension in critically ill patients on intermittent dialysis: a prospective observational study

Rogerio da Hora Passos, Juliana Caldas, Joao Gabriel Rosa Ramos, Erica Batista dos Santos Galvão de Melo, Michel Por Deus Ribeiro, Maria Fernanda Coelho Alves, Paulo Benigno Pena Batista, Octavio Henrique Coelho Messeder, Augusto Manoel de Carvalho de Farias, Etienne Macedo, Jean Jacques Rouby

Open Access Research

The prognostic value of serum procalcitonin measurements in critically injured patients: a systematic review

Aziza N. AlRawahi, Fatma A. AlHinai, Christopher J. Doig, Chad G. Ball, Elijah Dixon, Zhengwen Xiao, Andrew W. Kirkpatrick

Open Access Research

Temporal trends in the use of targeted temperature management after cardiac arrest and association with outcome: insights from the Paris Sudden Death Expertise Centre

Jean-Baptiste Lascarrou, Florence Dumas, Wulfran Bougouin, Richard Chocron, Frankie Beganton, Stephane Legriel, Nadia Aissaoui, Nicolas Deye, Lionel Lamhaut, Daniel Jost, Antoine Vieillard-Baron, Eloi Marijon, Xavier Jouven, Alain Cariou, F. Adnet, J. M. Agostinucci, N. Aissaoui-Balanant, V. Algalarrondo, F. Alla, C. Alonso, W. Amara, D. Annane, C. Antoine, P. Aubry, E. Azoulay, F. Beganton, D. Benhamou, C. Billon, W. Bougouin, J. Boutet, C. Bruel, P. Bruneval, A. Cariou, P. Carli, E. Casalino, C. Cerf, A. Chaib, B. Cholley, Y. Cohen, A. Combes, M. Crahes, D. Da Silva, V. Das, A. Demoule, I. Denjoy, N. Deye, G. Dhonneur, J. L. Diehl, S. Dinanian, L. Domanski, D. Dreyfuss, D. Duboc, J. L. Dubois-Rande, F. Dumas, J. P. Empana, F. Extramiana, M. Fartoukh, F. Fieux, M. Gabbas, E. Gandjbakhch, G. Geri, B. Guidet, F. Halimi, P. Henry, F. Hidden Lucet, P. Jabre, L. Jacob, L. Joseph, D. Jost, X. Jouven, N. Karam, H. Kassim, J. Lacotte, K. Lahlou-Laforet, L. Lamhaut, A. Lanceleur, O. Langeron, T. Lavergne, E. Lecarpentier, A. Leenhardt, N. Lellouche, V. Lemiale, F. Lemoine, F. Linval, T. Loeb, B. Ludes, C. E. Luyt, A. Maltret, N. Mansencal, N. Mansouri, E. Marijon, J. Marty, E. Maury, V. Maxime, B. Megarbane, A. Mekontso-Dessap, H. Mentec, J. P. Mira, X. Monnet, K. Narayanan, N. Ngoyi, M. C. Perier, O. Piot, R. Pirracchio, P. Plaisance, I. Plu, M. Raux, F. Revaux, J. D. Ricard, C. Richard, B. Riou, F. Roussin, F. Santoli, F. Schortgen, A. Sharifzadehgan, G. Sideris, C. Spaulding, J. L. Teboul, J. F. Timsit, J. P. Tourtier, P. Tuppin, C. Ursat, O. Varenne, A. Vieillard-Baron, S. Voicu, K. Wahbi, V. Waldmann

Open Access Research

Cumulative fluid accumulation is associated with the development of acute kidney injury and non-recovery of renal function: a retrospective analysis

Jing Zhang, Siobhan Crichton, Alison Dixon, Nina Seylanova, Zhiyong Y. Peng, Marlies Ostermann

Open Access Research

Epidemiology and prognosis of anti-infective therapy in the ICU setting during acute pancreatitis: a cohort study

Philippe Montravers, Elie Kantor, Jean-Michel Constantin, Jean-Yves Lefrant, Thomas Lescot, Nicolas Nesseler, Catherine Paugam, Matthieu Jabaudon, Hervé Dupont

Open Access Research

Cortisol total/CRP ratio for the prediction of hospital-acquired pneumonia and initiation of corticosteroid therapy in traumatic brain-injured patients

Marwan Bouras, Antoine Roquilly, Pierre-Joachim Mahé, Raphaël Cinotti, Mickaël Vourc’h, Bastien Perrot, Kalyane Bach-Ngohou, Damien Masson, Karim Asehnoune

Open Access Research

Expiratory flow limitation in intensive care: prevalence and risk factors

Carlo Alberto Volta, Francesca Dalla Corte, Riccardo Ragazzi, Elisabetta Marangoni, Alberto Fogagnolo, Gaetano Scaramuzzo, Domenico Luca Grieco, Valentina Alvisi, Chiara Rizzuto, Savino Spadaro

Open Access Review

A meta-analysis of the effects of therapeutic hypothermia in adult patients with traumatic brain injury

Hanbing Chen, Fei Wu, Penglei Yang, Jun Shao, Qihong Chen, Ruiqiang Zheng

Open Access Letter

Interleukin-26 is a promising biomarker of sepsis but is it always reliable?

Patrick M. Honore, Aude Mugisha, Leonel Barreto Gutierrez, Sebastien Redant, Keitiane Kaefer, Andrea Gallerani, David De Bels

Open Access Research

Risk factors for the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome in mechanically ventilated adults in Peru: a multicenter observational study

Ena Gupta, Shakir Hossen, Matthew R. Grigsby, Phabiola Herrera, Rollin Roldan, Enrique Paz, Amador A. Jaymez, Eduardo E. Chirinos, Jose Portugal, Rocio Quispe, Roy G. Brower, William Checkley, Roy G. Brower, Francesca Capanni, Maria A. Caravedo, Jorge Cerna, William Checkley, Eduardo E. Chirinos, Long Davalos, Aldo De Ferrari, Joshua A. Denney, Augusto Dulanto, Phabiola Herrera, Amador A. Jaymez, Nicole Mongilardi, Carmen Paredes, Enrique Paz, Maria Alejandra Pereda, Jose Portugal, Rocio Quispe, Rollin Roldan, Navid Shams

Open Access Research

Initial therapy affects duration of diarrhoea in critically ill patients with Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI)

Carolin F. Manthey, Darja Dranova, Martin Christner, Andreas Drolz, Stefan Kluge, Ansgar W. Lohse, Valentin Fuhrmann

Open Access Research

Plasma sTNFR1 and IL8 for prognostic enrichment in sepsis trials: a prospective cohort study

Brian J. Anderson, Carolyn S. Calfee, Kathleen D. Liu, John P. Reilly, Kirsten N. Kangelaris, Michael G. S. Shashaty, Aili L. Lazaar, Andrew I. Bayliffe, Robert J. Gallop, Todd A. Miano, Thomas G. Dunn, Erik Johansson, Jason Abbott, Alejandra Jauregui, Thomas Deiss, Kathryn Vessel, Annika Belzer, Hanjing Zhuo, Michael A. Matthay, Nuala J. Meyer, Jason D. Christie

Open Access Research

Predicting outcome in patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury using electroencephalography

Marjolein E. Haveman, Michel J. A. M. Van Putten, Harold W. Hom, Carin J. Eertman-Meyer, Albertus Beishuizen, Marleen C. Tjepkema-Cloostermans

Open Access Research

The effect of dexmedetomidine and clonidine on the inflammatory response in critical illness: a systematic review of animal and human studies

Charles A. Flanders, Alistair S. Rocke, Stuart A. Edwardson, J. Kenneth Baillie, Timothy S. Walsh

Open Access Letter

Dysbiosis of the microbiota in neurocritically ill patients associated with coma and death: ammonia as a potential missing link

Patrick M. Honore, Aude Mugisha, Leonel Barreto Gutierrez, Sebastien Redant, Keitiane Kaefer, Andrea Gallerani, David De Bels

Open Access Letter

Optimizing ceftolozane-tazobactam dosage during continuous renal replacement therapy: additional insights

Patrick M. Honore, Aude Mugisha, Leonel Barreto Gutierrez, Sebastien Redant, Keitiane Kaefer, Andrea Gallerani, David De Bels

Open Access Research

Predicting the clinical trajectory in critically ill patients with sepsis: a cohort study

Peter M. C. Klein Klouwenberg, Cristian Spitoni, Tom van der Poll, Marc J. Bonten, Olaf L. Cremer, Jos F. Frencken, Kirsten van de Groep, Marlies E. Koster-Brouwer, David S. Y. Ong, Diana Verboom, Friso M. de Beer, Lieuwe D. J. Bos, Gerie J. Glas, Roosmarijn T. M. van Hooijdonk, Laura R. A. Schouten, Marleen Straat, Esther Witteveen, Luuk Wieske, Arie J. Hoogendijk, Mischa A. Huson, Lonneke A. van Vught

Open Access Research Letter

Improving identification of pulmonary embolism-related out-of-hospital cardiac arrest to optimize thrombolytic therapy during resuscitation

François Javaudin, Jean-Baptiste Lascarrou, Hyacinthe Esquina, Valentine Baert, Hervé Hubert, Brice Leclère, François Javaudin, Jean-Baptiste Lascarrou, Hyacinthe Esquina, Valentine Baert, Hervé Hubert, Brice Leclère

Open Access Research

Development of a biomarker mortality risk model in acute respiratory distress syndrome

Christian Bime, Nancy Casanova, Radu C. Oita, Juliet Ndukum, Heather Lynn, Sara M. Camp, Yves Lussier, Ivo Abraham, Darrick Carter, Edmund J. Miller, Armand Mekontso-Dessap, Charles A. Downs, Joe G. N. Garcia

Open Access Research

The impact of intensive care unit diaries on patients’ and relatives’ outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Bruna Brandao Barreto, Mariana Luz, Marcos Nogueira de Oliveira Rios, Antonio Alberto Lopes, Dimitri Gusmao-Flores

Open Access Research

A longitudinal study highlights shared aspects of the transcriptomic response to cardiogenic and septic shock

Daniele Braga, Matteo Barcella, Antoine Herpain, Federico Aletti, Erik B. Kistler, Bernardo Bollen Pinto, Karim Bendjelid, Cristina Barlassina

Open Access Letter

Outcomes of hospitalized hematologic oncology patients receiving rapid response system activation for acute deterioration: another time, another way

Belén Civantos, José Manuel Añón, Santiago Yus, María José Asensio, Abelardo García-de-Lorenzo

Open Access Editorial

How I use Transcranial Doppler

Chiara Robba, Fabio Silvio Taccone

Open Access Research

Association between hydroxocobalamin administration and acute kidney injury after smoke inhalation: a multicenter retrospective study

François Dépret, Clément Hoffmann, Laura Daoud, Camille Thieffry, Laure Monplaisir, Jules Creveaux, Djillali Annane, Erika Parmentier, Daniel Mathieu, Sandrine Wiramus, Dominique Demeure DIt Latte, Aubin Kpodji, Julien Textoris, Florian Robin, Kada Klouche, Emmanuel Pontis, Guillaume Schnell, François Barbier, Jean-Michel Constantin, Thomas Clavier, Damien du Cheyron, Nicolas Terzi, Bertrand Sauneuf, Emmanuel Guerot, Thomas Lafon, Alexandre Herbland, Bruno Megarbane, Thomas Leclerc, Vincent Mallet, Romain Pirracchio, Matthieu Legrand

Open Access Research

Driving pressure is not associated with mortality in mechanically ventilated patients without ARDS

Michael J. Lanspa, Ithan D. Peltan, Jason R. Jacobs, Jeffrey S. Sorensen, Lori Carpenter, Jeffrey P. Ferraro, Samuel M. Brown, Jay G. Berry, Raj Srivastava, Colin K. Grissom

Open Access Research

Non-pulsatile blood flow is associated with enhanced cerebrovascular carbon dioxide reactivity and an attenuated relationship between cerebral blood flow and regional brain oxygenation

Cecilia Maria Veraar, Harald Rinösl, Karina Kühn, Keso Skhirtladze-Dworschak, Alessia Felli, Mohamed Mouhieddine, Johannes Menger, Ekaterina Pataraia, Hendrik Jan Ankersmit, Martin Dworschak

Open Access Research

Lasting s-ketamine block of spreading depolarizations in subarachnoid hemorrhage: a retrospective cohort study

Edgar Santos, Arturo Olivares-Rivera, Sebastian Major, Renán Sánchez-Porras, Lorenz Uhlmann, Kevin Kunzmann, Roland Zerelles, Modar Kentar, Vasilis Kola, Adrian Hernández Aguilera, Mildred Gutierrez Herrera, Coline L. Lemale, Johannes Woitzik, Jed A. Hartings, Oliver W. Sakowitz, Andreas W. Unterberg, Jens P. Dreier

Open Access Research

Prophylactic use of levosimendan in pediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a prospective randomized controlled trial

Anbiao Wang, Chaomei Cui, Yiou Fan, Jie Zi, Jie Zhang, Guanglai Wang, Fang Wang, Jun Wang, Qi Tan

Open Access Research

Defining benefit threshold for extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in children with sepsis—a binational multicenter cohort study

Luregn J. Schlapbach, Roberto Chiletti, Lahn Straney, Marino Festa, Daniel Alexander, Warwick Butt, Graeme MacLaren, Anusha Ganeshalingam, Claire Sherring, Simon Erickson, Samantha Barr, Andreas Schibler, Debbie Long, Luregn Schlapbach, Jan Alexander, Shane George, Gary Williams, Vicky Smith, Warwick Butt, Carmel Delzoppo, Johnny Millar, Ben Gelbart, Felix Oberender, Subodh Ganu, Georgia Letton, Jonathan Egan, Gail Harper, Marino Festa

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