Ausgabe 3/2012
Inhalt (78 Artikel)
Stenting versus aggressive medical therapy for intracranial arterial stenosis: more harm than good
Muthanna Al Hasan, Raghavan Murugan
Bench-to-bedside review: Neonatal sepsis - redox processes in pathogenesis
Ivan Spasojević, Budimir Obradović, Snežana Spasić
A method for detection and quantification of hydroxyethyl starch in plasma
Gordon P Otto, Bianka Wissuwa, Anne Mehnert, Sascha Marx, Michael Raessler, Wolfgang Lösche, Ralf A Claus, Maik Sossdorf
Micronutrients against oxidative stress - time for clinical recommendations?
Jan Wernerman
The effect of earplugs during the night on the onset of delirium and sleep perception: a randomized controlled trial in intensive care patients
Bart Van Rompaey, Monique M Elseviers, Wim Van Drom, Veronique Fromont, Philippe G Jorens
Insulin therapy improves protein metabolism in the critically ill
Elena Bogdanovic, Marc G Jeschke
ROTEM®-guided coagulation factor concentrate therapy in trauma: 2-year experience in Venice, Italy
Alberto Grassetto, Marco De Nardin, Bernadetta Ganzerla, Monica Geremia, Debora Saggioro, Elena Serafini, Silvia Zampieri, Manuela Toffoli, Daniele Penzo, Antonio Bossi, Carlo Maggiolo
New strategies to manage complicated pleural effusions
Majed Safiyeh, David Huang
Effects of non-neurological complications on traumatic brain injury outcome
Kimberly S Meyer, Maxwell Boakye, Donald W Marion
Contrast-induced nephropathy: attributable incidence and potential harm
LilianPires de Freitas do Carmo, Etienne Macedo
Effects of increasing compliance with minimal sedation on duration of mechanical ventilation: a quality improvement intervention
Andre CKB Amaral, Lars Kure, Angie Jeffs
The prognostic value of left ventricular systolic function measured by tissue Doppler imaging in septic shock
Li Weng, Yong-tai Liu, Bin Du, Jian-fang Zhou, Xiao-xiao Guo, Jin-min Peng, Xiao-yun Hu, Shu-yang Zhang, Quan Fang, Wen-ling Zhu
Impact of intensive care unit admission during morning bedside rounds and mortality: a multi-center retrospective cohort study
IvensAugusto O de Souza, Constantine J Karvellas, RT Noel Gibney, Sean M Bagshaw
Obese trauma patients are at increased risk of early hypovolemic shock: a retrospective cohort analysis of 1,084 severely injured patients
Jana Nelson, Adrian T Billeter, Burkhardt Seifert, Valentin Neuhaus, Otmar Trentz, Christoph K Hofer, Matthias Turina
Bench-to-bedside review: Rapid molecular diagnostics for bloodstream infection - a new frontier?
Arash Afshari, Jacques Schrenzel, Margareta Ieven, Stephan Harbarth
Brain natriuretic peptide for prediction of mortality in patients with sepsis: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Fei Wang, Youping Wu, Lu Tang, Weimin Zhu, Feng Chen, Tao Xu, Lulong Bo, Jinbao Li, Xiaoming Deng
Metformin overdose, but not lactic acidosis per se, inhibits oxygen consumption in pigs
Alessandro Protti, Francesco Fortunato, Massimo Monti, Sarah Vecchio, Stefano Gatti, Giacomo P Comi, Rachele De Giuseppe, Luciano Gattinoni
Early course of microcirculatory perfusion in eye and digestive tract during hypodynamic sepsis
Andrius Pranskunas, Vidas Pilvinis, Zilvinas Dambrauskas, Renata Rasimaviciute, Rita Planciuniene, Paulius Dobozinskas, Vincentas Veikutis, Dinas Vaitkaitis, E Christiaan Boerma
A pilot prospective study on closed loop controlled ventilation and oxygenation in ventilated children during the weaning phase
Philippe Jouvet, Allen Eddington, Valérie Payen, Alice Bordessoule, Guillaume Emeriaud, Ricardo Lopez Gasco, Marc Wysocki
Transthoracic Echocardiography with Doppler Tissue Imaging predicts weaning failure from mechanical ventilation: evolution of the left ventricle relaxation rate during a spontaneous breathing trial is the key factor in weaning outcome
Sébastien Moschietto, Denis Doyen, Ludovic Grech, Jean Dellamonica, Hervé Hyvernat, Gilles Bernardin
Evaluation of a new pocket echoscopic device for focused cardiac ultrasonography in an emergency setting
Matthieu Biais, Cédric Carrié, François Delaunay, Nicolas Morel, Philippe Revel, Gérard Janvier
The intravascular volume effect of Ringer's lactate is below 20%: a prospective study in humans
Matthias Jacob, Daniel Chappell, Klaus Hofmann-Kiefer, Tobias Helfen, Anna Schuelke, Barbara Jacob, Alexander Burges, Peter Conzen, Markus Rehm
Number needed to treat and cost-effectiveness in the prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia
Duncan Wyncoll, Luigi Camporota
Red cell distribution width improves the simplified acute physiology score for risk prediction in unselected critically ill patients
Sabina Hunziker, Leo A Celi, Joon Lee, Michael D Howell
Elevated plasma levels of heparin-binding protein in intensive care unit patients with severe sepsis and septic shock
Adam Linder, Per Åkesson, Malin Inghammar, Carl-Johan Treutiger, Anna Linnér, Jonas Sundén-Cullberg
Antipsychotic use and diagnosis of delirium in the intensive care unit
Joshua T Swan, Kalliopi Fitousis, Jeffrey B Hall, S Rob Todd, Krista L Turner
Multiple injuries after earthquakes: a retrospective analysis on 1,871 injured patients from the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake
Zhao Lu-Ping, Jose Manuel Rodriguez-Llanes, Wu Qi, Barbara van den Oever, Lina Westman, Manuel Albela, Pan Liang, Chen Gao, Zhang De-Sheng, Melany Hughes, Johan von Schreeb, Debarati Guha-Sapir
Assessment of hemodynamic efficacy and safety of 6% hydroxyethylstarch 130/0.4 vs. 0.9% NaCl fluid replacement in patients with severe sepsis: The CRYSTMAS study
Bertrand Guidet, Olivier Martinet, Thierry Boulain, Francois Philippart, Jean François Poussel, Julien Maizel, Xavier Forceville, Marc Feissel, Michel Hasselmann, Alexandra Heininger, Hugo Van Aken
Noninvasive mechanical ventilation for very old patients with limitations of care: is the ICU the most appropriate setting?
Raffaele Scala, Antonio Esquinas
Plasma sRAGE enables prediction of acute lung injury after cardiac surgery in children
XiWang Liu, QiXing Chen, ShanShan Shi, Zhuo Shi, Ru Lin, LinHua Tan, JianGen Yu, Qiang Shu, XiangMing Fang
Does gender influence outcomes in critically ill patients?
Martin K Angele, Sebastian Pratschke, Irshad H Chaudry
Combining intermediate levels of the Endotoxin Activity Assay (EAA) with other biomarkers in the assessment of patients with sepsis: results of an observational study
Arino Yaguchi, Junji Yuzawa, David J Klein, Munekasu Takeda, Tomoyuki Harada
Implications of endotracheal tube biofilm in ventilator-associated pneumonia response: a state of concept
Sara Gil-Perotin, Paula Ramirez, Veronica Marti, Jose Miguel Sahuquillo, Eva Gonzalez, Isabel Calleja, Rosario Menendez, Juan Bonastre
Beyond winning: mediation, conflict resolution, and non-rational sources of conflict in the ICU
Kerry Knickle, Nancy McNaughton, James Downar
Clinical review: Early treatment of acute lung injury - paradigm shift toward prevention and treatment prior to respiratory failure
Joseph E Levitt, Michael A Matthay
Exercise rehabilitation following hospital discharge in survivors of critical illness: an integrative review
Bronwen Connolly, Linda Denehy, Stephen Brett, Doug Elliott, Nicholas Hart
Clinical review: Clinical imaging of the sublingual microcirculation in the critically ill - where do we stand?
Rick Bezemer, Sebastiaan A Bartels, Jan Bakker, Can Ince
Association of gender with outcomes in critically ill patients
Kamran Mahmood, Kamal Eldeirawi, Momen M Wahidi
Total-to-ionized calcium ratio predicts mortality in continuous renal replacement therapy with citrate anticoagulation in critically ill patients
Andreas Link, Matthias Klingele, Timo Speer, Ranja Rbah, Janine Pöss, Anne Lerner-Gräber, Danilo Fliser, Michael Böhm
Crystalloids versus colloids during acute normovolemic anemia: the quest continues...
Karl Schebesta, Oliver Kimberger
Clinical review: Update on neurally adjusted ventilatory assist - report of a round-table conference
Nicolas Terzi, Lise Piquilloud, Hadrien Rozé, Alain Mercat, Frédéric Lofaso, Stéphane Delisle, Philippe Jolliet, Thierry Sottiaux, Didier Tassaux, Jean Roesler, Alexandre Demoule, Samir Jaber, Jordi Mancebo, Laurent Brochard, Jean-Christophe Marie Richard
Early versus late parenteral nutrition in ICU patients: cost analysis of the EPaNIC trial
Simon Vanderheyden, Michael P Casaer, Katrien Kesteloot, Steven Simoens, Thomas De Rijdt, Guido Peers, Pieter J Wouters, Jocelijn Coenegrachts, Tine Grieten, Katleen Polders, Ann Maes, Alexander Wilmer, Jasperina Dubois, Greet Van den Berghe, Dieter Mesotten
Mechanical insufflation-exsufflation in prevention of post-extubation acute respiratory failure: most welcome but must be used cautiously in critically ill patients
Antonio M Esquinas Rodriguez, Egbert Pravinkumar
Sequential C-reactive protein measurements in patients with serious infections: does it help?
Suzana M Lobo
Higher vs. lower fluid volume for septic shock: clinical characteristics and outcome in unselected patients in a prospective, multicenter cohort
Søren H Smith, Anders Perner
CD4+ T-lymphocyte alterations in trauma patients
Aurélie Gouel-Chéron, Fabienne Venet, Bernard Allaouchiche, Guillaume Monneret
Echographic evaluation of ICU patients with tissue Doppler imaging: more studies and more consensus are still needed
Jérôme Fichet, Benjamin Sztrymf, Frédéric M Jacobs
First do no harm: surrogate endpoints and the lesson of β-agonists in acute lung injury
Pradeep H Lakshminarayana, Jeremy M Kahn
Comparison of accuracy of optic nerve ultrasound for the detection of intracranial hypertension in the setting of acutely fluctuating vs stable intracranial pressure: post-hoc analysis of data from a prospective, blinded single center study
Venkatakrishna Rajajee, Jeffrey James Fletcher, Lauryn Renee Rochlen, Teresa Lee Jacobs
Clinical validation of a new thermodilution system for the assessment of cardiac output and volumetric parameters
Nicholas Kiefer, Christoph K Hofer, Gernot Marx, Martin Geisen, Raphaël Giraud, Nils Siegenthaler, Andreas Hoeft, Karim Bendjelid, Steffen Rex
Fluid overload and changes in serum creatinine after cardiac surgery: predictors of mortality and longer intensive care stay. A prospective cohort study
Anna Stein, Lucas Vieira de Souza, Cassian Rodrigues Belettini, Willian Roberto Menegazzo, Júlio Rosales Viégas, Edemar Manuel Costa Pereira, Renato Eick, Lilian Araújo, Fernanda Consolim-Colombo, Maria Cláudia Irigoyen
Electrocardiographic changes in therapeutic hypothermia
Corina L Rolfast, Erik J Lust, Carel C de Cock
Impact of whole-body computed tomography on mortality and surgical management of severe blunt trauma
Jean-Michel Yeguiayan, Anabelle Yap, Marc Freysz, Delphine Garrigue, Claude Jacquot, Claude Martin, Christine Binquet, Bruno Riou, Claire Bonithon-Kopp
Should heparin-binding protein levels be routinely monitored in patients with severe sepsis and septic shock?
Michal Holub, Ondřj Beran
Hospital survey of point-of-care lung ultrasound use in the assessment of peri-operative and critically ill patients
Kelvin Lam, David Canty, Colin Royse, Alistair Royse
Blood transfusions increase circulating plasma free hemoglobin levels and plasma nitric oxide consumption: a prospective observational pilot study
Iris C Vermeulen Windsant, Norbert CJ de Wit, Jonas TC Sertorio, Erik AM Beckers, Jose E Tanus-Santos, Michael J Jacobs, Wim A Buurman
Tranexamic acid: less bleeding and less thrombosis?
Anne Godier, Ian Roberts, Beverley J Hunt
Fluid resuscitation in septic shock: too much, too little or just right?
John R Prowle
Endotracheal intubation using the C-MAC® video laryngoscope or the Macintosh laryngoscope: A prospective, comparative study in the ICU
Ruediger R Noppens, Stephanie Geimer, Nicole Eisel, Matthias David, Tim Piepho
Four hour creatinine clearance is better than plasma creatinine for monitoring renal function in critically ill patients
John W Pickering, Christopher M Frampton, Robert J Walker, Geoffrey M Shaw, Zoltán H Endre
The importance of colonization pressure in multiresistant Acinetobacter baumannii acquisition in a Greek intensive care unit
Kostoula Arvaniti, Dimitrios Lathyris, Raymond Ruimy, Anna-Bettina Haidich, Vasiliki Koulourida, Pavlos Nikolaidis, Dimitrios Matamis, Spiros Miyakis
Should lower respiratory tract secretions from intensive care patients be systematically screened for influenza virus during the influenza season?
Maddalena Giannella, Belen Rodríguez-Sánchez, Paula López Roa, Pilar Catalán, Patricia Muñoz, Darío García de Viedma, Emilio Bouza
Association between hospital volume and network membership and an analgesia, sedation and delirium order set quality score: a cohort study
Christopher R Dale, Shailaja J Hayden, Miriam M Treggiari, J Randall Curtis, Christopher W Seymour, N David Yanez III, Vincent S Fan
Prediction of cardiac arrest in critically ill patients presenting to the emergency department using a machine learning score incorporating heart rate variability compared with the modified early warning score
Marcus Eng Hock Ong, Christina Hui Lee Ng, Ken Goh, Nan Liu, Zhi Xiong Koh, Nur Shahidah, Tong Tong Zhang, Stephanie Fook-Chong, Zhiping Lin
Assessment of candidemia-attributable mortality in critically ill patients using propensity score matching analysis
Francisco J González de Molina, Cristóbal León, Sergio Ruiz-Santana, Pedro Saavedra
The top cited clinical research articles on sepsis: a bibliometric analysis
Tianzhu Tao, Xiaohong Zhao, Jingsheng Lou, Lulong Bo, Fei Wang, Jinbao Li, Xiaoming Deng
Regional citrate anticoagulation in cardiac surgery patients at high risk of bleeding: a continuous veno-venous hemofiltration protocol with a low concentration citrate solution
Santo Morabito, Valentina Pistolesi, Luigi Tritapepe, Laura Zeppilli, Francesca Polistena, Emanuela Strampelli, Alessandro Pierucci
A prospective analysis of lymphocyte phenotype and function over the course of acute sepsis
Jonathan S Boomer, Jennifer Shuherk-Shaffer, Richard S Hotchkiss, Jonathan M Green
Probiotics' effects on the incidence of nosocomial pneumonia in critically ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Kai-xiong Liu, Ying-gang Zhu, Jing Zhang, Li-li Tao, Jae-Woo Lee, Xiao-dan Wang, Jie-ming Qu
Clinical and microbiological efficacy of continuous versus intermittent application of meropenem in critically ill patients: a randomized open-label controlled trial
Ivan Chytra, Martin Stepan, Jan Benes, Petr Pelnar, Alexandra Zidkova, Tamara Bergerova, Richard Pradl, Eduard Kasal
Gender differences in psychological morbidity and treatment in intensive care survivors - a cohort study
Anna Schandl, Matteo Bottai, Elisabeth Hellgren, Örjan Sundin, Peter Sackey