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Critical Care

Ausgabe 4/2010

Inhalt (77 Artikel)

Review

Bench to bedside: A role for erythropoietin in sepsis

Andrew P Walden, Duncan J Young, Edward Sharples

Review

Bench-to-bedside review: Chloride in critical illness

Nor'azim Mohd Yunos, Rinaldo Bellomo, David Story, John Kellum

Commentary

Pulse pressure analysis: to make a long story short

Maurizio Cecconi, Andrew Rhodes

Journal club critique

NGAL: an emerging tool for predicting severity of AKI is easily detected by a clinical assay

Wes Gabbard, Eric B Milbrandt, John A Kellum

Viewpoint

Concepts in hypoxia reborn

Daniel S Martin, Maryam Khosravi, Mike PW Grocott, Michael G Mythen

Letter

Electrical muscle stimulation for prevention of critical illness polyneuropathy

Pablo O Rodriguez, Mariano Setten, Ricardo Valentini

Commentary

Macrolides and community-acquired pneumonia: is quorum sensing the key?

Matt P Wise, David W Williams, Michael AO Lewis, Paul J Frost

Commentary

Does low angiopoietin-1 predict adverse outcome in sepsis?

Sascha David, Matijs van Meurs, Philipp Kümpers

Open Access Research

Insufficient β-lactam concentrations in the early phase of severe sepsis and septic shock

Fabio Silvio Taccone, Pierre-François Laterre, Thierry Dugernier, Herbert Spapen, Isabelle Delattre, Xavier Wittebole, Daniel De Backer, Brice Layeux, Pierre Wallemacq, Jean-Louis Vincent, Frédérique Jacobs

Commentary

Hot times in the intensive care unit

Edward Abraham

Commentary

Atrial fibrillation is not just an artefact in the ICU

Philippe Seguin, Yoann Launey

Open Access Research

Increased duration of mechanical ventilation is associated with decreased diaphragmatic force: a prospective observational study

Greet Hermans, Anouk Agten, Dries Testelmans, Marc Decramer, Ghislaine Gayan-Ramirez

Open Access Research

Commonly applied positive end-expiratory pressures do not prevent functional residual capacity decline in the setting of intra-abdominal hypertension: a pig model

Adrian Regli, Lisen E Hockings, Gabrielle C Musk, Brigit Roberts, Bill Noffsinger, Bhajan Singh, Peter V van Heerden

Open Access Research

Time course of nitric oxide synthases, nitrosative stress, and poly(ADP ribosylation) in an ovine sepsis model

Matthias Lange, Rhykka Connelly, Daniel L Traber, Atsumori Hamahata, Yoshimitsu Nakano, Aimalohi Esechie, Collette Jonkam, Sanna von Borzyskowski, Lillian D Traber, Frank C Schmalstieg, David N Herndon, Perenlei Enkhbaatar

Review

Clinical review: Intra-abdominal hypertension: does it influence the physiology of prone ventilation?

Andrew W Kirkpatrick, Paolo Pelosi, Jan J De Waele, Manu LNG Malbrain, Chad G Ball, Maureen O Meade, Henry T Stelfox, Kevin B Laupland

Review

Bench-to-bedside review: Glucose and stress conditions in the intensive care unit

Marie-Reine Losser, Charles Damoisel, Didier Payen

Open Access Research

Proven infection-related sepsis induces a differential stress response early after ICU admission

Olivier Lesur, Jean-Francois Roussy, Frederic Chagnon, Nicole Gallo-Payet, Robert Dumaine, Philippe Sarret, Ahmed Chraibi, Lucie Chouinard, Bruno Hogue

Open Access Research

Physicians' and nurses' opinions on selective decontamination of the digestive tract and selective oropharyngeal decontamination: a survey

Irene P Jongerden, AnneMarie G de Smet, Jan A Kluytmans, Leo F te Velde, Paul J Dennesen, Ronald M Wesselink, Martijn P Bouw, Rob Spanjersberg, Diana Bogaers-Hofman, Nardo J van der Meer, Jaap W de Vries, Karin Kaasjager, Mat van Iterson, Georg H Kluge, Tjip S van der Werf, Hubertus I Harinck, Alexander J Bindels, Peter Pickkers, Marc J Bonten

Open Access Research

Upregulation of the pro-apoptotic genes BID and FAS in septic shock patients

Fanny Turrel-Davin, Caroline Guignant, Alain Lepape, Bruno Mougin, Guillaume Monneret, Fabienne Venet

Open Access Research

Updating the evidence for the role of corticosteroids in severe sepsis and septic shock: a Bayesian meta-analytic perspective

John L Moran, Petra L Graham, Sue Rockliff, Andrew D Bersten

Letter

Assessment of monocytic HLA-DR expression in ICU patients: analytical issues for multicentric flow cytometry studies

Guillaume Monneret, Fabienne Venet, Christian Meisel, Joerg C Schefold

Open Access Research

Computed tomography assessment of exogenous surfactant-induced lung reaeration in patients with acute lung injury

Qin Lu, Mao Zhang, Cassio Girardi, Belaïd Bouhemad, Jozef Kesecioglu, Jean-Jacques Rouby

Commentary

Diaphragm weakness and mechanical ventilation - what's the critical issue?

Leigh Ann Callahan, Gerald S Supinski

Open Access Research

Predictors for good functional outcome after neurocritical care

Ines C Kiphuth, Peter D Schellinger, Martin Köhrmann, Jürgen Bardutzky, Hannes Lücking, Stephan Kloska, Stefan Schwab, Hagen B Huttner

Open Access Research

Positive end-expiratory pressure affects the value of intra-abdominal pressure in acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome patients: a pilot study

Daniel Verzilli, Jean-Michel Constantin, Mustapha Sebbane, Gérald Chanques, Boris Jung, Pierre-François Perrigault, Manu Malbrain, Samir Jaber

Letter

Is routine autopsy in the intensive care unit viable? Authors' response

Greet Yvonne Agnes De Vlieger, Elien Marie Jeanne Lia Mahieu, Wouter Meersseman

Open Access Research

Standardized intensive care unit management in an anhepatic pig model: new standards for analyzing liver support systems

Christian Thiel, Karolin Thiel, Alexander Etspueler, Thomas Schenk, Matthias H Morgalla, Alfred Koenigsrainer, Martin Schenk

Commentary

Assessing the quantity of pulmonary edema in critically ill children

Daniel F McAuley, Lisa M Brown, Michael A Matthay

Commentary

Is enough oxygen too much?

Paul T Schumacker

Letter

Understanding immune dysfunctions in sepsis patients

Eduardo López-Collazo, Vanesa Gómez-Piña, Francisco Arnalich

Open Access Research

APCAP - activated protein C in acute pancreatitis: a double-blind randomized human pilot trial

Ville Pettilä, Lea Kyhälä, Marja-Leena Kylänpää, Ari Leppäniemi, Minna Tallgren, Antti Markkola, Pauli Puolakkainen, Heikki Repo, Esko Kemppainen

Book report

Critical Care Medicine: The Essentials

Daniel De Backer

Open Access Research

Cerebral microcirculation is impaired during sepsis: an experimental study

Fabio Silvio Taccone, Fuhong Su, Charalampos Pierrakos, Xinrong He, Syril James, Olivier Dewitte, Jean-Louis Vincent, Daniel De Backer

Open Access Research

Bedside quantification of dead-space fraction using routine clinical data in patients with acute lung injury: secondary analysis of two prospective trials

Hassan Siddiki, Marija Kojicic, Guangxi Li, Murat Yilmaz, Taylor B Thompson, Rolf D Hubmayr, Ognjen Gajic

Open Access Research

Early administration of norepinephrine increases cardiac preload and cardiac output in septic patients with life-threatening hypotension

Olfa Hamzaoui, Jean-François Georger, Xavier Monnet, Hatem Ksouri, Julien Maizel, Christian Richard, Jean-Louis Teboul

Open Access Research

Simvastatin attenuates ventilator-induced lung injury in mice

Holger C Müller, Katharina Hellwig, Simone Rosseau, Thomas Tschernig, Andreas Schmiedl, Birgitt Gutbier, Bernd Schmeck, Stefan Hippenstiel, Harm Peters, Lars Morawietz, Norbert Suttorp, Martin Witzenrath

Open Access Research

Retrospective agreement and consent to neurocritical care is influenced by functional outcome

Ines C Kiphuth, Martin Köhrmann, Joji B Kuramatsu, Christoph Mauer, Lorenz Breuer, Peter D Schellinger, Stefan Schwab, Hagen B Huttner

Open Access Research

Impact of the factor V Leiden mutation on the outcome of pneumococcal pneumonia: a controlled laboratory study

Marcel Schouten, Cornelis van't Veer, Joris JTH Roelofs, Marcel Levi, Tom van der Poll

Open Access Research

The impact of delirium on the prediction of in-hospital mortality in intensive care patients

Mark van den Boogaard, Sanne AE Peters, Johannes G van der Hoeven, Pieter C Dagnelie, Pieter Leffers, Peter Pickkers, Lisette Schoonhoven

Open Access Research

Treatment of hypophosphatemia in the intensive care unit: a review

Daniël A Geerse, Alexander J Bindels, Michael A Kuiper, Arnout N Roos, Peter E Spronk, Marcus J Schultz

Open Access Research

Mortality associated with administration of high-dose tranexamic acid and aprotinin in primary open-heart procedures: a retrospective analysis

Michael Sander, Claudia D Spies, Viktoria Martiny, Christoph Rosenthal, Klaus-Dieter Wernecke, Christian von Heymann

Open Access Research

Central venous oxygen saturation and blood lactate levels during cardiopulmonary bypass are associated with outcome after pediatric cardiac surgery

Marco Ranucci, Giuseppe Isgrò, Concetta Carlucci, Teresa De La Torre, Stefania Enginoli, Alessandro Frigiola

Open Access Research

Haemodynamic optimisation improves tissue microvascular flow and oxygenation after major surgery: a randomised controlled trial

Shaman Jhanji, Amanda Vivian-Smith, Susana Lucena-Amaro, David Watson, Charles J Hinds, Rupert M Pearse

Open Access Research

Sepsis is a major determinant of outcome in critically ill HIV/AIDS patients

André M Japiassú, Rodrigo T Amâncio, Emerson C Mesquita, Denise M Medeiros, Helena B Bernal, Estevão P Nunes, Paula M Luz, Beatriz Grinsztejn, Fernando A Bozza

Open Access Research

The use of exenatide in severely burned pediatric patients

Gabriel A Mecott, David N Herndon, Gabriela A Kulp, Natasha C Brooks, Ahmed M Al-Mousawi, Robert Kraft, Haidy G Rivero, Felicia N Williams, Ludwik K Branski, Marc G Jeschke

Open Access Research

Organ failure and tight glycemic control in the SPRINT study

J Geoffrey Chase, Christopher G Pretty, Leesa Pfeifer, Geoffrey M Shaw, Jean-Charles Preiser, Aaron J Le Compte, Jessica Lin, Darren Hewett, Katherine T Moorhead, Thomas Desaive

Open Access Research

Who benefits most from mild therapeutic hypothermia in coronary intervention era? A retrospective and propensity-matched study

Eisuke Kagawa, Ichiro Inoue, Takuji Kawagoe, Masaharu Ishihara, Yuji Shimatani, Satoshi Kurisu, Yasuharu Nakama, Kazuoki Dai, Takayuki Otani, Hiroki Ikenaga, Yoshimasa Morimoto, Kentaro Ejiri, Nozomu Oda

Open Access Research

Human protein C concentrate in the treatment of purpura fulminans: a retrospective analysis of safety and outcome in 94 pediatric patients

Alex Veldman, Doris Fischer, Flora Y Wong, Wolfhart Kreuz, Michael Sasse, Bruno Eberspächer, Ulrich Mansmann, Rudolf Schosser

Open Access Research

Interferon-β attenuates lung inflammation following experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage

Pieter M Cobelens, Ivo ACW Tiebosch, Rick M Dijkhuizen, Peter H van der Meide, René Zwartbol, Cobi J Heijnen, Jozef Kesecioglu, Walter M van den Bergh

Open Access Research

Evaluation of pathogen detection from clinical samples by real-time polymerase chain reaction using a sepsis pathogen DNA detection kit

Katsunori Yanagihara, Yuko Kitagawa, Masao Tomonaga, Kunihiro Tsukasaki, Shigeru Kohno, Masafumi Seki, Hisashi Sugimoto, Takeshi Shimazu, Osamu Tasaki, Asako Matsushima, Yasuo Ikeda, Shinichiro Okamoto, Naoki Aikawa, Shingo Hori, Hideaki Obara, Akitoshi Ishizaka, Naoki Hasegawa, Junzo Takeda, Shimeru Kamihira, Kazuyuki Sugahara, Seishi Asari, Mitsuru Murata, Yoshio Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Ginba, Yoshinobu Sumiyama, Masaki Kitajima

Open Access Research

Bacterial flagellin elicits widespread innate immune defense mechanisms, apoptotic signaling, and a sepsis-like systemic inflammatory response in mice

Joëlle Rolli, Noureddine Loukili, Sandra Levrand, Nathalie Rosenblatt-Velin, Stéphanie Rignault-Clerc, Bernard Waeber, François Feihl, Pal Pacher, Lucas Liaudet

Open Access Research

Withdrawing intra-aortic balloon pump support paradoxically improves microvascular flow

Luuk DH Munsterman, Paul WG Elbers, Alaattin Ozdemir, Eric PA van Dongen, Mat van Iterson, Can Ince

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