Intensive Care Medicine 12/2019

Seven-Day Profile Publication

Effect of lung recruitment maneuver on oxygenation, physiological parameters and mortality in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Joris Pensier, Audrey de Jong, Zied Hajjej, Nicolas Molinari, Julie Carr, Fouad Belafia, Gérald Chanques, Emmanuel Futier, Elie Azoulay, Samir Jaber

Open Access Original

Epidemiology of intra-abdominal infection and sepsis in critically ill patients: “AbSeS”, a multinational observational cohort study and ESICM Trials Group Project

Stijn Blot, Massimo Antonelli, Kostoula Arvaniti, Koen Blot, Ben Creagh-Brown, Dylan de Lange, Jan De Waele, Mieke Deschepper, Yalim Dikmen, George Dimopoulos, Christian Eckmann, Guy Francois, Massimo Girardis, Despoina Koulenti, Sonia Labeau, Jeffrey Lipman, Fernando Lipovestky, Emilio Maseda, Philippe Montravers, Adam Mikstacki, José-Artur Paiva, Cecilia Pereyra, Jordi Rello, Jean-Francois Timsit, Dirk Vogelaers, Amin Lamrous, Cecilia Pereyra, Fernando Lipovestky, Despoina Koulenti, Jan De Waele, Joao Rezende-Neto, Yenny Cardenas, Tomas Vymazal, Hans Fjeldsoee-Nielsen, Philippe Montravers, Matthias Kott, Arvaniti Kostoula, Yash Javeri, Massimo Girardis, Sharon Einav, Dylan de Lange, Luis Daniel Umezawa Makikado, Adam Mikstacki, José-Artur Paiva, Dana Tomescu, Alexey Gritsan, Bojan Jovanovic, Kumaresh Venkatesan, Tomislav Mirkovic, Emilio Maseda, Yalim Dikmen, Benedict Creagh-Brown, Amin Lamrous, Monica Emmerich, Mariana Canale, Lorena Silvina Dietz, Santiago Ilutovich, John Thomas Sanchez Miñope, Ramona Baldomera Silva, Martin Alexis Montenegro, Patricio Martin, Pablo Saul, Viviana Chediack, Giselle Sutton, Rocio Couce, Carina Balasini, Susana Gonzalez, Florencia Maria Lascar, Emiliano Jorge Descotte, Natalia Soledad Gumiela, Carina Alejandra Pino, Cristian Cesio, Emanuel Valgolio, Eleonora Cunto, Cecilia Dominguez, Fernando Lipovestky, Nydia Funes Nelson, Esteban Martin Abegao, Cecilia Pereyra, Norberto Christian Pozo, Luciana Bianchi, Enrique Correger, Maria Laura Pastorino, Erica Aurora Miyazaki, Norberto Christian Pozo, Nicolas Grubissich, Mariel Garcia, Natalia Bonetto, Noelia Elizabeth Quevedo, Cristina Delia Gomez, Felipe Queti, Luis Gonzalez Estevarena, Ruben Fernandez, Ignacio Santolaya, Norberto Christian Pozo, Sergio Hugo Grangeat, Juan Doglia, Graciela Zakalik, Carlos Pellegrini, Maria Monserrat Lloria, Mercedes Esteban Chacon, Mariela Fumale, Mariela Leguizamon, Irene Beatriz Hidalgo, Roberto Julian Tiranti, Paola Capponi, Agustin Tita, Luis Cardonnet, Lisandro Bettini, Agñel Ramos, Luciano Lovesio, Edith Miriam Miranda, Angelica Beatriz Farfan, Carina Tolosa, Lise Segura, Adelina Bellocchio, Brian Alvarez, Adriana Manzur, Rodolfo Lujan, Natalia Fernandez, Nahuel Scarone, Alan Zazu, Carina Groh, Jason Fletcher, Julie Smith, Raman Azad, Nitin Chavan, Helen Wong, Mark Kol, Lewis Campbell, Despoina Koulenti, Therese Starr, Brigit Roberts, Bradley Wibrow, Timothy Warhurst, Meher Chinthamuneedi, Bernal Buitrago Ferney, Marc Simon, Daniel De Backer, Xavier Wittebole, David De Bels, Vincent Collin, Karolien Dams, Philippe Jorens, Jan De Waele, Jasperina Dubois, Jan Gunst, Lionel Haentjens, Nicolas De Schryver, Thierry Dugernier, Joao Rezende-Neto, Sandro Rizoli, Paul Santillan, Yi Han, Ewelina Biskup, Changjing Qu, Xinyu Li, Tao Yu, Lu Weihua, Daniel Molano-Franco, José Rojas, Juan Mauricio Pardo Oviedo, Dario Pinilla, Yenny Cardenas, Edgar Celis, Mario Arias, Anita Vukovic, Maja Vudrag, Matija Belavic, Josip Zunic, Janja Kuharic, Irena Bozanic Kricka, Ina Filipovic-Grcic, Boris Tomasevic, Melanija Obraz, Bruna Bodulica, Martin Dohnal, Jan Malaska, Milan Kratochvil, Igor Satinsky, Peter Schwarz, Zdenek Kos, Ladislav Blahut, Jan Maca, Marek Protus, Eva Kieslichová, Louise Gramstrup Nielsen, Birgitte Marianne Krogh, Francisco Rivadeneira, Freddy Morales, José Mora, Alexandra Saraguro Orozco, Diego Rolando MorochoTutillo, Nelson Remache Vargas, Estuardo Salgado Yepez, Boris Villamagua, Adel Alsisi, Abdelraouf Fahmy, Hervé Dupont, Sigismond Lasocki, Catherine Paugam-Burtz, Arnaud Foucrier, Alexandru Nica, Geneviève Barjon, Jihad Mallat, Guillaume Marcotte, Marc Leone, Gary Duclos, Philippe Burtin, Philippe Montravers, Enora Atchade, Yazine Mahjoub, Benoît Misset, Jean-François Timsit, Claire Dupuis, Benoît Veber, Matthieu Debarre, Oliver Collange, Julien Pottecher, Stephane Hecketsweiler, Mélanie Fromentin, Antoine Tesnière, Christian Koch, Michael Sander, Matthias Kott, Gunnar Elke, Hermann Wrigge, Philipp Simon, Anthoula Chalkiadaki, Charalampos Tzanidakis, Ioannis Pneumatikos, Eleni Sertaridou, Zafiria Mastora, Ioannis Pantazopoulos, Metaxia Papanikolaou, Theonymfi Papavasilopoulou, John Floros, Virginia Kolonia, George Dimopoulos, Chryssa Diakaki, Michael Rallis, Alexandra Paridou, Alexandros Kalogeromitros, Vasiliki Romanou, Charikleia Nikolaou, Katerina Kounougeri, Evdoxia Tsigou, Vasiliki Psallida, Niki Karampela, Konstantinos Mandragos, Eftychia Kontoudaki, Alexandra Pentheroudaki, Christos Farazi-Chongouki, Agathi Karakosta, Isaac Chouris, Vasiliki Radu, Polychronis Malliotakis, Sofia Kokkini, Eliana Charalambous, Aikaterini Kyritsi, Vasilios Koulouras, Georgios Papathanakos, Eva Nagky, Clairi Lampiri, Fotios Tsimpoukas, Ioannis Sarakatsanos, Panagiotis Georgakopoulos, Ifigeneia Ravani, Athanasios Prekates, Konstantinos Sakellaridis, Christos Christopoulos, Efstratia Vrettou, Konstantinos Stokkos, Anastasia Pentari, Kostoula Arvaniti, Kyriaki Marmanidou, Christina Kydona, Georgios Tsoumaropoulos, Militisa Bitzani, Paschalina Kontou, Antonios Voudouris, Elli-Nikki, Flioni, Elli Antypa, Eleftheria Chasou, Souzana Anisoglou, Eirini Papageorgiou, Theoniki Paraforou, Agoritsa Tsioka, Antigoni Karathanou, Aristeidis Vakalos, Bhagyesh Shah, Chirag Thakkar, Nikhilesh Jain, Mohan Gurjar, Arvind Baronia, Prachee Sathe, Shilpa Kulkarni, Cherish Paul, John Paul, Mansoor Masjedi, Reza Nikandish, Farid Zand, Golnar Sabetian, Ata Mahmoodpoor, Seyed Mohammadreza Hashemian, Miklosh Bala, Romeo Flocco, Sergio Torrente, Vincenzo Pota, Savino Spadaro, Carlo Volta, Massimo Girardis, Giulia Serafini, Sabrina Boraso, Ivo Tiberio, Andrea Cortegiani, Giovanni Misseri, Maria Barbagallo, Davide Nicolotti, Francesco Forfori, Francesco Corradi, Massimo Antonelli, Gennaro De Pascale, Lorella Pelagalli, Luca Brazzi, Ferdinando Giorgio Vittone, Alessandro Russo, Davide Simion, Antonella Cotoia, Gilda Cinnella, Patrick Toppin, Roxanne Johnson-Jackson, Yoshiro Hayashi, Ryohei Yamamoto, Hideto Yasuda, Yuki Kishihara, Junji Shiotsuka, Luis Alejandro Sanchez-Hurtado, Brigitte Tejeda-Huezo, Luis Gorordo, Silvio A. Ñamendys-Silva, Francisco J. Garcia-Guillen, Manuel Martinez, Erick Romero-Meja, Ever Colorado-Dominguez, Huub van den Oever, Karel Martijn Kalff, Wytze Vermeijden, Alexander Daniel Cornet, Oliver Beck, Nedim Cimic, Tom Dormans, Laura Bormans, Jan Bakker, Ditty Van Duijn, Gerrit Bosman, Piet Vos, Dylan de Lange, Lenneke Haas, Akram Henein, Ariel M. Miranda, Luis Daniel Umezawa Makikado, Gonzalo Ernesto Gianella Malca, Abel Arroyo-Sanchez, Agnieszka Misiewska-Kaczur, Frisch Akinyi, Miroslaw Czuczwar, Karolina Luczak, Wiktor Sulkowski, Barbara Tamowicz, Adam Mikstacki, Beata Swit, Bronisław Baranowski, Piotr Smuszkiewicz, Iwona Trojanowska, Stanislaw Rzymski, Mariusz Sawinski, Marta Trosiak, Malgorzata Mikaszewska-Sokolewicz, Ricardo Alves, Dina Leal, Andriy Krystopchuk, Pedro Muguel Hilario Mendonca, Rui Antunes Pereira, Maria Raquel Lopes Marques de Carvalho, Carlos Candeias, Elena Molinos, Amélia Ferreira, Guiomar Castro, José-Artur Paiva, José-Manuel Pereira, Lurdes Santos, Alcina Ferreira, Dulce Pascoalinho, Rosa Ribeiro, Guilherme Domingos, Pedro Gomes, David Nora, Rui Pedro Costa, Anabela Santos, Ahmed Subhy Alsheikhly, Dana Tomescu, Mihai Popescu, Ioana Grigoras, Emilia Patrascanu, Igor Zabolotskikh, Tatiana Musaeva, Alexey Gritsan, Denis Gaigolnik, Vladimir Kulabukhov, Vladislav Belskiy, Nadezhda Zubareva, Maxim Tribulev, Ahmed Abdelsalam, Ayman Aldarsani, Muhammad Al-Khalid, Ghaleb Almekhlafi, Yasser Mandourah, Bojan Jovanovic, Krstina Doklestic, Jelena Velickovic, Dejan Velickovic, Radmilo Jankovic, Anita Vukovic, Svetlana Skoric-Jokic, Dragana Radovanovic, Guy Richards, Ahmad Alli, Maria del Carmen Cordoba Nielfa, Rafael Sánchez Iniesta, Adela Benítez-Cano Martínez, Carlos Garcia Bernedo, Santiago Alberto Picos Gil, Xavier Nuvials, Jordi Rello, Joseba Gonzalez Garcia, Jose Manuel Garcia Peña, Roberto Jimenez, Luis Herrera, Laura Galarza Barrachina, Ignacio Catalan Monzon, Francisco Javier Redondo, Ruben Villazala, Diego Fernando Matallana Zapata, Isabel Maria Villa Lopez, Gabriel Moreno-Gonzalez, Juan Carlos Lopez-Delgado, Jorge Solera Marin, Purificacion Sanchez-Zamora, Montserrat Vallverdú Vidal, Jesús Flores González, Irene Salinas, Cecilia Hermosa, Emilio Maseda, Fernando Martinez-Sagasti, Sara Domingo-Marín, Johanna Abril Victorino, Raquel Garcia-Alvarez, Pablo López-Arcas Calleja, Maria-Victoria de la Torre-Prados, Pablo Vidal-Cortes, Lorena del Río-Carbajo, Javier Izura, Victoria Minguez, Josep Trenado Alvarez, Anna Parera Prous, Daniel Paz, Ferran Roche-Campo, Gerardo Aguilar, Javier Belda, Jesus Rico-Feijoo, Cesat Aldecoa, Begoña Zalba-Etayo, Martin Lang, Alexander Dullenkopf, Konlawij Trongtrakul, Anusang Chtsomkasem, Türkay Akbaş, Mustafa Necmettin Unal, Menekse Ozcelik, Ayca Gumus, Atilla Ramazanoglu, Dilek Memis, Inal Mehmet, Yalim Dikmen, Seval Urkmez, Asu Ozgultekin, Oktay Demirkiran, Nesrin Ahu Aslan, Deniz Kizilaslan, Ferda Kahveci, Nurdan Ünlü, Zeynep Ozkan, Callum Kaye, Jan Jansen, Orla O’Neill, Christopher Nutt, Rajeev Jha, Nicolas Hooker, Irina Grecu, Christina Petridou, Murali Shyamsundar, Lia McNamee, John Trinder, Samantha Hagan, Catriona Kelly, Jonathon Silversides, Casiano Barrera Groba, Owen Boyd, Kaushik Bhowmick, Sally Humphreys, Charlotte Summers, Petra Polgarova, Michael Margarson, Justin Dickens, Suzanne Pearson, Elaine Chinery, Noel Hemmings, Sinead O’Kane, Pauline Austin, Stephen Cole, Catherine Plowright, Roberta Box, Christopher Wright, Lorna Young, Ben Creagh-Brown, Laura Montague, Robert Parker, Ben Morton, Marlies Ostermann, Julia Bilinska, Bernd Oliver Rose, Rosie Reece-Anthony, Christine Ryan, Mark Hamilton, Philip Hopkins, Julia Wendon, Giovanni Brescia, Nazia Ijaz, James Wood, Michelle George, Piroska Toth-Tarsoly, Bryan Yates, Maureen Armstrong, Carmen Scott, Christine Boyd, Tamas Szakmany, David Rees, Paul Pulak, Mandy Coggon, Bhaskar Saha, Linda Kent, Bethan Gibson, Julie Camsooksai, Henrik Reschreiter, Pat Morgan, Sivatharshini Sangaralingham, Alastair Lowe, Petr Vondras, Sunil Jamadarkhana, Carina Cruz, Rakesh Bhandary, Peter Hersey, Julie Furneval, Richard Innes, Patricia Doble, Ben Attwood, Penny Parsons, Valerie Page, Xiaobei Zhao, Irina Grecu, Julian Dalton, Mohammed Hegazy, Yasser Awad, Douglas Naylor, Amanda Naylor, Sarah Lee, Sidney Brevard, Noelle Davis

Original

Elevated urea-to-creatinine ratio provides a biochemical signature of muscle catabolism and persistent critical illness after major trauma

Ryan W. Haines, Parjam Zolfaghari, Yize Wan, Rupert M. Pearse, Zudin Puthucheary, John R. Prowle

Original

Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in critically ill patients with hematological malignancies

Emmanuel Pardo, Virginie Lemiale, Djamel Mokart, Annabelle Stoclin, Anne-Sophie Moreau, Lionel Kerhuel, Laure Calvet, Sandrine Valade, Audrey De Jong, Michael Darmon, Elie Azoulay

Original

Frailty and invasive mechanical ventilation: association with outcomes, extubation failure, and tracheostomy

Shannon M. Fernando, Daniel I. McIsaac, Bram Rochwerg, Sean M. Bagshaw, John Muscedere, Laveena Munshi, Niall D. Ferguson, Andrew J. E. Seely, Deborah J. Cook, Chintan Dave, Peter Tanuseputro, Kwadwo Kyeremanteng

Original

The association of cardiovascular failure with treatment for ventilator-associated lower respiratory tract infection

Ignacio Martin-Loeches, Antoni Torres, Pedro Povoa, Fernando G. Zampieri, Jorge Salluh, Saad Nseir, Miquel Ferrer, Alejandro Rodriguez, I. Martin-Loeches, P. Povoa, Fernando Zampieri, Jorge Salluh, Saad Nseir, A. Rodríguez, D. Curcio, J. P. Mira, M. L. Cordero, R. Lepecq, C. Girault, C. Candeias, P. Seguin, C. Paulino, J. Messika, A. G. Castro, L. Coelho, L. Rabello, T. Lisboa, A. Torres, J. Salluh, S. Nseir, R. O. Fernández, J. Arroyo, M. Gabriela, R. Alvarez, A. T. Reyes, C. Dellera, F. Molina, D. M. Franco, E. G. Parada, E. S. Yepez, F. P. Oña, D. M. Tutillo, D. Barahona, F. A. Lerma, A. A. Álvarez, J. M. Gallego, F. J. Morillas, A. L. Aguilar, M. L. Lorenzana, R. S. Iniesta, J. Almirall, A. Albaya, S. R. Santana, C. Fernandez, M. A. Potro, P. V. Cortes, B. Jimenez, R. Sierra, M. Del Valle Ortiz, N. Cruza, P. M. Olaechea, A. C. Zirena, P. P. Gonzalez, T. R. Gomez, L. S. Crespi, P. R. Galleymore, R. J. Marcos, C. Palazón, B. G. Rueda, J. C. Ballesteros, M. P. Arnilla, A. Socias, J. Amador, E. M. Silvero, L. M. Redín, M. Z. Elson, L. C. Pericas, J. Á. Rodríguez, M. Nieto, A. Torres, E. Molinos, A. Josefi, N. Catorze, P. Póvoa, C. Candeias, L. Coelho, P. André, M. Ángel, G. García, C. S. Ramirez, M. Calizaya, A. Estella, A. Albis, G. Aguilar, E. Torrents, M. G. Puente, A. G. Sanchez, T. Lisboa, P. Azambuja, M. F. Knibel, O. Ranzani, L. D. Camargo, A. P. Junior, C. B. Ferreira, S. Lobo, L. Rabello, M. Park, A. G. de Carvalho, M. Valencia, A. G. Castro, A. A. López, J. M. Caballero, S. Nseir, K. Jaffal, E. Parmentier-Decrucq, S. Préau, C. Rousselin, C. Blazejewski, J. Masse, L. Robriquet, L. Satre-Buisson, J. P. Mira, N. Martin, R. Lepecq, H. Mentec, C. Girault, A. Marchalot, J. Messika, J. D. Ricard, P. Seguin, B. Mégarbane, S. Valade, E. Azoulay, N. Boussekey, O. Leroy, J. Reignier, M. Clavel, N. Pichon, T. Baudry, L. Argaud, P. Beuret, A. A. Hssain, M. Nyunga, I. Alves, F. Dewavrin, G. Brunin, S. Mérat, P. Pasquier, F. Brun, A. Palud, B. Voisin, R. Grenot, N. Van Grunderbeeck, D. Thévenin, B. Misset, F. Philippart, J. P. Frat, R. Coudroy, P. Cabaret, M. Ledein, F. Z. Slimane, R. Miguel-Montanes, N. Weiss, F. Bolgert, B. Just

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Severe leptospirosis in non-tropical areas: a nationwide, multicentre, retrospective study in French ICUs

Arnaud-Félix Miailhe, Emmanuelle Mercier, Adel Maamar, Jean-Claude Lacherade, Aurélie Le Thuaut, Aurélie Gaultier, Pierre Asfar, Laurent Argaud, Antoine Ausseur, Adel Ben Salah, Vlad Botoc, Karim Chaoui, Julien Charpentier, Christophe Cracco, Nicolas De Prost, Marie-Line Eustache, Alexis Ferré, Elena Gauvin, Suzanne Goursaud, Maximilien Grall, Philippe Guiot, Maud Jonas, Fabien Lambiotte, Mickael Landais, Jérémie Lemarié, Olivier Lesieur, Claire Lhommet, Philippe Michel, Yannick Monseau, Sébastien Moschietto, Saad Nseir, David Osman, Jérome Pillot, Gaël Piton, Nicholas Sedillot, Michel Sirodot, Didier Thevenin, Lara Zafrani, Yoann Zerbib, Pascale Bourhy, Jean-Baptiste Lascarrou, Jean Reignier, Djillali Annane, Kevin Arandel, Pierre-Marie Bertrand, P. Bouju, Yves Cohen, Jean Dellamonica, Jérôme Devaquet, Michel Djibre, Olivier Ellrodt, Henri Faure, Nicolas Ferrière, Claude Guérin, Florent Joly, Philippe Letocart, Charles-Edouard Luyt, Philippe Mateu, Hamid Merdji, Olivier Michel, Omar Ben Hadj Salem, Laurent Papazian, Olivier Passouant, Walter Picard, Fabienne Plouvier, Jean-Pierre Quenot, Jean-Damien Ricard, Jean-Philippe Rigaud, Frédérique Schortgen, Bertrand Souweine, Benjamin Sztrymf, Nicolas Terzi, Toufik Kamel, Kada Klouche, Thierry Vanderlinden, Philippe Vignon, Christophe Vinsonneau, Roland De Varax, Jérôme Roustan, Fabrice Zeni, Guy Le Gall, Jean-Luc Diehl, Bertrand Guidet, Vincent Das, Jacques Durand Gasselin

Original

Short-term dialysis catheter versus central venous catheter infections in ICU patients: a post hoc analysis of individual data of 4 multi-centric randomized trials

Niccolò Buetti, Stéphane Ruckly, Jean-Christophe Lucet, Olivier Mimoz, Bertrand Souweine, Jean-François Timsit

Open Access Conference Reports and Expert Panel

A management algorithm for patients with intracranial pressure monitoring: the Seattle International Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Consensus Conference (SIBICC)

Gregory W. J. Hawryluk, Sergio Aguilera, Andras Buki, Eileen Bulger, Giuseppe Citerio, D. Jamie Cooper, Ramon Diaz Arrastia, Michael Diringer, Anthony Figaji, Guoyi Gao, Romergryko Geocadin, Jamshid Ghajar, Odette Harris, Alan Hoffer, Peter Hutchinson, Mathew Joseph, Ryan Kitagawa, Geoffrey Manley, Stephan Mayer, David K. Menon, Geert Meyfroidt, Daniel B. Michael, Mauro Oddo, David Okonkwo, Mayur Patel, Claudia Robertson, Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld, Andres M. Rubiano, Juan Sahuquillo, Franco Servadei, Lori Shutter, Deborah Stein, Nino Stocchetti, Fabio Silvio Taccone, Shelly Timmons, Eve Tsai, Jamie S. Ullman, Paul Vespa, Walter Videtta, David W. Wright, Christopher Zammit, Randall M. Chesnut

Understanding the Disease

Understanding auto-immune encephalitis in the ICU

R. Sonneville, A. Venkatesan, J. Honnorat

What's New in Intensive Care

Post-operative intensive care: is it really necessary?

R. M. J. Cashmore, A. J. Fowler, R. M. Pearse

Open Access What's New in Intensive Care

Oxygen toxicity in major emergency surgery—anything new?

Göran Hedenstierna, Christian S. Meyhoff

Less is more in Intensive Care

Less is more in critical care is supported by evidence-based medicine

Catherine L. Auriemma, Greet Van den Berghe, Scott D. Halpern

Less is more in Intensive Care

Less is more: catecholamine-sparing strategies in septic shock

Balasubramanian Venkatesh, Ashish K. Khanna, Jeremy Cohen

Editorial

The urea-creatinine ratio as a novel biomarker of critical illness-associated catabolism

Jan Gunst, Kianoush B. Kashani, Greet Hermans

Editorial

Leptospirosis: one of the forgotten diseases

Leandro U. Taniguchi, Pedro Póvoa

Editorial