| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveBook Report Bioethics in the clinic: a review of The Cambridge Textbook of Bioethics Leslie M Whetstine Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 307. Published online 2008 September 3. doi: 10.1186/cc6992.PMCID: PMC2592732 Letters Regression modelling in hospital epidemiology: a statistical note Martin Wolkewitz, Jan Beyersmann, Petra Gastmeier, and Martin Schumacher Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 427. Published online 2008 September 4. doi: 10.1186/cc6991.PMCID: PMC2592731 Guidance in sepsis management: navigating uncharted waters? Michael C Reade, Stephen J Warrillow, John A Myburgh, and Rinaldo Bellomo Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 428. Published online 2008 October 10. doi: 10.1186/cc7004.PMCID: PMC2592738 Evidence-lost to tight glycemic control? Marcus J Schultz, Peter E Spronk, Ameen Abu-Hanna, Bekele Afessa, and Ognjen Gajic Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 430. Published online 2008 October 20. doi: 10.1186/cc7022.PMCID: PMC2592756 The role of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase in ventilator-induced lung injury Michiel Vaneker, Leo MA Heunks, Johannes G van der Hoeven, and Gert Jan Scheffer Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 431. Published online 2008 October 22. doi: 10.1186/cc7030.PMCID: PMC2592759 Renal failure in the intensive care unit: acute kidney injury compared to end-stage renal failure Marlies Ostermann, René Chang, and the Riyadh ICU Program Users Group Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 432. Published online 2008 October 31. doi: 10.1186/cc7085.PMCID: PMC2592764 Viewpoint Dialysis dose in acute kidney injury: no time for therapeutic nihilism – a critical appraisal of the Acute Renal Failure Trial Network study Claudio Ronco, Dinna Cruz, Helen Oudemans van Straaten, Patrick Honore, Andrew House, Du Bin, and Noel Gibney Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 308. Published online 2008 October 16. doi: 10.1186/cc7016.PMCID: PMC2592750 Commentaries Intensive glycemic control in traumatic brain injury: what is the ideal glucose range? Paul M Vespa Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 175. Published online 2008 September 1. doi: 10.1186/cc6986.PMCID: PMC2592729 The essential nature of healthcare databases in critical care medicine Greg S Martin Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 176. Published online 2008 September 1. doi: 10.1186/cc6993.PMCID: PMC2592733 Myocardial protection in sepsis Simon Shakar and Brian D Lowes Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 177. Published online 2008 September 3. doi: 10.1186/cc6978.PMCID: PMC2592725 Circuit lifespan during continuous renal replacement therapy: children and adults are not equal Zaccaria Ricci, Isabella Guzzo, Stefano Picca, and Sergio Picardo Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 178. Published online 2008 September 16. doi: 10.1186/cc7000.PMCID: PMC2592735 Anticoagulant therapy in acute lung injury: a useful tool without proper operating instruction? Sebastian Rehberg, Perenlei Enkhbaatar, and Daniel L Traber Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 179. Published online 2008 September 22. doi: 10.1186/cc7002.PMCID: PMC2592737 Gastrointestinal dysfunction in the critically ill: can we measure it? Rachel G Khadaroo and John C Marshall Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 180. Published online 2008 September 24. doi: 10.1186/cc7001.PMCID: PMC2592736 Using MRI of the optic nerve sheath to detect elevated intracranial pressure Heidi Harbison Kimberly and Vicki E Noble Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 181. Published online 2008 September 24. doi: 10.1186/cc7008.PMCID: PMC2592742 Hyperglycemia may alter cytokine production and phagocytosis by means other than hyperosmotic stress Charles E Wade Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 182. Published online 2008 October 9. doi: 10.1186/cc7012.PMCID: PMC2592746 Establishing the Irish Critical Care Trials Group: 'who wins in battle makes many calculations before the battle is fought' Brian O'Brien and Dermot Phelan Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 183. Published online 2008 October 9. doi: 10.1186/cc7014.PMCID: PMC2592748 Recently published papers: Pseudomonas, brain and bowel injury and novel cardiac therapies Uma M Bandarupalli and Gareth Williams Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 184. Published online 2008 October 14. doi: 10.1186/cc7019.PMCID: PMC2592753 Barbiturates for the treatment of intracranial hypertension after traumatic brain injury Sarice L Bassin and Thomas P Bleck Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 185. Published online 2008 October 20. doi: 10.1186/cc7020.PMCID: PMC2592754 Frontal EEG for intensive care unit sedation: treating numbers or patients? Peter V Sackey Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 186. Published online 2008 October 23. doi: 10.1186/cc7029.PMCID: PMC2592758 Tight glycaemic control in the intensive care unit: pitfalls in the testing of the concept Dieter Mesotten Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 187. Published online 2008 October 24. doi: 10.1186/cc7086.PMCID: PMC2592765 Reviews Bench-to-bedside review: The initial hemodynamic resuscitation of the septic patient according to Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines – does one size fit all? Azriel Perel Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 223. Published online 2008 September 3. doi: 10.1186/cc6979.PMCID: PMC2592726 Pro/con debate: Is the scoop and run approach the best approach to trauma services organization? Barbara Haas and Avery B Nathens Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 224. Published online 2008 September 10. doi: 10.1186/cc6980.PMCID: PMC2592727 Clinical review: Critical care in the global context – disparities in burden of illness, access, and economics Robert A Fowler, Neill KJ Adhikari, and Satish Bhagwanjee Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 225. Published online 2008 September 9. doi: 10.1186/cc6984.PMCID: PMC2592728 Bench-to-bedside review: Adenosine receptors – promising targets in acute lung injury? Carsten P Schepp and Jörg Reutershan Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 226. Published online 2008 September 11. doi: 10.1186/cc6990.PMCID: PMC2592730 Year in review 2007: Critical Care – shock Florian Wagner, Katja Baumgart, Vladislava Simkova, Michael Georgieff, Peter Radermacher, and Enrico Calzia Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 227. Published online 2008 October 14. doi: 10.1186/cc6949.PMCID: PMC2592773 Year in review 2007: Critical Care – multiple organ failure and sepsis James M O'Brien, Jr, Naeem A Ali, and Edward Abraham Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 228. Published online 2008 October 14. doi: 10.1186/cc6950.PMCID: PMC2592721 Year in review 2007: Critical Care – intensive care unit management Clayton Barbieri, Shannon S Carson, and André Carlos Amaral Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 229. Published online 2008 October 14. doi: 10.1186/cc6951.PMCID: PMC2592722 Year in review 2007: Critical Care – nephrology Zaccaria Ricci and Claudio Ronco Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 230. Published online 2008 October 14. doi: 10.1186/cc6952.PMCID: PMC2592723 Year in review 2007: Critical Care – respirology Lorenzo Del Sorbo and Arthur S Slutsky Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 231. Published online 2008 October 14. doi: 10.1186/cc6953.PMCID: PMC2592724 Year in review 2007: Critical Care – cardiology Luigi Camporota, Marius Terblanche, and David Bennett Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 232. Published online 2008 October 14. doi: 10.1186/cc7007.PMCID: PMC2592741 Clinical review: Balancing the therapeutic, safety, and economic issues underlying effective antipseudomonal carbapenem use Thomas G Slama Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 233. Published online 2008 October 29. doi: 10.1186/cc6994.PMCID: PMC2592734 Research Effects of inhaled iloprost on right ventricular contractility, right ventriculo-vascular coupling and ventricular interdependence: a randomized placebo-controlled trial in an experimental model of acute pulmonary hypertension Steffen Rex, Carlo Missant, Piet Claus, Wolfgang Buhre, and Patrick F Wouters Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): R113. Published online 2008 September 10. doi: 10.1186/cc7005.PMCID: PMC2592739 Use of T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging of the optic nerve sheath to detect raised intracranial pressure Thomas Geeraerts, Virginia FJ Newcombe, Jonathan P Coles, Maria Giulia Abate, Iain E Perkes, Peter JA Hutchinson, Jo G Outtrim, Dot A Chatfield, and David K Menon Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): R114. Published online 2008 September 11. doi: 10.1186/cc7006.PMCID: PMC2592740 Partial pressure of end-tidal carbon dioxide successful predicts cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the field: a prospective observational study Miran Kolar, Miljenko Križmarić, Petra Klemen2, and Štefek Grmec Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): R115. Published online 2008 September 11. doi: 10.1186/cc7009.PMCID: PMC2592743 Pressure support ventilation attenuates ventilator-induced protein modifications in the diaphragm Emmanuel Futier, Jean-Michel Constantin, Lydie Combaret, Laurent Mosoni, Laurence Roszyk, Vincent Sapin, Didier Attaix, Boris Jung, Samir Jaber, and Jean-Etienne Bazin Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): R116. Published online 2008 September 11. doi: 10.1186/cc7010.PMCID: PMC2592744 Influence of enrollment sequence effect on observed outcomes in the ADDRESS and PROWESS studies of drotrecogin alfa (activated) in patients with severe sepsis Pierre-François Laterre, William L Macias, Jonathan Janes, Mark D Williams, David R Nelson, Amand RJ Girbes, Jean-François Dhainaut, and Edward Abraham Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): R117. Published online 2008 September 11. doi: 10.1186/cc7011.PMCID: PMC2592745 Analysis of N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide and cardiac index in multiple injured patients: a prospective cohort study Chlodwig Kirchhoff, Bernd A Leidel, Sonja Kirchhoff, Volker Braunstein, Viktoria Bogner, Uwe Kreimeier, Wolf Mutschler, and Peter Biberthaler Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): R118. Published online 2008 September 12. doi: 10.1186/cc7013.PMCID: PMC2592747 Entropy and bispectral index for assessment of sedation, analgesia and the effects of unpleasant stimuli in critically ill patients: an observational study Matthias Haenggi, Heidi Ypparila-Wolters, Christine Bieri, Carola Steiner, Jukka Takala, Ilkka Korhonen, and Stephan M Jakob Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): R119. Published online 2008 September 16. doi: 10.1186/cc7015.PMCID: PMC2592749 Strict glycaemic control in patients hospitalised in a mixed medical and surgical intensive care unit: a randomised clinical trial Gisela Del Carmen De La Rosa, Jorge Hernando Donado, Alvaro Humberto Restrepo, Alvaro Mauricio Quintero, Luis Gabriel González, Nora Elena Saldarriaga, Marisol Bedoya, Juan Manuel Toro, Jorge Byron Velásquez, Juan Carlos Valencia, Clara Maria Arango, Pablo Henrique Aleman, Esdras Martin Vasquez, Juan Carlos Chavarriaga, Andrés Yepes, William Pulido, Carlos Alberto Cadavid, and Grupo de Investigacion en Cuidado intensivo: GICI-HPTU Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): R120. Published online 2008 September 17. doi: 10.1186/cc7017.PMCID: PMC2592751 Intensive care for the adult population in Ireland: a multicentre study of intensive care population demographics The Irish Critical Care Trials Group Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): R121. Published online 2008 September 18. doi: 10.1186/cc7018.PMCID: PMC2592752 The 'cardiac-lung mass' artifact: an echocardiographic sign of lung atelectasis and/or pleural effusion Andreas Karabinis, Theodosios Saranteas, Dimitrios Karakitsos, Daniel Lichtenstein, John Poularas, Clifford Yang, and Christodoulos Stefanadis Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): R122. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/cc7021.PMCID: PMC2592755 Readmission to a surgical intensive care unit: incidence, outcome and risk factors Axel Kaben, Fabiano Corrêa, Konrad Reinhart, Utz Settmacher, Jan Gummert, Rolf Kalff, and Yasser Sakr Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): R123. Published online 2008 October 6. doi: 10.1186/cc7023.PMCID: PMC2592757 Acute kidney injury is common, parallels organ dysfunction or failure, and carries appreciable mortality in patients with major burns: a prospective exploratory cohort study I Steinvall, Z Bak, and F Sjoberg Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): R124. Published online 2008 October 10. doi: 10.1186/cc7032.PMCID: PMC2592761 The adenosine deaminase inhibitor erythro-9-[2-hydroxyl-3-nonyl]-adenine decreases intestinal permeability and protects against experimental sepsis: a prospective, randomised laboratory investigation Nalan Kayhan, Benjamin Funke, Lars Oliver Conzelmann, Harald Winkler, Stefan Hofer, Jochen Steppan, Heinfried Schmidt, Hubert Bardenheuer, Christian-Friedrich Vahl, and Markus A Weigand Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): R125. Published online 2008 October 13. doi: 10.1186/cc7033.PMCID: PMC2592762 Pituitary-adrenal function in patients with acute subarachnoid haemorrhage: a prospective cohort study Stepani Bendel, Timo Koivisto, Esko Ruokonen, Jaakko Rinne, Jarkko Romppanen, Ilkka Vauhkonen, Vesa Kiviniemi, and Ari Uusaro Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): R126. Published online 2008 October 13. doi: 10.1186/cc7084.PMCID: PMC2592763 So much to teach, so little time: a prospective cohort study evaluating a tool to select content for a critical care curriculum Adam D Peets, Kevin McLaughlin, Jocelyn Lockyer, and Tyrone Donnon Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): R127. Published online 2008 October 15. doi: 10.1186/cc7087.PMCID: PMC2592766 Induction of Bim and Bid gene expression during accelerated apoptosis in severe sepsis Stefan U Weber, Jens-Christian Schewe, Lutz E Lehmann, Stefan Müller, Malte Book, Sven Klaschik, Andreas Hoeft, and Frank Stüber Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): R128. Published online 2008 October 16. doi: 10.1186/cc7088.PMCID: PMC2592767 The impact of the severity of sepsis on the risk of hypoglycaemia and glycaemic variability Reiner M Waeschle, Onnen Moerer, Reinhard Hilgers, Peter Herrmann, Peter Neumann, and Michael Quintel Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): R129. Published online 2008 October 21. doi: 10.1186/cc7097.PMCID: PMC2592768 A quality assessment of genetic association studies supporting susceptibility and outcome in acute lung injury Carlos Flores, Maria del Mar Pino-Yanes, and Jesús Villar Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): R130. Published online 2008 October 25. doi: 10.1186/cc7098.PMCID: PMC2592769 Association between inflammatory mediators and response to inhaled nitric oxide in a model of endotoxin-induced lung injury Sebastien Trachsel, Ginette Deby-Dupont, Edwige Maurenbrecher, Monique Nys, Maurice Lamy, and Göran Hedenstierna Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): R131. Published online 2008 October 27. doi: 10.1186/cc7099.PMCID: PMC2592770 Reliability of continuous cardiac output measurement during intra-abdominal hypertension relies on repeated calibrations: an experimental animal study Matthias Gruenewald, Jochen Renner, Patrick Meybohm, Jan Höcker, Jens Scholz, and Berthold Bein Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): R132. Published online 2008 October 29. doi: 10.1186/cc7102.PMCID: PMC2592771 Memory-enhancing treatments reverse the impairment of inhibitory avoidance retention in sepsis-surviving rats Lisiane Tuon, Clarissa M Comim, Fabrícia Petronilho, Tatiana Barichello, Ivan Izquierdo, João Quevedo, and Felipe Dal-Pizzol Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): R133. Published online 2008 October 28. doi: 10.1186/cc7103.PMCID: PMC2592772 Correction A long-term follow-up study investigating health-related quality of life and resource use in survivors of severe sepsis: comparison of recombinant human activated protein C with standard care Christopher J Longo, Daren K Heyland, Harold N Fisher, Robert A Fowler, Claudio M Martin, and Andrew G Day Crit Care. 2008; 12(5): 429. Published online 2008 October 16. doi: 10.1186/cc7031.PMCID: PMC2592760 Corrects:Christopher J Longo, et al. A long-term follow-up study investigating health-related quality of life and resource use in survivors of severe sepsis: comparison of recombinant human activated protein C with standard care. Crit Care. 2007; 11(6): R128. |