Year in review in Critical Care, 2003 and 2004: respirology and critical care

Lukas Brander¹ and Arthur Slutsky²

¹Post-doctoral research fellow, Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care, Division of Respiratory Medicine, University of Toronto, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

²Professor of Medicine, Surgery and Biomedical Engineering; Director, Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Vice President (Research), St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Critical Care 2005, 9:517-522doi:10.1186/cc3764


Published:	1 July 2005

Abstract

We summarize all original research in the field of respirology and critical care published in 2003 and 2004 in Critical Care. Articles were grouped into the following categories to facilitate a rapid overview: pathophysiology, therapeutic approaches, and outcome in acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome; hypoxic pulmonary arterial hypertension; mechanical ventilation; liberation from mechanical ventilation and tracheostomy; ventilator-associated pneumonia; multidrug-resistant infections; pleural effusion; sedation and analgesia; asthma; and techniques and monitoring.