Articles in Volume 11 Issue 1
Research
Neuromuscular deterioration in the early stage of sepsis in rats
Ilkin Cankayali, Yusuf Hakan Dogan, Ilhami Solak, Kubilay Demirag, Oguz Eris, Serdar Demirgoren, Ali Resat Moral
Critical Care 2007, 11:R1 (4 January 2007)
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Incidence of low central venous oxygen saturation during unplanned admissions in a multidisciplinary intensive care unit: an observational study
Hendrik Bracht, Matthias Hänggi, Barbara Jeker, Ninja Wegmüller, Francesca Porta, David Tüller, Jukka Takala, Stephan M Jakob
Critical Care 2007, 11:R2 (9 January 2007)
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A comparative study of the complications of surgical tracheostomy in morbidly obese critically ill patients
Ali A El Solh, Wafaa Jaafar
Critical Care 2007, 11:R3 (12 January 2007)
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Managing an effective treatment for neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Udo Reulbach, Carmen Dütsch, Teresa Biermann, Wolfgang Sperling, Norbert Thuerauf, Johannes Kornhuber, Stefan Bleich
Critical Care 2007, 11:R4 (12 January 2007)
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Case report: quantification of methadone-induced respiratory depression using toxicokinetic/toxicodynamic relationships
Bruno Mégarbane, Xavier Declèves, Vanessa Bloch, Christophe Bardin, François Chast, Frédéric J Baud
Critical Care 2007, 11:R5 (15 January 2007)
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Skeletal muscle oxygen saturation does not estimate mixed venous oxygen saturation in patients with severe left heart failure and additional severe sepsis or septic shock
Matej Podbregar, Hugon Mo ina
Critical Care 2007, 11:R6 (16 January 2007)
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Research
Intracranial pressure monitoring in intensive care: clinical advantages of a computerized system over manual recording
Elisa Roncati Zanier, Fabrizio Ortolano, Laura Ghisoni, Angelo Colombo, Sabina Losappio, Nino Stocchetti
Critical Care 2007, 11:R7 (18 January 2007)
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Growth arrest-specific protein 6 plasma concentrations during septic shock
Sébastien Gibot, Frédéric Massin, Aurélie Cravoisy, Rachel Dupays, Damien Barraud, Lionel Nace, Pierre-Edouard Bollaert
Critical Care 2007, 11:R8 (22 January 2007)
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Differences in one-year health outcomes and resource utilization by definition of prolonged mechanical ventilation: a prospective cohort study
Christopher E Cox, Shannon S Carson, Jennifer H Lindquist, Maren K Olsen, Joseph A Govert, Lakshmipathi Chelluri, the Quality of Life After Mechanical Ventilation in the Aged (QOL-MV) Investigators
Critical Care 2007, 11:R9 (23 January 2007)
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Liver dysfunction associated with artificial nutrition in critically ill patients
Teodoro Grau, Alfonso Bonet, Mercedes Rubio, Dolores Mateo, Mercé Farré, José Antonio Acosta, Antonio Blesa, Juan Carlos Montejo, Abelardo García de Lorenzo, Alfonso Mesejo, the Working Group on Nutrition and Metabolism of the Spanish Society of Critical Care
Critical Care 2007, 11:R10 (25 January 2007)
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Simplified electrophysiological evaluation of peripheral nerves in critically ill patients: the Italian multi-centre CRIMYNE study
Nicola Latronico, Guido Bertolini, Bruno Guarneri, Marco Botteri, Elena Peli, Serena Andreoletti, Paola Bera, Davide Luciani, Anna Nardella, Elena Vittorielli, Bruno Simini, Andrea Candiani
Critical Care 2007, 11:R11 (25 January 2007)
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Effect of the medical emergency team on long-term mortality following major surgery
Daryl Jones, Moritoki Egi, Rinaldo Bellomo, Donna Goldsmith
Critical Care 2007, 11:R12 (29 January 2007)
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Liver dysfunction after lung recruitment manoeuvres during pressure-controlled ventilation in experimental acute respiratory distress
Markus Kredel, Ralf M Muellenbach, Robert W Brock, Hans-Hinrich Wilckens, Joerg Brederlau, Norbert Roewer, Christian Wunder
Critical Care 2007, 11:R13 (29 January 2007)
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Mechanical ventilation and lung infection in the genesis of air-space enlargement
Alfonso Sartorius, Qin Lu, Silvia Vieira, Marc Tonnellier, Gilles Lenaour, Ivan Goldstein, Jean-Jacques Rouby
Critical Care 2007, 11:R14 (2 February 2007)
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Managing burn victims of suicide bombing attacks: outcomes, lessons learnt, and changes made from three attacks in Indonesia
Harvey Chim, Woon Si Yew, Colin Song
Critical Care 2007, 11:R15 (2 February 2007)
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The impact of admission diagnosis on gastric emptying in critically ill patients
Nam Q Nguyen, Mei P Ng, Marianne Chapman, Robert J Fraser, Richard H Holloway
Critical Care 2007, 11:R16 (8 February 2007)
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Management of bleeding following major trauma: a European guideline
Donat R Spahn, Vladimir Cerny, Timothy J Coats, Jacques Duranteau, Enrique Fernández-Mondéjar, Giovanni Gordini, Philip F Stahel, Beverley J Hunt, Radko Komadina, Edmund Neugebauer, Yves Ozier, Louis Riddez, Arthur Schultz, Jean-Louis Vincent, Rolf Rossaint
Critical Care 2007, 11:R17 (13 February 2007)
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Dual-lumen catheters for continuous venovenous hemofiltration: limits for blood delivery via femoral vein access and a potential alternative in an experimental setting in anesthetized pigs
Juliane K Unger, Klaus Pietzner, Roland C Francis, Juergen Birnbaum, Marc Michael Theisen, Arne-Joern Lemke, Stefan M Niehues
Critical Care 2007, 11:R18 (15 February 2007)
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Inducibility of the endogenous antibiotic peptide  -defensin 2 is impaired in patients with severe sepsis
Malte Book, QiXing Chen, Lutz E Lehmann, Sven Klaschik, Stefan Weber, Jens-Christian Schewe, Markus Luepertz, Andreas Hoeft, Frank Stuber
Critical Care 2007, 11:R19 (15 February 2007)
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Effect of positive end-expiratory pressure and tidal volume on lung injury induced by alveolar instability
Jeffrey M Halter, Jay M Steinberg, Louis A Gatto, Joseph D DiRocco, Lucio A Pavone, Henry J Schiller, Scott Albert, Hsi-Ming Lee, David Carney, Gary F Nieman
Critical Care 2007, 11:R20 (15 February 2007)
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Effect of mode of hydrocortisone administration on glycemic control in patients with septic shock: a prospective randomized trial
Pekka Loisa, Ilkka Parviainen, Jyrki Tenhunen, Seppo Hovilehto, Esko Ruokonen
Critical Care 2007, 11:R21 (16 February 2007)
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Inhalation injury in severely burned children does not augment the systemic inflammatory response
Celeste C Finnerty, David N Herndon, Marc G Jeschke
Critical Care 2007, 11:R22 (16 February 2007)
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Effects of overinflation on procollagen type III expression in experimental acute lung injury
Maria-Eudóxia Pilotto de Carvalho, Marisa Dolhnikoff, Sibele Inácio Meireles, Luiz Fernando Lima Reis, Milton Arruda Martins, Daniel Deheinzelin
Critical Care 2007, 11:R23 (21 February 2007)
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Esophageal Doppler-guided fluid management decreases blood lactate levels in multiple-trauma patients: a randomized controlled trial
Ivan Chytra, Richard Pradl, Roman Bosman, Petr Pelná , Eduard Kasal, Alexandra  idková
Critical Care 2007, 11:R24 (22 February 2007)
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Hyperoxia increases ventilator-induced lung injury via mitogen-activated protein kinases: a prospective, controlled animal experiment
Li-Fu Li, Shuen-Kuei Liao, Yu-Shien Ko, Cheng-Huei Lee, Deborah A Quinn
Critical Care 2007, 11:R25 (22 February 2007)
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Regional distribution of acoustic-based lung vibration as a function of mechanical ventilation mode
R Phillip Dellinger, Smith Jean, Ismail Cinel, Christina Tay, Susmita Rajanala, Yael A Glickman, Joseph E Parrillo
Critical Care 2007, 11:R26 (22 February 2007)
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Post-traumatic stress disorder and post-traumatic stress symptoms following critical illness in medical intensive care unit patients: assessing the magnitude of the problem
James C Jackson, Robert P Hart, Sharon M Gordon, Ramona O Hopkins, Timothy D Girard, E Wesley Ely
Critical Care 2007, 11:R27 (22 February 2007)
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Risk factors for post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms following critical illness requiring mechanical ventilation: a prospective cohort study
Timothy D Girard, Ayumi K Shintani, James C Jackson, Sharon M Gordon, Brenda T Pun, Melinda S Henderson, Robert S Dittus, Gordon R Bernard, E Wesley Ely
Critical Care 2007, 11:R28 (22 February 2007)
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Meperidine and skin surface warming additively reduce the shivering threshold: a volunteer study
Oliver Kimberger, Syed Z Ali, Monica Markstaller, Sandra Zmoos, Rolf Lauber, Corinne Hunkeler, Andrea Kurz
Critical Care 2007, 11:R29 (23 February 2007)
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Long-term prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in patients after secondary peritonitis
Kimberly R Boer, Cecilia W Mahler, Cagdas Unlu, Bas Lamme, Margreeth B Vroom, Mirjam A Sprangers, Dirk J Gouma, Johannes B Reitsma, Corianne A De Borgie, Marja A Boermeester
Critical Care 2007, 11:R30 (23 February 2007)
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Commentary
World wide web resources on control of nosocomial infections
Ilias I Siempos, Konstantinos N Fragoulis, Matthew E Falagas
Critical Care 2008, 11:101 (25 January 2007)
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Commentary
A rare disease
Jos PJ Wester
Critical Care 2006, 11:102 (11 January 2007)
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Commentary
Recombinant activated protein C in sepsis: endothelium protection or endothelium therapy?
Veronique Regnault, Bruno Levy
Critical Care 2006, 11:103 (11 January 2007)
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Commentary
The origin and interpretation of hyperlactataemia during low oxygen delivery states
Jonathan Handy
Critical Care 2006, 11:104 (12 January 2007)
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Echocardiography and assessing fluid responsiveness: acoustic quantification again into the picture?
Jan Poelaert, Carl Roosens
Critical Care 2007, 11:105 (23 January 2007)
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Commentary
Extracorporeal liver support: a continuing challenge
Ram M Subramanian, John A Kellum
Critical Care 2007, 11:106 (29 January 2007)
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Commentary
Pharmacotherapy during neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: toward an evidence-based approach
Maissa Rayyan, Karel Allegaert
Critical Care 2007, 11:107 (14 February 2007)
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Commentary
Recently published papers: the Jekyll and Hyde of oxygen, neuromuscular blockade and good vibrations?
Jonathan Ball
Critical Care 2007, 11:108 (12 February 2007)
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Commentary
Predicting mortality in intensive care unit survivors using a subjective scoring system
Bekele Afessa, Mark T Keegan
Critical Care 2007, 11:109 (15 February 2007)
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Commentary
Research in critically ill patients: standards of informed consent
Catherine Chenaud, Paolo Merlani, Bara Ricou
Critical Care 2007, 11:110 (15 February 2007)
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Commentary
Doing research on the ethics of doing research
Robert D Truog
Critical Care 2007, 11:111 (19 February 2007)
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Commentary
Development of liver dysfunction under artificial nutrition: a reason to modify nutrition therapy in the intensive care unit?
Peter Stehle
Critical Care 2007, 11:112 (19 February 2007)
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Commentary
Bolus or continuous hydrocortisone  that is the question
Steffen Weber-Carstens, Didier Keh
Critical Care 2007, 11:113 (20 February 2007)
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Commentary
Airway closure: the silent killer of peripheral airways
Paolo Pelosi, Patricia RM Rocco
Critical Care 2007, 11:114 (22 February 2007)
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Commentary
Antithrombin and hypercoagulability in sepsis: insights from thrombelastography?
Johannes N Hoffmann, Kerstin Schick
Critical Care 2007, 11:115 (23 February 2007)
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Commentary
Searching for non-invasive markers of tissue hypoxia
Juan Carlos Puyana, Michael R Pinsky
Critical Care 2007, 11:116 (23 February 2007)
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Commentary
Not if but when; no longer why but how
Ian Piper, the BrainIT Group
Critical Care 2007, 11:117 (23 February 2007)
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Commentary
Medical post-traumatic stress disorder: catching up with the cutting edge in stress research
Craig Weinert, William Meller
Critical Care 2007, 11:118 (27 February 2007)
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Commentary
Could pharmacogenetic data explain part of the interindividual sensitivity to methadone-induced respiratory depression?
Séverine Crettol, Martine Monnat, Chin B Eap
Critical Care 2007, 11:119 (27 February 2007)
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Commentary
The long and difficult road to better evaluation of outcomes of prolonged mechanical ventilation: not yet a highway to heaven
Alain Combes
Critical Care 2007, 11:120 (28 February 2007)
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Review
Bench-to-bedside review: Routine postoperative use of the nasogastric tube utility or futility?
Michèle Tanguy, Philippe Seguin, Yannick Mallédant
Critical Care 2006, 11:201 (4 January 2007)
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Ethics review: Dark angels the problem of death in intensive care
David W Crippen, Leslie M Whetstine
Critical Care 2007, 11:202 (17 January 2007)
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Review
High-altitude physiology and pathophysiology: implications and relevance for intensive care medicine
Michael Grocott, Hugh Montgomery, Andre Vercueil
Critical Care 2007, 11:203 (1 February 2007)
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Review
Clinical review: Initial management of blunt pelvic trauma patients with haemodynamic instability
Thomas Geeraerts, Vibol Chhor, Gaëlle Cheisson, Laurent Martin, Bertrand Bessoud, Augustin Ozanne, Jacques Duranteau
Critical Care 2007, 11:204 (12 February 2007)
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Review
Clinical review: Bedside lung ultrasound in critical care practice
Bélaïd Bouhemad, Mao Zhang, Qin Lu, Jean-Jacques Rouby
Critical Care 2007, 11:205 (16 February 2007)
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Review
Bench-to-bedside review: Distal airways in acute respiratory distress syndrome
Manu Jain, J Iasha Sznajder
Critical Care 2007, 11:206 (15 February 2007)
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Journal club critique
Due caution using early -blockers for acute myocardial infarction
Scott McKee, Holt Murray, John A Kellum
Critical Care 2007, 11:301 (25 January 2007)
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Journal club critique
Could dopamine be a silent killer?
Nick Azarov, Eric B Milbrandt, Michael R Pinsky
Critical Care 2007, 11:302 (25 January 2007)
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Book report
Oxford Handbook of Critical Care for PDAs, 2nd edition
Daniel De Backer
Critical Care 2007, 11:303 (1 February 2007)
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Journal club critique
Hypercapnic acidosis in ARDS: A tolerated side effect or an important therapeutic modality?
Adrian A Salmon, John R Hotchkiss
Critical Care 2007, 11:304 (16 February 2007)
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Journal club critique
Trials stopped early for benefit? Not so fast!
Alan C Heffner, Eric B Milbrandt, Ramesh Venkataraman
Critical Care 2007, 11:305 (22 February 2007)
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Book report
Principles and Practice of Mechanical Ventilation
Ognjen Gajic
Critical Care 2007, 11:315 (25 October 2007)
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Letter
An assessment of the RIFLE criteria for acute renal failure in critically ill HIV-infected patients
José António Lopes, Joana Fernandes, Sofia Jorge, José Neves, Francisco Antunes, Mateus Martins Prata
Critical Care 2006, 11:401 (9 January 2007)
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Letter
Oral decontamination with chlorhexidine reduces the incidence of nosocomial pneumonia
Ilias I Siempos, Matthew E Falagas
Critical Care 2006, 11:402 (9 January 2007)
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Letter
Referrals to intensive care: a region-wide audit
Lawrence McCrossan, William Bickerstaffe, Sobhy M Mostafa, Louisa Anderson, Lyndsay Cheater, David Jayson, Sarah Mitchell, Andrew Twist, Julie Wood
Critical Care 2006, 11:403 (10 January 2007)
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Letter
Acute renal failure in critically ill HIV-infected patients
José António Lopes, Joana Fernandes, Sofia Jorge, José Neves, Francisco Antunes, Mateus Martins Prata
Critical Care 2007, 11:404 (23 January 2007)
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Letter
Carbon dioxide removal device: how long is long enough?
Manuel E Cevallos, Joseph B Zwischenberger
Critical Care 2006, 11:405 (29 January 2007)
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Letter
Is supra-ventricular arrhythmia a reason for the bad performance of the FlowTrac device?
Andreas Umgelter, Wolfgang Reindl, Roland M Schmid, Wolfgang Huber
Critical Care 2007, 11:406 (12 February 2007)
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Letter
To be or not to be protease activated receptor-1 in activated protein C-initiated endothelial barrier protection?
Shi-Sheng Li
Critical Care 2007, 11:407 (19 February 2007)
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