Articles in Volume 11 Issue 2
Research
 
Acute Kidney Injury Network: report of an initiative to improve outcomes in acute kidney injury
Ravindra L Mehta, John A Kellum, Sudhir V Shah, Bruce A Molitoris, Claudio Ronco, David G Warnock, Adeera Levin, the Acute Kidney Injury Network
Critical Care 2007, 11:R31 (1 March 2007)
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High mobility group box-1 protein in patients with suspected community-acquired infections and sepsis: a prospective study
Shahin Gaïni, Svend Stenvang Pedersen, Ole Græsbøll Koldkjær, Court Pedersen, Holger Jon Møller
Critical Care 2007, 11:R32 (8 March 2007)
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Identification of high-risk subgroups in very elderly intensive care unit patients
Sophia E de Rooij, Ameen Abu-Hanna, Marcel Levi, Evert de Jonge
Critical Care 2007, 11:R33 (8 March 2007)
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Glutamine induces heat-shock protein and protects against Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide-induced vascular hyporeactivity in rats
Liang Jing, Qiong Wu, Fuzhou Wang
Critical Care 2007, 11:R34 (9 March 2007)
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Intensive care unit acquired infection has no impact on long-term survival or quality of life: a prospective cohort study
Pekka Ylipalosaari, Tero I Ala-Kokko, Jouko Laurila, Pasi Ohtonen, Hannu Syrjälä
Critical Care 2007, 11:R35 (9 March 2007)
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Computer simulation allows goal-oriented mechanical ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome
Leif Uttman, Helena Ögren, Lisbet Niklason, Björn Drefeldt, Björn Jonson
Critical Care 2007, 11:R36 (12 March 2007)
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N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide as an early prognostic factor in cancer patients developing septic shock
Djamel Mokart, Antoine Sannini, Jean-Paul Brun, Marion Faucher, Didier Blaise, Jean-Louis Blache, Catherine Faucher
Critical Care 2007, 11:R37 (14 March 2007)
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Use of plasma C-reactive protein, procalcitonin, neutrophils, macrophage migration inhibitory factor, soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor, and soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 in combination to diagnose infections: a prospective study
Kristian Kofoed, Ove Andersen, Gitte Kronborg, Michael Tvede, Janne Petersen, Jesper Eugen-Olsen, Klaus Larsen
Critical Care 2007, 11:R38 (16 March 2007)
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Effects of epinephrine and vasopressin on end-tidal carbon dioxide tension and mean arterial blood pressure in out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation: an observational study
Stefan Mally, Alina Jelatancev, Stefek Grmec
Critical Care 2007, 11:R39 (21 March 2007)
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The influence of volume and intensive care unit organization on hospital mortality in patients admitted with severe sepsis: a retrospective multicentre cohort study
Linda Peelen, Nicolette F de Keizer, Niels Peek, Gert Jan Scheffer, Peter HJ van der Voort, Evert de Jonge
Critical Care 2007, 11:R40 (22 March 2007)
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Cortisol levels in cerebrospinal fluid correlate with severity and bacterial origin of meningitis
Michal Holub, Ond ej Beran, Olga D upová, Jarmila Hnyková, Zdenka Lacinová, Jana Píhodová, Bohumír Procházka, Miroslav Helcl
Critical Care 2007, 11:R41 (27 March 2007)
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Optimizing intensive care capacity using individual length-of-stay prediction models
Mark Van Houdenhoven, Duy-Tien Nguyen, Marinus J Eijkemans, Ewout W Steyerberg, Hugo W Tilanus, Diederik Gommers, Gerhard Wullink, Jan Bakker, Geert Kazemier
Critical Care 2007, 11:R42 (27 March 2007)
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Diagnosis of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in the setting of acute changes in loading conditions
Philippe Vignon, Vincent Allot, Jérôme Lesage, Jean-François Martaillé, Jean-Claude Aldigier, Bruno François, Hervé Gastinne
Critical Care 2007, 11:R43 (11 April 2007)
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The concentration of oxygen, lactate and glucose in the central veins, right heart, and pulmonary artery: a study in patients with pulmonary hypertension
Guillermo Gutierrez, Anthony Venbrux, Elizabeth Ignacio, Jonathan Reiner, Lakhmir Chawla, Anish Desai
Critical Care 2007, 11:R44 (11 April 2007)
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Minimally invasive cardiopulmonary bypass: does it really change the outcome?
Marco Ranucci, Giuseppe Isgrò
Critical Care 2007, 11:R45 (15 April 2007)
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Changes in pulse pressure variability during cardiac resynchronization therapy in mechanically ventilated patients
Cornelius Keyl, Jochem Stockinger, Sven Laule, Klaus Staier, Jochen Schiebeling-Römer, Christoph Wiesenack
Critical Care 2007, 11:R46 (19 April 2007)
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Effectiveness of polymyxin B-immobilized fiber column in sepsis: a systematic review
Dinna N Cruz, Mark A Perazella, Rinaldo Bellomo, Massimo de Cal, Natalia Polanco, Valentina Corradi, Paolo Lentini, Federico Nalesso, Takuya Ueno, V Marco Ranieri, Claudio Ronco
Critical Care 2007, 11:R47 (20 April 2007)
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Premortem clinical diagnoses and postmortem autopsy findings: discrepancies in critically ill cancer patients
Stephen M Pastores, Alina Dulu, Louis Voigt, Nina Raoof, Margarita Alicea, Neil A Halpern
Critical Care 2007, 11:R48 (20 April 2007)
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Cytokine profiles as markers of disease severity in sepsis: a multiplex analysis
Fernando A Bozza, Jorge I Salluh, André M Japiassu, Marcio Soares, Edson F Assis, Rachel N Gomes, Marcelo T Bozza, Hugo C Castro-Faria-Neto, Patrícia T Bozza
Critical Care 2007, 11:R49 (21 April 2007)
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Case mix, outcome and activity for patients admitted to intensive care units requiring chronic renal dialysis: a secondary analysis of the ICNARC Case Mix Programme Database
Colin A Hutchison, Alex V Crowe, Paul E Stevens, David A Harrison, Graham W Lipkin
Critical Care 2007, 11:R50 (23 April 2007)
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The metabolic and renal effects of adrenaline and milrinone in patients with myocardial dysfunction after coronary artery bypass grafting
Matthias Heringlake, Marit Wernerus, Julia Grünefeld, Stephan Klaus, Hermann Heinze, Matthias Bechtel, Ludger Bahlmann, Jochen Poeling, Julika Schön
Critical Care 2007, 11:R51 (30 April 2007)
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Commentary
Do-not-resuscitate orders, unintended consequences, and the ripple effect
J Claude Hemphill III
Critical Care 2007, 11:121 (2 March 2007)
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Commentary
What does high NT-proBNP mean in septic shock patients? A part of the puzzle
Antoine Roch
Critical Care 2007, 11:122 (13 April 2007)
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Commentary
Is bronchoalveolar lavage with quantitative cultures a useful tool for diagnosing ventilator-associated pneumonia?
Jean-Yves Fagon, Jean Chastre, Jean-Jacques Rouby
Critical Care 2007, 11:123 (16 April 2007)
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Commentary
Acute stroke: we have the treatments and we have the evidence  we need to use them
Terence J Quinn, Jesse Dawson, Kennedy R Lees
Critical Care 2007, 11:124 (17 April 2007)
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Commentary
Re-examining ethical obligations in the intensive care unit: HIV disclosure to surrogates
Anthony T Vernillo, Paul R Wolpe, Scott D Halpern
Critical Care 2007, 11:125 (18 April 2007)
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Hyperoxic acute lung injury and ventilator-induced/associated lung injury: new insights into intracellular signaling pathways
Claudia C Dos Santos
Critical Care 2007, 11:126 (19 April 2007)
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Commentary
Recently published papers: Tracheostomy: why rather than when? Obesity: does it matter? And stroke: diagnosis, thrombosis and prognosis
Tim McCormick, Richard Venn
Critical Care 2007, 11:127 (27 April 2007)
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Commentary
Evidence-based guidelines for bleeding in trauma patients: where do we go from here?
Joseph P Minei
Critical Care 2007, 11:128 (27 April 2007)
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Review
Clinical review: Aggressive management and extracorporeal support for drug-induced cardiotoxicity
Frédéric J Baud, Bruno Megarbane, Nicolas Deye, Pascal Leprince
Critical Care 2007, 11:207 (12 March 2007)
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Bench-to-bedside review: When is dead really dead on the legitimacy of using neurologic criteria to determine death
Leslie M Whetstine
Critical Care 2007, 11:208 (13 March 2007)
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Review
Clinical review: Update of avian influenza A infections in humans
Christian Sandrock, Terra Kelly
Critical Care 2007, 11:209 (22 March 2007)
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Review
Clinical review: Long-term noninvasive ventilation
Dominique Robert, Laurent Argaud
Critical Care 2007, 11:210 (26 March 2007)
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Review
Pro/con debate: In patients who are potential candidates for organ donation after cardiac death, starting medications and/or interventions for the sole purpose of making the organs more viable is an acceptable practice
Jason Phua, Tow Keang Lim, David A Zygun, Christopher J Doig
Critical Care 2007, 11:211 (17 April 2007)
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Review
Clinical review: Mass casualty triage pandemic influenza and critical care
Kirsty Challen, Andrew Bentley, John Bright, Darren Walter
Critical Care 2007, 11:212 (30 April 2007)
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Book report
Hemodynamic monitoring made easy
Michael R Pinsky
Critical Care 2007, 11:306 (15 March 2007)
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Book report
Medical emergency teams: implementation and outcome measurement
Ann McGinley, Rupert M Pearse
Critical Care 2007, 11:307 (16 April 2007)
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Letter
Prognostic utility of RIFLE for acute renal failure in patients with sepsis
José António Lopes, Sofia Jorge, Cristina Resina, Carla Santos, Álvaro Pereira, José Neves, Francisco Antunes, Mateus Martins Prata
Critical Care 2007, 11:408 (5 April 2007)
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Letter
Thrombelastography and sepsis
Rudolph Puana, Joseph L Nates
Critical Care 2007, 11:409 (19 April 2007)
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Letter
Growth arrest-specific protein 6 (GAS6) and the protein C pathway
Shi-Sheng Li
Critical Care 2007, 11:410 (18 April 2007)
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Letter
Acute renal failure in patients with sepsis
José António Lopes, Sofia Jorge, Cristina Resina, Carla Santos, Álvaro Pereira, José Neves, Francisco Antunes, Mateus Martins Prata
Critical Care 2007, 11:411 (19 April 2007)
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Letter
Myocardial injury associated with hyperinflation of the lung
Michael Eisenhut
Critical Care 2007, 11:412 (30 April 2007)
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Correction
Correction: 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, 11:414 (24 April 2007)
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