Articles in Volume 12 Issue 1
Research
Predictors of outcome in myxoedema coma: a study from a tertiary care centre
Pinaki Dutta, Anil Bhansali, Shriq Rashid Masoodi, Sanjay Bhadada, Navneet Sharma, Rajesh Rajput
Critical Care 2008, 12:R1 (3 January 2008)
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Fibrinogen decreases cardiomyocyte contractility through an ICAM-1-dependent mechanism
John H Boyd, Edmond H Chau, Chiho Tokunanga, Ryon M Bateman, Greg Haljan, Ehsan Y Davani, Yinjin Wang, Keith R Walley
Critical Care 2008, 12:R2 (3 January 2008)
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Diagnostic utility of B-type natriuretic peptide in critically ill patients with pulmonary edema: a prospective cohort study
Joseph E Levitt, Ajeet G Vinayak, Brian K Gehlbach, Anne Pohlman, William Van Cleve, Jesse B Hall, John P Kress
Critical Care 2008, 12:R3 (14 January 2008)
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Effects of plasma expansion with albumin and paracentesis on haemodynamics and kidney function in critically ill cirrhotic patients with tense ascites and hepatorenal syndrome: a prospective uncontrolled trial
Andreas Umgelter, Wolfgang Reindl, Katrin S Wagner, Michael Franzen, Konrad Stock, Roland M Schmid, Wolfgang Huber
Critical Care 2008, 12:R4 (15 January 2008)
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Impact of invasive fungal infection on outcomes of severe sepsis: a multicenter matched cohort study in critically ill surgical patients
Guo-Hao Xie, Xiang-Ming Fang, Qiang Fang, Xin-Min Wu, Yu-Hong Jin, Jun-Lu Wang, Qu-Lian Guo, Miao-Ning Gu, Qiu-Ping Xu, Dong-Xin Wang, Shang-Long Yao, Shi-Ying Yuan, Zhao-Hui Du, Yun-Bo Sun, Hai-Hong Wang, Shui-Jing Wu, Bao-Li Cheng
Critical Care 2008, 12:R5 (16 January 2008)
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Diagnostic utility of the soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from patients with bilateral lung infiltrates
Jin Won Huh, Chae-Man Lim, Younsuck Koh, Yeon Mok Oh, Tae Sun Shim, Sang Do Lee, Woo Sung Kim, Dong Soon Kim, Won Dong Kim, Sang-Bum Hong
Critical Care 2008, 12:R6 (19 January 2008)
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Alveolar recruitment can be predicted from airway pressure-lung volume loops: an experimental study in a porcine acute lung injury model
Jacob Koefoed-Nielsen, Niels Dahlsgaard Nielsen, Anders J Kjærgaard, Anders Larsson
Critical Care 2008, 12:R7 (21 January 2008)
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Biphasic onset of splenic apoptosis following hemorrhagic shock: critical implications for Bax, Bcl-2, and Mcl-1 proteins
Arwed Hostmann, Kerstin Jasse, Gundula Schulze-Tanzil, Yohan Robinson, Andreas Oberholzer, Wolfgang Ertel, Sven K Tschoeke
Critical Care 2008, 12:R8 (22 January 2008)
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Insulin-related decrease in cerebral glucose despite normoglycemia in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage
Florian Schlenk, Daniela Graetz, Alexandra Nagel, Maren Schmidt, Asita S Sarrafzadeh
Critical Care 2008, 12:R9 (24 January 2008)
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Moisturizing body milk as a reservoir of Burkholderia cepacia: outbreak of nosocomial infection in a multidisciplinary intensive care unit
Francisco Álvarez-Lerma, Elena Maull, Roser Terradas, Concepción Segura, Irene Planells, Pere Coll, Hernando Knobel, Antonia Vázquez
Critical Care 2008, 12:R10 (31 January 2008)
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Copeptin, a novel prognostic biomarker in ventilator-associated pneumonia
Renato Seligman, Jana Papassotiriou, Nils G Morgenthaler, Michael Meisner, Paulo JZ Teixeira
Critical Care 2008, 12:R11 (2 February 2008)
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Kerbs von Lungren 6 antigen is a marker of alveolar inflammation but not of infection in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome
Nazim Nathani, Gavin D Perkins, William Tunnicliffe, Nick Murphy, Mav Manji, David R Thickett
Critical Care 2008, 12:R12 (23 January 2008)
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Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment: a comparative study of the ethical reasoning of physicians and the general public
Anders Rydvall, Niels Lynöe
Critical Care 2008, 12:R13 (15 February 2008)
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Recombinant activated factor VIIa for the treatment of bleeding in major abdominal surgery including vascular and urological surgery: a review and meta-analysis of published data
Christian von Heymann, Sven Jonas, Claudia Spies, Klaus-Dieter Wernecke, Sabine Ziemer, Detlev Janssen, Jürgen Koscielny
Critical Care 2008, 12:R14 (15 February 2008)
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Comparison of different pain scoring systems in critically ill patients in a general ICU
Sabine JGM Ahlers, Laura van Gulik, Aletta M van der Veen, Hendricus PA van Dongen, Peter Bruins, Svetlana V Belitser, Anthonius de Boer, Dick Tibboel, Catherijne AJ Knibbe
Critical Care 2008, 12:R15 (16 February 2008)
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A comparison of the CAM-ICU and the NEECHAM Confusion Scale in intensive care delirium assessment: an observational study in non-intubated patients
Bart Van Rompaey, Marieke J Schuurmans, Lillie M Shortridge-Baggett, Steven Truijen, Monique Elseviers, Leo Bossaert
Critical Care 2008, 12:R16 (18 February 2008)
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Monocyte deactivation in neutropenic acute respiratory distress syndrome patients treated with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
Djamel Mokart, Eric Kipnis, Pierre Guerre-Berthelot, Norbert Vey, Christian Capo, Antoine Sannini, Jean-Paul Brun, Jean-Louis Blache, Jean-Louis Mege, Didier Blaise, Benoit P Guery
Critical Care 2008, 12:R17 (18 February 2008)
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Echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary artery occlusion pressure in ventilated patients: a transoesophageal study
Philippe Vignon, Ali AitHssain, Bruno François, Pierre-Marie Preux, Nicolas Pichon, Marc Clavel, Jean-Pierre Frat, Hervé Gastinne
Critical Care 2008, 12:R18 (19 February 2008)
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Combined didactic and scenario-based education improves the ability of intensive care unit staff to recognize delirium at the bedside
John W Devlin, Francois Marquis, Richard R Riker, Tracey Robbins, Erik Garpestad, Jeffrey J Fong, Dorothy Didomenico, Yoanna Skrobik
Critical Care 2008, 12:R19 (21 February 2008)
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Vasopressin impairs brain, heart and kidney perfusion: an experimental study in pigs after transient myocardial ischemia
Stig Müller, Ole-Jakob How, Stig Eggen Hermansen, Thor Allan Stenberg, Georg Sager, Truls Myrmel
Critical Care 2008, 12:R20 (21 February 2008)
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'One patient amongst many': a qualitative analysis of intensive care unit patients' experiences of transferring to the general ward
Kate Field, Suman Prinjha, Kathy Rowan
Critical Care 2008, 12:R21 (22 February 2008)
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Early treatment of imported falciparum malaria in the intermediate and intensive care unit setting: an 8-year single-center retrospective study
Lukas Schwake, Judith Pamela Streit, Lutz Edler, Jens Encke, Wolfgang Stremmel, Thomas Junghanss
Critical Care 2008, 12:R22 (22 February 2008)
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Outcomes and costs of blunt trauma in England and Wales
Michael C Christensen, Saxon Ridley, Fiona E Lecky, Vicki Munro, Stephen Morris
Critical Care 2008, 12:R23 (19 February 2008)
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Glycemic penalty index for adequately assessing and comparing different blood glucose control algorithms
Tom Van Herpe, Jos De Brabanter, Martine Beullens, Bart De Moor, Greet Van den Berghe
Critical Care 2008, 12:R24 (26 February 2008)
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Expression of cell surface receptors and oxidative metabolism modulation in the clinical continuum of sepsis
Paulo S Martins, Milena KC Brunialti, Leandro SW Martos, Flavia R Machado, Murillo S Assunçao, Sergio Blecher, Reinaldo Salomao
Critical Care 2008, 12:R25 (13 February 2008)
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Determinants of tracheostomy decannulation: an international survey
Henry Thomas Stelfox, Claudia Crimi, Lorenzo Berra, Alberto Noto, Ulrich Schmidt, Luca M Bigatello, Dean Hess
Critical Care 2008, 12:R26 (26 February 2008)
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Oxidized phospholipids reduce ventilator-induced vascular leak and inflammation in vivo
Stephanie Nonas, Anna A Birukova, Panfeng Fu, Jungjie Xing, Santipongse Chatchavalvanich, Valery N Bochkov, Norbert Leitinger, Joe GN Garcia, Konstantin G Birukov
Critical Care 2008, 12:R27 (24 January 2008)
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Critical care management and outcome of severe Pneumocystis pneumonia in patients with and without HIV infection
Xavier Monnet, Emmanuelle Vidal-Petiot, David Osman, Olfa Hamzaoui, Antoine Durrbach, Cécile Goujard, Corinne Miceli, Patrice Bourée, Christian Richard
Critical Care 2008, 12:R28 (25 January 2008)
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Intensive insulin therapy and mortality in critically ill patients
Miriam M Treggiari, Veena Karir, N David Yanez, Noel S Weiss, Stephen Daniel, Steven A Deem
Critical Care 2008, 12:R29 (29 February 2008)
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Acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome in Ireland: a prospective audit of epidemiology and management
The Irish Critical Care Trials Group
Critical Care 2008, 12:R30 (29 February 2008)
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Mild hypothermia during advanced life support: a preliminary study in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Cédric Bruel, Jean-Jacques Parienti, William Marie, Xavier Arrot, Cédric Daubin, Damien Du Cheyron, Massimo Massetti, Pierre Charbonneau
Critical Care 2008, 12:R31 (29 February 2008)
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Editorial
Obituary: Professor John Henry, MBBS, FRCP, FFAEM (1939 2007)
Allister Vale
Critical Care 2008, 12:101 (11 January 2008)
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Commentary
Sedation practice: is it time to wake up and embrace change?
Kate Regan, Owen Boyd
Critical Care 2008, 12:102 (8 January 2008)
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Commentary
Targeting RAGE in sepsis
Marieke AD van Zoelen, Tom van der Poll
Critical Care 2008, 12:103 (11 January 2008)
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Commentary
Nitric oxide, leukocytes and microvascular permeability: causality or bystanders?
Balázs Hauser, Martin Matejovic, Peter Radermacher
Critical Care 2008, 12:104 (16 January 2008)
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Commentary
An anti-inflammatory role for tranexamic acid in cardiac surgery?
Heidi J Robertshaw
Critical Care 2008, 12:105 (16 January 2008)
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Commentary
Maintenance of tracheal tube cuff pressure: where are the limits?
Miquel Ferrer, Antoni Torres
Critical Care 2008, 12:106 (16 January 2008)
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Commentary
Brain dysfunction in sepsis: what can we learn from cerebral perfusion studies?
Luzius A Steiner
Critical Care 2008, 12:107 (18 January 2008)
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Commentary
Procalcitonin in liver transplant patients yet another stone turned
Jens-Ulrik Jensen, Jens D Lundgren
Critical Care 2008, 12:108 (22 January 2008)
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Commentary
Effect of sepsis therapies on health-related quality of life
Sara E Erickson, Greg S Martin
Critical Care 2008, 12:109 (22 January 2008)
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Commentary
Are platelets a 'forgotten' source of sepsis-induced myocardial depressing factor(s)?
Alexandre Mebazaa
Critical Care 2008, 12:110 (23 January 2008)
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Commentary
Predictors of outcome in myxoedema coma
Jennifer Beynon, Simeen Akhtar, Tara Kearney
Critical Care 2008, 12:111 (23 January 2008)
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Commentary
Recently published papers: Sepsis, glucose control and patientdoctor relationships
Christopher Bouch, Gareth Williams
Critical Care 2008, 12:112 (1 February 2008)
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Commentary
Unmeasured anions: the unknown unknowns
Bala Venkatesh, Thomas J Morgan
Critical Care 2008, 12:113 (5 February 2008)
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Commentary
Clostridium difficile: the increasingly difficult pathogen
Aurora Pop-Vicas, Marguerite A Neill
Critical Care 2008, 12:114 (7 February 2008)
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Commentary
More than skin deep: moisturizing body milk and Burkholderia cepacia
Amy E Irwin, Connie Savor Price
Critical Care 2008, 12:115 (20 February 2008)
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Commentary
Restoring normoglycaemia: not so harmless
Jean-Charles Preiser
Critical Care 2008, 12:116 (28 February 2008)
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Review
Bench-to-bedside review: The inflammation-perpetuating pattern-recognition receptor RAGE as a therapeutic target in sepsis
Christian Bopp, Angelika Bierhaus, Stefan Hofer, Axel Bouchon, Peter P Nawroth, Eike Martin, Markus A Weigand
Critical Care 2008, 12:201 (9 January 2008)
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Review
Clinical review: Major consequences of illicit drug consumption
Robert J Devlin, John A Henry
Critical Care 2008, 12:202 (8 January 2008)
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Review
Bench-to-bedside review: Clostridium difficile colitis
Carolyn V Gould, L Clifford McDonald
Critical Care 2008, 12:203 (18 January 2008)
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Review
Bench-to-bedside review: Candida infections in the intensive care unit
Marie Méan, Oscar Marchetti, Thierry Calandra
Critical Care 2008, 12:204 (22 January 2008)
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Review
Bench-to-bedside review: The MET syndrome the challenges of researching and adopting medical emergency teams
Augustine Tee, Paolo Calzavacca, Elisa Licari, Donna Goldsmith, Rinaldo Bellomo
Critical Care 2008, 12:205 (23 January 2008)
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Review
Bench-to-bedside review: Mitochondrial injury, oxidative stress and apoptosis there is nothing more practical than a good theory
Hülya Bayir, Valerian E Kagan
Critical Care 2008, 12:206 (18 February 2008)
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Journal club critique
PAC in FACTT: Time to PAC it in?
Wissam Mansour, Eric B Milbrandt, Lillian L Emlet
Critical Care 2008, 12:301 (6 February 2008)
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Letter
Cardiac arrest following a glucose 30% bolus: what happened?
Philippe Goutorbe, Nadia Kenane, Julien Bordes, Christophe Jego, Ambroise Montcriol, Eric Meaudre
Critical Care 2008, 12:401 (16 January 2008)
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Letter
Outcome research in meningococcal septic shock
Corinne Buysse, Lindy Vermunt, Elisabeth Utens, Koen Joosten, Jan Hazelzet
Critical Care 2008, 12:402 (17 January 2008)
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Letter
Clinical value of an arterial pressure-based cardiac output measurement device
Joris Lemson, Johannes G van der Hoeven
Critical Care 2008, 12:403 (25 January 2008)
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Letter
Evidence-based approach to intensive care unit management: need for improvement
Anders Ersson, Michelle Chew
Critical Care 2008, 12:404 (25 January 2008)
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Letter
Increased bleeding risk associated with the use of recombinant human activated protein C in patients with advanced liver disease
Adam Keene, Thomas Kawano, Syed Anees, Julie Chen
Critical Care 2008, 12:405 (11 February 2008)
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Letter
Extrapulmonary effects of nitric oxide inhalation therapy: time to consider new dosing regimes?
Jon O Lundberg, Eddie Weitzberg
Critical Care 2008, 12:406 (11 February 2008)
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Letter
Clinical relevance of the PaO2/FiO2 ratio
Mohamad F El-Khatib, Gassan W Jamaleddine
Critical Care 2008, 12:407 (14 February 2008)
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Letter
The quest for optimal positive end-expiratory pressure continues
Dick Markhorst, Martin Kneyber, Marc van Heerde
Critical Care 2008, 12:408 (21 February 2008)
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Letter
A persistently elevated C-reactive protein level in pneumonia may indicate empyema
Michael Eisenhut
Critical Care 2008, 12:409 (27 February 2008)
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Letter
How much insulin is acceptable following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage?
John F Stover
Critical Care 2008, 12:410 (27 February 2008)
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Letter
A message in a bottle: a case report
Felix Mehrhof, Achim Joerres, Rainer Dietz, Michael Oppert
Critical Care 2008, 12:411 (27 February 2008)
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