Articles in Volume 12 Issue 3
Research
 
Antimicrobial treatment for ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis: a randomized, controlled, multicenter study
Saad Nseir, Raphaël Favory, Elsa Jozefowicz, Franck Decamps, Florent Dewavrin, Guillaume Brunin, Christophe Di Pompeo, Daniel Mathieu, Alain Durocher, the VAT Study Group
Critical Care 2008, 12:R62 (2 May 2008)
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Cerebral perfusion in sepsis-associated delirium
David Pfister, Martin Siegemund, Salome Dell-Kuster, Peter Smielewski, Stephan Rüegg, Stephan P Strebel, Stephan CU Marsch, Hans Pargger, Luzius A Steiner
Critical Care 2008, 12:R63 (5 May 2008)
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A phase 1 trial of nebulised heparin in acute lung injury
Barry Dixon, John D Santamaria, Duncan J Campbell
Critical Care 2008, 12:R64 (6 May 2008)
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Adrenal insufficiency in prolonged critical illness
Jenn-Yu Wu, Szu-Chun Hsu, Shih-Chi Ku, Chao-Chi Ho, Chong-Jen Yu, Pan-Chyr Yang
Critical Care 2008, 12:R65 (8 May 2008)
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Severe hyperlactatemia with normal base excess: a quantitative analysis using conventional and Stewart approaches
Graciela Tuhay, María Carolina Pein, Fabio Daniel Masevicius, Daniela Olmos Kutscherauer, Arnaldo Dubin
Critical Care 2008, 12:R66 (8 May 2008)
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Optic nerve sonography in the diagnostic evaluation of adult brain injury
Theodoros Soldatos, Dimitrios Karakitsos, Katerina Chatzimichail, Matilda Papathanasiou, Athanasios Gouliamos, Andreas Karabinis
Critical Care 2008, 12:R67 (13 May 2008)
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Changes in hospital costs after introducing an intermediate care unit: a comparative observational study
Barbara CJ Solberg, Carmen D Dirksen, Fred HM Nieman, Godefridus van Merode, Martijn Poeze, Graham Ramsay
Critical Care 2008, 12:R68 (15 May 2008)
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Oral probiotic and prevention of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study in intensive care unit patients
Christiane Forestier, Dominique Guelon, Valérie Cluytens, Thierry Gillart, Jacques Sirot, Christophe De Champs
Critical Care 2008, 12:R69 (20 May 2008)
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Randomized trial comparing daily interruption of sedation and nursing-implemented sedation algorithm in medical intensive care unit patients
Marjolein de Wit, Chris Gennings, Wendy I Jenvey, Scott K Epstein
Critical Care 2008, 12:R70 (20 May 2008)
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Adverse events during rotary-wing transport of mechanically ventilated patients: a retrospective cohort study
Christopher W Seymour, Jeremy M Kahn, C William Schwab, Barry D Fuchs
Critical Care 2008, 12:R71 (22 May 2008)
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Effects of salbutamol on exhaled breath condensate biomarkers in acute lung injury: prospective analysis
Oriol Roca, Susana Gómez-Ollés, Maria-Jesús Cruz, Xavier Muñoz, Mark JD Griffiths, Joan R Masclans
Critical Care 2008, 12:R72 (30 May 2008)
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Exogenous nitric oxide requires an endothelial glycocalyx to prevent postischemic coronary vascular leak in guinea pig hearts
Dirk Bruegger, Markus Rehm, Matthias Jacob, Daniel Chappell, Mechthild Stoeckelhuber, Ulrich Welsch, Peter Conzen, Bernhard F Becker
Critical Care 2008, 12:R73 (2 June 2008)
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A positive fluid balance is associated with a worse outcome in patients with acute renal failure
Didier Payen, Anne Cornélie de Pont, Yasser Sakr, Claudia Spies, Konrad Reinhart, Jean Louis Vincent, the Sepsis Occurrence in Acutely Ill Patients (SOAP) Investigators
Critical Care 2008, 12:R74 (4 June 2008)
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Resource use and outcome in critically ill patients with hematological malignancy: a retrospective cohort study
Tobias M Merz, Pascale Schär, Michael Bühlmann, Jukka Takala, Hans U Rothen
Critical Care 2008, 12:R75 (6 June 2008)
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The role of corticosteroids in severe community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review
Jorge IF Salluh, Pedro Póvoa, Márcio Soares, Hugo C Castro-Faria-Neto, Fernando A Bozza, Patrícia T Bozza
Critical Care 2008, 12:R76 (11 June 2008)
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Intensive care outcomes in bone marrow transplant recipients: a population-based cohort analysis
Damon C Scales, Deva Thiruchelvam, Alexander Kiss, William J Sibbald, Donald A Redelmeier
Critical Care 2008, 12:R77 (11 June 2008)
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Mild therapeutic hypothermia shortens intensive care unit stay of survivors after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest compared to historical controls
Christian Storm, Ingo Steffen, Joerg C Schefold, Anne Krueger, Michael Oppert, Achim Jörres, Dietrich Hasper
Critical Care 2008, 12:R78 (14 June 2008)
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Quantification of lean and fat tissue repletion following critical illness: a case report
Clare L Reid, Peter R Murgatroyd, Antony Wright, David K Menon
Critical Care 2008, 12:R79 (17 June 2008)
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In vitro norepinephrine significantly activates isolated platelets from healthy volunteers and critically ill patients following severe traumatic brain injury
Christoph Tschuor, Lars M Asmis, Philipp M Lenzlinger, Martina Tanner, Luc Härter, Marius Keel, Reto Stocker, John F Stover
Critical Care 2008, 12:R80 (18 June 2008)
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Are serum cytokines early predictors for the outcome of burn patients with inhalation injuries who do not survive?
Gerd G Gauglitz, Celeste C Finnerty, David N Herndon, Ronald P Mlcak, Marc G Jeschke
Critical Care 2008, 12:R81 (18 June 2008)
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Assessment of stroke volume variation for prediction of fluid responsiveness using the modified FloTrac and PiCCOplus system
Christoph K Hofer, Alban Senn, Luc Weibel, Andreas Zollinger
Critical Care 2008, 12:R82 (20 June 2008)
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Association of HMGB1 polymorphisms with outcome in patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome
Brian Kornblit, Lea Munthe-Fog, Hans O Madsen, Jens Strøm, Lars Vindeløv, Peter Garred
Critical Care 2008, 12:R83 (24 June 2008)
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Anti-PF4/heparin antibodies associated with repeated hemofiltration-filter clotting: a retrospective study
Sigismond Lasocki, Pascale Piednoir, Nadine Ajzenberg, Arnaud Geffroy, Abdel Benbara, Philippe Montravers
Critical Care 2008, 12:R84 (25 June 2008)
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Commentary
Diagnosing sepsis: does the microbiology matter?
Jonathan Cohen
Critical Care 2008, 12:145 (6 May 2008)
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Good night, sleep tight: the time is ripe for critical care providers to wake up and focus on sleep
Randall S Friese
Critical Care 2008, 12:146 (12 May 2008)
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The promise of next generation colloids
Ben C Creagh-Brown, Timothy W Evans
Critical Care 2008, 12:147 (14 May 2008)
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Causes of a high physiological dead space in critically ill patients
Peter D Wagner
Critical Care 2008, 12:148 (14 May 2008)
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Moving beyond tight glucose control to safe effective glucose control
James S Krinsley, Jean-Charles Preiser
Critical Care 2008, 12:149 (16 May 2008)
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Ocular sonography in patients with raised intracranial pressure: the papilloedema revisited
Thomas Geeraerts, Jacques Duranteau, Dan Benhamou
Critical Care 2008, 12:150 (16 May 2008)
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Introduction of medical emergency teams in Australia and New Zealand: a multicentre study
Kaye England, Julian F Bion
Critical Care 2008, 12:151 (22 May 2008)
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Recently published papers: a little less ventilation, a little more oxygen please?
Jonathan Ball
Critical Care 2008, 12:152 (27 May 2008)
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Progesterone in traumatic brain injury: time to move on to phase III trials
Marianne Vandromme, Sherry M Melton, Jeffrey D Kerby
Critical Care 2008, 12:153 (29 May 2008)
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Clinical risk stratification for gastrointestinal hemorrhage: still no consensus
Charles Wira, John Sather
Critical Care 2008, 12:154 (30 May 2008)
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Circulating cytokines and outcome prediction of burned children with concomitant inhalation injury
Pavlos M Myrianthefs, George J Baltopoulos
Critical Care 2008, 12:155 (23 June 2008)
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Tight glucose control: should we move from intensive insulin therapy alone to modulation of insulin and nutritional inputs?
Pierre Kalfon, Jean-Charles Preiser
Critical Care 2008, 12:156 (19 June 2008)
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Ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis (VAT): questions, answers, and a new paradigm?
Donald E Craven
Critical Care 2008, 12:157 (18 June 2008)
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Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia during renal replacement therapy in the intensive care unit
Andrew Davenport
Critical Care 2008, 12:158 (30 June 2008)
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How best to recruit the injured lung?
John J Marini
Critical Care 2008, 12:159 (20 June 2008)
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Probiotics in the intensive care unit: why controversies and confusion abound
Lee E Morrow, Marin H Kollef
Critical Care 2008, 12:160 (24 June 2008)
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Surviving sepsis: a guide to the guidelines
Jean-Louis Vincent, John C Marshall
Critical Care 2008, 12:162 (30 June 2008)
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Review
Pro/Con debate: Is procalcitonin useful for guiding antibiotic decision making in critically ill patients?
Yahya Shehabi, Ian Seppelt
Critical Care 2008, 12:211 (2 May 2008)
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Bench-to-bedside review: Sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock  does the nature of the infecting organism matter?
Hongmei Gao, Timothy W Evans, Simon J Finney
Critical Care 2008, 12:213 (6 May 2008)
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Clinical review: The role of the intensive care physician in mass casualty incidents: planning, organisation, and leadership
Peter J Shirley, Gerlinde Mandersloot
Critical Care 2008, 12:214 (14 May 2008)
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Bench-to-bedside review: The value of cardiac biomarkers in the intensive care patient
Anthony S McLean, Stephen J Huang, Mark Salter
Critical Care 2008, 12:215 (2 June 2008)
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Pro/Con debate: Should 24/7 in-house intensivist coverage be implemented?
Yaseen Arabi
Critical Care 2008, 12:216 (5 June 2008)
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Clinical review: Influenza pandemic physicians and their obligations
Devanand Anantham, Wendy McHugh, Stephen O'Neill, Lachlan Forrow
Critical Care 2008, 12:217 (24 June 2008)
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Book report
Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime: physics, pharmacology and physiology for anaesthetists
Roland CE Francis, Willehad Boemke, Claudia D Spies
Critical Care 2008, 12:303 (30 May 2008)
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Book report
Operating Department Practice A-Z (second edition)
Roger Bloomer, Jeremy Cordingley
Critical Care 2008, 12:304 (4 June 2008)
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Letter
Efficacy of oral chlorhexidine in critical care
Matt P Wise, Jade M Cole, David W Williams, Mike A Lewis, Paul J Frost
Critical Care 2008, 12:419 (14 May 2008)
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Letter
Antifungal prophylaxis in critically ill patients
Luciano Silvestri, Durk F Zandstra, Hendrick KF van Saene, Andy J Petros, Sujatha Thyagarajan, Miguel A de la Cal, Corrado Thomann
Critical Care 2008, 12:420 (13 June 2008)
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