Articles in Volume 13 Issue 2
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Experience with use of extracorporeal life support for severe refractory status asthmaticus in children
Kiran B Hebbar, Toni Petrillo-Albarano, Wendy Coto-Puckett, Micheal Heard, Peter T Rycus, James D Fortenberry
Critical Care 2009, 13:R29 (2 March 2009)
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Resuscitation of haemorrhagic shock with normal saline vs. lactated Ringer's: effects on oxygenation, extravascular lung water and haemodynamics
Charles R Phillips, Kevin Vinecore, Daniel S Hagg, Rebecca S Sawai, Jerome A Differding, Jennifer M Watters, Martin A Schreiber
Critical Care 2009, 13:R30 (4 March 2009)
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Aerosolised surfactant generated by a novel noninvasive apparatus reduced acute lung injury in rats
Yu Sun, Rui Yang, Ji-gen Zhong, Feng Fang, Jin-jin Jiang, Ming-yao Liu, Jian Lu
Critical Care 2009, 13:R31 (4 March 2009)
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Assessment of cardiac output changes using a modified FloTrac/Vigileo algorithm in cardiac surgery patients
Alban Senn, Danny Button, Andreas Zollinger, Christoph K Hofer
Critical Care 2009, 13:R32 (4 March 2009)
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Critical care physician cognitive task analysis: an exploratory study
James C Fackler, Charles Watts, Anna Grome, Thomas Miller, Beth Crandall, Peter Pronovost
Critical Care 2009, 13:R33 (5 March 2009)
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Electrical impedance tomography applied to assess matching of pulmonary ventilation and perfusion in a porcine experimental model
Anneli Fagerberg, Ola Stenqvist, Anders Åneman
Critical Care 2009, 13:R34 (5 March 2009)
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Cost effectiveness of antimicrobial catheters in the intensive care unit: addressing uncertainty in the decision
Kate A Halton, David A Cook, Michael Whitby, David L Paterson, Nicholas Graves
Critical Care 2009, 13:R35 (11 March 2009)
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A clinical evaluation committee assessment of recombinant human tissue factor pathway inhibitor (tifacogin) in patients with severe community-acquired pneumonia
Pierre-François Laterre, Steven M Opal, Edward Abraham, Steven P LaRosa, Abla A Creasey, Fang Xie, Lona Poole, Richard G Wunderink
Critical Care 2009, 13:R36 (15 March 2009)
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Marked increase of procalcitonin after the administration of anti-thymocyte globulin in patients before hematopoietic stem cell transplantation does not indicate sepsis: a prospective study
Helena Brodska, Tomas Drabek, Karin Malickova, Antonin Kazda, Antonin Vitek, Tomas Zima, Marketa Markova
Critical Care 2009, 13:R37 (16 March 2009)
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Procalcitonin kinetics within the first days of sepsis: relationship with the appropriateness of antibiotic therapy and the outcome
Pierre Emmanuel Charles, Claire Tinel, Saber Barbar, Serge Aho, Sébastien Prin, Jean Marc Doise, Nils Olivier Olsson, Bernard Blettery, Jean Pierre Quenot
Critical Care 2009, 13:R38 (16 March 2009)
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Using an expiratory resistor, arterial pulse pressure variations predict fluid responsiveness during spontaneous breathing: an experimental porcine study
Michael K Dahl, Simon T Vistisen, Jacob Koefoed-Nielsen, Anders Larsson
Critical Care 2009, 13:R39 (20 March 2009)
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Crystalloids versus colloids for goal-directed fluid therapy in major surgery
Luzius B Hiltebrand, Oliver Kimberger, Michael Arnberger, Sebastian Brandt, Andrea Kurz, Gisli H Sigurdsson
Critical Care 2009, 13:R40 (21 March 2009)
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Impact of intraoperative lung-protective interventions in patients undergoing lung cancer surgery
Marc Licker, John Diaper, Yann Villiger, Anastase Spiliopoulos, Virginie Licker, John Robert, Jean-Marie Tschopp
Critical Care 2009, 13:R41 (24 March 2009)
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Thromboelastometry for the assessment of coagulation abnormalities in early and established adult sepsis: a prospective cohort study
Fritz Daudel, Ulf Kessler, Hélène Folly, Jasmin S Lienert, Jukka Takala, Stephan M Jakob
Critical Care 2009, 13:R42 (30 March 2009)
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A multicentre case-control study of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs as a risk factor for severe sepsis and septic shock
Annick Legras, Bruno Giraudeau, Annie-Pierre Jonville-Bera, Christophe Camus, Bruno François, Isabelle Runge, Achille Kouatchet, Anne Veinstein, Jérome Tayoro, Daniel Villers, Elisabeth Autret-Leca
Critical Care 2009, 13:R43 (30 March 2009)
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Gastric tonometry versus cardiac index as resuscitation goals in septic shock: a multicenter, randomized, controlled trial
Fernando Palizas, Arnaldo Dubin, Tomas Regueira, Alejandro Bruhn, Elias Knobel, Silvio Lazzeri, Natalio Baredes, Glenn Hernández
Critical Care 2009, 13:R44 (31 March 2009)
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Very old patients admitted to intensive care in Australia and New Zealand: a multi-centre cohort analysis
Sean M Bagshaw, Steve AR Webb, Anthony Delaney, Carol George, David Pilcher, Graeme K Hart, Rinaldo Bellomo
Critical Care 2009, 13:R45 (1 April 2009)
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What patients think about ICU follow-up services: a qualitative study
Suman Prinjha, Kate Field, Kathy Rowan
Critical Care 2009, 13:R46 (1 April 2009)
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Motor performance in five-year-old extracorporeal membrane oxygenation survivors: a population-based study
Maria WG Nijhuis-van der Sanden, Monique HM van der Cammen-van Zijp, Anjo JWM Janssen, Jolanda JCM Reuser, Petra Mazer, Arno FJ van Heijst, Saskia J Gischler, Dick Tibboel, Louis AA Kollée
Critical Care 2009, 13:R47 (2 April 2009)
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Haemofiltration in newborns treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a case-comparison study
Karin Blijdorp, Karlien Cransberg, Enno D Wildschut, Saskia J Gischler, Robert Jan Houmes, Eric D Wolff, Dick Tibboel
Critical Care 2009, 13:R48 (3 April 2009)
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Effects of steroids on reintubation and post-extubation stridor in adults: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Samir Jaber, Boris Jung, Gérald Chanques, Francis Bonnet, Emmanuel Marret
Critical Care 2009, 13:R49 (3 April 2009)
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C-reactive protein velocity to distinguish febrile bacterial infections from non-bacterial febrile illnesses in the emergency department
Yael Paran, Doron Yablecovitch, Guy Choshen, Ina Zeitlin, Ori Rogowski, Ronen Ben-Ami, Michal Katzir, Hila Saranga, Tovit Rosenzweig, Dan Justo, Yaffa Orbach, Pinhas Halpern, Shlomo Berliner
Critical Care 2009, 13:R50 (8 April 2009)
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Inhaled aerosolised recombinant human activated protein C ameliorates endotoxin-induced lung injury in anaesthetised sheep
Kristine Waerhaug, Vsevolod V Kuzkov, Vladimir N Kuklin, Rica Mortensen, Kåre C Nordhus, Mikhail Y Kirov, Lars J Bjertnaes
Critical Care 2009, 13:R51 (8 April 2009)
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Type XVIII collagen degradation products in acute lung injury
Gavin D Perkins, Nazim Nathani, Alex G Richter, Daniel Park, Murali Shyamsundar, Ritva Heljasvaara, Taina Pihlajaniemi, Mav Manji, W Tunnicliffe, Danny McAuley, Fang Gao, David R Thickett
Critical Care 2009, 13:R52 (9 April 2009)
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Markers of collagen synthesis and degradation are increased in serum in severe sepsis: a longitudinal study of 44 patients
Fiia Gäddnäs, Marjo Koskela, Vesa Koivukangas, Juha Risteli, Aarne Oikarinen, Jouko Laurila, Juha Saarnio, Tero Ala-Kokko
Critical Care 2009, 13:R53 (9 April 2009)
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Risk stratification of early admission to the intensive care unit of patients with no major criteria of severe community-acquired pneumonia: development of an international prediction rule
Bertrand Renaud, José Labarère, Eva Coma, Aline Santin, Jan Hayon, Mercé Gurgui, Nicolas Camus, Eric Roupie, François Hémery, Jérôme Hervé, Mirna Salloum, Michael J Fine, Christian Brun-Buisson
Critical Care 2009, 13:R54 (9 April 2009)
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Prolonged treatment with N-acetylcystine delays liver recovery from acetaminophen hepatotoxicity
Runkuan Yang, Keita Miki, Xin He, Meaghan E Killeen, Mitchell P Fink
Critical Care 2009, 13:R55 (9 April 2009)
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A pilot study of a new test to predict extubation failure
José F Solsona, Yolanda Díaz, Antonia Vázquez, Maria Pilar Gracia, Ana Zapatero, Jaume Marrugat
Critical Care 2009, 13:R56 (14 April 2009)
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Delivered dose of renal replacement therapy and mortality in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury
Sergio Vesconi, Dinna N Cruz, Roberto Fumagalli, Detlef Kindgen-Milles, Gianpaola Monti, Anibal Marinho, Filippo Mariano, Marco Formica, Mariano Marchesi, René Robert, Sergio Livigni, Claudio Ronco, the DOse REsponse Multicentre International collaborative Initiative (DO-RE-MI Study Group)
Critical Care 2009, 13:R57 (15 April 2009)
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Changes in S-100 protein serum levels in survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest treated with mild therapeutic hypothermia: a prospective, observational study
Matthias Derwall, Christian Stoppe, David Brücken, Rolf Rossaint, Michael Fries
Critical Care 2009, 13:R58 (16 April 2009)
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Respiratory and haemodynamic changes during decremental open lung positive end-expiratory pressure titration in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome
Christian Gernoth, Gerhard Wagner, Paolo Pelosi, Thomas Luecke
Critical Care 2009, 13:R59 (17 April 2009)
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Remifentanil discontinuation and subsequent intensive care unit-acquired infection: a cohort study
Saad Nseir, Jérémy Hoel, Guillaume Grailles, Aude Soury-Lavergne, Christophe Di Pompeo, Daniel Mathieu, Alain Durocher
Critical Care 2009, 13:R60 (21 April 2009)
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Propofol: neuroprotection in an in vitro model of traumatic brain injury
Jan Rossaint, Rolf Rossaint, Joachim Weis, Michael Fries, Steffen Rex, Mark Coburn
Critical Care 2009, 13:R61 (27 April 2009)
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Patients with cancer on the ICU: the times they are changing
Evert de Jonge, Monique M Bos
Critical Care 2009, 13:122 (2 March 2009)
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Self-calibrating pulse contour cardiac output: do validation studies really show its clinical reliability?
Lester AH Critchley
Critical Care 2009, 13:123 (4 March 2009)
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Role of clinical evaluation committees in sepsis trials: from 'valid cohort' assessment to subgroup analysis
Jean-François Dhainaut
Critical Care 2009, 13:124 (18 March 2009)
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Hyperglycemia and acquired weakness in critically ill patients: potential mechanisms
Leigh Ann Callahan, Gerald S Supinski
Critical Care 2009, 13:125 (26 March 2009)
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Is smaller high enough? Another piece in the puzzle of stress, strain, size, and systems
Michael Quintel, Onnen Moerer
Critical Care 2009, 13:126 (30 March 2009)
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Leukocyte phenotyping to stratify septic shock patients
Jonathan E McDunn, Richard S Hotchkiss
Critical Care 2009, 13:127 (3 April 2009)
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Resuscitation of hemorrhagic shock with normal saline versus lactated Ringer's: effects on oxygenation, extravascular lung water, and hemodynamics
Samir G Sakka
Critical Care 2009, 13:128 (3 April 2009)
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Critical illness hyperglycemia: is failure of the beta-cell to meet extreme insulin demand indicative of dysfunction?
Garry M Steil, Michael SD Agus
Critical Care 2009, 13:129 (3 April 2009)
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Colloid-induced kidney injury: experimental evidence may help to understand mechanisms
Frédérique Schortgen, Laurent Brochard
Critical Care 2009, 13:130 (3 April 2009)
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Optimizing cerebral glucose in severe traumatic brain injury: still some way to go
Cameron Zahed, Arun K Gupta
Critical Care 2009, 13:131 (6 April 2009)
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The cardiac force-frequency relationship and frequency-dependent acceleration of relaxation are impaired in lipopolysaccharide-treated rats: is the phospholamban-SERCA axis a therapeutic target?
Stephen B Heitner, Steven M Hollenberg
Critical Care 2009, 13:132 (21 April 2009)
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Neuroimmune perspectives in sepsis
Luis Ulloa, Edwin A Deitch
Critical Care 2009, 13:133 (23 April 2009)
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Sepsis-associated delirium: the pro and con of C5a blockade
Djillali Annane
Critical Care 2009, 13:135 (22 April 2009)
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Extracorporeal life support for status asthmaticus: the breath of life that's often forgotten
Nana Ekua Coleman, Heidi J Dalton
Critical Care 2009, 13:136 (28 April 2009)
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BIS and spectral entropy monitoring during sedation with midazolam/remifentanil and dexmedetomidine/remifentanil
Anthony R Absalom, David K Menon
Critical Care 2009, 13:137 (28 April 2009)
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'Relation, association, attribution ...'  the multiple faces of death in critical care medicine
Susanne Toussaint, Herwig Gerlach
Critical Care 2009, 13:138 (29 April 2009)
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Improving care by understanding the way we work: human factors and behavioural science in the context of intensive care
Nick Sevdalis, Stephen J Brett
Critical Care 2009, 13:139 (29 April 2009)
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Recently published papers: Acute kidney injury diagnosis and treatment
Jasmine BL Lee, Lui G Forni
Critical Care 2009, 13:140 (30 April 2009)
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Review
Clinical review: Ventilatory strategies for obstetric, brain-injured and obese patients
Stephen E Lapinsky, Juan Gabriel Posadas-Calleja, Iain McCullagh
Critical Care 2008, 13:206 (4 March 2009)
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Bench-to-bedside review: Angiopoietin signalling in critical illness a future target?
Matijs van Meurs, Philipp Kümpers, Jack JM Ligtenberg, John HJM Meertens, Grietje Molema, Jan G Zijlstra
Critical Care 2009, 13:207 (9 March 2009)
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Clinical review: The impact of noise on patients' sleep and the effectiveness of noise reduction strategies in intensive care units
Hui Xie, Jian Kang, Gary H Mills
Critical Care 2009, 13:208 (9 March 2009)
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Review
Bench-to-bedside review: Optimising emergency reversal of vitamin K antagonists in severe haemorrhage from theory to practice
Bernard Vigué
Critical Care 2009, 13:209 (22 April 2009)
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Bench-to-bedside review: Association of genetic variation with sepsis
Ainsley M Sutherland, Keith R Walley
Critical Care 2009, 13:210 (29 April 2009)
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Viewpoint
Is reducing variability of blood glucose the real but hidden target of intensive insulin therapy?
Moritoki Egi, Rinaldo Bellomo, Michael C Reade
Critical Care 2009, 13:302 (6 April 2009)
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Letter
Gene expression changes with a 'non-injurious' ventilation strategy
Calvin SH Ng, Song Wan, Anthony MH Ho, Malcolm J Underwood
Critical Care 2009, 13:403 (4 March 2009)
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Letter
Two devils: hypernatremia and hyponatremia can show faces to the same patient in the intensive care unit
Payam Eghtesadi-Araghi, Mohammad R Rasouli, Majid Mokhtari
Critical Care 2009, 13:404 (6 March 2009)
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Correction
Correction: Nitrogen washout/washin, helium dilution and computed tomography in the assessment of end expiratory lung volume
Davide Chiumello, Massimo Cressoni, Monica Chierichetti, Federica Tallarini, Marco Botticelli, Virna Berto, Cristina Mietto, Luciano Gattinoni
Critical Care 2009, 13:405 (16 March 2009)
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Letter
Incorrect predictions, not incorrect statistics!
Reinier G Hoff, Thomas Lumley, Gabriel JE Rinkel, Bon H Verweij, Cor J Kalkman, Ale Algra
Critical Care 2009, 13:406 (29 April 2009)
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Correction
Correction: 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 2009, 13:407 (30 April 2009)
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Letter
Recent literature regarding tight glycemic control: pitfalls in the sweet debate
Robert C Osburne, Paul C Davidson, Lawrence Stockton, Marianne Baird, Lisa Kiblinger, R Dennis Steed, the Diabetes Special Interest Group of the Partnership for Health and Accountability
Critical Care 2009, 13:408 (30 April 2009)
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