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Wednesday 26 March 2008

Articles from Critical Care. 11 Feb - 11 March

Review Clinical review: Critical care transport and austere critical care
Rice D, Kotti G, Beninati WCritical Care, 2008 12:207 ( 5 March 2008 ) [PDF]

Review Bench-to-bedside review: Mitochondrial injury, oxidative stress and apoptosis – there is nothing more practical than a good theory
Bayir H, Kagan VCritical Care, 2008 12:206 ( 18 February 2008 )
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Commentary Copeptin: a new and promising diagnostic and prognostic marker
Katan M, Müller B, Christ-Crain MCritical Care, 2008 12:117 ( 6 March 2008 )
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Commentary Restoring normoglycaemia: not so harmless
Preiser JCritical Care, 2008 12:116 ( 28 February 2008 )
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Commentary More than skin deep: moisturizing body milk and Burkholderia cepacia
Irwin A, Price CCritical Care, 2008 12:115 ( 20 February 2008 )
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Research The histopathology of septic acute kidney injury: a systematic review
Langenberg C, Bagshaw S, May C, Bellomo RCritical Care, 2008 12:R38 ( 6 March 2008 )[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed]

Research Ability of pleth variability index to detect hemodynamic changes induced by passive leg raising in spontaneously breathing volunteers
Keller G, Cassar E, Desebbe O, Lehot J, Cannesson MCritical Care, 2008 12:R37 ( 6 March 2008 ) [Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed]

Research Detecting myocardial infarction in critical illness using screening troponin measurements and ECG recordings
Lim W, Holinski P, Devereaux P, Tkaczyk A, McDonald E, Clarke F, Qushmaq I, Terrenato I, Schunemann H, Crowther M, Cook DCritical Care, 2008 12:R36 ( 4 March 2008 )
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Research Cardiovascular response to dobutamine stress predicts outcome in severe sepsis and septic shock
Kumar A, Schupp E, Bunnell E, Ali A, Milcarek B, Parrillo JCritical Care, 2008 12:R35 ( 4 March 2008 ) [Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed]

Research Small-volume resuscitation with hyperoncotic albumin: a systematic review of randomized clinical trials
Jacob M, Chappell D, Conzen P, Wilkes M, Becker B, Rehm MCritical Care, 2008 12:R34 ( 4 March 2008 )
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Research The incidence of low venous oxygen saturation on admission in the ICU: a multicenter observational study in the Netherlands
van Beest P, Hofstra J, Schultz M, Boerma E, Spronk P, Kuiper MCritical Care, 2008 12:R33 ( 4 March 2008 ) [Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed]

Research Venous thromboembolism and bleeding in critically ill patients with severe renal insufficiency receiving dalteparin prophylaxis: prevalence, incidence and risk factors
Cook D, Douketis J, Meade M, Guyatt G, Zytaruk N, Granton J, Skrobik Y, Albert M, Fowler R, Hebert P, Pagliarello G, Friedrich J, Freitag A, Karachi T, Rabbat C, Heels-Ansdell D, Geerts W, Crowther M, Canadian Critical Care Trials Group fCritical Care, 2008 12:R32 ( 3 March 2008 )[Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed]

Research Mild hypothermia during advanced life support: a preliminary study in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Bruel C, Parienti J, Marie W, Arrot X, Daubin C, Du Cheyron D, Massetti M, Charbonneau PCritical Care, 2008 12:R31 ( 29 February 2008 )
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Research Acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome in Ireland; a prospective audit of epidemiology and management
Group TCritical Care, 2008 12:R30 ( 29 February 2008 )
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Research Intensive insulin therapy and mortality in critically ill patients
Treggiari M, Karir V, Yanez N, Weiss N, Daniel S, Deem SCritical Care, 2008 12:R29 ( 29 February 2008 ) [Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed]

Research Critical care management and outcome of severe Pneumocystis pneumonia in patients with and without HIV infection
Monnet X, Vidal-Petiot E, Osman D, Hamzaoui O, Durrbach A, Goujard C, Miceli C, Bouree P, Richard CCritical Care, 2008 12:R28 ( 27 February 2008 )
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Research Oxidized phospholipids reduce ventilator-induced vascular leak and inflammation in vivo
Nonas S, Birukova A, Fu P, Xing J, Chatchavalvanich S, Bochkov V, Leitinger N, Garcia J, Birukov KCritical Care, 2008 12:R27 ( 27 February 2008 )
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Research Expression of cell surface receptors and oxidative metabolism modulation in the clinical continuum of sepsis Martins P, Brunialti M, Martos L, Machado F, Assuncao M, Blecher S, Salomao RCritical Care, 2008 12:R25 ( 26 February 2008 )
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Research Glycemic Penalty Index for adequately assessing and comparing different blood glucose control algorithms Van Herpe T, De Brabanter J, Beullens M, De Moor B, Van den Berghe GCritical Care, 2008 12:R24 ( 26 February 2008 )
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Research Determinants of tracheostomy decannulation: an international survey
Stelfox H, Crimi C, Berra L, Noto A, Schmidt U, Bigatello L, Hess DCritical Care, 2008 12:R26 ( 26 February 2008 ) [Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed]

Research Early treatment of imported falciparum malaria in the intermediate and intensive care unit setting: an 8-year single-center retrospective study
Schwake L, Streit J, Edler L, Encke J, Stremmel W, Junghanss TCritical Care, 2008 12:R22 ( 22 February 2008 ) [Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed]

Research 'One patient amongst many': a qualitative analysis of intensive care unit patients' experiences of transferring to the general ward
Field K, Prinjha S, Rowan KCritical Care, 2008 12:R21 ( 22 February 2008 )
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Research Vasopressin impairs brain, heart and kidney perfusion: an experimental study in pigs after transient myocardial ischemia Müller S, How O, Hermansen S, Stenberg T, Sager G, Myrmel TCritical Care, 2008 12:R20 ( 21 February 2008 )
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Research Combined didactic and scenario-based education improves the ability of intensive care unit staff to recognize delirium at the bedside
Devlin J, Marquis F, Riker R, Robbins T, Garpestad E, Fong J, Didomenico D, Skrobik YCritical Care, 2008 12:R19 ( 21 February 2008 )
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Research Outcomes and costs of blunt trauma in England and Wales
Christensen M, Ridley S, Lecky F, Munro V, Morris SCritical Care, 2008 12:R23 ( 19 February 2008 ) [Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed]

Research Echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary artery occlusion pressure in ventilated patients: a transoesophageal study
Vignon P, AitHssain A, François B, Preux P, Pichon N, Clavel M, Frat J, Gastinne HCritical Care, 2008 12:R18 ( 19 February 2008 ) [Abstract][Full text] [PDF] [PubMed]

Research Monocyte deactivation in neutropenic acute respiratory distress syndrome patients treated with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor
Mokart D, Kipnis E, Guerre-Berthelot P, Vey N, Capo C, Sannini A, Brun J, Blache J, Mege J, Blaise D, Guery BCritical Care, 2008 12:R17 ( 18 February 2008 )
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Research A comparison of the CAM-ICU and the NEECHAM Confusion Scale in intensive care delirium assessment: an observational study in non-intubated patients
Van Rompaey B, Schuurmans M, Shortridge-Baggett L, Truijen S, Elseviers M, Bossaert LCritical Care, 2008 12:R16 ( 18 February 2008 )
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Research Comparison of different pain scoring systems in critically ill patients in a general ICU Ahlers S, van Gulik L, van der Veen A, van Dongen H, Bruins P, Belitser S, de Boer A, Tibboel D, Knibbe CCritical Care, 2008 12:R15 ( 16 February 2008)
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Research 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 von Heymann C, Jonas S, Spies C, Wernecke K, Ziemer S, Janssen D, Koscielny JCritical Care, 2008 12:R14 ( 15 February 2008 )
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Research Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment: a comparative study of the ethical reasoning of physicians and the general public
Rydvall A, Lynöe NCritical Care, 2008 12:R13 ( 15 February 2008 )
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Research KL-6 is a marker of alveolar inflammation but not infection in patients with ARDS Nathani N, Perkins G, Tunnicliffe W, Murphy N, Manji M, Thickett DCritical Care, 2008 12:R12 ( 12 February 2008 ) [Abstract] [Provisional PDF] [PubMed]

Letter A message in a bottle: a case report Mehrhof F, Joerres A, Dietz R, Oppert MCritical Care, 2008 12:411 ( 27 February 2008 )
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Letter How much insulin is acceptable following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage? Stover JCritical Care, 2008 12:410 ( 27 February 2008 )
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Letter A persistently elevated C-reactive protein level in pneumonia may indicate empyema Eisenhut MCritical Care, 2007 12:409 ( 27 February 2008 )
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Letter The quest for optimal positive end-expiratory pressure continues
Markhorst D, Kneyber M, van Heerde MCritical Care, 2007 12:408 ( 21 February 2008 )[Abstract][Full text] [PDF]

Letter Clinical relevance of the PaO2/FiO2 ratio
El-Khatib M, Jamaleddine GCritical Care, 2008 12:407 ( 14 February 2008 )[Abstract][Full text] [PDF] [PubMed]

Letter Extrapulmonary effects of nitric oxide inhalation therapy: time to consider new dosing regimes?
Lundberg J, Weitzberg ECritical Care, 2008 12:406 ( 11 February 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
Keene A, Kawano T, Anees S, Chen JCritical Care, 2008 12:405 ( 11 February 2008 )
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