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Journal: Critical Care Medicine Issue: May 2008, Volume 36 Issue 5

TABLE OF CONTENTS ________________________________________________________________________________
Section: Feature Articles
Pages: 1397-1403
Title: Acute kidney injury criteria predict outcomes of critically ill patients
Authors: Fidel Barrantes, MD; Jianmin Tian, MD, MPH; Rodrigo Vazquez, MD; Yaw
Amoateng-Adjepong, MD, PhD; Constantine A. Manthous, MD http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00001.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N

Section: Feature Articles
Pages: 1404-1411
Title: Outcomes and long-term quality-of-life of patients supported by
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for refractory cardiogenic shock
Authors: Alain Combes, MD, PhD; Pascal Leprince, MD, PhD; Charles-Edouard Luyt,
MD, PhD; Nicolas Bonnet, MD; Jean-Louis Trouillet, MD; Philippe Léger,
MD; Alain Pavie, MD; Jean Chastre, MD
http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00002.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N

Section: Clinical Investigations
Pages: 1444-1450
Title: A randomized trial of protocol-directed sedation management for mechanical ventilation in an Australian intensive care unit
Authors: Tracey K. Bucknall, RN, ICU Cert, BN, Grad Dip Adv Nurs, PhD, MRCNA;
Elizabeth Manias, RN, CertCritCare, BPharm, MPharm, MNStud, PhD, FRCNA;
Jeffrey J. Presneill, MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FJFICM
http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00008.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N

Section: Clinical Investigations
Pages: 1451-1455
Title: Growth in adult prolonged acute mechanical ventilation: Implications for healthcare delivery
Authors: Marya D. Zilberberg, MD; Marjolein de Wit, MD, MS; Jason R. Pirone,
PhD; Andrew F. Shorr, MD, MPH
http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00009.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N

Section: Clinical Investigations
Pages: 1456-e6
Title: Sepsis syndrome and death in trauma patients are associated with
variation in the gene encoding tumor necrosis factor
Authors: Thilo Menges, MD; Inke R. König, PhD; Hamid Hossain, MD; Simon Little,
MD; Svetlin Tchatalbachev, PhD; Felix Thierer, MD; Holger Hackstein,
MD; Isolda Franjkovic, PhD; Thorsten Colaris, MD; Florian Martens, MD;
Katja Weismüller, MD; Tanja Langefeld, MD; Jürgen Stricker, MD; Gunter
Hempelmann, MD; Pieter E. Vos, MD; Andreas Ziegler, PhD; Bram Jacobs,
MD; Trinad Chakraborty, PhD; Gregor Bein, MD http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00010.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N

Section: Clinical Investigations
Pages: 1463-1468
Title: Patient and intensive care unit organizational factors associated with
low tidal volume ventilation in acute lung injury
Authors: Nsikak J. Umoh, MD, MPH; Eddy Fan, MD; Pedro A. Mendez-Tellez, MD;
Jonathan E. Sevransky, MD; Cheryl R. Dennison, ANP, PhD; Carl
Shanholtz, MD; Peter J. Pronovost, MD, PhD; Dale M. Needham, MD, PhD http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00011.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N

Section: Clinical Investigations
Pages: 1469-1474
Title: The impact of delaying enteral feeding on gastric emptying, plasma
cholecystokinin, and peptide YY concentrations in critically ill patients
Authors: Nam Q. Nguyen, MBBS (Hons), FRACP, PhD; Robert J. Fraser, MBBS, FRACP,
PhD; Laura K. Bryant, BHSc; Carly Burgstad, BHSc; Marianne J. Chapman,
BMBS, FANZCA, FJFICM; Max Bellon, Dip Med Tech, A Dip Nuc Med; Judith
Wishart, BSc; Richard H. Holloway, MBBS, FRACP, MD; Michael Horowitz,
MBBS, FRACP, PhD
http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00012.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N

Section: Clinical Investigations
Pages: 1475-1480
Title: Effect of insulin therapy on coagulation and fibrinolysis in medical intensive care patients
Authors: Lies Langouche, PhD; Wouter Meersseman, MD; Sarah Vander Perre, BSc;
Ilse Milants, RN; Pieter J. Wouters, MSc; Greet Hermans, MD; Jakob
Gjedsted, MD; Troels K. Hansen, MD, PhD; Jozef Arnout, MD, PhD;
Alexander Wilmer, MD, PhD; Miet Schetz, MD, PhD; Greet Van den Berghe,
MD, PhD
http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00013.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N

Section: Clinical Investigations
Pages: 1481-1486
Title: Hydrocortisone effects on cardiovascular variability in septic shock: A
spectral analysis approach
Authors: Jerome Aboab, MD; Andrea Polito, MD; David Orlikowski, MD; Tarek
Sharshar, MD, PhD; Muriel Castel; Djillali Annane, MD, PhD http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00014.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N


Section: Clinical Investigations
Pages: 1500-1506
Title: Alveolar concentrations of piperacillin/tazobactam administered in
continuous infusion to patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia
Authors: Emmanuel Boselli, MD, PhD; Dominique Breilh, PharmD, PhD; Thomas
Rimmelé, MD; Christian Guillaume, MD; Fabien Xuereb, PharmD;
Marie-Claude Saux, PharmD, PhD; Lionel Bouvet, MD; Dominique Chassard,
MD, PhD; Bernard Allaouchiche, MD, PhD http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00017.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N

Section: Clinical Investigations
Pages: 1507-1512
Title: Combination of biphasic transmittance waveform with blood procalcitonin
levels for diagnosis of sepsis in acutely ill patients
Authors: Ahmed N. Zakariah, MD; Simona M. Cozzi, MD; Marc Van Nuffelen, MD;
Carla Maria Clausi, MD; Olivier Pradier, MD; Jean-Louis Vincent, MD,
PhD, FCCM
http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00018.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N

Section: Clinical Investigations
Pages: 1513-1517
Title: Alkalemia during continuous renal replacement therapy and mortality in
critically ill patients
Authors: Sevag Demirjian, MD; Boon Wee Teo, MD; Emil P. Paganini, MD http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00019.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N

Section: Clinical Investigations
Pages: 1518-1522
Title: Risk factors for the development of acute lung injury in patients with
septic shock: An observational cohort study
Authors: Remzi Iscimen, MD; Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba, MD; Murat Yilmaz, MD; Hasrat
Khan, MD; Rolf D. Hubmayr, MD; Bekele Afessa, MD; Ognjen Gajic, MD, MSc http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00020.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N

Section: Clinical Investigations
Pages: 1523-1530
Title: Determinants of long-term survival after intensive care
Authors: Teresa A. Williams, MHlthSci, RN; Geoffrey J. Dobb, MBBS, FFICANZCA,
FJFICM; Judith Claire Finn, PhD, RN, FRCNA; Matthew William Knuiman,
PhD; Elizabeth Geelhoed, PhD; KY Lee, MBBS, FRACP; Steven A. R. Webb,
MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FJFICM
http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00021.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N

Section: Clinical Investigations
Pages: 1531-1535
Title: Occurrence and outcome of fever in critically ill adults
Authors: Kevin B. Laupland, MD, MSc, FRCPC; Reza Shahpori, BSc; Andrew W.
Kirkpatrick, MD, MSc, FRCSC; Terry Ross, MLT; Daniel B. Gregson, MD,
FRCPC; H Thomas Stelfox, MD, PhD, FRCPC http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00022.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N


Section: Concise Definitive Review
Pages: 1614-1619
Title: Clinical concise review: Mechanical ventilation of patients with
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Authors: Nicholas S. Ward, MD; Kevin M. Dushay, MD http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00034.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N

Section: Review Articles
Pages: 1620-1624
Title: Treatment of new-onset atrial fibrillation in noncardiac intensive care
unit patients: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials
Authors: Salmaan Kanji, PharmD; Robert Stewart, MD; Dean A. Fergusson, MHA, PhD;
Lauralyn McIntyre, MD, MSc, FRCPC; Alexis F. Turgeon, MD, MSc, FRCPC;
Paul C. Hébert, MD, MSc, FRCPC
http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00035.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N

Section: Review Articles
Pages: 1625-1632
Title: Impact of impedance threshold devices on cardiopulmonary resuscitation:
A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies
Authors: Luca Cabrini, MD; Paolo Beccaria, MD; Giovanni Landoni, MD; Giuseppe G.
L. Biondi-Zoccai, MD; Imad Sheiban, MD; Marta Cristofolini, MD;
Oliviero Fochi, MD; Giulia Maj, MD; Alberto Zangrillo, MD http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00036.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N

Section: Brief Reports
Pages: 1633-1636
Title: A prospective study of primary surrogate decision makers' knowledge of
intensive care
Authors: Robert M. Rodriguez, MD; Eduardo Navarrete, MD; Jason Schwaber; William
McKleroy; Amy Clouse; Sandra F. Kerrigan; Jonathan Fortman http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00037.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N

Section: Brief Reports
Pages: 1637-1640
Title: Procalcitonin has bioactivity at calcitonin receptor family complexes:
Potential mediator implications in sepsis
Authors: Patrick M. Sexton, PhD; George Christopoulos, BSc; Arthur
Christopoulos, PhD; Eric S. Nylen, MD; Richard H. Snider, Jr, PhD;
Kenneth L. Becker, MD, PhD
http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00038.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N


Section: Editorials
Pages: 1646-1647
Title: Can B-type natriuretic peptide liberate us from the task of mechanical
ventilation weaning?
Authors: Hideaki Imanaka, MD; Muneyuki Takeuchi, MD http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00042.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N

Title: Should sedation be standardized in the intensive care unit?
Authors: Marjolein de Wit, MD, MS; John W. Devlin, PharmD, FCCM http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00044.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N

Section: Editorials
Pages: 1651-1652
Title: Between critical illness and hospital discharge: Prolonged acute
mechanical ventilation
Authors: Nina Raoof, MD; Neil Halpern, MD http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00045.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N

Section: Editorials
Pages: 1652-1654
Title: Genes and sepsis: How tight is the fit?
Authors: Anthony Gordon, MD, FRCA; Julian Charles Knight, MA, MBChB, DPhil;
Charles J. Hinds, FRCA, FRCP
http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00046.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N


Section: Editorials
Pages: 1658-1659
Title: Corticosteroids and septic shock: A new episode of a never-ceasing
story?
Authors: Abele Donati, MD; Jean-Charles Preiser, MD, PhD http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00050.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N

Section: Editorials
Pages: 1668-1669
Title: Life after intensive careIts life & but not as we know it!
Authors: Brian H. Cuthbertson, MD, FRCA
http://ovidsp.ovid.com/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=fulltext&D=ovft&SEARCH=00003246-200805000-00056.an&SOURCE=etoc.ascii&SYNTAX=N

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