Crital Care Editorials and Letters: Vol 36 Issue 4

Editorials
1357-1358
Validating predictive models of mortality: More than meets the eye
Andrew A. Kramer, PhD

1358-1360
Lung-protective higher frequency oscillatory ventilation
Stephen Derdak, DO

1360-1361
Clinical practice guidelines: Culture eats strategy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner
I Alan Fein, MD, MPH; Robert R. Corrato, MD, MBA

1361-1363
Bull’s eye missed by the magic bullet: Preclinical investigations, publication bias, and promising new interventions
Jyrki J. Tenhunen, MD, PhD

1363-1364
Donation after cardiac death: Should we fear the reaper?
David Crippen, MD, FCCM

1364-1366
End-of-life organ donation for transplantation: Stretching the ethical and legal boundaries of medical practice in society
Joseph L. Verheijde, MBA, PhD; Mohamed Y. Rady, MD, PhD; Joan L. McGregor, PhD

1366-1367
Role of sedation and analgesia in mechanical ventilation
Graziano C. Carlon, MD; Arthur Combs, MD

1368-1369
“The truth, if it exists, is in the details”
David Gilbert, MD

1369-1370
The generic septic response
Donald E. Fry, MD, FACS

1370-1372
Redefine acute renal failure? Not yet, thanks
Lawrence S. Weisberg, MD; Jean-Sebastien Rachoin, MD

1372-1373
The search for a good death—Are there quality insights accessible from medical records?
Richard A. Mularski, MD, MSHS, MCR

1374-1375
Monkey see, monkey do: Adhering to scientific principles
M Susan Mandell, MD, PhD

1375-1376
The latest in resting energy expenditure prediction: New! Improved! Better?
Marc J. Popovich, MD, FCCM

1378-1379
Since when did sedatives start to save lives?
Huang-Ping Yu, MD, PhD; Ying-Tung Lau, PhD

1380-1381
Electrical impedance tomography—A new toy for boys or the future for mechanically ventilated patients?
Marcus J. Schultz, MD, PhD, FCCP

1381-1382
Critical illness myopathy: A direct role for endotoxin
G Bryan Young, MD, FRCPC

1382-1383
Investigating the role of bacterial zinc-containing metalloproteases in the pathogenesis of complicated pneumococcal pneumonia
Michael Eisenhut

1383-1384
Right data, wrong conclusions
Giora Netzer, MD, MSCE; Richard P. Dutton, MD, MBA; John R. Hess, MD, MPH

1385-1386
Critical care workforce crisis: Time to look in the mirror
Mark A. Kelley, MD

Letters to the Editors
1387
From “inconvenient truth” to “assault on reason”
Marcus J. Schultz, MD, PhD; Mart J. de Graaff; Michael A. Kuiper; Peter E. Spronk

1387
From “inconvenient truth” to “assault on reason”
James S. Krinsley, MD, FCCM; Aarti Grover, MD

1387-1388
Not euthanasia, simply compassionate clinical care
Robert D. Truog, MD

1388
Euthanasia in the critical care setting
Alberto Giannini, MD

1389
Euthanasia in the critical care setting
Erwin J. O. Kompanje, PhD; Inez D. de Beaufort, PhD; Jan Bakker, MD, PhD

1390
Severe hypoglycemia in critically ill: Risk and outcomes
T M. Vriesendorp, MD, PhD; J H. DeVries, MD, PhD; F Rosendaal, MD, PhD; J B. L. Hoekstra, MD, PhD

1390-1391
Severe hypoglycemia in critically ill: Risk and outcomes
James S. Krinsley, MD, FCCM; Aarti Grover, MD

1391
Tight glucose control and hypoglycemia
Jean-Charles Preiser, MD, PhD; Frank Brunkhorst

1391-1392
Tight glucose control and hypoglycemia
James S. Krinsley, MD, FCCM; Aarti Grover, MD

1392
Acid base balances
George John, MBBS, MD, FRACP, FJFICM

1392
Acid base balances
John A. Kellum, MD, FCCM

Book Review
1393
Manual of Overdoses and Poisons
James H. Diaz, MD, MPH, DrPH, FCCP, FAAP, FCCM