March 2008, Volume 36, Issue 3 Feature Articles
669-675
Anatomical and functional intrapulmonary shunt in acute respiratory distress syndromeMassimo Cressoni, MD; Pietro Caironi, MD; Federico Polli, MD; Eleonora Carlesso, MSc; Davide Chiumello, MD; et al
676-682
The Stability and Workload Index for Transfer score predicts unplanned intensive care unit patient readmission: Initial development and validationOgnjen Gajic, MD; Michael Malinchoc, PhD; et al
683-689
Serum thrombomodulin level relates to the clinical course of disseminated intravascular coagulation, multiorgan dysfunction syndrome, and mortality in patients with sepsisShu-Min Lin, MD; Yu-Min Wang, MD; Horng-Chyuan Lin, MD; et al
690-696
Temporal changes in management and outcome of septic shock in patients with malignancies in the intensive care unitFrédéric Pène, MD; Stéphanie Percheron, MD; Virginie Lemiale, MD; et al
Continuing Medical Education Article
697-705
Sleep and recovery from critical illness and injury: A review of theory, current practice, and future directionsRandall S. Friese, MD
706-714
Economic evaluation of propofol and lorazepam for critically ill patients undergoing mechanical ventilationChristopher E. Cox, MD, MPH; Shelby D. Reed, PhD; Joseph A. Govert, MD; et al
Continuing Medical Education Questions
715
Continuing Medical Education QuestionsClinical Investigations
716-723
Immunoglobulin G treatment of postcardiac surgery patients with score-identified severe systemic inflammatory response syndrome—The ESSICS studyfor the Early Supplemental Severe SIRS Treatment With IVIG in Score-Identified High-Risk Patients After Cardiac Surgery (ESSICS) Study Group
724-730
Prolonged acute mechanical ventilation, hospital resource utilization, and mortality in the United StatesMarya D. Zilberberg, MD; Rose S. Luippold, MS; Sandra Sulsky, PhD; et al
731-736
Community meetings for emergency research community consultationJenice N. Longfield, MD, MPH, COL (Ret), MC, USA; et al
737-744
Randomized trial of combination versus monotherapy for the empiric treatment of suspected ventilator-associated pneumoniafor the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group
745-751
Effects of human atrial natriuretic peptide on renal function in patients undergoing abdominal aortic aneurysm repairChieko Mitaka, MD; Toshifumi Kudo, MD; Masatoshi Jibiki, MD; et al
752-758
Contribution of various metabolites to the “unmeasured” anions in critically ill patients with metabolic acidosisMiriam Moviat, MD; Anniek M. Terpstra, BSc; Wim Ruitenbeek, PhD; et al
759-765
Elevated cardiac troponin is an independent risk factor for short- and long-term mortality in medical intensive care unit patientsLuciano Babuin, MD, PhD; Vlad C. Vasile, MD, PhD; Jose A. Rio Perez, MD; et al
766-774
Isolated and reversible impairment of ventricular relaxation in patients with septic shockBélaïd Bouhemad, MD; Armelle Nicolas-Robin, MD; Charlotte Arbelot, MD; et al
775-781
Early prognostic value of the medical emergency team calling criteria in patients admitted to intensive care from the emergency departmentReto Etter, MD; Roger Ludwig, MD; Friedrich Lersch, MD; et al
782-788
A double-blind placebo-controlled study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of L-2-oxothiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid in the treatment of patients with acute respiratory distress syndromePeter E. Morris, MD; Peter Papadakos, MD; James A. Russell, MD; et al
789-794
Noninvasive ventilation for acute respiratory failure near the end of lifeTasnim Sinuff, MD, PhD; Deborah J. Cook, MD, MSc; Sean P. Keenan, MD, MSc; et al
795-800
Equimolar doses of mannitol and hypertonic saline in the treatment of increased intracranial pressureGilles Francony, MD; Bertrand Fauvage, MD; Dominique Falcon, MD; et al
801-806
Short- and long-term follow-up of intensive care unit patients after sedation with isoflurane and midazolam—A pilot studyPeter V. Sackey, MD, PhD; Claes-Roland Martling, MD, PhD; et al
812-817
Outcomes of patients considered for, but not admitted to, the intensive care unitThomas E. Vanhecke, MD; Mihirkumar Gandhi, MD; Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH, FACC, FACP, FAHA, FCCP; et al
Laboratory Investigations
818-827
Noisy pressure support ventilation: A pilot study on a new assisted ventilation mode in experimental lung injuryMarcelo Gama de Abreu, MD, MSc, PhD, DEAA; Peter M. Spieth, MD; et al
Review Articles
933-940
Educational interventions for prevention of healthcare-associated infection: A systematic reviewNasia Safdar, MD, MS; Cybéle Abad, MD
941-952
Procalcitonin assay in systemic inflammation, infection, and sepsis: Clinical utility and limitationsKenneth L. Becker, MD, PhD; Richard Snider, PhD; Eric S. Nylen, MD
Special Articles
953-963
Recommendations for end-of-life care in the intensive care unit: A consensus statement by the American Academy of Critical Care MedicineRobert D. Truog, MD, MA; Margaret L. Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN; et al
964-966
Sepsis: Time to reconsider the conceptJean Carlet, MD; Jonathan Cohen, MD; Thierry Calandra, MD, PhD; Steven M. Opal, MD; et al
Brief Reports
967-970
Autonomic dysfunction predicts both 1- and 2-month mortality in middle-aged patients with multiple organ dysfunction syndromeHendrik Schmidt, MD; Dirk Hoyer, PhD; Ralf Hennen; Konstantin Heinroth; et al
984-985
Intensive care unit readmission: The issue is safety not frequencyJack E. Zimmerman, MD, FCCM
987-988
Reevaluating prognosis: Cancer, septic shock, and changing outcomesKarl W. Thomas, MD
988-989
To sleep in an intensive care unit, perchance to healJonathan E. Kass, MD
990-991
Importance of systems-based practice in achieving pharmacoeconomic benefitsPhilip D. Lumb, MB BS, FCCM
993-994
Toward ethical best practices in community consultation for research conducted with waiver of informed consentLaurence B. McCullough, PhD
994-995
How can earlier antibiotic efficacy be provided for ventilator-associated pneumonia without promoting bacterial resistance? Is initial monotherapy or a combination of antibiotics the right answer?Laurent Papazian, MD
999-1000
Sepsis-induced left ventricular diastolic dysfunction: Little time to relaxRubin I. Cohen, MD, FCCM
1001-1002
Finally, a tool for triage?Carolyn Bekes, MD
1002-1003
Our failure to report failureJames M. O’Brien, Jr, MD, MSc; Scott K. Aberegg, MD, MPH
1003-1004
Noninvasive ventilation for patients near the end of life: What do we know and what do we need to know?William J. Ehlenbach, MD; J Randall Curtis, MD, MPH
1005-1006
Mannitol and hypertonic saline: Going head to headRoger Härtl, MD; Matteus Froelich, MD
1006-1007
Memories of the intensive care unitPeter J. Papadakos, MD, FCCM
1009-1011
When mechanical ventilation mimics natureTheodoros Vassilakopoulos, MD; Spyros Zakynthinos, MD
1011-1012
Leptin and ghrelin: Through thick and thinAlbertus Beishuizen, MD, PhD; Armand R. J. Girbes, MD, PhD; A B. Johan Groeneveld, MD, PhD, FCCP, FCCM
1012-1014
Resuscitation end points in severe sepsis: Central venous pressure, mean arterial pressure, mixed venous oxygen saturation, and … intra-abdominal pressureMichael L. Cheatham, MD, FACS, FCCM
1014-1015
Gene expression profiling in acute respiratory distress syndrome: Pathways to future interventionsRichard G. Wunderink, MD
1016-1018
Antithrombotic therapies for cardiac arrest: Have we missed the mark?Karl B. Kern, MD, FSCAI; Robert A. Berg, MD, FCCM; Mathias Zuercher, MD; Michael Loedl, BS
1024-1025
Measuring preload—One size doesn’t necessarily fit allMargaret M. Parker, MD, FCCM
1025-1027
Measures of parasympathetic function and risk stratification in critical carePhyllis K. Stein, PhD
Letter to the Editor
1028
Volume therapy and innate immune response during systemic inflammation or sepsisMirrin J. Dorresteijn, MD; Hans G. van der Hoeven, MD, PhD; Peter Pickkers, MD, PhD
1028-1029
Volume therapy and innate immune response during systemic inflammation or sepsisEmanuel P. Rivers, MD, MPH, IOM
Critical Care Medicine
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