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Tuesday, 13 May 2008

Sleep articles

Complaints about sleep in trauma patients in an emergency department in respect to alcohol use
Author(s): Tim Neumann
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 43 ; PART 3 (2008--January)
Journal Title: Alcohol and Alcoholism From Free Medical Journals . com (/1998 - /Embargo: 2 years)

From Proquest NHS (01/1999 - 03/2007)
Page: 305 - 313
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Association of Sleep - Disordered Breathing With Postoperative Complications
Author(s): Dennis Hwang
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 133 ; PART 5 (2008-May)
Journal Title: Chest ( Formerly : Diseases of the Chest ) From Free Medical Journals . com (/1995 - /Embargo: 1 year) Customer Notes: 1997 v111/1 - Print Location: Macclesfield

From Proquest NHS (01/1997 - 11/2006)
Page: 1128 - 1134
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Assessment of hypnotic effects and patient satisfaction in empirical use of sleep medicines
Author(s): Yamashiro , T . ; Homma , M . ; Kohda , Y .
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 33 ; PART 3 (June 2008)
Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics From EBSCO ( CINAHL with Full Text ) - via Athens (02/1998 - /Embargo: 12 months)
Page: 273-278
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Update in Critical Care 2007

Author(s): Fowler , R . A . ; Adhikari , N . K . J . ; Scales , D . C . ; Lee , W . L . ; Rubenfeld , G . D .
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 177 ; PART 8
Journal Title: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine From Free Medical Journals . com (/1997 - /Embargo: 1 year)

From Proquest NHS (02/2003 - /)
Page: 808-819
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Health Care - Associated Pneumonia ( HCAP ) : A Critical Appraisal to Improve Identification , Management , and Outcomes Proceedings of the HCAP Summit
Author(s): Kollef , M . H .
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 46 ; SUPP / 4
Journal Title: Clinical Infectious Diseases From Free Medical Journals . com (/1997 - /Embargo: 1 year)

From Proquest NHS (12/2004 - 07/2006)
Page: ALL
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Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

May 2008, Volume 29, Issue 5

398–403
Factors Associated With Acquisition of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci (VRE) in Roommate Contacts of Patients Colonized or Infected with VRE in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Qian Zhou, MD, MHSc; Christine Moore, ART; Sarah Eden, RN; Agnes Tong, MSc; Allison McGeer, MD, FRCPC

404–409
Risk of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus (VRE) Bloodstream Infection Among Patients Colonized With VRE
Chamion N. Olivier, MD, MSc; Ruth K. Blake, MT; Lisa L. Steed, PhD; Cassandra D. Salgado, MD, MS

410–417
Cross-Transmission of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Clonal Strains Causing Episodes of Sepsis in a Trauma Intensive Care Unit
Antonios Markogiannakis, MPH; George Fildisis, MD; Sofia Tsiplakou, MD; Alexandros Ikonomidis, PhD; Alexandra Koutsoukou, MD; Spyros Pournaras, MD; Evangelos N. Manolis, MD; George Baltopoulos, MD; Athanassios Tsakris, MD


454–456
Incidence of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Nosocomial Infections in Intensive Care Units in Lyon University Hospitals, France, 2003–2006
M. Moalla, PharmD; D. Baratin, MD; M. Giard, MD; P. Vanhems, MD, PhD


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Prevalence of Nosocomial Infections in Adult Intensive Care Units at a Kosova Teaching Hospital
Gazmend Spahija, MD; Lul Raka, MD; Gjyle Mulliqi, MD, PhD; Nexhmije Spahija, MD; Zana Bukoshi, MD; Faton Hoxha, MD, PhD; Avdyl Krasniqi, MD, PhD

Ventilator articles:

Effect of Clarithromycin in Patients with Sepsis and Ventilator - Associated Pneumonia
Author(s): Giamarellos - Bourboulis , E . J . ; Pechere , J . - C . ; Routsi , C . ; Plachouras , D . ; Kollias , S . ; Raftogiannis , M . ; Zervakis , D . ; Baziaka , F . ; Koronaios , A . ; Antonopoulou , A .
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 46 ; PART 8
Journal Title: Clinical Infectious Diseases From Free Medical Journals . com (/1997 - /Embargo: 1 year)

From Proquest NHS (12/2004 - 07/2006)
Page: 1157-1164
ISSN: Print: 1058-4838
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Efficacy and safety of intravenous infusion of doripenem versus imipenem in ventilator - associated pneumonia : A multicenter , randomized study
Author(s): Chastre , J . ; Wunderink , R . ; Prokocimer , P . ; Lee , M . ; Kaniga , K . ; Friedland , I .
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 36 ; PART 4
Journal Title: Critical Care Medicine From Ovid ( Journals @ Ovid ) via Athens (01/1995 - /) Customer Notes: 1997 v25/1 - Print Location: Macclesfield
Page: 1089-1096
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On the Other Side of Patient Care : Two respiratory therapists tell their stories of what it is like to be on the receiving end of ventilatory care
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 32 ; PART 4
Journal Title: AARC Times ( Formerly : AAR Times ) AARC Times ( Formerly : AAR Times )
Page: 44-51
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Emerging Research Fronts Comments

by Fang Gao Smith

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Role of sedation and analgesia in mechanical ventilation

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Author(s): Carlon , G . C . ; Combs , A .
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 36 ; PART 4
Journal Title: Critical Care Medicine
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Family member satisfaction with end-of-life decision making in the ICU.

Paper copy available at Health Sciences Library Macclesfield District General Hospital
Accession number & update
18198256 Medline 20080423.
Source Chest, {Chest}, Mar 2008 (epub: 15 Jan 2008), vol. 133, no. 3, p. 704-12, ISSN: 0012-3692.
Author(s) Gries-Cynthia-J, Curtis-J-Randall, Wall-Richard-J, Engelberg-Ruth-A.

Abstract
RATIONALE: Families of ICU patients may be at risk for increased psychological morbidity due to end-of-life decision making. The identification of chart-based quality indicators of palliative care that predict family satisfaction with decision making may help to guide interventions to improve decision making and family outcomes.
OBJECTIVE: To determine patient and family characteristics and chart the documentation of processes of care that are associated with increased family satisfaction with end-of-life decision making for ICU patients.
METHODS: We conducted a cohort study of ICU patients dying in 10 medical centers in the Seattle-Tacoma area. Measurement: Outcomes from family surveys included summary scores for family satisfaction with decision making and a single-item score that indicated feeling supported during decision making. Predictor variables were obtained from surveys and chart abstraction. Main results: The survey response rate was 41% (442 of 1,074 families responded). Analyses were conducted of 356 families with questionnaire and chart abstraction data. Family satisfaction with decision making was associated with the withdrawal of life support, and chart documentation of physician recommendations to withdraw life support, discussions of patients' wishes, and discussions of families' spiritual needs. Feeling supported during decision making was associated with the withdrawal of life support, spiritual care involvement, and chart documentation of physician recommendations to withdraw life support, expressions of families' wishes to withdraw life support, and discussions of families' spiritual needs.

CONCLUSIONS: Increased family satisfaction with decision making is associated with withdrawing life support and the documentation of palliative care indicators including the following: physician recommendations to withdraw life support; expressions of patients' wishes; and discussions of families' spiritual needs. These findings provide direction for future studies to investigate approaches to improving family satisfaction in end-of-life decision making. In addition, because there were few nonwhites in this study, these results may not be generalizable to more diverse populations. Future studies should target diverse populations in order to test whether similar factors are similarly important for end-of-life decision making.

Wednesday, 7 May 2008

Assessment of hypnotic effects and patient satisfaction in empirical use of sleep medicines

Author(s): T . Yamashiro ; M . Homma ; Y . Kohda
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 33 ; PART 3 (June 2008)
Journal Title: Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics From EBSCO ( CINAHL with Full Text ) - via Athens (02/1998 - /Embargo: 12 months)
Page: 273-278
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Screening for MRSA

Author(s): Mark H Wilcox
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 336 ; PART 7650 (2008-April-26)
Journal Title:
Bmj : British Medical Journal From Publisher
Page: 899 - 900
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Sepsis articles

Effect of Clarithromycin in Patients with Sepsis and Ventilator - Associated Pneumonia
Author(s): Giamarellos - Bourboulis , E . J . ; Pechere , J . - C . ; Routsi , C . ; Plachouras , D . ; Kollias , S . ; Raftogiannis , M . ; Zervakis , D . ; Baziaka , F . ; Koronaios , A . ; Antonopoulou , A .
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 46 ; PART 8
Journal Title: Clinical Infectious Diseases From Free Medical Journals . com (/1997 - /Embargo: 1 year)

From Proquest NHS (12/2004 - 07/2006)
Page: 1157-1164
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Gene - expression profiling of Gram - positive and Gram - negative sepsis in critically ill patients
Author(s): Tang , B . M . P . ; McLean , A . S . ; Dawes , I . W . ; Huang , S . J . ; Cowley , M . J . ; Lin , R . C . Y .
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 36 ; PART 4
Journal Title: Critical Care Medicine http://ovidsp.ovid.com/athens/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=toc&D=ovft&AN=00003246-000000000-00000 (01/1995 - /) Customer Notes: 1997 v25/1 - Print Location: Macclesfield
Page: 1125-1128
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The costs and cost - effectiveness of an integrated sepsis treatment protocol
Author(s): Talmor , D . ; Greenberg , D . ; Howell , M . D . ; Lisbon , A . ; Novack , V . ; Shapiro , N .
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 36 ; PART 4
Journal Title: Critical Care Medicine http://ovidsp.ovid.com/athens/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=toc&D=ovft&AN=00003246-000000000-00000 (01/1995 - /) Customer Notes: 1997 v25/1 - Print Location: Macclesfield
Page: 1168-1174
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Assessment of vascular permeability in an ovine model of acute lung injury and pneumonia - induced Pseudomonas aeruginosa sepsis
Author(s): Lange , M . ; Hamahata , A . ; Enkhbaatar , P . ; Esechie , A . ; Connelly , R . ; Nakano , Y . ; Jonkam , C . ; Cox , R . A . ; Traber , L . D . ; Herndon , D . N .
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 36 ; PART 4
Journal Title: Critical Care Medicine http://ovidsp.ovid.com/athens/ovidweb.cgi?T=JS&MODE=ovid&NEWS=n&PAGE=toc&D=ovft&AN=00003246-000000000-00000 (01/1995 - /) Customer Notes: 1997 v25/1 - Print Location: Macclesfield
Page: 1284-1289
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B ench T o B edside : Resuscitating the Microcirculation in Sepsis : The Central Role of Nitric Oxide , Emerging Concepts for Novel Therapies , and Challenges for Clinical Trials
Author(s): Trzeciak , Stephen ; Cinel , Ismail ; Phillip Dellinger , R . ; Shapiro , Nathan I . ; Arnold , Ryan C . ; Parrillo , Joseph E . ; Hollenberg , Steven M .
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 15 ; PART 5 (2008/05/01)
Journal Title: Academic Emergency Medicine From Proquest NHS (07/2001 - 04/2006)
Page: 399-413
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Case in Focus : Failures in diagnosis leading to increasing sepsis and loss of life
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 14 ; PART 2
Journal Title: Clinical Risk From EBSCO ( CINAHL with Full Text ) - via Athens (01/2006 - /Embargo: 12 months)

From Proquest NHS (11/2003 - 05/2006)
Page: 77
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Intensive care unit - acquired urinary tract infections in patients admitted with sepsis : etiology , risk factors , and patterns of antimicrobial resistance
Author(s): Mojtahedzadeh M . ; Panahi Y . ; Fazeli M . R . ; Najafi A . ; Pazouki M . ; Navehsi B . M . ; Bazzaz A . ; Naghizadeh M . M . ; Beiraghdar F .
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 12 ; PART 3 (05-2008)
Journal Title: International Journal of Infectious Diseases From Proquest NHS (01/1998 - 01/2001)
Page: 312-318
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Critical Care - Latest articles

Author(s): Fr& # 233 ; d& # 233 ; ric Pochard ; Nancy Kentish - Barnes and Elie Azoulay
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 12 (2008-01-03)
Journal Title:
Critical Care From BioMed Central

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From UK PubMed Central (/1997 - /2007)
Page: 418
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Critical Care Medicine: May 5 2008

Quality of professional society guidelines and consensus conference statements in critical care
Author(s): Sinuff , T . ; Patel , R . V . ; Adhikari , N . K . J . ; Meade , M . O . ; et al
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 36 ; PART 4
Journal Title: Critical Care Medicine From Ovid ( Journals @ Ovid ) via Athens (01/1995 - /) Customer Notes: 1997 v25/1 - Print Location: Macclesfield
Page: 1049-1058
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Effect of infections on 30 - day mortality among critically ill patients hospitalized in and out of the intensive care unit
Author(s): Mnatzaganian , G . ; Sprung , C . L . ; Zitser - Gurevich , Y . ; Galai , N . ; Goldschmidt , N . ; Levi , L . ; Bar - Lavi , Y . ; Zveibil , F . ; Salz , I . W . ; Ekka - Zohar , A .
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 36 ; PART 4
Journal Title: Critical Care Medicine From Ovid ( Journals @ Ovid ) via Athens (01/1995 - /) Customer Notes: 1997 v25/1 - Print Location: Macclesfield
Page: 1097-1104
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Critical care workforce
Author(s): Krell , K .
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 36 ; PART 4
Journal Title: Critical Care Medicine From Ovid ( Journals @ Ovid ) via Athens (01/1995 - /) Customer Notes: 1997 v25/1 - Print Location: Macclesfield
Page: 1350-1353
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Critical care workforce crisis : Time to look in the mirror
Author(s): Kelley , M . A .
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 36 ; PART 4
Journal Title: Critical Care Medicine From Ovid ( Journals @ Ovid ) via Athens (01/1995 - /) Customer Notes: 1997 v25/1 - Print Location: Macclesfield
Page: 1385-1386
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Euthanasia in the critical care setting
Author(s): Giannini , A .
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 36 ; PART 4
Journal Title: Critical Care Medicine From Ovid ( Journals @ Ovid ) via Athens (01/1995 - /) Customer Notes: 1997 v25/1 - Print Location: Macclesfield
Page: 1388-1389
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Euthanasia in the critical care setting : Reply
Author(s): Kompanje , E . J . O . ; de Beaufort , I . D . ; Bakker , J .
ISSUE: 2008 ; VOL 36 ; PART 4
Journal Title: Critical Care Medicine From Ovid ( Journals @ Ovid ) via Athens (01/1995 - /) Customer Notes: 1997 v25/1 - Print Location: Macclesfield
Page: 1388-1389
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The analysis of risk factors of impacting mortality rate in severe multiple trauma patients with posttraumatic acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Wu J, Sheng L, Ma Y, Gu J, Zhang M, Gan J, Xu S, Jiang G.
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Monday, 5 May 2008

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