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Volume 26; Issue 3

Journal of Critical Care

Volume 26; Issue 3

1

A polyurethane cuffed endotracheal tube is associated with decreased rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia

Melissa A. Miller, Jennifer L. Arndt, Mark A. Konkle, Carol E. Chenoweth, Theodore J. Iwashyna, Kevin R. Flaherty, Robert C. Hyzy

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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2

Survival and quality of life after tracheostomy for acute respiratory failure in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Andrea Vianello, Giovanna Arcaro, Arianna Palmieri, Mario Ermani, Fausto Braccioni, Federico Gallan, Gianni Soraru', Elena Pegoraro

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

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english

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3

Alveolar fluid clearance is faster in women with acute lung injury compared to men

Julie A. Bastarache, Thida Ong, Michael A. Matthay, Lorraine B. Ware

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

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english

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4

Protein C as an early biomarker to distinguish pneumonia from sepsis

Scott Gutovitz, Linda Papa, Edgar Jimenez, Jay Falk, Leighann Wieman, Sandra Sawyer, Philip Giordano

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

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english

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5

Changes of heart and respiratory rate dynamics during weaning from mechanical ventilation: A study of physiologic complexity in surgical critically ill patients

Vasilios E. Papaioannou, Ioanna Chouvarda, Nikos Maglaveras, Christos Dragoumanis, Ioannis Pneumatikos

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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6

Early changes of procalcitonin may advise about prognosis and appropriateness of antimicrobial therapy in sepsis

Antonia-Panagiota Georgopoulou, Athina Savva, Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis, Marianna Georgitsi, Maria Raftogiannis, Nicolaos Antonakos, Efterpi Apostolidou, Dionyssia-Pinelopi Carrer, George Di

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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7

Telemedicine in the intensive care unit environment—A survey of the attitudes and perspectives of critical care clinicians

Reza Shahpori, Marilynne Hebert, Andre Kushniruk, Dan Zuege

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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8

Intensive care unit admissions for community-acquired pneumonia are seasonal but are not associated with weather or reports of influenza-like illness in the community

Peter M. Dodek, Monica Norena, Sean P. Keenan, Aleem Teja, Hubert Wong

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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9

Evolutive physicochemical characterization of diabetic ketoacidosis in adult patients admitted to the intensive care unit

Anselmo Dantas Lopes, Alexandre Toledo Maciel, Marcelo Park

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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10

Mild hypothermia therapy reduces blood glucose and lactate and improves neurologic outcomes in patients with severe traumatic brain injury

Qing-Jv Zhao, Xue-Guang Zhang, Le-Xin Wang

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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11

The effects of vasoactive drugs on pulse pressure and stroke volume variation in postoperative ventilated patients

Mehrnaz Hadian, Donald A. Severyn, Michael R. Pinsky

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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12

Respiratory impact of paracentesis in cirrhotic patients with acute lung injury

Eric Levesque, Emir Hoti, Jin Jiabin, Jean Dellamonica, Philippe Ichai, Faouzi Saliba, Daniel Azoulay, Didier Samuel

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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13

Ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill stroke patients: Frequency, risk factors, and outcomes

Yusuke Kasuya, James L. Hargett, Rainer Lenhardt, Michael F. Heine, Anthony G. Doufas, Kerri S. Remmel, Julio A. Ramirez, Ozan Akça

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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14

Increased pulmonary artery systolic storage associated with improved ventilation-to-perfusion ratios in acute respiratory distress syndrome

Charles Her, Seung-Hoon Baek, Sang-Wook Shin, Hyeon-Jeong Lee

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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15

N-terminal pro–brain natriuretic peptide as a marker of right ventricular dysfunction after open-lung approach in patients with acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome

Byung Hoon Park, Young Sam Kim, Joon Chang, Se Kyu Kim, Young Ae Kang, Ji Ye Jung, Kyung Jong Lee, Ji Young Son, Eun Young Kim, Ju Eun Lim, Moo Suk Park

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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16

Albumin and C-reactive protein have prognostic significance in patients with community-acquired pneumonia

Jae Hyuk Lee, Jooyeong Kim, Kyuseok Kim, You Hwan Jo, JoongEui Rhee, Tae Youn Kim, Sang Hoon Na, Seung Sik Hwang

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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17

The epidemiology of acute respiratory failure in hospitalized patients: A Brazilian prospective cohort study

Suelene Aires Franca, Carlos Toufen Junior, André Luiz D. Hovnanian, André Luís P. Albuquerque, Eduardo R. Borges, Vladimir R.P. Pizzo, Carlos Roberto Ribeiro Carvalho

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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18

Failure to achieve euglycemia despite aggressive insulin control signals abnormal physiologic response to trauma

Nathan T. Mowery, Oliver L. Gunter, Lesly A. Dossett, Marcus J. Dortch, John A. Morris Jr, Addison K. May, Jose J. Diaz Jr

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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19

Admission hyperlactatemia: Causes, incidence, and impact on outcome of patients admitted in a general medical intensive care unit

Deven Juneja, Omender Singh, Rohit Dang

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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english, 2011

20

Costs and cost-effectiveness of a telemedicine intensive care unit program in 6 intensive care units in a large health care system

Luisa Franzini, Kavita R. Sail, Eric J. Thomas, Laura Wueste

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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21

The epigenetic landscape and clinical implications

Stuart A. Kauffman

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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22

Broken and unfixable: the recipe for an interesting existence

Jason H.T. Bates

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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23

The thermodynamics of life

Peter T. Macklem

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

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english

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24

Life and networks

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

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english

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25

Contemporary work on the origin of life

Stuart Kauffman

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

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english

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26

Iatrogenesis in the intensive care unit: The interface between complex patients and simple technologies

John C. Marshall

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

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english

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27

The patient as a complex system

Andriy I. Batchinsky

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

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english

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28

Bounds in the variability of brain-coordinated activity in health and disease

Jose Luis Perez-Velazquez

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

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english

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29

Bayesian assessment of tele-critical care

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

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english

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30

Methodologies for implementing clinical applications of complexity at the bedside

Carolyn McGregor

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

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english

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31

A stochastic nonlinear model for lung impedance variability in asthma

Geoff Maksym, Del Leary

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

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english

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32

Heart rate variability in gastrointestinal disorders

Markad V. Kamath

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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33

The problem of entropy

Peter T. Macklem

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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34

Assessment of system level complexity: Practicality at the bedside

Andriy I. Batchinsky

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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35

Complex dynamics of recruitment and derecruitment in the lung

Jason H.T. Bates, Baoshun Ma, Gilman B. Allen

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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36

Can we predict the risk of an asthma attack?

Bela Suki, Cindy Thamrin, Arnab Majumdar, Urs Frey

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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37

Can variability and complexity be used to monitor and adjust mechanical ventilatory assistance?

Thomas Similowski

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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38

Revisiting physiologic states in critical illness

Timothy G. Buchman

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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39

From nonlinear dynamics to biomedicine through applications to ECG, EEG, and NIV: Chaos or not chaos, that is not the question!

Christophe Letellier

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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40

The robustness of the ventilation performance of the tracheobronchial tree

Marcel Filoche, Bernard Sapoval

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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41

Monitoring of fetal heart rate variability

Martin G. Frasch

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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42

What can variability and complexity tell us about breathing control in humans?

Christian Straus

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

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english

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43

What do sepsis and power failures have in common?

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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44

Is temporal modularity of physiologic significance or clinical use?

Timothy G. Buchman

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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45

What is the meaning and origin of complex biologic variability?

Andrew J.E. Seely

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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english, 2011

46

Collection and distribution of continuous physiologic data across the academic enterprise

John A. Morris Jr

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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english, 2011

47

Synergies of the complexity continuum and the stream computing paradigm

Daby Sow, Carolyn McGregor

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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48

What lies beneath: Physiology and pathology of electroencephalogram synchrony

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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49

Predicting disease progression in sepsis: Assessing variability in early resuscitation and trauma

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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PDF, 44 KB

english, 2011

50

Lessons learned from monitoring multiorgan variability in critically ill patients

Andrew J.E. Seely

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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51

Electrocardiogram waveform capture in the intensive care unit: Challenge and opportunity in taking the first peek

Patrick R. Norris

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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52

Heart rate characteristics monitoring for the early diagnosis of subacute, potentially catastrophic illness

J. Randall Moorman

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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53

Admission hyperlactatemia in intensive care units and mortality

Kenrick Berend, Willem Develter

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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54

Complexity at the bedside

Andrew J.E. Seely

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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PDF, 77 KB

english, 2011

55

Admission hyperlactatemia in prognosticating critically ill patients

Deven Juneja, Omender Singh, Rohit Dang

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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PDF, 42 KB

english, 2011

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Proceedings from the Montebello Round Table Discussion. Second annual conference on Complexity and Variability discusses research that brings innovation to the bedside

Andrew J.E. Seely, Stuart A. Kauffman, Jason H.T. Bates, Peter T. Macklem, Béla Suki, John C. Marshall, Andriy I. Batchinsky, Jose Luis Perez-Velazquez, Adam Seiver, Carolyn McGregor, Geoffrey Maksym,

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

Language:

english

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PDF, 99 KB

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57

Resuscitation, complexity, and ventilation

Journal:

Journal of Critical Care

Year:

2011

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english

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Table of Contents

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Journal of Critical Care

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2011

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english

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Editorial Board

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Journal of Critical Care

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2011

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english

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