Volume 12; Issue 6

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Volume 12; Issue 6

1

Does tirofiban prevent platelet loss in patients after cardiogenic shock during continuous renal replacement therapy?

Christian Storm,Achim Jörres

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

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english

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english, 2008

2

Direct effects of modest hyperglycaemia on susceptibility to infection in the critically ill patient

Matt P Wise,Anton G Saayman,Paul J Frost

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

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english

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english, 2008

3

Partial pressure of end-tidal carbon dioxide predicts successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the field

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Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

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english

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4

Bench-to-bedside review: Bacterial virulence and subversion of host defences

Steven AR Webb,Charlene M Kahler

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

5

Clinical review: Critical care management of spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage

Fred Rincon,Stephan A Mayer

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

6

Clinical review: Drug metabolism and nonrenal clearance in acute kidney injury

A Mary Vilay,Mariann D Churchwell,Bruce A Mueller

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

7

Achieving the aims of education: curricular decisions in critical care

Timothy G Buchman

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Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

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english

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english, 2008

8

Pressure support ventilation attenuates ventilator-induced protein modifications in the diaphragm

Scott K Powers,Marc DeCramer,Ghislaine Gayan-Ramirez,Sanford Levine

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

9

Acute kidney injury on admission to the intensive care unit: where to go from here?

Marlies Ostermann

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

10

Clinical review: Critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy

Greet Hermans,Bernard De Jonghe,Frans Bruyninckx,Greet Van den Berghe

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

11

Bench-to-bedside review: Quorum sensing and the role of cell-to-cell communication during invasive bacterial infection

Shadaba Asad,Steven M Opal

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Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

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english

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english, 2008

12

Selladurai B, Reilly P: Initial Management of Head Injury: A Comprehensive Guide.

Claire Williams,David K Menon

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

13

The effect of an intensive care unit staffing model on tidal volume in patients with acute lung injury

Colin R Cooke,Timothy R Watkins,Jeremy M Kahn,Miriam M Treggiari…

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

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english

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english, 2008

14

Acute kidney injury in burns: a story of volume and inflammation

Kirsten Colpaert,Eric A Hoste

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

15

The role of corticosteroids in severe community-acquired pneumonia: a systematic review

Jorge IF Salluh,Pedro Póvoa,Márcio Soares,Hugo C Castro-Faria-Neto…

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Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

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2008

16

Cardiorespiratory effects of spontaneous breathing in two different models of experimental lung injury: a randomized controlled trial

Dirk Varelmann,Thomas Muders,Jörg Zinserling,Ulf Guenther…

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

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english

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english, 2008

17

Use of the probioticLactobacillus plantarum299 to reduce pathogenic bacteria in the oropharynx of intubated patients: a randomised controlled open pilot study

Bengt Klarin,Göran Molin,Bengt Jeppsson,Anders Larsson

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

18

Performance of N-terminal-pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in critically ill patients: a prospective observational cohort study

Isaline Coquet,Michael Darmon,Jean-Marc Doise,Michel Degrès…

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

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english

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english, 2008

19

The severity of sepsis: yet another factor influencing glycemic control

James S Krinsley

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Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

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english

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english, 2008

20

A prospective trial of elective extubation in brain injured patients meeting extubation criteria for ventilatory support: a feasibility study

Edward M Manno,Alejandro A Rabinstein,Eelco FM Wijdicks,Allen W Brown…

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

21

A systematic review on quality indicators for tight glycaemic control in critically ill patients: need for an unambiguous indicator reference subset

Saeid Eslami,Nicolette F de Keizer,Evert de Jonge,Marcus J Schultz…

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

22

Duration of salmeterol-induced bronchodilation in mechanically ventilated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients: a prospective clinical study

Polychronis Malliotakis,Manolis Linardakis,George Gavriilidis…

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

23

Prophylactic antibiotic treatment is superior to therapy on-demand in experimental necrotising pancreatitis

Stefan Fritz,Werner Hartwig,Ronny Lehmann,Katja Will-Schweiger…

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

24

Determinants and impact of multidrug antibiotic resistance in pathogens causing ventilator-associated-pneumonia

Pieter O Depuydt,Dominique M Vandijck,Maarten A Bekaert…

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

25

Gastrointestinal failure score in critically ill patients

Mette M Berger,Mauro Oddo,Jerôme Lavanchy,Corinne Longchamp…

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

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english

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english, 2008

26

Phenylephrine versus norepinephrine for initial hemodynamic support of patients with septic shock: a randomized, controlled trial

Andrea Morelli,Christian Ertmer,Sebastian Rehberg,Matthias Lange…

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

27

A role for prophylactic antibiotics in necrotizing pancreatitis? Why we may never know the answer

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

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english

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english, 2008

28

Correlation between the AKI classification and outcome

Marlies Ostermann,Rene Chang

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

29

Procalcitonin-guided antibiotics in severe sepsis

Peter Simon,Eric B Milbrandt,Lillian L Emlet

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

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english

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english, 2008

30

End-expiratory lung volume during mechanical ventilation: a comparison with reference values and the effect of positive end-expiratory pressure in intensive care unit patients with different lung conditions

Ido G Bikker,Jasper van Bommel,Dinis Reis Miranda,Jan Bakker…

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Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

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english

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english, 2008

31

What is a virulence factor?

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Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

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english

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32

Recombinant human activated protein C ameliorates oleic acid-induced lung injury in awake sheep

Kristine Waerhaug,Mikhail Y Kirov,Vsevolod V Kuzkov,Vladimir N Kuklin…

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

33

Excess circulating angiopoietin-2 is a strong predictor of mortality in critically ill medical patients

Philipp Kümpers,Alexander Lukasz,Sascha David,Rüdiger Horn…

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

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english

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english, 2008

34

Electronic patient record use during ward rounds: a qualitative study of interaction between medical staff

Cecily Morrison,Matthew Jones,Alan Blackwell,Alain Vuylsteke

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

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english

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english, 2008

35

Correction: Gastrointestinal Failure score in critically ill patients: a prospective observational study

Annika Reintam,Pille Parm,Reet Kitus,Joel Starkopf,Hartmut Kern

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

36

Metformin-associated lactic acidosis in an intensive care unit

Nicolas Peters,Nicolas Jay,Damien Barraud,Aurélie Cravoisy,Lionel Nace…

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

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english

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english, 2008

37

Recently published papers: Heavyweight problems in the intensive care unit?

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Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

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english

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38

Nitrogen washout/washin, helium dilution and computed tomography in the assessment of end expiratory lung volume

Davide Chiumello,Massimo Cressoni,Monica Chierichetti…

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

39

An artificial intelligence tool to predict fluid requirement in the intensive care unit: a proof-of-concept study

Leo Anthony Celi,L Christian Hinske,Gil Alterovitz,Peter Szolovits

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

40

Sedation practice in the intensive care unit: a UK national survey

Henrik Reschreiter,Matt Maiden,Atul Kapila

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

41

Nurses' prediction of volume status after aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage: a prospective cohort study

Reinier G Hoff,Gabriel JE Rinkel,Bon H Verweij,Ale Algra,Cor J Kalkman

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

42

Tight perioperative glucose control is associated with a reduction in renal impairment and renal failure in non-diabetic cardiac surgical patients

Patrick Lecomte,Bruno Van Vlem,Jose Coddens,Guy Cammu,Guy Nollet…

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

43

Norepinephrine weaning in septic shock patients by closed loop control based on fuzzy logic

Mehdi Merouani,Bruno Guignard,François Vincent,Stephen W Borron…

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

44

Association between administered oxygen, arterial partial oxygen pressure and mortality in mechanically ventilated intensive care unit patients

Evert de Jonge,Linda Peelen,Peter J Keijzers,Hans Joore,Dylan de Lange…

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

45

Serum concentrations of cortisol, interleukin 6, leptin and adiponectin predict stress induced insulin resistance in acute inflammatory reactions

Michael Lehrke,Uli C Broedl,Ingeborg M Biller-Friedmann,Michael Vogeser…

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

46

Incidence, organ dysfunction and mortality in severe sepsis: a Spanish multicentre study

Jesús Blanco,Arturo Muriel-Bombín,Víctor Sagredo,Francisco Taboada…

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Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

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2008

47

Phosphodiesterase 4 inhibition but not beta-adrenergic stimulation suppresses tumor necrosis factor-alpha release in peripheral blood mononuclear cells in septic shock

Andreas Link,Simina Selejan,Christoph Maack,Monika Lenz,Michael Böhm

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

48

The prognostic value of blood lactate levels relative to that of vital signs in the pre-hospital setting: a pilot study

Tim C Jansen,Jasper van Bommel,Paul G Mulder,Johannes H Rommes…

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

49

Evaluation of SOFA-based models for predicting mortality in the ICU: A systematic review

Lilian Minne,Ameen Abu-Hanna,Evert de Jonge

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

50

The epidemiology of intensive care unit-acquired hyponatraemia and hypernatraemia in medical-surgical intensive care units

Henry Thomas Stelfox,Sofia B Ahmed,Farah Khandwala,David Zygun…

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

51

Filter survival time and requirement of blood products in patients with severe sepsis receiving drotrecogin alfa (activated) and requiring renal replacement therapy

Luigi Camporota,Eleonora Corno,Eleonora Menaldo,John Smith,Katie Lei…

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008

52

Renal haemodynamic, microcirculatory, metabolic and histopathological responses to peritonitis-induced septic shock in pigs

Jiri Chvojka,Roman Sykora,Ales Krouzecky,Jaroslav Radej…

Journal:

Critical Care (BioMed Central)

Year:

2008

Language:

english

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english, 2008