Volume 17, issue 6, December 2013
80 articles in this issue
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Rigorous scoping review of randomized trials in pediatric critical care highlights need for a rigorous rethink
Authors
- Adrienne G Randolph
- Content type: Commentary
- Published: 20 December 2013
- Article: 1024
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The obesity paradox and acute kidney injury: beneficial effects of hyper-inflammation?
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Sebastian Hafner
- Andreas Hillenbrand
- Peter Radermacher
- Content type: Commentary
- Published: 10 December 2013
- Article: 1023
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BTLA as a biomarker and mediator of sepsis-induced immunosuppression
Authors
- Edward R Sherwood
- Richard S Hotchkiss
- Content type: Commentary
- Published: 09 December 2013
- Article: 1022
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Improving ascertainment and communication of prognosis in intracerebral hemorrhage
Authors
- Emily J Gilmore
- Kevin N Sheth
- Content type: Commentary
- Published: 09 December 2013
- Article: 1021
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Rapid diagnosis of sepsis using biomarker signatures
Authors
- Nigel James Silman
- Content type: Commentary
- Published: 04 December 2013
- Article: 1020
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Video laryngoscopy improves intubation success and reduces esophageal intubations compared with direct laryngoscopy in the medical intensive care unit
Authors
- Thomas C Mort
- Content type: Commentary
- Published: 03 December 2013
- Article: 1019
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Of ions and temperature: the complicated interplay of temperature, fluids, and electrolytes on myocardial function
Authors
- Kees H Polderman
- Content type: Commentary
- Published: 04 December 2013
- Article: 1018
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Monitoring treatment response in abdominal sepsis with procalcitonin - if only!
Authors
- Christian Eckmann
- Miguel Sanchez-Garcia
- Content type: Commentary
- Published: 10 December 2013
- Article: 1017
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A new way of thinking: hydrocortisone in traumatic brain-injured patients
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Antoine Roquilly
- Mickael Vourc'h
- Karim Asehnoune
- Content type: Commentary
- Published: 04 December 2013
- Article: 1016
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Automated detection of patient-ventilator asynchrony: new tool or new toy?
Authors
- Lise Piquilloud
- Philippe Jolliet
- Jean-Pierre Revelly
- Content type: Commentary
- Published: 20 November 2013
- Article: 1015
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Acute kidney injury in sepsis: transient or intrinsic?
Authors
- Achim Jörres
- Content type: Commentary
- Published: 20 November 2013
- Article: 1014
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Preserving spontaneous breathing during mechanical ventilatory support: an old yet fascinating story
Authors
- Enrico Calzia
- Rolf Dembinski
- Content type: Commentary
- Published: 19 November 2013
- Article: 1013
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Hyperglycemia in the intensive care unit: is insulin the only option?
Authors
- Kathleen M Dungan
- Content type: Commentary
- Published: 13 November 2013
- Article: 1012
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Effect of off-hour staffing in Chinese ICUs
Authors
- Peter E Spronk
- Iwan A Meynaar
- Content type: Commentary
- Published: 12 November 2013
- Article: 1011
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Electroencephalographic monitoring in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest
Authors
- Stéphane Legriel
- Content type: Commentary
- Published: 11 November 2013
- Article: 1010
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Night-time intensivists - waste of resources or failure of process optimization?
Authors
- Jukka Takala
- Content type: Letter
- Published: 27 December 2013
- Article: 472
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Metformin improves survival in intensive care unit patients, but why?
Authors
- Niels P Riksen
- Gerard A Rongen
- Peter Pickkers
- Content type: Letter
- Published: 11 December 2013
- Article: 471
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Movements after the clinical diagnosis of brain death: supraspinal motor responses or spinal reflexes
Authors
- Mohamed Y Rady
- Joseph L Verheijde
- Content type: Letter
- Published: 18 November 2013
- Article: 469
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Shock index: blunt clinical predictions
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Boning Li
- Christine Fanning
- Amay Parikh
- Content type: Letter
- Published: 21 November 2013
- Article: 468
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Usefulness and limitations of single-slice computed tomography analysis at the third lumbar region in the assessment of sarcopenia
Authors
- Vildan Binay Safer
- Umut Safer
- Content type: Letter
- Published: 20 November 2013
- Article: 466
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Need to evaluate the performance of real-time PCR assays for the quantitation of cytomegalovirus DNA load in lower respiratory tract specimens
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- María Ángeles Clari
- Estela Giménez
- David Navarro
- Content type: Letter
- Published: 19 November 2013
- Article: 465
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Cell-free DNA as a promising marker for risk stratification of pulmonary embolism
Authors
- Evandro M Neto-Neves
- Content type: Letter
- Published: 19 November 2013
- Article: 464
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Extravascular lung water in acute respiratory distress syndrome and the Berlin definition: time for real change
Authors
- Michelle S Chew
- Content type: Letter
- Published: 11 November 2013
- Article: 463
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Existing trial data do not support that hydroxyethyl starch is less harmful when given on more ‘correct’ indications
Authors
- Nicolai Haase
- Rasmus G Müller
- Anders Perner
- Content type: Letter
- Published: 15 November 2013
- Article: 461
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Urine biochemistry in acute kidney injury: are we moving in the right direction?
Authors
- Alexandre Toledo Maciel
- Daniel Vitorio
- Content type: Letter
- Published: 15 November 2013
- Article: 459
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Making the GRADE: how useful are the new Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines?
Authors
- Mai Vo
- Jeremy M Kahn
- Content type: Journal club critique
- Published: 15 November 2013
- Article: 328
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Pavane for a pulse pressure variation defunct
Authors
- Soren Sondergaard
- Content type: Viewpoint
- Published: 14 November 2013
- Article: 327
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The use of diaries in psychological recovery from intensive care
Authors (first, second and last of 6)
- Leanne M Aitken
- Janice Rattray
- Amanda J Ullman
- Content type: Review
- Published: 18 December 2013
- Article: 253
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Year in review 2012: Critical Care - respiratory infections
Authors
- Girish B Nair
- Michael S Niederman
- Content type: Review
- Published: 22 November 2013
- Article: 251
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Year in review 2012: Critical Care -management
Authors
- Abhijit Duggal
- Gordon Rubenfeld
- Content type: Review
- Published: 22 November 2013
- Article: 250
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Year in review 2012: Critical Care - respirology
Authors
- Ewan C Goligher
- Eddy Fan
- Arthur S Slutsky
- Content type: Review
- Published: 22 November 2013
- Article: 249
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Year in review 2012: Critical Care - out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and trauma
Authors
- Scott A Goldberg
- Auna Leatham
- Paul E Pepe
- Content type: Review
- Published: 22 November 2013
- Article: 248
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Year in review 2012: Critical Care - cardiology
Authors
- Daniel De Backer
- Content type: Review
- Published: 22 November 2013
- Article: 247
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Year in review 2012: Critical Care - nephrology
Authors
- Zaccaria Ricci
- Claudio Ronco
- Content type: Review
- Published: 22 November 2013
- Article: 246
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Noninvasive ventilation and the upper airway: should we pay more attention?
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Eline Oppersma
- Jonne Doorduin
- Leo MA Heunks
- Content type: Review
- Published: 05 December 2013
- Article: 245
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Clinical review: Ethics and end-of-life care for critically ill patients in China
Authors
- Li Bin Li
- Content type: Review
- Published: 04 December 2013
- Article: 244
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Clinical review: Lung imaging in acute respiratory distress syndrome patients - an update
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Davide Chiumello
- Sara Froio
- Silvia Coppola
- Content type: Review
- Published: 18 November 2013
- Article: 243
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Pathophysiology of endotoxin tolerance: mechanisms and clinical consequences
Authors
- Eduardo López-Collazo
- Carlos del Fresno
- Content type: Review
- Published: 14 November 2013
- Article: 242
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AT1 receptor-associated protein and septic shock-induced vascular hyporeactivity: another 'magic bullet' in the pipe?
Authors
- Antoine Kimmoun
- Bruno Levy
- Content type: Commentary
- Published: 18 November 2013
- Article: 179
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Subglottic secretion drainage in prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia: mind the gap between studies and reality
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Thibault Loupec
- Franck Petitpas
- Olivier Mimoz
- Content type: Letter
- Published: 09 December 2013
- Article: R286
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Neurological outcomes in patients transported to hospital without a prehospital return of spontaneous circulation after cardiac arrest
Authors
- Yoshikazu Goto
- Tetsuo Maeda
- Yumiko Nakatsu-Goto
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 20 November 2013
- Article: R274
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B and T lymphocyte attenuator expression on CD4+ T-cells associates with sepsis and subsequent infections in ICU patients
Authors (first, second and last of 5)
- Nicholas J Shubin
- Sean F Monaghan
- Alfred Ayala
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 29 November 2013
- Article: R276
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Dysfunction of alveolar macrophages after cardiac surgery and postoperative pneumonia? - an observational study
Authors (first, second and last of 8)
- Katharina Chalk
- Christian Meisel
- Michael Sander
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 09 December 2013
- Article: R285
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Association between systemic hemodynamics and septic acute kidney injury in critically ill patients: a retrospective observational study
Authors (first, second and last of 7)
- Matthieu Legrand
- Claire Dupuis
- Didier Payen
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 29 November 2013
- Article: R278
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An increase in red blood cell distribution width from baseline predicts mortality in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- Chan Ho Kim
- Jung Tak Park
- Hyung Jung Oh
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 09 December 2013
- Article: R282
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A novel risk score to predict 1-year functional outcome after intracerebral hemorrhage and comparison with existing scores
Authors (first, second and last of 9)
- Ruijun Ji
- Haipeng Shen
- Yongjun Wang
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 29 November 2013
- Article: R275
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The effect of excess fluid balance on the mortality rate of surgical patients: a multicenter prospective study
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- João M Silva Jr
- Amanda Maria RibasRosa de Oliveira
- Luiz M Sá Malbouisson
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 10 December 2013
- Article: R288
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Hemodynamic variables and progression of acute kidney injury in critically ill patients with severe sepsis: data from the prospective observational FINNAKI study
Authors (first, second and last of 14)
- Meri Poukkanen
- Erika Wilkman
- the FINNAKI Study Group
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 13 December 2013
- Article: R295
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Procalcitonin-guided therapy in intensive care unit patients with severe sepsis and septic shock – a systematic review and meta-analysis
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Anna Prkno
- Christina Wacker
- Peter Schlattmann
- Content type: Research
- Open Access
- Published: 11 December 2013
- Article: R291