Volume 34, Number 5 / May, 2008

Editorial

Acute respiratory failure: back to the roots!

Christian Mueller
Pages 787 - 789
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Can we still refuse ICU admissionof patients with hematological malignancies?

Frédéric Pène, Márcio Soares
Pages 790 - 792
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ICU-acquired infections and Sepsis: More of a deadly duo

Christian Brun-Buisson
Pages 793 - 795
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Ventilator-induced lung injury: another sign of aging?

Joan R. Badia, Niall D. Ferguson
Pages 796 - 799
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Review

What type of monitoring has been shownto improve outcomes in acutely ill patients?

Gustavo A. Ospina-Tascón, Ricardo L. Cordioli, Jean-Louis Vincent
Pages 800 - 820
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Vasopressin vs. terlipressinin the treatmentof cardiovascular failure in sepsis

Matthias Lange, Christian Ertmer, Martin Westphal
Pages 821 - 832
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Original

Use of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide to detect cardiac origin in critically ill cancer patients with acute respiratory failure

Aurélie Lefebvre, Suzanne Kural-Menasché, Michael Darmon, Guillaume Thiéry, Jean-Paul Feugeas, Benoît Schlemmer, Élie Azoulay
Pages 833 - 839
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Continuous positive airway pressure vs. proportional assist ventilation for noninvasive ventilation in acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema

Thierry Rusterholtz, Pierre-Edouard Bollaert, Marc Feissel, Florence Romano-Girard, Marie-Line Harlay, Michel Zaehringer, Benjamin Dusang, Philippe Sauder
Pages 840 - 846
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Impact of recent intravenous chemotherapy on outcome in severe sepsis and septic shock patients with hematological malignancies

Dominique M. Vandijck, Dominique D. Benoit, Pieter O. Depuydt, Fritz C. Offner, Stijn I. Blot, Anna K. Van Tilborgh, Joke Nollet, Eva Steel, Lucien A. Noens, Johan M. Decruyenaere
Pages 847 - 855
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Intensive care unit acquired infection and organ failure

Pierre Damas, Didier Ledoux, Monique Nys, Mehran Monchi, Patricia Wiesen, Benoît Beauve, Jean-Charles Preiser
Pages 856 - 864
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Influence of antibiotic therapy on the cytological diagnosis of ventilator-associated pneumonia

Catharina F. M. Linssen, Jan A. Jacobs, Jan S. A. G. Schouten, Walther N. K. A. van Mook, Graham Ramsay, Marjolein Drent
Pages 865 - 872
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Endotoxemic pulmonary hypertension is largely mediated by endothelin-induced venous constriction

Patrik Rossi, Björn Persson, Piet J. M. Boels, Anders Arner, Eddie Weitzberg, Anders Oldner
Pages 873 - 880
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Early versus late intravenous insulin administration in critically ill patients

Shyoko Honiden, Atara Schultz, Shelly A. Im, David M. Nierman, Michelle N. Gong
Pages 881 - 887
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Pediatric Original

Respiratory variations in aortic blood flow predict fluid responsiveness in ventilated children

Philippe Durand, Laurent Chevret, Sandrine Essouri, Vincent Haas, Denis Devictor
Pages 888 - 894
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Junctional ectopic tachycardia after surgery for congenital heart disease in children

J. B. Andreasen, S. P. Johnsen, H. B. Ravn
Pages 895 - 902
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Brief Report

Systemic tobramycin concentrations during selective decontamination of the digestive tract in intensive care unit patients on continuous venovenous hemofiltration

Meriel Mol, Hendrikus J. M. van Kan, Marcus J. Schultz, Evert de Jonge
Pages 903 - 906
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Plasma apolipoprotein CI correlates with increased survival in patients with severe sepsis

Jimmy F. P. Berbée, Caroline C. van der Hoogt, Carla J. C. de Haas, Kok P. M. van Kessel, Geesje M. Dallinga-Thie, Johannes A. Romijn, Louis M. Havekes, Henk J. van Leeuwen, Patrick C. N. Rensen
Pages 907 - 911
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Ficoll-separated mononuclear cells from sepsis patients are contaminated with granulocytes

Erica L. T. van den Akker, Carla C. Baan, Bart van den Berg, Henk Russcher, Koen Joosten, Anita C. S. Hokken-Koelega, Steven W. J. Lamberts, Jan W. Koper
Pages 912 - 916
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Is myocardial adrenergic responsiveness depressed in human septic shock?

Alain Cariou, Michael R. Pinsky, Mehran Monchi, Ivan Laurent, Christophe Vinsonneau, Jean-Daniel Chiche, Julien Charpentier, Jean-François Dhainaut
Pages 917 - 922
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Experimental

Aging increases the susceptibility to injurious mechanical ventilation

Nicolás Nin, José A. Lorente, Marta De Paula, Pilar Fernández-Segoviano, Oscar Peñuelas, Alberto Sánchez-Ferrer, Leticia Martínez-Caro, Andrés Esteban
Pages 923 - 931
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Prevention of delayed cerebral vasospasm by continuous intrathecal infusion of glyceroltrinitrate and nimodipine in the rabbit model in vivo

Serge Marbacher, Volker Neuschmelting, Thilo Graupner, Stephan M. Jakob, Javier Fandino
Pages 932 - 938
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Legal and Ethical Issues in Clinical Research

Council of Europe in the field of bioethics: the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine and other legal instruments

Elmar Doppelfeld
Pages 939 - 941
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The importance of usual care control groups for safety monitoring and validity during critical care research

Peter C. Minneci, Peter Q. Eichacker, Robert L. Danner, Steven M. Banks, Charles Natanson, Katherine J. Deans
Pages 942 - 947
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Physiological and Technical Notes

Rats surviving injurious mechanical ventilation show reversible pulmonary, vascular and inflammatory changes

Nicolás Nin, José A. Lorente, Marta de Paula, Mariam El Assar, Susana Vallejo, Oscar Peñuelas, Pilar Fernández-Segoviano, Antonio Ferruelo, Alberto Sánchez-Ferrer, Andrés Esteban
Pages 948 - 956
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Cardiorenal syndrome: refining the definition of a complex symbiosis gone wrong

Claudio Ronco, Andrew A. House, Mikko Haapio
Pages 957 - 962
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Case Discussion

A rare and unsuspected complication of Clostridium difficile infection

Nissar Shaikh, Marie-Anne Kettern, Yolande Hanssens, Sittana S. Elshafie, André Louon
Pages 963 - 966
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Correspondence

Severity of illness assessment in community-acquired pneumonia

Kirsty Challen, Andrew Bentley, Darren Walter, John Bright
Page 967
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Assessment of severity in patients with community-acquired pneumonia: reply to letter by Challen et al.

Alejandro Rodríguez, Jordi Rello
Page 968
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Comment on “Strict versus moderate glucose control after resuscitation from ventricular fibrillation” by Oksanen et al.

Andrew Padkin
Page 969
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Glucose control in postresuscitation patients: Author’s reply

Tuomas Oksanen, Tero Varpula, Markus B. Skrifvars, Ville Pettilä, Maaret Castrén
Page 970
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A patient with an unusual aetiology of a severe ketoacidosis

David Owen, Simon Little, Richard Leach, Duncan Wyncoll
Pages 971 - 972
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Acetylcysteine and enzymatic creatinine: beware of laboratory artefact!

Michael Lognard, Etienne Cavalier, Jean-Paul Chapelle, Bernard Lambermont, Jean-Marie Krzesinski, Pierre Delanaye
Pages 973 - 974
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Sophisticated biomarkers for community-acquired pneumonia severity asessment: gadgets or useful tools?

François G. Brivet, Frédéric M. Jacobs, Dominique Prat, Bogdan D. Grigoriu
Pages 975 - 976
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Use of recombinant human activated protein C in patients with severe sepsis: a French retrospective multicentre study

Laurent Muller, Samir Jaber, Alice Raillard, Jean Yves Lefrant
Pages 977 - 979
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Announcements

Announcement

Page 980
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