Volume 36, Number 4 / April, 2010

Editorial

Prone positioning for ARDS: defining the target

John J. Marini
Pages 559 - 561
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Are macrolides now obligatory in severe community-acquired pneumonia?

Grant W. Waterer
Pages 562 - 564
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The long way of biomarkers: from bench to bedside

Haibo Zhang, Pierre Damas, Jean-Charles Preiser
Pages 565 - 566
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Year in Review 2009

Year in review in Intensive Care Medicine 2009. Part III: Mechanical ventilation, acute lung injury and respiratory distress syndrome, pediatrics, ethics, and miscellanea

Massimo Antonelli, Elie Azoulay, Marc Bonten, Jean Chastre, Giuseppe Citerio, Giorgio Conti, Daniel De Backer, François Lemaire, Herwig Gerlach, Goran Hedenstierna, Michael Joannidis, Duncan Macrae, Jordi Mancebo, Salvatore M. Maggiore, Alexandre Mebazaa, Jean-Charles Preiser, Jerôme Pugin, Jan Wernerman, Haibo Zhang
Pages 567 - 584
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Review

Prone ventilation reduces mortality in patients with acute respiratory failure and severe hypoxemia: systematic review and meta-analysis

Sachin Sud, Jan O. Friedrich, Paolo Taccone, Federico Polli, Neill K. J. Adhikari, Roberto Latini, Antonio Pesenti, Claude Guérin, Jordi Mancebo, Martha A. Q. Curley, Rafael Fernandez, Ming-Cheng Chan, Pascal Beuret, Gregor Voggenreiter, Maneesh Sud, Gianni Tognoni, Luciano Gattinoni
Pages 585 - 599
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Systematic review of paediatric alert criteria for identifying hospitalised children at risk of critical deterioration

Susan M. Chapman, Michael P. W. Grocott, Linda S. Franck
Pages 600 - 611
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Original

Combination antibiotic therapy with macrolides improves survival in intubated patients with community-acquired pneumonia

I. Martin-Loeches, T. Lisboa, A. Rodriguez, C. Putensen, D. Annane, J. Garnacho-Montero, M. I. Restrepo, J. Rello
Pages 612 - 620
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Persisting high levels of plasma pentraxin 3 over the first days after severe sepsis and septic shock onset are associated with mortality

Tommaso Mauri, Giacomo Bellani, Nicolo’ Patroniti, Andrea Coppadoro, Giuseppe Peri, Ivan Cuccovillo, Massimo Cugno, Gaetano Iapichino, Luciano Gattinoni, Antonio Pesenti, Alberto Mantovani
Pages 621 - 629
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Soluble ST2 plasma concentrations predict mortality in severe sepsis

Jacobien J. Hoogerwerf, Michael W. T. Tanck, Marieke A. D. van Zoelen, Xavier Wittebole, Pierre-François Laterre, Tom van der Poll
Pages 630 - 637
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Noninvasive and invasive ventilation in acute respiratory failure associated with bronchiectasis

Jason Phua, Yvonne L. E. Ang, Kay Choong See, Amartya Mukhopadhyay, Erlinda A. Santiago, Eleanor G. Dela Pena, Tow Keang Lim
Pages 638 - 647
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Estimation of inspiratory muscle pressure in critically ill patients

Eumorfia Kondili, Christina Alexopoulou, Nectaria Xirouchaki, Katerina Vaporidi, Dimitris Georgopoulos
Pages 648 - 655
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Multiplane ultrasound approach to quantify pleural effusion at the bedside

Francis Remérand, Jean Dellamonica, Zhang Mao, Fabio Ferrari, Belaïd Bouhemad, Yang Jianxin, Charlotte Arbelot, Qin Lu, Carole Ichaï, Jean-Jacques Rouby
Pages 656 - 664
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Prevention of adverse drug reactions in intensive care patients by personal intervention based on an electronic clinical decision support system

Thilo Bertsche, Johannes Pfaff, Petra Schiller, Jens Kaltschmidt, Markus G. Pruszydlo, Wolfgang Stremmel, Ingeborg Walter-Sack, Walter E. Haefeli, Jens Encke
Pages 665 - 672
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Are small hospitals with small intensive care units able to treat patients with severe sepsis?

Matti Reinikainen, Sari Karlsson, Tero Varpula, Ilkka Parviainen, Esko Ruokonen, Marjut Varpula, Tero Ala-Kokko, Ville Pettilä
Pages 673 - 679
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Pediatric Original

Vasospasm in children with traumatic brain injury

Nicole Fortier O’Brien, Karin E. Reuter-Rice, Sandeep Khanna, Bradley M. Peterson, Kenneth B. Quinto
Pages 680 - 687
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Brief Report

Bilevel positive airway pressure ventilation: factors influencing carbon dioxide rebreathing

Zbigniew Szkulmowski, Kheirallah Belkhouja, Quoc-Hung Le, Dominique Robert, Laurent Argaud
Pages 688 - 691
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Inferior vena cava collapsibility to guide fluid removal in slow continuous ultrafiltration: a pilot study

Giovanna Guiotto, Mario Masarone, Fiorella Paladino, Enrico Ruggiero, Sean Scott, Sossio Verde, Fernando Schiraldi
Pages 692 - 696
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Greater cardiac response of colloid than saline fluid loading in septic and non-septic critically ill patients with clinical hypovolaemia

Ronald J. Trof, Sharwan P. Sukul, Jos W. R. Twisk, Armand R. J. Girbes, A. B. Johan Groeneveld
Pages 697 - 701
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Plasma citrulline kinetics and prognostic value in critically ill patients

Gaël Piton, Cyril Manzon, Elisabeth Monnet, Benoit Cypriani, Olivier Barbot, Jean-Christophe Navellou, Franck Carbonnel, Gilles Capellier
Pages 702 - 706
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Pediatric Brief Report

Analysis of particulate contaminations of infusion solutions in a pediatric intensive care unit

Thomas Jack, Bernadette E. Brent, Martin Boehne, Meike Müller, Katherina Sewald, Armin Braun, Armin Wessel, Michael Sasse
Pages 707 - 711
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Chest compressions versus ventilation plus chest compressions in a pediatric asphyxial cardiac arrest animal model

Jose María Iglesias, Jesús López-Herce, Javier Urbano, Maria José Solana, Santiago Mencía, Jimena del Castillo
Pages 712 - 716
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Correspondence

Imaging of lung inflammation during severe influenza A: H1N1

Giacomo Bellani, Luca Guerra, Antonio Pesenti, Cristina Messa
Pages 717 - 718
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A successful new method for removal of a large foreign body from the airways of an ARDS patient

Veronique Leray, Pascale Nesme, Guillaume Landry, Bertrand Pons, Jean-christian Pignat, Claude Guerin
Pages 719 - 720
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Management of postoperative bronchopleural fistula with a tracheobronchial stent in a patient requiring mechanical ventilation

Valentina Bellato, G. M. Ferraroli, D. De Caria, M. V. Infante, U. Cariboni, M. R. Spoto, M. Alloisio, G. Bordone
Pages 721 - 722
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Must we always follow the instructions of automated external defibrillators?

Nicolas Paleiron, Anne Pegorie, Ba Vinh Nguyen, Christophe Giacardi, Diane Commandeur, Marc Danguy des Déserts, Medhi Ould-Ahmed
Pages 723 - 724
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A retrospective analysis on the impact of caloric intake on glycemic control in critically ill patients

Yuen Ting Lau, Lance J. Oyen, Michael Malinchoc, Christopher J. Arendt, Melissa M. Barth
Pages 725 - 726
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Erratum

Erratum to: Prevention of acute kidney injury and protection of renal function in the intensive care unit

Michael Joannidis, Wilfred Druml, Lui G. Forni, A. B. Johan Groeneveld, Patrick Honore, Heleen M. Oudemans-van Straaten, Claudio Ronco, Marie R. C. Schetz, Arend Jan Woittiez
Page 727
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