Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency A.P.I.C.E.: Proceedings of the 20th Postgraduate Course in Critical Care Medicine Trieste, Italy — November 18–21, 2005

Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Cellular response to mechanical stress....Pages 3-19
Molecular biology: from the bench to clinical application....Pages 21-33
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
Autologous bone marrow cells transplantation in ischaemic cardiomyopathy: initial clinical results....Pages 37-47
Haemorrhagic shock....Pages 49-60
Microdialysis: principles and techniques....Pages 61-77
Sidestream dark-field imaging and image analysis of oral microcirculation under clinical conditions....Pages 79-88
Perfusion optimisation at the microcirculatory level....Pages 89-97
Pacemaker resynchronisation in the treatment of severe heart failure....Pages 99-112
The importance of guidelines in airway management....Pages 113-122
BioGrid: a collaborative environment for Life Science Research....Pages 123-132
Front Matter....Pages 133-133
The classifications of antibiotics....Pages 135-142
An overview of antibiotic pharmacokinetics....Pages 143-162
Evidence for immediate adequate parenteral antibiotics....Pages 163-178
Focus on antibiotics: use and misuse in the intensive care unit, and antibiotics monitoring....Pages 179-184
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Clinical significance of monitoring the central nervous system in the operation room and the intensive care unit....Pages 187-197
Global hypothermia for neuroprotection after cardiac arrest....Pages 199-207
Vegetative state....Pages 209-218
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
A personal account from four decades of cardiac care: is there a case for mechanical heart rhythm management?....Pages 221-230
Oesophageal pacing and cardioversion-defibrillation....Pages 231-246
Thrombolysis during cardiopulmonary resuscitation....Pages 247-255
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Cardiac resynchronisation therapy: do we know everything?....Pages 257-266
Minimising reperfusion injury in settings of myocardial ischaemia....Pages 267-276
Non-invasive haemodynamic monitoring: where we are in 2005....Pages 277-285
Role of shock timing in cardiac vulnerability to electric shocks....Pages 287-294
Analysis of arterial pulse and ventricular devices....Pages 295-303
Ventilatory-metabolic monitoring and analysis of arterial pulse....Pages 305-312
The assessment of cardiac performance in critically ill patients....Pages 313-322
Haemodynamic monitoring of septic patients with pressure recording analytical method: preliminary observations....Pages 323-339
The dark side of the moon: in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation....Pages 341-349
Front Matter....Pages 351-351
Physiopathology of atelectasis during anaesthesia....Pages 353-359
Effect of mechanical ventilation on right ventricular afterload....Pages 361-367
Computed tomography evaluation of lung collapse and recruitment manoeuvres during anaesthesia....Pages 369-380
Mechanisms of repair and remodelling in ARDS....Pages 381-403
Corticosteroids in ARDS: back to the future....Pages 405-418
Nitric oxide should be used in ARDS....Pages 419-430
Formation and clearance of pulmonary oedema in acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome....Pages 431-438
Front Matter....Pages 439-439
Diabetic ketoacidosis: incidence, biochemical abnormalities, pathophysiology, and diagnosis....Pages 441-445
Endogenous metabolic acid-base abnormalities: lactate and other strong ions....Pages 447-454
Metabolic acidosis....Pages 455-462
Metabolic alkalosis....Pages 463-470
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Blood-gas monitoring....Pages 471-491
Front Matter....Pages 493-493
Epidemiology of infections in the PICU....Pages 495-501
Strategy in the treatment of secondary peritonitis....Pages 503-518
Combination therapy for sepsis: the wave of the future or too complex to consider?....Pages 519-524
Implementation of the Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines....Pages 525-533
Front Matter....Pages 535-535
Perioperative cardiac risk stratification....Pages 537-549
Risk evaluation and anaesthetic strategy in perioperative myocardial ischaemia....Pages 551-558
Practice recommendations guidelines for pulmonary artery catheter....Pages 559-571
Perioperative neuroprotection: is it possible to prevent brain injury in high risk patients?....Pages 573-583
Drug interactions in anaesthetic practice....Pages 585-594
Perioperative myocardial ischaemia....Pages 595-601
Left ventricular systolic and diastolic dysfunction....Pages 603-608
Challenges in perioperative medicine: positioning....Pages 609-615
The neurotoxicity of commonly used general anaesthetics: is it possible?....Pages 617-625
Neuroprotection by N -methyl- D -aspartate antagonists....Pages 627-632
Neuroprotection by dexmedetomidine....Pages 633-639
Choice of anaesthetics for neurosurgical anaesthesia....Pages 641-649
Brain protection — the clinical reality....Pages 651-660
Challenges in perioperative medicine: neuroanaesthesia....Pages 661-667
Does anaesthesia influence the apoptosis pathway?....Pages 669-676
Front Matter....Pages 535-535
Anaesthesia in orthopaedic surgery....Pages 677-684
Front Matter....Pages 685-685
Severe bleeding in critical care....Pages 687-693
Transfusion triggers in surgery....Pages 695-703
Front Matter....Pages 705-705
Pre-hospital trauma care: controversial aspects....Pages 707-714
The unstable trauma patient....Pages 715-725
What to do next: major chest trauma beyond the ‘recipe books’....Pages 727-743
Application of new educational methodologies in disaster medicine....Pages 745-750
Terrorist attacks: what have we learned?....Pages 751-760
Front Matter....Pages 761-761
Difficult airway....Pages 763-778
Rationale for the use of noninvasive ventilation in children....Pages 779-786
Neonatal helmet-continuous positive airway pressure in preterm infants....Pages 787-793
Helmet-delivered CPAP in children with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure....Pages 795-806
Front Matter....Pages 807-807
Organisation of an Acute Pain Service....Pages 809-817
Pain management and patient satisfaction....Pages 819-830
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Monitoring process quality in intensive care....Pages 833-842
Evaluating quality of life after intensive care....Pages 843-851