Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2013

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Analgesia in the Emergency Department: A GRADE-based Evaluation of Research Evidence and Recommendations for Practice....Pages 3-17
Postpartum Hemorrhage....Pages 19-35
Event Medicine: An Evolving Subspecialty of Emergency Medicine....Pages 37-47
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Update on Clostridium difficile ....Pages 51-62
Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Critically Ill Patients....Pages 63-75
Procalcitonin Use to Identify the Infected Heart Failure Patient....Pages 77-83
Front Matter....Pages 85-85
Systematic Surveillance Cultures as an Aid for Selecting Appropriate Initial Antimicrobial Therapy....Pages 87-97
Colistin: An Old Antibiotic as a Last, Invaluable Resort....Pages 99-110
Optimizing β-Lactam Antibiotic Therapy in the Critically Ill: Moving Towards Patient-tailored Antibiotic Therapy....Pages 111-122
Antibiotic Adsorption on CRRT Membranes: Impact on Antibiotic Dosing....Pages 123-131
Front Matter....Pages 133-133
Hyperinflammation and Mediators of Immune Suppression in Critical Illness....Pages 135-144
Immunoglobulins in Sepsis: Which Patients will Benefit the Most?....Pages 145-152
Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor in Critical Illness: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?....Pages 153-164
Front Matter....Pages 165-165
Standardized Reporting, Registration, and a Multicenter, Multispecies Approach to Preclinical (Animal) Trials....Pages 167-181
Vitamin D and the Critically Ill Patient: An Update for the Intensivist....Pages 183-195
Front Matter....Pages 197-197
Autonomic Dysfunction Is the Motor of Chronic Critical Illness....Pages 199-209
Hemodynamic Adaptation to Hypoxia in Neonatal Critical Care....Pages 211-223
Ventriculo-arterial Decoupling in Acutely Altered Hemodynamic States....Pages 225-236
New Pharmacological Strategy in Acute Heart Failure: Vasodilators vs. Inotropes....Pages 237-247
Goal Directed Therapy: A Review....Pages 249-259
Front Matter....Pages 261-261
Clinical Significance of Peripheral Circulation Abnormalities in Critically Ill Patients....Pages 263-276
The Microcirculation in Hemorrhagic Shock....Pages 277-289
Perioperative Monitoring of Tissue Perfusion: New Developments....Pages 291-300
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
Improving the Local Chain-of-Survival to Improve Survival After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest....Pages 303-312
Stent Choice in Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention....Pages 313-320
Cardiac Index During Therapeutic Hypothermia: Which Target Value Is Optimal?....Pages 321-326
Therapeutic Hypothermia: Is It Effective for Non-VF/VT Cardiac Arrest?....Pages 327-336
Cerebral Oximetry in Cerebral Resuscitation After Cardiac Arrest....Pages 337-345
Prognostication of Coma After Cardiac Arrest and Therapeutic Hypothermia....Pages 347-355
Front Matter....Pages 357-357
Patient Monitoring Alarms in the ICU and in the Operating Room....Pages 359-371
Bedside Monitoring of Heart-Lung Interactions....Pages 373-384
Assessment of Volume Responsiveness During Mechanical Ventilation: Recent Advances....Pages 385-396
Point-of-Care Coagulation Management in Intensive Care Medicine....Pages 397-412
Revisiting Lactate in Critical Illness....Pages 413-423
Front Matter....Pages 425-425
Diaphragmatic Ultrasound in Critically Ill Patients....Pages 427-438
Two Steps Forward in Bedside Monitoring of Lung Mechanics: Transpulmonary Pressure and Lung Volume....Pages 439-449
Esophageal Pressure Monitoring in ARDS....Pages 451-463
Front Matter....Pages 465-465
Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells: Opportunities and Obstacles in ARDS....Pages 467-480
Stem Cells in Acute and Chronic Lung Injury: Building Evidence for Therapeutic Use....Pages 481-495
Restoration of Alveolar Epithelial Function as a Therapeutic Strategy for Acute Lung Injury....Pages 497-512
Front Matter....Pages 513-513
Colloids for Sepsis: Effectiveness and Cost Issues....Pages 515-526
Risk Factors for Transfusion-Related Lung Injury in ICU Patients....Pages 527-535
Front Matter....Pages 537-537
Prevention of Postoperative Pulmonary Problems Starts Intraoperatively....Pages 539-552
Perioperative Hemodynamic Optimization: From Clinical to Economic Benefits....Pages 553-564
Front Matter....Pages 565-565
Extracerebral Effects of Hyperventilation: What are the Mechanisms?....Pages 567-578
Endotracheal Tube Biofilm and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia....Pages 579-587
High-Frequency Percussive Ventilation in ARDS....Pages 589-594
NAVA: Applications and Limitations....Pages 595-608
Extracorporeal Gas Exchange: Present and Future....Pages 609-619
Recent Advances and Novel Applications of Modern ECMO....Pages 621-633
Front Matter....Pages 635-635
Measurement of Kidney Perfusion in Critically Ill Patients....Pages 637-654
Perioperative Acute Kidney Injury After Fluid Resuscitation....Pages 655-663
Acute Kidney Injury in Intensive Care: A Role for Backpressure?....Pages 665-677
Renal Oxygenation in Clinical Acute Kidney Injury....Pages 679-695
NGAL in Acute Kidney Injury....Pages 697-706
Understanding Acute Kidney Injury in Adult Patients with Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura....Pages 707-721
Acute Kidney Injury Is a Chronic Disease that Requires Long-Term Follow-up....Pages 723-737
Front Matter....Pages 739-739
Regional Citrate Anticoagulation for Renal Replacement Therapy....Pages 741-754
Does the Choice of Renal Replacement Therapy Affect Renal Recovery?....Pages 755-762
Front Matter....Pages 763-763
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Critical Care Management....Pages 765-779
Front Matter....Pages 763-763
Recanalization: A Critical Step in Acute Ischemic Stroke....Pages 781-787
Brain Monitoring in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 789-806
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Coupled To EEG: A New Tool to Assess Brain Function in Coma....Pages 807-817
Front Matter....Pages 819-819
Diagnostic Approach to ICU-acquired Weakness: Present and Future....Pages 821-831
Physiotherapy Update for the Adult ICU Patient....Pages 833-846
Front Matter....Pages 847-847
Nighttime Intensivist Physician Staffing in the ICU....Pages 849-858
Prognostication in Cirrhotic Patients Admitted to Intensive Care....Pages 859-873
Delayed Neuroprognostication After Cardiac Arrest and Temperature Management....Pages 875-885
Burn Trauma in the Elderly: Treating those with a Chance....Pages 887-894
Back Matter....Pages 895-904