Applied Physiology in Intensive Care Medicine 2: Physiological Reviews and Editorials

Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients: a review of indices used in intensive care....Pages 3-11
Different techniques to measure intra-abdominal pressure (IAP): time for a critical re-appraisal....Pages 13-27
Tissue capnometry: does the answer lie under the tongue?....Pages 29-37
Noninvasive monitoring of peripheral perfusion....Pages 39-49
Ultrasonographic examination of the venae cavae....Pages 51-54
Passive leg raising....Pages 55-59
Sleep in the intensive care unit....Pages 61-70
Magnesium in critical illness: metabolism, assessment, and treatment....Pages 71-83
Pulmonary endothelium in acute lung injury: from basic science to the critically ill....Pages 85-97
Pulmonary and cardiac sequelae of subarachnoid haemorrhage: time for active management?....Pages 99-110
Permissive hypercapnia — role in protective lung ventilatory strategies....Pages 111-120
Acute right ventricular failure—from pathophysiology to new treatments....Pages 121-129
Red blood cell rheology in sepsis....Pages 131-142
Stress-hyperglycemia, insulin and immunomodulation in sepsis....Pages 143-152
Matching total body oxygen consumption and delivery: a crucial objective?....Pages 153-161
Normalizing physiological variables in acute illness: five reasons for caution....Pages 163-171
Interpretation of the echocardiographic pressure gradient across a pulmonary artery band in the setting of a univentricular heart....Pages 173-182
Ventilator-induced diaphragm dysfunction: the clinical relevance of animal models....Pages 183-189
Front Matter....Pages 191-195
Understanding organ dysfunction in hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis....Pages 197-206
What is normal intra-abdominal pressure and how is it affected by positioning, body mass and positive end-expiratory pressure?....Pages 1-2
Determinants of regional ventilation and blood flow in the lung....Pages 207-217
The endothelium: physiological functions and role in microcirculatory failure during severe sepsis....Pages 219-226
Vascular hyporesponsiveness to vasopressors in septic shock: from bench to bedside....Pages 227-236
Monitoring the microcirculation in the critically ill patient: current methods and future approaches....Pages 237-249
The role of vasoactive agents in the resuscitation of microvascular perfusion and tissue oxygenation in critically ill patients....Pages 251-261
Interpretation of blood pressure signal: physiological bases, clinical relevance, and objectives during shock states....Pages 263-275
Deadspace ventilation: a waste of breath!....Pages 277-291
Front Matter....Pages 293-301
The role of the right ventricle in determining cardiac output in the critically ill....Pages 303-314
Beyond global oxygen supply-demand relations: in search of measures of dysoxia....Pages 315-316
Breathing as exercise: The cardiovascular response to weaning from mechanical variation....Pages 317-318
Variability of splanchnic blood flow measurements in patients with sepsis – physiology, pathophysiology or measurement errors?....Pages 319-321
Functional hemodynamic monitoring....Pages 323-325
Non-invasive ventilation in acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a new gold standard?....Pages 327-330
The adrenergic coin: perfusion and metabolism....Pages 331-333
Death by parenteral nutrition....Pages 335-338
Ventilator-induced lung injury, cytokines, PEEP, and mortality: implications for practice and for clinical trials....Pages 339-342
Helium in the treatment of respiratory failure: why not a standard?....Pages 343-345
Is parenteral nutrition guilty?....Pages 347-350
Front Matter....Pages 351-353
Using ventilation-induced aortic pressure and flow variation to diagnose preload responsiveness....Pages 355-358
Evaluation of left ventricular performance: an insolvable problem in human beings? The Graal quest....Pages 315-316
Evaluation of fluid responsiveness in ventilated septic patients: back to venous return....Pages 359-361
Mask ventilation and cardiogenic pulmonary edema: “another brick in the wall”....Pages 363-365
Does high tidal volume generate ALI/ARDS in healthy lungs?....Pages 367-369
Weaning failure from cardiovascular origin....Pages 371-373
The hidden pulmonary dysfunction in acute lung injury....Pages 375-377
Can one predict fluid responsiveness in spontaneously breathing patients?....Pages 379-381
The “open lung” compromise....Pages 383-384
Acute respiratory failure: back to the roots!....Pages 385-387
Is right ventricular function the one that matters in ARDS patients? Definitely yes....Pages 389-391
Strong ion gap and outcome after cardiac arrest: another nail in the coffin of traditional acid–base quantification....Pages 393-395
Prone positioning for ARDS: defining the target....Pages 397-399
Back Matter....Pages 401-403
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