Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine: 4th International Symposium

Front Matter....Pages I-XIII
Treatment of Respiratory Failure Due to Advanced Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease....Pages 1-9
Non-Invasive Monitoring of the Respiration....Pages 10-13
Role of Eicosanoids in the Development of ARDS....Pages 14-16
Circulating Mediators of the Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome....Pages 17-19
Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Treatment in the Next Decade....Pages 20-35
The IMV Controversy: Full VS Partial Ventilatory Support....Pages 36-38
Kidney Function in Response to Various Modes of Mechanical Ventilation....Pages 39-43
Wave Form Analysis as a Means of Controlling the Barometric Considerations Associated with Diffusive and Convective Intrapulmonary Ventilation....Pages 44-47
The Scientific Basis for PEEP Therapy....Pages 48-51
Barotrauma....Pages 52-55
Extracorporeal Support in ARDS: Update in 1984....Pages 56-60
The Swan-Ganz Catheter, a Tool in Intensive Care Medicine....Pages 61-66
The Role of Central and Peripheral α - and ß -Adrenoceptors in the Control of Cardiovascular Function....Pages 67-70
Update in the Treatment of Acute Circulatory Failure....Pages 71-75
CPR: Calcium or Calcium-Antagonists?....Pages 76-78
Contractile Function of the Ischemic Myocardium....Pages 79-81
Arterial Hypoxia: Respiratory Versus Cardiovascular Dysfunction....Pages 82-85
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections in the Critically Ill: Pathophysiological and Clinical Aspects....Pages 86-88
Prevention of Infection and Colonisation in Cardiac Surgical Intensive Care Patients....Pages 89-93
Safety Aspects of β -Blockade in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Experiences from the Gothenburg Metoprolol Trial....Pages 94-97
Is Optimal Streptokinase Treatment Possible for Every Patient with Myocardial Infarction?....Pages 98-102
Pre- and In-Hospital Antiarrhythmic Prevention of Ventricular Fibrillation Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction....Pages 103-107
Echocardiography in the Coronary Care Unit....Pages 108-114
Intensive Treatment of Acute Pancreatitis....Pages 115-118
Drugs in Prevention and Treatment of Acute Gastrointestinal Bleeding....Pages 119-122
Utilization of Energy Substrate in Critically Ill Patients....Pages 123-127
Management of Hepatic Coma....Pages 128-133
Computer-Assisted Triage System for Large Volume Emergency Rooms....Pages 134-135
Fluid Repletion: Colloids and Crystalloids....Pages 136-139
Fluid and Electrolyte Management in the Critically Ill....Pages 140-144
Can Acute Renal Failure (“Acute Tubular Necrosis”) be Prevented?....Pages 145-148
Cerebral Oedema in Head-Injured Patients....Pages 149-151
Factors Influencing Outcome after Multiple Trauma....Pages 152-154
Phased Disaster Response in University and Teaching Hospitals....Pages 155-155
Influence of Temperature on Arterial Blood Gases....Pages 156-157
Cardiovascular Function and Pulmonary Gas Exchange....Pages 158-160
Gas Exchange Alterations in Pulmonary Embolism....Pages 161-164
Pharmacokinetic Principles for Toxin Elimination in Poisoning....Pages 165-168
Antidotes in the Treatment of Acute Poisoning....Pages 169-172
Diagnosis and Treatment of Herpes Simplex Encephalitis in Adults....Pages 173-176
Management of Status Epilepticus....Pages 177-179
Imaging of the Critically Ill....Pages 180-184
Improving the Use of Intensive Care....Pages 185-190
Back Matter....Pages 191-192