Intensive Care Medicine: Annual Update 2008

Front Matter....Pages I-XXVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Are Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics Important for Critically III Patients?....Pages 3-12
Genetic Susceptibility in ALI/ARDS: What have we Learned?....Pages 13-23
Racial Disparities in Infection and Sepsis: Does Biology Matter?....Pages 24-30
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
B-Type Natriuretic Peptide: An Emerging Biomarker in Pediatric Critical Care....Pages 33-42
Cardiac Dysfunction in Septic Shock....Pages 43-54
The Consequences of Cardiac Autonomic Dysfunction in Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome....Pages 55-64
Quantification of Improved Left Ventricular Performance during Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy....Pages 65-75
Diastolic Dysfunction and Cardiac Failure in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 76-87
Pharmacological Support of the Failing Right Ventricle....Pages 88-100
Perioperative Cardioprotection....Pages 101-110
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Improving the Quality of Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Care....Pages 113-120
Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Arrest and Resuscitation....Pages 121-136
Early Cooling in Cardiac Arrest: What is the Evidence?....Pages 137-144
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
Management of Severe Accidental Hypothermia....Pages 147-159
Initial ICU Management of Skin Sloughing Diseases: Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis and Stevens-Johnson Syndrome....Pages 160-167
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Pathophysiology of Caustic Ingestion....Pages 171-178
Extracorporeal Life-Support for Acute Drug-induced Cardiac Toxicity....Pages 179-189
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Epidemiology of Acute Respiratory Failure and Mechanical Ventilation....Pages 193-202
Esophagectomy and Acute Lung Injury....Pages 203-213
Glucocorticoid Treatment in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Friend or Foe?....Pages 214-223
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Regional Lung Function in Critically III Neonates: A New Perspective for Electrical Impedance Tomography....Pages 224-234
Extracorporeal Lung Assist for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Past, Present and Future....Pages 235-242
Front Matter....Pages 243-243
Protective Mechanical Ventilation: Lessons Learned From Alveolar Mechanics....Pages 245-255
Mechanical Ventilation for Acute Asthma Exacerbations....Pages 256-268
Hypercapnia: Permissive, Therapeutic, or Not at All?....Pages 269-281
The Cardiopulmonary Effects of Hypercapnia....Pages 282-289
High Frequency Oscillation for Acute Respiratory Failure in Adults....Pages 290-300
Airway Pressure Release Ventilation: Promises and Potentials for Concern....Pages 301-309
Postoperative Non-invasive Ventilation....Pages 310-319
Front Matter....Pages 321-321
Choice of Tracheostomy Tube: Does One Size Fit All?....Pages 323-330
What’s new in Percutaneous Dilational Tracheostomy?....Pages 331-340
Front Matter....Pages 341-341
Novel Therapies in the Prevention of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia....Pages 343-352
Management of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia....Pages 353-364
Flucytosine Combined with Amphotericin B for Fungal Infections: A Postmarketing Surveillance and Future Perspectives....Pages 365-372
Front Matter....Pages 373-373
Apoptosis in Critical Illness: A Primer for the Intensivist....Pages 375-384
Regulation of Mitochondrial Function by Hypoxia and Inflammation in Sepsis: A Putative Role for Hypoxia Inducible Factor....Pages 385-394
Gram-positive and Gram-negative Sepsis: Two Disease Entities?....Pages 395-403
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus -induced Sepsis: Role of Nitric Oxide....Pages 404-410
Front Matter....Pages 411-411
The Cardiovascular Management of Sepsis....Pages 413-422
Terlipressin in Septic Shock: When and How Much?....Pages 423-433
Front Matter....Pages 411-411
Blood Purification Techniques in Sepsis and SIRS....Pages 434-443
Glutathione in Sepsis and Multiple Organ Failure....Pages 444-453
Selenocompounds and Selenium: A Biochemical Approach to Sepsis....Pages 454-469
Front Matter....Pages 471-471
The Role of Hypoxia and Inflammation in the Expression and Regulation of Proteins Regulating Iron Metabolism....Pages 473-480
Hyperammonemia in the Adult Critical Care Setting....Pages 481-490
Magnesium in the ICU: Sine qua non ....Pages 491-501
Strict Glycemic Control: Not If and When, but Who and How?....Pages 502-513
Cortisol Metabolism in Inflammation and Sepsis....Pages 514-519
Front Matter....Pages 521-521
Assessment of Perioperative Fluid Balance....Pages 523-535
Fluid Resuscitation and Intra-abdominal Hypertension....Pages 536-548
Front Matter....Pages 549-549
Six Truths about Acute Kidney Injury that the Intensivist Should Be Aware Of....Pages 551-558
Role of Poly(ADP-Ribose) Polymerase in Acute Kidney Injury....Pages 559-567
From Hemodynamics To Proteomics: Unraveling the Complexity of Acute Kidney Injury in Sepsis....Pages 568-578
Front Matter....Pages 579-579
Towards Optimal Central Venous Catheter Tip Position....Pages 581-590
From Arterial Pressure to Cardiac Output....Pages 591-601
Hemodynamic Monitoring: Requirements of Less Invasive Intensive Care — Quality and Safety....Pages 602-606
Minimally Invasive Cardiac Output Monitoring: Toy Or Tool?....Pages 607-618
Bioreactance: A New Method for Non-invasive Cardiac Output Monitoring....Pages 619-630
Goal-directed Hemodynamic Therapy for Surgical Patients....Pages 631-637
Front Matter....Pages 639-639
Use of Mixed Venous Oxygen Saturation in ICU Patients....Pages 641-653
Front Matter....Pages 639-639
Early Optimization of Oxygen Delivery in High-risk Surgical Patients....Pages 654-664
The Influence of Packed Red Blood Cell Transfusion on Tissue Oxygenation....Pages 665-676
Recent Advancements in Microcirculatory Image Acquisition and Analysis....Pages 677-690
The Beneficial Effects of Increasing Blood Viscosity....Pages 691-700
Front Matter....Pages 701-701
Protein C and Antithrombin Levels in Surgical and Septic Patients....Pages 703-712
Thrombophilia as a Risk Factor for Outcome in Sepsis....Pages 713-720
The Effects of Activated Protein C on the Septic Endothelium....Pages 721-729
Improvement in Hemodynamics by Activated Protein C in Septic Shock....Pages 730-736
Front Matter....Pages 737-737
Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage on the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 739-750
Recombinant Activated Factor VII: The Delicate Balance between Efficacy and Safety....Pages 751-759
Front Matter....Pages 761-761
ICU Management of the Liver Transplant Patient....Pages 763-776
Liver Support with Fractionated Plasma Separation and Adsorption and Prometheus®....Pages 777-784
Artificial Liver Support: Current Status....Pages 785-798
Front Matter....Pages 799-799
Encephalopathy in Sepsis....Pages 801-810
Multimodality Monitoring in Patients with Elevated Intracranial Pressure....Pages 811-821
Managing Critically III Patients with Status Epilepticus....Pages 822-836
Front Matter....Pages 837-837
Sedation with Inhaled Anesthetics in Intensive Care....Pages 839-849
Sedation or Analgo-sedation in the ICU: A Multimodality Approach....Pages 850-862
Front Matter....Pages 863-863
Time to Use Computerized Physician Order Entry in all ICUs?....Pages 865-880
Quality of Life in Locked-in Syndrome Survivors....Pages 881-890
Front Matter....Pages 863-863
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Intensive Care Unit Survivors....Pages 891-905
Back Matter....Pages 907-916