Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2005

Exacerbations of COPD: The Role of Invasive Mechanical Ventilation....Pages 3-9
Acute Respiratory Failure after Abdominal Surgery....Pages 10-18
Tracheostomy in Critically Ill Patients: The Right Technique in the Right Patient....Pages 19-29
Percutaneous Tracheostomy: Past, Present, and Future Perspectives....Pages 30-38
Role of iNOS-derived Excessive Nitric Oxide in the Pathogenesis of Acute Lung Injury....Pages 41-48
Ischemia-reperfusion Injury of the Lung: Role of Surfactant....Pages 49-62
Biomarkers for Pulmonary Injury in Critically Ill Patients....Pages 63-72
Pharmacology of Acute Lung Injury....Pages 73-79
The Mechanism of Ventilator-induced Lung Injury: Role of Dynamic Alveolar Mechanics....Pages 80-92
Ventilation-perfusion Distribution Analysis to Assess Ventilatory Modes....Pages 93-102
Modulators of Ventilator-induced Lung Injury....Pages 103-115
Assessment of Alveolar Recruitment: New Approaches....Pages 116-128
Lung Biopsy in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome....Pages 129-137
The Critically Ill Cardiac Surgery Patient: How to Avoid Postoperative Catastrophe?....Pages 141-150
B-Type Natriuretic Peptide to Assess Cardiac Function in the Critically Ill....Pages 151-160
Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction....Pages 161-178
Quantifying Cardiac Dyssynchrony in Man....Pages 179-196
Diastolic Heart Failure and Critical Illness....Pages 197-211
Severe Heart Failure in the ICU....Pages 212-238
Weaning-induced Cardiac Dysfunction....Pages 239-245
Resuscitation from Circulatory Shock: An Approach Based on Oxygen-derived Parameters....Pages 249-258
Is there a Place for Epinephrine in the Management of Septic Shock?....Pages 259-265
New Options for Pharmacological Management of Cardiac Resuscitation....Pages 269-279
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Instructions Provided by Emergency Medical Dispatchers....Pages 280-289
Thrombolytic Therapy During Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation....Pages 290-297
Suspended Animation for Delayed Resuscitation....Pages 298-312
The Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in the Critically Ill Patient....Pages 315-324
Non-invasive Modulation of Intraabdominal Pressure....Pages 325-333
Rational Use of Antibiotics in the ICU: Optimum Efficacy for the Lowest Costs....Pages 337-348
Pharmacokinetics of Antibiotics During Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy....Pages 349-359
Impact of Methicillin Resistance on the Outcome of Severe Staphylococcus aureus Infections....Pages 360-368
 Clostridium difficile -associated Disease....Pages 369-381
The TREMS: A Multifaceted Family of Immunoreceptors....Pages 385-393
Role of Mannose-Binding Lectin in Host Defense....Pages 394-401
Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Sepsis....Pages 402-411
Localized Coagulation Activation and Fibrin Deposition in Critically Ill Patients....Pages 412-420
The Central and Autonomic Nervous Systems: Essential Regulators of the Immune Response....Pages 421-433
Severe Sepsis in the Elderly....Pages 437-448
Extravascular Lung Water in Sepsis....Pages 449-460
Procalcitonin on the Dusty Way to the Holy Grail: A Progress Report....Pages 461-476
Statins in Critical Illness....Pages 477-487
Anemia in Critically Ill Patients....Pages 491-504
Physiology, Benefits and Risks of Red Blood Cell Transfusion....Pages 505-516
The Microcirculation during Wound Healing after Oral and Maxillofacial Surgical Procedures....Pages 519-527
Modulation of Microcirculatory Disorders by Coagulatory Inhibitors....Pages 528-536
Sublingual Capnometry in Pedatric Patients....Pages 537-550
New Echocardiographic Parameters of Fluid Responsiveness in Ventilated Patients....Pages 553-560
Echo and PiCCO: Friends or Foe?....Pages 561-574
Lithium Dilution Cardiac Output and Arterial Pulse Power Analysis....Pages 575-583
Venous Ultrasonography in Medical Intensive Care....Pages 584-591
Mixed and Central Venous Oxygen Saturation....Pages 592-602
Cost-effectiveness of Minimally Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring....Pages 603-631
Gas Exchange Measurement in the ICU....Pages 632-643
Management of Large Hemispheric Infarction....Pages 647-660
Inducing Hypothermia in the ICU: Practical Aspects and Cooling Methods....Pages 661-671
Making Strong Ion Difference the \"Euro\" for Bedside Acid-Base Analysis....Pages 675-685
Pulse High Volume Hemofiltration: Rationale and Early Clinical Experience....Pages 686-694
Liver Transplantation in the Management of Fulminant Hepatic Failure....Pages 695-707
Sedation Strategies in the Critically Ill....Pages 711-720
Delirium in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 721-734
The Critically Ill Obese Patient: A Management Challenge....Pages 737-744
Computers in the ICU: Fasten Your Seatbelts!....Pages 745-754
Reducing ICU Mortality: To what Extent?....Pages 755-759
Improving Palliative Care for Patients in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 760-771