Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine Annual volumes 2006 (Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine)

Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Role of Toll-like Receptors in Sepsis....Pages 3-13
The Emerging Role of RAGE in Sepsis....Pages 14-22
Oxidative Stress in Sepsis: Implications on Liver Protein Patterns and Analysis via Modified Proteomics Technology....Pages 23-34
HSP90: The Unsung Villain of Sepsis?....Pages 35-44
The Role of Extracellular Heat Shock Proteins in Cellular Inflammation and Injury....Pages 45-51
Quantitative in vivo Protein Synthesis as a Measure of Immune Function....Pages 52-67
Fluid Resuscitation and Immunomodulation in the Critically III....Pages 68-75
Front Matter....Pages 77-77
Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Critical Illness Myopathy....Pages 79-87
Lactic Acidosis and Hyperlactatemia....Pages 88-98
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Natriuretic Peptide System....Pages 101-109
Heart Failure as a Co-Morbidity in the ICU....Pages 110-118
The Vascular Bed during Critical Illness: Evaluation in Animal Models....Pages 119-128
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Intensive Care Echocardiography....Pages 131-141
Intrathoracic Blood Volume: Clinical Applications....Pages 142-152
Hemodynamic Management Guided by Esophageal Doppler....Pages 153-161
Less Invasive Cardiac Output Monitoring: Characteristics and Limitations....Pages 162-175
Pulse Pressure Analysis....Pages 176-184
Pulse Pressure Variations in Managing Fluid Requirement: Beware the Pitfalls!....Pages 185-191
Minimally Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring Using the Pressure Recording Analytical Method....Pages 192-202
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Thrombotic Microangiopathy Syndrome in the ICU....Pages 205-218
Front Matter....Pages 203-203
Altered Functionality of von Willebrand Factor in Sepsis and Thrombocytopenia — Potential Role of the vWF Cleaving Protease ADAMTS-13....Pages 219-231
Coagulopathy in the Critically Injured Patient....Pages 232-243
Critical Bleeding in Blunt Trauma Patients....Pages 244-254
Trauma: Bleeding, Coagulopathy, and Blood Component Transfusion....Pages 255-264
Hemostatic Resuscitation....Pages 265-278
Effects of Plasma Substitutes on Coagulation....Pages 279-286
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Transfusion as a Risk Factor for ALI and ARDS....Pages 289-296
Red Blood Cell Desialylation in Critically III Patients: An Underestimated Cause of Anemia....Pages 297-305
Front Matter....Pages 307-307
Clinical Predictors of Physiological Deterioration and Subsequent Cardiorespiratory Arrest among Hospitalized Patients....Pages 309-315
Cardiocerebral Resuscitation: A Better Approach to Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest....Pages 316-327
Induced Hypothermia for Neuroprotection: Understanding the Underlying Mechanisms....Pages 328-346
Front Matter....Pages 347-347
Hyaluronan in Acute Lung Injury....Pages 349-358
Aspiration-induced Lung Injury: Experimental and Human Studies....Pages 359-365
Pulmonary Edema in Organ Donors and Lung Transplant Recipients: Is there a Role for Beta-adrenergic Agonists?....Pages 366-373
Front Matter....Pages 375-375
Current Concepts of Airway Management in the ICU and the Emergency Department....Pages 377-391
Use of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Critically Ill Patients....Pages 392-399
Non-invasive Respiratory Support in Pre-term Neonates and Pediatric Patients with Respiratory Failure....Pages 400-414
Fast and Slow Compliance: Time, in Addition to Pressure and Volume, is a Key Factor for Lung Mechanics....Pages 415-423
Does Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury Initiate Non-Pulmonary Organ Dysfunction?....Pages 424-434
Front Matter....Pages 435-435
Electrical Impedance Tomography and its Perspectives in Intensive Care Medicine....Pages 437-447
Front Matter....Pages 435-435
Electrical Impedance Tomography for Monitoring of Regional Ventilation in Critically III Patients....Pages 448-457
Volumetric Capnography for Monitoring Lung Function During Mechanical Ventilation....Pages 458-467
Monitoring Respiratory Drive and Respiratory Muscle Unloading During Mechanical Ventilation....Pages 468-474
Front Matter....Pages 475-475
Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation....Pages 477-485
Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation in Acutely Brain-injured Patients....Pages 486-493
Non-invasive Ventilation for Respiratory Failure after Extubation....Pages 494-501
Front Matter....Pages 503-503
Importance of Airway Management in Burn and Smoke Inhalation-induced Acute Lung Injury....Pages 505-513
Metabolic Changes Following Major Burn Injury: How to Improve Outcome....Pages 514-524
Antibiotic Dosing in Burn Injury: Should We be Looking at the Tissues more Closely?....Pages 525-535
Front Matter....Pages 537-537
Defining Relative Adrenal Insufficiency in the Critically III: The ACTH Test Revisited....Pages 539-551
Enteral Nutrition in the Critically III: Should We Feed into the Small Bowel?....Pages 552-560
Tight Energy Balance Control for Preventing Complications in the ICU....Pages 561-568
Front Matter....Pages 569-569
Acute Pneumonia and Importance of Atypical Bacteria....Pages 571-581
Antibiodic Resistance in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 582-591
Front Matter....Pages 593-593
Systemic Candida Infection in the ICU....Pages 595-603
 Candida Colonization Index in the Management of Critically III Patients....Pages 604-612
Antifungal Therapy in Surgical ICU Patients....Pages 613-623
Front Matter....Pages 625-625
Splanchnic Perfusion and Oxygenation in Critical Illness....Pages 627-640
Liver Failure: Diagnostic Assessment and Therapeutic Options....Pages 641-649
Immunoparalysis in Liver Disease....Pages 650-660
Front Matter....Pages 625-625
Hepatorenal Syndrome....Pages 661-670
Front Matter....Pages 671-671
Sepsis and Acute Renal Failure....Pages 673-679
Sixty Years of ‘Extended Dialysis’ in the ICU....Pages 680-689
Anticoagulation in CRRT: Systemic or Regional?....Pages 690-696
Plasma Filtration Adsorption Dialysis: A New Experimental Approach to Treatment of Sepsis and MOF....Pages 697-705
Front Matter....Pages 707-707
Sleep in the ICU....Pages 709-718
Sleep and Delirium in the Critically Ill: Cause or Effect?....Pages 719-725
Delirium, Recall and the Post-ICU Challenge....Pages 726-733
Front Matter....Pages 735-735
Morbid Obesity as a Determinant of Outcome in the Critically Ill....Pages 737-744
Patient Safety Management System in Pediatric ICUs....Pages 745-754
Information Exchange in Intensive Care: How can we Improve?....Pages 755-760
Catastrophic Anachronisms: The Past, Present and Future of Disaster Medicine....Pages 761-772
Health Services Research and Critical Care....Pages 773-777
Healthcare Disparities in Critically Ill Patients....Pages 778-785
International Comparisons of Intensive Care: Understanding the Differences....Pages 786-793