Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 1999

Front Matter....Pages I-XXII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Prevention of Critical Illness: Determinants of Risk....Pages 3-9
Pro-Inflammatory Cytokine Genomic Polymorphism and Critical Illness....Pages 10-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Bacterial Modulation of the Immune Response to Infection and its Consequences....Pages 21-27
Treating Immunologic Instability: A Change in Focus....Pages 28-42
Interleukin-6 in Bacterial Infection and Sepsis: Innocent Bystander or Essential Mediator?....Pages 43-53
Complement Activation by C-Reactive Protein: An Inflammatory Mechanism in Human Disease?....Pages 54-63
Influence of Nutrition on Mucosal Immunity....Pages 64-72
Front Matter....Pages 73-73
Studies of Protein and Amino Acid Metabolism in the Human Liver....Pages 75-91
Anabolic Strategy in ICU Patients: Is there a Place for Growth Hormone?....Pages 92-97
Controversies in Nutrition of the Critically Ill....Pages 98-104
The Hemodynamic Response to Enteral Nutrition....Pages 105-114
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Clinical Significance of Antimicrobial Resistance....Pages 117-130
Colonization and Infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Intensive Care: Endogenous or Exogenous Origin?....Pages 131-140
Severe Pneumonia in the Elderly....Pages 141-151
The Role of Pulmonary Bacterial Infections in Severe Exacerbations of COPD Patients....Pages 152-162
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
Volume Kinetics: A New Method to Optimize Fluid Therapy....Pages 165-174
Why, When and How I Use Norepinephrine in the Treatment of Septic Shock....Pages 175-188
Stress Doses of Hydrocortisone in Septic Shock: Beyond the Hemodynamic Effects....Pages 189-198
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Breathing Pattern of Patients with COPD....Pages 201-206
Lung Mechanics in ARDS....Pages 207-218
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
The Laryngeal Mask in Emergency Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine....Pages 221-234
Improving Patient/Ventilator Interactions....Pages 235-243
Beneficial Effects of Helium-Oxygen Mixtures in Acute Respiratory Failure....Pages 244-251
Mechanisms of Regional Lung Expansion in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome....Pages 252-268
Lung Protection during Mechanical Ventilation....Pages 269-283
Front Matter....Pages 285-285
Diagnosing Respiratory Muscle Weakness....Pages 287-297
Interaction of Respiratory Muscles and Circulation in Heart Failure....Pages 298-308
Assessment of Respiratory and Limb Muscle Function in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 309-321
Risk Factors for Polyneuromyopathy of Critical Illness....Pages 322-330
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
Emergency Treatment and Intensive Care in Ischemic Stroke....Pages 333-343
Intensive Care Management of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage....Pages 344-357
Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Neurotrauma....Pages 358-369
Front Matter....Pages 371-371
Coping with Hypoxia....Pages 373-385
Intracellular Signaling by Reactive Oxygen Species during Hypoxia....Pages 386-394
Heme Oxygenase and Acute Lung Injury: The Functional Significance of Heme Oxygenase Induction....Pages 395-405
Protective Role of Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Ischemia/Reperfusion and Endotoxin-Induced Inflammation....Pages 406-414
Front Matter....Pages 415-415
Oxygen Therapy in Intensive Care Patients: A Vital Poison?....Pages 417-432
The Significance of the P50....Pages 433-447
The Red Blood Cell and Nitric Oxide....Pages 448-456
Front Matter....Pages 457-457
Continuous Arterial Thermodilution Cardiac Output and Derived Variables....Pages 459-467
Front Matter....Pages 457-457
Transesophageal Echocardiographic Evaluation of Left Ventricular Function....Pages 468-481
The Esophageal Doppler....Pages 482-493
Front Matter....Pages 495-495
Myocardial Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase and Left Ventricular Performance in the Human Heart....Pages 497-503
Alteration of the Beta-Adrenergic Pathway in the Septic Heart....Pages 504-518
Autonomic Dysfunction in Critically Ill Patients....Pages 519-536
Front Matter....Pages 537-537
The Role of the Gut in Multiple Organ Failure....Pages 539-546
Gastric Intramucosal Acidosis, pHi and the Tonometer: What is the Benefit for Patients?....Pages 547-556
Front Matter....Pages 557-557
Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome/Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura in the ICU....Pages 559-569
Point-Of-Care (POC) Monitoring of Coagulation in the Critically Ill....Pages 570-576
Front Matter....Pages 577-577
Peri-Operative Risk Factors for Post-Operative Pulmonary Complications....Pages 579-593
Rationale Behind ‘Off-Pump’ Coronary Surgery: Why Patients Tolerate it Better?....Pages 594-600
Front Matter....Pages 601-601
The History of Continuous Renal Replacement Techniques....Pages 603-610
Continuous Renal Replacement Therapies in Sepsis: Do they Matter?....Pages 611-620
Front Matter....Pages 621-621
Drugs of Abuse in the Intensive Care Unit Setting....Pages 623-632
Ecstasy (MDMA): An Update....Pages 633-645
Rapid Opiate Detoxification Under General Anesthesia: A New Challenge for Anesthesiologists and Intensivists....Pages 646-658
Front Matter....Pages 659-659
Survival is not Enough: Quality of Life After Intensive Care....Pages 661-668
Economic Perspectives on Intensive Care Medicine....Pages 669-678
Health Economics in Intensive Care....Pages 679-690
Ethical Implications of Standardizing Clinical Decisions with Computerized Protocols....Pages 691-697
Front Matter....Pages 659-659
Medical Futility in the New Millennium: Our View....Pages 698-708
Back Matter....Pages 709-717