Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2001

Front Matter....Pages I-XXII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
From Celsus to Galen to Bone: The Illnesses, Syndromes, and Diseases of Acute Inflammation....Pages 3-12
Towards Understanding Pathophysiology in Critical Care: The Human Body as a Complex System....Pages 13-22
Pediatric Sepsis and Multiple Organ Failure at the Millenium: A US Perspective....Pages 23-34
Ventilator-Associated Systemic Inflammation....Pages 35-43
Affecting Clinical Outcomes in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome with Enteral Nutrition....Pages 44-56
Reducing Surgical Mortality and Complications....Pages 57-67
Front Matter....Pages 69-69
Toll-like Receptors: Implication in Human Disease....Pages 71-77
Poly (ADP-Ribose) Synthetase as a Novel Therapeutic Target for Circulatory Shock....Pages 78-89
Inhibition of p38 Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase: A Novel Strategy in Sepsis?....Pages 90-99
Acute Adrenal Insufficiency in Critically III Patients: the Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome Revisited....Pages 100-109
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Natural Anticoagulants in Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation and Sepsis....Pages 113-122
Changes of the Hemostatic Network in the Critically III....Pages 123-133
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Education as a Primary Tool for Prevention of Catheter-related Infections....Pages 137-150
Antibiotic Resistance in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 151-161
Fungal Infection in Critically III Patients....Pages 162-174
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
The β 3 -Adrenoceptor and its Regulation in Cardiac Tissue....Pages 177-188
Quantifying Myocardial Ejection Asynchrony: Effective Stroke Volume Analysis....Pages 189-202
Determination of Afterload: A Challenge for Echocardiography?....Pages 203-218
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Regional Differences in Vascular Reactivity in Sepsis and Endotoxemia....Pages 221-232
Initial Clinical Experience with OPS Imaging for Observation of the Human Microcirculation....Pages 233-244
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Usefulness of Gastric Tonometry in Critically III Patients....Pages 245-250
Monitoring Tissue Gas Tensions in Critical Illness....Pages 251-265
Front Matter....Pages 267-267
Lactate, Lactate/Pyruvate Ratio, Low Tissue Perfusion and Outcome....Pages 269-277
Mitochondrial Antioxidant Activity and Disease Processes....Pages 278-283
Reactive Nitrogen and Oxygen Species: Role and Evidence of their Production in Humans....Pages 284-301
A Possible Role for Iron Ions in Organ Injury....Pages 302-306
Front Matter....Pages 307-307
Optimizing Red Blood Cell Transfusion Practice....Pages 309-318
Augmented Acute Normovolemic Hemodilution....Pages 319-327
Front Matter....Pages 329-329
Permissive Hypotension during Primary Resuscitation from Trauma and Shock....Pages 331-341
Hypertonic Saline Resuscitation for Traumatic Brain Injury?....Pages 342-349
Front Matter....Pages 351-351
Severe Head Injury in Patients with Multiple Trauma....Pages 353-375
Humoral and Neurological Mechanisms of Organ System Dysfunction in Patients with Central Nervous System Disease....Pages 376-385
Cerebral Function in Coma, Vegetative State, Minimally Conscious State, Locked-in Syndrome, and Brain Death....Pages 386-396
Multimodality Evoked Potentials in the Confirmation of Brain Death....Pages 397-407
Front Matter....Pages 409-409
Measurement and Interpretation of Lung Mechanics in Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure....Pages 411-417
Lung Recruitment and Stabilization in ARDS....Pages 418-434
Proportional Pressure Support in Acute Lung Injury....Pages 435-445
The Role of Helium in the Treatment of Acute Respiratory Failure....Pages 446-463
Intra-tracheal Aerosol Delivery in Intubated Patients....Pages 464-470
Airway Pressure Release Ventilation: Time to Change the Concept?....Pages 471-477
Front Matter....Pages 479-479
Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation (Part 1): Evidence Supports the Use of Protocols....Pages 481-495
Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation (Part 2): Strategies for Implementing Protocols....Pages 496-510
Non-Invasive Ventilation and Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation....Pages 511-521
Non-Invasive Ventilation in Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure....Pages 522-529
Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease....Pages 530-543
Front Matter....Pages 545-545
Intra-abdominal Pressure in the Intensive Care Unit: Clinical Tool or Toy?....Pages 547-585
Measuring Intra-abdominal Pressure in Intensive Care Setting....Pages 586-595
Front Matter....Pages 597-597
The Splanchnic Circulation in Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension....Pages 599-610
Indocyanine Green for the Assessment of Liver Function in Critically III Patients....Pages 611-618
Liver Support Systems....Pages 619-627
Pancreatic Dysfunction in Critical Illness....Pages 628-635
Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative....Pages 636-643
Front Matter....Pages 645-645
Optimal Interhospital Transport Systems for the Critically III....Pages 647-660
Outreach: A Hospital-wide Approach to Critical Illness....Pages 661-675
Randomized Clinical Trials in Pediatric Critical Care....Pages 676-684
Clinical Information Systems in the ICU....Pages 685-694
Creating and Maintaining Safe Systems of ICU Care....Pages 695-707
Ethical Questions for the New Millennium....Pages 708-716
Back Matter....Pages 717-725