Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2002

Front Matter....Pages I-XXVIII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Ischemia-reperfusion and Acute Apoptotic Cell Death....Pages 3-11
Alpha-4 Integrin: A Novel Mechanism for Neutrophil-endothelial Interaction....Pages 12-22
Cell Adhesion Molecules and Leukocyte Trafficking in Sepsis....Pages 23-38
Molecular Mechanisms of Complement Activation during Ischemia and Reperfusion....Pages 39-49
Gender and Cell-mediated Immunity Following Trauma, Shock, and Sepsis....Pages 50-61
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Regulatory Role of Alveolar Macrophages and Cytokines in Pulmonary Host Defense....Pages 65-76
Apoptosis in Pneumonia....Pages 77-92
Hypoxic Pulmonary Vasoconstriction and the Pulmonary Microcirculation....Pages 93-99
Pulmonary Endothelial Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Activity in Lung Injury....Pages 100-110
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Antioxidants and Endothelial Function: Therapeutic Implications....Pages 113-120
Pentoxifylline: A Useful Adjuvant in the Critically Ill?....Pages 121-128
High Volume Hemofiltration in Sepsis....Pages 129-141
Adjuvant Treatment of Mediastinitis with Immunoglobulins after Cardiac Surgery: The ATMI Trial....Pages 142-149
The Immunomodulatory Effects of Anesthetic and Analgesic Agents....Pages 150-162
Front Matter....Pages 163-163
Myocardial Ischemia-reperfusion Injury: Role of the Peroxynitrite-poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Pathway....Pages 165-176
Effects of Anesthetics on Ischemia-reperfusion Injury of the Heart....Pages 177-185
Regulatory Role of Nitric Oxide in the Heart of the Critically Ill Patient....Pages 186-203
TNF as a Mediator of Cardiac Depression following Snakebite....Pages 204-208
Acute Right Ventricular Failure: Physiology and Therapy....Pages 209-218
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
The Rationale for Vasodilator Therapy in Sepsis....Pages 221-231
Front Matter....Pages 219-219
Vasopressin and its Analogs....Pages 232-240
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
The Use of Ventilatory Modes allowing Spontaneous Breathing during Mechanical Ventilation....Pages 243-252
Neural Control of Mechanical Ventilation: A New Approach to Improve Patient-Ventilator Interaction....Pages 253-263
Assisting Ventilation by Pressure Support: More than a Weaning Tool....Pages 264-274
Conditioning of Inspired Gases in Mechanically Ventilated Patients....Pages 275-286
Bronchodilator Therapy in Mechanically Ventilated Patients....Pages 287-293
Front Matter....Pages 295-295
Titrating Optimal PEEP at the Bedside....Pages 297-304
Effect of PEEP and Targets during Mechanical Ventilation in ARDS....Pages 305-312
Lung Recruitment in Localized Lung Injury....Pages 313-319
Advances in ARDS: How do they Impact Bedside Management?....Pages 320-336
Front Matter....Pages 337-337
Methodology of Non-invasive Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Failure....Pages 339-351
Non-invasive Mechanical Ventilation and Prevention of Pneumonia in Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure....Pages 352-361
Front Matter....Pages 363-363
Evaluation of Non-responding Patients with Ventilator-associated Pneumonia....Pages 365-375
The Prevention of Invasive Candida Infection in Critically Ill Surgical Patients....Pages 376-387
Bacterial CpG DNA in Septic Shock....Pages 388-397
Antibiotics by Continuous Infusion: Time for Re-evaluation?....Pages 398-406
Extended Spectrum Beta-lactamases in Gram-negative Sepsis....Pages 407-414
Front Matter....Pages 415-415
Towards Safer Central Venous Access....Pages 417-426
Strong Ions, Acid-base, and Crystalloid Design....Pages 427-434
Reactive Oxygen Species as Mediators of Organ Dysfunction: Potential Benefits of Resuscitation with Ringer’s Ethyl Pyruvate Solution....Pages 435-445
Front Matter....Pages 415-415
The Immunological Effects of Hypertonic Saline....Pages 446-453
Does Albumin Infusion Affect Survival? Review of Meta-analytic Findings....Pages 454-464
Front Matter....Pages 465-465
Lipids in Parenteral Nutrition: Benefits in Critically Ill Patients?....Pages 467-480
Early Enteral Nutrition in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 481-491
Relative Adrenal Insufficiency Syndrome....Pages 492-498
Metabolic Effects of Adrenergic Drugs....Pages 499-509
Acidemia: Good, Bad or Inconsequential?....Pages 510-516
Front Matter....Pages 517-517
Monitoring Left Heart Performance in the Critically Ill....Pages 519-536
Functional Hemodynamic Monitoring: Applied Physiology at the Bedside....Pages 537-552
Detection of Fluid Responsiveness....Pages 553-563
Volumetric Capnography in the Non-intubated Critically Ill Patient....Pages 564-578
Assessment of Lung Function in Mechanically Ventilated Patients....Pages 579-586
Tissue Lactate Concentrations in Critical Illness....Pages 587-599
Front Matter....Pages 601-601
Oxygen Delivery and the Critically Ill....Pages 603-611
Monitoring Intensive Care Patients....Pages 612-631
Gastric Mucosal Tonometry in Daily ICU Practice....Pages 632-637
Front Matter....Pages 639-639
Thrombotic Microangiopathies....Pages 641-648
Pro-hemostatic Therapy for Prevention and Treatment of Bleeding....Pages 649-660
Coagulopathy in Trauma Patients....Pages 661-669
Front Matter....Pages 671-671
Traumatic Brain Injury: Severity and Outcome....Pages 673-687
Front Matter....Pages 671-671
Biochemical and Molecular Mechanisms after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Children....Pages 688-698
Monitoring of Intracranial Pressure and Cerebral Compliance....Pages 699-708
The MRC CRASH Trial....Pages 709-712
Front Matter....Pages 713-713
Assessing Consciousness in Critically Ill Patients....Pages 715-727
The Brain in Post-anoxic Coma: Predicting Outcome....Pages 728-737
The Rationale for Human Selective Brain Cooling....Pages 738-747
Septic Encephalopathy....Pages 748-753
Critical Care Management of Refractory Status Epilepticus....Pages 754-764
Neurocognitive Impairment in Survivors of ARDS....Pages 765-773
Front Matter....Pages 775-775
Immunomodulatory Treatment of Severe Acute Pancreatitis....Pages 777-791
Abdominal Perfusion Pressure as a Prognostic Marker in Intra-abdominal Hypertension....Pages 792-814
Intra-abdominal Pressure and Chest Wall Interaction....Pages 815-822
Front Matter....Pages 823-823
The Kidney in Sepsis....Pages 825-832
Hepatorenal Failure....Pages 833-837
Acute Renal Failure in the Critically Ill Patient: Is there a Magic Bullet?....Pages 838-849
Front Matter....Pages 851-851
Perioperative Management of the Severely Burned Patient....Pages 853-862
Hypertensive Crises....Pages 863-876
Cardiac Arrest in Children....Pages 877-888
The Etiology of Obstetric Critical Illness....Pages 889-896
Front Matter....Pages 897-897
Measuring Organ Dysfunction....Pages 899-910
Front Matter....Pages 897-897
Severity of Illness Scoring Systems....Pages 911-933
Front Matter....Pages 935-935
Discharging the Critically Ill Patient....Pages 937-941
Patient Examination in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 942-950
Are Autopsies still Useful in the Intensive Care Unit?....Pages 951-955
Back Matter....Pages 957-968