Update in critical care 2008

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 179, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 743-758

  Fowler, Robert A ^a   Adhikari, Neill K J ^a   Scales, Damon C ^a   Lee, Warren L ^a   Rubenfeld, Gordon D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c Program in Trauma Emergency and Critical Care   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; DALTEPARIN; HEPARIN; OXANDROLONE; SELENIUM; THIAMINE; ZINC;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFLAMMATION; INTENSIVE CARE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; TANZANIA; TRACHEOSTOMY; UNITED KINGDOM; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; ZAMBIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICINE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ACUTE LUNG INJURY; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CRITICAL CARE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SEPSIS; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 65549150348     PISSN: 1073449X     EISSN: 15354970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1164/rccm.200902-0207UP     Document Type: Review

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120. Chant C, Dos Santos CC, Saccucci P, Smith OM, Marshall JC, Friedrich JO. Discordance between perception and treatment practices associated with intensive care unit-acquired bacteriuria and funguria: A canadian physician survey. Crit Care Med 2008;36:1158-1167.
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127. Barnato AE, Alexander SL, Linde-Zwirble WT, Angus DC. Racial variation in the incidence, care, and outcomes of severe sepsis: analysis of population, patient, and hospital characteristics. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2008;177:279-284.
128. Laupland KB, Shahpori R, Kirkpatrick AW, Ross T, Gregson DB, Stelfox HT. Occurrence and outcome of fever in critically ill adults. Crit Care Med 2008;36:1531-1535.
129. Nobre V, Harbarth S, Graf JD, Rohner P, Pugin J. Use of procalcitonin to shorten antibiotic treatment duration in septic patients: a randomized trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2008;177:498-505.
130. Yende S, D'Angelo G, Kellum JA, Weissfeld L, Fine J, Welch RD, Kong L, Carter M, Angus DC. Inflammatory markers at hospital discharge predict subsequent mortality after pneumonia and sepsis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2008;177:1242-1247.
131. Kalil AC, Sun J. How many patients with severe sepsis are needed to confirm the efficacy of drotrecogin alfa activated? a Bayesian design. Intensive Care Med 2008;34:1804-1811.
132. Finfer S, Ranieri VM, Thompson BT, Barie PS, Dhainaut JF, Douglas IS, Gardlund B, Marshall JC, Rhodes A. Design, conduct, analysis and reporting of a multi-national placebo-controlled trial of activated protein C for persistent septic shock. Intensive Care Med 2008;34:2319.
133. Zarychanski R, Doucette S, Fergusson D, Roberts D, Houston DS, Sharma S, Gulati H, Kumar A. Early intravenous unfractionated heparin and mortality in septic shock. Crit Care Med 2008;36:2973-2979.
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136. Wang Z, Su F, Bruhn A, Yang X, Vincent JL. Acute hypercapnia improves indices of tissue oxygenation more than dobutamine in septic shock. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2008;177:178-183.
137. Post F, Weilemann LS, Messow CM, Sinning C, Munzel T. B-type natriuretic peptide as a marker for sepsis-induced myocardial depression in intensive care patients. Crit Care Med 2008;36:3030-3037.
138. Schortgen F, Girou E, Deye N, Brochard L. The risk associated with hyperoncotic colloids in patients with shock. Intensive Care Med 2008;34:2157-2168.
139. Berger MM, Soguel L, Shenkin A, Revelly JP, Pinget C, Baines M, Chiolero RL. Influence of early antioxidant supplements on clinical evolution and organ function in critically ill cardiac surgery, major trauma, and subarachnoid hemorrhage patients. Crit Care 2008;12:R101.
140. Nichol G, Thomas E, Callaway CW, Hedges J, Powell JL, Aufderheide TP, Rea T, Lowe R, Brown T, Dreyer J, et al. Regional variation in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest incidence and outcome. JAMA 2008;300:1423-1431.
141. Carr BG, Goyal M, Band RA, Gaieski DF, Abella BS, Merchant RM, Branas CC, Becker LB, Neumar RW. A national analysis of the relationship between hospital factors and post-cardiac arrest mortality. Intensive Care Med 2008;35:505-511.
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143. Kolar M, Krizmaric M, Klemen P, Grmec S. Partial pressure of end-tidal carbon dioxide successful predicts cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the field: A prospective observational study. Crit Care 2008;12:R115.
144. Gueugniaud PY, David JS, Chanzy E, Hubert H, Dubien PY, Mauriaucourt P, Braganca C, Billeres X, Clotteau-Lambert MP, Fuster P, et al. Vasopressin and epinephrine vs. epinephrine alone in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. N Engl J Med 2008;359:21-30.
145. Chan PS, Krumholz HM, Nichol G, Nallamothu BK. Delayed time to defibrillation after in-hospital cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med 2008;358:9-17.
146. Peberdy MA, Ornato JP, Larkin GL, Braithwaite RS, Kashner TM, Carey SM, Meaney PA, Cen L, Nadkarni VM, Praestgaard AH, et al. Survival from in-hospital cardiac arrest during nights and weekends. JAMA 2008;299:785-792.
147. Bobrow BJ, Clark LL, Ewy GA, Chikani V, Sanders AB, Berg RA, Richman PB, Kern KB. Minimally interrupted cardiac resuscitation by emergency medical services for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. JAMA 2008;299:1158-1165.
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149. Bruel C, Parienti JJ, Marie W, Arrot X, Daubin C, Du Cheyron D, Massetti
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152. Babuin L, Vasile VC, Rio Perez JA, Alegria JR, Chai HS, Afessa B, Jaffe AS. Elevated cardiac troponin is an independent risk factor for short- and long-term mortality in medical intensive care unit patients. Crit Care Med 2008;36:759-765.
153. Fergusson DA, Hebert PC, Mazer CD, Fremes S, MacAdams C, Murkin JM, Teoh K, Duke PC, Arellano R, Blajchman MA, et al. A comparison of aprotinin and lysine analogues in high-risk cardiac surgery. N Engl J Med 2008;358:2319-2331.
154. Schneeweiss S, Seeger JD, Landon J, Walker AM. Aprotinin during coronary-artery bypass grafting and risk of death. N Engl J Med 2008;358:771-783.
155. Koch CG, Li L, Sessler DI, Figueroa P, Hoeltge GA, Mihaljevic T, Blackstone EH. Duration of red-cell storage and complications after cardiac surgery. N Engl J Med 2008;358:1229-1239.
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157. Bowman LJ, Uber WE, Stroud MR, Christiansen LR, Lazarchick J, Crumbley AJ III, Kratz JM, Toole JM, Crawford FA Jr, Ikonomidis JS. Use of recombinant activated factor VII concentrate to control postoperative hemorrhage in complex cardiovascular surgery. Ann Thorac Surg 2008;85:1669-1676. (Discussion 1676-1667).
158. Whitlock RP, Chan S, Devereaux PJ, Sun J, Rubens FD, Thorlund K, Teoh KH. Clinical benefit of steroid use in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass: a meta-analysis of randomized trials. Eur Heart J 2008;29:2592-2600.
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160. Gruber PC, Gomersall CD, Leung P, Joynt GM, Ng SK, Ho KM, Underwood MJ. Randomized controlled trial comparing adaptive-support ventilation with pressure-regulated volume-controlled ventilation with automode in weaning patients after cardiac surgery. Anesthesiology 2008;109:81-87.
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167. Noiseux N, Prieto I, Bracco D, Basile F, Hemmerling T. Coronary artery bypass grafting in the awake patient combining high thoracic epidural and femoral nerve block: first series of 15 patients. Br J Anaesth 2008;100:184-189.
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170. Gray A, Goodacre S, Newby DE, Masson M, Sampson F, Nicholl J. Noninvasive ventilation in acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema. N Engl J Med 2008;359:142-151.
171. McDermid RC, Bagshaw SM. Noninvasive ventilation in acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema. N Engl J Med 2008;359:2068. (Author reply p. 2069).
172. Stiell IG, Nesbitt LP, Pickett W, Munkley D, Spaite DW, Banek J, Field B, Luinstra-Toohey L, Maloney J, Dreyer J, et al. The opals major trauma study: impact of advanced life-support on survival and morbidity. CMAJ 2008;178:1141-1152.
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178. Mayer SA, Brun NC, Begtrup K, Broderick J, Davis S, Diringer MN, Skolnick BE, Steiner T. Efficacy and safety of recombinant activated factor VII for acute intracerebral hemorrhage. N Engl J Med 2008;358:2127-2137.
179. Soldatos T, Karakitsos D, Chatzimichail K, Papathanasiou M, Gouliamos A, Karabinis A. Optic nerve sonography in the diagnostic evaluation of adult brain injury. Crit Care 2008;12:R67.
180. Thompson HJ, Rivara FP, Jurkovich GJ, Wang J, Nathens AB, MacKenzie EJ. Evaluation of the effect of intensity of care on mortality after traumatic brain injury. Crit Care Med 2008;36:282-290.
181. Perez-Barcena J, Llompart-Pou JA, Homar J, Abadal JM, Raurich JM, Frontera G, Brell M, Ibanez J. Pentobarbital versus thiopental in the treatment of refractory intracranial hypertension in patients with traumatic brain injury: A randomized controlled trial. Crit Care 2008;12:R112.
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184. Nicolas-Robin A, Amour J, Ibanez-Esteve C, Coriat P, Riou B, Langeron O. Effect of glucose-insulin-potassium in severe acute heart failure after brain death. Crit Care Med 2008;36:2740-2745.
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186. Walsh TS, Ramsay P, Lapinlampi TP, Sarkela MO, Viertio-Oja HE, Merilainen PT. An assessment of the validity of spectral entropy as a measure of sedation state in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients. Intensive Care Med 2008;34:308-315.
187. Mehta S, Burry L, Martinez-Motta JC, Stewart TE, Hallett D, McDonald E, Clarke F, Macdonald R, Granton J, Matte A, et al. A randomized trial of daily awakening in critically ill patients managed with a sedation protocol: a pilot trial. Crit Care Med 2008;36:2092-2099.
188. Bourne RS, Mills GH, Minelli C. Melatonin therapy to improve nocturnal sleep in critically ill patients: encouraging results from a small randomised controlled trial. Crit Care 2008;12:R52.
189. Robitaille A, Williams SR, Tremblay MH, Guilbert F, Theriault M, Drolet P. Cervical spine motion during tracheal intubation with manual in-line stabilization: direct laryngoscopy versus glidescope videolaryngoscopy. Anesth Analg 2008;106:935-941. (Table of Contents.).
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194. Hoedemaekers CW, Klein Gunnewiek JM, Prinsen MA, Willems JL, Van der Hoeven JG. Accuracy of bedside glucose measurement from three glucometers in critically ill patients. Crit Care Med 2008;36:3062-3066.
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197. May AK, Dossett LA, Norris PR, Hansen EN, Dorsett RC, Popovsky KA, Sawyer RG. Estradiol is associated with mortality in critically ill trauma and surgical patients. Crit Care Med 2008;36:62-68.
198. Dossett LA, Swenson BR, Heffernan D, Bonatti H, Metzger R, Sawyer RG, May AK. High levels of endogenous estrogens are associated with death in the critically injured adult. J Trauma 2008;64:580-585.
199. Pham TN, Klein MB, Gibran NS, Arnoldo BD, Gamelli RL, Silver GM, Jeschke MG, Finnerty CC, Tompkins RG, Herndon DN. Impact of oxandrolone treatment on acute outcomes after severe burn injury. J Burn Care Res 2008;29:902-906.
200. Akinnusi ME, Pineda LA, El Solh AA. Effect of obesity on intensive care morbidity and mortality: a meta-analysis. Crit Care Med 2008;36:151-158.
201. Douketis J, Cook D, Meade M, Guyatt G, Geerts W, Skrobik Y, Albert M, Granton J, Hebert P, Pagliarello G, et al. Prophylaxis against deep vein thrombosis in critically ill patients with severe renal insufficiency with the low-molecular-weight heparin dalteparin: an assessment of safety and pharmacodynamics: the direct study. Arch Intern Med 2008;168:1805-1812.
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203. Marik PE, Corwin HL. Efficacy of red blood cell transfusion in the critically ill: a systematic review of the literature. Crit Care Med 2008;36:2667-2674.
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206. Bateman ST, Lacroix J, Boven K, Forbes P, Barton R, Thomas NJ, Jacobs B, Markovitz B, Goldstein B, Hanson JH, et al. Anemia, blood loss, and blood transfusions in north american children in the intensive care unit. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2008;178:26-33.
207. Merz TM, Schar P, Buhlmann M, Takala J, Rothen HU. Resource use and outcome in critically ill patients with hematological malignancy: a retrospective cohort study. Crit Care 2008;12:R75.
208. Pene F, Percheron S, Lemiale V, Viallon V, Claessens YE, Marque S, Charpentier J, Angus DC, Cariou A, Chiche JD, et al. Temporal changes in management and outcome of septic shock in patients with malignancies in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med 2008;36:690-696.
209. van Gestel JP, Bollen CW, van der Tweel I, Boelens JJ, van Vught AJ. Intensive care unit mortality trends in children after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: a meta-regression analysis. Crit Care Med 2008;36:2898-2904.
210. Scales DC, Thiruchelvam D, Kiss A, Sibbald WJ, Redelmeier DA. Intensive care outcomes in bone marrow transplant recipients a population-based cohort analysis. Crit Care 2008;12:R77.
211. Reintam A, Parm P, Kitus R, Starkopf J, Kern H. Gastrointestinal failure score in critically ill patients: a prospective observational study. Crit Care 2008;12:R90.
212. Beale RJ, Sherry T, Lei K, Campbell-Stephen L, McCook J, Smith J, Venetz W, Alteheld B, Stehle P, Schneider H. Early enteral supplementation with key pharmaconutrients improves sequential organ failure assessment score in critically ill patients with sepsis: outcome of a randomized, controlled, double-blind trial. Crit Care Med 2008;36:131-144.
213. Barrantes F, Tian J, Vazquez R, Amoateng-Adjepong Y, Manthous CA. Acute kidney injury criteria predict outcomes of critically ill patients. Crit Care Med 2008;36:1397-1403.
214. Kolhe NV, Stevens PE, Crowe AV, Lipkin GW, Harrison DA. Case mix, outcome and activity for patients with severe acute kidney injury during the first 24 hours after admission to an adult, general critical care unit: application of predictive models from a secondary analysis of the icnarc case mix programme database. Crit Care 2008;12:S2.
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218. Bagshaw SM, Berthiaume LR, Delaney A, Bellomo R. Continuous versus intermittent renal replacement therapy for critically ill patients with acute kidney injury: a meta-analysis. Crit Care Med 2008;36:610-617.
219. Desai AA, Baras J, Berk BB, Nakajima A, Garber AM, Owens D, Chertow GM. Management of acute kidney injury in the intensive care unit: a cost-effectiveness analysis of daily vs alternate-day hemodialysis. Arch Intern Med 2008;168:1761-1767.
220. Barr LF, Kolodner K. N-acetylcysteine and fenoldopam protect the renal function of patients with chronic renal insufficiency undergoing cardiac surgery. Crit Care Med 2008;36:1427-1435.
221. Sisillo E, Ceriani R, Bortone F, Juliano G, Salvi L, Veglia F, Fiorentini C, Marenzi G. N-acetylcysteine for prevention of acute renal failure in patients with chronic renal insufficiency undergoing cardiac surgery: a prospective, randomized, clinical trial. Crit Care Med 2008;36:81-86.
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229. Torri A. Femoral venous catheterization. N Engl J Med 2008;359:1294. (Author reply 1294-1295).
230. Hsiao J, Pacheco-Fowler V. Videos in clinical medicine. Cricothyroidotomy. N Engl J Med 2008;358:e25.
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