Year in review in Intensive Care Medicine 2012. II: Pneumonia and infection, sepsis, coagulation, hemodynamics, cardiovascular and microcirculation, critical care organization, imaging, ethics and legal issues

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 345-364

  Antonelli, Massimo ^a   Bonten, Marc ^b   Cecconi, Maurizio ^c   Chastre, Jean ^d   Citerio, Giuseppe ^e   Conti, Giorgio ^a   Curtis, J Randall ^f   Hedenstierna, Goran ^g   Joannidis, Michael ^h   Macrae, Duncan ⁱ   Maggiore, Salvatore M ^a   Mancebo, Jordi ^j   Mebazaa, Alexandre ^k   Preiser, Jean Charles ^l   Rocco, Patricia ^m   Timsit, Jean François ⁿ   Wernerman, Jan ^o   Zhang, Haibo ^p  

^a FONDAZIONE POLICLINICO UNIVERSITARIO A GEMELLI IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

ⁱ ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j Hospital Sant Pau   (Spain)

^k HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^l ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^m Laboratory of Pulmonary Investigation   (Brazil)

ⁿ HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

^o KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^p UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BAY41 6551; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COLISTIMETHATE; COLISTIN; DOBUTAMINE; DOXYCYCLINE; ETOMIDATE; HEPARIN; HYDROCORTISONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHRAX; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CATHETER INFECTION; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; ECHOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LEFT VENTRICULAR RELAXATION; LEGAL ASPECT; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG PRESSURE; LUNG VASOCONSTRICTION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MICROCIRCULATION; NEUTROPHIL; OXYGEN SATURATION; PNEUMONIA; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; SOCIOECONOMICS; TERMINAL CARE; TISSUE OXYGEN SATURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

BLOOD COAGULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; CRITICAL CARE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MICROCIRCULATION; PNEUMONIA; SEPSIS;

EID: 84884211532     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-012-2804-9     Document Type: Review

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