Critical Care Medicine August 2010 - Volume 38 - Issue 8
Feature Articles A history of resolving conflicts over end-of-life care in intensive care units in the United States * Luce, John M. Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1623-1629, August 2010.
Phase II trial on the use of Dextran 70 or starch for supportive therapy in Kenyan children with severe malaria * Akech, Samuel O.; Jemutai, Julie; Timbwa, Molline; Kivaya, Esther; Boga, Mwanamvua; Fegan, Greg; Maitland, Kathryn Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1630-1636, August 2010.
Cold aortic flush and chest compressions enable good neurologic outcome after 15 mins of ventricular fibrillation in cardiac arrest in pigs * Janata, Andreas; Weihs, Wolfgang; Schratter, Alexandra; Bayegan, Keywan; Holzer, Michael; Frossard, Martin; Sipos, Wolfgang; Springler, Gregor; Schmidt, Peter; Sterz, Fritz; Losert, Udo M.; Laggner, Anton N.; Kochanek, Patrick M.; Behringer, Wilhelm Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1637-1643, August 2010.
Continuing Medical Education Articles Therapeutic strategies for severe acute lung injury Diaz, Janet V.; Brower, Roy; Calfee, Carolyn S.; Matthay, Michael A. Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1644-1650, August 2010.
A survival benefit of combination antibiotic therapy for serious infections associated with sepsis and septic shock is contingent only on the risk of death: A meta-analytic/meta-regression study Kumar, Anand; Safdar, Nasia; Kethireddy, Shravan; Chateau, Dan Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1651-1664, August 2010.
Continuing Medical Education Questions Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1665, August 2010.
Clinical Investigations
Is heart period variability associated with the administration of lifesaving interventions in individual prehospital trauma patients with normal standard vital signs? * Rickards, Caroline A.; Ryan, Kathy L.; Ludwig, David A.; Convertino, Victor A. Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1666-1673, August 2010.
Validity and reliability of an intuitive conscious sedation scoring tool: The nursing instrument for the communication of sedation * Mirski, Marek A.; LeDroux, Shannon N.; Lewin, John J. III; Thompson, Carol B.; Mirski, Kara T.; Griswold, Michael Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1674-1684, August 2010.
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of TAK-242 for the treatment of severe sepsis * Rice, Todd W.; Wheeler, Arthur P.; Bernard, Gordon R.; Vincent, Jean-Louis; Angus, Derek C.; Aikawa, Naoki; Demeyer, Ignace; Sainati, Stephen; Amlot, Nicholas; Cao, Charlie; Ii, Masayuki; Matsuda, Hideyasu; Mouri, Kouji; Cohen, Jon Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1685-1694, August 2010.
Acute renal failure is NOT an "acute renal success"-a clinical study on the renal oxygen supply/demand relationship in acute kidney injury Redfors, Bengt; Bragadottir, Gudrun; Sellgren, Johan; Swärd, Kristina; Ricksten, Sven-Erik Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1695-1701, August 2010.
Laboratory Investigations
Patients with acute pancreatitis complicated by organ failure show highly aberrant monocyte signaling profiles assessed by phospho-specific flow cytometry * Oiva, Jani; Mustonen, Harri; Kylänpää, Marja-Leena; Kyhälä, Lea; Alanärä, Tiina; Aittomäki, Saara; Siitonen, Sanna; Kemppainen, Esko; Puolakkainen, Pauli; Repo, Heikki Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1702-1708, August 2010.
Quantitative assessment of somatosensory-evoked potentials after cardiac arrest in rats: Prognostication of functional outcomes * Madhok, Jai; Maybhate, Anil; Xiong, Wei; Koenig, Matthew A.; Geocadin, Romergryko G.; Jia, Xiaofeng; Thakor, Nitish V. Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1709-1717, August 2010.
Role of regulatory T cells in long-term immune dysfunction associated with severe sepsis Nascimento, Daniele C.; Alves-Filho, José C.; Sônego, Fabiane; Fukada, Sandra Y.; Pereira, Marcelo S.; Benjamim, Claudia; Zamboni, Dario S.; Silva, João S.; Cunha, Fernando Q. Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1718-1725, August 2010.
Cerebral effects of hyperglycemia in experimental cardiac arrest Lennmyr, Fredrik; Molnar, Maria; Basu, Samar; Wiklund, Lars Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1726-1732, August 2010.
Bone marrow-derived mononuclear cell therapy in experimental pulmonary and extrapulmonary acute lung injury Araújo, Indianara M.; Abreu, Soraia C.; Maron-Gutierrez, Tatiana; Cruz, Fernanda; Fujisaki, Livia; Carreira, Humberto Jr; Ornellas, Felipe; Ornellas, Debora; Vieira-de-Abreu, Adriana; Castro-Faria-Neto, Hugo C.; Muxfeldt Ab'Saber, Alexandre; Teodoro, Walcy R.; Diaz, Bruno L.; Peres DaCosta, Carlos; Capelozzi, Vera L.; Pelosi, Paolo; Morales, Marcelo M.; Rocco, Patricia R. M. Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1733-1741, August 2010.
Editorials
Futility in the intensive care unit: Hard cases make bad law * Curtis, J. Randall; Burt, Robert A. Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1742-1743, August 2010.
Severe malaria and sepsis: Will one fluid strategy suit both? * Molyneux, Elizabeth Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1744-1745, August 2010.
This is cool! Hypothermia, chest compressions, and ventilation can be accomplished in a large animal cardiac arrest model: Paving the way to human clinical trials * Helfaer, Mark A.; Topjian, Alexis Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1745-1746, August 2010.
Half empty or half full? * Batchinsky, Andriy I.; Cancio, Leopoldo C.; Buchman, Timothy G. Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1747-1748, August 2010.
Communication of sedation in the intensive care unit: Is it the real issue? * Ramelet, Anne-Sylvie Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1748-1749, August 2010.
Biomarkers as end points in clinical trials of severe sepsis: A garden of forking paths * Salluh, Jorge I. F.; Póvoa, Pedro Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1749-1751, August 2010.
Once bitten, twice shy: Defective monocyte signaling in acute pancreatitis * McGregor, Richard J.; Mole, Damian J. Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1751-1752, August 2010.
Promising prognostic potentials: Perhaps * Young, G. Bryan Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1753, August 2010.
Letters to the Editor Vancomycin plus rifampicin for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia benefits only those who have no development of rifampicin resistance during treatment Tan, Che-Kim; Lai, Chih-Cheng; Lin, Sheng-Hsiang; Hsueh, Po-Ren Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1754, August 2010.
Vancomycin plus rifampicin for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pneumonia benefits only those who have no development of rifampicin resistance during treatment Lim, Chae-Man; Jung, Young Ju Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1754-1755, August 2010.
Financial disclosures in clinical practice guidelines Kahn, Jeremy M.; Rubenfeld, Gordon D. Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1755-1756, August 2010.
Response from the Editor-in-Chief of Critical Care Medicine Parrillo, Joseph E. Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1756-1757, August 2010.
Predicting dead space ventilation in critically ill patients using clinically available data Sue, Darryl Y. Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1757, August 2010.
Lazarus phenomenon, autoresuscitation, and nonheart-beating organ donation Rady, Mohamed Y.; Verheijde, Joseph L. Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1757-1758, August 2010. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181defd10 + Favorites EPUB PDF (365 KB)
Lazarus phenomenon, autoresuscitation, and nonheart-beating organ donation Shemie, Sam D.; Hornby, Karen; Hornby, Laura Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1758-1759, August 2010.
Is passive leg raising safe in mechanically ventilated patients receiving enteral nutrition? Nseir, Saad; Lubret, Rémy Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1759, August 2010.
Mechanical ventilation can cause changes in pulmonary circulation Ñamendys-Silva, Silvio A.; Domínguez-Cherit, Guillermo Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1759-1760, August 2010.
Breathing requirement and metabolic rate during cardiopulmonary resuscitation: Cardiac arrest during exercise Tiangco, Dexter; Haouzi, Philippe Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1760-1761, August 2010.
Defining death in donation after circulatory determination of death protocols: A bluish shade of violet Zamperetti, Nereo Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1761, August 2010.
Defining death in donation after circulatory determination of death protocols: A bluish shade of violet Bernat, James L.; Capron, Alexander M. Critical Care Medicine. 38(8):1761-1762, August 2010. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181e285cb
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