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  1. Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) is the preferred reperfusion strategy in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), but its benefit over prehospital fibrinolysis (FL) is not cl...

    Authors: Vincent Roule, Pierre Ardouin, Katrien Blanchart, Adrien Lemaitre, Julien Wain-Hobson, Damien Legallois, Joachim Alexandre, Rémi Sabatier, Paul Milliez and Farzin Beygui
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:359
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  2. There is conflicting evidence about the relationship between the dose of enteral caloric intake and survival in critically ill patients. The objective of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to compare ...

    Authors: Hasan M. Al-Dorzi, Abdullah Albarrak, Mazen Ferwana, Mohammad Hassan Murad and Yaseen M. Arabi
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:358
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  7. The study objective was to obtain consensus on physical therapy (PT) in the rehabilitation of critical illness survivors after hospital discharge. Research questions were: what are PT goals, what are recommend...

    Authors: M. E. Major, R. Kwakman, M. E. Kho, B. Connolly, D. McWilliams, L. Denehy, S. Hanekom, S. Patman, R. Gosselink, C. Jones, F. Nollet, D. M. Needham, R. H. H. Engelbert and M. van der Schaaf
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:354
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  8. Selenium (Se) is an essential trace element with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and immunomodulatory effects. So far, several randomized clinical trials (RCTs) have demonstrated that parenteral Se may improve...

    Authors: William Manzanares, Margot Lemieux, Gunnar Elke, Pascal L. Langlois, Frank Bloos and Daren K. Heyland
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:356
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  11. The present study was designed to (1) establish current sedation practice in UK critical care to inform evidence synthesis and potential future primary research and (2) to compare practice reported via a surve...

    Authors: Alvin Richards-Belle, Ruth R. Canter, G. Sarah Power, Emily J. Robinson, Henrik Reschreiter, Hannah Wunsch and Sheila E. Harvey
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:355
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  13. Predicting whether an obese critically ill patient can be successfully extubated may be specially challenging. Several weaning tests have been described but no physiological study has evaluated the weaning tes...

    Authors: Martin Mahul, Boris Jung, Fabrice Galia, Nicolas Molinari, Audrey de Jong, Yannaël Coisel, Rosanna Vaschetto, Stefan Matecki, Gérald Chanques, Laurent Brochard and Samir Jaber
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:346
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  15. There is growing interest in patient outcomes following critical illness, with an increasing number and different types of studies conducted, and a need for synthesis of existing findings to help inform the fi...

    Authors: Mohamed D. Hashem, Aparna Nallagangula, Swaroopa Nalamalapu, Krishidhar Nunna, Utkarsh Nausran, Karen A. Robinson, Victor D. Dinglas, Dale M. Needham and Michelle N. Eakin
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:345
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  17. Multiplex polymerase chain reaction (mPCR) enables recovery of viruses from airways of patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), although their clinical impact remains uncertain.

    Authors: Guillaume Voiriot, Benoit Visseaux, Johana Cohen, Liem Binh Luong Nguyen, Mathilde Neuville, Caroline Morbieu, Charles Burdet, Aguila Radjou, François-Xavier Lescure, Roland Smonig, Laurence Armand-Lefèvre, Bruno Mourvillier, Yazdan Yazdanpanah, Jean-Francois Soubirou, Stephane Ruckly, Nadhira Houhou-Fidouh…
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:375
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  18. Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) is an effective technique for providing emergency mechanical circulatory support for patients with cardiogenic shock. VA-ECMO enables a rapid restora...

    Authors: Atila Kara, Sakir Akin, Dinis dos Reis Miranda, Ard Struijs, Kadir Caliskan, Robert J. van Thiel, Eric A. Dubois, Wouter de Wilde, Felix Zijlstra, Diederik Gommers and Can Ince
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:344
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  20. Authors: Author et al, R. M. Bateman, M. D. Sharpe, J. E. Jagger, C. G. Ellis, J. Solé-Violán, M. López-Rodríguez, E. Herrera-Ramos, J. Ruíz-Hernández, L. Borderías, J. Horcajada, N. González-Quevedo, O. Rajas, M. Briones, F. Rodríguez de Castro, C. Rodríguez Gallego…
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:347
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    The original article was published in Critical Care 2016 20:94

  21. Ventriculitis is a complication of temporary intraventricular drains. The limited penetration of meropenem into the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) is well known. However, ventricular CSF pharmacokinetic data in pat...

    Authors: Ute Blassmann, Anka C. Roehr, Otto R. Frey, Cornelia Vetter-Kerkhoff, Niklas Thon, William Hope, Josef Briegel and Volker Huge
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:343
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  23. Ventilator-associated event (VAE) is a new surveillance paradigm for monitoring complications in mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care units (ICUs). The National Healthcare Safety Network replaced...

    Authors: Yunzhou Fan, Fang Gao, Yanyan Wu, Jie Zhang, Ming Zhu and Lijuan Xiong
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:338
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  24. Patients infected with influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 virus requiring admission to the ICU remain an important source of mortality during the influenza season. The objective of the study was to assess the impact of a...

    Authors: Francisco Álvarez-Lerma, Judith Marín-Corral, Clara Vila, Joan Ramón Masclans, Francisco Javier González de Molina, Ignacio Martín Loeches, Sandra Barbadillo and Alejandro Rodríguez
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:337
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  25. Although many risk models have been tested in patients who undergo extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, few have been assessed for patients who received veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-EC...

    Authors: Wei-Cheng Chen, Kuo-Yang Huang, Chih-Wei Yao, Cing-Feng Wu, Shinn-Jye Liang, Chia-Hsiang Li, Chih-Yeh Tu and Hung-Jen Chen
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:336
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    The Letter to this article has been published in Critical Care 2017 21:168

  26. Experimental studies demonstrate beneficial immunological and hemodynamic effects of estradiol in animal models of sepsis. This raises the question whether estradiol contributes to sex differences in the incid...

    Authors: Greg Tsang, Michael B. Insel, Justin M. Weis, Mary Anne M. Morgan, Michael S. Gough, Lauren M. Frasier, Cynthia M. Mack, Kathleen P. Doolin, Brian T. Graves, Michael J. Apostolakos and Anthony P. Pietropaoli
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:335
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  27. Oxygen delivery to cells is the basic prerequisite of life. Within the human body, an ingenious oxygen delivery system, comprising steps of convection and diffusion from the upper airways via the lungs and the...

    Authors: Matthias Jacob, Daniel Chappell and Bernhard F. Becker
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:319
    Content type: Review Published on:

    The Letter to this article has been published in Critical Care 2017 21:49

  28. Identifying patients in the immunosuppressive phase of sepsis is essential for development of immunomodulatory therapies. Little data exists comparing the ability of the two most well-studied markers of sepsis...

    Authors: Anne M. Drewry, Enyo A. Ablordeppey, Ellen T. Murray, Evan R. Beiter, Andrew H. Walton, Mark W. Hall and Richard S. Hotchkiss
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:334
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    The Letter to this article has been published in Critical Care 2017 21:149

    The Editorial to this article has been published in Critical Care 2017 21:11

  29. Ventilator-dependent patients in the ICU often experience difficulties with one of the most basic human functions, namely communication, due to intubation. Although various assistive communication tools exist,...

    Authors: S. ten Hoorn, P. W. Elbers, A. R. Girbes and P. R. Tuinman
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:333
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    The Letter to this article has been published in Critical Care 2017 21:6

    The Letter to this article has been published in Critical Care 2017 21:7

  30. The dysbiosis of intestinal microbiota plays an important role in the development of gut-derived infections, making it a potential therapeutic target against multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) after se...

    Authors: Yanling Wei, Jun Yang, Jun Wang, Yang Yang, Juan Huang, Hao Gong, Hongli Cui and Dongfeng Chen
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:332
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    The Editorial to this article has been published in Critical Care 2016 20:398

  31. Failure of gut homeostasis is an important factor in the pathogenesis and progression of systemic inflammation, which can culminate in multiple organ failure and fatality. Pathogenic events in critically ill p...

    Authors: Petrus R. de Jong, José M. González-Navajas and Nicolaas J. G. Jansen
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:279
    Content type: Review Published on:

  32. The aim was to test the primary hypothesis that in patients suffering from shock, treatment with N-acetylcysteine (NAC) plus deferoxamine (DFX) decreases the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI).

    Authors: Cassiana Mazon Fraga, Cristiane Damiani Tomasi, Danusa de Castro Damasio, Francieli Vuolo, Cristiane Ritter and Felipe Dal-Pizzol
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:331
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  35. Authors of recent meta-analyses have reported that prolonged glucocorticoid treatment is associated with significant improvements in patients with severe pneumonia or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)...

    Authors: Surat Tongyoo, Chairat Permpikul, Wasineenart Mongkolpun, Veerapong Vattanavanit, Suthipol Udompanturak, Mehmet Kocak and G. Umberto Meduri
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:329
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  36. Hypothermia is associated with adverse outcome in patients with sepsis. The objective of this study was to characterize the host immune response in patients with hypothermic sepsis in order to determine if an ...

    Authors: Maryse A. Wiewel, Matthew B. Harmon, Lonneke A. van Vught, Brendon P. Scicluna, Arie J. Hoogendijk, Janneke Horn, Aeilko H. Zwinderman, Olaf L. Cremer, Marc J. Bonten, Marcus J. Schultz, Tom van der Poll, Nicole P. Juffermans and W. Joost Wiersinga
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:328
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    The Letter to this article has been published in Critical Care 2017 21:8

  38. The aim of this study was to elucidate the possible role of cerebral saturation monitoring in the post-cardiac arrest setting.

    Authors: Cornelia Genbrugge, Ward Eertmans, Ingrid Meex, Margaretha Van Kerrebroeck, Noami Daems, An Creemers, Frank Jans, Willem Boer, Jo Dens and Cathy De Deyne
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:327
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  39. Swallowing difficulties are common, and dysphagia occurs frequently in intensive care unit (ICU) patients after extubation. Yet, no guidelines on postextubation swallowing assessment exist. We aimed to investi...

    Authors: Kay Choong See, Si Yu Peng, Jason Phua, Chew Lai Sum and Johncy Concepcion
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:326
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  42. The disproportion between the large organ demand and the low number of transplantations performed represents a serious public health problem worldwide. Reducing the loss of transplantable organs from deceased ...

    Authors: Glauco A. Westphal, Elisabeth Coll, Rafael L. de Souza, Silvana Wagner, Artur Montemezzo, Fernanda Carolina Cani de Souza, Gabriel Torres, Stefan Halla, Tiago C. Carnin, Míriam C. Machado, Eduardo Berbigier, Fernando Busetto, Ivonei Bittencourt, Karine Gerent, Bruno S. de Souza, Manoel Tassinari…
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:323
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  43. Sepsis is a prominent reason for intensive care unit (ICU) admission in patients with HIV. We aimed to investigate the impact of HIV infection on presentation, outcome and host response in sepsis.

    Authors: Maryse A. Wiewel, Michaëla A. Huson, Lonneke A. van Vught, Arie J. Hoogendijk, Peter M. C. Klein Klouwenberg, Janneke Horn, René Lutter, Olaf L. Cremer, Marcus J. Schultz, Marc J. Bonten and Tom van der Poll
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:322
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  44. This article reports the conclusions of a consensus expert conference on the basic principles and nomenclature of renal replacement therapy (RRT) currently utilized to manage acute kidney injury (AKI). This mu...

    Authors: Mauro Neri, Gianluca Villa, Francesco Garzotto, Sean Bagshaw, Rinaldo Bellomo, Jorge Cerda, Fiorenza Ferrari, Silvia Guggia, Michael Joannidis, John Kellum, Jeong Chul Kim, Ravindra L. Mehta, Zaccaria Ricci, Alberto Trevisani, Silvio Marafon, William R. Clark…
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:318
    Content type: Review Published on:

  45. This article reports the conclusions of the second part of a consensus expert conference on the nomenclature of renal replacement therapy (RRT) techniques currently utilized to manage acute kidney injury and o...

    Authors: Gianluca Villa, Mauro Neri, Rinaldo Bellomo, Jorge Cerda, A. Raffaele De Gaudio, Silvia De Rosa, Francesco Garzotto, Patrick M. Honore, John Kellum, Anna Lorenzin, Didier Payen, Zaccaria Ricci, Sara Samoni, Jean-Louis Vincent, Julia Wendon, Marta Zaccaria…
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:283
    Content type: Review Published on:

  46. Growth-differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15) is an emerging humoral marker for risk stratification in cardiovascular disease. Cardiac-surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI), an important complication in...

    Authors: Matthias Heringlake, Efstratios I. Charitos, Kira Erber, Astrid Ellen Berggreen, Hermann Heinze and Hauke Paarmann
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:317
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    The Letter to this article has been published in Critical Care 2017 21:53

  48. Drug dosing in critically ill patients is challenging due to the altered drug pharmacokinetics–pharmacodynamics associated with systemic therapies. For many drug therapies, there is potential to use the respir...

    Authors: Jayesh Dhanani, John F. Fraser, Hak-Kim Chan, Jordi Rello, Jeremy Cohen and Jason A. Roberts
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:269
    Content type: Review Published on:

  49. Acute kidney injury and hyperchloremia are commonly present in critically ill septic patients. Our study goal was to evaluate the association of hyperchloremia and acute kidney injury in severe sepsis and sept...

    Authors: Bandarn Suetrong, Chawika Pisitsak, John H. Boyd, James A. Russell and Keith R. Walley
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:315
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  50. Post-resuscitation care after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is challenging due to the threat of organ failure and difficult prognostication. Our aim was to examine whether urine biomarkers could give a...

    Authors: Sigrid Beitland, Bård Endre Waldum-Grevbo, Espen Rostrup Nakstad, Jens-Petter Berg, Anne-Marie Siebke Trøseid, Berit Sletbakk Brusletto, Cathrine Brunborg, Geir Øystein Andersen and Kjetil Sunde
    Citation: Critical Care 2016 20:314
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