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  1. Applying tidal volumes of less than 6 mL/kg might improve lung protection in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. In a recent article, Retamal and colleagues showed that such a reduction is feasi...

    Authors: Eduardo LV Costa and Marcelo BP Amato
    Citation: Critical Care 2013 17:127
  2. The effects of dopexamine, a β2-agonist, on perioperative and sepsis-related hemodynamic, microvascular, immune, and organ dysfunction are controversial and poorly understood. We investigated these effects in ...

    Authors: Mansoor N Bangash, Nimesh SA Patel, Elisa Benetti, Massimo Collino, Charles J Hinds, Christoph Thiemermann and Rupert M Pearse
    Citation: Critical Care 2013 17:R57
  3. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) measured on the initial brain computed tomography (CT) scan for intensive care unit (ICU) mortality in severe tr...

    Authors: Aurélien Legrand, Patrick Jeanjean, Fanny Delanghe, Johann Peltier, Benoit Lecat and Hervé Dupont
    Citation: Critical Care 2013 17:R61
  4. The optimal target blood pressure in septic shock is still unknown. Therefore, in a long-term, resuscitated porcine model of fecal peritonitis-induced septic shock, Corrêa and colleagues tested whether differe...

    Authors: François Beloncle, Nicolas Lerolle, Peter Radermacher and Pierre Asfar
    Citation: Critical Care 2013 17:126
  5. Although many sepsis biomarkers have shown promise in selected patient groups, only C-reactive protein and procalcitonin (PCT) have entered clinical practice. The aim of this study was to evaluate three promis...

    Authors: Martin J Llewelyn, Mario Berger, Mark Gregory, Ravi Ramaiah, Amanda L Taylor, Ingo Curdt, Frédéric Lajaunias, Rolf Graf, Stuart J Blincko, Stephen Drage and Jonathan Cohen
    Citation: Critical Care 2013 17:R60
  6. Urinary indices have limited effectiveness in separating transient acute kidneyinjury (AKI) from persistent AKI in ICU patients. Their time-course may vary withthe mechanism of AKI. The primary objective of th...

    Authors: Bertrand Pons, Alexandre Lautrette, Johanna Oziel, Jean Dellamonica, Régine Vermesch, Eric Ezingeard, Christophe Mariat, Gilles Bernardin, Fabrice Zeni, Yves Cohen, Bernard Tardy, Bertrand Souweine, François Vincent and Michael Darmon
    Citation: Critical Care 2013 17:R56
  7. Bleeding is the most frequent complication in patients receiving venoarterial or venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). Recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) has been used in these patients...

    Authors: Xavier Repessé, Siu Ming Au, Nicolas Bréchot, Jean-Louis Trouillet, Pascal Leprince, Jean Chastre, Alain Combes and Charles-Edouard Luyt
    Citation: Critical Care 2013 17:R55
  8. Pre-injury antithrombotic therapy might influence the outcome of subjects withhead injuries and positive computed tomography (CT) scans. We aimed to determinethe potential risk of pre-injury antiplatelet drug ...

    Authors: Andrea Fabbri, Franco Servadei, Giulio Marchesini, Carolina Bronzoni, Danilo Montesi and Luca Arietta
    Citation: Critical Care 2013 17:R53