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Bronchospasm and laryngeal stridor as an adverse effect of oxytocin treatment

Authors: David Cabestrero, Carmen Pérez-Paredes, Ramón Fernández-Cid and Miguel A Arribas

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7:392

Content type: Letter Published on: 10 July 2003
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Contributions to the epidemiology of acute respiratory failure

Recently, incidence ranges for acute respiratory failure (ARF), acute lung injury (ALI) and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) in adults were reported and found to be 77.6–88.6, 17.9–34.0, and 12.6–28....

Authors: Klaus Lewandowski

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7:288

Content type: Commentary Published on: 9 July 2003
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Outcome after acute respiratory failure is more dependent on dysfunction in other vital organs than on the severity of the respiratory failure

The incidence and outcome of acute respiratory failure (ARF) depend on dysfunction in other organs. As a result, reported mortality in patients with ARF is derived from a mixed group of patients with different...

Authors: Hans Flaatten, Stig Gjerde, Anne Berit Guttormsen, Oddbjørn Haugen, Tone Høivik, Henning Onarheim and Sidsel Aardal

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7:R72

Content type: Research Published on: 9 July 2003
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The International Sepsis Forum's frontiers in sepsis: high cardiac output should be maintained in severe sepsis

Despite a usually normal or high cardiac output, severe sepsis is associated with inadequate tissue oxygenation, leading to organ failure and death. Some authors have suggested that raising cardiac output and ...

Authors: Jean-Louis Vincent

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7:276

Content type: Commentary Published on: 4 July 2003
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Recently published papers: inflammation, elucidation, manipulation?

Authors: Justin Kirk-Bayley and Richard Venn

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7:282

Content type: Commentary Published on: 3 July 2003
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The International Sepsis Forum's frontiers in sepsis: high cardiac output should not be maintained in severe sepsis

Abnormal oxygen utilisation is one of the features of septic shock. Some studies have observed that patients that survive septic shock tend to have higher cardiac output and oxygen delivery compared to those t...

Authors: Vinay K Sharma and RPhillip Dellinger

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7:272

Content type: Commentary Published on: 3 July 2003
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ICU Cornerstone: High frequency ventilation is here to stay

With favourable and extensive experience in the neonatal intensive care unit (ICU) and the recent positive experience in the adult ICU, high-frequency ventilation has become a valuable alternative to conventio...

Authors: Peter C Rimensberger

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7:342

Content type: Commentary Published on: 2 July 2003
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Clinical review: Drotrecogin alfa (activated) as adjunctive therapy for severe sepsis – practical aspects at the bedside and patient identification

Administration of drotrecogin alfa (activated) has been demonstrated to reduce mortality in patients with severe sepsis who are at high risk for death or who have multiple organ dysfunction. This benefit was a...

Authors: Pierre-François Laterre and Xavier Wittebole

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7:445

Content type: Review Published on: 30 June 2003
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Criner GJ, D'Alonzo GE: Critical Care Study Guide: Text and Review. Springer-Verlag, New York. 2002.852 pages.

Authors: Greg S Martin

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7:462

Content type: Book report Published on: 26 June 2003
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Science Review: Vasopressin and the cardiovascular system part 1 – receptor physiology

Vasopressin is emerging as a rational therapy for vasodilatory shock states. Unlike other vasoconstrictor agents, vasopressin also has vasodilatory properties. The goal of the present review is to explore the ...

Authors: Cheryl L Holmes, Donald W Landry and John T Granton

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7:427

Content type: Review Published on: 26 June 2003
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Science Review: Vasopressin and the cardiovascular system part 2 – clinical physiology

Vasopressin is emerging as a rational therapy for vasodilatory shock states. In part 1 of the review we discussed the structure and function of the various vasopressin receptors. In part 2 we discuss vascular ...

Authors: Cheryl L Holmes, Donald W Landry and John T Granton

Citation: Critical Care 2003 8:15

Content type: Review Published on: 26 June 2003
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Tormentic acid inhibits proliferation and induces apoptosis in vascular smooth muscle cells

Authors: AS Fogo, JB Calixto and AH Campos

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P129

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Influence of losartan and enalapril on the diclofenac effect on leukocyte–endothelium interaction in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR)

Authors: LL Martinez, MA Oliveira, AS Miguel, JWM Cruz, VM Rastelli, RCA Tostes, MHC Carvalho, D Nigro and ZB Fortes

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P125

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Selective cyclooxygenase-2 inhibition with etoricoxib elevates blood pressure and alters vascular reactivity

Authors: L Fernandes, LL Martinez, SA Teixeira, ZB Fortes, MHC Carvalho and MN Muscará

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P121

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Positive and negative regulators of transforming growth factor beta 1/bone morphogenetic protein pathways are constitutively expressed in mesangial cells

Authors: TT Maciel, N Schor and AH Campos

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P119

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Platelet-derived exosomes: a new vascular redox signaling pathway

Authors: AO Carmo, MA Pedro, E Silva, E Knobel, FRM Laurindo and M Janiszewski

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P117

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Pulmonary thromboendarterectomy with embolectomy: a report of two cases

Authors: WN Viana, MA Costa, RA Espinoza, NC Garcia, V Rotman, LE Oliveira, JG Pantoja and JEC Castro

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P115

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Treatment of pseudoaneurism of the femoral artery with local injection of thrombin

Authors: ACS Nogueira, CG Salgado, SI Amaral, FD Rangel, FBS Nogueira, LH Belém, A Rabischoffsky, PC Studart, AR Felipe and RV Gomes

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P113

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Percutaneous tracheostomy: Ciaglia Blue Rhino vs basic Ciaglia

Authors: S Gomes de Sá, G Nobre, C Vilela, J Mansur and J Kezen

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P111

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Thoracic blood drainage debt: what amount should be expected as normal in the first postoperative hours of cardiac surgery?

Authors: A Rouge, RV Gomes, B Tura, FS Paolino, EM Nunes, JO de Brito, LAA Campos, MAO Fernandes, PMM Nogueira and HJF Dohmann

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P109

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Prehospital rapid sequence intubation in severe traumatic brain injury: a retrospective analysis

Authors: BF Belezia, AP Antunes, AM de Oliveira, DT Gomes, EN Silva, FB de Carvalho, LFM Neves, MTT Leite, ML Cavaliere and AD Moura

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P107

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Toward a new frontier on economic and technologic assessment in intensive care: the role of ethics

Authors: CD Coelho and GEM Kornis

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P89

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Intrahospital transport of critical ill patients: is it a safe procedure?

Authors: H Rosseti, FR Machado, APR Senna, HP Guimarães and JLG Amaral

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P87

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Haemoglobin behaviour in critical patients

Authors: AS Machado, BB Nery, AT Maciel, V Pizzo, DT Noritomi, M Park, ACKB Amaral, JP Ladeira and LM Cruz-Neto

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P85

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Quality of Life (QOL) improvement following catheter-based autologous bone marrow mononuclear cell transplantation (ABM-MCT)

Authors: SA Silva, HF Dohmann, E Perin, C Rutherford, A Sousa, P Souza, C Gonzales, C Falcão, A Feijó and H Dohmann

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P83

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Cutaneous integrity protocol for critical patients in the intensive care unit

Authors: MC Fontoura, AA Santos, MJ Freitas Jr, RA Athanazio, LL Rocha, AR Farias, JM Teles and OH Messeder

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P81

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Complications of monitoring of jugular bulb venous saturation

Authors: MG Rodrigues, DR Salgado, VM Resende, MVP Negri, RAN Paiva and JCR Verdeal

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P79

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Two-dimensional transcranial color Doppler: its role in subarachnoid hemorrhage

Authors: NC Garcia, LE Emmerick, MA Costa, RA Espinoza, WN Viana, V Rotman, LE Oliveira and JEC Castro

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P77

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Variability of care among neurological intensive care unit patients: the role of insurance coverage

Authors: HC Martins-Fadiga, GC Oehling, JP Ladeira, JA Karan, SA El-Dash and IM Liontakis

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P75

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Risk factors and impact of an acute confusional state in the postoperative period of cardiac surgery

Authors: DJ Silva Filho, G Barbirato, LAA Campos, RV Gomes, MAO Fernandes, PMM Nogueira, F Graça Aranha, B Tura and HJF Dohmann

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P73

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Mortality predictor parameters in infective endocarditis

Authors: C Magalhães, R Gomes, W Almeida, J Amino, B Tura and A Siqueira

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P71

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Heart rate variability in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients during bilevel positive airway pressure

Authors: AB Silva, VRFS Marães, VA Pires Di Lorenzo and D Costa

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P56

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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The measurement of proximal inspiratory pressure at intensive care unit admission can predict patient hospital mortality

Authors: MA Manara and CSV Barbas

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P54

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Staphylococcia and severe acute respiratory distress syndrome

Authors: GFM Janot, AG Correa, MF Fontana, R Caserta, F Stanzani, C Hoelz, M Rodrigues Jr, MA Bueno, SFA Felizola, CSV Barbas and E Knobel

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P52

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Ventilator beyond ventilation: impact of positive end expiratory pressure on peak expiratory flow in mechanically ventilated patients under three modalities of manually assisted coughing

Authors: ACM Duarte, KM Avena, JM Teles, APC Gomes, FR Souza, MR Leite, DC Espírito-Santo and OA Messeder

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P50

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Ventilator beyond ventilation: impact of the increase of elastic recoil pressure of a respiratory system through positive end expiratory pressure–zero positive end expiratory pressure vs manually assisted cough vs manually assisted cough adding positive end expiratory pressure 12 cmH₂O on the peak expiratory flow in mechanically ventilated patients

Authors: ACM Duarte, KM Avena, AB Sampaio, EB Melo, EM Sena, JM Teles, MR Leite, DC Espírito-Santo, O Messeder, CM Silva and CMN David

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P46

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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The use of renal scintigraphy with technetium-99m-L,L-ethylenedicysteine in critically ill patients with acute renal failure in the intensive care unit

Authors: PL Corrêa, RC Felix, P Dutra, M Desser, JF Ferreira, RC Costa-Filho, JLF Costa and CM Mesquita

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P44

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Is it possible to obtain Frank–Starling curves in the intensive care unit?

Authors: FS Machado, ACKB Amaral, MC Souza, GL Büchele, ACB Sogayar, GL Oliveira, CJ Fernandes Jr, V Michels Jr, E Silva and E Knobel

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P42

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Can we predict pulmonary wedge pressure from central venous pressure in hepatic transplantation?

Authors: FS Machado, ACKB Amaral, GL Büchele, ACB Sogayar, HMC DiBenedetto, GL Oliveira, MC Souza, CJ Fernandes Jr, V Michels Jr, E Silva and E Knobel

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P40

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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The use of radionuclide-labeled white blood cell scintigraphy and ⁶⁷gallium scintigraphy in critically ill patients with sepsis

Authors: PL Corrêa, RC Felix, LAA Campos, RC Costa, JLF Costa, R Esporcatte, B Guttfile, ET Mesquita, A Volchan, CT Mesquita and LMB Fonseca

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P38

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Severe hemodynamic compromise, respiratory failure and disseminated skin lesions due to Strongyloides stercoralis

Authors: T Mohovic, ACB Sogayar, GFJ Matos, CSV Barbas, EJA Figueiredo and E Knobel

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P36

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Total homocysteine plasmatic levels as a marker of clinical severity in septic patients

Authors: AA Coelho Neto, FR Machado, B Peruzzo, LC Galdieri, V D'Almeida and JLG Amaral

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P32

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Role of chronobiological rhythms in acute aortic dissection

Authors: CM Clare, ET Mesquita, FM Albanesi Fo, M Scofano and H Villacorta

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P17

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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B-Type natriuretic peptide assessment in coronary arterial bypass graft surgery

Authors: W Homena, P Rezende, A Camarozano, J Fonseca, A Pyramides, D Oliveira, J Magalhaes and V Carreira

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P15

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Epidemiologic profile and clinical follow-up of a population with acute atrial fibrillation and age < 60 years old in the emergency room

Authors: AI Costa, C Perez, M Scofano, H Villacota and M Tinoco

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P13

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Admissional B-type natriuretic peptide is an independent predictor of outcome in patients with decompensated heart failure

Authors: H Villacorta, M Vinícius Martins, E Tinoco and HJF Dohmann

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P11

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Prognostic impact of troponin > 0.2 μg/ml and < 0.5 μg/m in UA/NSTIMI

Authors: S Gomes de Sá, G Nobre and C Vilela

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P9

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Endocardial delivery of bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells (BMMCs) in patients with severe ischemic heart failure

Authors: HF Dohmann, E Perin, A Sousa, SA Silva, R Borojevic, MI Rossi, LA Carvalho, R Verney, N Mattos and H Dohmann

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P7

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Should left ventricular failure be part of the risk score in acute ischemic syndrome without ST elevation?

Authors: M Araujo and ET Mesquita

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P5

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Immediate and short-term safety of catheter-based autologous bone marrow-derived mononuclear cell transplantation into myocardium of patients with severe ischemic heart failure

Authors: HF Dohmann, E Perin, A Sousa, SA Silva, C Gonzáles, C Falcão, R Verney, L Belém and H Dohmann

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P2

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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