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The effect of insulin and enalapril on the potentiation of bradykinin-induced vasodilation by angiotensin-(1–7) in diabetes mellitus

Authors: MA Oliveira, MHC Carvalho, D Nigro, RA Tostes-Passaglia and ZB Fortes

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P128

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Role of NADPH oxidase in the vascular reactivity and superoxide generation in the intrauterine undernourished rats: involvement of the renin–angiotensin system

Authors: MCP Franco, EH Akamine, GS Di Marco, DE Casarini, ZB Fortes, RCA Tostes, MHC Carvalho and D Nigro

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P126

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Lipopolysaccharide-induced renin–angiotensin system (RAS) inhibition in human mesangial cells (HMC) is blocked by high ambient glucose

Authors: WS Almeida, GS DiMarco, DE Casarini, AH Campos and N Schor

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P124

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Rapamycin modifies the vascular tone of rat isolated aortas

Authors: MMN Soares, VC Lima and AH Campos

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P122

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Cyclooxygenase inhibition corrects the impaired microvascular reactivity in diabetic female rats

Authors: EH Akamine, D Nigro, MHC Carvalho, RC Tostes and ZB Fortes

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P120

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Epidemiologic analysis of patients admitted to the intensive care unit in a general hospital

Authors: RA Athanazio, MC Barbetta, MJ Freitas Jr, DN Santana, FC Ventin, GC Andrade, JM Teles, SA Souza-Filho and OH Messeder

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P105

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Comparison between prognostic scores of patients undergoing cardiac surgery: which is the best score to predict mortality and length of stay in a surgical intensive care unit?

Authors: LAA Campos, RV Gomes, B Tura, AGR Carvalho, FG Aranha, PMM Nogueira, MAO Fernandes, R Farina, DJ Silva Filho and HJF Dohmann

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P102

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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High impact of Sepsis-related Organ Failure Assessment score on mortality prediction of patients undergoing valve replacement on the first postoperative day

Authors: RV Gomes, LAA Campos, B Tura, AGR Carvalho, A Weksler, J Sabino, MAO Fernandes, PMM Nogueira, FG Aranha and HJF Dohmann

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P100

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Mortality and length of stay (LOS) in the postoperative unit of cardiac surgery (POU) in patients with myocardial infarction (MI) undergoing myocardial revascularization (MR) surgery

Authors: J Sabino, RV Gomes, LAA Campos, PMM Nogueira, MAO Fernandes, A Rouge, B Santos, FG Aranha, AD Porto and HJF Dohmann

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P98

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Metabolic acidosis and organ dysfunctions in critically ill patients

Authors: LU Taniguchi, M Park, A Amaral, RR Sanga, L Azevedo, JP Ladeira, L Brauer and LM Cruz-Neto

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P96

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Incidence of hypomagnesemia in the emergency room

Authors: PR Oliveira-Neto, D Dantas, CA Stipp, I Drummond, E Kanaan, E Moraes, LF Portela and FE Nácul

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P94

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Prognostic risk markers at 180 days in patients with ischemic heart syndrome without ST elevation

Authors: M Araujo and ET Mesquita

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P92

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Evaluation of the patients refused admission into the intensive care unit: the lack of public beds

Authors: LTQ Cardoso, CMC Grion, P Germanovix, NS Melo, ACGP Elias and DS Grion

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P90

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Evaluation of patients with acute leukemia admitted to an intensive care unit

Authors: F Nagel, M Canabarro, IC Wawrzeniak, C Fonseca and F Dias

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P88

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Evaluation of mortality rate among patients submitted to a guideline for treatment of nosocomial pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit of the Regional University Hospital, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil

Authors: JCP Garcia, CMDM Carrilho, CC Grion, LT Cardoso, OF Franco Filho, EA Osawa and RP Menezes

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P69

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Mobile septic intra-atrial masses in premature infants

Authors: AP Serafim, VI Sampietro and NP Diniz

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P67

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Microbiological predominance in an intensive care unit

Authors: MC Souza, GL Oliveira, V Michels Jr, A Marra, LF Aranha, SB Wey and E Knobel

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P65

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Preliminary results of a prospective randomized study comparing the effect of double-lumen central venous catheters impregnated with chlorhexidine and silver sulfadiazine with the standard on colonization

Authors: GL Buchele, ACB Sogayar, LFA Camargo, AR Marra, RGR Cal, JMA Sousa, V Michels Jr, E Silva, FS Machado, LF Poli, MDV Martino and E Knobel

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P63

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Clinical usefulness of technetium (Tc)-99m-mononuclear leukocytes in the imaging of infectious lesions

Authors: B Gutfilen, SAL Souza, MCP Pessoa, MVFT de Oliveira, JV Dias, CT Mesquita and LMB Fonseca

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P61

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Automatic pressure support reduction is effective in weaning postoperative patients in the intensive care unit

Authors: C Taniguchi, RC Eid, CSM Silva, L Vieira de Carvalho, V Roncati, M Rodrigues Jr, MAS Bueno, C Hoelz, E Silva, CSV Barbas and E Knobel

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P59

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Hemodynamic profile and vasoactive drugs in acute respiratory distress syndrome

Authors: IC Wawrzeniak, N Almeida, P Nery, F Nagel and FS Dias

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P57

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Assessment of cardiorespiratory changes in critically ill patients in two methods employed for mechanical ventilation weaning

Authors: AD Costa, MM Rieder and SRR Vieira

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P55

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Frequency of acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome in the intensive care unit of a teaching hospital: a prospective study

Authors: RHR Oliveira and A Basile-Filho

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P53

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Influence of the increase of positive end expiratory pressure on the intra-abdominal pressure

Authors: HP Guimarães, AP Schneider, GK Barcelos, PHR Leal, AP Resque, S Chung, TBP Silva, Y Juliano and JLG Amaral

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P51

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Peak expiratory flow in mechanically ventilated patients under three modalities of manually assisted coughing

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

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P49

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Mechanical ventilation with controlled pressure and controlled volume in septic patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

Authors: MPR Sperling and D Dragosavac

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P48

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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What is the prevalence and clinical relevance of hypocalcemia in sepsis?

Authors: GF Ferreira, LC Palma, ACKB Amaral, L Brauer, B Nery and M Park

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P34

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Hemodynamics and metabolic effects of prolonged and isolated hepatic artery occlusion in dogs

Authors: RJ Cruz Jr, EA Ribeiro, LF Poli de Figueiredo, O Rojas and M Rocha e Silva

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P30

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Bacterial translocation consequential to intestinal bacterial overgrowth provokes aggravation of mortality by sepsis

Authors: JL Menchaca-Diaz, RM Silva, LFP Figueiredo, GM Bugni, AY Watanabe, FJP Silva and IHJ Koh

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P28

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Is there a role for continuous esophageal Doppler in critically ill patients?

Authors: JMC Coelho, L Brauer, ACKB Amaral, LU Taniguchi, M Park and LM Cruz

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P26

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Case report: short time reversible myocardial dysfunction in sepsis treated with drotrecogin alpha

Authors: RC Costa-Filho, FJL Costa, PN Gomes, JR Martins, A Rabishoffski, MF Garcez, MI Garcia and AM Mesquita

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P24

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Catheter-based transendocardial delivery of autologous bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells in patients listed for heart transplantation

Authors: HF Dohmann, E Perin, SA Silva, A Sousa, RV Gomes, PM Nogueira, M Amar, J Coutinho, E Barroso and H Dohmann

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P22

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Postoperative circulatory support in adult cardiac surgery: recent experience from one center

Authors: SK Martins, M Arrais, DC de Oliveira, C Ferreiro, J Pinheiro Jr, MB Jatene, AD Jatene and LCB de Souza

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P20

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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The utility of B-type natriuretic peptide in differentiating decompensated heart failure from lung disease in patients presenting to the emergency department with dyspnea

Authors: H Villacorta, A Campos, N Duarte and ET Mesquita

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P18

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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The use of enoxaparin during coronary angioplasty: study of clinical security

Authors: S Gomes de Sá, G Nobre, F Afonso and GG de Freitas

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P16

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Compensated mortality of cardiovascular disease in the States of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul from 1980 to 1999

Authors: GMM Oliveira, CH Klein and NA Souzae Silva

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P14

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Transendocardial, autologous bone-marrow cell transplant in severe, chronic ischemic heart failure

Authors: HF Dohman, E Perin, A Sousa, SA Silva, C Tinoco, R Esporcatte, F Rangel, LA Campos, MA Fernandes and H Dohmann

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7(Suppl 3):P12

Content type: Meeting abstract Published on: 25 June 2003

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Resolution and outcome of acute circulatory failure does not correlate with hemodynamics

Hemodynamic goals in the treatment of acute circulatory failure (ACF) are controversial. In critical care, organ failures can be assessed using Sequential Organ Failure Assessment and its refinement, total max...

Authors: Matti Suistomaa, Ari Uusaro, Ilkka Parviainen and Esko Ruokonen

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7:R52

Content type: Research Published on: 16 June 2003
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Do changes in pulse oximeter oxygen saturation predict equivalent changes in arterial oxygen saturation?

This study investigates the relation between changes in pulse oximeter oxygen saturation (SpO₂) and changes in arterial oxygen saturation (SaO₂) in the critically ill, and the effects of acidosis and anaemia on p...

Authors: Gavin D Perkins, Daniel F McAuley, Simon Giles, Helen Routledge and Fang Gao

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7:R67

Content type: Research Published on: 11 June 2003
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Critical Care Medicine Tutorials

Authors: Mary E Hartman

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7:395

Content type: Web report Published on: 9 June 2003
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Ethics roundtable debate: should a sedated dying patient be wakened to say goodbye to family?

Intensivists have the potential to maintain vital signs almost indefinitely, but not necessarily the potential to make moribund patients whole. Current ethical and legal mandates push patient autonomy to the f...

Authors: Anna Batchelor, Leslie Jenal, Farhad Kapadia, Stephen Streat, Leslie Whetstine and Brian Woodcock

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7:335

Content type: Commentary Published on: 9 June 2003
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Acid–base status of critically ill patients with acute renal failure: analysis based on Stewart–Figge methodology

The aim of the present study is to understand the nature of acid–base disorders in critically ill patients with acute renal failure (ARF) using the biophysical principles described by Stewart and Figge. A retr...

Authors: Jens Rocktaeschel, Hiroshi Morimatsu, Shigehiko Uchino, Donna Goldsmith, Stephanie Poustie, David Story, Geoffrey Gutteridge and Rinaldo Bellomo

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7:R60

Content type: Research Published on: 4 June 2003
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Emergency Medicine on the Web

Authors: Barbara E Trytko

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7:329

Content type: Web report Published on: 3 June 2003
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Noninvasive positive pressure ventilation for respiratory failure caused by exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a standard of care?

This editorial comments on a meta-analysis of the use of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation to treat patients with acute respiratory failure caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacer...

Authors: Nicholas S Hill

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7:400

Content type: Commentary Published on: 30 May 2003
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Critical Care Assembly Critically Appraised Topics (CCCATS) Library

Authors: Nicolino Ambrosino

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7:327

Content type: Web report Published on: 30 May 2003
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Challenging beliefs and ethical concepts: the collateral damage of SARS

The recent SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) outbreak exploded on an unsuspecting public and functionally paralyzed health care delivery systems in many countries. Cancer treatments were deferred and el...

Authors: Mark Bernstein and Laura Hawryluck

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7:269

Content type: Commentary Published on: 29 May 2003
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The PIRO Concept: R is for response

Authors: Herwig Gerlach, Jean-Francois Dhainaut, Stephan Harbarth, Konrad Reinhart, John C Marshall and Mitchell Levy

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7:256

Content type: Meeting report Published on: 8 May 2003
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The PIRO concept: P is for predisposition

Authors: Derek C Angus, David Burgner, Richard Wunderink, Jean-Paul Mira, Herwig Gerlach, Christian J Wiedermann and Jean-Louis Vincent

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7:248

Content type: Meeting report Published on: 8 May 2003
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Closing the gap on unmeasured anions

Many critically ill and injured patients, especially those with metabolic acidosis, have abnormally high levels of unmeasured anions in their blood. At the same time, such patients are prone to hypoalbuminemia...

Authors: John A Kellum

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7:219

Content type: Commentary Published on: 8 May 2003
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Recently published papers: small pieces of the puzzle and the long-term view

Authors: Jonathan Ball

Citation: Critical Care 2003 7:214

Content type: Commentary Published on: 8 May 2003
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