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Renal dose dopamine RIP?
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Clinical review: Non-antibiotic strategies for preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia
Prevention of nosocomial pneumonia (NP) is the most important step towards reducing hospitalisation costs. The non-antibiotic prevention strategies include measures related to the correct care of the artificia...
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Costs, prognosis and quality of life following renal support in the ICU
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Hydrocortisone therapy in septic shock
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Editorial: The upper airway - the forgotten organ
The upper airway is an organ not often investigated. Relatively little is known about its complex functions, and misunderstandings abound. The paper by Thomachot et al in this issue provides an opportunity to pon...
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Beat-to-beat changes in stroke volume precede the general circulatory effects of mechanical ventilation: a case report
The haemodynamic as well as the ventilatory consequences of mechanical ventilation can be harmful in critically ill neonates. Newly developed ventilatory lung protective strategies are not always available imm...
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Performance of the score systems Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II and III at an interdisciplinary intensive care unit, after customization
Mortality predictions calculated using scoring scales are often not accurate in populations other than those in which the scales were developed because of differences in case-mix. The present study investigate...
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Deliberate bridging to transplantation in the paediatric age group: initial UK results
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Monitoring cardiac output in beating heart coronary artery bypass graft surgery: use of pulse contour cardiac output
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A survey of blood transfusion practice in UK cardiac surgery units
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Diabetes mellitus and morbidity and mortality risks after cardiac surgery
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Retrograde autologous priming of the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit - effective and safe blood conservation
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Perioperative melatonin secretion in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a pilot study
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Illusions and 'delusions' in cardiac surgical patients after prolonged intensive care unit stay
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CPAP: more harm than good?
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Initiation of CPB can cause acidosis dependent on prime fluids
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C-type natriuretic peptide concentrations in the plasma and cerebrospinal fluid of patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage
Cerebral vasospasm is a poor resulting outcome of a ruptured cerebral aneurysm; to clarify the mechanism of vasospasm it is important to improve this outcome. C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) is present in the...
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Nitric oxide reduces hypertensive crises following surgery for congenital heart disease
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Forced oscillation assessment of respiratory mechanics in ventilated patients
The forced oscillation technique (FOT) is a method for non-invasively assessing respiratory mechanics that is applicable both in paralysed and non-paralysed patients. As the FOT requires a minimal modification...
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Comparison of APACHE II, MEES and Glasgow Coma Scale in patients with nontraumatic coma for prediction of mortality
There are numerous prehosital descriptive scoring systems, and it is uncertain whether they are efficient in assessing of the severity of illness and whether they have a prognostic role in the estimation of th...
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The Euroethics database
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Measurement of tracheal temperature is not a reliable index of total respiratory heat loss in mechanically ventilated patients
Minimizing total respiratory heat loss is an important goal during mechanical ventilation. The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether changes in tracheal temperature (a clinical parameter that is eas...
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Automated external defibrillators
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Unusual hypotension in the ITU
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Cardiac risk indices in non-cardiac patients
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Omeprazole: outcome benefit for patients treated for bleeding peptic ulcers?
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Venous thrombosis and tunnelled infusion catheters
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Ultrasound diagnosis of pneumothorax
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Debate: What constitutes 'terminality' and how does it relate to a Living Will?
A moribund and debilitated patient arrives in an emergency department and is placed on life support systems. Subsequently it is determined that she has a 'living will' proscribing aggressive measures should he...
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Healthtouch Drug Database
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PharmInfoNet Drug Database
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An international registry for drug-induced arrhythmias
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Procalcitonin
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13th Annual Congress of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, Rome, Italy, 1-4 October 2000
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A Journal Club on the Web
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The Ascultation Assistant
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Continuous haemofiltration in the intensive care unit
Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) was first described in 1977 for the treatment of diuretic-unresponsive fluid overload in the intensive care unit (ICU). Since that time this treatment has undergone ...
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Freedom of information
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Emergency airway management by intensive care unit nurses with the intubating laryngeal mask airway and the laryngeal tube
When using the laryngeal tube and the intubating laryngeal mask airway (ILMA), the medium-size (maximum volume 1100 ml) versus adult (maximum volume 1500 ml) self-inflating bags resulted in significantly lower...
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Fluid management: the pharmacoeconomic dimension
Cost is a key concern in fluid management. Relatively few data are available that address the comparative total costs of care between different fluid management regimens in particular clinical indications. Rel...
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The appropriate role of colloids in managing fluid imbalance: a critical review of recent meta-analytic findings
Three meta-analyses have recently been reported on the relationship between choice of resuscitation fluid and risk of mortality in critically ill patients. The relative risk of death (1.16-1.19) in two of the ...
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Fluid balance and colloid osmotic pressure in acute respiratory failure: emerging clinical evidence
Available evidence suggests that both hydrostatic and osmotic forces are important in the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) or, more broadly, acute lung injury (ALI). More than 80% of A...
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Albumin and artificial colloids in fluid management: where does the clinical evidence of their utility stand?
Key questions remain unresolved regarding the advantages and limitations of colloids for fluid resuscitation despite extensive investigation. Elucidation of these questions has been slowed, in part, by uncerta...
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An alternative pathway for preclinical research in fluid management
Recent meta-analyses have created uncertainties regarding the appropriate clinical role of colloid resuscitation fluids in critically ill patients and prompted changes in fluid management practice. Such change...
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Pathophysiology of fluid imbalance
Fluid imbalance can arise due to hypovolemia, normovolemia with maldistribution of fluid, and hypervolemia. Trauma is among the most frequent causes of hypovolemia, with its often profuse attendant blood loss....
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Issues in contemporary fluid management
Fluid management strategies need to be guided by an understanding of the pathophysiologic mechanisms underlying fluid imbalance. In the hypovolaemic patient, reduced circulating blood volume and venous return ...
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Predicting myocardial recovery following CABG
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Anaesthetics and hypothermia reduce damge to neuronal cells following cerebral ischaemia
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Effects of increasing MAP on tissue perfusion
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