Annals ofCritical Care Medicine

Volume: 1 - Number: 1 - October 15, 2001

Outstanding

Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients Denied Consideration for Liver Transplantation

Articles

Deformation-Induced Injury of Alveolar Epithelial Cells Effect of Frequency, Duration, and Amplitude

Reverse-Thrust Ventilation in Hypercapnic Patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Acute Physiological Effects

Right Ventricular Function in Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Subsequent Partial Liquid Ventilation Homeometric Autoregulation in the Right Ventricle of the Newborn Animal

Tracheal Gas Insufflation . Limits of Efficacy in Adults with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Zafirlukast Improves Asthma Control in Patients Receiving High-Dose Inhaled Corticosteroids

Outcomes of Critically Ill Patients Denied Consideration for Liver Transplantation

Effect of Aminoguanidine on Lung Fluid Filtration after Endotoxin in Awake Sheep

Short-course Empiric Antibiotic Therapy for Patients with Pulmonary Infiltrates in the Intensive Care Unit . A Proposed Solution for Indiscriminate Antibiotic Prescription

Assessment of Neural Inspiratory Time in Ventilator-supported Patients

Polymer-Surfactant Treatment of Meconium-induced Acute Lung Injury

Noninvasive Versus Invasive Microbial Investigation in Ventilator-associated Pneumonia. Evaluation of Outcome

Value of the Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay in Noninvasive Respiratory Samples for Diagnosis of Community-acquired Pneumonia

Guidelines and Clinical Assays

Variations in Etiology of Ventilator-associated Pneumonia across Four Treatment Sites. Implications for Antimicrobial Prescribing Practices

Bacterial Colonization Patterns in Mechanically Ventilated Patients with Traumatic and Medical Head Injury . Incidence, Risk Factors, and Association with Ventilator-associated Pneumonia

Multicenter Prospective Study of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia During Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Incidence, Prognosis, and Risk Factors

Severe Community-acquired Pneumonia. Risk Factors and Follow-up Epidemiology

Reviews and Trials

Thrombocytopenic Disorders in Critically Ill Patients

Airway Resistance How It Really Happened

Corticosteroids in Acute Respiratory Failure

Antimicrobial Treatment Failures in Patients with Community-acquired Pneumonia. Causes and Prognostic Implications