Annals ofCritical Care Medicine

Volume: 3 - Number: 24 - December 15, 2003

Outstanding

Adrenal Insufficiency in the Critically Ill: A New Look at an Old Problem

Determinants of Candidemia and Candidemia-Related Death in Cardiothoracic ICU Patients

The Effect of Vasopressin on Gastric Perfusion in Catecholamine-Dependent Patients in Septic Shock

Effect of Design-related Bias in Studies of Diagnostic Tests for Ventilator-associated Pneumonia

Acute lung injury

A Role for Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Acute and Resolving Lung Injury

Meta-Analysis of Acute Lung Injury and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Trials Testing Low Tidal Volumes

Acute pulmonary injury

Pulmonary Contusion in Severe Head Trauma Patients: Impact on Gas Exchange and Outcome

Assisted ventilation

Correlates of Prolonged Hospitalization in Inner-city ICU Patients Receiving Noninvasive and Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation for Status Asthmaticus

Bone marrow transplantation

Outcome of Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Recipients

Citokines and mediators. Abstracts

Intrahepatic synthesis of tumor necrosis factor-? related to cardiac surgery is inhibited by interleukin-10 via the Janus kinase (Jak)/signal transducers and activator of transcription (STAT) pathway

Clinical trial`s

Effect of Design-related Bias in Studies of Diagnostic Tests for Ventilator-associated Pneumonia

COPD

Anxiety and Depression Are Related to the Outcome of Emergency Treatment in Patients With Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Critical Care

Patient, Physician, and Family Member Understanding of Living Wills

Underrecognition of Preexisting Cognitive Impairment by Physicians in Older ICU Patients

Critical care perspective

The Richmond Agitation–Sedation Scale: Validity and Reliability in Adult Intensive Care Unit Patients

Editorial

Adrenal Insufficiency in the Critically Ill: A New Look at an Old Problem

Emergency room

Cross infection of cystic fibrosis patients with Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Prediction of Emergency Department Visits for Respiratory Symptoms Using an Artificial Neural Network

Hemodynamic

Prognostic Value of the Indocyanine Green Plasma Disappearance Rate in Critically Ill Patients

Infectology

Blood Cultures in the Critical Care Unit: Improving Utilization and Yield

Determinants of Candidemia and Candidemia-Related Death in Cardiothoracic ICU Patients

Mechanical Ventilation

Incidence and Type of Aspiration in Acute Care Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation via a New Tracheotomy

Practice Variation in Respiratory Therapy Documentation During Mechanical Ventilation

Mechanical ventilation. Abstracts

Implementation of an institutional program to improve clinical and financial outcomes of mechanically ventilated patients: One-year outcomes and lessons learned

Neurologic intensive care. Abstracts

Neurologic intensive care resource use after brain tumor surgery: An analysis of indications and alternative strategies

Nosocomial pneumoniae

Incidence, Etiology, and Outcome of Nosocomial Pneumonia in ICU Patients Requiring Percutaneous Tracheotomy for Mechanical Ventilation

Poisonings and overdoses. Abstracts

Poisonings and overdoses in the intensive care unit: General and specific management issues

Sepsis. Abstracts

Impact of adequate empirical antibiotic therapy on the outcome of patients admitted to the intensive care unit with sepsis

Shock

The Effect of Vasopressin on Gastric Perfusion in Catecholamine-Dependent Patients in Septic Shock