Annals ofCritical Care Medicine

Volume: 6 - Number: 59 - December 15, 2006

Outstanding

Bronchoscopy-Guided Topical Hemostatic Tamponade Therapy for the Management of Life-Threatening Hemoptysis

Flow-Mediated Vasodilation: A Diagnostic Instrument, or an Experimental Tool?

Effect of Granulocyte-Monocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor Therapy on Leukocyte Function and Clearance of Serious Infection in Nonneutropenic Patients

Eotaxin-3 and Interleukin-5 Pleural Fluid Levels Are Associated With Pleural Fluid Eosinophilia in Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Pleural Effusions

Assisted ventilation

Mechanisms of improvement of respiratory failure in patients with restrictive thoracic disease treated with non-invasive ventilation

Bronchoscopy

Bronchoscopy-Guided Topical Hemostatic Tamponade Therapy for the Management of Life-Threatening Hemoptysis

Cryosurgery for Malignant Endobronchial Tumors: Analysis of Outcome

Cardiology

Improving Outcomes in Heart Failure in the Community: Long-term Survival Benefit of a Disease-Management Program

Case report

Diaphragm weakness as a cause of breathlessness after anatomically distant surgery

COPD

Abdominal muscle and quadriceps strength in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Early Changes of Cardiac Structure and Function in COPD Patients With Mild Hypoxemia

Critical Care

Improving the ICU: Part 1

Improving the ICU: Part 2

Critical care research

Effect of Granulocyte-Monocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor Therapy on Leukocyte Function and Clearance of Serious Infection in Nonneutropenic Patients

Follow-up Study on Pulmonary Function and Lung Radiographic Changes in Rehabilitating Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Patients After Discharge

Survival in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis With Home Mechanical Ventilation: The Impact of Systematic Respiratory Assessment and Bulbar Involvement

The Effect of Body Mass Index on Patient Outcomes in a Medical ICU

Editorial

Glucose, bronchial secretions and MRSA

ethics in cardiopulmonary medicine

Barriers and Facilitators to End-of-Life Care Communication for Patients with COPD

Exercise and the heart

Comparative Impact of Morbid Obesity vs Heart Failure on Cardiorespiratory Fitness

Laboratory and animal investigations

A Hydrodynamic Study of Pleural Drainage Systems: Some Practical Consequences

Reloading the Diaphragm Following Mechanical Ventilation Does Not Promote Injury

Lung alerts

Comparing the Pneumonia Severity Index and CURB scores

Pleural

Eotaxin-3 and Interleukin-5 Pleural Fluid Levels Are Associated With Pleural Fluid Eosinophilia in Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Pleural Effusions

Pulmonar Hypertensión

Anti-endothelial cell antibodies in idiopathic and systemic sclerosis associated pulmonary arterial hypertension

Pulmonary function

The Relationship Between Reduced Lung Function and Cardiovascular Mortality: A Population-Based Study and a Systematic Review of the Literature

Respiratory infection

Glucose in bronchial aspirates increases the risk of respiratory MRSA in intubated patients

Reviews

Flow-Mediated Vasodilation: A Diagnostic Instrument, or an Experimental Tool?

Surgery

Bone Mineral Density Improvement After Lung Volume Reduction Surgery for Severe Emphysema

Lung Resection in Patients With Preoperative FEV1 < 35% Predicted

Relation Between Neurocognitive Impairment, Embolic Load, and Cerebrovascular Reactivity Following On- and Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting