Critical Care Medicine References
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Bioterrorism
Cardiac Problems
- Acute Cardiac Tamponade (
) - Amiodarone for Resuscitation after Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Due to Ventricular Fibrillation ()
- A Comparison of Coronary Angioplasty with Fibrinolytic Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction ()
- Cardiac Resuscitation ()
- Cardiogenic Shock ()
- Care after Coronary-Artery Bypass Surgery ()
- Heart Failure in Aortic Stenosis -
Improving Diagnosis and Treatment ()
- Early Revascularizatin in Acute Myocardial Infarction Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock ()
- Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease ()
- Congestive Heart Failure ()
- Intraaortic Balloon Counterpulsation ()
- Sirolimus-Eluting Stents versus Standard Stents in Patients with Stenosis in a Native Coronary Artery ()
- ST-Segment Elevation in Conditions Other
Than Acute Myocardial Infarction ()
- Valvular Heart Disease ()
- Ventricular Septal Rupture after Acute Myocardial Infarction ()
- Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome
in Aortic Stenosis ()
GI Problems
- Effect of Intravenous Albumin on Renal Impairment and Mortality in Patients with Cirrhosis and Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis ()
- A Comparison Of Sucralfate And Ranitidine For The Prevention Of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding In Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation ()
- Diagnosis and management of intestinal ischaemic disorders ()
- Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis ()
- A Comparison Of Omeprazole And Placebo For Bleeding Peptic Ulcer ()
Heme and Transfusion
- Platelet-Active Drugs ()
- Cox Inhibitors And Thromboregulation ()
- Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation ()
- Efficacy of recombinant human erythropoietin in the critically ill patient: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (
) - Efficacy of Recombinant Human Erythropoietin in Critically Ill Patients ()
- Hemostatic Drugs ()
- Low-Molecular-Weight Heparins ()
- Temporal Aspects Of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia ()
- Blood Transfusion In Elderly Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction ()
- Transfusion Medicine (Part 1 of 2) ()
- Transfusion Medicine (Part 2 of 2) ()
- A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial Of Transfusion Requirements In Critical Care ()
- The Effect of Arterial Lines On Blood-Drawing Practices And Costs In Intensive Care Units ()
Infectious Diseases
- Antibiotic Resistance in the Intensive Care Unit ()
- A Comparison Of Two Antimicrobial-Impregnated Central Venous Catheters ()
- Comparison Of Caspofungin And Amphotericin B For Invasive Candidiasis ()
- Preventing Complications of Central Venous
Catheterization ()
- Voriconazole Versus Amphotericin B For Primary Therapy Of Invasive Aspergillosis ()
- Voriconazole Compared With Liposomal Amphotericin B For Empirical Antifungal Therapy In Patients With Neutropenia And Persistent Fever ()
- West Nile Virus: Epidemiology, Clinical Presentation, Diagnosis, and Prevention ()
Miscellaneous Drugs
- Platelet-Active Drugs ()
- The Coxibs, Selective Inhibitors Of Cyclooxygenase-2 ()
- A Comparison Of Sucralfate And Ranitidine For The Prevention Of Upper Gastrointestinal Bleeding In Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation ()
- Intensive Insulin Therapy In Critically Ill Patients ()
- Renal-dose dopamine: will the message now get through? ()
- Low-dose dopamine in patients with early renal dysfunction: a placebo-controlled randomised trial ()
General ICU
- Diagnosis of Metabolic Acid–Base Disturbances in Critically Ill Patients ()
- Carbon Monoxide Poisoning ()
- Preventing Complications of Central Venous
Catheterization ()
- Evidence-Based Strategies To Decrease Morbidity, Mortality, And Length Of Stay In Icu Patients ()
- Increased Mortality Associated With Growth Hormone Treatment In Critically Ill Adults ()
- Heat Stroke ()
- Discrepancies Between Meta-Analyses And Subsequent Large Randomized, Controlled Trials ()
- Acute Necrotizing Pancreatitis ()
- Gas Embolism ()
- The Obese Patient in the ICU ()
- Outcome data and scoring systems ()
- A Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Use
of Pulmonary-Artery Catheters in High-Risk Surgical Patients ()
- Pressure ulcers in intensive care patients:
a review of risks and prevention ()
- Residents’ Suggestions for Reducing Errors
in Teaching Hospitals ()
- Daily Interruption Of Sedative Infusions In Critically Ill Patients Undergoing Mechanical Ventilation ()
Neurological Problems
- The Diagnoses of Brain Death ()
- Epilepsy ()
- Status Epilepticus ()
- Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke ()
OB Syndromes
- Liver Disease in Pregnancy ()
- Preeclampsia - A State Of Sympathetic Overactivity ()
- Venous Thromboembolism During Pregnancy ()
- Valvular Heart Disease in Pregnancy ()
Perioperative
- Effect Of Atenolol On Mortality And Cardiovascular Morbidity After Noncardiac Surgery ()
- Multicenter, prospective, randomized, single-blind study
comparing the efficacy and gastrointestinal complications of early
jejunal feeding with early gastric feeding in critically ill patients ()
- Intensive Insulin Therapy In Critically Ill Patients ()
- The Effect Of Bisoprolol On Perioperative Mortality And Myocardial Infarction In High-Risk Patients Undergoing Vascular Surgery ()
- Perioperative Normothermia To Reduce The Incidence Of Surgical-Wound Infection And Shorten Hospitalization ()
- Pulmonary Complications Following
Lung Resection ()
- Reducing the risk of major elective surgery: randomised controlled trial of preoperative optimisation of oxygen delivery ()
Pulmonary Vents
- Aspiration Pneumonitis And Aspiration Pneumonia ()
- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension ()
- Cardiovascular Effects of Continuous Positive
Airway Pressure in Patients with Heart Failure
and Obstructive Sleep Apnea ()
- Causes of hypercarbia with oxygen therapy in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ()
- Interventional Pulmonology ()
- Review of a Pathophysiologic Approach to the
Golden Hour of Hemodynamically Significant
Pulmonary Embolism ()
- Uncontrolled Oxygen Administration
and Respiratory Failure in Acute
Asthma ()
- Pulmonary Embolism ()
- The Perioperative Management of Patients With Severe Emphysema ()
- Pleural Effusion ()
- The Evaluation of Suspected Pulmonary Embolism ()
- Clinical Aspects of Respiratory Muscle
Dysfunction in the Critically Ill ()
- Identification of Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome in Canada ()
- The Timing of Tracheotomy ()
- Heparin Plus Alteplase Compared With Heparin Alone In Patients With Submassive Pulmonary Embolism ()
- The Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia ()
ARDS
- Effect Of A Protective-Ventilation Strategy On Mortality In The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ()
- The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ()
- Pulmonary Dead-Space Fraction As A Risk Factor For Death In The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ()
- Editorial on Prone ARDS ()
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Caused by
Pulmonary and Extrapulmonary Disease ()
- Effect Of Prone Positioning On The Survival Of Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure ()
- Ventilation With Lower Tidal Volumes As Compared With Traditional Tidal Volumes For Acute Lung Injury And The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ()
- Evaluation Of A Ventilation Strategy To Prevent Barotrauma In Patients At High Risk For Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ()
- Effect Of A Protective-Ventilation Strategy On Mortality In The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ()
- Treatment of ARDS ()
Mechanical Ventilation
- Advances in Mechanical Ventilation ()
- A Comparison Of Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation And Conventional Mechanical Ventilation In Patients With Acute Respiratory Failure ()
- Noninvasive Ventilation ()
- Outcomes in Post-ICU Mechanical Ventilation ()
Renal
- Continuous Hemofiltration in the Treatment of Acute Renal Failure ()
- Daily Hemodialysis and the Outcome of Acute Renal Failure ()
- Dialysis Therapy ()
- Prevention Of Radiographic-Contrast-Agent–Induced Reductions In Renal Function By Acetylcysteine ()
- Acute Oliguria ()
- The Prevention of Radiocontrast-Agent- Induced Nephropathy by Hemofiltration ()
Sepsis and Shock
- High-Dose Antithrombin III in Severe Sepsis ()
- Immediate vs. Delayed Fluid Resuscitation for Hypotensive Patients with Penetrating Torso Injuries ()
- The endothelium in sepsis: Source of and a target for inflammation ()
- The Epidemiology of Sepsis in the United States
from 1979 through 2000 ()
- The Arc of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter ()
- A Trial Of Goal-Oriented Hemodynamic Therapy In Critically Ill Patients ()
- Prospective Randomized Studies of Targeted Supranormal Cardiorespiratory Parameters ()
- Vena Caval Filter Use in Patients with Sepsis ()
- Lactic acidosis ()
- Inflammation, coagulopathy, and the pathogenesis of multiple
organ dysfunction syndrome ()
- Fever in Immunocompromised Patients ()
- Role of NFkB in the Mortality of Sepsis ()
- A Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Use
of Pulmonary-Artery Catheters in High-Risk Surgical Patients ()
- Pulmonary artery occlusion pressure ()
- The Pathophysiology and Treatment of Sepsis ()
- Confidential inquiry into quality of care before admission
to intensive care ()
- Mitochondrial Respiratory-Chain Diseases ()
- Efficacy And Safety Of Recombinant Human Activated Protein C For Severe Sepsis ()
- The Epidemiology of Sepsis in the United States
from 1979 through 2000 ()
- Such Stuff as Dreams are Made on: Mediator-Director Therapy in Sepsis ()
- A Critical Assessment of Endpoints of Shock Resuscitation ()
- Treatment Of Septic Shock With The Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor:Fc Fusion Protein ()
- The Pathogenesis of Vasodilatory Shock ()
- Beneficial Effects of Short-term Vasopressin Infusion
during Severe Septic Shock ()
- Physiology of Vasopressin Relevant to
Management of Septic Shock ()
Early Intervention in Shock
- Effects of a medical emergency team on reduction of
incidence of and mortality from unexpected cardiac
arrests in hospital: preliminary study ()
- Confidential inquiry into quality of care before admission
to intensive care ()
Steriods
- Adrenal Insufficiency in High-Risk Surgical ICU Patients ()
- Adrenal Insufficiency in the Critically Ill ()
- Corticosteroids for Septic Shock ()
- Corticosteroid Therapy in Severe Illness ()
- Effect of Treatment With Low Doses of Hydrocortisone and Fludrocortison on Mortality in Patients With Septic Shock ()
Required Reading
- Effect Of Atenolol On Mortality And Cardiovascular Morbidity After Noncardiac Surgery ()
- Evidence-Based Strategies To Decrease Morbidity, Mortality, And Length Of Stay In ICU Patients ()
- A Trial Of Goal-Oriented Hemodynamic Therapy In Critically Ill Patients ()
- Early Goal-Directed Therapy In The Treatment Of Severe Sepsis And Septic Shock ()
- Intensive Insulin Therapy In Critically Ill Patients ()
- A Randomized, Controlled Trial of the Use of Pulmonary-Artery Catheters in High-Risk Surgical Patients ()
- The Pathophysiology and Treatment of Sepsis ()
- Ventilation With Lower Tidal Volumes As Compared With Traditional Tidal Volumes For Acute Lung Injury And The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome ()
- Treatment of ARDS ()
- Efficacy And Safety Of Recombinant Human Activated Protein C For Severe Sepsis ()
- A Multicenter, Randomized, Controlled Clinical Trial Of Transfusion Requirements In Critical Care ()
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