Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 1993

The Yearbook compiles the most recent, widespread developments of experimental and clinical research and practice in one comprehensive reference book. It is addressed to everyone involved in internal medicine, anesthesia, surgery, pediatrics, intensive care and emergency medicine. Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Hormone and Cytokine Regulation of Injury Metabolism....Pages 3-11 Ischemia Reperfusion Lung Injury: Repair of Endothelial Damage by Adenosine and cAMP....Pages 12-20 Changes in Skeletal Muscle Energetics During Sepsis....Pages 21-34 Effects of Critical Illness on Macrophage, T and B Cell Function....Pages 35-45 Front Matter....Pages 47-47 The Role of Endotoxin in Bacterial Septic Shock....Pages 49-63 The Importance of Endotoxin in the Development of MOF....Pages 64-74 Clinical Implications of Antibiotic-Induced Endotoxin Liberation....Pages 75-83 Tumor Necrosis Factor α: A Common Mediator of the Spectrum of Diverse Changes in Sepsis....Pages 84-99 Monoclonal Antibody against TNF: A Non-Antibiotic Strategy for the Treatment of Sepsis....Pages 100-106 IL-1ra as a Therapeutic Modality in Sepsis....Pages 107-113 Potential Importance of IL-8: A Potent Chemokine, in Sepsis....Pages 114-121 Front Matter....Pages 123-123 Liver-Lung Interactions in ARDS with MOF....Pages 125-134 New Ideas in Treatment of ARDS....Pages 135-147 Front Matter....Pages 149-149 Biosynthetic Growth Hormone: Impact on Nitrogen Metabolism and Muscle Function in Stressed Patients....Pages 151-159 Administration of Human Growth Hormone in Critically Ill Patients....Pages 160-168 The Use of Recombinant Human Growth Hormone in Burn Patients....Pages 169-177 The Pathophysiology of Neuromuscular Weakness: Potential of Treatment with Growth Factors....Pages 178-184 Front Matter....Pages 185-185 Nutrition of Immune Cells: The Implications for Whole Body Metabolism....Pages 187-196 Interaction of Tumor Necrosis Factor/ Cachectin and Nutrition....Pages 197-211 Modulation of Cytokine Biology by Dietary Fat....Pages 212-221 Front Matter....Pages 185-185 Muscle Protein Synthesis in Critical Illness....Pages 222-232 The Potential Use of Parenteral Dipeptides in Clinical Nutrition....Pages 233-245 Front Matter....Pages 247-247 Intestinal Permeability and Bacterial Translocation: Their Role in the Development of MOF....Pages 249-257 Intramucosal pH: What, How, Whom, When and Where?....Pages 258-269 Front Matter....Pages 271-271 Risk Factors for Nosocomial Pneumonia....Pages 273-280 Selective Digestive Decontamination: A Critical Appraisal....Pages 281-286 Front Matter....Pages 287-287 Cardiac Risk in the Noncardiac Surgery Patient....Pages 289-296 Pancreatic Cellular Injury after Cardiopulmonary Bypass....Pages 297-308 Front Matter....Pages 309-309 Recent Advances in Acute Renal Replacement Therapy....Pages 311-319 Continuous Hemofiltration as Adjunctive Therapy in Septic Shock and MOF: Fact or Fiction?....Pages 320-326 Front Matter....Pages 327-327 What Changes Drug Metabolism in the Critically Ill?....Pages 329-339 Calcium, Catecholamine Action, and Cardiovascular Function during Critical Illness....Pages 340-353 Front Matter....Pages 355-355 Issues in Colloid and Transfusion Therapy of Sepsis....Pages 357-372 Oxygen Delivery and Uptake in Septic Patients....Pages 373-384 Clinical Controversies Concerning Oxygen Transport Principles: More Apparent than Real?....Pages 385-405 Influence of Right Ventricular Function on Oxygen Delivery in ARDS....Pages 406-412 Assessment of Systemic and Regional Oxygen Delivery and Consumption....Pages 413-421 Arterio-Venous CO 2 Gradients: Clinical Studies....Pages 422-427 Front Matter....Pages 429-429 Management of Severe Tachyarrhythmias....Pages 431-443 Blood Flow Mechanisms during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation....Pages 444-451 Front Matter....Pages 429-429 Stress Hormone Release during Cardiac Arrest and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation....Pages 452-462 Front Matter....Pages 463-463 Modulation of Pulmonary Vascular Tone by Nitric Oxide in Health and Disease....Pages 465-473 Effects of Inhaled Nitric Oxide on the Pulmonary Circulation and Airway Tone....Pages 474-479 Pulmonary Hypertension in Heart Failure: Effects of Heart Transplantation....Pages 480-486 Front Matter....Pages 487-487 Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Neuromuscular Disorders....Pages 489-498 Closed-loop Control in Mechanical Ventilation....Pages 499-507 The Oxygen Cost of Breathing during Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation....Pages 508-513 BIPAP, APRV, IMPRV: Methodological Concept and Clinical Impact....Pages 514-526 Front Matter....Pages 527-527 Sympathetic Hyperactivity Syndromes in Ventilated Patients....Pages 529-539 Front Matter....Pages 541-541 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia: A Continuing Challenge for Pediatric Surgeons and Neonatologists....Pages 543-549 Front Matter....Pages 551-551 Severe Head Injury: What about Outcome?....Pages 553-563 Pathophysiology, Monitoring and Treatment of Severe Head Injury....Pages 564-578 Fluid Administration in Severe Head Trauma Patients....Pages 579-587 Endocrine Response after Brain Injury....Pages 588-596 The Value of Hemodynamic Measurements in the Early Stage of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage....Pages 597-607 Front Matter....Pages 609-609 Assessment of Severe Blunt Thoracic Trauma....Pages 611-618 Lung Vascular Permeability Changes and Fluid Shifts in Traumatized Patients....Pages 619-626 Front Matter....Pages 627-627 Consumptive Coagulopathies in the Critically III....Pages 629-637 Front Matter....Pages 639-639 The Emergency Department: The Closing Link in the Chain of Survival....Pages 641-646 The Impact of Aging on Emergency Medicine....Pages 647-650 Front Matter....Pages 651-651 Cocaine: Medical Toxicity....Pages 653-662 Acute Poisoning: Specific Management Revised....Pages 663-668 Front Matter....Pages 669-669 Donor Selection and Maintenance Prior to Multi Organ Retrieval....Pages 671-683 Back Matter....Pages 685-691