Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine / Annual volumes 2006 (Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine)

The Yearbook compiles the most recent developments in experimental and clinical research and practice in one comprehensive reference book. The chapters are written by well recognized experts in the field of intensive care and emergency medicine. It is addressed to everyone involved in internal medicine, anesthesia, surgery, pediatrics, intensive care and emergency medicine. Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Role of Toll-like Receptors in Sepsis....Pages 3-13 The Emerging Role of RAGE in Sepsis....Pages 14-22 Oxidative Stress in Sepsis: Implications on Liver Protein Patterns and Analysis via Modified Proteomics Technology....Pages 23-34 HSP90: The Unsung Villain of Sepsis?....Pages 35-44 The Role of Extracellular Heat Shock Proteins in Cellular Inflammation and Injury....Pages 45-51 Quantitative in vivo Protein Synthesis as a Measure of Immune Function....Pages 52-67 Fluid Resuscitation and Immunomodulation in the Critically III....Pages 68-75 Front Matter....Pages 77-77 Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Critical Illness Myopathy....Pages 79-87 Lactic Acidosis and Hyperlactatemia....Pages 88-98 Front Matter....Pages 99-99 Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Natriuretic Peptide System....Pages 101-109 Heart Failure as a Co-Morbidity in the ICU....Pages 110-118 The Vascular Bed during Critical Illness: Evaluation in Animal Models....Pages 119-128 Front Matter....Pages 129-129 Intensive Care Echocardiography....Pages 131-141 Intrathoracic Blood Volume: Clinical Applications....Pages 142-152 Hemodynamic Management Guided by Esophageal Doppler....Pages 153-161 Less Invasive Cardiac Output Monitoring: Characteristics and Limitations....Pages 162-175 Pulse Pressure Analysis....Pages 176-184 Pulse Pressure Variations in Managing Fluid Requirement: Beware the Pitfalls!....Pages 185-191 Minimally Invasive Hemodynamic Monitoring Using the Pressure Recording Analytical Method....Pages 192-202 Front Matter....Pages 203-203 Thrombotic Microangiopathy Syndrome in the ICU....Pages 205-218 Front Matter....Pages 203-203 Altered Functionality of von Willebrand Factor in Sepsis and Thrombocytopenia — Potential Role of the vWF Cleaving Protease ADAMTS-13....Pages 219-231 Coagulopathy in the Critically Injured Patient....Pages 232-243 Critical Bleeding in Blunt Trauma Patients....Pages 244-254 Trauma: Bleeding, Coagulopathy, and Blood Component Transfusion....Pages 255-264 Hemostatic Resuscitation....Pages 265-278 Effects of Plasma Substitutes on Coagulation....Pages 279-286 Front Matter....Pages 287-287 Transfusion as a Risk Factor for ALI and ARDS....Pages 289-296 Red Blood Cell Desialylation in Critically III Patients: An Underestimated Cause of Anemia....Pages 297-305 Front Matter....Pages 307-307 Clinical Predictors of Physiological Deterioration and Subsequent Cardiorespiratory Arrest among Hospitalized Patients....Pages 309-315 Cardiocerebral Resuscitation: A Better Approach to Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest....Pages 316-327 Induced Hypothermia for Neuroprotection: Understanding the Underlying Mechanisms....Pages 328-346 Front Matter....Pages 347-347 Hyaluronan in Acute Lung Injury....Pages 349-358 Aspiration-induced Lung Injury: Experimental and Human Studies....Pages 359-365 Pulmonary Edema in Organ Donors and Lung Transplant Recipients: Is there a Role for Beta-adrenergic Agonists?....Pages 366-373 Front Matter....Pages 375-375 Current Concepts of Airway Management in the ICU and the Emergency Department....Pages 377-391 Use of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Critically Ill Patients....Pages 392-399 Non-invasive Respiratory Support in Pre-term Neonates and Pediatric Patients with Respiratory Failure....Pages 400-414 Fast and Slow Compliance: Time, in Addition to Pressure and Volume, is a Key Factor for Lung Mechanics....Pages 415-423 Does Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury Initiate Non-Pulmonary Organ Dysfunction?....Pages 424-434 Front Matter....Pages 435-435 Electrical Impedance Tomography and its Perspectives in Intensive Care Medicine....Pages 437-447 Front Matter....Pages 435-435 Electrical Impedance Tomography for Monitoring of Regional Ventilation in Critically III Patients....Pages 448-457 Volumetric Capnography for Monitoring Lung Function During Mechanical Ventilation....Pages 458-467 Monitoring Respiratory Drive and Respiratory Muscle Unloading During Mechanical Ventilation....Pages 468-474 Front Matter....Pages 475-475 Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation....Pages 477-485 Liberation from Mechanical Ventilation in Acutely Brain-injured Patients....Pages 486-493 Non-invasive Ventilation for Respiratory Failure after Extubation....Pages 494-501 Front Matter....Pages 503-503 Importance of Airway Management in Burn and Smoke Inhalation-induced Acute Lung Injury....Pages 505-513 Metabolic Changes Following Major Burn Injury: How to Improve Outcome....Pages 514-524 Antibiotic Dosing in Burn Injury: Should We be Looking at the Tissues more Closely?....Pages 525-535 Front Matter....Pages 537-537 Defining Relative Adrenal Insufficiency in the Critically III: The ACTH Test Revisited....Pages 539-551 Enteral Nutrition in the Critically III: Should We Feed into the Small Bowel?....Pages 552-560 Tight Energy Balance Control for Preventing Complications in the ICU....Pages 561-568 Front Matter....Pages 569-569 Acute Pneumonia and Importance of Atypical Bacteria....Pages 571-581 Antibiodic Resistance in the Intensive Care Unit....Pages 582-591 Front Matter....Pages 593-593 Systemic Candida Infection in the ICU....Pages 595-603 Candida Colonization Index in the Management of Critically III Patients....Pages 604-612 Antifungal Therapy in Surgical ICU Patients....Pages 613-623 Front Matter....Pages 625-625 Splanchnic Perfusion and Oxygenation in Critical Illness....Pages 627-640 Liver Failure: Diagnostic Assessment and Therapeutic Options....Pages 641-649 Immunoparalysis in Liver Disease....Pages 650-660 Front Matter....Pages 625-625 Hepatorenal Syndrome....Pages 661-670 Front Matter....Pages 671-671 Sepsis and Acute Renal Failure....Pages 673-679 Sixty Years of ‘Extended Dialysis’ in the ICU....Pages 680-689 Anticoagulation in CRRT: Systemic or Regional?....Pages 690-696 Plasma Filtration Adsorption Dialysis: A New Experimental Approach to Treatment of Sepsis and MOF....Pages 697-705 Front Matter....Pages 707-707 Sleep in the ICU....Pages 709-718 Sleep and Delirium in the Critically Ill: Cause or Effect?....Pages 719-725 Delirium, Recall and the Post-ICU Challenge....Pages 726-733 Front Matter....Pages 735-735 Morbid Obesity as a Determinant of Outcome in the Critically Ill....Pages 737-744 Patient Safety Management System in Pediatric ICUs....Pages 745-754 Information Exchange in Intensive Care: How can we Improve?....Pages 755-760 Catastrophic Anachronisms: The Past, Present and Future of Disaster Medicine....Pages 761-772 Health Services Research and Critical Care....Pages 773-777 Healthcare Disparities in Critically Ill Patients....Pages 778-785 International Comparisons of Intensive Care: Understanding the Differences....Pages 786-793