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Acid-Base
ARDS
Cardiac Arrest
Cardiology
Catheters
& PA Lines
Endocrine
Ethics
Gastroenterology
Hematology
Hypothermia
Infectious Diseases
Mechanical Ventilation
Neurology
Nutrition
Pain & Sedation
Poisoning
Pregnancy
Pulmonary Embolism
Renal
Sepsis
Surgery
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Critical
Care Journal Archive
The articles
in this archive are linked to their respective PubMed citation and abstract.
Use of these articles is governed by the policies
and copyright restrictions of the respective journals. The article list
and PubMed links are accessible to anyone visiting the site. Persons
wishing to contribute content to the archive should contact Lisa
Chen , M.D.
Acid-Base [top]
Management of Life-Threatening Acid-Base Disorders — First
of Two Parts (Review)
Adrogué H. J, et. al., N Engl J Med 1998; 338:26-34, Jan
1, 1998.
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Management of Life-Threatening Acid-Base Disorders — Second
of Two Parts (Review)
Adrogué H. J, et. al., N Engl J Med 1998; 338:107-111, Jan
8, 1998.
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Sodium bicarbonate for the treatment of lactic acidosis (Review)
Forsythe SM, et al., Chest. 2000 Jan;117(1):260-7
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ARDS [top]
High-Frequency Ventilation for Acute Lung Injury and ARDS
(Review)
Krishnan J.A. et. al., Chest 2000; 118:795-807
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The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (Review)
Ware L. B., et. al., N Engl J Med 2000; 342:1334-1349, May 4, 2000.
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Evaluation of a Ventilation Strategy to Prevent Barotrauma in
Patients at High Risk for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (Original
Article)
Stewart T. E., et. al., N Engl J Med 1998; 338:355-361, Feb 5, 1998.
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The Relation of Pneumothorax and Other Air Leaks to Mortality
in the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (Original Article)
Weg J. G., et. al., N Engl J Med 1998; 338:341-346, Feb 5, 1998.
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Effect of a Protective-Ventilation Strategy on Mortality in the
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (Original Article)
Amato M. B. P., et. al., N Engl J Med 1998; 338:347-354, Feb 5,
1998.
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A Comparison of Noninvasive Positive-Pressure Ventilation and
Conventional Mechanical Ventilation in Patients with Acute Respiratory
Failure (Original Article)
Antonelli M., et. al., N Engl J Med 1998; 339:429-435, Aug 13, 1998.
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Ventilation with Lower Tidal Volumes as Compared with Traditional
Tidal Volumes for Acute Lung Injury and the Acute Respiratory Distress
Syndrome (Original Article)
The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network ,
N Engl J Med 2000; 342:1301-1308, May 4, 2000.
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Pulmonary dead-space fraction as a risk
factor for death in the acute
respiratory distress syndrome
Nuckton TJ, et al., N Engl J Med. 2002 Apr 25;346(17):1281-6.
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Cardiac Arrest [top]
Cardiac Resuscitation (Review)
Eisenberg M. S., et. al., N Engl J Med 2001; 344:1304-1313, Apr
26, 2001.
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End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide and Outcome of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac
Arrest (Original Article)
Levine R. L., et. al., N Engl J Med 1997; 337:301-306, Jul 31, 1997.
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Outcomes of Rapid Defibrillation by Security Officers after Cardiac
Arrest in Casinos (Original Article)
Valenzuela T. D., et. al., N Engl J Med 2000; 343:1206-1209, Oct
26, 2000.
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by Chest Compression Alone or with
Mouth-to-Mouth Ventilation (Original Article)
Hallstrom A., et. al., N Engl J Med 2000; 342:1546-1553, May 25,
2000.
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Cardiology [top]
The Rapidly Changing Management of Cardiac Arrhythmias (Review)
Hammill S. C. et. al., Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 161. pp 1070-1073,
2000
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The Diagnosis and Management of Hypertensive Crises (Review)
Varon J. et. al., Chest 2000; 118:214-227
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Effects of Multisite Biventricular Pacing in Patients with Heart
Failure and Intraventricular Conduction Delay (Original Article)
Cazeau S., et. al., N Engl J Med 2001; 344:873-880, Mar 22, 2001.
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Catheters and PA lines [top]
Preventing complications of central venous catheterization
McGee DC, et. al., N Engl J Med. 2003 Mar 20;348(12):1123-33. Review.
No abstract available.
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Complications of femoral and subclavian venous catheterization
in critically ill patients: a randomized controlled trial
Merrer J, et. al.; French Catheter Study Group in Intensive Care.JAMA.
2001 Aug 8;286(6):700-7.
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Contamination rates of blood cultures obtained by dedicated
phlebotomy vs intravenous catheter
Norberg A, et. al., JAMA. 2003 Feb 12;289(6):726-9.
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A randomized, controlled trial of the use of pulmonary-artery
catheters in high-risk surgical patients
Sandham JD, et. al.; Canadian Critical Care Clinical Trials Group,
N Engl J Med. 2003 Jan 2;348(1):5-14.
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The effectiveness of right heart catheterization in the initial
care of critically ill patients. SUPPORT Investigators.
Connors AF Jr, et. al., JAMA. 1996 Sep 18;276(11):889-97.
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Endocrine [top]
Adrenal Insufficiency in Critically Ill Patients (Original Article)
Shenker Y et. al., Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 163. pp 1520-1523,
2001
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Intensive insulin therapy in the critically
ill patients
van den Berghe G, et. al., N Engl J Med. 2001 Nov 8;345(19):1359-67.
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Ethics [top]
Legal Aspects of Withholding and Withdrawing Life Support from
Critically Ill Patients in the United States and Providing Palliative
Care to Them (Review)
Luce J.M. et. al., Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 162. pp 2029-2032,
2000
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Improving the process of informed consent in the critically ill
Davis N et. al., JAMA. 2003 Apr 16;289(15):1963-8.
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Gastroenterology [top]
GI Complications in Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation
(Review)
Mutlu G.M. et. al., Chest 2001; 119:1222-1241
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Recent Advances in Critical Care Gastroenterology (Original Article)
Pratt D.S. et. al., Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 161. pp 1417-1420,
2000
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Selective digestive decontamination should not be routinely employed
Kollef MH, Chest. 2003 May;123(5 Suppl):464S-8S. Review.
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Stress-related mucosal disease in the critically ill patient:
risk factors and strategies to prevent stress-related bleeding in
the intensive care unit
Steinberg KP, Crit Care Med. 2002 Jun;30(6 Suppl):S362-4. Review.
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Hematology [top]
Thrombocytopenic Disorders in Critically Ill Patients (Review)
Drews R. E. et. al., Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 162. pp 347-351,
2000
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Temporal Aspects of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia (Original
Article)
Warkentin T. E., et. al., N Engl J Med 2001; 344:1286-1292, Apr
26, 2001.
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Hypothermia [top]
Accidental Hypothermia (Review)
Danzl D. F., et. al., N Engl J Med 1994; 331:1756-1760, Dec 29,
1994.
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Outcome of Survivors of Accidental Deep Hypothermia and Circulatory
Arrest Treated with Extracorporeal Blood Warming (Original Article)
Walpoth B. H., et. al., N Engl J Med 1997; 337:1500-1505, Nov 20,
1997.
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Infectious Diseases
[top]
Fever in the ICU (Review)
Marik P.E., Chest 2000; 117:855 -869
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The Prevention of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (Review)
Kollef M. H., N Engl J Med 1999; 340:627-634, Feb 25, 1999.
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus and Parainfluenza Virus (Review)
Hall C. B., N Engl J Med 2001; 344:1917-1928, Jun 21, 2001.
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Streptococcal Infections of Skin and Soft Tissues (Review)
Bisno A. L., et. al., N Engl J Med 1996; 334:240-246, Jan 25, 1996.
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Guidelines for the Management of Adults with Community-acquired
Pneumonia: Diagnosis, Assessment of Severity, Antimicrobial Therapy,
and Prevention (Original Article)
American Thoracic Society, et. al.,
Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 163. pp 1730-1754, 2001
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Dexamethasone in adults with bacterial meningitis
de Gans J, van de Beek D; European Dexamethasone in Adulthood Bacterial
Meningitis Study Investigators, N Engl J Med. 2002 Nov 14;347(20):1549-56.
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Voriconazole versus amphotericin B for primary therapy of invasive
aspergillosis
Herbrecht R, et. al.; Invasive Fungal Infections Group of the European
Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer and the Global Aspergillus
Study Group, N Engl J Med. 2002 Aug 8;347(6):408-15.
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Computed tomography of the head before lumbar puncture in adults
with suspected meningitis
Hasbun R, et. al., N Engl J Med. 2001 Dec 13;345(24):1727-33.
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Prevention of ventilator-associated pneumonia: an evidence-based
systematic review
Collard HR, et. al., Ann Intern Med. 2003 Mar 18;138(6):494-501. Review.
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Invasive and noninvasive strategies for management of suspected
ventilator-associated pneumonia. A randomized trial.
Fagon JY, et. al., Ann Intern Med. 2000 Apr 18;132(8):621-30.
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Weekly versus daily changes of in-line
suction catheters: impact on rates of ventilator-associated pneumonia
and associated costs.
Stoller JK, et. al., Respir Care. 2003 May;48(5):494-9.
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Mechanical Ventilation
[top]
Noninvasive Ventilation (Review)
Mehta S. et. al., Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 163. pp 540-577,
2001
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PatientÐVentilator Interaction (Review)
Tobin M.J. et. al., Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 163. pp 1059-1063,
2001
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Corticosteroids in Acute Respiratory Failure (Review)
Jantz M.A. et. al., Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 160. pp 1079-1100,
1999
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Advances in Mechanical Ventilation (Review)
Tobin M. J., N Engl J Med 2001; 344:1986-1996, Jun 28, 2001.
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Noninvasive Ventilation in Immunosuppressed Patients with Pulmonary
Infiltrates, Fever, and Acute Respiratory Failure (Original Article)
Hilbert G., et. al., N Engl J Med 2001; 344:481-487, Feb 15, 2001.
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International Consensus Conferences in Intensive Care Medicine:
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Failure
(Original Article)
American Thoracic Society, et. al.,
Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 163. pp 283-291, 2001
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Neurology [top]
The Diagnosis of Brain Death (Review)
Wijdicks E. F.M., N Engl J Med 2001; 344:1215-1221, Apr 19, 2001.
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A Comparison of Four Treatments for Generalized Convulsive Status
Epilepticus (Original Article)
Treiman D. M., et. al., N Engl J Med 1998; 339:792-798, Sep 17,
1998.
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Nutrition [top]
Applied Nutrition in ICU Patients. A consensus statement of
the American College of Chest Physicians. (Original Article)
Cerra F.B. et. al., Chest 1997; 111:769-78
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Gastric versus post-pyloric feeding: a systematic review.
Marik PE, et. al., Crit Care. 2003 Jun;7(3):R46-51. Epub 2003 May
06.
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A prospective survey of nutritional support practices in intensive
care unit patients: what is prescribed? What is delivered?
De Jonghe B, et. al., Crit Care Med. 2001 Jan;29(1):8-12.
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Pain & Sedation [top]
Anesthesiology —First of Two Parts (Review)
Wiklund R. A., et. al., N Engl J Med 1997; 337:1132-1141, Oct 16,
1997.
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Anesthesiology — Second of Two
Parts (Review)
Wiklund R. A., et. al., N Engl J Med 1997; 337:1215-1219, Oct 23,
1997.
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Daily Interruption of Sedative Infusions in Critically Ill Patients
Undergoing Mechanical Ventilation (Original Article)
Kress J. P., et. al., N Engl J Med 2000; 342:1471-1477, May 18,
2000.
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Poisoning [top]
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (Review)
Ernst A., et. al., N Engl J Med 1998; 339:1603-1608, Nov 26, 1998.
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Hyperbaric oxygen for acute carbon monoxide poisoning.
Weaver LK, et. al., N Engl J Med. 2002 Oct 3;347(14):1057-67.
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Fomepizole for the treatment of methanol poisoning.
Brent J, et. al.; Methylpyrazole for Toxic Alcohols Study Group,
N Engl J Med. 2001 Feb 8;344(6):424-9.
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Fomepizole for the treatment of ethylene glycol poisoning.
Methylpyrazole for Toxic Alcohols Study Group.
Brent J, et. al., N Engl J Med. 1999 Mar 18;340(11):832-8.
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Pregnancy [top]
Implications for the Pregnant Patient (Review)
Campbell L.A. et. al., Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 163. pp 1051-1054,
2001
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Pulmonary Embolism
[top]
Thrombolytic Therapy of Pulmonary Embolism: A Comprehensive
Review of Current Evidence (Review)
Arcasoy S.M. et. al., Chest 1999; 115:1695-1707
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Venous Thromboembolism (Review)
Hyers T.M., Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 159. pp 1-14, 1999
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A Clinical Trial of Vena Caval Filters in the Prevention of Pulmonary
Embolism in Patients with Proximal Deep-Vein Thrombosis (Original
Article)
Decousus H., et. al., N Engl J Med 1998; 338:409-416, Feb 12, 1998.
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Clinical outcome after a negative spiral CT pulmonary angiographic
finding in an inpatient population from cardiology and pneumology
wards
Bourriot K, et. al., Chest. 2003 Feb;123(2):359-65.
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Single-detector helical computed tomography as the primary diagnostic
test in suspected pulmonary embolism: a multicenter clinical management
study of 510 patients
van Strijen MJ, et. al.; Advances in New Technologies Evaluating
the Localisation of Pulmonary Embolism Study Group, Ann Intern Med.
2003 Feb 18;138(4):307-14. Summary for patients in: Ann Intern Med.
2003 Feb 18;138(4):I58.
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Venous thromboembolism in intensive care patients
Rocha AT, et. al., Clin Chest Med. 2003 Mar;24(1):103-22. Review.
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Management of venous thromboembolism: past, present, and future
Hyers TM, Arch Intern Med. 2003 Apr 14;163(7):759-68. Review.
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Diagnostic strategy for patients with suspected pulmonary embolism:
a prospective multicentre outcome study
Musset D, et. al.; Evaluation du Scanner Spirale dans l'Embolie
Pulmonaire study group. Lancet. 2002 Dec 14;360(9349):1914-20.
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Renal
[top]
Renal Replacement Therapy for Acute Renal Failure (Original
Article)
Murray P. et. al., Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 162. pp 777-781,
2000
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Effects of early high-volume continuous venovenous hemofiltration
on survival and recovery of renal function in intensive care patients
with acute renal failure: a prospective, randomized trial
Bouman CS, et. al., Crit Care Med. 2002 Oct;30(10):2205-11.
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Intermittent versus continuous renal replacement therapy for
acute renal failure in intensive care units: results from a multicenter
prospective epidemiological survey
Guerin C, et. al., Intensive Care Med. 2002 Oct;28(10):1411-8. Epub
2002 Aug 17.
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Long-term outcomes in acute renal failure patients treated with
continuous renal replacement therapies
Morgera S, et. al., Am J Kidney Dis. 2002 Aug;40(2):275-9.
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Sepsis
[top]
Efficacy and Safety of Recombinant Human Activated Protein C
for Severe Sepsis (Original Article)
Bernard G. R., et. al., N Engl J Med 2001; 344:699-709, Mar 8, 2001.
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Effect of treatment with low doses of hydrocortisone and fludrocortisone
on mortality in patients with septic shock
Annane D, et. al., JAMA. 2002 Aug 21;288(7):862-71.
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Early goal-directed therapy in the treatment of severe sepsis
and septic shock
Rivers E, et. al.; Early Goal-Directed Therapy Collaborative Group,
N Engl J Med. 2001 Nov 8;345(19):1368-77.
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Surgery
[top]
Trauma Critical Care (Review)
Gentiliello L.M. et. al., Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol 163. pp
604-607, 2001
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