Virtual Issue: Intensive Care Medicine

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica - Intensive Care Medicine Virtual Issue
A collection of freely available intensive care medicine articles, published in Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica between 2009-2011

Risk factors for intra-abdominal hypertension in mechanically ventilated patients
A. REINTAM BLASER, P. PAR, R. KITUS and J. STARKOPF

Serum zinc in critically ill adult patients with acute respiratory failure
R. LINKO, S. KARLSSON, V. PETTILÄ, T. VARPULA, M. OKKONEN, V. LUND, T. ALA-KOKKO and E. RUOKONEN, the FINNALI Study Group*

Erythropoietin does not attenuate renal dysfunction or inflammation in a porcine model of endotoxemia
C. SØLLING, A. T. CHRISTENSEN, U. NYGAARD, S. KRAG, J. FRØKIÆR, L. WOGENSEN, J. KROG and E. K. TØNNESEN

A preliminary validation of the Swedish version of the critical-care pain observation tool in adults
D. NÜRNBERG DAMSTRÖM, F. SABOONCHI, P. V. SACKEY and G. BJÖRLING

Initial fluid resuscitation of patients with septic shock in the intensive care unit
S. CARLSEN and A. PERNER, for the East Danish Septic Shock Cohort Investigators

Value choices and considerations when limiting intensive care treatment: a qualitative study
K. HALVORSEN, R. FØRDE and P. NORTVEDT

Fluid therapy and the use of albumin in the treatment of severe traumatic brain injury
M. RODLING WAHLSTRÖM, M. OLIVECRONA, F. NYSTRÖM, L.-O. D. KOSKINEN and S. NAREDI

Accuracy of Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) scoring in clinical practice
M. TALLGREN, M. BÄCKLUND and M. HYNNINEN

Severe hypoglycemia during intensive insulin therapy
K.-M. KAUKONEN, M. RANTALA, V. PETTILÄ and M. HYNNINEN

Teamwork and patient safety in dynamic domains of healthcare: a review of the literature
T. MANSER

Scandinavian Clinical practice guidelines for therapeutic hypothermia and post-resuscitation care after cardiac arrest
M. CASTRÉN, T. SILFVAST, S. RUBERTSSON, M. NISKANEN, F. VALSSON, M. WANSCHER and K. SUNDE, (Task Force on Scandinavian Therapeutic Hypothermia Guidelines, Clinical Practice Committee Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive care Medicine)

Gastrointestinal symptoms in intensive care patients
A. REINTAM, P. PARM, R. KITUS, H. KERN and J. STARKOPF

Systemic inflammation in the brain-dead organ donor
A. BARKLIN

ECMO in ARDS: a long-term follow-up study regarding pulmonary morphology and function and health-related quality of life
V. B. LINDÉN, M. K. LIDEGRAN, G. FRISÉN, P. DAHLGREN, B. P. FRENCKNER and F. LARSEN

Vasopressin decreases intestinal mucosal perfusion: a clinical study on cardiac surgery patients in vasodilatory shock
A. NYGREN, A. THORÉN and S.-E. RICKSTEN

Validation of SAPS 3 Admission Score and comparison with SAPS II
M. CAPUZZO, A. SCARAMUZZA, B. VACCARINI, G. GILLI, S. ZANNOLI, L. FARABEGOLI, G. FELISATTI, E. DAVANZO and R. ALVISI

A comparison of SAPS II and SAPS 3 in a Norwegian intensive care unit population
K. STRAND, E. SØREIDE, S. AARDAL and H. FLAATTEN

A Scandinavian survey of drug administration through inhalation, suctioning and recruitment maneuvers in mechanically ventilated patients
C. GRIVANS, S. LINDGREN, A. ÅNEMAN, O. STENQVIST and S. LUNDIN

Signs of critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy can be seen early in the ICU course
K. AHLBECK, K. FREDRIKSSON, O. ROOYACKERS, G. MÅBÄCK, S. REMAHL, T. ANSVED, L. ERIKSSON and P. RADELL

Long-term physical outcome in patients with septic shock
J. B. POULSEN, K. MØLLER, H. KEHLET and A. PERNER

Outcome, timing and adverse events in therapeutic hypothermia after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
N. NIELSEN, J. HOVDENES, F. NILSSON, S. RUBERTSSON, P. STAMMET, K. SUNDE, F. VALSSON, M. WANSCHER and H. FRIBERG, for the Hypothermia Network

Prognostic factors and outcome after drowning in an adult population
M. Á. BALLESTEROS, M. GUTIÉRREZ-CUADRA, P. MUÑOZ and E. MIÑAMBRES

Low-dose vasopressin increases glomerular filtration rate, but impairs renal oxygenation in post-cardiac surgery patients
G. BRAGADOTTIR, B. REDFORS, A. NYGREN, J. SELLGREN and S.- E. RICKSTEN

Routine chest X-ray is not required after a low-risk central venous cannulation
A. PIKWER, L. BÅÅTH, I. PERSTOFT, B. DAVIDSON and J. ÅKESON

Non-invasive ventilation in do-not-intubate patients: five-year follow-up on a two-year prospective, consecutive cohort study
H.-H. BÜLOW and B. THORSAGER

Improved outcome after trauma care in university-level intensive care units
T. I. ALA-KOKKO, P. OHTONEN, J. KOSKENKARI and J. J. LAURILA

Active cooling in traumatic brain-injured patients: a questionable therapy?
P.-O. GRÄNDE, P. REINSTRUP and B. ROMNER

Brain death and its implications for management of the potential organ donor
J. F. BUGGE

Regional anticoagulation and antiaggregation for CVVH in critically ill patients: a prospective, randomized, controlled pilot study
L. P. FABBRI, M. NUCERA, M. AL MALYAN and C. BECCHI

Central venous oxygen saturation for the diagnosis of low cardiac output in septic shock patients
A. PERNER, N. HAASE, J. WIIS, J. O. WHITE and A. DELANEY

Dopamine increases renal oxygenation: a clinical study in post-cardiac surgery patients
BENGT REDFORS, GUDRUN BRAGADOTTIR, JOHAN SELLGREN, KRISTINA SWÄRD and SVEN-ERIK RICKSTEN

Global and right ventricular end-diastolic volumes correlate better with preload after correction for ejection fraction
M. L. N. G. MALBRAIN, T. J. R. DE POTTER, H. DITS and D. A. REUTER

Cognitive dysfunction and health-related quality of life after a cardiac arrest and therapeutic hypothermia
J. TORGERSEN, K. STRAND, T. W. BJELLAND, P. KLEPSTAD, R. KVÅLE, E. SØREIDE, T. WENTZEL-LARSEN and H. FLAATTEN

Long-term effect of the ICU-diary concept on quality of life after critical illness
C. G. BÄCKMAN, L. ORWELIUS, F. SJÖBERG, M. FREDRIKSON and S. M. WALTHER

Norepinephrine causes a pressure-dependent plasma volume decrease in clinical vasodilatory shock
A. NYGREN, B. REDFORS, A. THORÉN and S.-E. RICKSTEN

Induced hypothermia in comatose survivors of asphyxia: a case series of 14 consecutive cases
S. BALDURSDOTTIR, K. SIGVALDASON, S. KARASON, F. VALSSON and G. H. SIGURDSSON

Lactate concentrations in the rectal lumen in patients in early septic shock
M. IBSEN, J. TENHUNEN, J. WIIS, T. WALDAU, A. Ø. LAURITSEN, K. THORNBERG, H. JOENSEN and A. Perner

Acute kidney injury with renal replacement therapy in trauma patients
S. BEITLAND, H. MOEN and I. OS

Early predictors of morbidity and mortality in trauma patients treated in the intensive care unit
O. BRATTSTRÖM, F. GRANATH, P. ROSSI and A. OLDNER

The association between early hemodynamic variables and outcome in normothermic comatose patients following cardiac arrest
C. TORGERSEN, C. A. SCHMITTINGER, J. TAKALA, S. M. JAKOB and M. W. DÜNSER

Effects of fibrinogen concentrate administration during severe hemorrhage
H. R. THORARINSDOTTIR, F. TH. SIGURBJORNSSON, K. HREINSSON, P. T. ONUNDARSON, T. GUDBJARTSSON and G. H. SIGURDSSON

Management of major blood loss: An update
P. I. JOHANSSON, S. R. OSTROWSKI and N. H. SECHER

Early predictability of the need for tracheotomy after admission to ICU: an observational study
D. P. VEELO, J. M. BINNEKADE, A.-W. BUDDEKE, D. A. DONGELMANS and M. J. SCHULTZ