Vincent Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 1992

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-3-642-84734-9
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 1992, 704 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine

The Yearbook 1992 continues one part of the tradition
established by the publication of updates. The Update Series
itself will continue with several volumes being published
per year on topical special issues.
The Yearbookcompiles the most recent, widespread
developments of clinical research and practice in one
comprehensive reference book. It is addressed to everyone
involved in cardiology, internal medicine, anesthesia,
intensive care, surgery, pediatrics and emergency medicine.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Vincent, Jean-Louis

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Multiple Organ Failure: A Cascade of Mediators.- Multiple Organ Failure and Infection: Cause, Consequence, or Coincidence.- The Role of the Endothelium in Multiple Organ Failure.- The Role of Interleukin-1 in Septic Shock.- Cytokines and Cytokine Antagonists in Sepsis and Critical Illness.- Tumor Necrosis Factor during Sepsis.- Interactions between TNF? and Human Polymorphonuclear Leukocytes.- Determinants of Neutrophil Adhesion Following Ischemia.- Factors Determining Endotoxin Sensitivity.- Mechanisms of Endotoxin Induced Endothelial Injury.- Novel Approaches to the Treatment of Septic Shock.- Biochemical Alterations in Ischemia and Reperfusion.- Prostanoids and Sepsis.- Cardiac Failure.- Cardiac Complications of Local Anesthetic Agents.- Perioperative Cardiac Morbidity: New Developments and Controversies.- Perioperative Heart Failure.- Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors for Treating Low-Output Syndrome.- Doppler-Echocardiography in Critically Ill Patients.- Lung Edema—Pulmonary Hemodynamics.- Acute Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema.- The Alveolar Epithelial Barrier.- Physiological Assessment of Acute Lung Injury in the Intensive Care Unit.- Morphology of Pulmonary Vasoconstriction and Vasodilation.- Effects of Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Volunteers.- Gut Ischemia.- Pathophysiology of Gut Mucosal Barrier Breakdown in Shock.- Alterations in Gastrointestinal Barrier Function in Sepsis: The Effect of Lipopolysaccharide on Mucosal Permeability to Hydrophilic Solutes.- The Potential for Monitoring Gastric Intramucosal pH to Reduce the Costs of Critical Care.- Cellular Hypoxia.- Oxygen Delivery and Uptake: Insights from Animal Studies.- Tissue Hypoxia in Animal Models of Sepsis.- The Role of O2 Transport Related Variables in the Assessment of Tissue Oxygenation in the Clinical Setting.-Influences of Various Respiratory and Circulatory Conditions on Muscle Tissue Oxygenation in Critically Ill Patients.- Is Oxygen Consumption an Important Clinical Target?.- Respiratory Support.- Respiratory Resistances in Mechanically Ventilated Patients: The Effects of PEEP.- Assessment of Respiratory Mechanics During Total and Partial Ventilatory Support.- Synchronous and Dys-synchronous Patient-Ventilator Interactions.- Prevention of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia by New Ventilatory Techniques.- Respiratory Failure in Asthma: Management of the Mechanically Ventilated Patient.- Approaches to Improve Survival in Severe ARDS.- The Place of Extracorporeal CO2 Removal in the Treatment of ARDS.- Difficult Weaning.- Respiratory Monitoring.- Continuous Intra-Arterial Blood Gas Monitoring.- The Expiratory Capnogram in Mechanically Ventilated Patients.- Respiratory Inductive Plethysmography for Assessing Risk of Pulmonary Barotrauma.- Evaluation of Pulmonary Mechanics in Mechanically Ventilated Children.- Infectious Complications.- General Concepts for Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Surgery.- Intrinsic Antibiotic Resistance in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa.- Incidence and Risk Factors of ICU Acquired Pneumonia.- Pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit: Can Critical Care Technology Help?.- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation.- Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest.- Caring for Children with Poor Outcomes from Out-of-Hospital Arrests.- Myocardial Dysfunction after Successful Cardiac Resuscitation.- Current Concepts in Brain Resuscitation.- CNS Injury and Trauma.- The Role of Free Radicals in Ischemic and Reperfusion Brain Injury.- Brain Edema and Raised Intracranial Pressure after Head Injury.- Cerebrovascular Effects of Hypertonic Resuscitation.- The 21-Aminosteroid Antioxidant Tirilazad Mesylate in CNS Injury and Hemorrhagic Shock.- Neuro-Hormonal Regulation after Trauma.- Organ Transplantation.- Acute Allograft Rejection: Immunobiology and Therapeutic Strategies.- Immunosuppression in a Critically Ill Patien.- Nutrition and Metabolism.- Enterai Nutrition for the Critically Ill.- Calcium Homeostasis during Sepsis.- Intensive Care Sedation.- Toxicology.- Major Chemical Accidents: Medical and Organizational Aspects.- Place of Activated Charcoal and Gastric Emptying in Acute Toxic Ingestions: A Critical Reappraisal.- Organization and Evaluation.- A Survey of Emergency Medical Service Systems in Europe.- Prediction of Outcome in Critically Ill Patients.- Measuring the Severity of Injury.- Decision Support Systems in Intensive Care.