Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E.

Preliminary Report of Clinical Xenon (XE) Anaesthesia and Xenon Recycling System.- Biochemistry of Neurotransmission: an Update.- Continuous Measurement of the Systolic Time Intervals Integrated on a Hemodynamic Profile. Successful Method to Monitor Left Ventricular Function.- Relationship Between the PetC02 and the Hemodynamic Parameter.- Oxygen Transport and Cellular Mechanisms during Hyperbaric Oxygenation.- Hyperosmolar Syndrome.- Basic Components of Immune System Regulation.- Growth Hormone in Critical Care Practice.- Oxygen Consumption and Carbon Dioxide Production: Physiological Basis and Practical Application in Intensive Care.- Clinical Aspects of Capnography.- Capnography and Circulation.- Pain Control: From Basic Research to Clinical Application.- Theoretical Aspects of Respiratory Mechanics.- The Effect of Age on the Cardiovascular Response to Stress.- Heart Failure Due to Pressure Overload and Volume Overload.- Choice of Pharmacological Agents in Hypoperfusion Syndrome.- Monitoring of the Body Circulation - an Introduction.- Evaluation of Cardiothoracic Parameters: The Clinical Role of Intrathoracic Blood Volume.- ARDS Lung: Homogeneous or Non-Homogeneous Impairment?.- The Baby Lung Philosophy.- Lung Distention, Barotrauma and Mechanical Ventilation.- Pulmonary Dysfunction after Ischemia-Reperfusion.- Understanding the Incidence and Long-term Outcome of ARDS.- Improved Perfusion Through the Aerated Part of the Lung by Prostacyclin Administration.- Improving Ventilation by Reaeration of Atelectatic Regions with Perfluorocarbons.- Experience in Liquid Ventilation.- Improved Ventilation by Re-aeration of Atelectatic Regions with Exogenous Surfactant in Acute Respiratory Failure.- Combining Exogenous Surfactant or Perfluorocarbons with Inhaled Nitric Oxide toImprove Lung Function in Acute Respiratory Failure.- Functional Aspects of Noninvasive Ventilation.- Face Mask Ventilation in Decompensated COPD Patients.- Methodology of Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Failure.- Mask Ventilation for Trauma Patients with Acute Respiratory Failure.- Acute Respiratory Failure in Immunocompromised Patients: A Possible Indication for Non-Invasive Ventilation.- Assessment of Respiratory Dysfunction in Children with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.- Recent Therapeutic Strategies for Children with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.- Humoral Homeostasis - Role of Vascular Endothelium.- Mortality in Sepsis.- Guidelines on Antibiotic Combination in ICU Patients.- Clinical Neurological Approach at the Bedside: The Method in Neurology and Its Application to the Critically Ill Patient.- Assessment of Cerebral Dysfunction.- Myasthenia Gravis.- New Trends in the Treatment of Advanced Neurological Disease Condition - Guillain-Barré Syndrome.- Continuous Filtration of Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF-Filtration) in Fulminant Bacterial Meningitis - A New Adjuvant Therapeutic Strategy?.- Prevention and Treatment of Acute Renal Failure - Timing in the Use of Dialysis.- The Hepatorenal Syndrome.- The Impact of Continuous Venovenous Hemofiltration in Nonoliguric Septic Patients.- Plasmapheresis in Acute Critical Conditions.- Modern Treatment and Monitoring of Haemorrhagic Shock.- Use of Erythropoietin in Critically Ill Patients.- The Treatment of Acute Pancreatitis.- Standards of Treatment of ICU Patients - Treatment of Head Injured Patients.- Treatment of Patients after Lung Surgery.- How to Manage Pulmonary Contusion.- Preoperative Clinical Evaluation.- Hypnosis.- Pharmacological Basics of Clinical Anaesthesia:Analgesia.- Myoresolution.- Neurovegetative Stabilization during Clinical Anaesthesia.- Guidelines on Postoperative Care.- Fast Track Anaesthesia.- Antifibrinolytic Therapy in Cardiac Surgery.- Respiratory Function after Cardiac Surgery.- Endomyocardial Revascularization.- Cardiac Transplantation or Ventriculectomy?.- Anaesthesia in Geriatric Patients.- Awareness during Anaesthesia.- Early Adverse Effects in the Postoperative Period.- Locoregional Anaesthesia in High Risk Patients.- Computer at the Bedside: Recording the Anaesthesiological Process.- The Modem and the Remote Control of Anaesthesiologic Activity.- Anaesthesiology on Internet.- Hypertension.- Diseases during Pregnancy: Epilepsy.- Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy.- Uncommon Diseases during Pregnancy.- Organization of Postoperative Pain Service.- Patient-Controlled Analgesia in Obstetrics and Pain Management.- Epidural Versus Spinal Analgesia.- Management of the Postoperative Pain.- Acute Pain and Other Aspects of the Postoperative Period.- Pharmacological Combinations and Techniques in the Acute and Chronic Benign Pain.- Guidelines on Cancer Pain Treatment.- Palliative Care - Basics and Guidelines.- Cardiac Tamponade: Diagnosis and Treatment.- Key Points in the Treatment of Cardiac Arrest.- Myocardial Dysfunction Following Successful Cardiac Resuscitation.- The CPR Continuing Education Programme and Its Goals.- Anaesthesia and Intensive Care in Difficult Situations.- Education and Training in Anaesthesia - A Plea for One Standard in Europe.- Education and Training in Intensive Care.- Postgraduate Training in Disaster Medicine.- Medical Decision Making in Critical Care - The Patient as a Person.