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

Basics of Critical Care Medicine.- Anaesthesia.- Why Are Hypertensive Patients at Risk in the Perioperative Period?.- Pain.- Acute Pain Modulation in the Central Nervous System: A Chronological Review.- Homeostasis.- Lactic Acidosis: Diagnosis and Treatment.- Metabolism.- Immunonutrition - A New Aspect in the Treatment of Critically Ill Patients.- Pharmacology.- Pharmacological Interactions in the Perioperative Period.- Injury and Tissue Damage.- Cellular and Humoral Markers of Tissue Damage.- Role of Free Radicals in Critical Illness.- Pathophysiology and Therapy of End-Organ Failure in Critical Illness.- Organ Perfusion.- Research Studies on Organ Perfusion: From the Lab to the Clinic.- Ischemic Microvascular Failure in Severe Head Injury.- Intestinal Microvascular Injury.- Vasoactive Drugs and Splanchnic Perfusion.- Perfusion in Renal Dysfunction.- Oxygen Supply Dependency - Fact or Artifact?.- Debate on DO2/VO2 Dependency During Inotropic Treatment.- Cellular and Humoral Activity in Trauma and Sepsis.- The Endothelium: A New Secretory Organ Target or Promoter of Pathophysiological Derangements in ICU Patients.- Antioxidant Activity in the Therapy of Sepsis: From Experimental Data to Clinical Practice.- Posttrauma Oxygen Debt and Its Metabolic Consequences.- Chest Imaging in the ICU.- Lung Disease in the ICU: A DifGcult Diagnostic Challenge.- Pulmonary Oedema.- A Window with a View of the Water.- Radiological Monitoring of Pulmonary Edema.- Pulmonary Embolism.- MR Imaging in Venous Thromboembolism.- Pulmonary Embolism: Role of Spiral CT.- Vascular Techniques in Pulmonary Embolism.- New Modes of Artificial Ventilation.- Proportional Assist Ventilation (PAV): Physiologic Rationale and Clinical Advantages.- Airway Pressure Release Ventilation.- High Frequency Positive Pressure Ventilation.- High Frequency Oscillation.- Insufflation of Air / Oxygen into the Trachea: An Old Principle with New Perspectives.- Concept: Open Up the Lung and Keep the Lung Open.- Computer Supported Ventilation.- Artificial Ventilation at the Bedside.- The Problem of Weaning in COPD Patients.- Respiratory Support Strategies in AIDS.- Advances in Respiratory Mechanics.- Mathematical Models in Respiratory Mechanics.- Evolution of Theories and Interpretation of Respiratory Mechanics Data.- Assessment of the Viscoelastic Constants Using the Rapid Airway Occlusion Technique.- Invasive and Noninvasive Haemodynamic Monitoring.- Technical Aspects of Haemodynamic Monitoringm.- Pressure Wave Modifications in Different Cardiac and Respiratory Events.- Noninvasive Pressure Measurements.- Noninvasive Cardiac Output Measurements.- Haemodynamic Profile and PetCO2 Monitoring in Patients at Risk.- Trauma Operative Procedures (T.O.P.).- The Development of the Trauma System: Epidemiological Data.- Evaluation and Triage. Current Use and Utility of the Trauma Scoring Systems.- What Can We Do During the "Golden Hour" ?.- Care of Trauma Patients: In-hospital Phase.- Prehospital Care for Severe Trauma Patients: What Do We Mean by ALS?.- Multivariable Physiologic Monitoring as a Guide to the Severity and Appropriate Therapy of Posttrauma ICU Patients.- Optimisation of Oxygen Transport in Polytraumatised Patients.- The Role of the Anesthesiologist During Nonconventional War.- Cerebral and Spinal Dysfunction.- Coma, Persistent Vegetative State, and Death.- Pathophysiology and Monitoring of Cerebral Edema.- Monitoring of Cerebral Dysfunction: Treatment of Post-traumatic Cerebral Injury.- The Glasgow Coma Scale After 20 Years.- Clinical Trials in Acute CNS Injuries.- Biochemical Mechanisms of Neuronal Degeneration and Plasticity.- Oxidative Stress in the Early Phase of Traumatic Central Nervous System Injury: Clinical Data.- Monitoring and Management of Patients with Cerebral and Spinal Dysfunction in Postintensive Care.- CSF Filtration: Scientific and Clinical Update.- Scoring Systems '95.- Acubase: Fundamentals and Perspectives.- Perioperative Problems in Obese Patients.- Obesity and Coexisting Diseases: Anesthesiological Point of View.- Intubation by Fibroscopy in Morbidly Obese Patients.- Total Respiratory System, Lung and Chest Wall Mechanics, Lung Volumes and Gas-Exchange in Morbidly Obese Patients During General Anesthesia.- Bariatric Surgery: Indications and Comphcations.- Anaesthesiological and Surgical Problems in Lung Transplantation.- Lung Transplantation: Aspects of Anaesthetic and Early Postoperative Management.- Progress in Lung Transplantation.- Nitric Oxide in Pulmonary Hypertension.- Technological and Clinical Advances.- Difficult Tracheal Intubation and Airway Management.- Airway Management.- Electrolyte Emergencies (Mg,K).- Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA): Clinical Experience.- Management of Acute Myocardial Infarction.- Anaesthesia for Abdominal Vascular Surgery.- Ischemia-Reperfusion in Vascular Surgery.- Acidosis in the Critically Ill: Interpretation and Significance.- Use of the Gaps in the Critically Ill.- Continuous Noninvasive Aortic Blood Flow Monitoring.- How to Manage Critically Ill Patients After Cardiac Surgery.- Transfusion and Thromboembolic Prophylaxis.- Management of Common Poisoning in the ICU.- Laryngeal Mask in Clinical Anaesthesia.- The Role of the Laryngeal Mask in Clinical Practice.- Controversies in the Management of Critically Ill Patients.- Pancreas Dysfunction and Related Problems.- Updating Computer Usage in the ICU.- Flow of Information in the ICU - An Overview.- From Human Action to Data: Man-Machine Interface in Manual Data Entries.- From Trends to Multi-Information-Screens in Computing in the ICU.- Artificial Intelligence for Decision Support: Needs, Possibilities, and Limitations in ICU.- Beyond Trends: Graphics for Decision Support.- ICU and the Outside World: Multimedia and Networking in the ICU Environment.- Interactive Multimedial Teaching.- Advances in Inhalatory Anaesthesia.- How to Detect Cardiovascular Dysfunction in the Perioperative Period.- Cardiovascular and Neuroendocrine Reaction During Inhalation Anaesthesia.- Common Use and Monitoring of Cardiovasoactive Drugs in General Anesthesia Using Halogenated Agents.- Circulatory Effects of Desflurane.- Desflurane: How Does It Work?.- Total Intravenous Anaesthesia.- Principles and Technique of I.V. Anesthesia.- Management in Anaesthesia.- Anesthesiologist as Manager in the U.S.A.: The Ambulatory Surgery Experience.- Day Surgery Experience in the United Kingdom.- Sanitary Organization and Safety.- Recommendations for Anesthesia in Day Hospital.- Pharmacoeconomics in Anaesthesia.