6th International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine

Pulmonary Edema.- Assessment of Endothelial Cell Function in Health and Disease.- Effective Pulmonary Capillary Pressure in Pulmonary Edema.- Evaluation of Acute Lung Injury.- Leukocytes Aggregation and Complement Activation in ARDS.- Mediators and Predictors in Posttraumatic Lung Failure.- Near-Drowning: A Model for Acute Respiratory Failure.- Neurogenic Pulmonary Edema.- Activated Granulocytes in the Lung Injury of Shock: Implications for Therapy.- Respiratory Problems.- Role of Sleep and Fatigue in the Genesis of Respiratory Insufficiency.- Preoperative Pulmonary Function Testing.- Postoperative Respiratory Management.- Pulmonary Aspiration.- Barotrauma - Lung Damage Secondary to Pressure.- Mechanical Ventilation.- Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation and PEEP.- Inspiratory Work of Breathing with CPAP-Systems.- Respiratory Therapy in Patients with Heart Failure.- Morphological and Functional Response to PEEP in Acute Respiratory Failure.- The Management of Unilateral Acute Lung Injury.- Indications for High-Frequency Jet Ventilation.- Gas Exchange Mechanisms in High-Frequency Jet Ventilation.- Developments in Ventilatory Care: Where Are We Going?.- Cardiology.- Infarct Size Limitation: Principles and Problems.- Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Pathogenesis and Treatment.- Heart Failure in Dilated Cardiomyopathy.- Myocardial Protection in Cardiac Surgery.- Fibrin-Specific Thrombolysis with Tissue-Type Plasminogen Activator and Single Chain Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator.- Management of Intractable Supra-Ventricular Arrhythmias in the ICU.- Antiarrhythmic Therapy in Acute Myocardial Infarction: Individualised Treatment with Lidocaine.- Hemodynamic Problems.- Right Ventricular Function.- Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Severe Acute Pulmonary Failure.- Diagnosisand Management of Right Ventricular Infarction.- Measurement of Mixed Venous O2 Saturation in the Perioperative Period.- Continuous % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% 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qacaWGtbGabmODayaaraGaam4ta8aadaWgaaWcbaWdbiaaikdaa8aa% beaaaaa!39E9!$$Sbar v{O_2}$$ Monitoring.- Metabolism, Hematology and Sepsis.- Glucagon: An Important Therapeutic Agent.- Thyroid Function in Non Thyroidal Illness "The Euthyroid Sick Syndrome".- Application of Calcium in Acute Care Medicine.- Management of Hyponatremia.- Multiorgan Failure: Pathogenesis and Prophylaxis.- Septic Shock.- Myocardial Metabolism in Septic Shock.- Cardiovascular Dysfunction in Humans with Septic Shock.- Changes in Systemic Microvascular Permeability in Sepsis and Septic Shock.- Antibiotic Management of Serious Infections.- Blood Substitutes.- The Choice of Fluids inHypovolaemia.- Colloids Versus Crystalloids: A Clinical Standpoint.- Oxygen-Carrying Solutions: An Overview.- Microcirculatory and Other Applications of Fluorocarbons.- Perfluorocarbons as Blood Substitutes: Limitation of Complement Activation in the Control of Adverse Reactions.- Fluid and Electrolyte Management in the Critically Ill.- Parenteral Nutrition.- Energy Requirements in the Critically Ill.- Administration of Lipids.- Hepato-Biliary Complications of Parenteral Nutrition.- Neurology and Trauma.- Pharmacological Interventions in CNS Ischemia and Trauma: Studies With High-Dose Methylprednisolone.- Acute Spinal Cord Injury.- Treatment of Spontaneous Intracerebral Hematoma.- Intracranial Pressure Monitoring.- Management of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage.- Calcium Antagonists and Cerebral Ischemia.- Evaluation of Anoxic Brain Damage.- Homeostatic Reflexes After Injury.- Pathophysiology and Management of Crush Injury.- Emergency Transport of Trauma Victims in a Mountain Area.- Intoxications.- Poisoning: Recognition and Management in Critical Care.- Acute Poisoning with Organophosphate and Carbamate Insecticides.- Gastro-Intestinal Crisis.- Acute Stress Ulceration: Incidence and Prophylaxis.- Non-Surgical Management of Upper Gastro-Intestinal Bleeding.- Intensive Care in Liver Disease.- Postoperative Problems in Liver Transplantation.- Pediatric Intensive Care.- Emergency Transport of the Neonate.- Management of Fluids and Electrolytes in the Pediatric Patient.- Aspects of Shock in Childhood.- Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension in the Newborn.- Aspects of Upper Airway Obstruction Particular to the Child.- Treatment of Respiratory Distress Syndrome: Physiological Considerations About Respiratory Therapy.- Therapeutic Aspects.- New Aspects of Inotropic Drugs.- Vasodilating Therapy.- Use of Analgesics in the Emergency Room.- Rational Use of Muscle Relaxants During Intensive Care Treatment.- Current Problems.- Hypertensive Crises: Pathophysiology and Management in Critical Care.- Pharmacotherapy of Shock.- Calcium Antagonists in Intensive Care.- Pulmonary and Cardiovascular Alterations in ARDS: Morphology, Hemodynamics and Therapy.- Coagulopathy in the Critically Ill.- Psychiatric Aspects.- Psychiatric Aspects of Critical Care.- Special Issues.- Reflexions on the Development of Intensive Care Medicine.- Guidelines on Foregoing Life-Sustaining Treatment.