Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine

Host Responses in Sepsis and ARDS.- Balancing the Inflammatory Response in Sepsis.- Bactericidal/Permeability-Increasing Protein (BPI): Structure, Function, and Clinical Applications.- Inhibition of the Activation of Nuclear Factor-?B as a Novel Therapeutic Approach for SIRS and Septic Shock.- The Role of the Host Defense Response in the Progression and Outcome of ARDS.- The Role of Cytokines in the Pathogenesis of Pneumonia.- A Central Role of Interleukin-8 in the Pathogenesis of ARDS.- Neutrophil Myeloperoxidase: Effector of Host Defense and Host Damage.- NAD(P)H Oxidase in Non-Phagocytic Cells.- Gelatinases and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.- Cardiocirculatory Alterations.- Molecular Mechanisms of Action of Nitric Oxide in Heart Muscle.- Development of Myocardial Tolerance to Ischemia/Reperfusion and Septic Injury.- Endothelial Cell Dysfunction in Septic Shock.- Alterations of Important Regulators of Macro-and Microcirculation in the Critically Ill.- Microvascular Regulation of Tissue Oxygenation in Sepsis.- Selective Pharmacological Inhibition of Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase in Experimental Septic Shock.- The Use of Dopamine and Norepinephrine in the ICU.- Oxygen Carriers.- The Red Blood Cell: New Ideas About an Old Friend.- Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care: A Multicenter Controlled Clinical Trial.- Artificial Oxygen Carriers.- Epidemiology and Markers of Sepsis - Clinical Trials.- Do We Really Know the Epidemiology and Clinical Course of Sepsis?.- Prognostic Markers in Sepsis.- Procalcitonin - An Indicator of Sepsis.- Is There a Role for Surrogate Markers in the Evaluation of Sepsis Trials.- Discourse on Method: Measuring the Value of New Therapies in Intensive Care.- Severe Infections.- Antimicrobial Therapy for ICU-Acquired Infection: Timefor a Reappraisal.- Nosocomial Sinusitis: A Critical Appraisal of the Evidence.- The Importance of Initial Empiric Antibiotic Selection in Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia.- Why, When, and How to Prescribe a Combination of Antibiotics.- Prevention of Infections Associated with Vascular Catheters.- Management of Fever in Cancer Patients with Acquired Neutropenia.- Measuring Lung Mechanics.- Determination of Lung Volume in the ICU.- Chest Wall Mechanics: Methods of Measurement and Physiopathologie Insights.- Modes of Mechanical Ventilation.- Emergency Intubation: The Difficult Airway.- Control of Breathing During Assisted Mechanical Ventilation.- Proportional Assist Ventilation.- Pressure Controlled Ventilation (PCV): The Ideal Mode of Mechanical Ventilation?.- The Open Lung Concept.- Lung Stretching and Barotrauma.- Inflammatory Consequences of High Stretch Lung Injury.- Mechanical Ventilation-Induced Injury.- Barotraumatic Effects of Mechanical Ventilation.- Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation.- The Pathophysiology of Weaning Failure.- What Have We Learned About Weaning Over the Last Five Years.- Non-Invasive Mechanical Ventilation.- Non-Invasive Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Failure: Technological Issues.- Non-Invasive Nocturnal Mechanical Ventilation: Is it Feasible for COPD Patients?.- Lung Perfusion - Inhaled Nitric Oxide.- Distribution of Pulmonary Perfusion in Healthy and Injured Lungs.- The Administration and Measurement of Nitric Oxide During Mechanical Ventilation.- Inspiratory Nitric Oxide Concentration Fluctuation During Inhalational NO Administration.- Effects of Inhaled Nitric Oxide on Circulating Blood Cells.- Acid-Base - Lactate Metabolism.- Recent Advances in Acid-Base Physiology Applied to Critical Care.- Pivotal Role of Lactate in Aerobic EnergyMetabolism.- Metabolism.- Skeletal Muscle in Critical Illness.- Metabolic Requirements of the Neurosurgical Patient.- Enteral Nutrition in the Critically 111 Patient: A Practical Approach.- Immunonutrition in Cancer Surgical Patients.- The Gut.- Ischemia/Reperfusion of the Gut.- Stress Ulceration in the Critically Ill Population.- Hemodynamic Management of Gastric Intramucosal Acidosis in Septic Patients.- Intra-Abdominal Hypertension and Intensive Care.- Head Trauma.- Pharmacological Augmentation of Endogenous Neuroprotective Responses after Traumatic Brain Injury.- Experimental and Clinical Neuroprotection: An Update.- Cerebral Extraction Monitoring in Brain Injury.- Surgery and Obstetrics.- Pediatric Problems in Heart Surgery.- Crises in Pre-Eclampsia.- ICU Performance - Evaluation.- Performance of the ICU: Are We Able to Measure it?.- Evidence-Based Medicine: The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing.