Using the rate of bacterial clearance determined by real-time polymerase chain reaction as a timely surrogate marker to evaluate the appropriateness of antibiotic usage in critical patients with Acinetobacter baumannii bacteremia*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(8):2273-2280, August 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182515190
Identifying family members who may struggle in the role of surrogate decision maker*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(8):2281-2286, August 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182533317
Persistent peripheral and microcirculatory perfusion alterations after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest are associated with poor survival*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(8):2287-2294, August 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31825333b2
Acute respiratory distress syndrome after trauma: Development and validation of a predictive model*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(8):2295-2303, August 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182544f6a
Clinical Investigations
Procalcitonin usefulness for the initiation of antibiotic treatment in intensive care unit patients*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(8):2304-2309, August 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318251517a
Comparison of two guideline-concordant antimicrobial combinations in elderly patients hospitalized with severe community-acquired pneumonia*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(8):2310-2314, August 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31825151a8
Mild therapeutic hypothermia improves outcomes compared with normothermia in cardiac-arrest patients—a retrospective chart review*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(8):2315-2319, August 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31825333cf
Safety and pharmacokinetics of an anti-PcrV PEGylated monoclonal antibody fragment in mechanically ventilated patients colonized with Pseudomonas aeruginosa: A randomized,double-blind, placebo-controlled trial*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(8):2320-2326, August 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31825334f6
Development and pilot testing of a decision aid for surrogates of patients with prolonged mechanical ventilation*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(8):2327-2334, August 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182536a63
Depressive symptoms in spouses of older patients with severe sepsis*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(8):2335-2341, August 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182536a81
A multicenter, randomized controlled trial comparing early nasojejunal with nasogastric nutrition in critical illness*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(8):2342-2348, August 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318255d87e
A controlled trial of electronic automated advisory vital signs monitoring in general hospital wards*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(8):2349-2361, August 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318255d9a0
Effects of prolonged mild hypothermia on cerebral blood flow after cardiac arrest
Critical Care Medicine. 40(8):2362-2367, August 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318255d983
Laboratory Investigations
Effect of selective inhibition of renal inducible nitric oxide synthase on renal blood flow and function in experimental hyperdynamic sepsis*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(8):2368-2375, August 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182514be9
Effects of exogenous ubiquitin in a polytrauma model with blunt chest trauma*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(8):2376-2384, August 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182514ed9
Linezolid limits burden of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in biofilm of tracheal tubes
Critical Care Medicine. 40(8):2385-2389, August 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31825332fc
Toll-like receptor 3 plays a central role in cardiac dysfunction during polymicrobial sepsis*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(8):2390-2399, August 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182535aeb
Early cerebral perfusion pressure augmentation with phenylephrine after traumatic brain injury may be neuroprotective in a pediatric swine model*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(8):2400-2406, August 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31825333e6
Ketamine alters the neurogenesis of rat cortical neural stem progenitor cells*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(8):2407-2416, August 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318253563c
Reversal of acute coagulopathy during hypotensive resuscitation using small-volume 7.5% NaCl adenocaine and Mg2+ in the rat model of severe hemorrhagic shock*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(8):2417-2422, August 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31825334c3