Feature Articles
Effects of fluid resuscitation with synthetic colloids or crystalloids alone on shock reversal, fluid balance, and patient outcomes in patients with severe sepsis: A prospective sequential analysis*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(9):2543-2551, September 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318258fee7
Association between systemic corticosteroids and outcomes of intensive care unit–acquired pneumonia*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(9):2552-2561, September 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318259203d
Sustained effectiveness of a primary-team–based rapid response system*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(9):2562-2568, September 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318259007b
Despite variation in volume, Veterans Affairs hospitals show consistent outcomes among patients with non-postoperative mechanical ventilation*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(9):2569-2575, September 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182591eee
Clinical Investigations
Precision of noninvasive hemoglobin-level measurement by pulse co-oximetry in patients admitted to intensive care units for severe gastrointestinal bleeds*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(9):2576-2582, September 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318258fb4f
Effect of high-frequency chest wall oscillation on pulmonary function after pulmonary lobectomy for non-small cell lung cancer*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(9):2583-2589, September 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318258fd6d
Surrogate and patient discrepancy regarding consent for critical care research
Critical Care Medicine. 40(9):2590-2594, September 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318258ff19
Perceptions of organ donation after circulatory determination of death among critical care physicians and nurses: A national survey*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(9):2595-2600, September 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182590098
Body mass index and acute kidney injury in the acute respiratory distress syndrome
Critical Care Medicine. 40(9):2601-2608, September 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182591ed9
How systemic inflammation modulates adenosine metabolism and adenosine receptor expression in humans in vivo
Critical Care Medicine. 40(9):2609-2616, September 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318259205b
Factors affecting team leadership skills and their relationship with quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(9):2617-2621, September 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182591fda
Laboratory Investigations
Hypercapnic acidosis attenuates ventilation-induced lung injury by a nuclear factor-κB–dependent mechanism
Critical Care Medicine. 40(9):2622-2630, September 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318258f8b4
Toll-like receptor 9 activation in neutrophils impairs chemotaxis and reduces sepsis outcome*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(9):2631-2637, September 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318258fb70
Severity of sepsis-induced acute kidney injury in a novel mouse model is age dependent*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(9):2638-2646, September 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182591ebe
Nebulized hypertonic saline attenuates acute lung injury following trauma and hemorrhagic shock via inhibition of matrix metalloproteinase-13*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(9):2647-2653, September 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182592006
Comparative effects of proportional assist and variable pressure support ventilation on lung function and damage in experimental lung injury*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(9):2654-2661, September 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182592021
Concise Definitive Review
Treatment of four psychiatric emergencies in the intensive care unit
Critical Care Medicine. 40(9):2662-2670, September 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31825ae0f8
Neurologic Critical Care
A multicenter prospective study of interobserver agreement using the Full Outline of Unresponsiveness score coma scale in the intensive care unit
Critical Care Medicine. 40(9):2671-2676, September 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318258fd88
Third-line antiepileptic therapy and outcome in status epilepticus: The impact of vasopressor use and prolonged mechanical ventilation*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(9):2677-2684, September 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182591ff1
Sevoflurane preconditioning improves mitochondrial function and long-term neurologic sequelae after transient cerebral ischemia: Role of mitochondrial permeability transition*
Critical Care Medicine. 40(9):2685-2693, September 2012.
doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e318258fb90