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 Welcome to Critical Care
  The online intensive care journal
  Editor-in-chief: Jean-Louis Vincent, Brussels, Belgium

 
 
 
 
Research highlight: Gastrointestinal Failure Score predicts ICU death    Open Access
A scoring system combining food intolerance and intra-abdominal hypertension for assessment of gastrointestinal function has a high predictive value for intensive care unit mortality, shows a prospective study in 264 patients.
Critical Care 2008, 12:R90

Commentary   
Fluid balance as a biomarker: impact of fluid overload on outcome in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury
Sean M Bagshaw, Patrick D Brophy, Dinna Cruz, Claudio Ronco
Critical Care 2008, 12:169 (24 July 2008)
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Research    
Health care costs, long-term survival, and quality of life following intensive care unit admission after cardiac arrest
Jürgen Graf, Cecile Mühlhoff, Gordon S Doig, Sebastian Reinartz, Kirsten Bode, Robert Dujardin, Karl-Christian Koch, Elke Roeb, Uwe Janssens
Critical Care 2008, 12:R92 (18 July 2008)
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Review   
Bench-to-bedside review: Rare and common viral infections in the intensive care unit – linking pathophysiology to clinical presentation
Nicholas Stollenwerk, Richart W Harper, Christian E Sandrock
Critical Care 2008, 12:219 (17 July 2008)
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Commentary   
High mobility group box-1 protein – one step closer to the clinic?
Tom Eirik Mollnes
Critical Care 2008, 12:168 (17 July 2008)
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Commentary   
World Wide Web resources on control of nosocomial infections
Ilias I Siempos, Konstantinos N Fragoulis, Matthew E Falagas
Critical Care 2007, 11:101 (17 July 2008)
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Research    
Comparison of functional residual capacity and static compliance of the respiratory system during a positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) ramp procedure in an experimental model of acute respiratory distress syndrome
Bernard Lambermont, Alexandre Ghuysen, Nathalie Janssen, Philippe Morimont, Gary Hartstein, Paul Gerard, Vincent D'Orio
Critical Care 2008, 12:R91 (16 July 2008)
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All reviews, commentaries and reports published in Critical Care become free to access 12 months after publication. See below for the latest free review.

Review   
John L Hick, Lewis Rubinson, Daniel T O'Laughlin, J Christopher Farmer
Critical Care 2007, 11:217 (19 June 2007)



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Journal club critique   
Scott A Crane, Clifton W Callaway, Eric B Milbrandt, David T Huang
Critical Care 2007, 12:302 (12 March 2008)




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