Background Insertion of a central venous catheter (CVC) is common practice in critical care
medicine. Complications arising from CVC placement are mostly due to a pneumothorax or …

Background Post-cardiac arrest (CA) patients are at risk of secondary ischemic damage in
the case of suboptimal brain oxygenation during an ICU stay. We hypothesized that elevated …

Introduction To use screening cardiac troponin (cTn) measurements and electrocardiograms
(ECGs) to determine the incidence of elevated cTn and of myocardial infarction (MI) in …

Introduction We wanted to determine the number of cold bolus injections that are necessary
for achieving an acceptable level of precision for measuring cardiac index (CI), indexed …

Methods A prospective study in 45 patients (43 mechanically ventilated, 32 male). Age
57.6±19.4, BMI 25.3±4.4, SAPS II 51.5±16.9, APACHE II 25.3±10.3 and SOFA score 9.4±3.3 …

Introduction At birth, lung fluid is rapidly cleared to allow gas exchange. As pulmonary
sonography discriminates between liquid and air content, we have used it to monitor …

Introduction During therapeutic hypothermia (TH), electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities
such as Osborn waves and/or ST-segment elevation have been described. However, the …

Introduction The mortality benefit of whole-body computed tomography (CT) in early trauma
management remains controversial and poorly understood. The objective of this study was …

Introduction Correct bedside measurement of intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) is important.
The bladder method is considered as the gold standard for indirect IAP measurement, but …

Introduction We studied the diagnostic accuracy of bedside lung ultrasound (the presence of
a comet-tail sign), N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and clinical …