Portopulmonary hypertension and hepatopulmonary syndrome: two different entities affecting pulmonary vasculature in liver disease

G Martinez-Pallí, JB Vidal, J Beltran… - Critical care …, 2005 - journals.lww.com
We read with interest the recent study by Drs. Kaplan and Kellum (1) investigating the
discriminative power of the strong ion gap calculation in separating survivors from …

Hepatopulmonary syndrome and portopulmonary hypertension

G Auzinger, JA Wendon - Critical care medicine, 2005 - journals.lww.com
We read with great interest the article Dr. Swärd and colleagues, published in the June 2004
issue of Critical Care Medicine (1). Their effort is certainly commendable and brings forth a …

A role for one or more P450 enzymes in the response to sepsis

ET Morgan - Critical care medicine, 2005 - journals.lww.com
We read with interest the recent study by Drs. Kaplan and Kellum (1) investigating the
discriminative power of the strong ion gap calculation in separating survivors from …

Strong ion gap

EM Omron, RC Gilbert - Critical care medicine, 2005 - journals.lww.com
We read with interest the recent study by Drs. Kaplan and Kellum (1) investigating the
discriminative power of the strong ion gap calculation in separating survivors from …

Sonographic assessment of abdominal vein dimensional and hemodynamic changes induced in human volunteers by a model of abdominal hypertension

F Cavaliere, A Cina, D Biasucci, R Costa… - Critical care …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
In their article, Cavieliere and colleagues (1) assessed, in healthy volunteers, some of the
consequences of increased abdominal pressure. For this purpose they performed …

Why, when, and how to insert a hepatic vein catheter in critically ill patients

D De Backer, JL Vincent - Critical care medicine, 1999 - journals.lww.com
Hepatosplanchnic blood flow, gut mucosal oxygenation, splanchnic ischemia, and gut
hypoxia have become common phrases in medical literature relating to shock, sepsis, and …

Multiple beneficial actions of fructose 1, 6-biphosphate in sepsis-associated liver injury

J Muntané - Critical care medicine, 2006 - journals.lww.com
Following a physiologic stress, the organism initiates the so-called acute phase response,
which involves inflammatory mediators, hormones (thyroid hormones, steroids, sexual …

Importance of events per independent variable in logistic regression analysis

J Mallat - Critical care medicine, 2012 - journals.lww.com
I read with great interest the article by Dr. Aman and colleagues (1) aiming to identify
predictors for pulmonary edema development during fluid loading in the presumably …

CT Scan is still a valuable tool to assess hepatic encephalopathy pathophysiology in both acute and chronic liver diseases

N Weiss, D Thabut - Critical Care Medicine, 2018 - journals.lww.com
We read with interest the article of Liotta et al (1), published in a recent issue of Critical Care
Medicine, focusing on osmotic shifts, cerebral edema, and neurologic deterioration in severe …

Is the Pao2: fio2 ratio the best marker to monitor the blood-air barrier function in acute respiratory distress syndrome?

P Buonanno, A Marra, M Vargas… - Critical Care …, 2021 - journals.lww.com
To the Editor: We read with great interest the article of Lee et al (1), published in a recent
issue of Critical Care Medicine, which supported the hypotheses that percentage …