Additional limitations need to be mentioned. As the study was conducted during working
hours only, merely 36% of all IHCA patients in the five contributing centers could be …

One of the most challenging aspects in the treatment of a post-cardiac arrest patient is the
assessment of the extent of brain damage, and its concomitant prognosis. Clinicians are …

In this issue of Critical Care Medicine, Tawil et al (1) provide a provocative report expanding
what is known about family presence in a new direction to include witnessing the process of …

We are most grateful to Drs. Price and Anwar (1) for their interest in our study as well as their
observations and thoughtful suggestions. Firstly, we would like to address the valid …

In patients with cardiac arrest (CA) cerebral oximetry has emerged as a real-time indicator of
oxygen delivery to the brain which could be used to optimise cerebral oxygenation during …

We are grateful for Genbrugge et al.'s comments regarding their experience of cerebral
oximtery using near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) as a dynamic rather than a static marker of …

We read with interest the article by Barrantes et al (1) evaluating the value of acute kidney
injury (AKI) in predicting outcome in critically ill patients. Barrantes et al used the definition …

Aims The aim of this pilot study was to explore the regional cerebral oxygen saturation (rSO
2) during the process of dying in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients in whom it was decided …

We read with interest the article by Masse et al (1) published in the recent issue of Critical
Care Medicine, in which the authors report that global cerebral blood flow (CBF) assessed …

Critical Care Medicine www. ccmjournal. org e689 relative risk, 0.83 [95% CI, 0.62–1.11])
and transfused RBC units (1.5±1.4 U/patient vs to 1.0±0.1 U/patient; p< 0.05), with no …