Editorial “Judge a journal (also) by its cover” Joseph Varon, Simon Nanlohy When you received Critical Care and Shock today, you probably wondered why we changed its cover. For the second…
Abstracts Abstracts of the 4th General Scientific Meeting, Society of Intensive Care Medicine (Singapore) Simon Nanlohy Share Download PDF Abstracts of the 4th General Scientific Meeting, Society of Intensive Care Medicine (Singapore) (Part 2) File…
Evidence based medicine Cardiac troponin I elevation in subarachnoid hemorrhage: Should we worry? Joseph Varon, Joanna Molina, Robert E. Fromm, Jr. Troponin I can be used as a marker not only for cardiac outcome in patients with SAH; but also…
Evidence based medicine Hyperglycemia after trauma: Physiologic and tolerable or a possible threat that needs to be corrected? Joseph Varon, Gloria Salazar Admission hyperglycemia is associated with an increased morbidity and mortality in the critically ill trauma population studied by Sung…
Case report Demyelinating disease of the brain presenting as ring enhancing lesions in a critically ill patient Joseph Varon, Salim Surani, Robert Ortiz Garcia, Fabricio Zuniga A 26-year-old Latin-American woman with a history of alcohol and cocaine abuse was brought to the emergency department with…
Review IABP deployment in critical care Hafil B. Abdulgani, Dicky A. Wartono The Intra Aortic Balloon Pump (IABP) is an established support in addition to pharmacologic treatment of the failing heart…
Original Delayed neutrophil apoptosis in patients with multiple organ dysfunction syndrome Noha El Sakka, Helen F. Galley, Ola Sharaki, Myriam Helmy, Salah Marzouk, Shafik Azmy, Mona Sedrak, Nigel R. Webster Aged neutrophils undergo spontaneous apoptosis and delayed apoptosis is associated with persistence of inflammatory disorders through release of toxic…