Review Year in Review 2006: The Critically Ill Patient in the Pediatric ICU Genaro Valladolid, Joseph Varon, Pilar Acosta The care of the critically ill patient in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) has remained an important topic…
Review Acid-Base Disturbance Analysis: Comparison of the Traditional and Stewart Approaches Hari Kushartono, Antonius H. Pudjiadi, Susetyo Harry Purwanto, Imral Chair, Darlan Darwis, Abdul Latief Abstract Introduction: The new approach to acid-base balance which initially proposed by Stewart in 1978 was success to provide…
Review Extra-Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: Neurosarcoidosis – Case Presentation and Literature Review Joseph Varon, Antonio DeGorordo, Pula P. Thaddeus, Mohammad Oreizi-Esfahani More than a century after the description of sarcoidosis, the disease remains not well understood. Sarcoidosis is an infl…
Review Non Infectious Pulmonary Complications after Bone Marrow Transplant with a Special Focus on Idiopathic Pneumonia Syndrome Tuhina Raman Pulmonary complications are a signifi cant cause of early mortality (up to 100 days) after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation…
Review Abdominal Sarcoidosis Bobbak Vahid, Timothy Lin Abstract Abdominal sarcoidosis is an uncommon form of sarcoidosis. The clinical presentation of esophageal, gastric, small bowel, colon, appendicular,…
Review Effectiveness Study of rHuEPO in the ICU Sandra L. Kane-Gill, Emily E. Castelli, Levent Kirisci, Ted L. Rice, Mitchell P. Fink Purpose: To evaluate the clinical outcomes and resource use in ICU patients receiving rHuEPO in a naturalistic setting. Methods:…
Review Critical Care of the Liver Transplant ICU Patients: A Pittsburgh “Point of View” Zoran Vukcevic, Paul E. Marik The purpose of this review is to summarize the advances in critical care management of the liver transplant ICU…
Review Severe Complications of Herbal Medicines Bobbak Vahid Herbal medicines are being increasingly used for treatment of variety of disorders. Herbal medicines are generally thought to lack…
Review Sublingual Capnometry: A Non-invasive Measure of Microcirculatory Dysfunction in Sepsis Paul E. Marik Sepsis is among the most common reason for admission to intensive care units throughout the world. Sepsis is characterized…
Review Cardiopulmonary Emergencies in Sarcoidosis Bobbak Vahid, Vinia Mendoza, Naisohn Arfai, Paul E. Marik Sarcoidosis is a systemic disease that commonly involves the lungs and the heart. Although rare, lifethreatening cardiopulmonary emergencies can…