Recent Publications

Included for each article is a link to the article abstract, an editorial, a slide set for your use, and a discussion group area. Articles chosen for this site contain potential practice changing research. We hope the articles and editorials will generate discussion of the findings, including issues and controversies amongst interested critical care practitioners.

Hydrocortisone infusion for severe community-acquired pneumonia: A preliminary randomized study Am J Respir Crit Care 2005;171:242-8, Confalonieri, Urbino, Potena et al.
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Sedation algorithm in critically ill patients without acute brain injury Crit Care Med 2005 Jan:33(1):120-7
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A comparison of albumen and saline for fluid resuscitation in the Intensive Care Unit: The SAFE Study Investigators N Engl J Med 2004: 350:2247-56
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Recombinant Factor VIIa as adjunctive therapy for bleeding control in severe trauma patients: Two parallel randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded trials. J Trauma 2005:59:8-18, Bofford KD, Rious B, Warren B. et al
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