Andrew Rhodes

..To compare the survival and clinical outcomes of critically ill patients treated with the use of a pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) to those treated without the use of a PAC...

..Pulmonary vein thrombosis is difficult to diagnose clinically and usually requires a combination of conventionally used diagnostic modalities...

..The present study assesses the significance of raised levels of plasma DNA on admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) in terms of its ability to predict disease severity or prognosis...

..This study assesses the longer-term survival of patients from a previous randomized controlled trial of goal-directed therapy in high-risk surgical patients...

..Despite recent interest in measurement of central venous oxygen saturation (ScvO2), there are no published data describing the pattern of ScvO2 changes after major general surgery or any relationship with outcome...

..The European Surgical Outcomes Study was an international study designed to assess outcomes after non-cardiac surgery in Europe...

..Until recently the right ventricle's role in myocardial dynamics has not been fully appreciated. This article provides an overview of the pathophysiology, imaging and management of right ventricular dysfunction...

..The aim of the present study was to estimate the size of the high-risk general surgical population and to describe the outcome and intensive care unit (ICU) resource use...

..The key components of a fluid challenge are described...

..Pulmonary arterial catheterization and echocardiography are discussed in terms of their roles in diagnosis and treatment. Treatments include options to reduce right ventricular afterload, specific pulmonary vasodilators and inotropes...

..Haemodynamic driven early goal directed therapy are largely awaited in this field of medicine...

..The aim of this article is to review the most widely used less-invasive monitoring modalities, their technical characteristics and limitations regarding their clinical performance...

..The primary end point was the in-hospital mortality rate. The secondary end points were lengths of stay in the ICU and in hospital...

..The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of post-operative GDT on the incidence of complications and duration of hospital stay in patients undergoing general surgery...

..The purpose of this study was to examine the duration of accuracy of the pulse power algorithm in critically ill patients with respect to time when compared to measurements of cardiac output by an independent technique...

..DOT) and tympanic thermometer (Genius First Temp M3000A), against the gold standard pulmonary artery catheter, and to determine the clinical significance of any temperature discrepancy using an expert panel...

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..For this reason, unless there is a mechanism for compensating for changes in vasomotor tone, these algorithms are best used only over short time periods in order to get the most accurate and precise data on changes in cardiac output...

..Predictions of the need for critical care within the H1N1 influenza pandemic suggested overwhelming need beyond potential resources, necessitating rationing of care via triaging...

..This article focuses on some of the commonly used minimally invasive devices that rely on pulse contour waveform analysis...

..Despite the benefits seen, it remains a challenge to implement this management due to difficulties in identifying these patients, scepticism and lack of critical care resources...

..Increasing cardiac index to achieve an arbitrarily predefined elevated level is not recommended...

..was: in a population of ICU patients receiving positive pressure respiratory support (invasive or non-invasive) in the absence of non-respiratory AOF, what is the 14-day incidence of, risk factors for and time to acute organ failure?..

..We performed this review to update this body of literature and to examine the effect of changes in current practice and quality of care to see whether the conclusions from previous quantitative analyses of this field remain valid...

..To compare urine output between junior doctors in an intensive care unit and the patients for whom they are responsible...

..In this review a pragmatic approach to perioperative management is described, giving guidance on the identification of the high-risk patient and on the use of goal-directed haemodynamic therapy and beta blockade...

..Expert software capable of helping residents to interpret PAC data properly may improve the quality of care given to critically ill patients...

..To clarify the role of the pulmonary artery catheter in the intensive care unit...