Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Issue 05 · Volume 32 · October 2011 DOI: 10.1055/s-002-22310 Organ Failure in the Intensive Care Unit Jean-Louis Vincent M.D. Ph.D.

PREFACE

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Vincent, Jean-Louis: Organ Failure in the Intensive Care Unit

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Ferreira, Alberto Mendonca Pires; Sakr, Yasser: Organ Dysfunction: General Approach, Epidemiology, and Organ Failure Scores

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Bodson, Laurent; Bouferrache, Koceila; Saleh, Mohamed; Charron, Cyril; Vieillard-Baron, Antoine: Organ Failure in the ICU: Cardiac Alterations

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Edul, Vanina S Kanoore; Dubin, Arnaldo; Ince, Can: The Microcirculation as a Therapeutic Target in the Treatment of Sepsis and Shock

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Opal, Steven M: Immunologic Alterations and the Pathogenesis of Organ Failure in the ICU

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Fullerton, James N; Singer, Mervyn: Organ Failure in the ICU: Cellular Alterations

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Naval, Neeraj; Chandolu, Satish; Mirski, Marek: Organ Failure: Central Nervous System

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Patel, Ankitkumar K; Hollenberg, Steven M: Cardiovascular Failure and Cardiogenic Shock

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Sweeney, Rob Mac; McAuley, Daniel F; Matthay, Michael A: Acute Lung Failure

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Puleo, Francesco; Arvanitakis, Marianna; Van Gossum, André; Preiser, Jean-Charles: Gut Failure in the ICU

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Bellomo, Rinaldo: Acute Renal Failure

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Levi, Marcel; Schultz, Marcus: Hematologic Failure