Abstract
The following survey is supposed to present the most important new therapeutic approaches und the current standard of treatment in intensive care medicine including pathophysiological and diagnostic aspects of important diseases, particularly sepsis, septic and cardiogenic shock. Furthermore, advances in the following issues are summarized in detail: ventilation, especially acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and the broad spectrum of non-invasive ventilation, new therapeutic options in the field of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and the importance of albumin dialysis in acute liver failure.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Algorithms
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Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
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Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
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Antifungal Agents / administration & dosage
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Antifungal Agents / therapeutic use
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Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
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Critical Care*
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Emergencies
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Humans
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Intensive Care Units
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Liver Failure, Acute / therapy
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Prognosis
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Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
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Renal Dialysis
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Respiration, Artificial / methods
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Respiratory Distress Syndrome / diagnosis
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Respiratory Distress Syndrome / physiopathology
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Respiratory Distress Syndrome / therapy
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Sepsis / drug therapy
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Sepsis / physiopathology
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Sepsis / therapy
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Shock, Cardiogenic / diagnosis
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Shock, Cardiogenic / drug therapy
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Shock, Cardiogenic / physiopathology
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Shock, Cardiogenic / therapy
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Shock, Septic / diagnosis
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Shock, Septic / drug therapy
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Shock, Septic / physiopathology
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Shock, Septic / therapy
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Time Factors
Substances
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Anti-Bacterial Agents
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Antifungal Agents