2011: Year in Review - from rabbits to dragons

2011--year in review.

Year in review 2011: Critical Care - infection

Year in review 2011: Critical Care - respirology

Pathogenesis of acute respiratory distress syndrome Damage-associated DNA and microparticles Cell-free DNA is detected in blood in many diseases and can originate from necrotic cells or apoptotic processes to refl ect the extent of cellular damage. ARDS is associated with several acute diseases that may cause cell death and release of DNA into the bloodstream [1]. Okkonen and colleagues [2] per...

Year in review 2011: Critical Care - cardiology

We review key research papers in cardiology and intensive care published during 2011 in Critical Care and quote related studies published in other journals whenever appropriate. Papers are grouped into the following categories: cardiovascular therapies, mechanical therapies, biomarkers, prognostic markers, hemodynamic monitoring, cardiovascular diseases, microcirculation, hypertension in critic...

Update of the past year: a review from IDSA 2011.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America Annual Meeting serves as a time of expert review of the year's most important innovations. Important new information on HIV infection incidence was discussed. The remarkable efficacy of "treatment as prevention" in the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 052 study and the proper place of oral preexposure prophylaxis were among the important prevention...