Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine

Table of Contents I Genetic Factors Are Pharmacogenetics and Pharmacogenomics Important for Critically Ill Patients? C. Kirwan, I. MacPhee, and B. Philips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Genetic Susceptibility in ALI/ARDS: What have we Learned? R. Cartin-Ceba, M.N. Gong, and O. Gajic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Racial Disparities in Infection and Sepsis: Does Biology Matter? F.B. Mayr, S. Yende, and D.C. Angus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 II Cardiac Issues B-type Natriuretic Peptide: An Emerging Biomarker in Pediatric Critical Care P.E. Oishi, J.-H. Hsu, and J.R. Fineman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Cardiac Dysfunction in Septic Shock I. Cinel, R. Nanda, and R.P. Dellinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 The Consequences of Cardiac Autonomic Dysfunction in Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome H. Schmidt, U. Müller-Werdan, and K. Werdan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Quantification of Improved Left Ventricular Performance during Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy B. Lamia and M.R. Pinsky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Diastolic Dysfunction and Cardiac Failure in the Intensive Care Unit J. Poelaert, E. Osipowska, and C. Verborgh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Pharmacological Support of the Failing Right Ventricle P.F. Wouters, S. Rex, and C. Missant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Perioperative Cardioprotection H.-J. Priebe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 III Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Improving the Quality of Cardiac Arrest Resuscitation Care C.J. Dine and B.S. Abella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Arrest and Resuscitation A. Topjian, R.A. Berg, and V.M. Nadkarni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121