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  1. During mechanical ventilation, endotracheal tube cuff pressure should be maintained within proper range. We investigated the effect of frequent adjustment on cuff pressure in 27 mechanically ventilated patient...

    Authors: Asuka Motoyama, Shota Asai, Hiroyuki Konami, Yuri Matsumoto, Takuyo Misumi, Hideaki Imanaka and Masaji Nishimura
    Citation: Journal of Intensive Care 2014 2:7
  2. Landiolol is an ultra-short-acting β1-selective antagonist developed in Japan that was recently approved for the treatment of tachycardia in intensive care units (ICUs). This study investigated the protective eff...

    Authors: Junpei Tochikubo, Yushi U Adachi, Tadashi Ejima, Atsushi Numaguchi, Naoyuki Matsuda, Shigehito Sato and Norihiko Shiiya
    Citation: Journal of Intensive Care 2014 2:6
  3. It remains to be clarified if the application of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) is effective after extubation in patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure who require the sufficient level o...

    Authors: Takeshi Suzuki, Takuya Kurazumi, Shinya Toyonaga, Yuya Masuda, Yoshihisa Morita, Junichi Masuda, Shizuko Kosugi, Nobuyuki Katori and Hiroshi Morisaki
    Citation: Journal of Intensive Care 2014 2:5
  4. Postoperative atelectasis should be avoided in surgical patients with impaired pulmonary function. Nasal high-flow (NHF) therapy delivered by the Optiflow™ system (Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd., Auckland, Ne...

    Authors: Yasuyuki Suzuki and Yasushi Takasaki
    Citation: Journal of Intensive Care 2014 2:3
  5. Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is characterized by permeability pulmonary edema and refractory hypoxemia. Recently, the new definition of ARDS has been published, and this definition suggested seve...

    Authors: Younsuck Koh
    Citation: Journal of Intensive Care 2014 2:2
  6. The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score of an individual with hypoglycemia is expected to be low due to an insufficient glucose supply to the brain. However, we sometimes encounter hypoglycemic patients with high G...

    Authors: Atsushi Kotera, Shinsuke Iwashita, Hiroki Irie, Junichi Taniguchi, Shunji Kasaoka and Yoshihiro Kinoshita
    Citation: Journal of Intensive Care 2014 2:1
  7. Sepsis is a major risk factor for the development of thrombocytopenia, but few studies have specifically evaluated prognostic importance of thrombocytopenia in patients with sepsis. We investigated the inciden...

    Authors: Chakradhar Venkata, Rahul Kashyap, J Christopher Farmer and Bekele Afessa
    Citation: Journal of Intensive Care 2013 1:9
  8. Dexmedetomidine is a highly selective central α2-agonist with anesthetic and analgesic properties for patients in intensive care units. There is little information about the relationship between dosage and plasma...

    Authors: Yoshihito Fujita, Koichi Inoue, Tasuku Sakamoto, Saya Yoshizawa, Maiko Tomita, Yoshie Maeda, Hitomi Taka, Ai Muramatsu, Youichiro Hattori, Hiroyuki Hirate, Toshimasa Toyo'oka and Kazuya Sobue
    Citation: Journal of Intensive Care 2013 1:15
  9. Limited studies are available on prevalence and severity of vitamin D deficiency in a critically ill population. To the best of our knowledge, this the first study of its kind in an Indian intensive care set-up.

    Authors: Afzal Azim, Armin Ahmed, Subhash Yadav, Arvind K Baronia, Mohan Gurjar, Madan M Godbole, Banani Poddar and Ratender K Singh
    Citation: Journal of Intensive Care 2013 1:14
  10. Epinephrine administration has been advocated for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for decades. Despite the fact that epinephrine administration during CPR is internationally accepted, the effects of the pr...

    Authors: Mineji Hayakawa, Satoshi Gando, Hirotoshi Mizuno, Yasufumi Asai, Yasuo Shichinohe, Isao Takahashi and Hiroshi Makise
    Citation: Journal of Intensive Care 2013 1:12
  11. In patients with severe sepsis, depression of cardiac performance is common and is often associated with left ventricular (LV) dilatation to maintain stroke volume. Although it is essential to optimize cardiac...

    Authors: Tomoyuki Endo, Shigeki Kushimoto, Satoshi Yamanouchi, Teruo Sakamoto, Hiroyasu Ishikura, Yasuhide Kitazawa, Yasuhiko Taira, Kazuo Okuchi, Takashi Tagami, Akihiro Watanabe, Junko Yamaguchi, Kazuhide Yoshikawa, Manabu Sugita, Yoichi Kase, Takashi Kanemura, Hiroyuki Takahashi…
    Citation: Journal of Intensive Care 2013 1:11
  12. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus is still a great concern, and recognition of the carrier is essential for appropriate infection control in intensive care units. The utility of wet swab compared to dry...

    Authors: Hideharu Hagiya, Mitsunobu Mio, Tomoko Murase, Keiko Egawa, Yumi Kokumai, Taeko Uchida, Naoki Morimoto, Fumio Otsuka and Sumiko Shiota
    Citation: Journal of Intensive Care 2013 1:10
  13. Subcutaneous emphysema is not a rare complication in intensive care unit patients. Recently, ultrasound guidance for central venous puncture is becoming popular; however, the information on imaging for subcuta...

    Authors: Toshi Kubodera, Yushi U Adachi, Toshiyuki Hatano, Tadashi Ejima, Atsushi Numaguchi and Naoyuki Matsuda
    Citation: Journal of Intensive Care 2013 1:8
  14. Strongyloidiasis is a parasitic infection that occurs in tropical regions. Hyperinfection, which is an accelerated autoinfection, is often associated with an immunosuppressive state, such as HTLV-1 infection o...

    Authors: Yoshiaki Iwashita, Kei Suzuki, Asami Masui, Eiji Kawamoto, Kazuto Yokoyama, Akitaka Yamamoto, Yukinari Omori, Ken Ishikura, Tsuyoshi Hatada, Masaki Fujioka, Taichi Takeda and Hiroshi Imai
    Citation: Journal of Intensive Care 2013 1:7
  15. Although heated humidifiers (HHs) are the most efficient humidifying device for mechanical ventilation, some HHs do not provide sufficient humidification when the inlet temperature to the water chamber is high...

    Authors: Yusuke Chikata, Mutsuo Onodera, Hideaki Imanaka and Masaji Nishimura
    Citation: Journal of Intensive Care 2013 1:6

    The Erratum to this article has been published in Journal of Intensive Care 2013 1:16

  16. The Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS) course has been introduced after minimal adaptation according to Japanese clinical settings. The original course in the USA is often used to prepare residents for r...

    Authors: Kazuaki Atagi, Shinichi Nishi, Shigeki Fujitani, Takamitsu Kodama, Junya Ishikawa and Hideki Shimaoka
    Citation: Journal of Intensive Care 2013 1:5
  17. Although some studies conducted outside of Japan have addressed the effectiveness of intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) in treating infections, the dosing regimens and amounts used in Japan are very different ...

    Authors: Nobuyuki Hamano, Kenichiro Nishi, Aki Onose, Akihisa Okamoto, Takeshi Umegaki, Etsuko Yamazaki, Kiichi Hirota, Hiroe Ookura, Hakuo Takahashi and Koh Shingu
    Citation: Journal of Intensive Care 2013 1:4
  18. Treatment of infections caused by multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas species is difficult because few antibiotics active against such organisms are available. Arbekacin, a relatively new aminoglycoside, is effective...

    Authors: Yoshiaki Iwashita, Tomoyuki Enokiya, Kei Suzuki, Kazuto Yokoyama, Akitaka Yamamoto, Ken Ishikura, Masahiro Okuda and Hiroshi Imai
    Citation: Journal of Intensive Care 2013 1:3
  19. Semi-quantitative Gram stain and culture methods are still commonly used for diagnosing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), due to its convenience. Only a few studies, however, have assessed the reliability...

    Authors: Soshi Hashimoto and Nobuaki Shime
    Citation: Journal of Intensive Care 2013 1:2