Author and Subject Index: Volume 18, 2009:

Author and Subject Index: Volume 18, 2009
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(6) e1-e7 [PDF]  

Editorials:

Peter E. Morris and Cindy L. Munro

Will Comparative Effectiveness Research Increase Patient Safety in Intensive Care Units?
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(6) 504-506, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009339 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letters:

Christelle Lizy, Nele Brusselaers, Sonia Labeau, Dominique Vandijck, David De Wandel, Dirk Vogelaers, and Stijn Blot

Oral Care, Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, and Counting Cultures
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(6) 507-509, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009699 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Response:

Mavilde L. G. Pedreira, Denise M. Kusahara, Silvia Cristina Núñez, and Maria Angélica S. Peterlini

Response
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(6) 508-509, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009285 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Pearls:

Mary Jo Grap

Clinical Pearls
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(6) 510, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009804 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Managing Editor's Note:

Melissa Jones

AJCC Goes Green
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(6) 511, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009342 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Commentary:

Beth Hammer, James Mathers, J. Randall Curtis, and Mitchell M. Levy

An Open Letter to President Obama on Health Care Reform
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(6) 512-513, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009874 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pediatric Critical Care:

Carol Hatler, Linda Buckwald, Zoraida Salas-Allison, and Cathleen Murphy-Taylor

Evaluating Central Venous Catheter Care in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(6) 514-520, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009168 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CE Test]  

AJCC Patient Care Page:

Linda Bell

Central Venous Catheters in Pediatric Patients
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(6) 522, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009162 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pulmonary Critical Care:

Robert Garcia, Linda Jendresky, Larry Colbert, Althea Bailey, Mohammed Zaman, and Mujbur Majumder

Reducing Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Through Advanced Oral-Dental Care: A 48-Month Study
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(6) 523-532, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009311 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ruth Kleinpell

Evidence-Based Review and Discussion Points
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(6) 533-534, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009254 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patient Safety Issues:

Ellen H. Elpern, Kathryn Killeen, Alice Ketchem, Amanda Wiley, Gourang Patel, and Omar Lateef

Reducing Use of Indwelling Urinary Catheters and Associated Urinary Tract Infections
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(6) 535-541, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009938 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CE Test]  

Families in Critical Care:

Marion Mitchell, Wendy Chaboyer, Elizabeth Burmeister, and Michelle Foster

Positive Effects of a Nursing Intervention on Family-Centered Care in Adult Critical Care
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(6) 543-552, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009226 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CE Test]  

Cardiovascular Critical Care:

Eun Kyeung Song, Youn-Jung Son, and Terry A. Lennie

Trait Anger, Hostility, Serum Homocysteine, and Recurrent Cardiac Events After Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(6) 554-561, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009974 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Misook L. Chung, Terry A. Lennie, Barbara Riegel, Jia-Rong Wu, Rebecca L. Dekker, and Debra K. Moser

Marital Status as an Independent Predictor of Event-Free Survival of Patients With Heart Failure
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(6) 562-570, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009388 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Critical Care Evaluation:

Juana Perpiñá-Galvañ and Miguel Richart-Martínez

Scales for Evaluating Self-Perceived Anxiety Levels in Patients Admitted to Intensive Care Units: A Review
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(6) 571-580, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009682 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Evidence Review:

Margo A. Halm

Hourly Rounds: What Does the Evidence Indicate?
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(6) 581-584, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009350 [Full Text] [PDF]  

ECG Puzzler:

Michele M. Pelter and Mary G. Carey

Sinus Node Dysfunction
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(6) 585-586, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009512 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Education Directory:

Education Directory
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(6) 587 [PDF]  

Cases of Note:

Kathryn S. Jaramillo, Elizabeth Scruth, and Eugene Cheng

Prolonged Paralysis and Apnea After Receiving a Neuromuscular Blocking Agent: What Nurses Should Know
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(6) 592-588, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009572 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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