Editorials:

Peter E. Morris and Cindy L. Munro

All ICUs Are Not Created Equal: Evaluating Pilot Studies Performed in Different Environments
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(4) 294-297, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009114 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Pearls:

Mary Jo Grap

Clinical Pearls
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(4) 298, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009101 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Distinguished Research Lecture:

Mary Jo Grap

Not-so-Trivial Pursuit: Mechanical Ventilation Risk Reduction
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(4) 299-309, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009724 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Quality of Life Issues:

Rebecca L. Dekker, Ann R. Peden, Terry A. Lennie, Mary P. Schooler, and Debra K. Moser

Living With Depressive Symptoms: Patients With Heart Failure
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(4) 310-318, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009672 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pediatric Critical Care:

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

Oral Care Interventions and Oropharyngeal Colonization in Children Receiving Mechanical Ventilation
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(4) 319-328, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009121 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CE Test]  

Critical Care Evaluation:

DaiWai M. Olson, Suzanne M. Thoyre, Stacey N. Bennett, Joanna B. Stoner, and Carmelo Graffagnino

Effect of Mechanical Chest Percussion on Intracranial Pressure: A Pilot Study
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(4) 330-335, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009523 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Ruth Kleinpell

Evidence-Based Review and Discussion Points
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(4) 336-337, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009951 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Elizabeth G. NeSmith, Sally P. Weinrich, Jeannette O. Andrews, Regina S. Medeiros, Michael L. Hawkins, and Martin Weinrich

Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome Score and Race As Predictors of Length of Stay in the Intensive Care Unit
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(4) 339-346, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009267 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CE Test]  

AJCC Patient Care Page:

Linda Bell

Nursing Care and Intracranial Pressure Monitoring
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(4) 338, doi: 10.4037/ajcc200485 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Gender Differences in Critical Care:

Eun Kyeung Song, Debra K. Moser, and Terry A. Lennie

Relationship of Depressive Symptoms to the Impact of Physical Symptoms on Functional Status in Women With Heart Failure
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(4) 348-356, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009450 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Families in Critical Care:

Nancy Baumhover and Linda Hughes

Spirituality and Support for Family Presence During Invasive Procedures and Resuscitations in Adults
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(4) 357-366, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009759 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [CE Test]  

Pulmonary Critical Care:

Virginia Prendergast, Ingalill Rahm Hallberg, Heidi Jahnke, Cindy Kleiman, and Peter Hagell

Oral Health, Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, and Intracranial Pressure in Intubated Patients in a Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(4) 368-376, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009621 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Current Controversies in Critical Care:

Lisa Day

Questions on Organ Donation and Hastening Death
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(4) 377-380, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009745 [Full Text] [PDF]  

ECG Puzzler:

Michele M. Pelter and Mary G. Carey

Long Pause
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(4) 381-382, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009525 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Education Directory:

Education Directory
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(4) 384-385 [PDF]  

Cases of Note:

J. W. B. de Groot, A. T. M. Gosselink, and J. P. Ottervanger

Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Associated With Diclofenac-Induced Anaphylaxis: Case Report
Am J Crit Care 2009 18(4) 388-386, doi: 10.4037/ajcc2009100 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

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