Peter M. Suter

TL;DR: ICU-acquired infection is common and often associated with microbiological isolates of resistant organisms, and the potential effects on outcome emphasize the importance of specific measures for infection control in critically ill patients.

TL;DR: Mechanical ventilation can induce a cytokine response that may be attenuated by a strategy to minimize overdistention and recruitment/derecruitment of the lung, and these physiological improvements are associated with improvements in clinical end points.

TL;DR: A good correlation between clinical score and quantitative bacteriology was observed and patients with pulmonary infection could be distinguished by a BI greater than or equal to 5 with a sensitivity of 93% and a specificity of 100% (B-BAL).

TL;DR: The intensity of Candida colonization assessed by systematic screening helps predicting subsequent infections with identical strains in critically ill patients, and offers opportunity for intervention strategies.

TL;DR: Mechanical ventilation can induce a cytokine response that may be attenuated by a strategy to minimize overdistention and recruitment/derecruitment of the lung and whether these physiological improvements are associated with improvements in clinical end points should be determined.