MEDICINA
INTENSIVA

Editor: Rui Moreno
Associated-Editors: Eduardo Almeida, Eduardo Silva

Board:
Cheila Simões
Emília Torres
José Andrade Gomes
José Chaves Caminha
Maria Purificação Oliveira
Paulo Baltazar
Pedro Póvoa
Ricardo Matos
Rui Seca

Scientific Council:
Ana Picado
Cristina Veríssimo
Fernando Rua
Filomena Martins
Isabel Pereira Lopes
Jaime Duarte
Jesus Raposo
Jorge Miranda
Jorge Pimentel
Maria Helena Mota Silva
Maria José Rebocho
Pedro Abecasis

Secretary: Cristina Sousa

• Editorial - Heart-lung interactions
  José Andrade Gomes
• Determinants of ventilation time in patients with chronic respiratory insufficiency
  Sandra Marques, Paulo Marcelino, Susan Marum, Ana Paula Fernandes, Mário Rui Silva, Joaquim Palmeiro Ribeiro
• ALI and ARDS: The European Experience
  Luca Brazzi, Guido Bertolini
• High frequency oscillator ventilation (HFOV) a new strategy in the treatment of patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome and low lung compliance pathologies
  Amanda Alves
• Audit of ICUs by professionals: A french experience
  Bertrand Guidet
• The costs of intensive care
  David Edbrooke, Margaret Corcoran, Joanne Dean, Clare Hibber, Elizabeth Coates, Philip Jacobs
• How much does it cost to survives in the intensive care unit?
  Clare Hibber, Margaret Corcoran, Joanne Dean, David Edbrooke, Elizabeth Coates, Philip Jacobs
• Evaluation of the severity of illness
  Phillip Metnitz
• The utilization of neuronal nets and genetic algoritms in big databases
  Milo Engoren
• Ethics in intensive care medicine
  Paulo Maia
• Corticosteroids in the patient with sepsis and septic shock
  Rui Moreno, Ricardo Matos, Teresa Fevereiro
• The use of thorax X-ray in the location of pneumothorax in ventilated patients
  Cristina João, Patrícia Carrilho, Alfredo Leite, Cristina Miranda, Isabel Serra,Luís Revés, Teresa Brandão, Paulo Freitas
• Tricyclic antidepressants intoxication in an intensive care unit
  Susana Oliveira, Vitor Lopes, Miguel Robalo, Chantre Lima, Armindo Ramos, Eduardo Silva
• Radiography of the month
  Victor Brotas
• How I ventilate a patient in prone position
  Cheila Simões
• The cardiologist and intensive care medicine
  Maria de Lurdes Ferreira
• Guidelines for publication and peer review of the Portuguese Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

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Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Intensiva 2001; 2:159-160

Determinants of ventilation time in patients with chronic respiratory insufficiency
Sandra Marques, Paulo Marcelino, Susan Marum, Ana Paula Fernandes, Mário Rui Silva, Joaquim Palmeiro Ribeiro
Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos, Hospital Curry Cabral
Lisboa, Portugal

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Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Intensiva 2001; 2:161-164

ALI and ARDS: The European Experience (apresentado no CIMC´2000)
Luca Brazzi1, Guido Bertolini2
¹ Istituto di Anestesia e Rianimazione, Ospedale Maggiore IRCCS, Milano – Italy
² Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche "Mario Negri": Centro di Ricerche Cliniche per le Malattie Rare Aldo e Cele Daccò – Ranica (Bergamo), Italy.

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Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Intensiva 2001; 2:165-168

High frequency oscillator ventilation (HFOV) a new strategy in the treatment of patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome and low lung compliance pathologies
Amanda Alves
Serviço de Medicina , Hospital gracia de Orta, Almada, Portugal

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Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Intensiva 2001; 2:169-172

Audit of ICUs by professionals: A french experience (presented in CIMC´2000)
Bertrand Guidet, for the Groupe de Recherche en Audit Hospitalier (GRAH), Paris, France

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Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Intensiva 2001; 2:173-177

The costs of intensive care (presented in CIMC´2000)
David Edbrooke¹, Margaret Corcoran², Joanne Dean³, Clare Hibber⁴, Elizabeth Coates⁵, Philip Jacobs⁶

1. Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Medical Economics and Research Centre, Sheffield (MERCS). Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield, United Kingdom
2. Researcher, Medical Economics and Research Centre, Sheffield (MERCS), Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield, United Kingdom
3. Research Associate, Medical Economics and Research Centre, Sheffield (MERCS), Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield, United Kingdom
4. Senior Researcher, Medical Economics and Research Centre, Sheffield (MERCS), Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield, United Kingdom
5.Research Associate, Medical Economics and Research Centre, Sheffield (MERCS), Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield, United Kingdom
6. Professor of Health Economics, Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Canada

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Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Intensiva 2001; 2:183-186

How much does it cost to survives in the intensive care unit ? (presented in CIMC´2000)
Clare L Hibbert¹, Margaret Corcoran², Joanne Dean³, David Edbrooke⁴, Elizabeth Coates⁵, Philip Jacobs D⁶

1. Senior Researcher, Medical Economics and Research Centre, Sheffield (MERCS), Intensive Care Unit, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, United Kingdom
2. Researcher, Medical Economics and Research Centre, Sheffield (MERCS), Intensive Care Unit, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, United Kingdom
3. Research Associate, Medical Economics and Research Centre, Sheffield (MERCS), Intensive Care Unit, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, United Kingdom
4. Consultant in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Medical Economics and Research Centre, Sheffield (MERCS), Intensive Care Unit, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, United Kingdom
5. Research Associate, Medical Economics and Research Centre, Sheffield (MERCS), Intensive Care Unit, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, United Kingdom
6. Professor of Health Economics, Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Canada

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Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Intensiva 2001; 2:179-181

Evaluation of the severity of illness (presented in CIMC´2000)
Philipp G. H. Metnitz
Department of Anesthesiology and General Intensive Care
University Hospital Vienna
Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria

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Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Intensiva 2001; 2:187-188

The utilization of neuronal nets and genetic algoritms in big databases (presented in CIMC´2000)
Milo Engoren
Department of Anesthesiology
St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center
2213 Cherry Street
Toledo, OH 43617
USA

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Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Intensiva 2001; 2:189-192

Ethics in intensive care medicine (presented in CIMC´2000)
Paulo Maia
Serviço de Medicina Intensiva
Hospital Geral de Santo António
Porto, Portugal

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Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Intensiva 2001; 2:193-195

Corticosteroids in the patient with sepsis and septic shock
Rui Moreno, Ricardo Matos, Teresa Fevereiro
Unidade de Cuidados Intensivos Polivalente, Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos
Lisboa, Portugal

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Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Intensiva 2001; 2:197-200

The use of thorax X-ray in the location of pneumothorax in ventilated patients
Cristina João, Patrícia Carrilho, Alfredo Leite, Cristina Miranda, Isabel Serra,Luís Revés, Teresa Brandão, Paulo Freitas
UCIP, Hospital Fernando da Fonseca, Amadora, Portugal

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Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Intensiva 2001; 2:201-202

Tricyclic antidepressants intoxication in an intensive care unit
Susana Oliveira, Vitor Lopes, Miguel Robalo, Chantre Lima, Armindo Ramos, Eduardo Silva
UCIP, Hospital do Desterro, Lisboa, Portugal

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Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Intensiva 2001; 2:203-205

Radiography of the month
Victor Brotas
Serviço 3, Medicina
Hospital de Santo António dos Capuchos, Lisboa, Portugal

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Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Intensiva 2001; 2:207-208

How I ventilate a patient in prone position
Cheila Simões
UCI, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal

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Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Intensiva 2001; 2:209-210

The cardiologist and intensive care medicine
Maria de Lurdes Ferreira
Serviço de Cardiologia, UCI, Hospital de Santa Marta, Lisboa, Portugal

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Revista Portuguesa de Medicina Intensiva 2001; 2:211-212