ARTICLE OF THE MONTH

The Chair of the Editorial and Publication Committee, Salvatore Maggiore together with the journal Editor-in-Chief, Massimo Antonelli, select one (or more) article(s) per month among all of the manuscripts published in Intensive Care Medicine Online First and the print issue. The aim of this exercise is to provide you with a recently published manuscript on a timely topic that is commented and highlighted. It can serve as a basis for fruitful discussions and exchange of information within the Society and also with the co-authors. 

January 2012 (Two articles): 

Why substitute decision makers provide or decline consent for ICU research studies: a questionnaire study  

Sangeeta Mehta, Friederike Quittnat Pelletier, Maedean Brown, Cheryl Ethier, David Wells, Lisa Burry, Rod MacDonald; Volume 38, Issue 1 / January , 2012: 47 – 54 

Early detection of deteriorating ventilation by monitoring bilateral chest wall dynamics in the rabbit 

Dan Waisman, Anna Faingersh, Carmit Levy, Eugene Konyukhov, Fatmi Ifat Colman Klotzman, Avi Rotschild, Amir Landesberg; Volume 38, Issue 1 / January , 2012: 120 – 127 

For Clinical Implications, please see the January Newsletter.

December 2011 (Two articles): 

The ALIEN Study: Incidence and outcome of Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in the era of lung protective ventilation

Jesús Villar, Jesús Blanco, José Manuel Añón, Antonio Santos-Bouza, Lluís Blanch, Alfonso Ambrós, Francisco Gandía, Demetrio Carriedo, Fernando Mosteiro, Santiago Basaldúa, Rosa Lidia Fernández, Robert M. Kacmarek
 Original Volume 37, Issue 12 / December, 2011 Pages 1932 - 1941 

Predicting the success of non-invasive ventilation in preventing intubation and re-intubation in the paediatric intensive care unit

Christopher S. James, Christopher P. J. Hallewell, Dominique P. L. James, Angie Wade, Quen Q. Mok 
Paediatric Original
 Volume 37, Issue 12 / December, 2011 Pages 1994 - 2001

For Clinical Implications, please see the December Newsletter.

November 2011: 

Is influenza A(H1N1) pneumonia more severe than other community-acquired pneumonias? Results of the GiViTI survey of 155 Italian ICUs

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