See related viewpoint by Guidet et al., http://ccforum.com/content/14/5/325 I read with interest the viewpoint by Guidet and colleagues addressing controversies regarding colloid solution carrier fluids [ 1].
See related viewpoint by Schetz et al., http://ccforum.com/content/17/1/302 After publication of their article [ 1], the authors noticed two errors in their viewpoint.
See related viewpoint by Marik and Bellomo, http://ccforum.com/content/17/2/305 Marik and Bellomo reason that stress hyperglycemia might be an essential survival response [ 1].
See related viewpoint by Cornet et al., http://ccforum.com/content/17/2/313 Congratulations to Cornet and colleagues [ 1] for their article questioning the use of supplemental oxygen in medical emergencies.
See related viewpoint by Martin et al., http://ccforum.com/content/14/4/315 Intensivists direct much effort toward maintaining tissue oxygenation in critically ill patients.
See related viewpoint by Cohen et al., http://ccforum.com/content/16/1/303 Cohen and colleagues' recent viewpoint emphasised that handover is not a unilateral transfer of information and that when poorly conducted it can degrade quality of care [ 1].
See related viewpoint by Dünser et al., http://ccforum.com/content/17/5/326 We respectfully disagree with several key assertions made by Dünser and colleagues [ 1] in this issue of Critical Care and consider their approach to resuscitation to be potentially harmful.
See related viewpoint by Esiri, http://alzres.com/content/2/2/10 Dementia encompassing deteriorations in several cognitive domains can be caused by a large variety of disorders, disturbing brain functions due to loss of synapses and neurons.
See related viewpoint by Sherren et al., http://ccforum.com/content/17/2/308 According to popular studies, the attempted resuscitation of patients in traumatic cardiac arrest in the prehospital care environment should not be pursued due to undo risk to the provider and has been shown to be ineffective.
See related viewpoint by Sondergaard, http://ccforum.com/content/17/6/327 In a recent article about pulse pressure variation (PPV), after 4 pages of physiologic explanations, Dr Sondergaard finally concluded that 'the subject is an exceptional demonstration of physiology but hardly guides the management of critically ill patients' [ 1].
See related viewpoint by Cornet et al., http://ccforum.com/content/17/2/313 In the previous issue of Critical Care, Alexander Cornet and colleagues reasoned quite convincingly that the liberal use of supplemental oxygen, which is common in the resuscitation of critically ill patients, may be detrimental instead of beneficial [ 1].
