Intensive Care Medicine In 10 Years (update In Intensive Care And Emergency Medicine)

43 Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine Edited by J.-L. Vincent M.P. Fink P.M. Suter W.J. Sibbald (Eds.) Intensive Care Medicine in 10 Years With 70 Figures and 43 Tables 123 Series Editor Prof. Jean-Louis Vincent Head, Department of Intensive Care Erasme University Hospital Route de Lennik 808, 1070 Brussels Belgium [email protected] Volume Editors Professor Michell P. Fink Chair, Department of Critical Care Medicine University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Suite 616A, Scaife Hall 3550 Terrace St. Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA Professor Peter M. Suter Head, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology, and Surgical Intensive Care University Hospital Rue Michel-du-Crest 24 1211 Geneva 14 Switzerland Professor William J. Sibbald Physician-in-Chief Department of Medicine Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Sciences Centre University of Toronto 2075 Bayview Avenue, Suite D4, 74 Toronto, M4N 3M5 Canada ISSN 0933-6788 ISBN-10 3-540-26092-7 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg NewYork ISBN-13 987-3-540-26092-9 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg NewYork Library of Congress Control Number: 2005932381 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfi lms or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. Springer is a part of Springer Science+Business Media springeronline.com © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006 Printed in Germany The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Product liability: The publishers cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information about dosage and application contained in this book. In every individual case the user must check such information by consulting the relevant literature. Editor: Dr. Ute Heilmann, Heidelberg, Germany Desk Editor: Hiltrud Wilbertz, Heidelberg, Germany Typsetting: Satz-Druck-Service, Leimen, Germany Production: Pro Edit GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany Cover design: design & production GmbH, 69126 Heidelberg, Germany Printed on acid-f