Alain Vuylsteke

Dept of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Papworth Hospital, United Kingdom

Research interests

Translational research related to cardiothoracic anesthesiology and critical care. Oxygen therapeutics (blood substitutes): effect on vascular tone. Pulmonary hypertension and inhaled therapies. Mechanical support of the failing heart. Coagulation and cardiac surgery.

Any competing interests declared are displayed with individual evaluations.

Faculty Member: Anesthesiology & Pain Management > Cardiovascular Medicine in Anesthesia: Basic Science (since 19 December 2005)

Links

http://www.papworth-anaesthesia.supanet.com/bio/vuylsteke.htm

All recent recommendations

• 6.5
  Cell-free hemoglobin-based blood substitutes and risk of myocardial infarction and death: a meta-analysis.
  Recommended by John Augoustides, Eric Nylen with Nitin Seam, Alain Vuylsteke
  Dissent by Michael James
• 3.0
  Sleep quality in mechanically ventilated patients: comparison of three ventilatory modes.
  Recommended by Alain Vuylsteke
  
• 9.9
  A comparison of aprotinin and lysine analogues in high-risk cardiac surgery.
  Recommended by John Laffey, Alain Vuylsteke, John Augoustides
  Dissent by Neil Blumberg
• 7.6
  Hydrocortisone therapy for patients with septic shock.
  Recommended by Patrick Ray, Judy Kersten with Julien Amour, Greg McAnulty, Martin Dunser, John Laffey, Eric Nylen, Martin Llewelyn, Alain Vuylsteke, Robert Dluhy with Florencia Halperin
  Dissent by Greg Martin, Didier Journois with Guillaume Dubreuil
• 7.5
  Intensive insulin therapy and pentastarch resuscitation in severe sepsis.
  Recommended by Michael O'Connor, Andrew Davenport, Jean-Charles Preiser, Alain Vuylsteke, Mark Hamilton with Marcus Peck, Marius Terblanche with Luigi Camporota, Simon Nadel, John Myburgh, Martin Dunser
  
• 3.0
  Individual delirium symptoms: Do they matter?
  Recommended by Alain Vuylsteke
  
• 3.2
  Physician-attributable differences in intensive care unit costs: a single-center study.
  Recommended by Alain Vuylsteke, Olaf L Cremer
  
• 4.8
  Daily sedative interruption in mechanically ventilated patients at risk for coronary artery disease.
  Recommended by Herwig Gerlach, Alain Vuylsteke
  
• 3.0
  Procalcitonin as a diagnostic test for sepsis in critically ill adults and after surgery or trauma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
  Recommended by Alain Vuylsteke
  
• 3.0
  Treatment with phosphodiesterase inhibitors type III and V: milrinone and sildenafil is an effective combination during thromboxane-induced acute pulmonary hypertension.
  Recommended by Alain Vuylsteke
  
• 6.0
  Role of endogenous adenosine as a predictive marker of vasoplegia during cardiopulmonary bypass and postoperative severe systemic inflammatory response.
  Recommended by Alain Vuylsteke
  
• 3.0
  Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover pilot study of a potassium channel blocker in patients with septic shock.
  Recommended by Alain Vuylsteke
  
• 3.0
  Validity of unplanned admission to an intensive care unit as a measure of patient safety in surgical patients.
  Recommended by Alain Vuylsteke
  
• 3.0
  Fluconazole prophylaxis in critically ill surgical patients: a meta-analysis.
  Recommended by Alain Vuylsteke
  
• 3.0
  Negative impact of hypocaloric feeding and energy balance on clinical outcome in ICU patients.
  Recommended by Alain Vuylsteke
  
• 3.0
  Effects of prophylactic or therapeutic application of bovine haemoglobin HBOC-200 on ischaemia-reperfusion injury following acute coronary ligature in rats.
  Recommended by Alain Vuylsteke
  
• 3.0
  Low-dose hydrocortisone improves shock reversal and reduces cytokine levels in early hyperdynamic septic shock.
  Recommended by Alain Vuylsteke