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Intensive care

The ICU patient requires an adapted monitoring and treatment according to his clinical condition. Tubes and catheters are often needed to assure this monitoring and therefore involve complications related by the gesture of placing these apparatus and result in an increased risk of nosocomial infections. N. Schütz & K. Bendjelid are working on the developpement of alternatives ways to monitor patients and obtain the information necessary to their treatment. K. Bendjelid, in collaboration with the other members of the group, uses his abilities in echocardiography to analyse the interaction between the cardiovascular system and the respiratory system during mechanical ventilation.
Mechanical ventilation delivers respiratory assistance for patients presenting acute respiratory distress. Commonly, to ensure the patient's comfort and enable the delivery of artificial ventilation, sedatives are given. To this day the level of sedation that best suits ICU patients is still unknown. M. Treggiari & S. Brunner are currently studying this in order to define therapeutic limits for sedation In parallel, C-P. Heidegger is working on understanding the transitional phase between mechanical and spontaneous ventilation.

Group's publications

Enteral vs. parenteral nutrition for the critically ill patient: a combined support should be preferred.
CURRENT OPINION IN CRITICAL CARE
2008 vol. 14(4) pp. 408-414
HEIDEGGER CLAUDIA, DARMON P, PICHARD C

The pulse oximetry plethysmographic curve revisited.
CURRENT OPINION IN CRITICAL CARE
2008 vol. 14(3) pp. 348-353
BENDJELID KARIM

Reducing pain in patients undergoing cardiac surgery after implementation of a quality improvement postoperative pain treatment program.
JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE
2008 vol. 23(3) pp. 359-371
DIBY M, ROMAND JA, FRICK S, HEIDEGGER CLAUDIA, WALDER B

Differences in critical care practice between an industrialized and a developing country.
WIENER KLINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT
2008 vol. 120(19-20) pp. 600-607
DÜNSER MW AND AL.

Autoinducer production and quorum-sensing dependent phenotypes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa vary according to isolation site during colonization of intubated patients
BMC MICROBIOLOGY [COMPUTER FILE]
2007 vol. 7 pp. 33-
FAVRE-BONTÉ SABINE, CHAMOT ERIC, KÖHLER THILO, ROMAND JACQUES-ANDRÉ, VAN DELDEN CHRISTIAN

Hospitalized mechanically ventilated patients are at higher risk of enteral underfeeding than non-ventilated patients
CLINICAL NUTRITION
2006 vol. 25 pp. 727-735
KYLE UG, GENTON L, HEIDEGGER CP, MAISONNEUVE N, KARSEGARD VL, HUBER O, MENSI N, ROMAND JA, JOLLIET P, PICHARD C

Body habitus should not considerably affect the interpretation of hemodynamic measurements: Huge news?
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
2006 vol. 34 pp. 1289-1290
BENDJELID K

Intrathoracic blood volume and global end-diastolic volume should be included among indexes used in intensive care for assessment of fluid responsiveness in spontaneously breathing patients - Reply
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
2006 vol. 34 pp. 2267-2267
BENDJELID K, ROMAND JA

Assessing fluid responsiveness with esophageal Doppler dynamic indices: concepts and methods
INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE
2006 vol. 32 pp. 1088-1088
BENDJELID K

Continuous cardiac output monitoring after cardiopulmonary bypass: a comparison with bolus thermodilution measurement
INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE
2006 vol. 32(6) pp. 919-922
BENDJELID K, SCHÜTZ N, SUTER PM, ROMAN JA

Adding a dialysis dose to continuous hemofiltration increases survival in patients with acute renal failure
KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL
2006 vol. 70(7) pp. 1312-1317
SAUDAN P, NIEDERBERGER M, DE SEIGNEUX S, ROMAND J, PUGIN J, PERNEGER T, MARTIN PY

Comments on 'The influence of cardiac preload and positive end-expiratory pressure on the pre-ejection period'
PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT
2006 vol. 27 pp. 1-2
BENDJELID K

The respiratory change in preejection period: A new method to predict fluid responsiveness
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY: RESPIRATORY, ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY
2004 vol. 96 pp. 337-342
BENDJELID K, SUTER PM, ROMAND JA

Air cysts and bronchiectasis prevail in nondependent areas in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: A computed tomographic study of ventilator-associated changes
CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE
2002 vol. 30 pp. 1747-1752
TREGGIARI M, ROMAND JA, MARTIN JB, SUTER PM

Correlation between measured inferior vena cava diameter and right atrial pressure depends on the echocardiographic method used in patients who are mechanically ventilated
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY
2002 vol. 15 pp. 944-949
BENDJELID K, ROMAND JA, WALDER B, SUTER PM, FOURNIER G

The response to repeated nitric oxide inhalation is inconsistent in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome
ANESTHESIOLOGY
1998 vol. Vol 88 pp. 634-641
TREGGIARI-VENZI M, RICOU B, ROMAND JA, SUTER PM

Overnight sedation with midazolam or propofol in the ICU: effects on sleep quality, anxiety and depression
INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE
1996 vol. 22(11) pp. 1186-1190
TREGGIARI-VENZI M, BORGEAT A, FUCHS-BUDER T, GACHOUD JP, SUTER PM

Research's domains

SEDATION AND ANALGESIA
MECHANICAL VENTILATION AND ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE
HEMODYNAMIC
VOLUMIC REANIMATION
MONITORING




DATABASE-RESEARCH	GROUP OF CLINICAL PATIENT RESEARCH

Jacques-André ROMAND	Head of group CV	Research subject	Members of the group


	Links about the group Dr. J.-A. ROMAND HUG/ Dpt APSIC Serv Soins intensifs chirurgi Rue Gabrielle-Perret-Gentil 4 1211 Genève 14 Suisse jacques-andre.romand@hcuge.ch Tel.: 022/ 382.74.60 Fax: 022/ 382. 74. 70 Comments Pages updated the 17.11.2015		Reseach's subject \| Group's publications \| Research's domains Intensive care The ICU patient requires an adapted monitoring and treatment according to his clinical condition. Tubes and catheters are often needed to assure this monitoring and therefore involve complications related by the gesture of placing these apparatus and result in an increased risk of nosocomial infections. N. Schütz & K. Bendjelid are working on the developpement of alternatives ways to monitor patients and obtain the information necessary to their treatment. K. Bendjelid, in collaboration with the other members of the group, uses his abilities in echocardiography to analyse the interaction between the cardiovascular system and the respiratory system during mechanical ventilation. Mechanical ventilation delivers respiratory assistance for patients presenting acute respiratory distress. Commonly, to ensure the patient's comfort and enable the delivery of artificial ventilation, sedatives are given. To this day the level of sedation that best suits ICU patients is still unknown. M. Treggiari & S. Brunner are currently studying this in order to define therapeutic limits for sedation In parallel, C-P. Heidegger is working on understanding the transitional phase between mechanical and spontaneous ventilation. Group's publications Enteral vs. parenteral nutrition for the critically ill patient: a combined support should be preferred. CURRENT OPINION IN CRITICAL CARE 2008 vol. 14(4) pp. 408-414 HEIDEGGER CLAUDIA, DARMON P, PICHARD C The pulse oximetry plethysmographic curve revisited. CURRENT OPINION IN CRITICAL CARE 2008 vol. 14(3) pp. 348-353 BENDJELID KARIM Reducing pain in patients undergoing cardiac surgery after implementation of a quality improvement postoperative pain treatment program. JOURNAL OF CRITICAL CARE 2008 vol. 23(3) pp. 359-371 DIBY M, ROMAND JA, FRICK S, HEIDEGGER CLAUDIA, WALDER B Differences in critical care practice between an industrialized and a developing country. WIENER KLINISCHE WOCHENSCHRIFT 2008 vol. 120(19-20) pp. 600-607 DÜNSER MW AND AL. Autoinducer production and quorum-sensing dependent phenotypes of Pseudomonas aeruginosa vary according to isolation site during colonization of intubated patients BMC MICROBIOLOGY [COMPUTER FILE] 2007 vol. 7 pp. 33- FAVRE-BONTÉ SABINE, CHAMOT ERIC, KÖHLER THILO, ROMAND JACQUES-ANDRÉ, VAN DELDEN CHRISTIAN Hospitalized mechanically ventilated patients are at higher risk of enteral underfeeding than non-ventilated patients CLINICAL NUTRITION 2006 vol. 25 pp. 727-735 KYLE UG, GENTON L, HEIDEGGER CP, MAISONNEUVE N, KARSEGARD VL, HUBER O, MENSI N, ROMAND JA, JOLLIET P, PICHARD C Body habitus should not considerably affect the interpretation of hemodynamic measurements: Huge news? CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE 2006 vol. 34 pp. 1289-1290 BENDJELID K Intrathoracic blood volume and global end-diastolic volume should be included among indexes used in intensive care for assessment of fluid responsiveness in spontaneously breathing patients - Reply CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE 2006 vol. 34 pp. 2267-2267 BENDJELID K, ROMAND JA Assessing fluid responsiveness with esophageal Doppler dynamic indices: concepts and methods INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE 2006 vol. 32 pp. 1088-1088 BENDJELID K Continuous cardiac output monitoring after cardiopulmonary bypass: a comparison with bolus thermodilution measurement INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE 2006 vol. 32(6) pp. 919-922 BENDJELID K, SCHÜTZ N, SUTER PM, ROMAN JA Adding a dialysis dose to continuous hemofiltration increases survival in patients with acute renal failure KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL 2006 vol. 70(7) pp. 1312-1317 SAUDAN P, NIEDERBERGER M, DE SEIGNEUX S, ROMAND J, PUGIN J, PERNEGER T, MARTIN PY Comments on 'The influence of cardiac preload and positive end-expiratory pressure on the pre-ejection period' PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT 2006 vol. 27 pp. 1-2 BENDJELID K The respiratory change in preejection period: A new method to predict fluid responsiveness JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY: RESPIRATORY, ENVIRONMENTAL AND EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY 2004 vol. 96 pp. 337-342 BENDJELID K, SUTER PM, ROMAND JA Air cysts and bronchiectasis prevail in nondependent areas in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome: A computed tomographic study of ventilator-associated changes CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE 2002 vol. 30 pp. 1747-1752 TREGGIARI M, ROMAND JA, MARTIN JB, SUTER PM Correlation between measured inferior vena cava diameter and right atrial pressure depends on the echocardiographic method used in patients who are mechanically ventilated JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY 2002 vol. 15 pp. 944-949 BENDJELID K, ROMAND JA, WALDER B, SUTER PM, FOURNIER G The response to repeated nitric oxide inhalation is inconsistent in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome ANESTHESIOLOGY 1998 vol. Vol 88 pp. 634-641 TREGGIARI-VENZI M, RICOU B, ROMAND JA, SUTER PM Overnight sedation with midazolam or propofol in the ICU: effects on sleep quality, anxiety and depression INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE 1996 vol. 22(11) pp. 1186-1190 TREGGIARI-VENZI M, BORGEAT A, FUCHS-BUDER T, GACHOUD JP, SUTER PM Research's domains SEDATION AND ANALGESIA MECHANICAL VENTILATION AND ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE HEMODYNAMIC VOLUMIC REANIMATION MONITORING