Charles L. Sprung

Is albumin administration in the acutely ill associated with increased mortality? Results of the SOAP study (2005)

Vincent, Jean-Louis, Sakr, Yasser, Reinhart, Konrad, Sprung, Charles L, Gerlach, Herwig, Ranieri, V Marco, ...

Abstract Introduction Albumin administration in the critically ill has been the subject of some controversy. We investigated the use of albumin solutions in European intensive care units (ICUs) and...

Clinical review: The Israeli experience: conventional terrorism and critical care (2005)

Aschkenasy-Steuer, Gabriella, Shamir, Micha, Rivkind, Avraham, Mosheiff, Rami, Shushan, Yigal, Rosenthal, Guy, ...

Abstract Over the past four years there have been 93 multiple-casualty terrorist attacks in Israel, 33 of them in Jerusalem. The Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center is the only Level I trauma...

Withdrawing and withholding life-sustaining therapies are not the same (2005)

Levin, Phillip D, Sprung, Charles L

Abstract Numerous lines of evidence support the premise that withholding and withdrawing life support measures in the intensive care unit are not the same. These include questionnaires, practical...

The International Sepsis Forum's controversies in sepsis: corticosteroids should be used to treat septic shock (2002)

Goodman, Sergey, Sprung, Charles L

Abstract The use of corticosteroids in septic shock remains controversial. It has been demonstrated that high doses of steroids (30 mg/kg methylprednisolone) for short periods of time are not...

The International Sepsis Forum's controversies in sepsis: corticosteroids should be used to treat septic shock

Goodman, Sergey, Sprung, Charles L

The use of corticosteroids in septic shock remains controversial. It has been demonstrated that high doses of steroids (30 mg/kg methylprednisolone) for short periods of time are not beneficial. More...

Withdrawing and withholding life-sustaining therapies are not the same

Levin, Phillip D, Sprung, Charles L

Numerous lines of evidence support the premise that withholding and withdrawing life support measures in the intensive care unit are not the same. These include questionnaires, practical observations...

Clinical review: The Israeli experience: conventional terrorism and critical care

Aschkenasy-Steuer, Gabriella, Shamir, Micha, Rivkind, Avraham, Mosheiff, Rami, Shushan, Yigal, Rosenthal, Guy, ...

Over the past four years there have been 93 multiple-casualty terrorist attacks in Israel, 33 of them in Jerusalem. The Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center is the only Level I trauma center in...

The International Sepsis Forum's controversies in sepsis: corticosteroids should be used to treat septic shock

Goodman, Sergey, Sprung, Charles L

The use of corticosteroids in septic shock remains controversial. It has been demonstrated that high doses of steroids (30 mg/kg methylprednisolone) for short periods of time are not beneficial. More...

Withdrawing and withholding life-sustaining therapies are not the same

Levin, Phillip D, Sprung, Charles L

Numerous lines of evidence support the premise that withholding and withdrawing life support measures in the intensive care unit are not the same. These include questionnaires, practical observations...

Clinical review: The Israeli experience: conventional terrorism and critical care

Aschkenasy-Steuer, Gabriella, Shamir, Micha, Rivkind, Avraham, Mosheiff, Rami, Shushan, Yigal, Rosenthal, Guy, ...

Over the past four years there have been 93 multiple-casualty terrorist attacks in Israel, 33 of them in Jerusalem. The Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center is the only Level I trauma center in...