Publications

Outcome from intensive care after cardiac arrest: comparison between two patient samples treated in 1986-87 and 1999-2001 in Finnish ICUs
Niskanen M, Reinikainen M, Kurola J., Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2007; 51: 151-157.

Predictive value of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide in severe sepsis and septic shock
Varpula M, Pulkki K, Karlsson S, Ruokonen E, Pettilä V, Critical Care Medicine. 35(5):1277-1283, May 2007

Intensive care of the elderly in Finland
M. Reinikainen, A. Uusaro, M. Niskanen, E. Ruokonen (2007), Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica 51 (5), 522–529.

Incidence, treatment and outcome of severe sepsis in ICU treated adults in Finland: the Finnsepsis study
Karlsson S, Varpula M, Ruokonen E, for the Finnsepsis Study Group. Intensive Care Med 2007;33:435-43

Development of renal failure during the initial 24 h of intensive care unit stay correlates with hospital mortality in trauma patients.
Ala-Kokko T, Ohtonen P, Laurila J, Martikainen M, Kaukoranta P.; Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2006;50:828-32.

Mixed venous oxygen saturation cannot be estimated by central venous oxygen saturation in septic shock
Varpula M, Karlsson S, Ruokonen E, Pettilä V., Intensive Care Med 2006;32:1336-43

Excess mortality in winter in Finnish intensive care
Reinikainen M, Uusaro A, Ruokonen E, Niskanen M. ; Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2006 Jul; 50(6): 706-11

Impact of gender on treatment and outcome of ICU patients
Reinikainen M, Niskanen M, Uusaro A, Ruokonen E. ; Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2005 Aug;49(7):984-90.

The effects of ICU admission and discharge times on mortality in Finland
Uusaro A, Kari A, Ruokonen E. ;Intensive Care Med. 2003 Dec;29(12):2144-8. Epub 2003 Nov 5

Customized prediction models based on APACHE II and SAPS II scores in patients with prolonged length of stay in the ICU
Suistomaa M, Niskanen M, Kari A, Hynynen M, Takala J. ;Intensive Care Med. 2002 Apr;28(4):479-85. Epub 2002 Feb 22.

Sampling rate causes bias in APACHE II and SAPS II scores
Suistomaa M, Kari A, Ruokonen E, Takala J.; Intensive Care Med. 2000 Dec;26(12):1773-8

Data completeness in Finnish Intensive Care Quality Consortium database
Mussalo, P., Tenhunen, J., ISICEM 2007, Critical Care 2007 March,11(Supplement 2), S198-S199