Percutaneous dilatation tracheostomy: which technique is the best for the critically ill patient, and how can we gather further scientific evidence?

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) is a rescue therapy for severe hypoxemia in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Pooled data from clinical trials have signaled a renal safety warning for iNO therapy, but the significance of these findings in daily clinical practice is unclear. We used primary...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Ruan SY,Wu HY,Lin HH,Wu HD,Yu CJ,Lai MS

更新日期：2016-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Mechanical ventilators are increasingly used in critical care units. However, they can cause lung injury, including pulmonary edema. Our previous studies indicated that γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors are involved in alveolar-fluid homeostasis. The present study investigated the role of GABA receptors...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Chintagari NR,Liu L

更新日期：2012-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aetiology of lower respiratory tract infections in young children admitted to the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) is often difficult to establish. However, most infections are believed to be caused by respiratory viruses. A diagnostic study was performed to compare conventional viral tests with t...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： van de Pol AC,Wolfs TF,Jansen NJ,van Loon AM,Rossen JW

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon dioxide is a waste product of aerobic cellular respiration in all aerobic life forms. PaCO2 represents the balance between the carbon dioxide produced and that eliminated. Hypocapnia remains a common - and generally underappreciated - component of many disease states, including early asthma, high-altitude pulmo...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Curley G,Laffey JG,Kavanagh BP

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes has reached epidemic proportions in many parts of the world. The disease is projected to continue to increase and double within the foreseeable future. Dysglycaemia develops in the form of hyperglycaemia, hypoglycaemia and marked glucose variability in critically ill adults whether they are known to ha...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Smith FG,Sheehy AM,Vincent JL,Coursin DB

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory tract obstruction due to a blood clot may result in life threatening ventilatory impairment. Ball valve blood clot obstructions of the airways are rare. A ball valve blood clot acts as a one-way valve, allowing (near) normal air entry into the airways, but (completely) blocking expiration. In a near fatal ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Dongelmans DA,Jonkers RE,Schultz MJ

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many alarms, as they now exist in most monitoring systems, are not usually perceived as helpful by the medical staff because of the high incidence of false alarms. This paper gives an overview of the problems related to their current design and the objectives of monitoring. The current approaches used to improve the s...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Chambrin MC

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Making a differential diagnosis between bacterial meningitis and aseptic meningitis is a critical clinical problem. The utility of a cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) lactate assay for this purpose has been debated and is not yet routinely clinically performed. To adequately evaluate this assay, a systematic revie...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Huy NT,Thao NT,Diep DT,Kikuchi M,Zamora J,Hirayama K

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Frequency-dependent acceleration of relaxation (FDAR) ensures appropriate ventricular filling at high heart rates and results from accelerated sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase (SERCA) activity independent of calcium removal from the cell. Because lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenge may indu...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Joulin O,Marechaux S,Hassoun S,Montaigne D,Lancel S,Neviere R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This prospective, randomized, controlled, experimental animal study looks at the effects of recombinant human activated protein C (rhAPC) on global hemodynamics and microcirculation in ovine acute lung injury (ALI) and septic shock, resulting from smoke inhalation injury. METHODS:Twenty-one sheep (37 ± 2 ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Maybauer MO,Maybauer DM,Fraser JF,Szabo C,Westphal M,Kiss L,Horvath EM,Nakano Y,Herndon DN,Traber LD,Traber DL

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Fluid responsiveness prediction is difficult in spontaneously breathing patients. Because the swings in intrathoracic pressure are minor during spontaneous breathing, dynamic parameters like pulse pressure variation (PPV) and systolic pressure variation (SPV) are usually small. We hypothesized that during ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Dahl MK,Vistisen ST,Koefoed-Nielsen J,Larsson A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to assess the volume of gas being poorly ventilated or non-ventilated within the lungs of patients treated with mechanical ventilation and suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). METHODS:A prospective, descriptive study was performed of 25 sedated and paralysed...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Rylander C,Tylén U,Rossi-Norrlund R,Herrmann P,Quintel M,Bake B

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Ventilation according to the open lung concept (OLC) consists of recruitment maneuvers, followed by low tidal volume and high positive end-expiratory pressure, aiming at minimizing atelectasis. The minimization of atelectasis reduces the right ventricular (RV) afterload, but the increased intrathoracic pre...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Miranda DR,Klompe L,Cademartiri F,Haitsma JJ,Palumbo A,Takkenberg JJ,Lachmann B,Bogers AJ,Gommers D

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Higher inspiratory airway pressures are associated with worse outcomes in mechanically ventilated patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). This relationship, however, has not been well investigated in patients without ARDS. We hypothesized that higher driving pressures (ΔP) and plateau p...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Sahetya SK,Mallow C,Sevransky JE,Martin GS,Girard TD,Brower RG,Checkley W,Society of Critical Care Medicine Discovery Network Critical Illness Outcomes Study Investigators.

更新日期：2019-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In a group of postoperative patients, Taniguchi and coworkers compared the effect of a computerized system for weaning against 'manual care'. The computerized system involved automatic adjustments to the level of pressure support to achieve a target respiratory rate. Manual care involved adjustments to the level of pr...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Adigüzel N,Güngör G,Tobin MJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Fever is associated with a poor outcome in severely brain-injured patients, and its control is one of the therapies used in this condition. But, fever suppression may promote infection, and severely brain-injured patients are frequently exposed to infectious diseases, particularly ventilator-associated pne...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Launey Y,Nesseler N,Le Cousin A,Feuillet F,Garlantezec R,Mallédant Y,Seguin P

更新日期：2014-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple studies have addressed deep vein thrombosis chemoprophylaxis timing in traumatic brain injuries. However, a precise time for safe and effective chemoprophylaxis is uncertain according to experts. A comprehensive literature review on brain injuries was performed to delineate temporal proportions for 1) spontan...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Abdel-Aziz H,Dunham CM,Malik RJ,Hileman BM

更新日期：2015-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Controversy exists on the role of hyperoxia in major trauma with brain injury. Hyperoxia on arterial blood gas has been associated with acute lung injury and pulmonary complications, impacting clinical outcome. The hyperoxia could be reflective of the physiological interventions following major systemic trauma. Despit...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Narotam PK

更新日期：2013-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypernatraemia is common in inpatients and is associated with substantial morbidity. Its differential diagnosis is challenging, and delayed treatment may have devastating consequences. The most important hormone for the regulation of water homeostasis is arginine vasopressin, and copeptin, the C-terminal por...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Nigro N,Winzeler B,Suter-Widmer I,Schuetz P,Arici B,Bally M,Refardt J,Betz M,Gashi G,Urwyler SA,Burget L,Blum CA,Bock A,Huber A,Müller B,Christ-Crain M

更新日期：2018-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent bus crash in Switzerland involving many children provides several lessons for the pre-hospital care community. The use of multiple helicopters that are capable of flying at night and that carry advanced medical pre-hospital teams undoubtedly saved lives following the tragedy. We describe the medical respons...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Lyon RM,Sanders J

更新日期：2012-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Characteristic patterns of variation over time, namely rhythms, represent a defining feature of complex systems, one that is synonymous with life. Despite the intrinsic dynamic, interdependent and nonlinear relationships of their parts, complex biological systems exhibit robust systemic stability. Applied to critical ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Seely AJ,Macklem PT

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recombinant human activated protein C (rhAPC) is the first drug for which a reduction of mortality in severe sepsis has been demonstrated. However, the mechanism by which this reduction in mortality is achieved is still not clearly defined. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the dynamics of the a...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： de Pont AC,Bakhtiari K,Hutten BA,de Jonge E,Vroom MB,Meijers JC,Büller HR,Levi M

更新日期：2005-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Martin CM

更新日期：2018-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of septic acute kidney injury (AKI) is not well understood. In the present issue of Critical Care, the combined clinical and experimental study from Mariano's group provides new insight into the disease. The study shows that plasma from septic burn patients with acute renal failure initiated pro-apopt...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Oudemans-van Straaten HM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary or secondary infection of necrotized areas by enteral bacteria is considered a primary cause of mortality in patients with severe acute pancreatitis (SAP). Indeed, 20-30% of patients die during the course of the disease from multiple organ dysfunction after infection. This is why strategies such as antibiotic ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Gerlach H

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This small observational study was motivated by our belief that scaling the tidal volume in mechanically ventilated patients to the size of the injured lung is safer and more 'physiologic' than scaling it to predicted body weight, i.e. its size before it was injured. We defined Total Lung Capacity (TLC) as...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Mattingley JS,Holets SR,Oeckler RA,Stroetz RW,Buck CF,Hubmayr RD

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In patients with severe sepsis and septic shock as cause of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission, we analyze the impact on mortality of adequate antimicrobial therapy initiated before ICU admission. METHODS:We conducted a prospective observational study enrolling patients admitted to the ICU with severe se...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Garnacho-Montero J,Gutiérrez-Pizarraya A,Escoresca-Ortega A,Fernández-Delgado E,López-Sánchez JM

更新日期：2015-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Two international multicentre randomised controlled trials of drotrecogin alfa (activated) (DrotAA), the Recombinant Human Activated Protein C Worldwide Evaluation of Severe Sepsis (PROWESS) and Administration of Drotrecogin Alfa (Activated) in Early Stage Severe Sepsis (ADDRESS) trials, have produced inconsistent res...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Friedrich JO,Adhikari NK,Meade MO

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with COVID-19 (COVID) may develop acute respiratory distress syndrome with or without sepsis, coagulopathy and visceral damage. While chest CT scans are routinely performed in the initial assessment of patients with severe pulmonary forms, thymus involvement and reactivation have not been investigat...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Cuvelier P,Roux H,Couëdel-Courteille A,Dutrieux J,Naudin C,Charmeteau de Muylder B,Cheynier R,Squara P,Marullo S

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We sought to determine the effects of alternative resuscitation strategies on microcirculatory perfusion and examine any association between microcirculatory perfusion and mortality in sepsis. METHODS:This was a prospective, formally designed substudy of participants in the Protocolized Care in Early Septic...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Massey MJ,Hou PC,Filbin M,Wang H,Ngo L,Huang DT,Aird WC,Novack V,Trzeciak S,Yealy DM,Kellum JA,Angus DC,Shapiro NI,ProCESS investigators.

更新日期：2018-11-20 00:00:00