Clinical review: the meaning of acid-base abnormalities in the intensive care unit part I - epidemiology.

abstract：:In the publication of this article [1], there are 4 collaborating authors missing from the 'MARS consortium'. This has now been included in this correction article. ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Klein Klouwenberg PMC,Spitoni C,van der Poll T,Bonten MJ,Cremer OL,MARS consortium.

更新日期：2020-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Data on the incidence of a hypercoagulable state in trauma, as measured by thromboelastometry (ROTEM), is limited and the prognostic value of hypercoagulability after trauma on outcome is unclear. We aimed to determine the incidence of hypercoagulability after trauma, and to assess whether early hypercoagu...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Müller MC,Balvers K,Binnekade JM,Curry N,Stanworth S,Gaarder C,Kolstadbraaten KM,Rourke C,Brohi K,Goslings JC,Juffermans NP

更新日期：2014-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The study objectives were to evaluate septic shock-induced alterations in skeletal muscle hemoglobin oxygenation saturation (StO2) using near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and forearm skin blood flow velocity using laser Doppler (LD) to determine the relationship of macroperfusion and microperfusion paramet...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Payen D,Luengo C,Heyer L,Resche-Rigon M,Kerever S,Damoisel C,Losser MR

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stridor is one of the most frequent causes of early extubation failure. The cuff-leak test may help to identify patients at risk to develop post-extubation laryngeal edema. However the discrimination power of the cuff-leak test is highly variable and can be use, at best, to detect patients at risk to develop edema but...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： De Backer D

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation occurs frequently in patients following cardiac surgery and can be a cause of increased morbidity and mortality. The use of dexmedetomidine to prevent atrial fibrillation is unclear. The present study was designed to evaluate the effect of dexmedetomidine sedation on the incidence of atri...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Liu X,Zhang K,Wang W,Xie G,Fang X

更新日期：2016-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The main objective was to determine risk factors for presence of multidrug resistant bacteria (MDR) in postoperative peritonitis (PP) and optimal empirical antibiotic therapy (EA) among options proposed by Infectious Disease Society of America and the Surgical Infection Society guidelines. METHODS:One hun...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Augustin P,Kermarrec N,Muller-Serieys C,Lasocki S,Chosidow D,Marmuse JP,Valin N,Desmonts JM,Montravers P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recently, a non-invasive, continuous ventricular stroke volume monitoring system using skin electrodes has been developed. In contrast to impedance-based methods, the new technique (ventricular field recognition) enables measurement of changes in ventricular volume. A prototype using this new method was bu...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Konings MK,Grundeman PF,Goovaerts HG,Roosendaal MR,Hoefer IE,Doevendans PA,Rademakers FE,Buhre WF

更新日期：2011-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:It is recognized that administration of insulin with glucose decreases catabolic response in sepsis. The aim of the present study was to compare the effects of two levels of insulinaemia on glucose metabolism and energy expenditure in septic patients and volunteers. METHODS:Glucose uptake, oxidation and s...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Rusavy Z,Sramek V,Lacigova S,Novak I,Tesinsky P,Macdonald IA

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Bacterial meningitis (BM) is a severe complication in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). Clinical signs of meningitis are often masked by SAH-related symptoms, and routine cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis fails to indicate BM. Microdialysis (MD) is a technique for monitoring cerebra...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Schlenk F,Frieler K,Nagel A,Vajkoczy P,Sarrafzadeh AS

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Expert systems can help alleviate problems related to the shortage of human resources in critical care, offering expert advice in complex situations. Expert systems use contextual information to provide advice to staff. In mechanical ventilation, it is crucial for an expert system to be able to determine the...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Murias G,Montanyà J,Chacón E,Estruga A,Subirà C,Fernández R,Sales B,de Haro C,López-Aguilar J,Lucangelo U,Villar J,Kacmarek RM,Blanch L

更新日期：2016-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Partial pressure of end-tidal carbon dioxide (PetCO2) during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) correlates with cardiac output and consequently has a prognostic value in CPR. In our previous study we confirmed that initial PetCO2 value was significantly higher in asphyxial arrest than in ventricular fibri...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Lah K,Križmarić M,Grmec S

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The forced oscillation technique (FOT) is a method for non-invasively assessing respiratory mechanics that is applicable both in paralysed and non-paralysed patients. As the FOT requires a minimal modification of the conventional ventilation setting and does not interfere with the ventilation protocol, the technique i...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Navajas D,Farré R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lobar atelectasis is a common problem caused by a variety of mechanisms including resorption atelectasis due to airway obstruction, passive atelectasis from hypoventilation, compressive atelectsis from abdominal distension and adhesive atelectasis due to increased surface tension. However, evidence-based studies on th...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Schindler MB

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The association between isolated admission heart rate (HR) and prognosis has been discussed, but not that between gross HR change and neurological outcome in patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI). In the acute phase of severe TBI, HR is influenced by several factors (e.g., pain, sympathetic activ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Inoue A,Hifumi T,Kuroda Y,Nishimoto N,Kawakita K,Yamashita S,Oda Y,Dohi K,Kobata H,Suehiro E,Maekawa T,Brain Hypothermia (B-HYPO) Study Group in Japan.

更新日期：2018-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular hypoxia is a fundamental mechanism of injury in the critically ill. The study of human responses to hypoxia occurring as a consequence of hypobaria defines the fields of high-altitude medicine and physiology. A new paradigm suggests that the physiological and pathophysiological responses to extreme environmen...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Grocott M,Montgomery H,Vercueil A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urinary indices are classically believed to allow differentiation of transient (or pre-renal) acute kidney injury (AKI) from persistent (or acute tubular necrosis) AKI. However, the data validating urinalysis in critically ill patients are weak. In the previous issue of Critical Care, Pons and colleagues demonstrate i...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Schneider AG,Bellomo R

更新日期：2013-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coagulation can be visualised using whole blood coagulation analyses such as thromboelastometry and platelet aggregation tests; however, the role of temperature in the analyses is ambiguous. The aim was to examine whether temperature influences the whole blood coagulation tests. METHODS:We included 40 patie...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Jeppesen AN,Kirkegaard H,Ilkjær S,Hvas AM

更新日期：2016-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Some guidelines to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) do not establish a recommendation for the preferential use of either heat and moisture exchangers (HMEs) or heated humidifiers (HHs), while other guidelines clearly advocate the use of HMEs. The aim of this study was to determine the incidenc...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Lorente L,Lecuona M,Jiménez A,Mora ML,Sierra A

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Protocols using high levels of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) in combination with low tidal volumes have been shown to reduce mortality in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). However, the optimal method for setting PEEP is yet to be defined. It has been shown that resp...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Kostic P,Zannin E,Andersson Olerud M,Pompilio PP,Hedenstierna G,Pedotti A,Larsson A,Frykholm P,Dellaca RL

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical ventilation associated lung injury (VALI) negatively impacts the outcomes of critically ill patients. Research during the past two decades has led to a better understanding of key physiologic mechanisms of injury, yet uncertainty over the topographical distribution of these mechanisms continues to fuel cont...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Oeckler RA,Hubmayr RD

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In the past two decades, healthcare adopted industrial strategies for process measurement and control. In the industry model, care is taken to avoid minimal deviations from a standard. In healthcare there is scarce data to support that a similar strategy can lead to better outcomes. Briefly, when complianc...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Amaral AC,Kure L,Jeffs A

更新日期：2012-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Down-regulation of ex-vivo cytokine production is a specific feature in patients with sepsis. Cytokine downregulation was studied focusing on caspase-1 activation and conversion of pro-interleukin-1β into interleukin-1β (IL-1β). METHODS:Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were isolated from a) 92 patients ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Giamarellos-Bourboulis EJ,van de Veerdonk FL,Mouktaroudi M,Raftogiannis M,Antonopoulou A,Joosten LA,Pickkers P,Savva A,Georgitsi M,van der Meer JW,Netea MG

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tracheal reintubation is a common event in critical care. Elmer and colleagues provide the first comparison of complication rates of initial and subsequent reintubation(s) during the same hospitalization. Their work shows an increased risk of complications associated with reintubation, in particular hypoxemia and hypo...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Parotto M,Cooper RM

更新日期：2015-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To provide up-to-date information on the prognostic factors associated with 28-day mortality in a cohort of septic shock patients in intensive care units (ICUs). METHODS:Prospective, multicenter, observational cohort study in ICUs from 14 French general (non-academic) and university teaching hospitals. Al...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Quenot JP,Binquet C,Kara F,Martinet O,Ganster F,Navellou JC,Castelain V,Barraud D,Cousson J,Louis G,Perez P,Kuteifan K,Noirot A,Badie J,Mezher C,Lessire H,Pavon A

更新日期：2013-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Diclofenac, a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug, is commonly used as antipyretic therapy in intensive care. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of parenteral diclofenac infusion on brain homeostasis, including brain-tissue oxygen tension (PbtO2) and brain metabolism after aneurysmal s...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Schiefecker AJ,Pfausler B,Beer R,Sohm F,Sabo J,Knauseder V,Fischer M,Dietmann A,Hackl WO,Thomé C,Schmutzhard E,Helbok R

更新日期：2013-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute pancreatitis results from a sequence of events that involve the systemic inflammatory response. Activated C has multiple anti-inflammatory activities and may attenuate the degree of pancreatic injury and systemic organ dysfunction when infused early in pancreatitis. ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Kirschenbaum L,Astiz M

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A crucial determinant for the success of intensive insulin therapy in critically ill patients is the frequent and accurate measurement of blood glucose values with immediate feedback of results. In general, therefore, this is achieved by point-of-care testing, raising the question of the best way of monitoring blood g...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Brunkhorst FM,Wahl HG

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prone ventilation (PV) is a ventilatory strategy that frequently improves oxygenation and lung mechanics in critical illness, yet does not consistently improve survival. While the exact physiologic mechanisms related to these benefits remain unproven, one major theoretical mechanism relates to reducing the abdominal e...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Kirkpatrick AW,Pelosi P,De Waele JJ,Malbrain ML,Ball CG,Meade MO,Stelfox HT,Laupland KB

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency medicine 2016. Other selected articles can be found online at http://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/annualupdate2016. Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available f...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Al-Dorzi HM,Alsolamy S,Arabi YM

更新日期：2016-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Mobilisation of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) is an area of growing research. Currently, there is little data on baseline mobilisation practises and the barriers to them for patients of all admission diagnoses. METHODS:The objectives of the study were to (1) quantify and benchmark baseline lev...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Harrold ME,Salisbury LG,Webb SA,Allison GT,Australia and Scotland ICU Physiotherapy Collaboration.

更新日期：2015-09-14 00:00:00