Abstract:
:The process of surgical decision making is based on both general principles that are amenable to evaluation using rigorous techniques of clinical research and the intangible element of surgical judgment that seeks to apply those principles to the care of an individual patient. The role of surgical judgment is inescapable, even though it is intrinsically subjective and recalcitrant to objective evaluation, for a host of factors modify the application of principle in each patient, and render the circumstances of a given problem sufficiently distinctive, that evidence must be tempered with common sense. We have tried to provide, through an evidence-based approach to a series of questions, the rationale for the basic principles that should guide the clinician in initiating or modifying source control, recognizing that sound clinical judgement demands, at times, that these be set aside. In the individual patient, evidence of clinical improvement is the most important marker of the approach selected. Evaluation of the adequacy of source control in the critically ill patient can be difficult. As with other modes of anti-infective therapy, effective source control measures are expected to result in clinical improvement, reflected in: Resolution of clinical signs of sepsis or systemic inflammation. Bacteriological resolution. Evidence of reversal of the metabolic sequelae of infection, with normal progression of wound healing, reflected in the formation of granulation tissue, and epithelialization. Radiographic evidence of control of an infectious focus. Prevention of further organ dysfunction, and resolution of existing organ dysfunction. Survival. Evaluation of the adequacy of source control may necessitate planned reoperation. The adequacy of débridement of necrotizing soft-tissue infections can be assessed by repeat exploration under general anesthesia, continuing the process until there is evidence of healthy granulation tissue throughout the wound. Planned reexploration is also indicated for patients with diffuse intestinal ischemia to ensure bowel viability. The appropriate interventions to determine the adequacy of source control are dictated by the clinical circumstances. A residual or recurrent abscess can usually be demonstrated by CT or ultrasound examination, while resolution of an abscess cavity can be monitored using sinograms. The diagnosis of persistent or evolving tissue necrosis is guided by the clinical setting. Retroperitoneal necrosis can be detected by CT, while sigmoid ischemia following aortic aneurysmectomy can be evaluated by sigmoidoscopy. Occasionally diagnostic peritoneal lavage assists in establishing a diagnosis of gut ischemia; the lavage fluid appears bloody with established ischemia. The diagnosis of an infected foreign body requires an appropriate history and is supported by recurrent bacteremia or by positive cultures drawn retrograde through an indwelling vascular or peritoneal dialysis catheter. Finally, ongoing contamination from a breach of the gastrointestinal tract can be documented by appropriate contrast studies. The general principles that guide the use of source control techniques in the management of the patient with severe sepsis or septic shock are readily articulated. Their implementation in practice, however, is more complex, and does not, as a rule, lend itself to simple algorithms that are applicable in all cases. Moreover evidence-based support for these principles is weak. In the final analysis, the elusive process of experienced surgical judgement is invaluable for all but the most straightforward problems.
journal_name
Intensive Care Medjournal_title
Intensive care medicineauthors
Jimenez MF,Marshall JC,International Sepsis Forum.doi
10.1007/pl00003797keywords:
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Has Abstractpub_date
2001-01-01 00:00:00pages
S49-62eissn
0342-4642issn
1432-1238journal_volume
27 Suppl 1pub_type
指南,杂志文章,实务指引,评审abstract:OBJECTIVE:Comparison of side effects (fever shivering and/or allergic reactions, collapse, symptomatic hypocalcaemia) of the different substitution fluids used during therapeutical plasmapheresis. DESIGN:Multicentric retrospective comparative study designed to explore the side effects due to the replacements fluids (a...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1007/s001340050595
更新日期:1998-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:Acute kidney injury (AKI) frequently occurs in critically ill patients and often precipitates use of renal replacement therapy (RRT). However, the ideal circumstances for whether and when to start RRT remain unclear. We performed evidence synthesis of the available literature to evaluate the value of biomarkers...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/s00134-018-5126-8
更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To compare some of the confirmatory investigations of brain death with clinical criteria in order to achieve the most sensitive and accurate diagnosis of brain death. DESIGN:All patients with isolated brain lesions and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) = 3 were subjected to neurological examination after ruling out h...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01711544
更新日期:1995-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of different lung recruitment maneuvers using electric impedance tomography. DESIGN AND SETTING:Experimental study in animal model of acute lung injury in an animal research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Fourteen pigs with saline lavage induced lung injury. INTERVENTIONS:Lung volume, region...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-005-2799-6
更新日期:2005-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:In normal subjects cerebral CO2 vasoreactivity is measured during spontaneous hyperventilation, breathholding, or adding CO2 to inspiratory gases. The correlation between CO2 and cerebral blood flow may, however, be invalidated by the effects of a modified respiratory pattern on venous return, sympathovagal b...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s001340051239
更新日期:2000-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The Editor-in-Chief has retracted this article [1] because a number of studies included in this review [2, 3, 4] (originally cited as references 98, 128, 129) have since been retracted. Consequently, this has rendered the content of the review unreliable. ...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,撤回出版物
doi:10.1007/s00134-020-06068-5
更新日期:2020-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:Bioactive NO carriers in circulating blood formed during NO inhalation selectively distribute blood flow to areas in need, and may thus improve collateral perfusion to the area-at-risk in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Here, we tested the hypothesis that NO inhalation during the ischemic phase of AMI may im...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-012-2605-1
更新日期:2012-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::A randomized study of 30 patients undergoing uncomplicated surgery under spinal anesthesia was conducted to assess the influence of colloids on the kinetics of plasma fibronectin and complement. Both are opsonins of the reticuloendothelial system; moreover fibronectin is concerned with host resistance against septic c...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1007/BF01691428
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:After resuscitation, asphyxiated neonates often develop poor cardiac function with hypotension, pulmonary hypertension and multiorgan ischemia. In a swine model of neonatal hypoxia-reoxygenation, effects of epinephrine, dobutamine and milrinone on systemic, pulmonary and regional hemodynamics and oxygen tran...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-010-1820-x
更新日期:2010-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Diagnosis and treatment of infection is a common procedure in the clinical management of patients in the ICU. Infection in the ICU is an important area for study, but requires well-defined and proven diagnostic criteria. The diagnosis of infection, like any diagnosis, is based on probability, and diagnostic criteria a...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/BF01713977
更新日期:1994-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:To characterize the perceived utilization of physical restraint (PR) in mechanically ventilated intensive care unit (ICU) patients and to identify clinical and structural factors influencing PR use. METHODS:A questionnaire was personally handed to one intensivist in 130 ICUs in France then collected on-site 2 ...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-012-2715-9
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::In the past two years several guidelines for suggested components of emergency medical systems for children have been suggested, and for the first time, specific standards of pediatric trauma care have also been formulated. The American Academy of Pediatrics new Provisional Committee on Emergency Medicine has been cha...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00260888
更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:: ...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 评论,信件
doi:10.1007/s00134-018-5461-9
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 16-month old baby developed severe respiratory failure because of acute laryngitis and required mechanical ventilation. Intubation was complicated by aspiration and development of chemical pneumonia. Following 4 days of treatment the child was successfully extubated. Thirty six hours after extubation the patient aga...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00256065
更新日期:1985-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:Inflammatory markers may have a role in predicting severity of illness of intensive care unit (ICU) patients. The aim of this study is to determine whether low eosinophil count can predict 28-day mortality in medical ICU. METHODS:A prospective study over a 4-month period. To evaluate the prognosis information ...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-011-2170-z
更新日期:2011-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate efficacy and safety of enoxaparin for catheter-related arterial thrombosis in infants with congenital heart disease. DESIGN:Prospective observational study. SETTING:Pediatric Intensive Care and Cardiology Unit at the University Children's Hospital of Zurich. PATIENTS:A cohort of 32[Symbol: s...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-007-0718-8
更新日期:2007-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::A technique for the estimation of LVEF from first passage radionuclide angiocardiography was adapted to provide estimates of RVEF. In 17 subjects with no history of cardiovascular disease mean LVEF was 0.71 +/- 0.08 and mean RVEF 0.65 +/- 0.08. Mean values for 15 subjects with coronary artery disease but no previous h...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01683193
更新日期:1979-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To compare the effectiveness of 70-mg and 200-mg doses of intravenous erythromycin in improving gastric emptying in critically ill patients. DESIGN:Gastric emptying was measured on consecutive days; day 1 (pre-treatment), day 2 (post-treatment) after an intravenous infusion of either 70 or 200 mg erythromyci...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1007/s00134-005-2663-8
更新日期:2005-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The liver plays a key role in the inflammatory response during major surgery or infection. The influence of age on liver function and hepatic acute phase protein (APP) synthesis should be serially studied in elderly patients undergoing major abdominal surgery. DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective and descriptive s...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-001-1126-0
更新日期:2001-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Measurements of added inspiratory work (AIW) of breathing imposed by three different CPAP systems were performed in 10 patients. One system was a continuous flow system while the two others were demand flow systems separated from respirators (Ohmeda VD 101 and Draeger CPAP 800 devices). AIW was calculated from pressur...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00292929
更新日期:1986-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:Providing mechanical ventilation is challenging at supra-atmospheric pressure. The higher gas density increases resistance, reducing the flow delivered by the ventilator. A new hyperbaric ventilator (Siaretron IPER 1000) is said to compensate for these effects automatically. The aim of this bench test study was...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-012-2590-4
更新日期:2012-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To examine the usefulness of preload indices obtained by transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) for estimating stroke volume at various levels of cardiac index. DESIGN:Prospective clinical study. SETTING:Intensive care unit with surgical patients. PATIENTS:16 ventilated patients monitored via Swan-Ganz ca...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s001340050349
更新日期:1997-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:a) to describe a non-barotraumatic ventilatory setting for independent lung ventilation (ILV); b) to determine the utility of single lung end-tidal CO(2) (EtCO(2)) monitoring to evaluate the ventilation to perfusion (V/Q) matching in each lung during ILV and for ILV weaning. DESIGN:prospective study. SETTIN...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-001-1149-6
更新日期:2001-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The use of induced hypertension in head injury patients is controversial. We present the case of a 19-year-old man admitted with severe head trauma after a road accident and describe the beneficial effects that increasing arterial blood pressure had on the cerebral perfusion pressure, cerebral blood flow and jugular b...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/s001340050997
更新日期:1999-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa, 'NovoSeven') is indicated for the treatment of spontaneous and surgical bleeding in patients with haemophilia A or B with antibodies to factors VIII or IX (FVIII or FIX) worldwide, and in patients with acquired haemophilia in Europe. In vitro cell models have demonstrated that...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/s00134-002-1469-1
更新日期:2002-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:To use the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Functioning to measure disability following critical illness using patient-reported outcomes. METHODS:A prospective, multicentre cohort study conducted in five metropolitan intensive care units (ICU). Participants were adults who had been a...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1007/s00134-017-4830-0
更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cardiac arrhythmias and circulatory collapse account for the high mortality reported after severe chloroquine poisoning. We have recently observed a 17-year-old man who ingested an 8 g chloroquine overdose. Cardiac arrest occurred within 1 h. Cardiogenic shock was refractory to epinephrine, dopamine and molar sodium l...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01720684
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Inhalation of high concentrations of nitric oxide (NO) has been shown to improve gas exchange and to reduce pulmonary vascular resistance in individuals with ischemia-reperfusion injury following orthotopic lung transplantation. We assessed the cardiopulmonary effects of low doses of NO in early allograft dys...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s001340050741
更新日期:1998-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To measure the effect of intense neuromuscular blockade (NMB) on oxygen consumption (VO(2)) in deeply sedated and mechanically ventilated children on the first day after complex congenital cardiac surgery. DESIGN:Prospective clinical interventional study. SETTING:Pediatric intensive care unit of an universi...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-008-1252-z
更新日期:2008-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::As part of a nationwide evaluation of intensive care, we examined patient- and hospital-related factors which could influence the patterns of utilization of arterial cannulae and central venous and pulmonary artery catheters. We also studied the possible impact of these interventions on the short-term outcome among 14...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01713935
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00