Measurement of indocyanine green plasma disappearance rate by two different dosages.

abstract：:Extracorporeal CO2-removal (EC-CO2-R) using a membrane lung system was applied for 12 and 20 days respectively in two young men with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Neuropathological examination revealed only moderate hypoxic changes of unusual distribution. In the first case nerve cell loss in Sommer's se...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Krajewski S,Seitz RJ,Schober R,Breulmann M,Falke KJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Gastrointestinal motility can be impaired by serious illness or medications, compromising enteral feeding in critical care patients. We compared small bowel transit time and morphology in neurosurgical critical care (ICU) patients with those in healthy subjects. METHODS:We evaluated small intestinal transit ti...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Rauch S,Krueger K,Turan A,Roewer N,Sessler DI

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hypoxic hepatitis (HH) is a form of hepatic injury following arterial hypoxemia, ischemia, and passive congestion of the liver. We investigated the incidence and the prognostic implications of HH in the medical intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS:A total of 1,066 consecutive ICU admissions at three medical ICUs...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Fuhrmann V,Kneidinger N,Herkner H,Heinz G,Nikfardjam M,Bojic A,Schellongowski P,Angermayr B,Schöniger-Hekele M,Madl C,Schenk P

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this investigation was to evaluate the role of ultrasonography in avoiding cranial misplacement of the tracheostomy tube and tracheal ring fractures during percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT). The tracheas of 26 consecutive ICU patients who had undergone PDT but who later died were removed en bloc ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Sustić A,Kovac D,Zgaljardić Z,Zupan Z,Krstulović B

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of strict guidelines and a rigorous training program on variability in scoring the revised Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE II). DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective survey and intervention in the surgical ICU of a university teaching hospital. MEASUREMENTS:Seven experie...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Polderman KH,Jorna EM,Girbes AR

更新日期：2001-08-01 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

authors： Ferring M,Berré J,Vincent JL

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In patients with severe sepsis, no randomized clinical trial has tested the concept of de-escalation of empirical antimicrobial therapy. This study aimed to compare the de-escalation strategy with the continuation of an appropriate empirical treatment in those patients. METHODS:This was a multicenter non-bl...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Leone M,Bechis C,Baumstarck K,Lefrant JY,Albanèse J,Jaber S,Lepape A,Constantin JM,Papazian L,Bruder N,Allaouchiche B,Bézulier K,Antonini F,Textoris J,Martin C,AZUREA Network Investigators.

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a well-recognized clinico-neuroradiological transient condition. Early recognition is of paramount importance for prompt control of blood pressure or removal of precipitating factors and treatment of epileptic seizures or status epilepticus. Delay in the...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Servillo G,Bifulco F,De Robertis E,Piazza O,Striano P,Tortora F,Striano S,Tufano R

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess noise exposure during noninvasive ventilation (NIV) with different types of interface (helmet, nasal, and facial masks). SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Ten "naive" healthy volunteers underwent NIV at pressure support levels of 10 and 15 cmH2O with: (a) helmet, (b) helmet equipped with HME filters at the junc...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Cavaliere F,Conti G,Costa R,Proietti R,Sciuto A,Masieri S

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Atracurium besylate and laudanosine cause excitement and seizures when introduced into the central nervous system of laboratory animals. We examined the modulation of lipid-protein interaction in the lipid environment of rat brain synaptosomal plasma membrane (SPM)-bound enzymes as a possible mechanism leadin...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Kamper EF,Siafaka J,Stavridis J

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine whether an appropriately designed combination of an index of ventilatory endurance and the frequency divided by tidal volume ratio (f/VT) provides prognostic information for weaning outcome not offered by any index alone. DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective study in a multidisciplinary intensive care u...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Vassilakopoulos T,Routsi C,Sotiropoulou C,Bitsakou C,Stanopoulos I,Roussos C,Zakynthinos S

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of prone positioning on systemic hemodynamics, intra-abdominal pressure (IAP), plasma disappearance rate of indocyanine green (PDR(ICG)), and gastric intramucosal to arterial PCO2 difference (Pi-aCO2). DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective randomized study in the intensive care unit of a ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Hering R,Vorwerk R,Wrigge H,Zinserling J,Schröder S,von Spiegel T,Hoeft A,Putensen C

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 9 Goettingen minipigs we studied the effect of E. coli bacteremia on effective pulmonary capillary pressure and the longitudinal distribution of pulmonary vascular resistance. Precapillary pressure gradient (dPa) was calculated as the difference between mean pulmonary artery pressure (MPP) and effective pulmonary c...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Fretschner R,Klöss T,Guggenberger H,Heuser D,Schmid HJ,Widmann M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) vs. invasive mechanical ventilation in AIDS patients with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP)-related acute respiratory failure (ARF). DESIGN:A single-center, prospective, case-control trial. SETTING:An ICU of a private tertiary hospital specializ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Confalonieri M,Calderini E,Terraciano S,Chidini G,Celeste E,Puccio G,Gregoretti C,Meduri GU

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study whether transient hyperglycemia adversely affects cerebral energy metabolism in patients with severe traumatic brain lesions. DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective, nonrandomized study in the neurosurgical intensive care unit of a university hospital. PATIENTS:108 patients treated for severe traumatic bra...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Diaz-Parejo P,Ståhl N,Xu W,Reinstrup P,Ungerstedt U,Nordström CH

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nosocomial infections are a major problem in intensive care patients. Thirty-nine patients, requiring intensive care for 5 days or more (mean 15.8 days) were prospectively investigated, to determine the relation between colonisation and nosocomial infection. Thrice weekly, cultures from the oropharynx, respiratory and...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Kerver AJ,Rommes JH,Mevissen-Verhage EA,Hulstaert PF,Vos A,Verhoef J,Wittebol P

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clearly the main determinant of outcome in severe acute pancreatitis is the extent of pancreatic necrosis and the subsequent risk for the development of infected necrosis. A thorough assessment using appropriate scoring systems and the early use of dynamic contrast-enhanced CT will highlight those patients likely to b...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Wyncoll DL

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Blood O(2) saturation and lactate concentration gradients from superior vena cava (SVC) to pulmonary artery (PA) occur in critically ill patients. These gradients (DeltaSO(2) and Delta[Lac]) may be positive or negative. We tested the hypothesis that positive DeltaSO(2) and Delta[Lac] are associated with impro...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Gutierrez G,Comignani P,Huespe L,Hurtado FJ,Dubin A,Jha V,Arzani Y,Lazzeri S,Sosa L,Riva J,Kohn W,Suarez D,Lacuesta G,Olmos D,Mizdraji C,Ojeda A

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen polytrauma patients with asymmetric pulmonary contusion were treated with differential lung ventilation (DLV) for a mean of 106 hours (range 24-298, median 83). The differential time constant (Tc), compliance (Ct), inspiratory and expiratory airway resistance (Rawinsp, Rawexp) and peak-airway pressure (Pawpeak...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Zandstra DF,Stoutenbeek CP,Bams JL

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:(1) To demonstrate that metabolic parameters are better indicators of tissue hypoxia than regional and whole oxygen consumption (VO(2)). (2) To compare intramucosal pH (pHi) in different gastrointestinal segments. DESIGN:Prospective, interventional study. SETTING:Research laboratory at a university center....

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Dubin A,Estenssoro E,Murias G,Canales H,Sottile P,Badie J,Barán M,Pálizas F,Laporte M,Rivas Díaz M

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Sepsis is a major health burden worldwide. Preclinical investigations in animals and retrospective studies in patients have suggested that inhibition of platelets may improve the outcome of sepsis. In this study we investigated whether chronic antiplatelet therapy impacts on the presentation and outcome of seps...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Wiewel MA,de Stoppelaar SF,van Vught LA,Frencken JF,Hoogendijk AJ,Klein Klouwenberg PMC,Horn J,Bonten MJ,Zwinderman AH,Cremer OL,Schultz MJ,van der Poll T,MARS Consortium.

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Patients undergoing cardiac surgery often require transfusions of red blood cells, plasma and platelets. These components differ widely in both indications for use and composition. However, from a statistical point of view there is a significant colinearity between the components. This study explores the relati...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Bjursten H,Dardashti A,Ederoth P,Brondén B,Algotsson L

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Values obtained for cardiac output (CO) were compared using thermodilution (TD) with those obtained using bioimpedance (Bi) as measured using the Bomed NCCOM3 (Revision 6) in 28 consecutive patients in the first 24 h after coronary artery bypass surgery (CABS). In 46 paired measurements made in the first 12 h after CA...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Thomas AN,Ryan J,Doran BR,Pollard BJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Growth hormone (GH) given to reverse muscle catabolism in critical illness increased mortality, illustrating the need for better understanding of the pathophysiology of the GH axis. We describe the relationship between changes in plasma insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and growth hormone-binding protein (...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： O'Leary MJ,Quinton N,Ferguson CN,Preedy VR,Ross RJ,Hinds CJ

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine patients hospitalized for tetanus were studied under the same protocol which included two haemodynamic studies with a preload trial (PLT). The first being made during therapy (diazepam barbiturate association), on the sixth day of hospitalisation, and the second one after recovery. The comparison of the results s...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Desjars P,Pinaud M,Baron D,Rodineau P,Nicolas R

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether health-related quality of life (HRQL) in survivors of acute renal failure (ARF) occurring in intensive care is predictable from data available at the time of acute illness. DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective pilot study in academic intensive care units. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients requiri...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Maynard SE,Whittle J,Chelluri L,Arnold R

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship of fluid balance and weaning outcomes. METHODS:We prospectively collected demographic, physiological, daily fluid balance (measured inputs minus outputs), and weaning data from 87 mechanically ventilated patients. PATIENTS:We examined 87 patients, a median age of 66 years, APACHE...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Upadya A,Tilluckdharry L,Muralidharan V,Amoateng-Adjepong Y,Manthous CA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the levels of auto-PEEP and dynamic hyperinflation during high frequency jet ventilation (HFJV) and controlled mechanical ventilation (CMV) in six patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease within the first 36 h of acute exacerbation. The comparative evaluation was performed at similar conditi...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Conti G,Bufi M,Rocco M,Calzecchi E,De Blasi RA,Antonelli M,Pelaia P,Gasparetto A

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the origin of H+ ions participating in the generation of CO2 coming from sodium bicarbonate infusion during metabolic acidosis. We hypothesized that these H+ ions come from a back-titration of the main non-bicarbonate buffers present in the blood, i. e. the hemoglobin and the albumin, and thus pos...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Levraut J,Garcia P,Giunti C,Ichai C,Bouregba M,Ciebiera JP,Payan P,Grimaud D

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the incidence, risk factors, and impact on mortality of acute kidney injury (AKI) in patients with 2009 influenza A (H1N1) viral pneumonia requiring mechanical ventilation. DESIGN:Observational cohort study. PATIENTS AND METHODS:AKI was defined as risk, injury or failure, according to the RIFLE ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Nin N,Lorente JA,Soto L,Ríos F,Hurtado J,Arancibia F,Ugarte S,Echevarría E,Cardinal P,Saldarini F,Bagnulo H,Cortés I,Bujedo G,Ortega C,Frutos F,Esteban A

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00