Respiratory changes in inferior vena cava diameter are helpful in predicting fluid responsiveness in ventilated septic patients.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the nursing time required for difficult-to-wean patients in a dedicated weaning center (WC) and to examine the correlation of the nursing time with nursing workload (NW) scores and with clinical severity and dependency. SETTING:Four-bed WC of a pulmonary rehabilitation department. INTERVENTION:N...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Vitacca M,Clini E,Porta R,Ambrosino N

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a real-time ultrasound sign, the visualization of the cavity and the walls of the maxillary sinus ("sinusogram"), and to assess its correlation with total opacity of the sinus. DESIGN:Prospective clinical study. SETTING:The medical ICU of a university-affiliated hospital. PATIENTS:The significa...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Lichtenstein D,Biderman P,Mezière G,Gepner A

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the ability of DeltaPP/DeltaP [pulse pressure variations (DeltaPP) adjusted by alveolar pressure variations (DeltaP = Pplat-PEEPtot)] in predicting fluid responsiveness, to compare its accuracy to that of DeltaPP used alone and to evaluate the influence of tidal volume (Vt) on these two indices. ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Vallée F,Richard JC,Mari A,Gallas T,Arsac E,Verlaan PS,Chousterman B,Samii K,Genestal M,Fourcade O

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The interchangeability of continuous measurement of cardiac output (CO) with the traditional bolus method in patients after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is uncertain. DESIGN:Prospective observational clinical study. SETTING:A 20-bed surgical ICU at a university hospital. PATIENTS:Fourteen deeply sedated, v...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Bendjelid K,Schütz N,Suter PM,Romand JA

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the markers of perfusion which best discriminate survivors from non-survivors of childhood sepsis and to compare the information derived from gastric tonometry with conventionally measured haemodynamic and laboratory parameters. DESIGN:Prospective clinical study of children with sepsis syndrome or...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Duke TD,Butt W,South M

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine what change in respiratory function occurred following prolonged and efficient continuous arteriovenous haemofiltration (CAVH) in a group of patients with multiple organ systems failure (MOSF). DESIGN:A retrospective assessment using patient notes and ICU charts. SETTING:The Intensive Care Unit...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Bagshaw ON,Anaes FR,Hutchinson A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal fluid management is one of the main challenges in the care of the critically ill. However, the physiological parameters that are commonly monitored and used to guide fluid management are often inadequate and even misleading. From 1987 to 1989 we published four experimental studies which described a method for ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Perel A,Pizov R,Cotev S

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography of optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) for assessment of intracranial hypertension. METHODS:Systematic review without language restriction based on electronic databases, with manual review of literature and conference proceedings until July 2010. Studies we...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Dubourg J,Javouhey E,Geeraerts T,Messerer M,Kassai B

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was noninvasive assessment of respiratory compliance and resistance in mechanically ventilated patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF). To this end, flow, change in lung volume, and airway pressure were measured at the proximal tip of the endotracheal tubes in twenty nine critically ill...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Bernasconi M,Ploysongsang Y,Gottfried SB,Milic-Emili J,Rossi A

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether, during mechanical ventilation, an optimal positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) can be identified by measurement of regional tidal volume and compliance [V (T(reg)), C (RS(reg))]. METHODS:Sixteen anaesthetized intubated neonatal piglets underwent a stepwise vital capacity manoeuvre perf...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Dargaville PA,Rimensberger PC,Frerichs I

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined whether early diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) abnormalities of the brain and variation of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values can provide prognostic information on clinical outcome in children following cardiac arrest (CA). DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:A 12-...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Oualha M,Gatterre P,Boddaert N,Dupic L,De Saint Blanquat L,Hubert P,Lesage F,Desguerre I

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Capillary leakage syndrome (CLS) is a frequent complication in sepsis, characterized by loss of intravasal fluids leading to generalized edema and hemodynamic instability despite massive fluid therapy. In spite of its importance no standardized diagnostic criteria are available for CLS. DESIGN:Prospective cl...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Marx G,Vangerow B,Burczyk C,Gratz KF,Maassen N,Cobas Meyer M,Leuwer M,Kuse E,Rueckholdt H

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Status epilepticus is one of the most frequent neurological emergencies in the intensive care unit. Standard treatment includes intravenous barbiturates, benzodiazepines and phenytoin. However, drug coma is sometimes necessary to control refractory status epilepticus. We report such a case, successfully treated by int...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Borgeat A,Wilder-Smith OH,Jallon P,Suter PM

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Postoperative pneumonia is a potentially devastating complication associated with high mortality in intensive care unit (ICU)-patients. One of the major predisposing factors is the perioperative occurrence of atelectatic formations in non-dependent lung areas. Perioperative ventilation/perfusion mismatch due ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Hutschala D,Kinstner C,Skhirtladze K,Mayer-Helm BX,Zeitlinger M,Wisser W,Müller M,Tschernko E

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dynamic vectorcardiography (VCG) is increasingly employed for ischaemia monitoring with the use of a computerized method for recording and on-line analysis by the calculation of trend parameters. To elucidate how well the derived electrocardiogram (dECG), calculated from the VCG, compares with the simultaneously regis...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Gannedahl PE,Ljungqvist OH,Lundin P,Edner M

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To derive recommendations for the dosing of commonly used medications in the morbidly obese patient in the ICU. DATA SOURCES:Articles were obtained through computerized searches involving MEDLINE. The bibliographies of retrieved publications and textbooks were reviewed for additional references. STUDY SELEC...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Erstad BL

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of different infusion pump models on continuity of drug delivery during vertical displacement of syringe pumps. DESIGN:Zero-drug delivery time (ZDDT), retrograde aspiration volume, and infusion bolus were recorded using the same syringe in three different models of syringe pump after l...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Neff TA,Fischer JE,Schulz G,Baenziger O,Weiss M

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Limulus amoebocyte lysate assay was used as one of a series of laboratory and clinical investigations on a group of 31 patients suffering from septic shock in order to assess the clinical significance of this assay for the detection of circulating endotoxin in clinical gram-negative sepsis. Four patients with card...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： McCartney AC,Banks JG,Clements GB,Sleigh JD,Tehrani M,Ledingham IM

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the phenomenon of inappropriate triggering caused by an in-line suction catheter. DESIGN:We used a test lung to assess inappropriate triggering in four ventilators with both pressure and flow triggering. RESULTS:With pressure triggering, inappropriate triggering occurred only in the presence of P...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Al-Khafaji A,Manning HL

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the pharmacokinetics and local tissue effects resulting from the intratracheal administration of preservative-free fentanyl. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, blinded and controlled animal study. SETTING:University research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Eighteen adult male New Zealand rabbits. INTERVENTIONS...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Irazuzta JE,Ahmed U,Gancayco A,Ahmed ST,Zhang J,Anand KJ

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that levosimendan increases systemic and intestinal oxygen delivery (DO(2)) and prevents intramucosal acidosis in septic shock. DESIGN:Prospective, controlled experimental study. SETTING:University-based research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Nineteen anesthetized, mechanically ventilated she...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Dubin A,Murias G,Sottile JP,Pozo MO,Barán M,Edul VS,Canales HS,Etcheverry G,Maskin B,Estenssoro E

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of our study was to analyze changes in the consumption of MRSA-active antibiotics and in the burden of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) over a period of 9 years in a network of German intensive care units (ICU). METHODS:Data from 55 ICUs in Germany were analyzed from 2001 through 2009. The term "...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Meyer E,Schwab F,Schroeren-Boersch B,Gastmeier P

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a result of the previous shortage of tools to assess objectively the overall physiological status of the respiratory system in infants and young children, it has been difficult to measure the degree of physiological disorder or the response to therapy in respiratory diseases such as BPD, the pediatric version of AR...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Hammer J,Newth CJ

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the accuracy of the percentage of infected cells (%IC) in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) diagnosis according to its onset from the initiation of mechanical ventilation. PATIENTS:One hundred and eight patients admitted ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Dupont H,Chalhoub V,Plantefève G,De Vaumas C,Kermarrec N,Paugam-Burtz C,Mantz J

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study assessed parameters of free radical damage to biomolecules, mitochondrial superoxide production, superoxide dismutase, and catalase activities and their relationship to sepsis mortality. DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective animal study in a university laboratory for experimental. SUBJECTS:140 male Wis...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Ritter C,Andrades M,Frota Júnior ML,Bonatto F,Pinho RA,Polydoro M,Klamt F,Pinheiro CT,Menna-Barreto SS,Moreira JC,Dal-Pizzol F

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18-month-old male infant presented with hypoglycemic coma and clinical signs of bronchopneumonia. He was suspected of suffering from septic shock. The patient progressed to irreversible multiple organ failure before the diagnosis of adrenal crisis was established. Plasma levels of ACTH and cortisol remained undetec...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Fischer JE,Stallmach T,Fanconi S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have treated 30 patients with flail chest, with priority given to associated factors (pain, secretions retention, hemo-/pneumothorax and underlying pulmonary contusion). When this treatment was insufficient IMV + PEEP was instituted; in this group there was a 58.8% incidence of pneumonia, 47.5% of sepsis and 11.7 d...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Carpintero JL,Rodriguez Diez A,Ruiz Elvira MJ,Benitez JA,Perez Rielo A

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Circulating levels of the proinflammatory mediator High Mobility Group Box Protein 1 (HMGB1) are increased in septic patients and may contribute to sepsis-induced organ dysfunction. Although HMGB1 has been shown to activate neutrophils from healthy volunteers, the responses of neutrophils from septic patient...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Silva E,Arcaroli J,He Q,Svetkauskaite D,Coldren C,Nick JA,Poch K,Park JS,Banerjee A,Abraham E

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of metabolic acidosis, acute renal failure and hepatic failure following paracetamol ingestion is presented. The diagnostic difficulty at presentation is highlighted. Continuous arteriovenous haemofiltration proved a valuable means of maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance. The patient recovered. ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Kritharides L,Fassett R,Singh B

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Limited data exist on the correlation between higher flow rates of high-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) and its physiologic effects in patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF). We assessed the effects of HFNC delivered at increasing flow rate on inspiratory effort, work of breathing, minute ventilatio...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Mauri T,Alban L,Turrini C,Cambiaghi B,Carlesso E,Taccone P,Bottino N,Lissoni A,Spadaro S,Volta CA,Gattinoni L,Pesenti A,Grasselli G

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00