Effects of body temperature on blood gases.

abstract：:Six different types of continuous flush devices have been assessed for accuracy in vitro and ease of use in vivo. Only two types of device matched the manufacturers' specifications of performance. The other four gave higher flow rates than expected. ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Rithalia SV,Tinker J

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We compared two imipenem regimens for prevention of septic complications in patients with severe acute necrotizing pancreatitis (ANP). DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective, randomized open clinical trial involving intensive care units of 14 Spanish Hospitals. PARTICIPANTS:92 patients with ANP. INTERVENTIONS:Imip...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Maraví-Poma E,Gener J,Alvarez-Lerma F,Olaechea P,Blanco A,Domínguez-Muñoz JE,Spanish Group for the Study of Septic Complications in Severe Acute Pancreatitis.

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Septic shock induces a decrease in dendritic cells (DCs) that may contribute to sepsis-induced immunosuppression. We analyzed the time course of circulating DCs in patients with septic shock and its relation to susceptibility to intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired infections. METHODS:We enrolled adult patients ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Grimaldi D,Louis S,Pène F,Sirgo G,Rousseau C,Claessens YE,Vimeux L,Cariou A,Mira JP,Hosmalin A,Chiche JD

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：:A 63-year-old man underwent distal oesophagectomy and proximal gastrectomy. Postoperatively, controlled ventilation was necessary for 53 days because of anastomotic leakage. Multiple sedative regimens proved to be inadequate. By contrast, a fentanyl-midazolam combination with continuous supplementation of clonidine 0....

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Böhrer H,Bach A,Layer M,Werning P

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hypoxia-ischemia (HI), as a major cause of fetal brain damage, has long-lasting neurological implications. Therefore, therapeutic interventions that attenuate the neuropathological outcome of HI while also improving the neurofunctional outcome are of paramount clinical importance. The aim of this study was to i...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Fathali N,Lekic T,Zhang JH,Tang J

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Faecal peritonitis (FP) is a common cause of sepsis and admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). The Genetics of Sepsis and Septic Shock in Europe (GenOSept) project is investigating the influence of genetic variation on the host response and outcomes in a large cohort of patients with sepsis admitted t...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Tridente A,Clarke GM,Walden A,McKechnie S,Hutton P,Mills GH,Gordon AC,Holloway PA,Chiche JD,Bion J,Stuber F,Garrard C,Hinds CJ,GenOSept Investigators.

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Inhalation of nitric oxide (NO) can improve oxygenation and decrease mean pulmonary artery pressure (MPAP) in patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). It is not known whether inhaled NO exerts a similar effect in hypoxemic patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). DESIG...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Blanch L,Joseph D,Fernández R,Mas A,Martinez M,Vallés J,Diaz E,Baigorri F,Artigas A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic encephalopathy is a complex neuropsychiatric syndrome associated with acute, subacute and chronic liver failure, involving increased neural inhibition by activation of the GABA/benzodiazepine inhibitory neurotransmitter system. Improvement by GABA and benzodiazepine receptor antagonists as well as by chloride ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Gyr K,Meier R

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Neurologic and endothelial injury biomarkers are associated with prolonged delirium during critical illness and may reflect injury pathways that lead to poor long-term outcomes. We hypothesized that blood-brain barrier (BBB), neuronal, and endothelial injury biomarkers measured during critical illness are assoc...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Hughes CG,Patel MB,Brummel NE,Thompson JL,McNeil JB,Pandharipande PP,Jackson JC,Chandrasekhar R,Ware LB,Ely EW,Girard TD

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although several advantages are attributed to tracheotomy in ICU patients requiring mechanical ventilation (MV), true benefits and the optimal timing of tracheotomy remain controversial. In this study, we compared early tracheotomy (ET) with prolonged intubation (PI) in severely ill patients requiring prolong...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Blot F,Similowski T,Trouillet JL,Chardon P,Korach JM,Costa MA,Journois D,Thiéry G,Fartoukh M,Pipien I,Bruder N,Orlikowski D,Tankere F,Durand-Zaleski I,Auboyer C,Nitenberg G,Holzapfel L,Tenaillon A,Chastre J,Laplanch

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The purpose of a scientific paper is to communicate results and within the paper this applies especially to the presentation of data. It is the universal practice in medical journals to present statistical results using tables. Good tables are an integral part of the manuscript. To help researchers communi...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Alberti C,Boulkedid R

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate various treatment strategies in critically ill patients with ischaemic acute renal failure, there is a need for reliable bedside measurements of total renal blood flow (RBF), glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and renal oxygen consumption without the need for urine collection. DESIGN:The continuous...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Swärd K,Valsson F,Sellgren J,Ricksten SE

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe changes in hemodynamic variables, sedation, and pain score after discontinuation of prolonged infusions of dexmedetomidine in a pediatric population of critically ill cardiac patients. METHODS:Retrospective case series of patients who received continuous infusions of dexmedetomidine for longer than...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Burbano NH,Otero AV,Berry DE,Orr RA,Munoz RA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The article "Accumulation of hydroxyethyl starch in human and animal tissues: a systematic review", written by Christian J. Wiedermann and Michael Joannidis, was originally published Online First without Open Access. ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Wiedermann CJ,Joannidis M

更新日期：2020-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate whether variability in milrinone blood levels (MBL) occurs during administration to critically ill children after surgical repair of congenital heart disease, and the clinical relevance of this variability. METHODS:Prospective cohort study conducted in the pediatric intensive care unit of a tertiar...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Garcia Guerra G,Joffe AR,Senthilselvan A,Kutsogiannis DJ,Parshuram CS

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of our study was to explore, using an innovative method, the effect of temporal changes in the mortality prediction performance of an existing model on the quality of care assessment. The prognostic model (rSAPS-II) was a recalibrated Simplified Acute Physiology Score-II model developed for very elderly...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Minne L,Eslami S,de Keizer N,de Jonge E,de Rooij SE,Abu-Hanna A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Candidemia is a life-threatening infection in the ICU whose prognosis is highly dependent on the stage at which it is recognized. Procalcitonin (PCT) levels have been shown to accurately distinguish between bacteremia and noninfectious inflammatory states in critically ill patients with clinical signs of sep...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Charles PE,Dalle F,Aho S,Quenot JP,Doise JM,Aube H,Olsson NO,Blettery B

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Rapid shallow breathing may occur at any time during spontaneous breathing trials (SBT), questioning the utility of a single determination of the rapid shallow breathing index (RSBI). We hypothesize that change in RSBI during SBT may more accurately predict successful extubation than a single determination. ME...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Segal LN,Oei E,Oppenheimer BW,Goldring RM,Bustami RT,Ruggiero S,Berger KI,Fiel SB

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Evidence of variation in mortality after surgery may indicate preventable postoperative death. We sought to determine if regional differences in outcome were present in surgical patients admitted to critical care in the UK. METHODS:We extracted data on admission characteristics, case mix and outcome of all pat...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Gillies MA,Power GS,Harrison DA,Fleming A,Cook B,Walsh TS,Pearse RM,Rowan KM

更新日期：2015-10-01 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：:Peritoneal dialysis was used in experimental lactic acidosis caused by hypoxia for the removal of endogenous lactate. Two types of dialysis fluid, with and without vasodilator sodium nitroprusside, added intraperitoneally were used. The addition of sodium nitroprusside increased peritoneal the clearance of lactate as ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Breborowicz A,Szulc R

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Previous studies on therapeutic interventions in sepsis have assumed stability of the measure of splanchnic blood flow throughout the study. We assessed the variability of splanchnic blood flow during stable global hemodynamics in eight patients with sepsis requiring treatment with dobutamine and/or norepine...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Sakka SG,Reinhart K,Wegscheider K,Meier-Hellmann A

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate ventilation-perfusion (VA/Q) relationships, during continuous axial rotation and in the supine position, in patients with acute lung injury (ALI) using the multiple inert gas elimination technique. DESIGN:Prospective investigation. SETTING:Eighteen-bed intensive care unit in a university hosp...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Bein T,Reber A,Metz C,Jauch KW,Hedenstierna G

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the accuracy of eight different prognostic scores (Stiehm, Niklasson, Leclerc, Garlund, the MOC score, Tesero, the Glasgow Meningococcal Septicaemia Prognostic Score (GMSPS) and Tüyzüs) in the prediction of fatal outcome in meningococcal disease. DESIGN:Combined prospective and retrospective s...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Derkx HH,van den Hoek J,Redekop WK,Bijlmer RP,van Deventer SJ,Bossuyt PM

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the relationship between the base deficit value in the immediate postoperative period of coronary surgery for cardiopulmonary bypass and the length of stay in the ICU. DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective descriptive study in the department of anesthesia and cardiovascular surgery of a university hospita...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Hugot P,Sicsic JC,Schaffuser A,Sellin M,Corbineau H,Chaperon J,Ecoffey C

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the cell content and purity of Ficoll-separated peripheral blood mononuclear cells and granulocyte isolates in sepsis patients compared to healthy controls. DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective study in the adult and pediatric intensive care departments of the Erasmus University Medical Center in the ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： van den Akker EL,Baan CC,van den Berg B,Russcher H,Joosten K,Hokken-Koelega AC,Lamberts SW,Koper JW

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Risk of critical illness is determined both by genetic and environmental influences, particularly those relating to infectious and cardiovascular diseases. Physiologically-based scoring systems cannot measure prior risk because they do not quantify physiological reserve independently of the acute illness. Genetic prof...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Bion JF

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare characteristics, clinical evolution and outcome in adult patients with influenza A (H1N1) acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) treated with or without extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). METHODS:A prospective observational study of patients treated in Marseille South Hospital from Octo...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Roch A,Lepaul-Ercole R,Grisoli D,Bessereau J,Brissy O,Castanier M,Dizier S,Forel JM,Guervilly C,Gariboldi V,Collart F,Michelet P,Perrin G,Charrel R,Papazian L

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00