Bilateral pseudoaneurysms of the pulmonary arteries caused by blunt chest injury.

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：:Peritonitis has been produced in rabbits by the spreading of 5 ml of caecal contents throughout the peritoneal cavity. After sacrifice at 5 h, electron microscopy revealed a increase of 600% in PMN and 1200% in lymphocytes in the pulmonary capillaries of the test animals when compared to the sham operated group. The p...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Tighe D,Moss R,Parker-Williams J,Hynd J,Bennett ED

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recording of intratracheal pressure in patients breathing through a tracheostomy tube is marred by methodological problems. In model experiments it has been shown that the introduction of a recording catheter into the tracheostomy tube alters the recorded pressure by as much as 20-40%. To avoid such inaccuracy, a ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Holst M,Striem J,Hedenstierna G

更新日期：1990-01-01 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 examine variables associated with postextubation respiratory distress in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. DESIGN:Prospective, clinical investigation. SETTING:Intensive care unit of a university hospital. PATIENTS:Forty COPD patients, considered ready for extubation. MEASUREMENTS A...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Hilbert G,Gruson D,Portel L,Vargas F,Gbikpi-Benissan G,Cardinaud JP

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect of thiopental loading during resuscitation of 53 patients following cardiopulmonary arrest and compared the outcome with that found in 54 patients treated conventionally in the 30 previous months. Thiopental therapy (10 mg/kg i.v.) was begun within 30 min of the arrest once hemodynamic stability ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Monsalve F,Rucabado L,Ruano M,Cuñat J,Lacueva V,Viñuales A

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evaluation of low-level PEEP (5 cm H2O) and the two different CPAP trigger modes in the Bennett 7200a ventilator (demand-valve and flow-by trigger modes) on inspiratory work of breathing (Wi) during the weaning phase. DESIGN:Prospective controlled study. SETTING:The intensive care unit of a university hospi...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Sydow M,Golisch W,Buscher H,Zinserling J,Crozier TA,Burchardi H

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) is a potent regulator of vascular permeability and inflammation in acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Genetic variants in the Ang-2 gene may lead to altered activities of Ang-2 (or ANGPT2) gene. The aim of this study was to assess if genetic variants of An...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Su L,Zhai R,Sheu CC,Gallagher DC,Gong MN,Tejera P,Thompson BT,Christiani DC

更新日期：2009-06-01 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：PURPOSE:Pneumonia associated with invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) is one of the indicator infections of the German Nosocomial Infection Surveillance System. In 2005 surveillance was extended to include pneumonia associated with noninvasive ventilation (NIV). The aim of this study was to determine the utilization ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Kohlenberg A,Schwab F,Behnke M,Geffers C,Gastmeier P

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine: (1) the proportion of small (<5 mm) or thrombosed internal jugular veins (IJV) and femoral veins (FV) in which catheter placement would be difficult without ultrasound guidance; (2) which position increases central vein sizes and may facilitate cannulation of these vessels. DESIGN:Prospective s...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Samy Modeliar S,Sevestre MA,de Cagny B,Slama M

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A case-control comparison of Doppler guidance on the success rate of central venous cannulation in patients with normal or reduced intracranial compliance. DESIGN:A single operator performed central venous access procedures with continuous wave Doppler guidance. It was used on patients on a ventilator. The p...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Schummer W,Schummer C,Niesen WD,Gerstenberg H

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and eighteen 20-g radial artery catheters were prospectively evaluated in 109 cardiovascular surgical patients. 0.024% papaverine in saline was used as a continuous flushing solution. Using the Doppler method, obstruction of the radial artery with the catheter in situ was found in 11 (9.8%) patients. Decan...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Weiss BM,Gattiker RI

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adult studies evaluating corticosteroids have found varied efficacy. One study showing mortality benefit utilized fludrocortisone (FLU) and hydrocortisone (HC) (Effect of treatment with low doses of hydrocortisone and fludrocortisone on mortality in patients with septic shock. JAMA 288:862-871, 2002). Use of...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Hebbar KB,Stockwell JA,Fortenberry JD

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the efficiency of non-invasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) in decompensated patients with either chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or chronic restrictive pulmonary disease. DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:A 17-bed intensive care unit in a university teaching hospital. SET...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Robino C,Faisy C,Diehl JL,Rezgui N,Labrousse J,Guerot E

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study plasma concentrations of interleukin 6 (IL-6) and interleukin 8 (IL-8) in patients with splanchnic hypoxia, as documented by gastric intramucosal measurements (pH-i), during major abdominal surgery and the relationship between IL-6 and IL-8 concentrations and postoperative complications as well as cl...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Donati A,Battisti D,Recchioni A,Paoletti P,Conti G,Caporelli S,Adrario E,Pelaia P,Pietropaoli P

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Clinical examination is often the first step to diagnose shock and estimate cardiac index. In the Simple Intensive Care Studies-I, we assessed the association and diagnostic performance of clinical signs for estimation of cardiac index in critically ill patients. METHODS:In this prospective, single-centre coho...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Hiemstra B,Koster G,Wiersema R,Hummel YM,van der Harst P,Snieder H,Eck RJ,Kaufmann T,Scheeren TWL,Perner A,Wetterslev J,de Smet AMGA,Keus F,van der Horst ICC,SICS Study Group.

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma colloid osmotic pressure (COP) has been calculated from both serum albumin concentration and plasma total protein concentration. These values have been compared to those measured directly using a membrane-transducer oncometer in a group of normal subjects, in a group of critically-ill patients with a variety of...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Barclay SA,Bennett D

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male gender predisposes to severe sepsis and septic shock. This effect has been ascribed to higher levels of testosterone. The ESPNIC ARDS database was searched, to determine if there was evidence of a similar male preponderance in severe sepsis in prepubertal patients in spite of low levels of male sex hormones at th...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Bindl L,Buderus S,Dahlem P,Demirakca S,Goldner M,Huth R,Kohl M,Krause M,Kühl P,Lasch P,Lewandowski K,Merz U,Moeller J,Mohamad Y,Peters M,Porz W,Vierzig A,Rüchard J,Scharf J,Varnholt V,ESPNIC ARDS Database Group.

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Acute hypoxemic respiratory failure (AHRF) is a common reason for emergency pediatric intensive care. An objective assessment of disease severity from acute physiological parameters would be of value in clinical practice and in the design of clinical trials. We hypothesised that there was a difference in the ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Peters MJ,Tasker RC,Kiff KM,Yates R,Hatch DJ

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：PURPOSE:Assessing feasibility and physiological effects of sedation with sevoflurane, administered with the anesthetic conserving device (AnaConDa), in comparison with propofol and remifentanil. METHODS:Seventeen patients undergoing mechanical ventilation underwent sedation with sevoflurane delivered with AnaConDa (ph...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Migliari M,Bellani G,Rona R,Isgrò S,Vergnano B,Mauri T,Patroniti N,Pesenti A,Foti G

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The effect of advanced age per se versus severity of chronic and acute diseases on the short- and long-term survival of older patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) remains unclear. METHODS:Intensive care unit admissions to the surgical ICU and medical ICU of patients older than 65 years were analy...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Fuchs L,Chronaki CE,Park S,Novack V,Baumfeld Y,Scott D,McLennan S,Talmor D,Celi L

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The emphasis on the importance of professionalism in a recent CoBaTrICE-IT paper was impressive. However, insight into the elements of professionalism as perceived relevant for intensivists from the fellows' view, and how these are taught and learned, is limited. OBJECTIVES AND METHODS:A nationwide study ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： van Mook WN,de Grave WS,Gorter SL,Muijtjens AM,Zwaveling JH,Schuwirth LW,van der Vleuten CP

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:(1) To describe the pattern of intracranial pressure (ICP) and cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) in a group of severe head-injured patients, (2) to quantify complications of ICP monitoring, and (3) to describe a management protocol and its results. DESIGN:Prospective observational study. SETTING:General int...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Stocchetti N,Rossi S,Buzzi F,Mattioli C,Paparella A,Colombo A

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To measure the extent of dilution of helium-oxygen (heliox) by room air when given via high concentration reservoir mask to spontaneously breathing subjects. Substantial dilution of heliox by room air under these circumstances might alter its physical properties sufficiently to negate any potential clinical ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Standley TD,Smith HL,Brennan LJ,Wilkins IA,Bradley PG,Barrera Groba C,Davey AJ,Menon DK,Wheeler DW

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the syndrome of rhabdomyolysis during bacterial sepsis with regard to incidence, blood bacteriology and complications and to examine the association between hyperosmolal state and rhabdomyolysis, evaluating the relationship between plasma osmolality (Posm) and serum creatine phosphokinase (CPK) le...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Betrosian A,Thireos E,Kofinas G,Balla M,Papanikolaou M,Georgiadis G

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae is responsible for two-thirds of ICU admissions due to community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and is the leading cause of CAP-related death. Early death is principally due to cardiovascular collapse, whereas late death is associated with hypoxemic respiratory failure. Outcome depends on interactio...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Luján M,Gallego M,Rello J

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the wishes of a sample of French patients about medical information and surrogacy, at a time when the French Ministry of Health is supporting increased patient autonomy. DESIGN:A cohort of competent patients with non-critical illnesses or injuries completed an intention-to-act questionnaire on the a...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Roupie E,Santin A,Boulme R,Wartel JS,Lepage E,Lemaire F,Lejonc JL,Montagne O

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of two different comorbidity measures on the 6-month mortality of severely ill cancer patients. DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective cohort study in a ten-bed oncological medical-surgical intensive care unit (ICU). PATIENTS:A total of 772 consecutive patients were included over a 45-month p...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Soares M,Salluh JI,Ferreira CG,Luiz RR,Spector N,Rocco JR

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00