Abstract:
:Nosocomial pneumonia continues to represent a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. Bacteria are responsible for greater than 90% of the pneumonias, the most common isolates being aerobic Gram-negative bacilli and S. aureus. Cornerstones of treatment are intravenous antibiotics and supportive care. In the individual case the true etiology is usually unknown; therefore empiric broad spectrum treatment is commonly used based on the prevalence of local pathogens, their antibiotic sensitivity pattern and on host factors. Combination antibiotic regimens, including beta-lactams and aminoglycosides, are considered as standard therapy and are associated with clinical success rates of greater than 80%. Monotherapy with broad spectrum antibiotics, such as third generation cephalosporins, imipenem and fluoroquinolones, can be considered as equally effective in non-neutropenic patients and in the absence of P. aeruginosa infection. More active and less toxic antibiotics are still needed for problematic pathogens such as methicillin-resistant S. aureus strains, multiresistant Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas species. Because further improvement in morbidity and mortality may be limited with antibiotics alone, new emphasis should be placed on prevention of infection and the use of immunotherapy.
journal_name
Intensive Care Medjournal_title
Intensive care medicineauthors
Unertl KE,Lenhart FP,Forst H,Peter Kdoi
10.1007/BF01752974keywords:
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1992-01-01 00:00:00pages
S28-34eissn
0342-4642issn
1432-1238journal_volume
18 Suppl 1pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the influence of changes in alveolar ventilation on the following tonometry-derived variables: gastric intramucosal CO2 tension (PtCO2), gastric arterial CO2 tension difference (PgapCO2), gastric intramucosal pH (pHi) and arterial pH-pHi difference (pHgap). DESIGN:Clinical prospective study. SET...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s001340050834
更新日期:1999-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The use of ultrasonography has become increasingly popular in the everyday management of critically ill patients. It has been demonstrated to be a safe and handy bedside tool that allows rapid hemodynamic assessment and visualization of the thoracic, abdominal and major vessels structures. More recently, M-mode ultras...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/s00134-013-2823-1
更新日期:2013-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Arrhythmias are extremely common early after AMI. An arrhythmia is defined by exclusion, either because the sequence of myocardial depolarisation is other than normal or because certain arbitrary limits are exceeded. It follows that the term "arrhythmia" encompasses a complex heterogenous group. Although arrhythmias a...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01683131
更新日期:1978-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate major similarities and major differences between Western European countries in intensive care unit (ICU) nurse staffing, education, training, responsibilities, and initiative. DESIGN:A questionnaire was sent to Western European doctor members of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, to...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1007/s001340050693
更新日期:1998-09-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-011-2335-9
更新日期:2011-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Adverse respiratory and gasometrical effects have been described in patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) undergoing noninvasive ventilation (NIV) with standard heat and moisture exchangers (HME). We decided to evaluate respiratory parameters and arterial blood gases (ABG) of patients during NIV with ...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1007/s00134-010-1894-5
更新日期:2010-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the Datex Deltatrac II for measurements in neonates requiring mechanical ventilation. DESIGN:Prospective laboratory evaluation, using a ventilated lung model and gas injection. During simulation of 79 neonatal respiratory settings, assessment of oxygen consumption (VO2), carbon dioxide production...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s001340000708
更新日期:2001-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To compare the total plasma cortisol values obtained from three widely used immunoassays and a high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) technique on samples obtained from patients with sepsis. DESIGN AND SETTING:Observational interventional in the general intensive care unit of a metropolitan hospital PAT...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-006-0389-x
更新日期:2006-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:To examine the association of intravenous iodinated contrast material administration with the subsequent development of post-contrast AKI (PC-AKI), emergent dialysis, and short-term mortality using a propensity score-adjusted analysis of a cohort of intensive care unit (ICU) patients who underwent CT examinatio...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-017-4699-y
更新日期:2017-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that the rate of degradation of exogenously administered albumin is faster with bolus administration than with continuous infusion and thus that a bolus administration is less efficacious in restoring blood albumin concentration (BAC) in the hypoalbuminemic critically ill pediatric pati...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01712175
更新日期:1996-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:We investigated the effect of different levels of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on the cricothyroid (CT; a tensor muscle of the vocal folds) and posterior cricoarytenoid (PCA; sole abductor muscle of the vocal folds) muscles in dogs. DESIGN:Prospective, controlled animal study. SUBJECTS:Nine m...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01709524
更新日期:1996-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:In contrast to indocyanine green (ICG) blood clearance, the plasma disappearance rate (PDR) of ICG does not require absolute ICG blood concentrations and today can be assessed transcutaneously. In this study, we analyzed the relation between ICG disappearance rate and ICG blood clearance as parameters of live...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-006-0109-6
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Most anxiolytics and sedative regimens in the intensive care unit (ICU) impair intellectual function, reducing patient autonomy, and often add to patient morbidity. Using an ICU-validated cognitive assessment tool Adapted Cognitive Exam (ACE), we performed a comparison between dexmedetomidine (DEX) and pro...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1007/s00134-010-1874-9
更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To compare available instruments for assessing delirium in critically ill adults that have undergone validity testing and provide clinicians with strategies to incorporate these instruments into clinical practice. DESIGN:Medline (1966-September 2006) was searched using the key words: delirium, cognitive dysf...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/s00134-007-0603-5
更新日期:2007-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report a clinical observation of acute pancreatitis due to severe hypertriglyceridemia in a pregnant woman. In order to decrease the serum triglyceride level rapidly, two lipaphereses were undertaken using the double-filtration technique. This lipoprotein apheresis technique is briefly described and the efficacy in...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01709884
更新日期:1991-01-01 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: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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-004-2323-4
更新日期:2004-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the incidence and the circumstances of a moderate increase in serum creatinine early after elective abdominal aortic surgery. DESIGN:Prospective clinical observational study. SETTING:Surgical intensive care unit in a university hospital. PATIENTS:Two hundred and fifteen consecutive adult patien...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-003-1958-x
更新日期:2003-10-01 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
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s001340101012
更新日期:2001-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Invasive candidiasis (IC) outcomes in intensive care units (ICUs) could be improved by the early administration of antifungals. The Candida Score (CS) prediction rule has been proposed for the selection of patients who could develop IC. Procalcitonin (PCT) levels allow prompt identification of sepsis, but the...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-009-1623-0
更新日期:2009-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:Because non-invasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) is increasingly used, new devices, both ventilators and interfaces, have been continuously proposed for clinical use in recent years. To provide the clinicians with valuable information about ventilators and interfaces for NIV, several bench studies evaluating a...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-011-2416-9
更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine the value of procalcitonin (PCT) in the early diagnosis (and differentiation) of patients with SIRS, sepsis, severe sepsis, and septic shock in comparison to C-reactive protein (CRP), white blood cell and thrombocyte count, and APACHE-II score (AP-II). DESIGN:Prospective cohort study including a...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF02900728
更新日期:2000-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine the clinical epidemiology of invasive group A streptococcal disease (IGASD) and identify predictors of admissions into an intensive care unit (ICU). DESIGN:A cross-sectional study. SETTING:Retrospective review of data. PATIENTS:A total of 204 patients hospitalized throughout the state of Flori...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-002-1538-5
更新日期:2002-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Brain death may induce cardiac dysfunction. In potential organ donors measurements of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) and circulating cardiac troponins T and I (cTnT and cTnI), alone or in combination, are performed to investigate the accuracy of these biomarkers for early diagnosis of le...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-007-0601-7
更新日期:2007-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:To evaluate the efficacy and safety of intravenous sildenafil for immediate postoperative pulmonary hypertension (PH) in pediatric patients undergoing congenital heart surgery. METHODS:A double-blind, multicenter, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging, parallel-group trial was conducted. Patients were randomized to...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1007/s00134-010-2065-4
更新日期:2011-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:: ...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 评论,社论
doi:10.1007/s00134-018-5498-9
更新日期:2019-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The purpose of the study was do describe the architecture of accretions occurring on the tips of central venous catheters (CVC). DESIGN:A conservative procedure was used followed by two different techniques of electron microscopy. SETTING AND PATIENTS:the study included 19 catheters which have been used on ...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01708582
更新日期:1992-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s001340050605
更新日期:1998-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:Optimal respiratory support for interhospital transport of critically ill children is challenging and has been scarcely investigated. High-flow nasal cannula (HFNC) therapy has emerged as a promising support mode in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU), but no data are available on HFNC used during interho...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-014-3226-7
更新日期:2014-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether the respiratory variation in inferior vena cava diameter (DeltaD(IVC)) could be related to fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients. DESIGN:Prospective clinical study. SETTING:Medical ICU of a non-university hospital. PATIENTS:Mechanically ventilated patients with sep...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-004-2233-5
更新日期:2004-09-01 00:00:00