Organ donations and unused potential donations in traumatic brain injury, subarachnoid haemorrhage and intracerebral haemorrhage.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Brugada syndrome is a clinical and electrocardiographic familial entity, which may lead to sudden cardiac death. A Brugada pattern ECG may occasionally be caused by conditions such as an overdose of tricyclic antidepressants (TCA). Toxicity of TCA frequently results in the need for critical care support. ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Monteban-Kooistra WE,van den Berg MP,Tulleken JE,Ligtenberg JJM,Meertens JHJM,Zijlstra JG

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Assessing pulse pressure variation (PPV) to predict fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients with tidal volume (VT) and the impact of VT and airway driving pressure (P(plat) - PEEP) on the ability of PPV for predicting fluid responsiveness. DESIGN:Prospective interventional study. SETTING:IC...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Muller L,Louart G,Bousquet PJ,Candela D,Zoric L,de La Coussaye JE,Jaber S,Lefrant JY

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We conducted a retrospective cohort study in an academic tertiary care center to characterize ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in pediatric patients after cardiac surgery in The Netherlands. METHODS:All patients following cardiac surgery and mechanically ventilated for ≥24 h were included. The primary out...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Roeleveld PP,Guijt D,Kuijper EJ,Hazekamp MG,de Wilde RB,de Jonge E

更新日期：2011-10-01 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：:Induced hypothermia can be used to protect the brain from post-ischemic and traumatic neurological injury. Potential clinical applications and the available evidence are discussed in a separate paper. This review focuses on the practical aspects of cooling and physiological changes induced by hypothermia, as well as t...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Polderman KH

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the present study was (1) to determine the prevalence of intensive care unit (ICU) admissions due to an adverse drug reaction (ADR), and (2) to compare affected patients with patients admitted to the ICU for the treatment of deliberate self-poisoning using medical drugs. DESIGN:Prospective observa...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Schwake L,Wollenschläger I,Stremmel W,Encke J

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of varying cardiac output (CO) on thermal-dye extravascular lung water (EVLW) was investigated in a total of 40 cardiac surgery patients before the onset of the operation. EVLW was measured by means of the double indicator dilution technique with indocyanine green as the non-diffusible indicator and a mi...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Boldt J,Kling D,von Bormann B,Scheld HH,Hempelmann G

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the clinical impact of bedside colonoscopy for critically ill patients with acute lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. DESIGN AND SETTING:A 3-year retrospective analysis (chart review). Medical intensive care unit (ICU) of a 1,312-bed tertiary-care center in Taiwan. PATIENTS AND PARTICIPANTS:F...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Lin CC,Lee YC,Lee H,Lin JT,Ho WC,Chen TH,Wang HP

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To measure muscle blood flow (Qtis) and oxygen consumption (VO(2)tis) in septic and non-septic critically ill patients by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). SETTING:Surgical intensive care unit of a university hospital. PATIENTS AND PARTICIPANTS:Four patients with septic shock, eight post-surgical criticall...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Girardis M,Rinaldi L,Busani S,Flore I,Mauro S,Pasetto A

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:In critically ill pediatric patients, fluid overload (FO) >10% has been identified as a threshold for possible interventions, including initiation of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT). However, multiple definitions have been reported, and there remains no consensus method for FO calculation. The goal ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Lombel RM,Kommareddi M,Mottes T,Selewski DT,Han YY,Gipson DS,Collins KL,Heung M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Adler K,Schlieper D,Kindgen-Milles D,Meier S,Schallenburger M,Sellmann T,Schwager H,Schwartz J,Neukirchen M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pulmonary flow resistance is mainly determined by vessel calibres, resulting from the interaction of volume-passive distension and active vasomotion. However, quantitative information on the interplay between these counteracting forces in the lung is lacking. Therefore, we aimed at quantifying (1) the effects...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Ding ZP,Scheeren TW,Arndt JO

更新日期：1999-12-01 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 determine the diagnostic performance of a Bayesian Decision-Support System (BDSS) for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). DESIGN:A previously developed BDSS, automatically obtaining patient data from patient information systems, provides likelihood predictions of VAP. In a prospectively studied cohort ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Schurink CA,Visscher S,Lucas PJ,van Leeuwen HJ,Buskens E,Hoff RG,Hoepelman AI,Bonten MJ

更新日期：2007-08-01 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

authors： Iwasaki H,Ohmori H,Sumita S,Yamauchi M,Namiki A

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Protective mechanical ventilation based on multiple ventilator parameters such as tidal volume, plateau pressure, and driving pressure has been widely used in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). More recently, mechanical power (MP) was found to be associated with mortality. The study aimed to investigat...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Zhang Z,Zheng B,Liu N,Ge H,Hong Y

更新日期：2019-06-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Approximately 20 years have passed since we reported our results of histologically proven cytomegalovirus (CMV) pneumonia in non-immunocompromised ICU patients. Even if there are more recent reports suggesting that CMV may worsen the outcomes for ICU patients, there is no definite answer to this question: ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Papazian L,Hraiech S,Lehingue S,Roch A,Chiche L,Wiramus S,Forel JM

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate a simple method avoiding discard volumes in pediatric patients with indwelling arterial and venous lines. DESIGN:Zero-discarding was achieved by passive extracorporeal arteriovenous backflow via standard single pressure transducer equipment. We tested backflow distances (10, 20 and 30 cm beyond t...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Weiss M,Fischer J,Boeckmann M,Rohrer B,Baenziger O

更新日期：2001-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Evaluation of an open circuit multiple breath nitrogen washout (MBNW) technique for measurement of functional residual capacity (FRC) during partial ventilatory support using corrections for gas viscosity, sampling delay time, and re-inspired nitrogen. DESIGN:Measurements in a lung model with known reference...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Zinserling J,Wrigge H,Varelmann D,Hering R,Putensen C

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the feasibility of the transcardiac conductance (TCC) method for continuous, on-line measurement of absolute left ventricular (LV) volume and to validate the method by comparison with biplane angiography. DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective clinical feasibility and validation study in a cardiac catheteriz...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Staal EM,Baan J,Jukema JW,van der Wall EE,Steendijk P

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome required intermittent positive pressure ventilation; 15 survived. In 25 the syndrome followed bacterial infection or multiple injuries. From the peak upper airway pressure, the oxygen gradient and the age of the patient, an index was obtained which discriminated...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Smith PE,Gordon IJ

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Critical care ultrasonography has utility for the diagnosis and management of critical illness and is in widespread use by frontline intensivists. As there is a need for research to validate and extend its utility, the Editor of Intensive Care Medicine included critical care ultrasonography as a topic in the IC...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Mayo P,Arntfield R,Balik M,Kory P,Mathis G,Schmidt G,Slama M,Volpicelli G,Xirouchaki N,McLean A,Vieillard-Baron A

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the reliability of estimating arterial CO(2) pressure (PaCO(2)) using a recently introduced transcutaneous CO(2) pressure (PtcCO(2)) monitor in severe obese patients. DESIGN:Observational and interventional study. SETTING:District hospital with respiratory ward and bariatric surgery unit. PATI...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Maniscalco M,Zedda A,Faraone S,Carratù P,Sofia M

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of minitracheotomy (MT) insertion for intratracheal oxygen insufflation (ITO2) on arterial blood gases and survival in patients with respiratory failure from chronic lung disease. DESIGN:Open, prospective clinical study. SETTING:A 12-bed medical intensive care unit in a non-universi...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Andrivet P,Richard G,Viau F,Letinier JY,Darne C,Vu Ngoc C

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the generalisability of published clinical risk predictive models for invasive candidiasis in ICU patients. METHODS:The performance characteristics of published clinical risk factor-only and Candida colonisation-only predictive models for invasive candidiasis were assessed in a multicentre cohort of ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Playford EG,Lipman J,Kabir M,McBryde ES,Nimmo GR,Lau A,Sorrell TC

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Acute kidney injury (AKI) frequently occurs in critically ill patients and often precipitates use of renal replacement therapy (RRT). However, the ideal circumstances for whether and when to start RRT remain unclear. We performed evidence synthesis of the available literature to evaluate the value of biomarkers...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Klein SJ,Brandtner AK,Lehner GF,Ulmer H,Bagshaw SM,Wiedermann CJ,Joannidis M

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To establish a preliminary list of critical incidents (CIs) associated with mechanical ventilation and to describe a CI reporting method. DESIGN:A list of CIs was established based on a consensus among ICU caregivers. The list was compared to CIs collected prospectively during a predefined study period. SE...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Auriant I,Reignier J,Pibarot ML,Bachat S,Tenaillon A,Raphael JC

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00