Effects of 15-deoxy-Delta12,14-prostaglandin-J2 during hyperdynamic porcine endotoxemia.

abstract：PURPOSE:Recalibration and determining discriminative power, internationally, of the existing delirium prediction model (PRE-DELIRIC) for intensive care patients. METHODS:A prospective multicenter cohort study was performed in eight intensive care units (ICUs) in six countries. The ten predictors (age, APACHE-II, urgen...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： van den Boogaard M,Schoonhoven L,Maseda E,Plowright C,Jones C,Luetz A,Sackey PV,Jorens PG,Aitken LM,van Haren FM,Donders R,van der Hoeven JG,Pickkers P

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our study aimed to determine the efficacy and safety of colistin in the treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) caused by pan-drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Acinetobacter baumanii. DESIGN:Pairwise, retrospective exposed-unexposed study. SETTING:Combined medical and surgical intensive ca...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Kallel H,Hergafi L,Bahloul M,Hakim A,Dammak H,Chelly H,Hamida CB,Chaari A,Rekik N,Bouaziz M

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis whether PMN-Elastase in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) could reflect neutrophil activity in the lower respiratory tract. DESIGN:Prospectively, morphologic findings of acute and chronic inflammation in the transbronchial lung biopsy specimens were compared with the numbers of neutr...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Lengas A,Poletti V,Pacifico L,di Domizio C,Patelli M,Spiga L

更新日期：1994-05-01 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

authors： Depasse B,Pauwels D,Somers Y,Vincent JL

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine patients hospitalized for tetanus were studied under the same protocol which included two haemodynamic studies with a preload trial (PLT). The first being made during therapy (diazepam barbiturate association), on the sixth day of hospitalisation, and the second one after recovery. The comparison of the results s...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Desjars P,Pinaud M,Baron D,Rodineau P,Nicolas R

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the intensive care management of 23 children (age 3-15 years) following orthotopic heart (HT) and combined heart and lung transplantation (HLT) performed at our 2 institutes between February 1985 and August 1989. Cyclosporin A, azathioprine and steroids were given as routine immunosuppression, whilst anti-th...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Whitehead B,James I,Helms P,Scott JP,Smyth R,Higenbottam TW,McGoldrick J,English TA,Wallwork J,Elliott M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To obtain insight into the occurrence of brain death and the potential for brain dead and controlled non-heart-beating organ donors (CNHB) in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) and intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) in a large neurosurgical serving area (2.1 million inhabi...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Kompanje EJO,Bakker J,Slieker FJA,IJzermans JNM,Maas AIR

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the frequency and the eventual clinical characteristics of nosocomial sinusitis with anaerobic bacteria isolation in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:A 12-bed medical ICU in a teaching hospital. PATIENTS:30 adult patients with documented nosocomial...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Le Moal G,Lemerre D,Grollier G,Desmont C,Klossek JM,Robert R

更新日期：1999-10-01 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：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 investigate the effect of respiratory physiotherapy on the prevention and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) for adults in an intensive care unit (ICU) with an acquired brain injury (ABI). DESIGN AND SETTING:Two-part, prospective, randomised controlled trial. PATIENTS:A total of 144 subje...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Patman S,Jenkins S,Stiller K

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In critical illness, serum total cortisol (TC) may not adequately reflect adrenal function because of reduced cortisol-binding globulin (CBG). AIM:To evaluate adrenal function of critically ill children, using free cortisol index (FCI), calculated free cortisol (cFC), and TC levels. METHODS:Thirty-two crit...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Poomthavorn P,Lertbunrian R,Preutthipan A,Sriphrapradang A,Khlairit P,Mahachoklertwattana P

更新日期：2009-07-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To assess the prevalence of relative adrenal insufficiency in patients successfully resuscitated after cardiac arrest, and its prognostic role in post-resuscitation disease. DESIGN AND SETTING:A prospective observational single-center study in a medical intensive care unit. PATIENTS:64 patients hospitalised...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Pene F,Hyvernat H,Mallet V,Cariou A,Carli P,Spaulding C,Dugue MA,Mira JP

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the consequences of helium/oxygen (He/O(2)) inhalation on respiratory mechanics, gas exchange, and ventilation-perfusion (VA/Q) relationships in an animal model of severe induced bronchospasm during mechanical ventilation. DESIGN:Prospective, interventional study. SETTING:Experimental animal labo...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Watremez C,Liistro G,deKock M,Roeseler J,Clerbaux T,Detry B,Reynaert M,Gianello P,Jolliet P

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report identifies some of the risk factors underlying the acquisition of hospital infections in patients admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICUs). Infection rates vary in different institutes and in different types of ICUs. Patients are particularly prone to septicaemia and respiratory infections and the underlyin...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Emmerson AM

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether a goal-directed terlipressin infusion increases mean arterial pressure without causing a pulmonary vasopressive effect and whether this response impacts on key parameters of oxygen transport in healthy and endotoxemic sheep. DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective controlled trial in a university...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Westphal M,Stubbe H,Sielenkämper AW,Borgulya R,Van Aken H,Ball C,Bone HG

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Sonoclot analyser provides global measurement of haemostasis, including plasma coagulation, platelet function and fibrinolysis. Benefits of its use in cardiovascular and hepatic surgery are well-documented and it may be useful in managing obstetric complications. The aim of this study was to determine ran...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Kjellberg U,Hellgren M

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the consequences of administration of norepinephrine on muscle tissue oxygenation in severely hypotensive septic shock patients. METHODS:This was a prospective observational study conducted in a medical intensive care unit of a university hospital. We included 28 septic shock patients that received ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Georger JF,Hamzaoui O,Chaari A,Maizel J,Richard C,Teboul JL

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The intravenous fluid 6% hydroxyethyl starch (130/0.4) (6% HES 130/0.4) is used widely for resuscitation but there is limited information on its efficacy and safety. A large-scale multi-centre randomised controlled trial (CHEST) in critically ill patients is currently underway comparing fluid resuscitation with...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Crystalloid versus Hydroxyethyl Starch Trial (CHEST) Management Committee.

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spread of a multi-resistant glucose-acidifying Acinetobacter calcoaceticus strain in a community hospital was studied. After admission of a colonized patient to the hospital the strain was found in clinical specimens from ICU patients and subsequently from several of these patients after transfer to medical wards....

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Crombach WH,Dijkshoorn L,van Noort-Klaassen M,Niessen J,van Knippenberg-Gordebeke G

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:During neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) the ventilator is driven by the patients electrical activation of the diaphragm (EAdi), detected by a special esophageal catheter. A reliable positioning of the EAdi-catheter is mandatory to trace a representative EAdi signal. We aimed to determine whether a fo...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Barwing J,Ambold M,Linden N,Quintel M,Moerer O

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the effects of a cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) intervention achieved with dopamine and norepinephrine after severe head injury. DESIGN:Prospective, controlled, trial. SETTING:Neurosciences critical care unit. PATIENTS:Eleven patients with a head injury, requiring dopamine or norepinephrine i...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Johnston AJ,Steiner LA,Chatfield DA,Coles JP,Hutchinson PJ,Al-Rawi PG,Menon DK,Gupta AK

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the ability of the Clinical Risk Index for Babies (CRIB) to predict long-term neurodevelopmental impairment in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants. DESIGN:Single-center cohort study. SETTING:Tertiary neonatal care hospital and follow-up clinic. PATIENTS:Four hundred fifty-five VLBW infants conse...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Bührer C,Grimmer I,Metze B,Obladen M

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Antithrombin exerts direct effects on neutrophils by inhibiting chemokine-induced migration. This study examined the potency of different pharmaceutical antithrombin preparations in inhibiting neutrophil chemotaxis toward interleukin 8. METHODS:Cell migration was tested by the leading front assay in modified...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Kaneider NC,Rabensteiner A,Reinisch CM,Dunzendorfer S,Wiedermann CJ

更新日期：2002-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the morphological changes in the liver in patients with organ failure and hyperbilirubinemia and to correlate them to the outcome. DESIGN:A case series prospective study. SETTING:Intensive care units of two general hospitals. PATIENTS:Twelve patients in organ failure with predominant hepatic...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Douzinas EE,Vamvasakis E,Rigas K,Pitaridis M,Kittas C,Roussos C

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Organophosphate toxicity is the leading cause of morbidity and death in poisoning by insecticides. The clinical symptoms of pesticide toxicity range from the classic cholinergic syndrome to flaccid paralysis and intractable seizures. The mainstays of therapy are atropine, oximes, benzodiazepines and supportiv...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Hoffmann U,Papendorf T

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the concentration conformity of infusion solutions manually prepared on intensive care units (ICU) with solutions from pharmacy-based, automated production. METHODS:A prospective observational study conducted in a university hospital in Germany. Drug concentrations of 100 standardised infusion solut...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Dehmel C,Braune SA,Kreymann G,Baehr M,Langebrake C,Hilgarth H,Nierhaus A,Dartsch DC,Kluge S

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Owing to an oversight by the authors, Figure 2 in this article was not the version intended for publication. The correct Figure 2, reproduced here, features footnote symbols and Figure 2b includes three studies as described in the main text. ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Fujii T,Ganeko R,Kataoka Y,Furukawa TA,Featherstone R,Doi K,Vincent JL,Pasero D,Robert R,Ronco C,Bagshaw SM

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00