Plasma fibronectin and complement following infusion of colloidal solutions after spinal anaesthesia.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between cytokines and the inflammatory responses in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, we examined the changes of cytokines as well as alterations in the markers of neutrophil activation, platelet and endothelial activation, and endothelial injury. DESIGN:Prospectiv...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Gando S,Nanzaki S,Morimoto Y,Kobayashi S,Kemmotsu O

更新日期：1999-06-01 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

authors： Behrends M,Kernbach M,Bräuer A,Braun U,Peters J,Weyland W

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:(a) To assess whether differences in lung morphology observed in patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are associated with differences in cardiorespiratory parameters, lung mechanics, and outcome. (b) To propose a new ARDS Severity Score to identify patients with a high mortality risk. DE...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Rouby JJ,Puybasset L,Cluzel P,Richecoeur J,Lu Q,Grenier P

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the steady-state plasma and epithelial lining fluid (ELF) concentrations of ceftazidime administered in continuous infusion to critically ill patients with severe nosocomial pneumonia. DESIGN:Prospective, open-label study. SETTING:An intensive care unit and research ward in a university hospita...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Boselli E,Breilh D,Rimmelé T,Poupelin JC,Saux MC,Chassard D,Allaouchiche B

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：:Achievement of a mean blood pressure (MBP) target is one of the hemodynamic goals to ensure an adequate blood perfusion pressure in critically ill patients. Arterial catheter allows for a continuous and precise monitoring of arterial pressure signal. In addition to giving a precise MBP monitoring, analysis of the bloo...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Augusto JF,Teboul JL,Radermacher P,Asfar P

更新日期：2011-03-01 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:To systematically review clinical and preclinical data on hydroxyethyl starch (HES) tissue storage. METHODS:MEDLINE (PubMed) was searched and abstracts were screened using defined criteria to identify articles containing original data on HES tissue accumulation. RESULTS:Forty-eight studies were included: 37 h...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Wiedermann CJ,Joannidis M

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the incidence, diagnosis and therapy of acute adrenal insufficiency, secondary to adrenal hemorrhage. This insufficiency resulted in temperature irregularities. hemodynamic instability, and a large volume resuscitation requirement post-operatively. The case illustrates that a high level of suspicion should...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Szalados JE,Vukmir RB

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the phenomenon of inappropriate triggering caused by an in-line suction catheter. DESIGN:We used a test lung to assess inappropriate triggering in four ventilators with both pressure and flow triggering. RESULTS:With pressure triggering, inappropriate triggering occurred only in the presence of P...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Al-Khafaji A,Manning HL

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Alterations in coagulation, including elevated pulmonary and systemic concentrations of urokinase, are frequent in patients with acute lung injury (ALI). Urokinase potentiates neutrophil activation and contributes to the severity of pulmonary injury in preclinical models of ALI. The objective of this study wa...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Arcaroli J,Sankoff J,Liu N,Allison DB,Maloney J,Abraham E

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Production of beta-lactamases is the most important means of bacterial resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics. The traditional, plasmid-mediated beta-lactamases were initially confined to Enterobacteriaceae but have now spread to other genera and species including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Haemophilus influenzae, and Nei...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Garau J

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes of critical illness neuromuscular abnormalities (CINMA). DESIGN:Systematic review. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SELECTION:MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Library were searched for reports on adult ICU patients who were evaluated for CINMA clinicall...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Stevens RD,Dowdy DW,Michaels RK,Mendez-Tellez PA,Pronovost PJ,Needham DM

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：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：PURPOSE:Severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) remains a life-threatening disease with classic etiology of systemic inflammatory response and mortality between 30 and 50 %. The aim of the present study is to compare two different treatment strategies of goal-directed hemodynamic management and evaluate their impact on surviva...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Trepte CJ,Bachmann KA,Stork JH,Friedheim TJ,Hinsch A,Goepfert MS,Mann O,Izbicki JR,Goetz AE,Reuter DA

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Monnet X,Saugel B

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Growing evidence suggests that acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) occurring as a consequence of primary (direct) lung injury differs from that resulting from secondary (indirect) lung injury in terms of radiographic appearance, response to interventions, and outcomes. We examined whether there are dif...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Parker CM,Heyland DK,Groll D,Caeser M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a result of the previous shortage of tools to assess objectively the overall physiological status of the respiratory system in infants and young children, it has been difficult to measure the degree of physiological disorder or the response to therapy in respiratory diseases such as BPD, the pediatric version of AR...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Hammer J,Newth CJ

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several different epidemiological typing methods have been used in studies of coagulase-negative staphylococci; these include biotyping, antibiotic susceptibility pattern analysis, serological typing, phage typing, slime production detection, protein profile analysis, immunoblot fingerprinting and DNA typing. The most...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Vandenesch F,Lina B,Lebeau Ch,Greenland TB,Etienne J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is an acute inflammatory polyneuropathy related to autoimmunity. However, no conclusive etiological concept has yet been found. We examined the variation in autoantibodies to lipids in serum of GBS patients in response to the course of the disease but investigated titer modif...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Nakos G,Tziakou E,Maneta-Peyret L,Nassis C,Lekka ME

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:We propose that higher airway occlusion pressure (P0.1) responses to hypercapnic challenge (HC) indicate less severe injury. The study aim was to determine whether P0.1 responses to HC were associated with successful weaning after prolonged mechanical ventilation (PMV) in patients with brainstem lesions and t...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Wu YK,Lee CH,Shia BC,Tsai YH,Tsao TC

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether, during mechanical ventilation, an optimal positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) can be identified by measurement of regional tidal volume and compliance [V (T(reg)), C (RS(reg))]. METHODS:Sixteen anaesthetized intubated neonatal piglets underwent a stepwise vital capacity manoeuvre perf...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Dargaville PA,Rimensberger PC,Frerichs I

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：PURPOSE:Ventricular-arterial (V-A) decoupling decreases myocardial efficiency and is exacerbated by tachycardia that increases static arterial elastance (Ea). We thus investigated the effects of heart rate (HR) reduction on Ea in septic shock patients using the beta-blocker esmolol. We hypothesized that esmolol improve...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Morelli A,Singer M,Ranieri VM,D'Egidio A,Mascia L,Orecchioni A,Piscioneri F,Guarracino F,Greco E,Peruzzi M,Biondi-Zoccai G,Frati G,Romano SM

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Common opioids for analgesia and sedation of mechanically ventilated infants may tend to accumulate and cause prolonged sedation with an unpredictable extubation time. Remifentanil is a promising option due to its unique pharmacokinetic properties, which seem to be valid in adults as well as in infants. METHOD...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Welzing L,Oberthuer A,Junghaenel S,Harnischmacher U,Stützer H,Roth B

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the effect of a cimetidine continuous infusion (2 g in 24 h) on the intragastric pH of 16 critically ill patients (11 men, 5 women, mean age 45 years). During the 24 h pre-trial period and the subsequent 24 h cimetidine infusion, an intragastric combined electrode was placed in the fundus and the pH recor...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Tomé G,Fiasse R,Reynaert M,Mahieu P,Hanssens F

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Sedatives administered to critically ill children should be titrated to effect, because both under- and oversedation may have negative effects. We conducted a systematic review to examine reported incidences of under-, optimal, and oversedation in critically ill children receiving intensive care. METHODS:A sys...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Vet NJ,Ista E,de Wildt SN,van Dijk M,Tibboel D,de Hoog M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breathing pattern was studied non-invasively in 20 coronary artery bypass surgery patients before the operation and post-operatively after weaning from mechanical ventilation. Post-operatively minute ventilation (VE), breathing frequency (Fr) and mean inspiratory flow (VT/TI) increased (28%, 42%, 27%; p less than 0.01...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Tulla H,Takala J,Alhava E,Huttunen H,Kari A,Manninen H

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00