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 left ventricular systolic dysfunction.
DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective study in a multidisciplinary intensive care unit of an university hospital.
PATIENTS:63 brain-dead patients scheduled for multiple organ harvesting.
MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS:We measured NT-proBNP, cTnT, and cTnI and determined fractional area change (FAC) using transesophageal echocardiography. Forty-five patients had normal FAC, 9 a moderate decrease in FAC (30-50), and 9 a severe decrease in FAC ( journal_name journal_title authors doi subject pub_date pages issue eissn issn journal_volume pub_type
abstract::We studied the influence of ventilatory frequency (1-5 Hz), tidal volume, lung volume and body position on the end-expiratory alveolar-to-tracheal pressure difference during high-frequency jet ventilation (HFJV) in Yorkshire piglets. The animals were anesthetized and paralysed. Alveolar pressure was estimated with the...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01706322
更新日期:1990-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Factors influencing nitrogen balance during total parenteral nutrition have been investigated in 34 critically ill injured patients studied during the first 6 days after trauma. Basal nitrogen balance was severely negative (-0.26 +/- 0.12 (SD) g X kg-1), but improved consistently during treatment. Nitrogen intake prov...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00256262
更新日期:1984-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate the sources of hemorrhage and use of endoscopic hemostasis in patients with clinically significant upper gastrointestinal (UGI) hemorrhage after admission to the intensive care unit (ICU). DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective study, 123 beds of ICU in a 1,629-bed medical center. MEASUREMENTS AND RE...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-003-1921-x
更新日期:2003-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:We tested the hypothesis that synchronization to patient effort during intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV), when compared to conventional unsynchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation (IMV), will decrease energy expenditure, as reflected by decreased oxygen consumption (VO2). DESIGN:We used a four-...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1007/s001340050359
更新日期:1997-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The effects of 142 intravenous boluses of althesin (0.05 ml/kg) on cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) were studied in twelve head injured comatose patients. The data were divided into those where the mean pre-bolus intracranial pressure (ICP) was above or below 20 mmHg and then subdivided into those where the minimum p...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00257469
更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Oxygen consumption (VO2) obtained from respiratory gases by indirect calorimetry (VO2,IC) with a metabolic monitor integrated in a ventilator were to be compared to VO2 obtained by the Fick principle (VO2,Fick) in septic patients following an increase in oxygen delivery (DO2) induced by positive inotropic sup...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s001340000635
更新日期:2000-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To analyse the clinical value of procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP) and leucocyte count in the diagnosis of paediatric sepsis and in the stratification of patients according to severity. DESIGN:Prospective, observational study. SETTING:Paediatric intensive care unit (PICU). PATIENTS:Ninety-four...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-006-0509-7
更新日期:2007-03-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-007-0875-9
更新日期:2008-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::A case of metabolic acidosis, acute renal failure and hepatic failure following paracetamol ingestion is presented. The diagnostic difficulty at presentation is highlighted. Continuous arteriovenous haemofiltration proved a valuable means of maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance. The patient recovered. ...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00262905
更新日期:1988-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-005-2736-8
更新日期:2005-10-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1007/s00134-008-1064-1
更新日期:2008-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To present the efficacy and tolerability of a new oral dosage form of the calcium antagonist nitrendipine compared to nifedipine capsules in patients with hypertensive emergency. DESIGN:Multicenter randomized double blind clinical study. SETTING:23 study centres (hospitals) in Germany. PATIENTS:161 patient...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1007/BF01708963
更新日期:1994-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To report the first case of ARDS in children treated with nitric oxide (NO) inhalation. METHODS:A 13-months infant presented with BPD and severe hypoxemia related to RSV infection and ARDS. Inhaled NO was delivered in the ventilatory circuit of a continuous flow ventilator (Babylog 8000, Dräger) in a concent...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01711907
更新日期:1994-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::The abundance of literature related to nutritional support reflects its recently recognised role in preventing metabolic complications and gut dysfunction during critical illness. However, some published studies lack relevance to critically ill patients, as a result of the selection of subjects and outcome variables, ...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/s00134-002-1581-2
更新日期:2003-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:A readily available assessment of changes in pleural pressure would be useful for ventilator and fluid management in critically ill patients. We examined whether changes in pulmonary artery occlusion pressure (Ppao) adequately reflect respiratory changes in pleural pressure as assessed by changes in intraesop...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-007-0842-5
更新日期:2007-11-01 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::A prospective study of thiamine status in patients with severe injuries (injury severity scores greater than 12) showed that they all developed signs of severe thiamine deficiency on the basis of transketolase activity, the standard biochemical test for thiamine deficiency. This occurred within the first week after th...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00256767
更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:To use the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Functioning to measure disability following critical illness using patient-reported outcomes. METHODS:A prospective, multicentre cohort study conducted in five metropolitan intensive care units (ICU). Participants were adults who had been a...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1007/s00134-017-4830-0
更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate clinical and microbiologic characteristics, modalities of treatment and outcome of patients with cervical necrotizing fasciitis admitted to our institution. DESIGN:Retrospective clinical investigation. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We reviewed the charts of 20 consecutive patients hospitalized in our Int...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s001340050959
更新日期:1999-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Administration of C1-esterase inhibitor (C1-INH) attenuates myocardial necrosis and sustains normal cardiac performance after myocardial ischemia and reperfusion in animal experiments. We report on our first experience of C1-INH application as rescue therapy in patients undergoing emergency surgical revascularization ...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s001340050629
更新日期:1998-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Interhospital transfers of critically ill pediatric patients in The Netherlands are accompanied by referring specialists or by specialist retrieval teams. We compared the interventions before and directly after transports and the complications and the equipment available during transports in the two groups. ...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-003-2066-7
更新日期:2004-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To describe a real-time ultrasound sign, the visualization of the cavity and the walls of the maxillary sinus ("sinusogram"), and to assess its correlation with total opacity of the sinus. DESIGN:Prospective clinical study. SETTING:The medical ICU of a university-affiliated hospital. PATIENTS:The significa...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s001340050716
更新日期:1998-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the sensitivity, specificity and overall accuracy of a model based on the presence or absence of organ dysfunctions and/or infection (ODIN) to predict the outcome for intensive care unit patients. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:General intensive care unit in a university teaching hospital. P...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01720528
更新日期:1993-01-01 00:00:00
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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/BF01731153
更新日期:1991-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/s00134-018-5126-8
更新日期:2018-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The use of induced hypertension in head injury patients is controversial. We present the case of a 19-year-old man admitted with severe head trauma after a road accident and describe the beneficial effects that increasing arterial blood pressure had on the cerebral perfusion pressure, cerebral blood flow and jugular b...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/s001340050997
更新日期:1999-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:: ...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 社论
doi:10.1007/s00134-018-5468-2
更新日期:2018-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-003-1837-5
更新日期:2003-09-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01720908
更新日期:1994-05-01 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