Implementation, reliability testing, and compliance monitoring of the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit in trauma patients.

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe the course of early organ dysfunction in a cohort of patients admitted in ICU suffering classic heatstroke. METHODS:Prospective observational single-centre cohort study with a 1-year follow-up. INTERVENTIONS:None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS:Clinical and biological data of 22 patients were anal...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Pease S,Bouadma L,Kermarrec N,Schortgen F,Régnier B,Wolff M

更新日期：2009-08-01 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

authors： Boyer A,Vargas F,Hilbert G,Gruson D,Mousset-Hovaere M,Castaing Y,Dreyfuss D,Ricard JD

更新日期：2010-08-01 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 describe hyperglycaemia as a possible marker of morbidity and mortality in critically ill medical and surgical patients admitted to a multidisciplinary ICU. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:A 13-bed non-cardiac multidisciplinary ICU in a university hospital. PATIENTS AND PARTICIPANTS:Adult patie...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Christiansen C,Toft P,Jørgensen HS,Andersen SK,Tønnesen E

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess acute cardiorespiratory effects of recruitment manoeuvres in experimental acute lung injury. DESIGN:Experimental study in animal models of acute lung injury. SETTING:Experimental laboratory at a University Medical Centre. ANIMALS:Ten pigs with bronchoalveolar lavage and eight pigs with endotoxin-...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Odenstedt H,Aneman A,Kárason S,Stenqvist O,Lundin S

更新日期：2005-01-01 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:Caloric insufficiency during the first week of intensive care unit (ICU) stay was reported to be associated with increased infection rates, especially ICU-acquired bloodstream infection (ICU-BSI). However, the predisposition to ICU-BSI by a given pathogen remains not well known. We aimed to determine the impact...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Ekpe K,Novara A,Mainardi JL,Fagon JY,Faisy C

更新日期：2014-12-01 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:To determine whether erythromycin is non-inferior to metoclopramide in facilitating post-pyloric placement of self-propelled spiral nasoenteric tubes (NETs) in critically ill patients. METHODS:A prospective, multicenter, open-label, parallel, and non-inferiority randomized controlled trial was conducted compar...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Hu B,Ouyang X,Lei L,Sun C,Chi R,Guo J,Guo W,Zhang Y,Li Y,Huang D,Sun H,Nie Z,Yu J,Zhou Y,Wang H,Zhang J,Chen C

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：PURPOSE:To provide recommendations and standard operating procedures for intensive care unit and hospital preparations for an influenza pandemic or mass disaster with a specific focus on essential equipment, pharmaceuticals and supplies. METHODS:Based on a literature review and expert opinion, a Delphi process was use...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Sprung CL,Kesecioglu J,European Society of Intensive Care Medicine's Task Force for intensive care unit triage during an influenza epidemic or mass disaster.

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined whether early diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) abnormalities of the brain and variation of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) values can provide prognostic information on clinical outcome in children following cardiac arrest (CA). DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:A 12-...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Oualha M,Gatterre P,Boddaert N,Dupic L,De Saint Blanquat L,Hubert P,Lesage F,Desguerre I

更新日期：2013-07-01 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

authors： Kamper EF,Siafaka J,Stavridis J

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracorporeal CO2-removal (EC-CO2-R) using a membrane lung system was applied for 12 and 20 days respectively in two young men with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Neuropathological examination revealed only moderate hypoxic changes of unusual distribution. In the first case nerve cell loss in Sommer's se...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Krajewski S,Seitz RJ,Schober R,Breulmann M,Falke KJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine incidence, risk factors and outcome of tracheal ischemic lesions related to intubation. METHODS:Planned post hoc analysis using patients from a previous randomized controlled study. Fiberoptic tracheoscopy was performed during the 24 h following extubation. In patients with >2 ischemic lesions, ul...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Touat L,Fournier C,Ramon P,Salleron J,Durocher A,Nseir S

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of two different comorbidity measures on the 6-month mortality of severely ill cancer patients. DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective cohort study in a ten-bed oncological medical-surgical intensive care unit (ICU). PATIENTS:A total of 772 consecutive patients were included over a 45-month p...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Soares M,Salluh JI,Ferreira CG,Luiz RR,Spector N,Rocco JR

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Neurologic and endothelial injury biomarkers are associated with prolonged delirium during critical illness and may reflect injury pathways that lead to poor long-term outcomes. We hypothesized that blood-brain barrier (BBB), neuronal, and endothelial injury biomarkers measured during critical illness are assoc...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Hughes CG,Patel MB,Brummel NE,Thompson JL,McNeil JB,Pandharipande PP,Jackson JC,Chandrasekhar R,Ware LB,Ely EW,Girard TD

更新日期：2018-03-01 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

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journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Monnet X,Saugel B

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effect of thiopental loading during resuscitation of 53 patients following cardiopulmonary arrest and compared the outcome with that found in 54 patients treated conventionally in the 30 previous months. Thiopental therapy (10 mg/kg i.v.) was begun within 30 min of the arrest once hemodynamic stability ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Monsalve F,Rucabado L,Ruano M,Cuñat J,Lacueva V,Viñuales A

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

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journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Baedorf Kassis E,Train S,MacNeil B,Loring SH,Talmor D

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:(a) To measure gastric tonometry values in critically ill patients with peritonitis and to assess the impact of epidural analgesia on these values. (b) To assess the impact of epidural analgesia on gastro-intestinal motility by abdominal ultrasound and paracetamol absorption. (c) To observe any change in cli...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Spackman DR,McLeod AD,Prineas SN,Leach RM,Reynolds F

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Previous studies on therapeutic interventions in sepsis have assumed stability of the measure of splanchnic blood flow throughout the study. We assessed the variability of splanchnic blood flow during stable global hemodynamics in eight patients with sepsis requiring treatment with dobutamine and/or norepine...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Sakka SG,Reinhart K,Wegscheider K,Meier-Hellmann A

更新日期：2001-08-01 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 compare haemodynamic and gas exchange effects after either atracurium or pancuronium given to ventilated neonates with respiratory failure. DESIGN:In this prospective study neonates were alternately assigned to receive either atracurium or pancuronium, intravenously. SETTING:Paediatric and neonatal ICU i...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Piotrowski A

更新日期：1993-01-01 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

authors： Standley TD,Smith HL,Brennan LJ,Wilkins IA,Bradley PG,Barrera Groba C,Davey AJ,Menon DK,Wheeler DW

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Biomarkers allowing accurate early staging of septic shock patients are lacking despite their obvious interest for patient management. Experimental models of septic shock in mouse previously noted a decrease in dendritic cell numbers. The aim of the study was to find a rapid reproducible biological test for a...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Guisset O,Dilhuydy MS,Thiébaut R,Lefèvre J,Camou F,Sarrat A,Gabinski C,Moreau JF,Blanco P

更新日期：2007-01-01 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

authors： Mirski MA,Lewin JJ 3rd,Ledroux S,Thompson C,Murakami P,Zink EK,Griswold M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last two decades, severe group A beta-haemolytic streptococcal infections have been defined as the "toxic strep syndrome", and have been reported not only in immunocompromised or elderly people, but also occasionally in previously healthy patients. We describe 4 patients presenting with the toxic strep synd...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Soravia C,Romand JA,Herrmann M,Chevrolet JC,Ricou B,Suter PM

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the effects of polymyxin B-immobilized fiber (PMX-F) on bone resorption in septic patients. DESIGN AND SETTING:Observational prospective study in intensive care units of a general hospital. PATIENTS AND PARTICIPANTS:25 patients with severe sepsis and 20 healthy controls. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Nakamura T,Kawagoe Y,Matsuda T,Koide H

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00