Normal adrenocortical function on initial testing in the intensive care unit: not a long-term warranty.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical usefulness of open lung biopsy (OLB) in patients undergoing mechanical ventilation for diffuse pulmonary infiltrates of unknown etiology. METHODS:This was a 10-year retrospective study in a 10-bed medical intensive care unit. The medical records of 36 v...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Lim SY,Suh GY,Choi JC,Koh WJ,Lim SY,Han J,Lee KS,Shim YM,Chung MP,Kim H,Kwon OJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) is a transmembrane receptor of the immunoglobulin superfamily, it plays pivotal roles in the pathogenesis of sepsis in several ways. Our previous study showed that rs1800625 (-429T/C) revealed a strong clinical relevance with sepsis morbidity rate and...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Zeng L,Du J,Gu W,Zhang AQ,Wang HY,Wen DL,Qiu L,Yang XT,Sun JH,Zhang M,Hao J,Jiang JX

更新日期：2015-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:There has been dramatic improvement in survival for patients with HIV/AIDS; however, some studies on patients with HIV/AIDS and serious illness have reported continued low rates of intensive care. The purpose of this study was to examine patterns of care and outcomes for patients with severe sepsis and HIV...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Mrus JM,Braun L,Yi MS,Linde-Zwirble WT,Johnston JA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute kidney injury (AKI) affects a large proportion of the critically ill and is associated with worse patient outcomes. Early identification of AKI can lead to earlier initiation of supportive therapy and better management. In this study, we evaluate the impact of computerized AKI decision support tool int...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Bourdeaux C,Ghosh E,Atallah L,Palanisamy K,Patel P,Thomas M,Gould T,Warburton J,Rivers J,Hadfield J

更新日期：2020-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Among critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) needing continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), the effect of convective (via continuous venovenous hemofiltration [CVVH]) versus diffusive (via continuous venovenous hemodialysis [CVVHD]) solute clearance on clinical outcomes is unclear. Ou...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Wald R,Friedrich JO,Bagshaw SM,Burns KE,Garg AX,Hladunewich MA,House AA,Lapinsky S,Klein D,Pannu NI,Pope K,Richardson RM,Thorpe K,Adhikari NK

更新日期：2012-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute kidney injury and hyperchloremia are commonly present in critically ill septic patients. Our study goal was to evaluate the association of hyperchloremia and acute kidney injury in severe sepsis and septic shock patients. METHODS:In this retrospective cohort study in a provincial tertiary care hospita...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Suetrong B,Pisitsak C,Boyd JH,Russell JA,Walley KR

更新日期：2016-10-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension is an extremely common clinical problem, affecting approximately 50 million people in the USA and approximately 1 billion individuals worldwide. Approximately 1% of these patients will develop acute elevations in blood pressure at some point in their lifetime. A number of terms have been applied to severe...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Varon J,Marik PE

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Manifestations of sepsis are sensitive but are poorly specific of infection. Our aim was to assess the value of daily measurements of C-reactive protein (CRP), temperature and white cell count (WCC) in the early identification of intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired infections. METHODS:We undertook a prospe...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Póvoa P,Coelho L,Almeida E,Fernandes A,Mealha R,Moreira P,Sabino H

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Respiratory viruses are increasingly recognized as significant etiologies of pneumonia among hospitalized patients. Advanced technologies using multiplex molecular assays and polymerase-chain reaction increase the ability to identify viral pathogens and may ultimately impact antibacterial use. METHOD:This...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Crotty MP,Meyers S,Hampton N,Bledsoe S,Ritchie DJ,Buller RS,Storch GA,Kollef MH,Micek ST

更新日期：2015-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Despite recent modifications, the clinical definition of the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) remains non-specific, leading to under-diagnosis and under-treatment. This study was designed to test the hypothesis that a biomarker panel would be useful for biologic confirmation of the clinical diagn...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Ware LB,Koyama T,Zhao Z,Janz DR,Wickersham N,Bernard GR,May AK,Calfee CS,Matthay MA

更新日期：2013-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several choices of inotropic therapy are available and used in relation to cardiac surgery. Comparisons are necessary to select optimal therapy. In Denmark, dobutamine and milrinone are the two inotropic agents most commonly used to treat post-bypass low cardiac output syndrome. This study compares all-cause...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Nielsen DV,Torp-Pedersen C,Skals RK,Gerds TA,Karaliunaite Z,Jakobsen CJ

更新日期：2018-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Critical illness myopathy is an acquired skeletal muscle disorder with severe myosin loss and muscle weakness frequently seen in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. It is unknown if impaired excitation-contraction coupling contributes to the muscle weakness. METHODS:We used a unique ICU model where rats wer...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Llano-Diez M,Cheng AJ,Jonsson W,Ivarsson N,Westerblad H,Sun V,Cacciani N,Larsson L,Bruton J

更新日期：2016-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The past 25 years have witnessed the development of improved tools with which to predict short-term and long-term outcomes after critical illness. The general paradigm for constructing the best known tools has been the logistic regression model. Recently, a variety of alternative tools, such as artificial neural netwo...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Clermont G

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postoperative outcome is mainly influenced by ventricular function. Tests designed to identify myocardial ischemia alone will fail to detect cardiac failure and are thus inadequate as a screening test for identification of cardiac risk in noncardiac surgical patients. We find that the degree of cardiac failure is the ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Older P,Hall A

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Monitoring of hemodynamic and volumetric parameters after severe burns is of critical importance. Pulmonary artery catheters, however, have been associated with many risks. Our aim was to show the feasibility of continuous monitoring with minimally invasive transpulmonary thermodilution (TPTD) in severely ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Branski LK,Herndon DN,Byrd JF,Kinsky MP,Lee JO,Fagan SP,Jeschke MG

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of two different mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) targets on needs for resuscitation, organ dysfunction, mitochondrial respiration and inflammatory response in a long-term model of fecal peritonitis. METHODS:Twenty-four anesthetized and mechanicall...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Corrêa TD,Vuda M,Takala J,Djafarzadeh S,Silva E,Jakob SM

更新日期：2013-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Valproic acid (VPA) is a broad-spectrum antiepileptic drug and is usually well tolerated, but rare serious complications may occur in some patients receiving VPA chronically, including haemorrhagic pancreatitis, bone marrow suppression, VPA-induced hepatotoxicity (VHT) and VPA-induced hyperammonaemic encephalopathy (V...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Lheureux PE,Penaloza A,Zahir S,Gris M

更新日期：2005-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Dynamic predictors of fluid responsiveness, namely systolic pressure variation, pulse pressure variation, stroke volume variation and pleth variability index have been shown to be useful to identify in advance patients who will respond to a fluid load by a significant increase in stroke volume and cardiac ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Benes J,Giglio M,Brienza N,Michard F

更新日期：2014-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis is one of the most common conditions encountered in the intensive care unit and is the 10th leading cause of death overall in the United States. Both long-term survival and health-related quality of life are reduced in survivors of sepsis, yet there is little knowledge of the effect of sepsis-specific intervent...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Erickson SE,Martin GS

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The interdependence between endotoxemia, gram negative (GN) bacteremia and mortality has been extensively studied. Underlying patient risk and GN bacteremia types are possible confounders of the relationship. METHODS:Published studies with ≥ 10 patients in either ICU or non-ICU settings, endotoxemia detec...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Hurley JC,Guidet B,Offenstadt G,Maury E

更新日期：2012-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The decision to withdraw or withhold life supporting treatment in moribund patients is difficult under any circumstances. When the patient becomes incompetent to clarify their wishes regarding continued maintenance in long-term facilities, surrogates sometimes cannot agree, further clouding the issue. We examine a cas...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Buckley T,Crippen D,DeWitt AL,Fisher M,Liolios A,Scheetz CL,Whetstine LM

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe burn injury remains a major burden on patients and healthcare systems. Following severe burns, the injured tissues mount a local inflammatory response aiming to restore homeostasis. With excessive burn load, the immune response becomes disproportionate and patients may develop an overshooting systemic inflammat...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Flierl MA,Stahel PF,Touban BM,Beauchamp KM,Morgan SJ,Smith WR,Ipaktchi KR

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The goal of the current study was to investigate the effect of aging on the development of endothelial dysfunction in a murine model of sepsis, and to compare it with the effect of genetic deficiency of the endothelial isoform of nitric oxide synthase (eNOS). METHODS:Cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) was ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Coletta C,Módis K,Oláh G,Brunyánszki A,Herzig DS,Sherwood ER,Ungvári Z,Szabo C

更新日期：2014-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The rationale for the provision of nitrogen from proteins given via the enteral route or from intravenous amino acids is to boost the synthesis of muscle proteins, and thereby to limit the severity of intensive care unit-acquired weakness by the prevention of muscle loss. However, the optimal timing for supplemental n...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Preiser JC

更新日期：2018-10-25 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND METHODS:Dynamic fluorescence quenching is a technique that may overcome some of the limitations associated with measurement of tissue partial oxygen tension (PO2). We compared this technique with a polarographic Eppendorf needle electrode method using a saline tonometer in which the PO2 could be contro...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Shaw AD,Li Z,Thomas Z,Stevens CW

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The properties of semi-elemental enteral nutrition might theoretically improve gastrointestinal tolerance in brain-injured patients, known to suffer gastroparesis. The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy and tolerance of a semi-elemental versus a polymeric formula for enteral nutrition (EN) in ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Carteron L,Samain E,Winiszewski H,Blasco G,Balon AS,Gilli C,Piton G,Capellier G,Pili-Floury S,Besch G

更新日期：2021-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Effects of systemic inflammation on cerebral function are not clear, as both inflammation-induced encephalopathy as well as stress-hormone mediated alertness have been described. METHODS:Experimental endotoxemia (2 ng/kg Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide [LPS]) was induced in 15 subjects, whereas 10 ser...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： van den Boogaard M,Ramakers BP,van Alfen N,van der Werf SP,Fick WF,Hoedemaekers CW,Verbeek MM,Schoonhoven L,van der Hoeven JG,Pickkers P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of the present study was to investigate the relationship between the blood IL-6 level, the blood glucose level, and glucose control in septic patients. METHODS:This retrospective observational study in a general ICU of a university hospital included a total of 153 patients with sepsis, severe seps...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Nakamura M,Oda S,Sadahiro T,Watanabe E,Abe R,Nakada TA,Morita Y,Hirasawa H

更新日期：2012-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute kidney injury (AKI) research in the past decade has mostly focused upon development of a standard AKI definition, validation of early novel biomarkers to predict AKI prior to serum creatinine rise and predict AKI severity, and assessment of aspects of renal replacement therapies and their impact on survival. Giv...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Goldstein SL,Chawla L,Ronco C,Kellum JA

更新日期：2014-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:ICU delirium is associated with poor patient outcome. Risk factor stratification is essential to the understanding, prevention and treatment of this disorder. Alcohol consumption, smoking and prior cognitive impairment appear strongly correlated with delirium risk. Several potentially modifiable associations deserve p...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Skrobik Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00