Plasma exchange in rhabdomyolysis.

abstract：:A case of brainstem encephalitis complicated by torsade de pointes is described. The possible occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias may contribute to the mortality in this condition. We recommend the admission of patients with brainstem encephalitis to an intensive care unit, for a period of electrocardiographic monit...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： De Keyser J,De Boel S,Ceulemans L,Ebinger G

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To document the costs and outcomes of the various forms of the septic syndromes [systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), sepsis, severe sepsis, septic shock), particularly those associated with infection acquired in an intensive care unit (ICU). DESIGN:Prospective data collection for all septic patie...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Brun-Buisson C,Roudot-Thoraval F,Girou E,Grenier-Sennelier C,Durand-Zaleski I

更新日期：2003-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the hemodynamic and metabolic effects of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-gamma ligand and nuclear-factor (NF)-kappa B inhibitor 15-deoxy-Delta12,14-prostaglandin-J2 (15d-PGJ2) during long-term, hyperdynamic porcine endotoxemia. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled e...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Hauser B,Kick J,Iványi Z,Asfar P,Ehrmann U,Muth CM,Albicini M,Wachter U,Vogt J,Bauer M,Brückner UB,Radermacher P,Bracht H

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Brugada syndrome is a clinical and electrocardiographic familial entity, which may lead to sudden cardiac death. A Brugada pattern ECG may occasionally be caused by conditions such as an overdose of tricyclic antidepressants (TCA). Toxicity of TCA frequently results in the need for critical care support. ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Monteban-Kooistra WE,van den Berg MP,Tulleken JE,Ligtenberg JJM,Meertens JHJM,Zijlstra JG

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We undertook this study to evaluate the influence of the inspiration:expiration (I:E) ratio on intracranial pressure and cerebral perfusion in patients with acute stroke. DESIGN:Ventilated patients with acute stroke were examined under a protocol involving variations of I:E ratio from 1:2 to 1:1 to 1:2 under...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Georgiadis D,Schwarz S,Kollmar R,Baumgartner RW,Schwab S

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The measurement of functional residual capacity (FRC) has assumed new importance in the diagnosis of acute respiratory failure. However few reference values exist for FRC in supine positions for both sexes. We measured the FRC in 100 healthy subjects with the helium dilution closed circuit method in the sitting and su...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Ibañez J,Raurich JM

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritonitis has been produced in rabbits by the spreading of 5 ml of caecal contents throughout the peritoneal cavity. After sacrifice at 5 h, electron microscopy revealed a increase of 600% in PMN and 1200% in lymphocytes in the pulmonary capillaries of the test animals when compared to the sham operated group. The p...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Tighe D,Moss R,Parker-Williams J,Hynd J,Bennett ED

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The interchangeability of continuous measurement of cardiac output (CO) with the traditional bolus method in patients after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is uncertain. DESIGN:Prospective observational clinical study. SETTING:A 20-bed surgical ICU at a university hospital. PATIENTS:Fourteen deeply sedated, v...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Bendjelid K,Schütz N,Suter PM,Romand JA

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a well-recognized clinico-neuroradiological transient condition. Early recognition is of paramount importance for prompt control of blood pressure or removal of precipitating factors and treatment of epileptic seizures or status epilepticus. Delay in the...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Servillo G,Bifulco F,De Robertis E,Piazza O,Striano P,Tortora F,Striano S,Tufano R

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

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:To validate the TRISS method as an audit system on a group of patients with severe trauma admitted to an Italian general intensive care unit (ICU). DESIGN:Prospective, cohort study of consecutive admissions to the ICU. SETTING:A 6-bed general ICU in a 500-bed general hospital. PATIENTS:190 patients with se...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Corbanese U,Possamai C,Casagrande L,Bordino P

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past two years several guidelines for suggested components of emergency medical systems for children have been suggested, and for the first time, specific standards of pediatric trauma care have also been formulated. The American Academy of Pediatrics new Provisional Committee on Emergency Medicine has been cha...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Haller JA,Beaver B

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy is increasingly practiced in intensive care units and has a low incidence of early complications. The late effects of this procedure are still poorly known and were the focus of this study. DESIGN:Prospective descriptive clinical study. SETTING:Interdisciplinary intens...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Fischler MP,Kuhn M,Cantieni R,Frutiger A

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Blood O(2) saturation and lactate concentration gradients from superior vena cava (SVC) to pulmonary artery (PA) occur in critically ill patients. These gradients (DeltaSO(2) and Delta[Lac]) may be positive or negative. We tested the hypothesis that positive DeltaSO(2) and Delta[Lac] are associated with impro...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Gutierrez G,Comignani P,Huespe L,Hurtado FJ,Dubin A,Jha V,Arzani Y,Lazzeri S,Sosa L,Riva J,Kohn W,Suarez D,Lacuesta G,Olmos D,Mizdraji C,Ojeda A

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A closed suction system (CS) maintains connection with the mechanical ventilator during tracheal suctioning and is claimed to limit loss in lung volume and oxygenation. We compared changes in lung volume, oxygenation, airway pressure and hemodynamics during endotracheal suctioning performed with CS and with a...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Cereda M,Villa F,Colombo E,Greco G,Nacoti M,Pesenti A

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of some acid-base abnormalities on blood capacity of transporting CO(2). DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:General and Cardiosurgical ICUs of a University hospital. PATIENTS:Six groups of ten patients characterized by: metabolic alkalosis; respiratory alkalosis; absence of acid-b...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Cavaliere F,Antonelli M,Arcangeli A,Conti G,Pennisi MA,Proietti R

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The role of haemofiltration as an adjunctive treatment of sepsis remains a contentious issue. To address the role of dose and to explore the biological effects of haemofiltration we compared the effects of standard and high-volume haemofiltration (HVHF) in a peritonitis-induced model of porcine septic shock. ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Sykora R,Chvojka J,Krouzecky A,Radej J,Karvunidis T,Varnerova V,Novak I,Matejovic M

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：PURPOSE:Little is known on the incidence of discomfort during the end-of-life of intensive care unit (ICU) patients and the impact of sedation on such discomfort. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of discomfort events according to levels of sedation. METHODS:Post-hoc analysis of an observational prospe...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Robert R,Le Gouge A,Kentish-Barnes N,Adda M,Audibert J,Barbier F,Bourcier S,Bourenne J,Boyer A,Devaquet J,Grillet G,Guisset O,Hyacinthe AC,Jourdain M,Lerolle N,Lesieur O,Mercier E,Messika J,Renault A,Vinatier I,Az

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous bolus endotoxin elicits a marked but transient increase in plasma TxB2 and 6-keto-PGF1 alpha in a large number of species. A smaller, delayed and more prolonged increase in TxB2 and 6-keto-PGF1 alpha are reported in animals with septic shock, i.e., those with fecal peritonitis or cecal ligation. Thromboxan...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Ball HA,Cook JA,Wise WC,Halushka PV

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate compliance with recommended patient-care practices for the prevention of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) in the intensive care unit (ICU). DESIGN:European descriptive survey by questionnaire mailed to all the directors of ICUs. PATIENTS AND PARTICIPANTS:A total of 1642 general ICUs with more ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Moro ML,Jepsen OB

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the efficacy of somatostatin for the treatment of severe acute pancreatitis. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized and unblinded study. SETTING:A general intensive care unit (ICU) in a university hospital. PATIENTS:50 patients with severe acute pancreatitis. INTERVENTIONS:All patients received the...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Planas M,Pérez A,Iglesia R,Porta I,Masclans JR,Bermejo B

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Induced hypothermia can be used to protect the brain from post-ischemic and traumatic neurological injury. Potential clinical applications and the available evidence are discussed in a separate paper. This review focuses on the practical aspects of cooling and physiological changes induced by hypothermia, as well as t...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Polderman KH

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Both serum levels of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) and blood lactate levels in patients with septic shock have been shown to correlate with prognosis. The aim of the study was to define the relative predictive value of these measures. PATIENTS:38 hospitalized patients with ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Marecaux G,Pinsky MR,Dupont E,Kahn RJ,Vincent JL

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the role of the inducible nitric oxide synthase activation-induced excess nitric oxide formation on the rate of hepatic glucose production during fully resuscitated murine septic shock. DESIGN:Prospective, controlled, randomized animal study. SETTING:University animal research laboratory. SU...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Albuszies G,Vogt J,Wachter U,Thiemermann C,Leverve XM,Weber S,Georgieff M,Radermacher P,Barth E

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We conducted a retrospective cohort study in an academic tertiary care center to characterize ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) in pediatric patients after cardiac surgery in The Netherlands. METHODS:All patients following cardiac surgery and mechanically ventilated for ≥24 h were included. The primary out...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Roeleveld PP,Guijt D,Kuijper EJ,Hazekamp MG,de Wilde RB,de Jonge E

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reliability of cardiac output estimation by thermodilution during artificial ventilation was studied in anesthetized pigs at the right side of the heart. The estimates exhibited a cyclic modulation related to the ventilation. The amplitude of the modulation was independent of the level of positive end-expiratory p...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Jansen JR,Versprille A

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Relatives of intensive care unit (ICU) patients suffer emotional distress that impairs their ability to acquire the information they need from the staff. We sought to evaluate whether providing relatives with a list of important questions was associated with better comprehension on day 5. METHODS:Randomized, p...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Azoulay E,Forel JM,Vinatier I,Truillet R,Renault A,Valade S,Jaber S,Durand-Gasselin J,Schwebel C,Georges H,Merceron S,Cariou A,Moussa M,Hraiech S,Argaud L,Leone M,Curtis JR,Kentish-Barnes N,Jouve E,Papazian L

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00