Pressure support ventilation (PSV) reverses hyperinflation induced isorhythmic A-V dissociation.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To clarify the risk of secondary exposure of medical staff to sarin vapor in the emergency room, and to warn emergency room staffs of the hazard. DESIGN:Retrospective observational survey. SETTING:Emergency department of a university hospital in a metropolitan area of Japan. PARTICIPANTS:Fifteen doctors tr...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Nozaki H,Hori S,Shinozawa Y,Fujishima S,Takuma K,Sagoh M,Kimura H,Ohki T,Suzuki M,Aikawa N

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dislocation of the heart is a rare complication of thoracic blunt trauma. A high index of suspicion of pericardium rupture is necessary to formulate an early diagnosis to reduce morbidity and mortality. PATIENTS:A 23-year-old man suffered a blunt thoracoabdominal trauma and was admitted 3 days later to a un...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Piazza O,De Robertis E,Fraioli G,Tufano R

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of 28 consecutive patients over 64 years old, in whom endoscopy revealed gastro-duodenal ulcers with signs of recent hemorrhage (active bleeding, non-bleeding vessel or adherent clot), 14 were randomly assigned to receive endoscopic alcoholization of the lesions preceded by intragastric instillation of norepinephrine,...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Acalovschi I,Pascu O,Drăghici A

更新日期：1990-01-01 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:Pulmonary flow resistance is mainly determined by vessel calibres, resulting from the interaction of volume-passive distension and active vasomotion. However, quantitative information on the interplay between these counteracting forces in the lung is lacking. Therefore, we aimed at quantifying (1) the effects...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Ding ZP,Scheeren TW,Arndt JO

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the impact of missing Acute Physiology Score (APS) values on risk-adjusted mortality. DESIGN:Retrospective review of prospectively collected Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) III database. SETTING:The intensive care units (ICUs) of an academic medical center. PATIENTS:38,...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Afessa B,Keegan MT,Gajic O,Hubmayr RD,Peters SG

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Organophosphate toxicity is the leading cause of morbidity and death in poisoning by insecticides. The clinical symptoms of pesticide toxicity range from the classic cholinergic syndrome to flaccid paralysis and intractable seizures. The mainstays of therapy are atropine, oximes, benzodiazepines and supportiv...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Hoffmann U,Papendorf T

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the markers of perfusion which best discriminate survivors from non-survivors of childhood sepsis and to compare the information derived from gastric tonometry with conventionally measured haemodynamic and laboratory parameters. DESIGN:Prospective clinical study of children with sepsis syndrome or...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Duke TD,Butt W,South M

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Candidemia is increasingly encountered in critically ill patients with a high fatality rate. The available data in the critically ill suggest that patients with prior surgery are at a higher risk than others. However, little is known about candidemia in medical settings. The main goal of this study was to com...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Charles PE,Doise JM,Quenot JP,Aube H,Dalle F,Chavanet P,Milesi N,Aho LS,Portier H,Blettery B

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:An instrument able to estimate the direct costs of stays in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) simply would be very useful for resource allocation inside a hospital, through a global budget system. The aim of this study was to propose such a tool. DESIGN:Since 1991, a region-wide common data base has collected stan...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Sznajder M,Leleu G,Buonamico G,Auvert B,Aegerter P,Merlière Y,Dutheil M,Guidet B,Le Gall JR

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:An investigation into the incidence of post-operative complications after thoracic surgery with 3 different physiotherapy masks. DESIGN:A prospective, consecutive, randomized comparison. SETTING:Department of Thoracic and Heart Surgery at a University Hospital. The treatments were performed by experienced a...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Ingwersen UM,Larsen KR,Bertelsen MT,Kiil-Nielsen K,Laub M,Sandermann J,Bach K,Hansen H

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hypoxic hepatitis (HH) is a form of hepatic injury following arterial hypoxemia, ischemia, and passive congestion of the liver. We investigated the incidence and the prognostic implications of HH in the medical intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS:A total of 1,066 consecutive ICU admissions at three medical ICUs...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Fuhrmann V,Kneidinger N,Herkner H,Heinz G,Nikfardjam M,Bojic A,Schellongowski P,Angermayr B,Schöniger-Hekele M,Madl C,Schenk P

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) can support gas exchange in patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). During ECLS, venous blood is drained from a central vein via a cannula, pumped through a semipermeable membrane that permits diffusion of oxygen and carbon dioxide, and returned via a cannula to...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Combes A,Schmidt M,Hodgson CL,Fan E,Ferguson ND,Fraser JF,Jaber S,Pesenti A,Ranieri M,Rowan K,Shekar K,Slutsky AS,Brodie D

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of lung volume changes on end-expiratory lung impedance change (ELIC) in mechanically ventilated patients, since we hypothesized that ELIC may be a suitable parameter to monitor lung volume change at the bedside. DESIGN:Clinical trial on patients requiring m...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Hinz J,Hahn G,Neumann P,Sydow M,Mohrenweiser P,Hellige G,Burchardi H

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate various treatment strategies in critically ill patients with ischaemic acute renal failure, there is a need for reliable bedside measurements of total renal blood flow (RBF), glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and renal oxygen consumption without the need for urine collection. DESIGN:The continuous...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Swärd K,Valsson F,Sellgren J,Ricksten SE

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goals of management of patients with respiratory failure include improving arterial oxygenation with PEEP and red cell transfusion to maintain oxygen carrying capacity, both of which contribute to improving tissue oxygen delivery. However, standard CPD-stored blood is rapidly depleted of 2,3 diphosphoglycerate (2,...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Kahn RC,Zaroulis C,Goetz W,Howland WS

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Risk of critical illness is determined both by genetic and environmental influences, particularly those relating to infectious and cardiovascular diseases. Physiologically-based scoring systems cannot measure prior risk because they do not quantify physiological reserve independently of the acute illness. Genetic prof...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Bion JF

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional indices of tissue perfusion after surgery involving cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) may not accurately reflect disordered cell metabolism. Venous hypercarbia leading to an increased veno-arterial difference in CO2 tensions (V-aCO2 gradient) has been shown to reflect critical reductions in systemic and pulmon...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Ariza M,Gothard JW,Macnaughton P,Hooper J,Morgan CJ,Evans TW

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Candida spp. airway colonization could promote development of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a potentially multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria, and worsen the outcome of VAP regardless of pathogen. We therefore address the question of the risk of MDR bacteria isolation ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Hamet M,Pavon A,Dalle F,Pechinot A,Prin S,Quenot JP,Charles PE

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：:Sixteen anaesthetized rabbits were subjected to tracheostomy and lung damage produced by the instillation of 4.5 ml/kg hydrochloric acid (pH 1.5) into the trachea. Half of the animals were ventilated with a positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) of 3 cmH2O and half with a PEEP of 10 cmH2O for 5 h, the mean airway pre...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Sohma A,Brampton WJ,Dunnill MS,Sykes MK

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical principles of early excision of devitalized tissue and prompt wound closure which govern the management of all traumatic injuries have been developed in the primary treatment of burns. Topical and systemic antibodies which delay wound infection and control invasive sepsis provide an initial period of two to t...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Quinby WC Jr,Burke JF,Bondoc CC

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relationship between ionized calcium concentrations and blood lactate levels during cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). DESIGN:A prospective cohort study. SETTING:Emergency department (ED) and general intensive care unit in a city hospital (tertiary care center). PATIEN...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Gando S,Igarashi M,Kameue T,Nanzaki S

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Trials of tight glucose control have compared measures of central tendency, such as average blood glucose, and yielded conflicting results. Other metrics, such as standard deviation, reflect different properties of glucose control and are also associated with changes in outcome. It is possible, therefore, ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Mackenzie IM,Whitehouse T,Nightingale PG

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in analytical electrochemistry have provided highly selective potassium ion exchangers and robust polymeric membranes that can be used to measure the potassium activity in plasma or whole blood. The relationship between the activity measurement and the more familiar concentration measurement is explore...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Treasure T

更新日期：1978-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of respiratory physiotherapy on the prevention and treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) for adults in an intensive care unit (ICU) with an acquired brain injury (ABI). DESIGN AND SETTING:Two-part, prospective, randomised controlled trial. PATIENTS:A total of 144 subje...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Patman S,Jenkins S,Stiller K

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Information on predisposing risk factors influencing long-term survival after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support remains scarce. In critically ill patients chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an independent risk factor for mortality and morbidity. We assessed the influence of COPD on...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Distelmaier K,Niessner A,Haider D,Lang IM,Heinz G,Maurer G,Koinig H,Steinlechner B,Goliasch G

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Polymyxin B-immobilized hemoperfusion (PMX-HP) is an adjuvant therapy for sepsis or septic shock that clears circulating endotoxin. Prior trials have shown that PMX-HP improves surrogate endpoints. We aimed to conduct an evidence synthesis to evaluate the efficacy and safety of PMX-HP in critically ill adult pa...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Fujii T,Ganeko R,Kataoka Y,Furukawa TA,Featherstone R,Doi K,Vincent JL,Pasero D,Robert R,Ronco C,Bagshaw SM

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This narrative review focuses on thoracic ultrasonography (lung and pleural) with the aim of outlining its utility for the critical care clinician. The article summarizes the applications of thoracic ultrasonography for the evaluation and management of pneumothorax, pleural effusion, acute dyspnea, pulmonary edema, pu...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Mayo PH,Copetti R,Feller-Kopman D,Mathis G,Maury E,Mongodi S,Mojoli F,Volpicelli G,Zanobetti M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00