Marked increase of procalcitonin after the administration of anti-thymocyte globulin in patients before hematopoietic stem cell transplantation does not indicate sepsis: a prospective study.

abstract：:This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2015 and co-published as a series in Critical Care. Other articles in the series can be found online at http://ccforum.com/series/annualupdate2015. Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care a...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Sandroni C,D'Arrigo S,Antonelli M

更新日期：2015-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:With imprecise definitions, inexact measurement tools, and flawed study execution, our clinical science often lags behind bedside experience and simply documents what appear to be the apparent faults or validity of ongoing practices. These impressions are later confirmed, modified, or overturned by the results of the ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Marini JJ,De Backer D,Ince C,Singer M,Van Haren F,Westphal M,Wischmeyer P

更新日期：2017-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Those involved in the airway management of COVID-19 patients are particularly at risk. Here, we describe a practical, stepwise protocol for safe in-hospital airway management in patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 infection. ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Sullivan EH,Gibson LE,Berra L,Chang MG,Bittner EA

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This systematic review looks at the use of noninvasive ventilation (NIV), inclusive of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) and continuous positive pressure ventilation (CPAP), in patients with chest trauma to determine its safety and clinical efficacy in patients with blunt chest trauma who ar...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Duggal A,Perez P,Golan E,Tremblay L,Sinuff T

更新日期：2013-07-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanically ventilated, intubated patients are at increased risk for tracheal colonization with bacterial pathogens that may progress to heavy bacterial colonization, ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis (VAT), and/or ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Previous studies report that 10 to 30 % of patients with V...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Craven DE,Hudcova J,Lei Y,Craven KA,Waqas A

更新日期：2016-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite quick implementation of reperfusion therapies, a few patients with high-risk, acute, massive, pulmonary embolism (PE) remain highly hemodynamically unstable. Others have absolute contraindication to receive reperfusion therapies. Venoarterial-extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) might lower ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Corsi F,Lebreton G,Bréchot N,Hekimian G,Nieszkowska A,Trouillet JL,Luyt CE,Leprince P,Chastre J,Combes A,Schmidt M

更新日期：2017-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Epidemiologic assessment of critically ill people in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) is needed to ensure the health care system can meet current and future needs. However, few such studies have been published. METHODS:Population-based analysis of all adult ICU care in the Canadian province of Manitoba, 1999 t...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Garland A,Olafson K,Ramsey CD,Yogendran M,Fransoo R

更新日期：2013-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Storage time and residual leukocytes in red blood cell (RBC) units may be deleterious by increasing the accumulation of leukocyte-derived cytokines and by raising the adhesion of RBCs to endothelium. Leukodepleted RBC transfusion may reduce the incidence of infection and organ dysfunction. However, the influence of le...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Tanaka S,Harrois A,Duranteau J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early survival following severe injury has been improved with refined resuscitation strategies. Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) is common among this fragile group of patients leading to prolonged hospital stay and late mortality. MODS after trauma is widely attributed to dysregulated inflammation ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Manson J,Cole E,De'Ath HD,Vulliamy P,Meier U,Pennington D,Brohi K

更新日期：2016-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Serum B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is frequently elevated after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), but whether this high BNP level is related to transient elevation of left ventricular filling pressure (LVFP) is unknown. However, in patients with preexistent cardiac pathologies, it is impossible to differe...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Meaudre E,Jego C,Kenane N,Montcriol A,Boret H,Goutorbe P,Habib G,Palmier B

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) may serve as a serum marker of traumatic brain injury (TBI) that can be used to monitor biochemical changes in patients and gauge the response to treatment. However, the temporal profile of serum GFAP in the acute period of brain injury and the associated utility for ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Lei J,Gao G,Feng J,Jin Y,Wang C,Mao Q,Jiang J

更新日期：2015-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Higher inspiratory airway pressures are associated with worse outcomes in mechanically ventilated patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). This relationship, however, has not been well investigated in patients without ARDS. We hypothesized that higher driving pressures (ΔP) and plateau p...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Sahetya SK,Mallow C,Sevransky JE,Martin GS,Girard TD,Brower RG,Checkley W,Society of Critical Care Medicine Discovery Network Critical Illness Outcomes Study Investigators.

更新日期：2019-11-21 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Functional assessment of arterial load by dynamic arterial elastance (Eadyn), defined as the ratio between pulse pressure variation (PPV) and stroke volume variation (SVV), has recently been shown to predict the arterial pressure response to volume expansion (VE) in hypotensive, preload-dependent patients....

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： García MI,Romero MG,Cano AG,Aya HD,Rhodes A,Grounds RM,Cecconi M

更新日期：2014-11-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The short-term and long-term consequences of the most frequent painful procedures performed in the ICU are unclear. This study aimed to identify the risk factors associated with pain-related discomfort perceived by critically ill patients during the whole ICU stay as self-reported by patients at the end of t...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Kalfon P,Boucekine M,Estagnasie P,Geantot MA,Berric A,Simon G,Floccard B,Signouret T,Fromentin M,Nyunga M,Audibert J,Ben Salah A,Mauchien B,Sossou A,Venot M,Robert R,Follin A,Renault A,Garrouste-Orgeas M,Collange O

更新日期：2020-12-07 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：:Stress hyperglycaemia is a common event in acute critical illness. There is increasing evidence that maintaining normoglycaemia and treatment with insulin (or with glucose-insulin-potassium [GIK]), even in non-diabetic persons, is helpful in limiting organ damage after myocardial infarction, stroke, traumatic brain in...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Johan Groeneveld AB,Beishuizen A,Visser FC

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with infective endocarditis (IE) have an elevated risk of renal dysfunction because of extensive systemic inflammation and use of nephrotoxic antibiotics. In this randomized, placebo-controlled trial, we investigated whether perioperative sodium bicarbonate administration could attenuate postoperati...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Cho JS,Soh S,Shim JK,Kang S,Choi H,Kwak YL

更新日期：2017-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Metrics typically used to report the performance of an early warning score (EWS), such as the area under the receiver operator characteristic curve or C-statistic, are not useful for pre-implementation analyses. Because physiological deterioration has an extremely low prevalence of 0.02 per patient-day, these metrics ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Romero-Brufau S,Huddleston JM,Escobar GJ,Liebow M

更新日期：2015-08-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Decreased renal drug clearance is an obvious consequence of acute kidney injury (AKI). However, there is growing evidence to suggest that nonrenal drug clearance is also affected. Data derived from human and animal studies suggest that hepatic drug metabolism and transporter function are components of nonrenal clearan...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Vilay AM,Churchwell MD,Mueller BA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The multicenter study conducted by Lorente and coworkers published in the previous issue of Critical Care demonstrates that matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 and MMP-10 and their inhibitor tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) are promising novel biomarkers to predict severity and outcome of sepsis. I...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Hoffmann U,Brueckmann M,Borggrefe M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is a useful tool for minimally invasive hemodynamic monitoring in the ICU. Dynamic indices (such as the inferior vena cava distensibility index (dIVC)) can be used to predict fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients. Although quantitative use of the dIVC...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Duwat A,Zogheib E,Guinot P,Levy F,Trojette F,Diouf M,Slama M,Dupont H

更新日期：2014-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Protocols for the delivery of analgesia, sedation and delirium care of the critically ill, mechanically ventilated patient have been shown to improve outcomes but are not uniformly used. The extent to which elements of analgesia, sedation and delirium guidelines are incorporated into order sets at hospital...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Dale CR,Hayden SJ,Treggiari MM,Curtis JR,Seymour CW,Yanez ND 3rd,Fan VS

更新日期：2012-06-18 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：:Large quantitaties of inflammatory mediators are released during the course of endotoxaemia. These mediators in turn can stimulate the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) to release catecholamines, which ultimately regulate inflammation-associated impairment in tissue perfusion, myocardial impairment and vasodilatation. ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Beck GCh,Brinkkoetter P,Hanusch C,Schulte J,van Ackern K,van der Woude FJ,Yard BA

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloride is the principal anion in the extracellular fluid and is the second main contributor to plasma tonicity. Its concentration is frequently abnormal in intensive care unit patients, often as a consequence of fluid therapy. Yet chloride has received less attention than any other ion in the critical care literatur...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Yunos NM,Bellomo R,Story D,Kellum J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kidney congestion is a common pathophysiologic pathway of acute kidney injury (AKI) in sepsis and heart failure. There is no noninvasive tool to measure kidney intracapsular pressure (KIP) directly. METHODS:We evaluated the correlation of KIP with kidney elasticity measured by ultrasound surface wave elasto...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Kashani KB,Mao SA,Safadi S,Amiot BP,Glorioso JM,Lieske JC,Nyberg SL,Zhang X

更新日期：2017-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND: The present study was undertaken to examine the feasibility of venous oxygen measurements in the inferior vena cava (IVC) via a catheter through the umbilical vein. This may serve as a proxy for mixed venous oxygenation and the complications of right atrial cannulation can be avoided at the same time. It h...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Plötz FB,van Lingen RA,Bos AP

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Myocardial dysfunction is a well-known complication in septic shock but its characteristics and frequency remains elusive. Here, we evaluate global longitudinal peak strain (GLPS) of the left ventricle as a diagnostic and prognostic tool in septic shock. METHODS:Fifty adult patients with septic shock admi...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： De Geer L,Engvall J,Oscarsson A

更新日期：2015-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Barriers to the use of selective digestive decontamination include concerns about emergence of resistant organisms, over-estimation of current performance in preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), alternative methods of preventing VAP, and misunderstanding of mechanisms of action. A definitive cluster-rando...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Bion J

更新日期：2013-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Glutamine supplementation has beneficial effects on morbidity and mortality in critically ill patients, possibly in part through an attenuation of the proinflammatory cytokine response and a stimulation of heat shock protein (HSP)70. We infused either alanine-glutamine or saline during endotoxin challenge ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Andreasen AS,Pedersen-Skovsgaard T,Mortensen OH,van Hall G,Moseley PL,Pedersen BK

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00