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abstract：PURPOSE:The effect of advanced age per se versus severity of chronic and acute diseases on the short- and long-term survival of older patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) remains unclear. METHODS:Intensive care unit admissions to the surgical ICU and medical ICU of patients older than 65 years were analy...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Fuchs L,Chronaki CE,Park S,Novack V,Baumfeld Y,Scott D,McLennan S,Talmor D,Celi L

更新日期：2012-10-01 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:To examine whether an appropriately designed combination of an index of ventilatory endurance and the frequency divided by tidal volume ratio (f/VT) provides prognostic information for weaning outcome not offered by any index alone. DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective study in a multidisciplinary intensive care u...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Vassilakopoulos T,Routsi C,Sotiropoulou C,Bitsakou C,Stanopoulos I,Roussos C,Zakynthinos S

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

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journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Hawryluck L,Brindley PG

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the accuracy of eight different prognostic scores (Stiehm, Niklasson, Leclerc, Garlund, the MOC score, Tesero, the Glasgow Meningococcal Septicaemia Prognostic Score (GMSPS) and Tüyzüs) in the prediction of fatal outcome in meningococcal disease. DESIGN:Combined prospective and retrospective s...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Derkx HH,van den Hoek J,Redekop WK,Bijlmer RP,van Deventer SJ,Bossuyt PM

更新日期：1996-12-01 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：:A 63-year-old man underwent distal oesophagectomy and proximal gastrectomy. Postoperatively, controlled ventilation was necessary for 53 days because of anastomotic leakage. Multiple sedative regimens proved to be inadequate. By contrast, a fentanyl-midazolam combination with continuous supplementation of clonidine 0....

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Böhrer H,Bach A,Layer M,Werning P

更新日期：1990-01-01 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 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the clinical epidemiology of invasive group A streptococcal disease (IGASD) and identify predictors of admissions into an intensive care unit (ICU). DESIGN:A cross-sectional study. SETTING:Retrospective review of data. PATIENTS:A total of 204 patients hospitalized throughout the state of Flori...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Mulla ZD

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Inhalation of nitric oxide (NO) can improve oxygenation and decrease mean pulmonary artery pressure (MPAP) in patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). It is not known whether inhaled NO exerts a similar effect in hypoxemic patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). DESIG...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Blanch L,Joseph D,Fernández R,Mas A,Martinez M,Vallés J,Diaz E,Baigorri F,Artigas A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To systematically review clinical and preclinical data on hydroxyethyl starch (HES) tissue storage. METHODS:MEDLINE (PubMed) was searched and abstracts were screened using defined criteria to identify articles containing original data on HES tissue accumulation. RESULTS:Forty-eight studies were included: 37 h...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Wiedermann CJ,Joannidis M

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of strict guidelines and a rigorous training program on variability in scoring the revised Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE II). DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective survey and intervention in the surgical ICU of a university teaching hospital. MEASUREMENTS:Seven experie...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Polderman KH,Jorna EM,Girbes AR

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Pediatric Index of Mortality 2 (PIM2), one of the key mortality prediction models for children in intensive care units, has not been validated in Japan. The purpose of this study was to validate the performance of PIM2 in a population of patients admitted to one pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) in Jap...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Imamura T,Nakagawa S,Goldman RD,Fujiwara T

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Recalibration and determining discriminative power, internationally, of the existing delirium prediction model (PRE-DELIRIC) for intensive care patients. METHODS:A prospective multicenter cohort study was performed in eight intensive care units (ICUs) in six countries. The ten predictors (age, APACHE-II, urgen...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： van den Boogaard M,Schoonhoven L,Maseda E,Plowright C,Jones C,Luetz A,Sackey PV,Jorens PG,Aitken LM,van Haren FM,Donders R,van der Hoeven JG,Pickkers P

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the first study 6 patients with raised intracranial pressure due to brain oedema following head injury were given dihydroergotamine because of low perfusion pressure. The intracranial pressure fell simultaneously with the increase in arterial pressure. The intracranial pressure fell from 24 +/- 2 mmHg by a maximum ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Grände PO

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:a) to describe a non-barotraumatic ventilatory setting for independent lung ventilation (ILV); b) to determine the utility of single lung end-tidal CO(2) (EtCO(2)) monitoring to evaluate the ventilation to perfusion (V/Q) matching in each lung during ILV and for ILV weaning. DESIGN:prospective study. SETTIN...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Cinnella G,Dambrosio M,Brienza N,Giuliani R,Bruno F,Fiore T,Brienza A

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analysed the case histories of 22 patients with life threatening asthma retrospectively. Fifteen patients needed mechanical ventilation. Three patients, all of them in cardiac arrest before or at the moment of admission, died. In five patients, halothane therapy was successfully used as a last resort. No major comp...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Rosseel P,Lauwers LF,Baute L

更新日期：1985-01-01 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 investigate whether ultrasound determination of the inferior vena cava diameter (IVCD) and its collapsibility index (IVCCI) could be used to optimize the fluid removal rate while avoiding hypotension during slow continuous ultrafiltration (SCUF). METHODS:Twenty-four consecutive patients [13 men and 11 wom...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Guiotto G,Masarone M,Paladino F,Ruggiero E,Scott S,Verde S,Schiraldi F

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effectiveness of an enhanced software Model Predictive Control (eMPC) algorithm for intravenous insulin infusion, targeted at tight glucose control in critically ill patients, over 72 h, in two intensive care units with different management protocols. DESIGN:Comparison with standard care i...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Cordingley JJ,Vlasselaers D,Dormand NC,Wouters PJ,Squire SD,Chassin LJ,Wilinska ME,Morgan CJ,Hovorka R,Van den Berghe G

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxygen cost of breathing (which is the difference in oxygen consumption measured during controlled ventilation and again during spontaneous ventilation) was measured in 30 patients between the ages of 17 and 96 years at the time of commencement of weaning from mechanical ventilation. There was a significant expone...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： McDonald NJ,Lavelle P,Gallacher WN,Harpin RP

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Protective mechanical ventilation based on multiple ventilator parameters such as tidal volume, plateau pressure, and driving pressure has been widely used in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). More recently, mechanical power (MP) was found to be associated with mortality. The study aimed to investigat...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Zhang Z,Zheng B,Liu N,Ge H,Hong Y

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of different lung recruitment maneuvers using electric impedance tomography. DESIGN AND SETTING:Experimental study in animal model of acute lung injury in an animal research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Fourteen pigs with saline lavage induced lung injury. INTERVENTIONS:Lung volume, region...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Odenstedt H,Lindgren S,Olegård C,Erlandsson K,Lethvall S,Aneman A,Stenqvist O,Lundin S

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cardiorespiratory monitoring system allows the measurement of FAECO2 and FECO2 in the expired air of the patient at the mouth (endtidal CO2) and in a mixing box. From these parameters, combined with the measured PACO2, the alveolo-expired (DuA = PECO2/PAECO2) and alveolar-arterial (Dua = PAECO2/PACO2) ductances whic...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Polu JM,Duvivier C,Sadoul P

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of partial liquid ventilation with perfluorocarbons on hemodynamics and gas exchange in large pigs with induced acute lung injury (ALI). DESIGN:Randomized, prospective, double-control, experimental study. Experimental intensive care unit of a university. MATERIALS:Eighteen large pigs (5...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Houmes RJ,Verbrugge SJ,Hendrik ER,Lachmann B

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolic changes associated with critical illness involve several pathways acting at different steps of the utilization of nutritive substrates. The understanding of the role of these pathways and of their complex regulation has led to the development of new strategies for the metabolic and nutritional management...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Biolo G,Grimble G,Preiser JC,Leverve X,Jolliet P,Planas M,Roth E,Wernerman J,Pichard C,European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Working Group on Nutrition and Metabolism.

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of the study was to explore trends and changes in sedation practices for mechanically ventilated patients in Danish intensive care units (ICUs) and to compare sedation practices in 1997 and 2003. DESIGN:The study was a follow-up survey with a descriptive and comparative cross-sectional multicenter de...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Egerod I,Christensen BV,Johansen L

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the incidence, diagnosis and therapy of acute adrenal insufficiency, secondary to adrenal hemorrhage. This insufficiency resulted in temperature irregularities. hemodynamic instability, and a large volume resuscitation requirement post-operatively. The case illustrates that a high level of suspicion should...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Szalados JE,Vukmir RB

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of fatal septic shock, with hyperlactatemia and blood cultures positive for Streptococcus pneumoniae, in a 70-year-old patient. On two occasions (5 days, and 2 days before the patient's death), the relationship between oxygen delivery (DO2) and consumption (VO2) was examined in conjunction with two pr...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Gallet D,Goudable J,Vedrinne JM,Viale JP,Annat G

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00