Influence of cardiac output on thermal-dye extravascular lung water (EVLW) in cardiac patients.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the feasibility of the transcardiac conductance (TCC) method for continuous, on-line measurement of absolute left ventricular (LV) volume and to validate the method by comparison with biplane angiography. DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective clinical feasibility and validation study in a cardiac catheteriz...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Staal EM,Baan J,Jukema JW,van der Wall EE,Steendijk P

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize hemodynamic changes during experimental aspiration pneumonitis, paying special attention to echocardiographic assessment. DESIGN AND SETTING:Animal study in a university-based research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Fourteen mechanically ventilated New Zealand white rabbits INTERVENTIONS:We instilled...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Fraisse A,Bregeon F,Delpierre S,Gaudart J,Payan MJ,Pugin J,Papazian L

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

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journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Darmon M,Kashani K,Schetz M

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The use of heat and moisture exchangers (HME) during noninvasive ventilation (NIV) can increase the work of breathing, decrease alveolar ventilation, and deliver less humidity in comparison with heated humidifiers (HH). We tested the hypothesis that the use of HH during NIV with ICU ventilators for patients wit...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Lellouche F,L'Her E,Abroug F,Deye N,Rodriguez PO,Rabbat A,Jaber S,Fartoukh M,Conti G,Cracco C,Richard JC,Ricard JD,Mal H,Mentec H,Loisel F,Lacherade JC,Taillé S,Brochard L

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the actual cost of pediatric intensive care and its different components, particularly the differences between various patient groups, with special reference to the variable cost and the elements included in it. DESIGN:Prospective, observational study. SETTING:Multidisciplinary 12-bed pediatric i...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： García S,Ruza F,Alvarado F,Madero R,Delgado MA,Dorao P,Frias M

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary artery (PA) catheterization is now a routine procedure in the care of critically ill patients. We report a case in which a pulmonary artery catheter was a major factor in the demise of a patient who developed adult respiratory distress syndrome following a septic abortion. ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Melton JG,Kamal GD

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Inhalation of nitric oxide (NO) selectively dilates pulmonary vessels in well-ventilated regions. Prostaglandin F2 alpha (PGF2 alpha) is a vasoconstrictor and is reported to enhance hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction. The objective of this study was to examine whether the combination of intravenous PGF2 alph...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Kobayashi H,Tanaka N,Winkler M,Zapol WM

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The efficacy of noninvasive continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) to improve outcomes in severe hypoxemic acute respiratory failure (hARF) due to pneumonia has not been clearly established. The aim of this study was to compare CPAP vs. oxygen therapy to reduce the risk of meeting criteria for endotracheal ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Brambilla AM,Aliberti S,Prina E,Nicoli F,Del Forno M,Nava S,Ferrari G,Corradi F,Pelosi P,Bignamini A,Tarsia P,Cosentini R

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the generalisability of published clinical risk predictive models for invasive candidiasis in ICU patients. METHODS:The performance characteristics of published clinical risk factor-only and Candida colonisation-only predictive models for invasive candidiasis were assessed in a multicentre cohort of ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Playford EG,Lipman J,Kabir M,McBryde ES,Nimmo GR,Lau A,Sorrell TC

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effect of terlipressin on oxygenation, PaO2/FIO2, heart rate, mean arterial pressure, and mortality in children with septic shock refractory to high doses of dopamine/dobutamine and adrenaline. DESIGN AND SETTING:A randomized, nonblind study in the pediatric intensive care unit of a universit...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Yildizdas D,Yapicioglu H,Celik U,Sertdemir Y,Alhan E

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To establish priorities for research in critical care medicine in the UK using survey and nominal group (NG) techniques. DESIGN:The senior doctor and nurse from 325 intensive care units (ICUs) in the UK were invited to contribute up to ten research questions relevant to intensive care organisation, practice...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Goldfrad C,Vella K,Bion JF,Rowan KM,Black NA

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare some of the confirmatory investigations of brain death with clinical criteria in order to achieve the most sensitive and accurate diagnosis of brain death. DESIGN:All patients with isolated brain lesions and Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) = 3 were subjected to neurological examination after ruling out h...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Paolin A,Manuali A,Di Paola F,Boccaletto F,Caputo P,Zanata R,Bardin GP,Simini G

更新日期：1995-08-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Trunk position at 45 degrees from the horizontal is associated with a decreased risk of gastroesophageal aspiration. The objectives of this study were to determine the accuracy of trunk flexion estimates compared to a reference standard measurement, and to determine agreement about trunk flexion among ICU cl...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： McMullin JP,Cook DJ,Meade MO,Weaver BR,Letelier LM,Kahmamoui K,Higgins DA,Guyatt GH

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is still a lack of knowledge on the age-dependent relation between a reduction in cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) and compromised brain perfusion leading to excessive transmitter release and brain damage cascades. The hypothesis is that an age-dependent lower threshold of cerebral blood flow (CBF) aut...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Walter B,Aisenpreis K,Fritz HG,Soukup J,Eiselt M,Bauer R

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Indications and optimal timing for tracheostomy in traumatic brain-injured (TBI) patients are uncertain. This study aims to describe the patients' characteristics, timing, and factors related to the decision to perform a tracheostomy and differences in strategies among different countries and assess the effect ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Robba C,Galimberti S,Graziano F,Wiegers EJA,Lingsma HF,Iaquaniello C,Stocchetti N,Menon D,Citerio G,CENTER-TBI ICU Participants and Investigators.

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography of optic nerve sheath diameter (ONSD) for assessment of intracranial hypertension. METHODS:Systematic review without language restriction based on electronic databases, with manual review of literature and conference proceedings until July 2010. Studies we...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Dubourg J,Javouhey E,Geeraerts T,Messerer M,Kassai B

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Acute kidney injury (AKI) frequently occurs in critically ill patients and often precipitates use of renal replacement therapy (RRT). However, the ideal circumstances for whether and when to start RRT remain unclear. We performed evidence synthesis of the available literature to evaluate the value of biomarkers...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Klein SJ,Brandtner AK,Lehner GF,Ulmer H,Bagshaw SM,Wiedermann CJ,Joannidis M

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In alcoholic patients, metabolic acidosis can be related to lactate acidosis associated with sepsis or thiamine deficiency, ketoacidosis, methanol or ethylene glycol poisoning. High resolution proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) can be used to detect abnormal organic acid metabolites in urine or serum from patient...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Godet C,Hira M,Adoun M,Eugène M,Robert R

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To use the World Health Organisation's International Classification of Functioning to measure disability following critical illness using patient-reported outcomes. METHODS:A prospective, multicentre cohort study conducted in five metropolitan intensive care units (ICU). Participants were adults who had been a...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Hodgson CL,Udy AA,Bailey M,Barrett J,Bellomo R,Bucknall T,Gabbe BJ,Higgins AM,Iwashyna TJ,Hunt-Smith J,Murray LJ,Myles PS,Ponsford J,Pilcher D,Walker C,Young M,Cooper DJ

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this investigation was to evaluate the role of ultrasonography in avoiding cranial misplacement of the tracheostomy tube and tracheal ring fractures during percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT). The tracheas of 26 consecutive ICU patients who had undergone PDT but who later died were removed en bloc ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Sustić A,Kovac D,Zgaljardić Z,Zupan Z,Krstulović B

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of our study was to explore, using an innovative method, the effect of temporal changes in the mortality prediction performance of an existing model on the quality of care assessment. The prognostic model (rSAPS-II) was a recalibrated Simplified Acute Physiology Score-II model developed for very elderly...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Minne L,Eslami S,de Keizer N,de Jonge E,de Rooij SE,Abu-Hanna A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In normal subjects cerebral CO2 vasoreactivity is measured during spontaneous hyperventilation, breathholding, or adding CO2 to inspiratory gases. The correlation between CO2 and cerebral blood flow may, however, be invalidated by the effects of a modified respiratory pattern on venous return, sympathovagal b...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Cigada M,Marzorati S,Tredici S,Iapichino G

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 9 Goettingen minipigs we studied the effect of E. coli bacteremia on effective pulmonary capillary pressure and the longitudinal distribution of pulmonary vascular resistance. Precapillary pressure gradient (dPa) was calculated as the difference between mean pulmonary artery pressure (MPP) and effective pulmonary c...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Fretschner R,Klöss T,Guggenberger H,Heuser D,Schmid HJ,Widmann M

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In severe status asthmaticus basic medical treatment often fails to improve the patient's condition. Mechanical ventilation in this situation is associated with a high incidence of serious complications. After the bronchodilating effect of moderate-dose magnesium sulfate in asthmatic patients had been demonstrated in ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Sydow M,Crozier TA,Zielmann S,Radke J,Burchardi H

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined in rabbits the effects of more than 48 h of mechanical ventilation on the contractile properties and fiber type adaptations of the respiratory muscles. DESIGN AND SETTING:Experimental prospective study in a university laboratory. ANIMALS AND INTERVENTIONS:Nineteen rabbits were randomly allocated...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Capdevila X,Lopez S,Bernard N,Rabischong E,Ramonatxo M,Martinazzo G,Prefaut C

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether serum procalcitonin (PCT) levels could be useful to differentiate between systemic infection and the activity of the underlying disease in autoimmune disease. METHODS:In 18 patients with systemic lupus erythematodes (SLE) and 35 patients with systemic antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibod...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Brunkhorst R,Eberhardt OK,Haubitz M,Brunkhorst FM

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Providing mechanical ventilation is challenging at supra-atmospheric pressure. The higher gas density increases resistance, reducing the flow delivered by the ventilator. A new hyperbaric ventilator (Siaretron IPER 1000) is said to compensate for these effects automatically. The aim of this bench test study was...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Lefebvre JC,Lyazidi A,Parceiro M,Sferrazza Papa GF,Akoumianaki E,Pugin D,Tassaux D,Brochard L,Richard JC

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pneumonia caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1) is rare and occurs in severely immunosuppressed patients. HSV1 can be detected in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) from patients presenting with respiratory failure, but its direct effect on disease is difficult to prove. We demonstrate the causative role of HSV1 in t...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： François-Dufresne A,Garbino J,Ricou B,Wunderli W

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our study aimed to determine the efficacy and safety of colistin in the treatment of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) caused by pan-drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa or Acinetobacter baumanii. DESIGN:Pairwise, retrospective exposed-unexposed study. SETTING:Combined medical and surgical intensive ca...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Kallel H,Hergafi L,Bahloul M,Hakim A,Dammak H,Chelly H,Hamida CB,Chaari A,Rekik N,Bouaziz M

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00