Extracorporeal life support for adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome.

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the incidence and clinical characteristics of delayed cerebral thrombosis in bacterial meningitis patients. METHODS:We assessed the incidence and clinical characteristics of delayed cerebral thrombosis in adults with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) culture-proven community-acquired bacterial meningitis incl...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Lucas MJ,Brouwer MC,van de Beek D

更新日期：2013-05-01 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：PURPOSE:Critically ill patients often require CT scans. Adverse events (AE) can occur during intra-hospital transport (IHT). The aim of this prospective study was to determine the diagnostic and therapeutic yield and the safety of CT scans in ICU patients. METHODS:All ICU patients having a CT scan for diagnostic purpo...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Aliaga M,Forel JM,De Bourmont S,Jung B,Thomas G,Mahul M,Bisbal M,Nougaret S,Hraiech S,Roch A,Chaumoitre K,Jaber S,Gainnier M,Papazian L

更新日期：2015-03-01 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：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：PURPOSE:Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is a promising biomarker for acute kidney injury (AKI). We evaluated the diagnostic and prognostic accuracies of plasma NGAL (pNGAL) for contrast-induced AKI (CI-AKI) in critically ill patients. METHODS:In a prospective observational study in two adult intensiv...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Valette X,Savary B,Nowoczyn M,Daubin C,Pottier V,Terzi N,Seguin A,Fradin S,Charbonneau P,Hanouz JL,du Cheyron D

更新日期：2013-05-01 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：:Results of the relationships between oxygen supply, demand, and uptake can be used to interpret cardiac output values, identify types of acute circulatory failure, guide attempts to improve cellular function, and thus prevent the development of multiple organ failure and death. Five steps in the interpretation of card...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Vincent JL

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type III procollagen N-peptides (PIIINPs) are believed to be released in stoichiometric amounts as type III collagen molecules are secreted from cells. We hypothesized that if the human lung actively produces type III collagen a detectable transpulmonary gradient in PIIINPs would exist in normal individuals that might...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Harrison NK,Laurent GJ,Evans TW

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Rapid shallow breathing may occur at any time during spontaneous breathing trials (SBT), questioning the utility of a single determination of the rapid shallow breathing index (RSBI). We hypothesize that change in RSBI during SBT may more accurately predict successful extubation than a single determination. ME...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Segal LN,Oei E,Oppenheimer BW,Goldring RM,Bustami RT,Ruggiero S,Berger KI,Fiel SB

更新日期：2010-03-01 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:Real-time measurement of stroke volume variation by arterial pulse contour analysis (SVV) is useful in predicting volume responsiveness and monitoring volume therapy in mechanically ventilated patients. This study investigated the influence of the depth of tidal volume (V(t)) on SVV both during the state of f...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Reuter DA,Bayerlein J,Goepfert MS,Weis FC,Kilger E,Lamm P,Goetz AE

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To establish the baseline prescribing error rate in a tertiary paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and to determine the impact of a zero tolerance prescribing (ZTP) policy incorporating a dedicated prescribing area and daily feedback of prescribing errors. METHODS:A prospective, non-blinded, observational st...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Booth R,Sturgess E,Taberner-Stokes A,Peters M

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The most recent approach to estimate nursing resources consumption has led to the generation of the Nine Equivalents of Nursing Manpower use Score (NEMS). The objective of this prospective study was to establish a completely automatically generated calculation of the NEMS using a patient data management syste...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Junger A,Brenck F,Hartmann B,Klasen J,Quinzio L,Benson M,Michel A,Röhrig R,Hempelmann G

更新日期：2004-07-01 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

abstract：:Fifteen polytrauma patients with asymmetric pulmonary contusion were treated with differential lung ventilation (DLV) for a mean of 106 hours (range 24-298, median 83). The differential time constant (Tc), compliance (Ct), inspiratory and expiratory airway resistance (Rawinsp, Rawexp) and peak-airway pressure (Pawpeak...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Zandstra DF,Stoutenbeek CP,Bams JL

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the safety and efficacy of sustained inflations (SI) as lung recruitment maneuvers (RMs) in ventilated pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) patients. DESIGN:Observational, prospective data collection. SETTING:Tertiary-care PICU. PATIENTS AND PARTICIPANTS:Thirty-two consecutive ventilated pediatri...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Duff JP,Rosychuk RJ,Joffe AR

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a fatal case of a child presenting Reye's syndrome associated with a variety of arrhythmias and ischemia-like ST-T ECG changes. At autopsy, fatty infiltration and patchy myocytolysis were detected in sections of the heart. This case report emphasizes cardiac involvement in Reye's syndrome and the possible me...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Sarti A,Cecchi F,Manetti A,Busoni P

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the introduction of synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV) several advantages have been attributed to this ventilatory mode, one of them being a more homogeneous distribution of ventilation and perfusion than during controlled mechanical ventilation (CMV). Up to now no data are available to confi...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Santak B,Radermacher P,Sandmann W,Falke KJ

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred consecutive patients were interviewed between the 3rd and 7th days, inclusive, of their discharge from an intensive care unit to a general ward. The patients' recall of events related to their admission to the ICU was generally poor, and 41% of them felt that they had been confused at some time during thei...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Jones J,Hoggart B,Withey J,Donaghue K,Ellis BW

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the clinical impact of bedside colonoscopy for critically ill patients with acute lower gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding. DESIGN AND SETTING:A 3-year retrospective analysis (chart review). Medical intensive care unit (ICU) of a 1,312-bed tertiary-care center in Taiwan. PATIENTS AND PARTICIPANTS:F...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Lin CC,Lee YC,Lee H,Lin JT,Ho WC,Chen TH,Wang HP

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare available instruments for assessing delirium in critically ill adults that have undergone validity testing and provide clinicians with strategies to incorporate these instruments into clinical practice. DESIGN:Medline (1966-September 2006) was searched using the key words: delirium, cognitive dysf...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Devlin JW,Fong JJ,Fraser GL,Riker RR

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the presence of tricuspid regurgitation (TR) in patients affected by acute lung injury (ALI) and the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) during mechanical ventilation with positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). DESIGN:A prospective clinical study. SETTING:10-bed general intensive care ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Artucio H,Hurtado J,Zimet L,de Paula J,Beron M

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To validate a simple method avoiding discard volumes in pediatric patients with indwelling arterial and venous lines. DESIGN:Zero-discarding was achieved by passive extracorporeal arteriovenous backflow via standard single pressure transducer equipment. We tested backflow distances (10, 20 and 30 cm beyond t...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Weiss M,Fischer J,Boeckmann M,Rohrer B,Baenziger O

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Early central venous catheter (CVC) insertion in Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a novel approach and has not previously been described. This report delineates the safety, feasibility and clinical implications of early CVC insertion as the optimum means of vascular access in patients with EVD, in the setting of a ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Rees PS,Lamb LE,Nicholson-Roberts TC,Ardley CN,Bailey MS,Hinsley DE,Fletcher TE,Dickson SJ

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between cytokines and the inflammatory responses in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, we examined the changes of cytokines as well as alterations in the markers of neutrophil activation, platelet and endothelial activation, and endothelial injury. DESIGN:Prospectiv...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Gando S,Nanzaki S,Morimoto Y,Kobayashi S,Kemmotsu O

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) measurement is important in daily clinical practice. Most measurement techniques vary in automaticity and reproducibility. This study tested a new fully automated continuous technique for IAP measurement, the CiMON. METHODS:Three IAP measurement catheters (a Foley manometer and...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Malbrain ML,De laet I,Viaene D,Schoonheydt K,Dits H

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify factors that predict outcome in patients receiving a Medical Emergency Team review. DESIGN:Prospective observational study. SETTING:Tertiary hospital. PATIENTS:Cohort of 228 patients receiving one or more Medical Emergency Team reviews during daytime hours over a 1-year-period. Control cohort o...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Calzavacca P,Licari E,Tee A,Egi M,Haase M,Haase-Fielitz A,Bellomo R

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Short-latency somatosensory evoked potential (SSEP) monitoring has been reported to be useful in predicting neurological outcome in patients with cardiac arrest and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. To obtain the immediate data of SSEP and evaluate the relationship between the presence of cortical activity and...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Nakabayashi M,Kurokawa A,Yamamoto Y

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define the mechanisms of the stable and prolonged post-operative plasma volume expansion observed with Hydroxyethyl Starches (HES) and to determine whether a partial intravascular hydrolysis of large molecules contribute to reinforce the colloid-osmotic effect. DESIGN:Prospective, pharmacologic study usin...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Degrémont AC,Ismaïl M,Arthaud M,Oulare B,Mundler O,Paris M,Baron JF

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00