Torsade de pointes as a complication of brainstem encephalitis.

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the global metabolomic profile as measured in circulating plasma from surviving and non-surviving patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and sepsis. METHODS:Random, outcome-stratified case-control sample from a prospective study of 1,895 patients hospitalized with CAP and sepsis. Cases (...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Seymour CW,Yende S,Scott MJ,Pribis J,Mohney RP,Bell LN,Chen YF,Zuckerbraun BS,Bigbee WL,Yealy DM,Weissfeld L,Kellum JA,Angus DC

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It remains uncertain why immunocompetent patients with bacterial community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) die, in spite of adequate antibiotics. METHODS:This is a secondary analysis of the CAPUCI database which was a prospective observational multicentre study. Two hundred and twelve immunocompetent patients admi...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Rodriguez A,Lisboa T,Blot S,Martin-Loeches I,Solé-Violan J,De Mendoza D,Rello J,Community-Acquired Pneumonia Intensive Care Units (CAPUCI) Study Investigators.

更新日期：2009-03-01 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：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：OBJECTIVE:To compare isoflurane with midazolam for prolonged sedation in ventilated patients. DESIGN:Randomised controlled study. SETTING:General intensive care unit in university teaching hospital. PATIENTS:Sixty patients aged 17-80 years who required mechanical ventilation for more than 24 h. INTERVENTIONS:Sedati...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Spencer EM,Willatts SM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Septic shock-induced disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC) contributes to multiple organ failure. Mechanisms governing vascular responses to open occurrence of DIC have not yet been established. Circulating plasma microparticles (MPs), released upon cell stress, constitute a catalytic procoagulant surfa...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Delabranche X,Boisramé-Helms J,Asfar P,Berger A,Mootien Y,Lavigne T,Grunebaum L,Lanza F,Gachet C,Freyssinet JM,Toti F,Meziani F

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine the right ventricular response to acute respiratory failure, serial studies of biventricular performance were analysed in 34 such patients, specifically detailing the role of associated underlying disease. During the initial study, the 34 patients with acute respiratory failure had a higher right ventricula...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Brunet F,Dhainaut JF,Devaux JY,Huyghebaert MF,Villemant D,Monsallier JF

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (N-proBNP) and troponin I (TnI) profile following mitral and/or aortic valve surgery and to evaluate correlations with echocardiography measures and outcome criteria. DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective cross-controlled study in a university children's hosp...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Tissières P,da Cruz E,Habre W,Aggoun Y,Mensi N,Kalangos A,Beghetti M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was conducted to evaluate repeated intrathecal injections of baclofen, without artificial ventilation, in the treatment of severe tetanus. Ten patients, 5 men and 5 women, with a mean age of 34 +/- 7 years, were included in the study. The dose of baclofen injected was 1000 micrograms between the ages of 16 and...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Saissy JM,Demazière J,Vitris M,Seck M,Marcoux L,Gaye M,Ndiaye M

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test the hypothesis that RNA editing is altered in pediatric patients with cyanotic congenital heart disease (CHD) and to determine whether A-to-I RNA editing is associated with the postoperative course following cardiac surgery. Cyanotic CHD is associated with a unique pathophysiology caused by chronic hypo...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Borik S,Simon AJ,Nevo-Caspi Y,Mishali D,Amariglio N,Rechavi G,Paret G

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine patients hospitalized for tetanus were studied under the same protocol which included two haemodynamic studies with a preload trial (PLT). The first being made during therapy (diazepam barbiturate association), on the sixth day of hospitalisation, and the second one after recovery. The comparison of the results s...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Desjars P,Pinaud M,Baron D,Rodineau P,Nicolas R

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the accuracy of the percentage of infected cells (%IC) in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) for ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) diagnosis according to its onset from the initiation of mechanical ventilation. PATIENTS:One hundred and eight patients admitted ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Dupont H,Chalhoub V,Plantefève G,De Vaumas C,Kermarrec N,Paugam-Burtz C,Mantz J

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of nicotinamide (NIC), an inhibitor of poly(ADP-ribose) synthetase (PARS), on intestinal and liver perfusion, O2 kinetics, and energy metabolism over 24 h of hyperdynamic porcine endotoxemia. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled experimental study with repeated measures. SET...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Theisen M,Träger K,Tugtekin I,Stehr A,Ploner F,Georgieff M,Radermacher P,Matĕjovic M

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reliability of cardiac output estimation by thermodilution during artificial ventilation was studied in anesthetized pigs at the right side of the heart. The estimates exhibited a cyclic modulation related to the ventilation. The amplitude of the modulation was independent of the level of positive end-expiratory p...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Jansen JR,Versprille A

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of prone positioning on systemic hemodynamics, intra-abdominal pressure (IAP), plasma disappearance rate of indocyanine green (PDR(ICG)), and gastric intramucosal to arterial PCO2 difference (Pi-aCO2). DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective randomized study in the intensive care unit of a ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Hering R,Vorwerk R,Wrigge H,Zinserling J,Schröder S,von Spiegel T,Hoeft A,Putensen C

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine incidence, risk factors and outcome of tracheal ischemic lesions related to intubation. METHODS:Planned post hoc analysis using patients from a previous randomized controlled study. Fiberoptic tracheoscopy was performed during the 24 h following extubation. In patients with >2 ischemic lesions, ul...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Touat L,Fournier C,Ramon P,Salleron J,Durocher A,Nseir S

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the incidence rates of hospital acquired infections (HAI) during the first 14 days after ICU discharge after treatment during ICU-stay with Selective Decontamination of the Digestive tract (SDD), Selective Oropharyngeal Decontamination (SOD) or Standard Care (SC). DESIGN:Prospective observationa...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： de Smet AM,Hopmans TE,Minderhoud AL,Blok HE,Gossink-Franssen A,Bernards AT,Bonten MJ

更新日期：2009-09-01 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：:Two patients with chest injuries, flail chest and respiratory failure were mechanically ventilated by a system composed of 2 Bennett respirators and an independent source of gas. This system provides high-frequency positive pressure ventilation (HFPPV), low-frequency conventional mechanical ventilation (LFCMV) and hig...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Barzilay E,Lev A,Lesmes C,Fleck R,Khourieh A

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether helium-oxygen mixture reduces inspiratory work of breathing (WOB) in sedated, paralyzed, and mechanically ventilated patients with acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). DESIGN AND SETTING:Open, prospective, randomized, crossover study in the medical intensive...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Gainnier M,Arnal JM,Gerbeaux P,Donati S,Papazian L,Sainty JM

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Amrein K,Oudemans-van Straaten HM,Berger MM

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：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：PURPOSE:To examine the association of intravenous iodinated contrast material administration with the subsequent development of post-contrast AKI (PC-AKI), emergent dialysis, and short-term mortality using a propensity score-adjusted analysis of a cohort of intensive care unit (ICU) patients who underwent CT examinatio...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： McDonald JS,McDonald RJ,Williamson EE,Kallmes DF,Kashani K

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Assessing feasibility and physiological effects of sedation with sevoflurane, administered with the anesthetic conserving device (AnaConDa), in comparison with propofol and remifentanil. METHODS:Seventeen patients undergoing mechanical ventilation underwent sedation with sevoflurane delivered with AnaConDa (ph...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Migliari M,Bellani G,Rona R,Isgrò S,Vergnano B,Mauri T,Patroniti N,Pesenti A,Foti G

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the feasibility of remifentanil-based sedation in hypoxemic acute respiratory failure (HARF) patients refusing to continue noninvasive ventilation (NPPV) for intolerance to two different interfaces-helmet and total face mask. DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective uncontrolled clinical investigation in a 14-...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Rocco M,Conti G,Alessandri E,Morelli A,Spadetta G,Laderchi A,Di Santo C,Francavilla S,Pietropaoli P

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 17-year-old patient with Shone's disease had to be readmitted to the hospital 3 months after implantation of an artificial aortic valve because of extreme mitral insufficiency with consecutive pulmonary edema and hepatic dysfunction. He had been orally anticoagulated and presented with a high international normalize...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Rauch R,Hofbeck M,Ries M,Singer H,Klinge J

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:(1) To demonstrate that metabolic parameters are better indicators of tissue hypoxia than regional and whole oxygen consumption (VO(2)). (2) To compare intramucosal pH (pHi) in different gastrointestinal segments. DESIGN:Prospective, interventional study. SETTING:Research laboratory at a university center....

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Dubin A,Estenssoro E,Murias G,Canales H,Sottile P,Badie J,Barán M,Pálizas F,Laporte M,Rivas Díaz M

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous bolus endotoxin elicits a marked but transient increase in plasma TxB2 and 6-keto-PGF1 alpha in a large number of species. A smaller, delayed and more prolonged increase in TxB2 and 6-keto-PGF1 alpha are reported in animals with septic shock, i.e., those with fecal peritonitis or cecal ligation. Thromboxan...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Ball HA,Cook JA,Wise WC,Halushka PV

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The interchangeability of continuous measurement of cardiac output (CO) with the traditional bolus method in patients after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is uncertain. DESIGN:Prospective observational clinical study. SETTING:A 20-bed surgical ICU at a university hospital. PATIENTS:Fourteen deeply sedated, v...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Bendjelid K,Schütz N,Suter PM,Romand JA

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00