Abstract:
:Plasma colloid osmotic pressure (COP) has been calculated from both serum albumin concentration and plasma total protein concentration. These values have been compared to those measured directly using a membrane-transducer oncometer in a group of normal subjects, in a group of critically-ill patients with a variety of primary diagnoses and in a group of hypovolaemic patients before and after plasma volume replacement with 6% hydroxyethyl starch solution. In the normal samples, COP calculated from albumin (COPalb) underestimated the measured COP (COPm) by mean of 2.0 mmHg (p less than 0.002), with correlation coefficient r = 0.39(n/s). Similarly, the COPalb underestimated COPm by a mean of 5.7 mmHg (p less than 0.001) in the critically ill patient group; r = 0.38 (p less than 0.02). Furthermore, in the patients receiving plasma volume replacement serum albumin concentration fell by 13.1% (p less than 0.001) whilst COPm increased by 11.5% (p less than 0.002). In the normal subjects COP calculated from total protein concentration (COPtp) underestimated the COPm by 1.5 mmHg (p less than 0.02) with r = 0.65 (p less than 0.01). Conversely, in the patient samples, mean COPtp overestimated COPm by 3.5 mmHg (p less than 0.001) with r = 0.73 (p less than 0.002). We conclude that COPalb is an inadequate estimate of COPm particularly in patients where its use may have important clinical consequences. COPtp provides a reasonable estimate of COPm in normal subjects but in patients samples, where albumin: globulin ratio is low COPtp overestimates substantially in many cases. We advocate the direct measurement of COP in critically-ill patients.
journal_name
Intensive Care Medjournal_title
Intensive care medicineauthors
Barclay SA,Bennett Ddoi
10.1007/BF00254796subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1987-01-01 00:00:00pages
114-8issue
2eissn
0342-4642issn
1432-1238journal_volume
13pub_type
杂志文章abstract::Knowledge translation is an important step for translational research. In this issue of Intensive Care Medicine, a new mini-series of basic research-related reviews is published. Three invited reviews focus on the role of extracellular matrix in ventilator-induced lung injury and mechanotransduction. The major challen...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 评论,社论
doi:10.1007/s00134-007-0965-8
更新日期:2008-04-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s001340051023
更新日期:1999-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The pharmacokinetics of theophylline and ethylenediamine were examined in 6 patients with septicaemia and multiorgan failure (MOF). The patients received a bolus injection of 4 mg/kg aminophylline. Aminophylline is the ethylenediamine salt of theophylline. The clearance of theophylline was reduced in all our patients ...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01690768
更新日期:1991-01-01 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
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1007/s00134-013-2993-x
更新日期:2013-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate the correlation between microalbuminuria and extravascular lung water in patients in septic shock who require mechanical ventilation for severe respiratory failure. DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective, observational, clinical study in the 20-bed intensive care unit of a university hospital. PATIEN...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-003-1651-0
更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Extracorporeal CO2-removal (EC-CO2-R) using a membrane lung system was applied for 12 and 20 days respectively in two young men with adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Neuropathological examination revealed only moderate hypoxic changes of unusual distribution. In the first case nerve cell loss in Sommer's se...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00263553
更新日期:1987-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Pressure measurements at the level of the right atrium are commonly used in clinical anesthesia and the intensive care unit (ICU). There is growing interest in the use of peripheral venous sites for estimating central venous pressure (CVP). This study compared bias, precision, and covariance in simultaneous m...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-003-2052-0
更新日期:2004-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Total extracorporeal lung assist (ECLA) requires a bypass flow approaching cardiac output. Recirculation of venous blood through the oxygenator is minimized with a veno-right ventricular cannulation technique which separates venous drainage from returned oxygenated blood. A case of posttraumatic ARDS was treated with ...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01691426
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The process of surgical decision making is based on both general principles that are amenable to evaluation using rigorous techniques of clinical research and the intangible element of surgical judgment that seeks to apply those principles to the care of an individual patient. The role of surgical judgment is inescapa...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 指南,杂志文章,实务指引,评审
doi:10.1007/pl00003797
更新日期:2001-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the incidence and the circumstances of a moderate increase in serum creatinine early after elective abdominal aortic surgery. DESIGN:Prospective clinical observational study. SETTING:Surgical intensive care unit in a university hospital. PATIENTS:Two hundred and fifteen consecutive adult patien...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-003-1958-x
更新日期:2003-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:Meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) is a life-threatening neonatal lung injury, whose pathophysiology has been mainly studied in animal models. In such models, pancreatic secretory phospholipase A2 (sPLA2-IB) and proinflammatory cytokines present in meconium challenge the lungs, catabolising surfactant and harmi...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-011-2243-z
更新日期:2011-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To assess noise exposure during noninvasive ventilation (NIV) with different types of interface (helmet, nasal, and facial masks). SUBJECTS AND METHODS:Ten "naive" healthy volunteers underwent NIV at pressure support levels of 10 and 15 cmH2O with: (a) helmet, (b) helmet equipped with HME filters at the junc...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-004-2347-9
更新日期:2004-09-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01728333
更新日期:1996-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::Placement of a Swan-Ganz catheter can cause many complications. This case report presents a new complication of Swan-Ganz catheter insertion--placement of the Swan-Ganz catheter tip in the coronary sinus. ...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00254707
更新日期:1987-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To explore the consequences of helium/oxygen (He/O(2)) inhalation on respiratory mechanics, gas exchange, and ventilation-perfusion (VA/Q) relationships in an animal model of severe induced bronchospasm during mechanical ventilation. DESIGN:Prospective, interventional study. SETTING:Experimental animal labo...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-003-1779-y
更新日期:2003-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cardiac arrhythmias and circulatory collapse account for the high mortality reported after severe chloroquine poisoning. We have recently observed a 17-year-old man who ingested an 8 g chloroquine overdose. Cardiac arrest occurred within 1 h. Cardiogenic shock was refractory to epinephrine, dopamine and molar sodium l...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01720684
更新日期:1991-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:To assess the utility of two in situ techniques, differential time to positivity (DTP) and semiquantitative superficial cultures (SQSC) for diagnosing catheter-related bloodstream infection (CR-BSI) in critically ill adults. METHODS:This was a prospective cohort study in patients with suspected CR-BSI arising ...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-012-2689-7
更新日期:2013-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01709742
更新日期:1996-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Evaluation of an open circuit multiple breath nitrogen washout (MBNW) technique for measurement of functional residual capacity (FRC) during partial ventilatory support using corrections for gas viscosity, sampling delay time, and re-inspired nitrogen. DESIGN:Measurements in a lung model with known reference...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-003-1677-3
更新日期:2003-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Impairment of haemostasis has been described with slowly degradable medium molecular weight hydroxyethyl starch (MMW-HES), whereas rapidly degradable MMW-HES is generally considered to have no important effects on blood coagulation. This study was undertaken to investigate the effects of a rapidly degradable ...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1007/s001340101107
更新日期:2001-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:We undertook this study to evaluate the influence of the inspiration:expiration (I:E) ratio on intracranial pressure and cerebral perfusion in patients with acute stroke. DESIGN:Ventilated patients with acute stroke were examined under a protocol involving variations of I:E ratio from 1:2 to 1:1 to 1:2 under...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-002-1351-1
更新日期:2002-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:We report the first patient to developed abdominal compartment syndrome (ACS) with intrahepatic portal venous gas (IHPVG) and pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis following emergency upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. CASE PRESENTATION:A 53-year-old man underwent an emergency upper gastrointestinal endoscopy fo...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 信件
doi:10.1007/s00134-002-1492-2
更新日期:2002-11-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s00134-003-2002-x
更新日期:2003-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::A 16-month old baby developed severe respiratory failure because of acute laryngitis and required mechanical ventilation. Intubation was complicated by aspiration and development of chemical pneumonia. Following 4 days of treatment the child was successfully extubated. Thirty six hours after extubation the patient aga...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00256065
更新日期:1985-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Inhalation of high concentrations of nitric oxide (NO) has been shown to improve gas exchange and to reduce pulmonary vascular resistance in individuals with ischemia-reperfusion injury following orthotopic lung transplantation. We assessed the cardiopulmonary effects of low doses of NO in early allograft dys...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1007/s001340050741
更新日期:1998-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Paediatric admissions to a general ITU are briefly reviewed. Although it may not be an ideal arrangement it is suggested that children can be safely cared for in such a unit. The problems created by the child with acute upper airway obstruction are discussed to demonstrate the way in which the unit is organized to rec...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF00260356
更新日期:1985-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The increase of the inflationary lung volume created by a respiratory maneuver is critical for preventing postoperative alveolar collapse. We measured this volume as achieved with IPPB or incentive spirometry (IS) in 20 postoperative surgical patients. Using IPPB, with gas flow and peak airway pressures carefully adju...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1007/BF01641120
更新日期:1977-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The arterial oxygen and carbon dioxide tensions, pulmonary and systemic haemodynamics and pulmonary shunting and mechanics were measured during the first 30 min after intravenous labetalol administration. Thirty patients, recovering in the intensive care unit after neurosurgical interventions were randomly divided in ...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1007/BF00255635
更新日期:1988-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a well-recognized clinico-neuroradiological transient condition. Early recognition is of paramount importance for prompt control of blood pressure or removal of precipitating factors and treatment of epileptic seizures or status epilepticus. Delay in the...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/s00134-006-0459-0
更新日期:2007-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Helicobacter pylori is estimated to infect over 50% of the world's population, the majority of whom are asymptomatic. Although most research to date has focused on local gastroduodenal disease manifestations, the potential impact of H. pylori infection and the associated chronic active inflammation on systemic disease...
journal_title:Intensive care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1007/s00134-003-1838-4
更新日期:2003-11-01 00:00:00