Halothane treatment in life-threatening asthma.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Blood O(2) saturation and lactate concentration gradients from superior vena cava (SVC) to pulmonary artery (PA) occur in critically ill patients. These gradients (DeltaSO(2) and Delta[Lac]) may be positive or negative. We tested the hypothesis that positive DeltaSO(2) and Delta[Lac] are associated with impro...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Gutierrez G,Comignani P,Huespe L,Hurtado FJ,Dubin A,Jha V,Arzani Y,Lazzeri S,Sosa L,Riva J,Kohn W,Suarez D,Lacuesta G,Olmos D,Mizdraji C,Ojeda A

更新日期：2008-09-01 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：: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

authors： Eastham EJ,Papadatos J,Cook S,Stoddart JC

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The emphasis on the importance of professionalism in a recent CoBaTrICE-IT paper was impressive. However, insight into the elements of professionalism as perceived relevant for intensivists from the fellows' view, and how these are taught and learned, is limited. OBJECTIVES AND METHODS:A nationwide study ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： van Mook WN,de Grave WS,Gorter SL,Muijtjens AM,Zwaveling JH,Schuwirth LW,van der Vleuten CP

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Hypoxia-ischemia (HI), as a major cause of fetal brain damage, has long-lasting neurological implications. Therefore, therapeutic interventions that attenuate the neuropathological outcome of HI while also improving the neurofunctional outcome are of paramount clinical importance. The aim of this study was to i...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Fathali N,Lekic T,Zhang JH,Tang J

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We observed a 51-year-old woman who was admitted for severe amitriptyline overdose. Besides major cardiovascular complications, the patient developed severe hyperpyrexia with a central body temperature of more than 43 degrees C for 5 h. The patient died on day 3 from cardiocirculatory collapse and arrhythmias. Hyperth...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Hantson P,Benaissa M,Clemessy JL,Baud FJ

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Postoperative pneumonia is a potentially devastating complication associated with high mortality in intensive care unit (ICU)-patients. One of the major predisposing factors is the perioperative occurrence of atelectatic formations in non-dependent lung areas. Perioperative ventilation/perfusion mismatch due ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Hutschala D,Kinstner C,Skhirtladze K,Mayer-Helm BX,Zeitlinger M,Wisser W,Müller M,Tschernko E

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Diagnosing persistent acute kidney injury (AKI) as opposed to transient AKI in critically ill patients may help physicians in making treatment decisions. This diagnosis relies chiefly on urinary indices, which may be of limited value or difficult to obtain. We assessed the performance of the Doppler renal re...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Darmon M,Schortgen F,Vargas F,Liazydi A,Schlemmer B,Brun-Buisson C,Brochard L

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malaria remains today one of the major health problems in the tropics with increased morbidity and mortality. The most serious complications are caused by Plasmodium falciparum, which, in contrast to the benign malarias, may progress to a life-threatening multi-system disease. Our case concerns a young woman in the 14...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Gregorakos L,Sakayianni K,Hroni D,Harizopoulou V,Georgiadou F,Adamidou M

更新日期：1999-07-01 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：PURPOSE:Inflammatory markers may have a role in predicting severity of illness of intensive care unit (ICU) patients. The aim of this study is to determine whether low eosinophil count can predict 28-day mortality in medical ICU. METHODS:A prospective study over a 4-month period. To evaluate the prognosis information ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Abidi K,Belayachi J,Derras Y,Khayari ME,Dendane T,Madani N,Khoudri I,Zeggwagh AA,Abouqal R

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Previous studies on therapeutic interventions in sepsis have assumed stability of the measure of splanchnic blood flow throughout the study. We assessed the variability of splanchnic blood flow during stable global hemodynamics in eight patients with sepsis requiring treatment with dobutamine and/or norepine...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Sakka SG,Reinhart K,Wegscheider K,Meier-Hellmann A

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the effects of patient-initiated, pressure-regulated, volume-controlled ventilation (PRVC) with pressure-preset intermittent mandatory ventilation (IMV) in neonates with respiratory failure. DESIGN:Randomised, prospective study. SETTING:Intensive care unit (14 beds) in a 300-bed paediatric teachi...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Piotrowski A,Sobala W,Kawczyński P

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Controversy over the optimal intravenous fluid for volume resuscitation continues unabated. Our objectives were to characterize the demographics of physicians who prescribe intravenous colloids and determine factors that enter into their decision to choose a colloid. DESIGN:Questionnaire with 61 items. PAR...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Miletin MS,Stewart TE,Norton PG

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To obtain insight into the occurrence of brain death and the potential for brain dead and controlled non-heart-beating organ donors (CNHB) in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI), subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) and intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH) in a large neurosurgical serving area (2.1 million inhabi...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Kompanje EJO,Bakker J,Slieker FJA,IJzermans JNM,Maas AIR

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cytokeratin 19 (CK19) is a specific cytoskeletal structure for alveolar epithelium. We hypothesized that the levels of CK19 fragments in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid could serve as an index of epithelial injury and as a prognosis marker in patients with acute lung injury (ALI) or acute respiratory distr...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Stern JB,Paugam C,Validire P,Adle-Biassette H,Jaffré S,Dehoux M,Crestani B

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the morphological changes in the liver in patients with organ failure and hyperbilirubinemia and to correlate them to the outcome. DESIGN:A case series prospective study. SETTING:Intensive care units of two general hospitals. PATIENTS:Twelve patients in organ failure with predominant hepatic...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Douzinas EE,Vamvasakis E,Rigas K,Pitaridis M,Kittas C,Roussos C

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

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：:A total of 6178 persons with out-of-hospital (70%) and in hospital (30%) cardiac arrests from the first of January 1982 until the end of 1989 were reviewed retrospectively with respect to 4 variables, contributing to a score for specific prediction of poor prognosis (cut-off point: greater than 3 points). These includ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Martens PR,Mullie A,Buylaert W,Calle P,van Hoeyweghen R

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the ability of quantitative pupillometry [using the Neurological Pupil index (NPi)] to predict an unfavorable neurological outcome after cardiac arrest (CA). METHODS:We performed a prospective international multicenter study (10 centers) in adult comatose CA patients. Quantitative NPi and standard ma...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Oddo M,Sandroni C,Citerio G,Miroz JP,Horn J,Rundgren M,Cariou A,Payen JF,Storm C,Stammet P,Taccone FS

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male gender predisposes to severe sepsis and septic shock. This effect has been ascribed to higher levels of testosterone. The ESPNIC ARDS database was searched, to determine if there was evidence of a similar male preponderance in severe sepsis in prepubertal patients in spite of low levels of male sex hormones at th...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Bindl L,Buderus S,Dahlem P,Demirakca S,Goldner M,Huth R,Kohl M,Krause M,Kühl P,Lasch P,Lewandowski K,Merz U,Moeller J,Mohamad Y,Peters M,Porz W,Vierzig A,Rüchard J,Scharf J,Varnholt V,ESPNIC ARDS Database Group.

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Adler K,Schlieper D,Kindgen-Milles D,Meier S,Schallenburger M,Sellmann T,Schwager H,Schwartz J,Neukirchen M

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe Enterococcus faecalis colonisation and endocarditis in 5 intensive care patients after treatment with selective decontamination (SDD). SETTING:Intensive care unit (ICU) in a general hospital. PATIENTS:The patients were admitted to the ICU because of adult respiratory distress syndrome, polytraum...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Sijpkens YW,Buurke EJ,Ulrich C,van Asselt GJ

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of induced hypertension in head injury patients is controversial. We present the case of a 19-year-old man admitted with severe head trauma after a road accident and describe the beneficial effects that increasing arterial blood pressure had on the cerebral perfusion pressure, cerebral blood flow and jugular b...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Ferring M,Berré J,Vincent JL

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe changes in hemodynamic variables, sedation, and pain score after discontinuation of prolonged infusions of dexmedetomidine in a pediatric population of critically ill cardiac patients. METHODS:Retrospective case series of patients who received continuous infusions of dexmedetomidine for longer than...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Burbano NH,Otero AV,Berry DE,Orr RA,Munoz RA

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effectiveness of screening strategy and contact precautions for patients with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective observational cohort from 1 February 1995 to 31 December 2001 in three intensive care units (45 beds) in a French teaching hospital....

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Lucet JC,Paoletti X,Lolom I,Paugam-Burtz C,Trouillet JL,Timsit JF,Deblangy C,Andremont A,Regnier B

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To document the effect of neurocritical care, delivered by specialist staff and based on protocol-driven therapy aimed at intracranial pressure (ICP) and cerebral perfusion pressure (CPP) targets, on outcome in acute head injury. DESIGN:Retrospective record review to compare presentation, therapy and outcom...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Patel HC,Menon DK,Tebbs S,Hawker R,Hutchinson PJ,Kirkpatrick PJ

更新日期：2002-05-01 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 determine the prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes of critical illness neuromuscular abnormalities (CINMA). DESIGN:Systematic review. DATA SOURCES AND STUDY SELECTION:MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and the Cochrane Library were searched for reports on adult ICU patients who were evaluated for CINMA clinicall...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Stevens RD,Dowdy DW,Michaels RK,Mendez-Tellez PA,Pronovost PJ,Needham DM

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Status epilepticus is one of the most frequent neurological emergencies in the intensive care unit. Standard treatment includes intravenous barbiturates, benzodiazepines and phenytoin. However, drug coma is sometimes necessary to control refractory status epilepticus. We report such a case, successfully treated by int...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Borgeat A,Wilder-Smith OH,Jallon P,Suter PM

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00