The application of potassium selective electrodes in the intensive care unit.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present our observation of the development of a rare nail deformity in the prolonged course of disease of a critically ill patient with a pulmonary abscess. DESIGN:Case report. SETTING:Tertiary referral, 16-bed, level I surgical ICU in an academic hospital. PATIENT:A 48-year-old Caucasian male was treat...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Wester JP,van Eps RS,Stouthamer A,Girbes AR

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The purpose of a scientific paper is to communicate results and within the paper this applies especially to the presentation of data. It is the universal practice in medical journals to present statistical results using tables. Good tables are an integral part of the manuscript. To help researchers communi...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Alberti C,Boulkedid R

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Critical care ultrasonography has utility for the diagnosis and management of critical illness and is in widespread use by frontline intensivists. As there is a need for research to validate and extend its utility, the Editor of Intensive Care Medicine included critical care ultrasonography as a topic in the IC...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Mayo P,Arntfield R,Balik M,Kory P,Mathis G,Schmidt G,Slama M,Volpicelli G,Xirouchaki N,McLean A,Vieillard-Baron A

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Sepsis-evoked myocardial dysfunction is possibly due to decreased myofilament calcium sensitivity, and a calcium sensitizer may thus specifically improve contractility in sepsis by enhancing myofilament calcium sensitivity. We examined whether the calcium sensitizer levosimendan mitigates myocardial dysfuncti...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Behrends M,Peters J

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the prevalence and the prognostic significance of microalbuminuria in patients after aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). DESIGN:Prospective and observational clinical study. SETTING:Multidisciplinary intensive care unit. PATIENTS:Fifty-one consecutive patients who underwent aneurysm clip...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Terao Y,Takada M,Tanabe T,Ando Y,Fukusaki M,Sumikawa K

更新日期：2007-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) is a transcription factor which plays a pivotal role in the induction of genes involved in the response to injury and inflammation. Calpain I inhibitor is a potent antioxidant which is an effective inhibitor of NF-kappaB. This study examined whether the postulate that calpain...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Virlos I,Mazzon E,Serraino I,Genovese T,Di Paola R,Thiemerman C,Siriwardena A,Cuzzocrea S

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Achievement of a mean blood pressure (MBP) target is one of the hemodynamic goals to ensure an adequate blood perfusion pressure in critically ill patients. Arterial catheter allows for a continuous and precise monitoring of arterial pressure signal. In addition to giving a precise MBP monitoring, analysis of the bloo...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Augusto JF,Teboul JL,Radermacher P,Asfar P

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 29-year-old woman suffered a cardiac arrest, due to profound hyperkalaemia, caused by the use of a potassium-containing salt substitute. She was resuscitated, but post-hypoxic brain damage occurred. Some of the sparse literature is reviewed. ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Schim van der Loeff HJ,Strack van Schijndel RJ,Thijs LG

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:The long-term mortality outcome associated with sepsis and septic shock has not been well defined in a nonselected critically ill population. This study investigated the occurrence and the role of bloodstream infection (BSI) associated sepsis and septic shock at time of intensive care unit (ICU) admission on ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Laupland KB,Zygun DA,Doig CJ,Bagshaw SM,Svenson LW,Fick GH

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Alterations in coagulation, including elevated pulmonary and systemic concentrations of urokinase, are frequent in patients with acute lung injury (ALI). Urokinase potentiates neutrophil activation and contributes to the severity of pulmonary injury in preclinical models of ALI. The objective of this study wa...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Arcaroli J,Sankoff J,Liu N,Allison DB,Maloney J,Abraham E

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the oxygen affinity for optimal tissue oxygen delivery with a hemoglobin-hydroxyethyl starch conjugate (HRC 101). METHODS:Anesthetized rats were hemodiluted (180 ml kg(-1)) with low (P(50) approximately 70 mmHg) or high affinity (P(50) approximately 14 mmHg) HRC 101 at hemoglobin (Hb) concentratio...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Hare GM,Liu E,Baker AJ,Mazer CD

更新日期：2009-11-01 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:To assess the effects of the association of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) with different inflation volumes (V(T)'s) on passive lung deflation and alveolar recruitment in ARDS patients. DESIGN:Clinical study using PEEP with two different V(T)'s and analyzing whether passive lung deflation and alveol...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Chelucci GL,Dall'Ava-Santucci J,Dhainaut JF,Chelucci A,Allegra A,Lockhart A,Zin WA,Milic-Emili J

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the association between early initiation of intra-arrest therapeutic hypothermia and neurologic outcome in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. METHODS:A prespecified sub-analysis of the PRINCESS trial (NCT01400373) that randomized 677 bystander-witnessed cardiac arrests to transnasal evaporative intra-arr...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Awad A,Taccone FS,Jonsson M,Forsberg S,Hollenberg J,Truhlar A,Ringh M,Abella BS,Becker LB,Vincent JL,Svensson L,Nordberg P

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the frequency and the eventual clinical characteristics of nosocomial sinusitis with anaerobic bacteria isolation in patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:A 12-bed medical ICU in a teaching hospital. PATIENTS:30 adult patients with documented nosocomial...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Le Moal G,Lemerre D,Grollier G,Desmont C,Klossek JM,Robert R

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the incidence of and risk factors for adverse cardiac events during catecholamine vasopressor therapy in surgical intensive care unit patients with cardiovascular failure. METHODS:The occurrence of any of seven predefined adverse cardiac events (prolonged elevated heart rate, tachyarrhythmia, myoc...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Schmittinger CA,Torgersen C,Luckner G,Schröder DC,Lorenz I,Dünser MW

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical course of quinine-induced disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and review all previous cases reported in the medical literature. DESIGN:Case report/literature review. SETTING:University teaching hospital medical ICU. PATIENTS:One patient in whom thrombocytopenia, coagulopat...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Knower MT,Bowton DL,Owen J,Dunagan DP

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Plasma immunoglobulin concentrations are acutely altered in critically ill patients with sepsis. However, the association between immunoglobulin levels on the day of sepsis diagnosis and subsequent mortality is inconsistent. METHODS:Systematic review of studies that report immunoglobulin measurements and morta...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Shankar-Hari M,Culshaw N,Post B,Tamayo E,Andaluz-Ojeda D,Bermejo-Martín JF,Dietz S,Werdan K,Beale R,Spencer J,Singer M

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relationship between ionized calcium concentrations and blood lactate levels during cardiac arrest and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). DESIGN:A prospective cohort study. SETTING:Emergency department (ED) and general intensive care unit in a city hospital (tertiary care center). PATIEN...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Gando S,Igarashi M,Kameue T,Nanzaki S

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We assessed outcomes in brain-injured patients after implementation of a multi-faceted approach to reduce respiratory complications in intensive care units. METHODS:Prospective nationwide before-after trial. Consecutive adults with acute brain injury requiring mechanical ventilation for ≥24 h in 20 French inte...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Asehnoune K,Mrozek S,Perrigault PF,Seguin P,Dahyot-Fizelier C,Lasocki S,Pujol A,Martin M,Chabanne R,Muller L,Hanouz JL,Hammad E,Rozec B,Kerforne T,Ichai C,Cinotti R,Geeraerts T,Elaroussi D,Pelosi P,Jaber S,Dalicha

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare characteristics, clinical evolution and outcome in adult patients with influenza A (H1N1) acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) treated with or without extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). METHODS:A prospective observational study of patients treated in Marseille South Hospital from Octo...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Roch A,Lepaul-Ercole R,Grisoli D,Bessereau J,Brissy O,Castanier M,Dizier S,Forel JM,Guervilly C,Gariboldi V,Collart F,Michelet P,Perrin G,Charrel R,Papazian L

更新日期：2010-11-01 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

authors： Zinserling J,Wrigge H,Varelmann D,Hering R,Putensen C

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of plasma exchange (PE) was evaluated in 4 patients with rhabdomyolysis. A single 21 PE produced a transient fall of creatinine phosphokinase and did not prevent renal failure. Theoretically PE would need to be performed very frequently to remove toxins in appropriate amounts. Since renal failure in myoglob...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Cornelissen JJ,Haanstra W,Haarman HJ,Derksen RH

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To implement delirium monitoring, test reliability, and monitor compliance of performing the Confusion Assessment Method for the Intensive Care Unit (CAM-ICU) in trauma patients. DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective, observational study in a level 1 trauma unit of a tertiary care, university-based medical center. ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Soja SL,Pandharipande PP,Fleming SB,Cotton BA,Miller LR,Weaver SG,Lee BT,Ely EW

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：:Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) can support gas exchange in patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). During ECLS, venous blood is drained from a central vein via a cannula, pumped through a semipermeable membrane that permits diffusion of oxygen and carbon dioxide, and returned via a cannula to...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Combes A,Schmidt M,Hodgson CL,Fan E,Ferguson ND,Fraser JF,Jaber S,Pesenti A,Ranieri M,Rowan K,Shekar K,Slutsky AS,Brodie D

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritonitis has been produced in rabbits by the spreading of 5 ml of caecal contents throughout the peritoneal cavity. After sacrifice at 5 h, electron microscopy revealed a increase of 600% in PMN and 1200% in lymphocytes in the pulmonary capillaries of the test animals when compared to the sham operated group. The p...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Tighe D,Moss R,Parker-Williams J,Hynd J,Bennett ED

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study is to examine family members' experiences of end-of-life decision-making processes in Norwegian intensive care units (ICUs) to ascertain the degree to which they felt included in the decision-making process and whether they received necessary information. Were they asked about the patient'...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Lind R,Lorem GF,Nortvedt P,Hevrøy O

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00