Left ventricular function in tetanus: influence of therapy.

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

authors： Hantson P,Ronveau JL,De Coninck B,Horn JL,Mahieu P,Hassoun A

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To evaluate whether variability in milrinone blood levels (MBL) occurs during administration to critically ill children after surgical repair of congenital heart disease, and the clinical relevance of this variability. METHODS:Prospective cohort study conducted in the pediatric intensive care unit of a tertiar...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Garcia Guerra G,Joffe AR,Senthilselvan A,Kutsogiannis DJ,Parshuram CS

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relation of malnutrition and underlying diagnosis to the length of stay in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and to mortality after lung transplantation (LTX). DESIGN:Retrospective ICU chart review. SETTING:Cardiothoracic ICU in a University hospital. PATIENTS:Fifty-one consecutive patients wh...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Plöchl W,Pezawas L,Artemiou O,Grimm M,Klepetko W,Hiesmayr M

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Peritoneal dialysis was used in experimental lactic acidosis caused by hypoxia for the removal of endogenous lactate. Two types of dialysis fluid, with and without vasodilator sodium nitroprusside, added intraperitoneally were used. The addition of sodium nitroprusside increased peritoneal the clearance of lactate as ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Breborowicz A,Szulc R

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Sonoclot analyser provides global measurement of haemostasis, including plasma coagulation, platelet function and fibrinolysis. Benefits of its use in cardiovascular and hepatic surgery are well-documented and it may be useful in managing obstetric complications. The aim of this study was to determine ran...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Kjellberg U,Hellgren M

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To assess the effects of alveolar recruitment maneuvers (ARMs) on clinical outcomes in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). METHODS:We conducted a search of the MEDLINE, EMBASE, LILACS, CINAHL, CENTRAL, Scopus, and Web of Science (from inception to July 2014) databases for all (i.e. no lan...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Suzumura EA,Figueiró M,Normilio-Silva K,Laranjeira L,Oliveira C,Buehler AM,Bugano D,Passos Amato MB,Ribeiro Carvalho CR,Berwanger O,Cavalcanti AB

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the effectiveness of traditional and online teaching methods for educating anesthesiology residents in the principles and practice of difficult airway management. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled trial. SETTING:University hospital. PARTICIPANTS:Two randomly selected groups, each contai...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Bello G,Pennisi MA,Maviglia R,Maggiore SM,Bocci MG,Montini L,Antonelli M

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the sensitivity, specificity and overall accuracy of a model based on the presence or absence of organ dysfunctions and/or infection (ODIN) to predict the outcome for intensive care unit patients. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:General intensive care unit in a university teaching hospital. P...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Fagon JY,Chastre J,Novara A,Medioni P,Gibert C

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We tested the hypothesis that synchronization to patient effort during intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV), when compared to conventional unsynchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation (IMV), will decrease energy expenditure, as reflected by decreased oxygen consumption (VO2). DESIGN:We used a four-...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Smith KM,Wahlig TM,Bing DR,Georgieff MK,Boros SJ,Mammel MC

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effects of some acid-base abnormalities on blood capacity of transporting CO(2). DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:General and Cardiosurgical ICUs of a University hospital. PATIENTS:Six groups of ten patients characterized by: metabolic alkalosis; respiratory alkalosis; absence of acid-b...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Cavaliere F,Antonelli M,Arcangeli A,Conti G,Pennisi MA,Proietti R

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To analyse the clinical value of procalcitonin (PCT), C-reactive protein (CRP) and leucocyte count in the diagnosis of paediatric sepsis and in the stratification of patients according to severity. DESIGN:Prospective, observational study. SETTING:Paediatric intensive care unit (PICU). PATIENTS:Ninety-four...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Rey C,Los Arcos M,Concha A,Medina A,Prieto S,Martinez P,Prieto B

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine what change in respiratory function occurred following prolonged and efficient continuous arteriovenous haemofiltration (CAVH) in a group of patients with multiple organ systems failure (MOSF). DESIGN:A retrospective assessment using patient notes and ICU charts. SETTING:The Intensive Care Unit...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Bagshaw ON,Anaes FR,Hutchinson A

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid method for the bedside measurement of plasma, intracellular and whole blood lactates is described. The paper described a new method of measuring the L-lactate content of blood using an apparatus ("Lactate Analyzer 640", manufactured by Roche Bio-electronics, Basel) previously designed for this purpose but usin...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Piquard F,Schaefer A,Dellenbach P,Haberey P

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) remains a life-threatening disease with classic etiology of systemic inflammatory response and mortality between 30 and 50 %. The aim of the present study is to compare two different treatment strategies of goal-directed hemodynamic management and evaluate their impact on surviva...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Trepte CJ,Bachmann KA,Stork JH,Friedheim TJ,Hinsch A,Goepfert MS,Mann O,Izbicki JR,Goetz AE,Reuter DA

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physicians are increasingly involved in how their critically ill patients die [72]. The more this happens, the more physicians will have to understand not only how their own backgrounds and biases influence their medical management, but also the cultural and religious backgrounds of the patient and surrogate [72, 73]....

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Nyman DJ,Sprung CL

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Admission of cancer patients with serious medical complications to the ICU remains controversial primarily because of the high short-term mortality rates in these patients. However, the cancer patient population is heterogeneous regarding age, underlying conditions, and curability of their disease, suggestin...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Azoulay E,Moreau D,Alberti C,Leleu G,Adrie C,Barboteu M,Cottu P,Levy V,Le Gall JR,Schlemmer B

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effects of intravenous fish oil fat emulsion on the metabolic alterations induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenge in healthy volunteers. DESIGN:Two groups of eight healthy subjects were randomized to receive either two pharmacological doses of intravenous FO fat emulsion or no treatment. ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Pluess TT,Hayoz D,Berger MM,Tappy L,Revelly JP,Michaeli B,Carpentier YA,Chioléro RL

更新日期：2007-05-01 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

authors： Desjardins R,Denault AY,Bélisle S,Carrier M,Babin D,Lévesque S,Martineau R

更新日期：2004-04-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Processed EEG monitoring has been suggested for sedation depth evaluation in intensive care unit (ICU) patients. The present study investigated the efficacy of two processed EEG monitors using SEF90% or SEF95% and BIS to differentiate between conscious (Ramsay score 4) and unconscious sedation (Ramsay score ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Walder B,Suter PM,Romand JA

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Gastrointestinal motility can be impaired by serious illness or medications, compromising enteral feeding in critical care patients. We compared small bowel transit time and morphology in neurosurgical critical care (ICU) patients with those in healthy subjects. METHODS:We evaluated small intestinal transit ti...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Rauch S,Krueger K,Turan A,Roewer N,Sessler DI

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate clinical and microbiologic characteristics, modalities of treatment and outcome of patients with cervical necrotizing fasciitis admitted to our institution. DESIGN:Retrospective clinical investigation. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We reviewed the charts of 20 consecutive patients hospitalized in our Int...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Mohammedi I,Ceruse P,Duperret S,Vedrinne J,Boulétreau P

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate compliance with recommended patient-care practices for the prevention of hospital-acquired infections (HAI) in the intensive care unit (ICU). DESIGN:European descriptive survey by questionnaire mailed to all the directors of ICUs. PATIENTS AND PARTICIPANTS:A total of 1642 general ICUs with more ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Moro ML,Jepsen OB

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Oxygen consumption (VO2) obtained from respiratory gases by indirect calorimetry (VO2,IC) with a metabolic monitor integrated in a ventilator were to be compared to VO2 obtained by the Fick principle (VO2,Fick) in septic patients following an increase in oxygen delivery (DO2) induced by positive inotropic sup...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Schaffartzik W,Sanft C,Schaefer JH,Spies C

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have treated 30 patients with flail chest, with priority given to associated factors (pain, secretions retention, hemo-/pneumothorax and underlying pulmonary contusion). When this treatment was insufficient IMV + PEEP was instituted; in this group there was a 58.8% incidence of pneumonia, 47.5% of sepsis and 11.7 d...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Carpintero JL,Rodriguez Diez A,Ruiz Elvira MJ,Benitez JA,Perez Rielo A

更新日期：1980-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Growing evidence suggests that acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) occurring as a consequence of primary (direct) lung injury differs from that resulting from secondary (indirect) lung injury in terms of radiographic appearance, response to interventions, and outcomes. We examined whether there are dif...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Parker CM,Heyland DK,Groll D,Caeser M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We evaluated whether oscillatory compliance (C(X5)) measured by forced oscillation technique (FOT) at 5 Hz may be useful for positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) optimisation. METHODS:We studied seven pigs in which lung injury was induced by broncho-alveolar lavage. The animals were ventilated in volume con...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Dellacà RL,Zannin E,Kostic P,Olerud MA,Pompilio PP,Hedenstierna G,Pedotti A,Frykholm P

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Specific regulations regarding oversight of research in children vary from country to country, but most share common principles derived from major consensus documents. Whereas the permissibility of research on adults depends heavily upon the informed consent of the subject, the regulation of research in pediatrics is ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Truog RD

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although colitis is often seen in critically all patients who have received multiple broad-spectrum antibiotics, there are no reports describing severe sepsis as a result of Clostridium difficile infection. We describe three cases of severe sepsis with local intestinal Clostridium difficile infection as the only ident...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Lowenkron SE,Waxner J,Khullar P,Ilowite JS,Niederman MS,Fein AM

更新日期：1996-09-01 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