Aspiration in caesarean section successfully treated with high continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP).

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 report the occurrence of life-threatening hyperkalaemia following treatment with therapeutic thiopentone coma. SETTING:The neurosurgical intensive care units of Royal North Shore Hospital and Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, Australia. PATIENTS:Three patients treated with theraputic thiopentone coma. One pati...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Cairns CJ,Thomas B,Fletcher S,Parr MJ,Finfer SR

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compare two patients admitted after near drowning. Both presented a severe metabolic acidosis, but only one of them developed an acute pulmonary edema with hypoxemia. An increase of lipid peroxides associated with a reduction of vitamin E concentration has been observed in this later patient. Lipid peroxidation, on...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Bertrand Y,Artoisenet A,Allard B,Barbier B,de Meulder A,Raynaert M,Mathieu P,Dumont E

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We assessed the methodological trial quality of individual randomized controlled studies on chlorhexidine silver sulfadiazine impregnated catheters and the effect on catheter-related infection (CRI). DESIGN:Only the studies identified in the Medline database from 1966 to December 2001 were considered, abstra...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Geffers C,Zuschneid I,Eckmanns T,Rüden H,Gastmeier P

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The measurement of functional residual capacity (FRC) has assumed new importance in the diagnosis of acute respiratory failure. However few reference values exist for FRC in supine positions for both sexes. We measured the FRC in 100 healthy subjects with the helium dilution closed circuit method in the sitting and su...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Ibañez J,Raurich JM

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The side effects of positive pressure ventilation on cardiovascular function are well known. However, in most clinical studies its influence on left ventricular function was examined. In the present study right ventricular (RV) performance was studied in 13 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting during me...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Neidhart PP,Suter PM

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relationship between the clinically evaluated depth of midazolam-induced sedation and the cardiac beat-to-beat variability (RR variability) in ICU patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:ICU of a university hospital. PATIENTS:20 consecutive patients stu...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Haberthür C,Lehmann F,Ritz R

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Limulus amoebocyte lysate assay was used as one of a series of laboratory and clinical investigations on a group of 31 patients suffering from septic shock in order to assess the clinical significance of this assay for the detection of circulating endotoxin in clinical gram-negative sepsis. Four patients with card...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： McCartney AC,Banks JG,Clements GB,Sleigh JD,Tehrani M,Ledingham IM

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate bleeding complications encountered in patients after cardiac surgery on continuous venovenous haemofiltration (CVVH) treated with continuous versus intermittent r-hirudin for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) type II. DESIGN:Case description. SETTING:Cardiothoracic intensive care unit at...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Kern H,Ziemer S,Kox WJ

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the incidence of Clostridium difficile (CD) diarrhoea in feed-intolerant, critically ill patients who received erythromycin-based prokinetic therapy. DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective observational study in a mixed intensive care unit. METHODS:The development of diarrhoea (> 3 loose, liquid stool ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Nguyen NQ,Ching K,Fraser RJ,Chapman MJ,Holloway RH

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central venous catheters (CVCs) are widely used in critically ill patients in intensive care units. However, infectious complications are common and may limit their utility. We critically review the literature to determine the impact of CVC design and composition, insertion site selection, insertion procedures, care a...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Reed CR,Sessler CN,Glauser FL,Phelan BA

更新日期：1995-02-01 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

authors： Krajewski S,Seitz RJ,Schober R,Breulmann M,Falke KJ

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a randomized clinical trial the prophylactic effects of locally administered antimicrobials on quantitative colonization and respiratory infections were studied in intubated patients with an expected period of mechanical ventilation of greater than 6 days. Nineteen patients received 50 mg of polymyxin B and 80 mg o...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Unertl K,Ruckdeschel G,Selbmann HK,Jensen U,Forst H,Lenhart FP,Peter K

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the ventilation achieved with chest compressions (CC) or ventilation plus compressions (VC) in a pediatric animal model of cardiac arrest. DESIGN:Randomized experimental study. SETTING:Experimental department of a University Hospital. METHODS:Twelve infant pigs with asphyxial cardiac arrest. Seq...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Iglesias JM,López-Herce J,Urbano J,Solana MJ,Mencía S,Del Castillo J

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 46-year-old man was diagnosed clinically brain dead after sustaining head trauma. The patient was in deep coma, brain nerves were unresponsive and spontaneous breathing was absent. However, EEG showed well preserved activity, but no reactivity to external stimuli. EEG activity disappeared within 40 h. BAEP were high...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Kaukinen S,Mäkelä K,Häkkinen VK,Martikainen K

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:In critical illness, serum total cortisol (TC) may not adequately reflect adrenal function because of reduced cortisol-binding globulin (CBG). AIM:To evaluate adrenal function of critically ill children, using free cortisol index (FCI), calculated free cortisol (cFC), and TC levels. METHODS:Thirty-two crit...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Poomthavorn P,Lertbunrian R,Preutthipan A,Sriphrapradang A,Khlairit P,Mahachoklertwattana P

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a result of the previous shortage of tools to assess objectively the overall physiological status of the respiratory system in infants and young children, it has been difficult to measure the degree of physiological disorder or the response to therapy in respiratory diseases such as BPD, the pediatric version of AR...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Hammer J,Newth CJ

更新日期：1995-09-01 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：:Measurements of added inspiratory work (AIW) of breathing imposed by three different CPAP systems were performed in 10 patients. One system was a continuous flow system while the two others were demand flow systems separated from respirators (Ohmeda VD 101 and Draeger CPAP 800 devices). AIW was calculated from pressur...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Viale JP,Annat G,Percival C,Bertrand O,Motin J

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The clinical significance of septic myocardial dysfunction is controversial, a fact that may be explained by the influence of loading conditions. Many indices may be useful to characterize cardiac function during septic shock, but their feasibility and physiological coherence in the clinical setting are unknown...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Boissier F,Razazi K,Seemann A,Bedet A,Thille AW,de Prost N,Lim P,Brun-Buisson C,Mekontso Dessap A

更新日期：2017-05-01 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 derive recommendations for the dosing of commonly used medications in the morbidly obese patient in the ICU. DATA SOURCES:Articles were obtained through computerized searches involving MEDLINE. The bibliographies of retrieved publications and textbooks were reviewed for additional references. STUDY SELEC...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Erstad BL

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine whether, during mechanical ventilation, an optimal positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) can be identified by measurement of regional tidal volume and compliance [V (T(reg)), C (RS(reg))]. METHODS:Sixteen anaesthetized intubated neonatal piglets underwent a stepwise vital capacity manoeuvre perf...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Dargaville PA,Rimensberger PC,Frerichs I

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) is associated with a high mortality. The present study sought to determine the incidence of spontaneous ICH in an intensive care unit (ICU) and associated factors. DESIGN:A 6 year retrospective study. SETTING:A general ICU in a university hospital. PATIENTS:All ICU patients d...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Oppenheim-Eden A,Glantz L,Eidelman LA,Sprung CL

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the pharmacokinetics and local tissue effects resulting from the intratracheal administration of preservative-free fentanyl. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, blinded and controlled animal study. SETTING:University research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Eighteen adult male New Zealand rabbits. INTERVENTIONS...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Irazuzta JE,Ahmed U,Gancayco A,Ahmed ST,Zhang J,Anand KJ

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Assessment of the cost utility (CU) of acute renal replacement therapy (RRT) from a societal perspective during a 5-year follow-up. METHODS:This was a cross-sectional cohort study in a medical-surgical intensive care unit and an acute RRT unit of 410 consecutive patients treated with acute RRT in Helsinki Univ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Laukkanen A,Emaus L,Pettilä V,Kaukonen KM

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arterial catheterization is the second most common invasive procedure performed in the intensive care unit. Despite the ubiquity of the procedure, complications including failure to place the catheter occur. While many clinicians are familiar with the use of ultrasound (US) guidance to decrease complication rates of c...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Shiloh AL,Eisen LA

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the first case of ARDS in children treated with nitric oxide (NO) inhalation. METHODS:A 13-months infant presented with BPD and severe hypoxemia related to RSV infection and ARDS. Inhaled NO was delivered in the ventilatory circuit of a continuous flow ventilator (Babylog 8000, Dräger) in a concent...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Leclerc F,Riou Y,Martinot A,Storme L,Hue V,Flurin V,Deschildre A,Sadik A

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To develop a simplified Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System (TISS) based on the TISS-28 items and to validate the new score in an independent database. DESIGN:Retrospective statistical analysis of a database and a prospective multicentre study. SETTING:Development in the database of the Foundation for ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Reis Miranda D,Moreno R,Iapichino G

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00