Significance of electrical brain activity in brain-stem death.

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journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Vincent JL

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was conducted to evaluate repeated intrathecal injections of baclofen, without artificial ventilation, in the treatment of severe tetanus. Ten patients, 5 men and 5 women, with a mean age of 34 +/- 7 years, were included in the study. The dose of baclofen injected was 1000 micrograms between the ages of 16 and...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Saissy JM,Demazière J,Vitris M,Seck M,Marcoux L,Gaye M,Ndiaye M

更新日期：1992-01-01 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

authors： Cavaliere F,Conti G,Costa R,Proietti R,Sciuto A,Masieri S

更新日期：2004-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether health-related quality of life (HRQL) in survivors of acute renal failure (ARF) occurring in intensive care is predictable from data available at the time of acute illness. DESIGN AND SETTING:Prospective pilot study in academic intensive care units. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Patients requiri...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Maynard SE,Whittle J,Chelluri L,Arnold R

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the role of antipseudomonal agents on Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization and acquisition of resistance. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Two medical intensive care units. PATIENTS AND PARTICIPANTS:346 patients admitted for >or= 48 h. INTERVENTION:Analysis of data from an 8-month study c...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Martínez JA,Delgado E,Martí S,Marco F,Vila J,Mensa J,Torres A,Codina C,Trilla A,Soriano A,Alquezar A,Castro P,Nicolás JM

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective was to identify factors associated with thrombocytopenia and to assess to what extent thrombocytopenia increases bleeding complications in liver transplant patients. DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:Surgical intensive care unit in a university hospital. PATIENTS:One hundred and sixty-one p...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Ben Hamida C,Lauzet JY,Rézaiguia-Delclaux S,Duvoux C,Cherqui D,Duvaldestin P,Stéphan F

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic encephalopathy is a complex neuropsychiatric syndrome associated with acute, subacute and chronic liver failure, involving increased neural inhibition by activation of the GABA/benzodiazepine inhibitory neurotransmitter system. Improvement by GABA and benzodiazepine receptor antagonists as well as by chloride ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Gyr K,Meier R

更新日期：1991-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Invasive candidiasis (IC) outcomes in intensive care units (ICUs) could be improved by the early administration of antifungals. The Candida Score (CS) prediction rule has been proposed for the selection of patients who could develop IC. Procalcitonin (PCT) levels allow prompt identification of sepsis, but the...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Charles PE,Castro C,Ruiz-Santana S,León C,Saavedra P,Martín E

更新日期：2009-12-01 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：:The effect of enteral feeding on O2-consumption (VO2) and CO2-production (VCO2) was studied in 9 ventilator-dependent patients, who were in a stable condition without signs of hypermetabolism. Resting energy expenditure (REE) in postabsorptive state was assessed and enteral feeding was started by continuous drip (480 ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： van den Berg B,Stam H

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R) has been proposed for hypercapnic respiratory failure in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbations, to avoid intubation or reduce length of invasive ventilation. Balance of risks, efficacy, and benefits of ECCO2R in patients with COPD is uncle...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Sklar MC,Beloncle F,Katsios CM,Brochard L,Friedrich JO

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In alcoholic patients, metabolic acidosis can be related to lactate acidosis associated with sepsis or thiamine deficiency, ketoacidosis, methanol or ethylene glycol poisoning. High resolution proton nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) can be used to detect abnormal organic acid metabolites in urine or serum from patient...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Godet C,Hira M,Adoun M,Eugène M,Robert R

更新日期：2001-04-01 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

authors： Lotan C,Boneh A,Tamir I,Goitein KJ

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Frail patients are known to experience poor outcomes. Nevertheless, we know less about how frailty manifests itself in patients' physiology during critical illness and how it affects resource use in intensive care units (ICU). We aimed to assess the association of frailty with short-term outcomes and organ supp...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Zampieri FG,Iwashyna TJ,Viglianti EM,Taniguchi LU,Viana WN,Costa R,Corrêa TD,Moreira CEN,Maia MO,Moralez GM,Lisboa T,Ferez MA,Freitas CEF,de Carvalho CB,Mazza BF,Lima MFA,Ramos GV,Silva AR,Bozza FA,Salluh JIF,Soar

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine: (1) the proportion of small (<5 mm) or thrombosed internal jugular veins (IJV) and femoral veins (FV) in which catheter placement would be difficult without ultrasound guidance; (2) which position increases central vein sizes and may facilitate cannulation of these vessels. DESIGN:Prospective s...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Samy Modeliar S,Sevestre MA,de Cagny B,Slama M

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical principles of early excision of devitalized tissue and prompt wound closure which govern the management of all traumatic injuries have been developed in the primary treatment of burns. Topical and systemic antibodies which delay wound infection and control invasive sepsis provide an initial period of two to t...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Quinby WC Jr,Burke JF,Bondoc CC

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evaluation of low-level PEEP (5 cm H2O) and the two different CPAP trigger modes in the Bennett 7200a ventilator (demand-valve and flow-by trigger modes) on inspiratory work of breathing (Wi) during the weaning phase. DESIGN:Prospective controlled study. SETTING:The intensive care unit of a university hospi...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Sydow M,Golisch W,Buscher H,Zinserling J,Crozier TA,Burchardi H

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We compared hemodynamic and biological effects of the Cascade system, which uses very high volume hemofiltration (HVHF) (120 mL kg(-1) h(-1)), with those of usual care in patients with septic shock. METHODS:Multicenter, prospective, randomized, open-label trial in three intensive care units (ICU). Adults with ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Quenot JP,Binquet C,Vinsonneau C,Barbar SD,Vinault S,Deckert V,Lemaire S,Hassain AA,Bruyère R,Souweine B,Lagrost L,Adrie C

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breathing pattern was studied non-invasively in 20 coronary artery bypass surgery patients before the operation and post-operatively after weaning from mechanical ventilation. Post-operatively minute ventilation (VE), breathing frequency (Fr) and mean inspiratory flow (VT/TI) increased (28%, 42%, 27%; p less than 0.01...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Tulla H,Takala J,Alhava E,Huttunen H,Kari A,Manninen H

更新日期：1991-01-01 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 develop a liver function-related risk prediction tool to identify acute-on-chronic liver failure patients at greatest risk of in-hospital mortality. METHODS:The LiFe (liver, injury, failure, evaluation) score, was constructed based on the opinions of 157 intensivists within the European Society for Intensiv...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Edmark C,McPhail MJW,Bell M,Whitehouse T,Wendon J,Christopher KB

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past two years several guidelines for suggested components of emergency medical systems for children have been suggested, and for the first time, specific standards of pediatric trauma care have also been formulated. The American Academy of Pediatrics new Provisional Committee on Emergency Medicine has been cha...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Haller JA,Beaver B

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Acute kidney injury (AKI) frequently occurs in critically ill patients and often precipitates use of renal replacement therapy (RRT). However, the ideal circumstances for whether and when to start RRT remain unclear. We performed evidence synthesis of the available literature to evaluate the value of biomarkers...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Klein SJ,Brandtner AK,Lehner GF,Ulmer H,Bagshaw SM,Wiedermann CJ,Joannidis M

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The reliability of cardiac output estimation by thermodilution during artificial ventilation was studied in anesthetized pigs at the right side of the heart. The estimates exhibited a cyclic modulation related to the ventilation. The amplitude of the modulation was independent of the level of positive end-expiratory p...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Jansen JR,Versprille A

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that levosimendan increases systemic and intestinal oxygen delivery (DO(2)) and prevents intramucosal acidosis in septic shock. DESIGN:Prospective, controlled experimental study. SETTING:University-based research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Nineteen anesthetized, mechanically ventilated she...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Dubin A,Murias G,Sottile JP,Pozo MO,Barán M,Edul VS,Canales HS,Etcheverry G,Maskin B,Estenssoro E

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Infection is the most frequent cause of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). However, little is known about the influence of infection sites on ARDS. This study aimed to assess the associations of infection sites with ARDS development and mortality in critically ill infected patients. DESIGN:Prospecti...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Sheu CC,Gong MN,Zhai R,Bajwa EK,Chen F,Thompson BT,Christiani DC

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Streptococcus pneumoniae is responsible for two-thirds of ICU admissions due to community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and is the leading cause of CAP-related death. Early death is principally due to cardiovascular collapse, whereas late death is associated with hypoxemic respiratory failure. Outcome depends on interactio...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Luján M,Gallego M,Rello J

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There are a number of potential etiologies of severe bleeding encountered in the intensive care unit. Although rare, acquired hemophilia is one such etiology that often presents with major bleeding requiring intensive care. Despite the introduction of effective treatments, the reported mortality rate of patie...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Shander A,Walsh CE,Cromwell C

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00