Fibrinolytic changes in a patient with toxic shock syndrome; release of active u-PA.

abstract：:Owing to an oversight by the authors, Figure 2 in this article was not the version intended for publication. The correct Figure 2, reproduced here, features footnote symbols and Figure 2b includes three studies as described in the main text. ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Fujii T,Ganeko R,Kataoka Y,Furukawa TA,Featherstone R,Doi K,Vincent JL,Pasero D,Robert R,Ronco C,Bagshaw SM

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test the hypothesis that a carbamylated EPO-FC fusion protein (cEPO-FC) or recombinant human erythropoietin (rhEPO) would protect against kidney ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury in pigs with atherosclerosis. METHODS:Anesthetized and mechanically ventilated animals received cEPO-FC (50 μg kg(-1)), rhEPO (5,...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Matějková Š,Scheuerle A,Wagner F,McCook O,Matallo J,Gröger M,Seifritz A,Stahl B,Vcelar B,Calzia E,Georgieff M,Möller P,Schelzig H,Radermacher P,Simon F

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between cytokines and the inflammatory responses in patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, we examined the changes of cytokines as well as alterations in the markers of neutrophil activation, platelet and endothelial activation, and endothelial injury. DESIGN:Prospectiv...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Gando S,Nanzaki S,Morimoto Y,Kobayashi S,Kemmotsu O

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The most recent approach to estimate nursing resources consumption has led to the generation of the Nine Equivalents of Nursing Manpower use Score (NEMS). The objective of this prospective study was to establish a completely automatically generated calculation of the NEMS using a patient data management syste...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Junger A,Brenck F,Hartmann B,Klasen J,Quinzio L,Benson M,Michel A,Röhrig R,Hempelmann G

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The immediate overwhelming release of inflammatory mediators in septic shock is rapidly followed by strong anti-inflammatory responses inducing a state of immunosuppression. The patients who survive the initial hyper-inflammatory step of septic shock but subsequently die may be those who do not recover from i...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Monneret G,Lepape A,Voirin N,Bohé J,Venet F,Debard AL,Thizy H,Bienvenu J,Gueyffier F,Vanhems P

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) can support oxygenation and carbon dioxide elimination in severe lung failure. Usually it is accompanied by controlled mechanical ventilation. Neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) is a new mode of ventilation triggered by the diaphragmatic electrical activity an...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Karagiannidis C,Lubnow M,Philipp A,Riegger GA,Schmid C,Pfeifer M,Mueller T

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study of thiamine status in patients with severe injuries (injury severity scores greater than 12) showed that they all developed signs of severe thiamine deficiency on the basis of transketolase activity, the standard biochemical test for thiamine deficiency. This occurred within the first week after th...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： McConachie I,Haskew A

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:a) to describe a non-barotraumatic ventilatory setting for independent lung ventilation (ILV); b) to determine the utility of single lung end-tidal CO(2) (EtCO(2)) monitoring to evaluate the ventilation to perfusion (V/Q) matching in each lung during ILV and for ILV weaning. DESIGN:prospective study. SETTIN...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Cinnella G,Dambrosio M,Brienza N,Giuliani R,Bruno F,Fiore T,Brienza A

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A range of children receive extra-corporeal life support (ECLS) for respiratory failure, but there is little published data on this group. Our aims were: (1) to analyse predictors of outcome and (2) comment on inclusion and exclusion criteria. DESIGN:Retrospective review. SETTING:Tertiary ECLS centre. PAT...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Pathan N,Ridout DA,Smith E,Goldman AP,Brown KL

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increase of the inflationary lung volume created by a respiratory maneuver is critical for preventing postoperative alveolar collapse. We measured this volume as achieved with IPPB or incentive spirometry (IS) in 20 postoperative surgical patients. Using IPPB, with gas flow and peak airway pressures carefully adju...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Pfenninger J,Roth F

更新日期：1977-12-01 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：: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：:Several different epidemiological typing methods have been used in studies of coagulase-negative staphylococci; these include biotyping, antibiotic susceptibility pattern analysis, serological typing, phage typing, slime production detection, protein profile analysis, immunoblot fingerprinting and DNA typing. The most...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Vandenesch F,Lina B,Lebeau Ch,Greenland TB,Etienne J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Neurologic and endothelial injury biomarkers are associated with prolonged delirium during critical illness and may reflect injury pathways that lead to poor long-term outcomes. We hypothesized that blood-brain barrier (BBB), neuronal, and endothelial injury biomarkers measured during critical illness are assoc...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Hughes CG,Patel MB,Brummel NE,Thompson JL,McNeil JB,Pandharipande PP,Jackson JC,Chandrasekhar R,Ware LB,Ely EW,Girard TD

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The arterial oxygen and carbon dioxide tensions, pulmonary and systemic haemodynamics and pulmonary shunting and mechanics were measured during the first 30 min after intravenous labetalol administration. Thirty patients, recovering in the intensive care unit after neurosurgical interventions were randomly divided in ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： De Hert SG,Heytens LG,De Jongh RG,Vercauteren MP,Boeckx EA,Adriaensen HF

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Spasms in patients with generalized tetanus can be suppressed by a spinal intrathecal infusion of baclofen. We report on four patients and review reported cases treated by this method elsewhere. DESIGN:Intrathecal baclofen infusion was started with a bolus dose (300-500 micrograms) and continued at a steady ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Dressnandt J,Konstanzer A,Weinzierl FX,Pfab R,Klingelhöfer J

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To establish a preliminary list of critical incidents (CIs) associated with mechanical ventilation and to describe a CI reporting method. DESIGN:A list of CIs was established based on a consensus among ICU caregivers. The list was compared to CIs collected prospectively during a predefined study period. SE...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Auriant I,Reignier J,Pibarot ML,Bachat S,Tenaillon A,Raphael JC

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of the dialysis disequilibrium syndrome (DDS) that was marked by the rapid onset of cerebral edema and the subsequent development of acute respiratory failure. The patient was treated successfully with a combination of mechanical hyperventilation and mannitol. The clinical presentation, pathogenesis...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： DiFresco V,Landman M,Jaber BL,White AC

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Organophosphate toxicity is the leading cause of morbidity and death in poisoning by insecticides. The clinical symptoms of pesticide toxicity range from the classic cholinergic syndrome to flaccid paralysis and intractable seizures. The mainstays of therapy are atropine, oximes, benzodiazepines and supportiv...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Hoffmann U,Papendorf T

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) continues as a contributor to the morbidity and mortality of patients in intensive care units throughout the world, imparting tremendous human and financial costs. During the last ten years there has been a decline in ARDS mortality without a clear explanation. The Americ...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Artigas A,Bernard GR,Carlet J,Dreyfuss D,Gattinoni L,Hudson L,Lamy M,Marini JJ,Matthay MA,Pinsky MR,Spragg R,Suter PM

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if the plasma levels of three endothelial-specific proteins, von Willebrand factor (vWF), tissue factor pathway inhibitor (TFPI) and thrombomodulin (TM) may be useful in predicting the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). DESIGN:Blood samples were obtained from normal healt...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Bajaj MS,Tricomi SM

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Common opioids for analgesia and sedation of mechanically ventilated infants may tend to accumulate and cause prolonged sedation with an unpredictable extubation time. Remifentanil is a promising option due to its unique pharmacokinetic properties, which seem to be valid in adults as well as in infants. METHOD...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Welzing L,Oberthuer A,Junghaenel S,Harnischmacher U,Stützer H,Roth B

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the effects of polymyxin B-immobilized fiber (PMX-F) on bone resorption in septic patients. DESIGN AND SETTING:Observational prospective study in intensive care units of a general hospital. PATIENTS AND PARTICIPANTS:25 patients with severe sepsis and 20 healthy controls. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Nakamura T,Kawagoe Y,Matsuda T,Koide H

更新日期：2004-09-01 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:To explore the consequences of helium/oxygen (He/O(2)) inhalation on respiratory mechanics, gas exchange, and ventilation-perfusion (VA/Q) relationships in an animal model of severe induced bronchospasm during mechanical ventilation. DESIGN:Prospective, interventional study. SETTING:Experimental animal labo...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Watremez C,Liistro G,deKock M,Roeseler J,Clerbaux T,Detry B,Reynaert M,Gianello P,Jolliet P

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To measure plasma levels and pharmacokinetics of cefpirome in critically ill septic patients with normal renal function. To use the pharmacokinetic model to simulate alternate dosing regimens and identify those that predict sustained levels. DESIGN AND SETTING:A prospective, open-label, descriptive study in...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Lipman J,Wallis SC,Rickard CM,Fraenkel D

更新日期：2001-02-01 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：PURPOSE:This study explored differences in end-of-life (EOL) decisions and respect for patient autonomy of religious members versus those only affiliated to that particular religion (affiliated is a member without strong religious feelings). METHODS:In 2005 structured questionnaires regarding EOL decisions were distri...

journal_title：Intensive care medicine

authors： Bülow HH,Sprung CL,Baras M,Carmel S,Svantesson M,Benbenishty J,Maia PA,Beishuizen A,Cohen S,Nalos D

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00