Argatroban for suspected heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: contemporary experience at a large teaching hospital.

abstract：:Objectives: Standard management strategies for lowering intracranial pressure (ICP) in traumatic brain injury has been well-studied, but the use of lesser known interventions for ICP in subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) remains elusive. Searches were performed in PubMed and EBSCO Host to identify best available evidence f...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Ravishankar N,Nuoman R,Amuluru K,El-Ghanem M,Thulasi V,Dangayach NS,Lee K,Al-Mufti F

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the case of a patient with hemolysis-associated Clostridium perfringens septicemia and review all similar cases published in the literature since 1990, with specific focus on the relationship between treatment strategy and survival. We searched PubMed for all published cases of C. perfringens-associated he...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Simon TG,Bradley J,Jones A,Carino G

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are common in intensive care unit (ICU) patients and are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. There has been an increasing effort to prevent HAIs, and infection control practices are paramount in avoiding these complications. In the last several years, numerous develop...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Gandra S,Ellison RT 3rd

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Atrial fibrillation (AF) portends poor prognoses in intensive care unit patients with sepsis. However, AF research is challenging: Previous studies demonstrate that International Classification of Disease (ICD) codes may underestimate the incidence of AF, but chart review is expensive and often not feasible....

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Ding EY,Albuquerque D,Winter M,Binici S,Piche J,Bashar SK,Chon K,Walkey AJ,McManus DD

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Conflicting data exists on the pharmacologic management of intensive care unit (ICU) delirium. This review appraises the current evidence of pharmacologic management of ICU delirium. MATERIALS AND METHODS:A systematic literature search of MEDLINE and Embase was conducted to answer the population, intervention,...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Korenoski A,Li A,Kane-Gill SL,Seybert AL,Smithburger PL

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Etomidate causes adrenal insufficiency. Yet in critically ill patients, it is controversial whether it increases mortality rates above that of comparator anesthetic induction agents. We postulated that etomidate would increase relative mortality rates correspondingly to the severity of illness as defined by SAP...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Albert SG,Sitaula S

更新日期：2020-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The strategy used to improve effective checklist use in intensive care unit (ICU) setting is essential for checklist success. This study aimed to test the hypothesis that an electronic checklist could reduce ICU provider workload, errors, and time to checklist completion, as compared to a paper checklist. METH...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Thongprayoon C,Harrison AM,O'Horo JC,Berrios RA,Pickering BW,Herasevich V

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), HIV has become a chronic disease. As HIV-infected patients are aging, they are at increased risk for comorbid diseases. These non-AIDS related diseases account for a growing proportion of intensive care unit (ICU) admissions in HIV-infected patient...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Akgün KM,Pisani M,Crothers K

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cirrhotic patients admitted to the medical intensive care unit (ICU) are associated with high mortality rates. The prognosis of critically ill cirrhotic patients is determined by the extent of hepatic and extrahepatic organ dysfunction. This study was conducted to assess and compare the accuracy of the Child-Pugh clas...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Ho YP,Chen YC,Yang C,Lien JM,Chu YY,Fang JT,Chiu CT,Chen PC,Tsai MH

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:SARS-CoV2 can cause pulmonary failure requiring prolonged invasive mechanical ventilation (MV). Lung protective ventilation strategies are recommended in order to minimize ventilator induced lung injury. Whether patients with COVID-19 have the same risk for complications including barotrauma is still unknown...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Udi J,Lang CN,Zotzmann V,Krueger K,Fluegler A,Bamberg F,Bode C,Duerschmied D,Wengenmayer T,Staudacher DL

更新日期：2020-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Timely recognition of critical illness is associated with improved outcomes, but is dependent on accurate triage, which is affected by system factors such as workload and staffing. We sought to first study the effect of delayed recognition on patient outcomes after controlling for system factors and then to ide...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Goel NN,Durst MS,Vargas-Torres C,Richardson LD,Mathews KS

更新日期：2020-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the occurrence and etiology of fever at anytime during pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) admission, and to study its possible effects on clinical outcome in a heterogeneous population of critically ill children. METHODS:Retrospective, observational single center study, comprising 202 patients ag...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Gordijn MS,Plötz FB,Kneyber MC

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Video laryngoscopy has demonstrated utility in airway management. For the present case series, we report the use of video laryngoscopy to evaluate the airway of critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients, as a means to reduce the risk of immediate postextubation stridor by assessing the degree of laryngeal edema...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Newmark JL,Ahn YK,Adams MC,Bittner EA,Wilcox SR

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The whole-brain criterion of death provides that a person who has irreversibly lost all clinical functions of the brain is dead. Bedside brain death (BD) tests permit physicians to determine BD by showing that the whole-brain criterion of death has been fulfilled. In a nonsystematic literature review, we identified an...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Dalle Ave AL,Bernat JL

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controlled donation after circulatory determination of death (cDCDD) concerns donation after withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy (W-LST). We examine the ethical issues raised by W-LST in the cDCDD context in the light of a review of cDCDD protocols and the ethical literature. Our analysis confirms that W-LST procedu...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Dalle Ave AL,Shaw DM

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Longitudinal clivus fractures are rare in children, with only 5 cases published in the English literature to date. Clivus fractures, particularly longitudinal type, are associated with high mortality and morbidity. We report a case of longitudinal clivus fracture in a teenager with survival and complete neurological r...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Samraj RS,Stalets EL

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The efficacy of low-dose hydrocortisone therapy in the management of septic shock remains controversial in critical care for many years. Hence, we performed this meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with trial sequential analysis (TSA) to evaluate its effect on clinical outcome among adult pa...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Lyu QQ,Chen QH,Zheng RQ,Yu JQ,Gu XH

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This was a retrospective observational study in a pediatric intensive care unit, in which 19 patients received levosimendan. There were no adverse events attributable to levosimendan and no instances where the clinical condition worsened after administration. Arterial lactate levels decreased significantly following l...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Egan JR,Clarke AJ,Williams S,Cole AD,Ayer J,Jacobe S,Chard RB,Winlaw DS

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombolytic therapy has been established as a safe and effective therapeutic strategy in acute myocardial infarction (MI). Its efficacy is improved with early administration, although modest benefits can be demonstrated for up to 12 hours. Tissue plasminogen activator (TPA) appears to offer benefits over streptokinas...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Jafri SM,Walters BL,Borzak S

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravascular volume status and volume responsiveness continue to be important questions for the management of critically ill or injured patients. Goal-directed hemodynamic therapy has been shown to be of benefit to patients with severe sepsis and septic shock, acute lung injury and adult respiratory distress syndrome...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： McGee WT

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac transplantation has now become accepted therapy for the treatment of end-stage heart disease in both children and adults, and literally thousands of patients are bearers of cardiac grafts. Because of these patients' susceptibility to infections, rejection, coronary disease, and malignancy, as well as to serio...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Perlroth MG

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) has led to a global pandemic. The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) presents with a spectrum of symptoms ranging from mild to critical illness requiring intensive care unit (ICU) admission. Acute respiratory distress syndrome is a m...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Ammar MA,Sacha GL,Welch SC,Bass SN,Kane-Gill SL,Duggal A,Ammar AA

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acupuncture treatment has been employed in China for over 2500 years and it is used worldwide as analgesia in acute and chronic pain. Acupuncture is also used in general anesthesia (GA). The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to assess the efficacy of electroacupuncture (EA) in addition to G...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Asmussen S,Przkora R,Maybauer DM,Fraser JF,Sanfilippo F,Jennings K,Adamzik M,Maybauer MO

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Isolated shortness of breath in the patient with a history of a malignancy creates a diagnostic challenge and serves as a source of anxiety. Although cancer recurrence is typically the first concern of the patient and the clinician, toxicities of anticancer therapies must also be considered. METHODS:A case ...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Clapham KR,Bhimani RD,Cooper JP,Stern TA

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasopressin has gained wide support as an adjunct vasopressor in patients with septic shock. This agent exerts its vasoconstriction effects through smooth muscle V1 receptors and also has antidiuretic activity via renal V2 receptors. This interaction with the renal V2 receptors results in the integration of aquaporin ...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Salazar M,Hu BB,Vazquez J,Wintz RL,Varon J

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A 25-hydroxyvitamin D, 25(OH)D, deficiency is common among critically ill patients and correlated with increased mortality. Furthermore, deficiency is associated with advanced liver disease. However, there are no studies available comparing the dimensions and consequences of a 25(OH)D deficiency between pa...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Mayr U,Fahrenkrog-Petersen L,Batres-Baires G,Rasch S,Herner A,Schmid RM,Huber W,Lahmer T

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe intubation practices and duration of mechanical ventilation in children with status asthmaticus admitted from emergency departments (ERs) to pediatric intensive care units (PICUs). DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study using the Virtual PICU Performance System database (VPS, LLC) of children with sta...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Shibata S,Khemani RG,Markovitz B

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus (DM) represents an enormous health care concern for the United States and other countries. According to the American Diabetes Association in 2007, there were more than 23 million Americans living with diabetes. This is a 13.5% increase from 2005, likely representing increases in Type II DM (DMII). Di...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Scalea JR,Cooper M

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibacterial resistance is increasing throughout the world, while the development of new agents is slowly progressing. In addition, the increasing prevalence of fluoroquinolone resistance may force many practitioners to choose an aminoglycoside agent in gram-negative regimens. Aminoglycosides are bactericidal agents ...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Radigan EA,Gilchrist NA,Miller MA

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Conflicting results exist regarding the efficacy of N-acetyl cysteine (NAC) in sepsis treatment. A pivotal factor affecting the therapeutic potency of NAC in sepsis is timing and dosing of its infusion. We aimed to assess the effect of NAC on redox status of patients with sepsis and to compare its efficacy in i...

journal_title：Journal of intensive care medicine

authors： Peivandi Yazdi A,Razavi M,Sheikh S,Boroumand N,Salehi M,Hashemy SI

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00