Hyperbilirubinaemia after major thoracic surgery: comparison between open-heart surgery and oesophagectomy.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a newly emerging infectious disease and rapidly escalating epidemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The pathogenesis of COVID-19 remains to be elucidated. We aimed to clarify correlation of systemic inflammation with disease s...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Zeng Z,Yu H,Chen H,Qi W,Chen L,Chen G,Yan W,Chen T,Ning Q,Han M,Wu D

更新日期：2020-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Body cell mass (BCM) is the metabolically active cell mass involved in O₂ consumption, CO₂ production and energy expenditure. BCM measurement has been suggested as a tool for the evaluation of nutritional status. Since BCM is closely related to energy expenditure, it could also represent a good reference value for the...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Fiaccadori E,Morabito S,Cabassi A,Regolisti G

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chemokine (C-X3-C motif) receptor 1 (CX3CR1) was identified as the most differentially expressed gene between survivors and non-survivors in two independent cohorts of septic shock patients and was proposed as a marker of sepsis-induced immunosuppression. Whether such a biomarker is associated with mortality...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Friggeri A,Cazalis MA,Pachot A,Cour M,Argaud L,Allaouchiche B,Floccard B,Schmitt Z,Martin O,Rimmelé T,Fontaine-Kesteloot O,Page M,Piriou V,Bohé J,Monneret G,Morisset S,Textoris J,Vallin H,Blein S,Maucort-Boulch D,

更新日期：2016-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Serum concentrations of adhesion molecules may be connected to the pathogenesis of secondary brain injury after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). This study posits the hypothesis that levels of adhesion molecules substantially increase after ICH and are decreased thereafter, and that they can pre...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Wang HC,Lin WC,Lin YJ,Rau CS,Lee TH,Chang WN,Tsai NW,Cheng BC,Kung CT,Lu CH

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Institutionally based research ethics review is a form of peer review that has - for better or worse - become the norm throughout the world. The vast majority of research ethics review takes the form of protocol review alone, conducted in advance of the research. Although oversight and monitoring in clinical research ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Lavery JV,Van Laethem ML,Slutsky AS

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Despite experimental evidence, clinical demonstration of acute state of oxidative stress and inflammation during post-cardiac arrest syndrome is lacking. Plasma level of thioredoxin (TRX), a redox-active protein induced under conditions of oxidative stress and inflammation, is increased in various critical...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Mongardon N,Lemiale V,Borderie D,Burke-Gaffney A,Perbet S,Marin N,Charpentier J,Pène F,Chiche JD,Mira JP,Cariou A

更新日期：2013-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of vasomotor tone is essential in defining appropriate resuscitation strategies for the hypotensive patient. Although changes in mean arterial pressure to cardiac output define arterial resistance, resistance is only one component of vasomotor tone. Compliance is the other component. The reciprocal of compl...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Pinsky MR

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Providing supplemental amino acids to ICU patients during a 3-h period results in improved whole-body net protein balance, without an increase in amino acid oxidation. The primary objective was to investigate if a 24-h intravenous amino acid infusion in critically ill patients has a sustained effect on whole...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Sundström Rehal M,Liebau F,Tjäder I,Norberg Å,Rooyackers O,Wernerman J

更新日期：2017-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Sedation overuse is frequent and possibly associated with poor outcomes in the intensive care unit (ICU) patients. However, the association of early oversedation with clinical outcomes has not been thoroughly evaluated. The aim of this study was to assess the association of early sedation strategies with o...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Tanaka LM,Azevedo LC,Park M,Schettino G,Nassar AP,Réa-Neto A,Tannous L,de Souza-Dantas VC,Torelly A,Lisboa T,Piras C,Carvalho FB,Maia Mde O,Giannini FP,Machado FR,Dal-Pizzol F,de Carvalho AG,dos Santos RB,Tierno PF,

更新日期：2014-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:ICU delirium is associated with poor patient outcome. Risk factor stratification is essential to the understanding, prevention and treatment of this disorder. Alcohol consumption, smoking and prior cognitive impairment appear strongly correlated with delirium risk. Several potentially modifiable associations deserve p...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Skrobik Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The plasma colloid osmotic pressure (COP) plays a major role in transcapillary fluid balance. There is no information on plasma COP of healthy infants beyond the first post-natal week. The normal COP in healthy adult subjects (25 mmHg) is currently also applied as a reference value for healthy infants. This ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Sussmane JB,de Soto M,Torbati D

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The ventilator and the endotracheal tube impose additional workload in mechanically ventilated patients breathing spontaneously. The total work of breathing (WOB) includes elastic and resistive work. In a bench test we assessed the imposed WOB using 3100 A/3100 B SensorMedics high-frequency oscillatory ven...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： van Heerde M,van Genderingen HR,Leenhoven T,Roubik K,Plötz FB,Markhorst DG

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock are common conditions with high mortality. Their early diagnosis in the Emergency Department (ED) is one of the keys to improving survival. Procalcitonin (PCT) has been used as a biomarker in septic patients but has limited specificity and can be elevated in other sce...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Ulla M,Pizzolato E,Lucchiari M,Loiacono M,Soardo F,Forno D,Morello F,Lupia E,Moiraghi C,Mengozzi G,Battista S

更新日期：2013-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The gut is often considered as the motor of critical illness through bacterial translocation, which amplifies the inflammatory response and alters the immune status. However, systemic bacterial translocation was rarely proven and endotoxin measurement only reflects translocation of Gram-negative-derived pr...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Kim OY,Monsel A,Bertrand M,Cavaillon JM,Coriat P,Adib-Conquy M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microcirculatory dysfunction plays a pivotal role in the development of the clinical manifestations of severe sepsis. Prior to the advent of new imaging technologies, clinicians had been limited in their ability to assess the microcirculation at the bedside. Clinical evidence of microcirculatory perfusion has historic...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Trzeciak S,Rivers EP

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Prophylactic steroid therapy to reduce the occurrence of postextubation laryngeal edema is controversial. Only a limited number of prospective trials involve adults in an intensive care unit. The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether administration of multiple doses of dexamethasone to critically ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Lee CH,Peng MJ,Wu CL

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating cell-free DNA (cf-DNA) mainly comes from apoptotic cells and can reflect the extent of cellular damage. Increased plasma levels of cf-DNA have been found in many acute disorders, including septic and clinically ill patients, and usually correlate well with clinical outcome. Acute respiratory failure, the m...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Arnalich F,López-Collazo E,Montiel C

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The early recognition and management of sepsis remain the greatest challenges in the field of critical care medicine. Endothelial injury is one of the hallmarks of sepsis, leading to capillary leak, microcirculatory dysfunction, organ failure, and eventual death in many critically ill patients. The angiogenic growth f...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Giuliano JS Jr,Wheeler DS

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lobar atelectasis is a common problem caused by a variety of mechanisms including resorption atelectasis due to airway obstruction, passive atelectasis from hypoventilation, compressive atelectsis from abdominal distension and adhesive atelectasis due to increased surface tension. However, evidence-based studies on th...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Schindler MB

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is characterized by disruption of the alveolar-capillary barrier resulting in accumulation of proteinaceous edema and increased inflammatory cells in the alveolar space. We previously found that endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) exosomes prevent endothelial dysf...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Zhou Y,Li P,Goodwin AJ,Cook JA,Halushka PV,Chang E,Zingarelli B,Fan H

更新日期：2019-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most common chronic co-morbid medical conditions in the USA and is frequently present in patients with sepsis. Previous studies reported that people with DM and severe sepsis are less likely to develop acute lung injury (ALI). We sought to determine whether organ dysfun...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Esper AM,Moss M,Martin GS

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In critical care units, pupil examination is an important clinical parameter for patient monitoring. Current practice is to use a penlight to observe the pupillary light reflex. The result seems to be a subjective measurement, with low precision and reproducibility. Several quantitative pupillometer devices ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Couret D,Boumaza D,Grisotto C,Triglia T,Pellegrini L,Ocquidant P,Bruder NJ,Velly LJ

更新日期：2016-03-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The US Institute of Medicine's focus on patient safety has motivated hospital administrators to facilitate a culture of safety. As a result, subcommittees of the pharmacy and therapeutics committee have emerged in many hospitals to focus on adverse events and patient safety. Antimicrobial harms have gained the attenti...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Owens RC Jr

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Among critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) needing continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), the effect of convective (via continuous venovenous hemofiltration [CVVH]) versus diffusive (via continuous venovenous hemodialysis [CVVHD]) solute clearance on clinical outcomes is unclear. Ou...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Wald R,Friedrich JO,Bagshaw SM,Burns KE,Garg AX,Hladunewich MA,House AA,Lapinsky S,Klein D,Pannu NI,Pope K,Richardson RM,Thorpe K,Adhikari NK

更新日期：2012-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kidney congestion is a common pathophysiologic pathway of acute kidney injury (AKI) in sepsis and heart failure. There is no noninvasive tool to measure kidney intracapsular pressure (KIP) directly. METHODS:We evaluated the correlation of KIP with kidney elasticity measured by ultrasound surface wave elasto...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Kashani KB,Mao SA,Safadi S,Amiot BP,Glorioso JM,Lieske JC,Nyberg SL,Zhang X

更新日期：2017-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanically ventilated, intubated patients are at increased risk for tracheal colonization with bacterial pathogens that may progress to heavy bacterial colonization, ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis (VAT), and/or ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). Previous studies report that 10 to 30 % of patients with V...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Craven DE,Hudcova J,Lei Y,Craven KA,Waqas A

更新日期：2016-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to study the association between sedation status, medications (benzodiazepines, opioids, and antipsychotics), and clinical outcomes in a resource-limited setting. DESIGN:A longitudinal study of critically ill participants on mechanical ventilation. SETTING:Five intensive care units (ICUs) in four...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Aragón RE,Proaño A,Mongilardi N,de Ferrari A,Herrera P,Roldan R,Paz E,Jaymez AA,Chirinos E,Portugal J,Quispe R,Brower RG,Checkley W

更新日期：2019-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:As a result of drug sequestration and increased volume of distribution, the extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) procedure might lead to a decrease in drug concentrations during a patient's treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate sedative, antibiotic and immunosuppressive drug loss in ECMO c...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Lemaitre F,Hasni N,Leprince P,Corvol E,Belhabib G,Fillâtre P,Luyt CE,Leven C,Farinotti R,Fernandez C,Combes A

更新日期：2015-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cardiac surgery using cardiopulmonary bypass in newborns, infants and small children often requires intraoperative red blood cell transfusions to prime the circuit and oxygenator and to replace blood lost during surgery. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of red blood cell storage t...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Ranucci M,Carlucci C,Isgrò G,Boncilli A,De Benedetti D,De la Torre T,Brozzi S,Frigiola A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The FloTrac/Vigileo (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA, USA) allows pulse pressure-derived cardiac output measurement without external calibration. Software modifications were performed in order to eliminate initially observed deficits. The aim of this study was to assess changes in cardiac output determine...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Senn A,Button D,Zollinger A,Hofer CK

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00