Practice parameters for evaluating new fever in critically ill adult patients. Task Force of the American College of Critical Care Medicine of the Society of Critical Care Medicine in collaboration with the Infectious Disease Society of America.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In 1991, the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) convened a "Consensus Conference," the goals of which were "to provide a conceptual and a practical framework to define the systemic inflammatory response to infection, which is a progressive injurious pr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Levy MM,Fink MP,Marshall JC,Abraham E,Angus D,Cook D,Cohen J,Opal SM,Vincent JL,Ramsay G,SCCM\/ESICM\/ACCP\/ATS\/SIS.

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the efficacy and safety of proton pump inhibitors in comparison with histamine-2 receptor antagonists for stress-related upper gastrointestinal bleeding prophylaxis among critical care patients. DATA SOURCES:PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, and ClinicalTrials.gov. STUDY SELECTION:Randomized, con...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lin PC,Chang CH,Hsu PI,Tseng PL,Huang YB

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Resuscitation of hemorrhagic hypotension after traumatic brain injury is challenging. A hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier may offer advantages. The novel therapeutic hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier, polynitroxylated pegylated hemoglobin (PNPH), may represent a neuroprotective hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier for...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shellington DK,Du L,Wu X,Exo J,Vagni V,Ma L,Janesko-Feldman K,Clark RS,Bayir H,Dixon CE,Jenkins LW,Hsia CJ,Kochanek PM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review mechanisms underlying sepsis-induced cardiac dysfunction in general and intrinsic myocardial depression in particular. DATA SOURCE:MEDLINE database. DATA SYNTHESIS:Myocardial depression is a well-recognized manifestation of organ dysfunction in sepsis. Due to the lack of a generally accepted defi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rudiger A,Singer M

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety and diagnostic yield of transbronchial biopsy performed in mechanically ventilated patients. DESIGN:Retrospective, cohort analysis. SETTING:A university-affiliated teaching hospital. PATIENTS:Seventy-one consecutive, mechanically ventilated patients requiring lung tissue examination....

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： O'Brien JD,Ettinger NA,Shevlin D,Kollef MH

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Reviews of patient safety efforts suggest that technical/administrative change must be augmented by global factors such as organizational culture and climate. The objective was to outline a comprehensive model for healthcare climate and test one of its elements, the nursing subclimate, in terms of several pa...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zohar D,Livne Y,Tenne-Gazit O,Admi H,Donchin Y

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:One in five Americans dies following treatment in an intensive care unit (ICU), and evidence indicates the need to improve end-of-life care for ICU patients. We conducted this study to elicit the views and experiences of ICU directors regarding barriers to optimal end-of-life care and to identify the type, av...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Nelson JE,Angus DC,Weissfeld LA,Puntillo KA,Danis M,Deal D,Levy MM,Cook DJ,Critical Care Peer Workgroup of the Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care Project.

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Acute lung injury secondary to smoke inhalation is a major source of morbidity and mortality in burn patients. We tested the hypothesis that nebulized epinephrine would ameliorate pulmonary dysfunction secondary to acute lung injury by reducing airway hyperemia and edema formation and mediating bronchodilatat...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lange M,Hamahata A,Traber DL,Cox RA,Kulp GA,Nakano Y,Traber LD,Herndon DN,Enkhbaatar P

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of a bolus infusion of diaspirin cross-linked hemoglobin (DCLHb or hemoglobin crosfumaril) on the ileal mucosal microcirculation in septic rats. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, single-blinded study. SETTING:University-affiliated animal research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Twenty-four male ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sielenkämper AW,Eichelbrönner O,Martin CM,Madorin SW,Chin-Yee IH,Sibbald WJ

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate relationships between acute adrenergic stress, plasma catecholamine concentrations, and beta 2-adrenergic receptors. DESIGN:Prospective, descriptive study. SETTING:Emergency medical service at a university hospital. PATIENTS:Twenty-seven patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (n = 11),...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Prengel AW,Lindner KH,Anhäupl T,Trunk E,Georgieff M,Lurie KG

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether excessive alcohol consumption increases the risk for intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired bacterial infection, especially ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), in nontrauma patients. DESIGN:Prospective observational cohort study. SETTING:A 21-bed polyvalent ICU in a university hospital....

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gacouin A,Legay F,Camus C,Volatron AC,Barbarot N,Donnio PY,Thomas R,Le Tulzo Y

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemorrhage in trauma is a significant challenge, accounting for 30% to 40% of all fatalities, second only to central nervous system injury as a cause of death. However, hemorrhagic death is the leading preventable cause of mortality in combat casualties and typically occurs within 6 to 24 hrs of injury. In c...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Perkins JG,Cap AP,Weiss BM,Reid TJ,Bolan CD

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the physiologic mechanisms of ventilator-induced lung injury and to define the major ventilator and host-dependent risk factors that contribute to such injury. DATA SOURCE:Basic science and clinical studies related to ventilator-induced barotrauma and lung pathophysiology. STUDY SELECTION:Empha...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Parker JC,Hernandez LA,Peevy KJ

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Catheter-associated infections are common, costly, and potentially lethal. The impact of catheter insertion site on infection risk remains controversial. We aimed to establish whether nontunneled central venous catheters inserted in the subclavian vein are associated with lower risk of catheter-associated inf...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Parienti JJ,du Cheyron D,Timsit JF,Traoré O,Kalfon P,Mimoz O,Mermel LA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Endovascular treatment for acute ischemic stroke with a large vessel occlusion was recently shown to be effective. We aimed to develop a score capable of predicting large vessel occlusion eligible for endovascular treatment in the early hospital management. DESIGN:Retrospective, cohort study. SETTING:Two t...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Vanacker P,Heldner MR,Amiguet M,Faouzi M,Cras P,Ntaios G,Arnold M,Mattle HP,Gralla J,Fischer U,Michel P

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Secretoneurin is associated with cardiomyocyte Ca handling and improves risk prediction in patients with acute myocardial dysfunction. Whether secretoneurin improves risk assessment on top of established cardiac biomarkers and European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II in patients undergoing ca...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Brynildsen J,Petäjä L,Myhre PL,Lyngbakken MN,Nygård S,Stridsberg M,Christensen G,Ottesen AH,Pettilä V,Omland T,Røsjø H

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to examine whether anandamide, an endogenous cannabinoid receptor ligand, is involved in the pathogenesis of septic encephalopathy. DESIGN:Prospective, controlled study. SUBJECTS:Male Wistar rats (7 wks old) were randomly divided into four groups as follows: group 1, control (...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kadoi Y,Hinohara H,Kunimoto F,Saito S,Goto F

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the coping strategies used by family decision makers of adult critical care patients during and after the critical care experience and the relationship of coping strategies to posttraumatic stress symptoms experienced 60 days after hospitalization. DESIGN:A single-group descriptive longitudinal cor...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Petrinec AB,Mazanec PM,Burant CJ,Hoffer A,Daly BJ

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether plasma lipid hydroperoxides may be a useful marker for sepsis. DESIGN:Exploratory, open-label study. SETTING:Critical care unit at a university medical center. PATIENTS:Twelve patients with sepsis syndrome requiring hemodynamic monitoring with pulmonary artery catheters. Seven patients...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Keen RR,Stella L,Flanigan DP,Lands WE

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop clinical practice guidelines for the use of restraining therapies to maintain physical and psychological safety of adult and pediatric patients in the intensive care unit. PARTICIPANTS:A multidisciplinary, multispecialty task force of experts in critical care practice was convened from the members...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Maccioli GA,Dorman T,Brown BR,Mazuski JE,McLean BA,Kuszaj JM,Rosenbaum SH,Frankel LR,Devlin JW,Govert JA,Smith B,Peruzzi WT,American College of Critical Care Medicine, Society of Critical Care Medicine.

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the effects of two different antibiotic regimes on the colonization and infection rates of critically ill pediatric patients. DESIGN:A prospective randomized trial. SETTING:A pediatric ICU in a university hospital. PATIENTS:Fifty critically ill pediatric patients who required intensive care for ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zobel G,Kuttnig M,Grubbauer HM,Semmelrock HJ,Thiel W

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report is intended to familiarize the reader with the current legislation concerning state definitions of death, the pertinent judicial decisions concerning termination of life support and the current status of medical/ethical committees. However, it is of paramount importance to all health care personnel to beco...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wallace-Barnhill G,Roth MD,Briggs BA,Bastron DR,Barrocas A

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cytokine response after cardiac surgery may be genetically influenced. A study was carried out to investigate the relation between cytokine gene expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells, genotype, and clinical events after cardiac surgery. DESIGN:A case-control study was performed. SETTING:Cardiac i...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Duggan E,Caraher E,Gately K,O'Dwyer M,McGovern E,Kelleher D,McManus R,Ryan T

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study whether noninvasive pressure support ventilation (NIPSV) with helium/oxygen (He/oxygen), which can reduce dyspnea, PaCO2, and work of breathing more than NIPSV with air/oxygen in decompensated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, could have beneficial consequences on outcome and hospitalization cos...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Jolliet P,Tassaux D,Roeseler J,Burdet L,Broccard A,D'Hoore W,Borst F,Reynaert M,Schaller MD,Chevrolet JC

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To document the effects of propofol on the hemodynamic and inflammatory responses to endotoxemia in an animal model. DESIGN:Randomized, prospective laboratory study. SETTING:University experimental laboratory. SUBJECTS:Thirty-two male rats. INTERVENTIONS:The animals were randomly assigned to one of four g...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Taniguchi T,Yamamoto K,Ohmoto N,Ohta K,Kobayashi T

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the cardiopulmonary effects of the novel endothelin receptor antagonist tezosentan in endotoxin-induced lung injury in sheep and to assess the dose response to tezosentan and endothelin-1 in healthy sheep. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled experimental study. SETTING:University animal l...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kuklin VN,Kirov MY,Evgenov OV,Sovershaev MA,Sjöberg J,Kirova SS,Bjertnaes LJ

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Liquid lung ventilation has been demonstrated to improve cardiorespiratory function after cardiopulmonary bypass. We hypothesized that liquid lung ventilation (LLV) would decrease the pulmonary inflammatory response after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, experimental, controlled,...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Williams EA,Welty SE,Geske RS,Hubble CL,Craig DM,Quick G,Meliones JN,Cheifetz IM

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Myocardial ischemia plays a central role in the development of right ventricular failure after acute pulmonary embolism. This study investigates whether pulmonary mediators act specifically on coronary tone and cardiac contractile function in acute pulmonary microembolization and whether such effects are alt...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dschietzig T,Laule M,Alexiou K,Schrör K,Baumann G,Stangl K

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pericardium serves many important functions, but it is not essential for life. Pericardial heart disease comprises only pericarditis and its complications, tamponade and constriction, and congenital lesions. However, the pericardium is affected by virtually every category of disease. The critical care physician is...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hoit BD

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on the effects of restoring hormonal levels and/or influence on muscle protein metabolism in the stressed state. We have highlighted our clinical experience in the administration of anabolic and anticatabolic agents in stressed clinical populations, primarily adult and pediatric burn injury, as wel...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ferrando AA,Wolfe RR

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00