Regulation of beta 2-adrenergic receptors on mononuclear leukocytes in patients with acute ischemic heart disease.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypotheses that, for uncontrolled hemorrhagic shock (UHS) in rats, mild hypothermia, compared with normothermia, would increase long-term survival as well as moderate hypothermia, oxygen breathing would increase survival further, and hypothermia and oxygen would mitigate visceral ischemia (dysoxia...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Takasu A,Stezoski SW,Stezoski J,Safar P,Tisherman SA

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the epidemiology, style of management, and outcome of intensive care patients with acute renal failure requiring replacement therapy in Australia. DESIGN:Prospective epidemiologic study. SETTING:Australian adult intensive care units providing acute renal replacement therapy. PATIENTS:Adult intensi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Silvester W,Bellomo R,Cole L

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:a) To investigate whether the patient work of breathing needed to trigger inspiration is affected by the type of ventilator delivering pressure-support ventilation for mechanically ventilated pediatric patients. b) To determine whether changes in oxygen consumption (VO2) trend with changes in work of breathi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： el-Khatib MF,Chatburn RL,Potts DL,Blumer JL,Smith PG

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chest physiotherapy (CPT) is used frequently in the ICU, but there is little available information that quantitates its effect on cardiac or respiratory function. Nineteen mechanically ventilated patients with post-traumatic respiratory failure were studied before, immediately after, and 2 h after CPT was used to mana...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Mackenzie CF,Shin B

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the philosophy and approach to patient care called evidence based medicine, and to highlight how it can enhance the practice of intensive care. DATA SOURCES:We searched MEDLINE, reference lists, and our personal files to identify relevant literature. STUDY SELECTION:Articles on intensive care pr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cook DJ,Sibbald WJ,Vincent JL,Cerra FB

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine xanthine oxidase activity, free radical concentrations, and lipid peroxidation in patients with sepsis syndrome compared with noninfected critically ill patients. DESIGN:A prospective observational study. SETTING:A nine-bed intensive care unit in a university teaching hospital trust. PATIENTS:...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Galley HF,Davies MJ,Webster NR

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The successful management of an influenza pandemic will be reliant on the expertise of healthcare workers at high risk for occupationally acquired influenza. Recommended infection control measures for healthcare workers include surgical masks to protect against droplet-spread respiratory transmissible infecti...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gralton J,McLaws ML

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven patients in hypertensive crisis were treated with iv sodium nitroprusside (SNP). In all cases, rapid clinical improvement was obtained. Nevertheless, 9 patients developed progressive resistance to the hypotensive effect of the drug. For the first 2 h, the mean infusion rate was 1.68 +/- 0.64 micrograms/kg . min...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rouby JJ,Gory G,Bourrelli B,Glaser P,Viars P

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report two cases of severe reactive hemophagocytic syndrome (RHS), to discuss their impact, and to present evidence that RHS may be a constitutive part of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). DESIGN:Case-report. SETTING:Pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). PATIENTS:Two patients with RHS and MODS...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gauvin F,Toledano B,Champagne J,Lacroix J

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To measure total serum nitrite and nitrate concentrations in children with the sepsis syndrome as an indicator of endogenous nitric oxide production. To determine if there is an association between total serum nitrite and nitrate concentrations and vascular responsiveness to norepinephrine. DESIGN:A prospec...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wong HR,Carcillo JA,Burckart G,Shah N,Janosky JE

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate if prone position delays the progression of experimental ventilator-induced lung injury, possibly due to a more homogeneous distribution of strain within lung parenchyma. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled trial. SETTING:Animal laboratory of a university hospital. SUBJECTS:Thirty-fiv...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Valenza F,Guglielmi M,Maffioletti M,Tedesco C,Maccagni P,Fossali T,Aletti G,Porro GA,Irace M,Carlesso E,Carboni N,Lazzerini M,Gattinoni L

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify the therapeutic efficacy of loop diuretics in acute renal failure using Bayesian evidence synthesis, because despite widespread use, the role of diuretics is controversial. DATA SOURCE:Randomized controlled trials or nonrandomized studies, 1966 to January 2007, identified from MEDLINE and EMBASE ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sampath S,Moran JL,Graham PL,Rockliff S,Bersten AD,Abrams KR

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Goal-directed nutritional support is essential to improving morbidity and mortality. Open abdominal decompression is similarly crucial to the successful treatment of intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome. The open abdomen, however, places the patient at risk for potentially significa...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cheatham ML,Safcsak K,Brzezinski SJ,Lube MW

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Microcirculatory alterations are associated with adverse outcome in subsets of critically ill patients. The prevalence and significance of microcirculatory alterations in the general ICU population are unknown. We studied the prevalence of microcirculatory alterations in a heterogeneous ICU population and it...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Vellinga NA,Boerma EC,Koopmans M,Donati A,Dubin A,Shapiro NI,Pearse RM,Machado FR,Fries M,Akarsu-Ayazoglu T,Pranskunas A,Hollenberg S,Balestra G,van Iterson M,van der Voort PH,Sadaka F,Minto G,Aypar U,Hurtado FJ,Mar

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cortisol clearance is reduced in sepsis and may contribute to the development of impaired adrenocortical function that is thought to contribute to the pathophysiology of critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency. We sought to assess adrenocortical function using computer-assisted numerical modelin...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dorin RI,Qualls CR,Torpy DJ,Schrader RM,Urban FK 3rd

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The results from the recent Targeted Temperature Management trial raised the question whether cooling or merely the avoidance of fever mediates better neurologic outcome in resuscitated patients. As temperature per se is a major determinant of cardiac function, we characterized the effects of hyperthermia (4...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Alogna A,Manninger M,Schwarzl M,Zirngast B,Steendijk P,Verderber J,Zweiker D,Maechler H,Pieske BM,Post H

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Septic shock represents the major cause of infection-associated mortality in the intensive care unit. The possibility that combination antibiotic therapy of bacterial septic shock improves outcome is controversial. Current guidelines do not recommend combination therapy except for the express purpose of broa...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kumar A,Zarychanski R,Light B,Parrillo J,Maki D,Simon D,Laporta D,Lapinsky S,Ellis P,Mirzanejad Y,Martinka G,Keenan S,Wood G,Arabi Y,Feinstein D,Kumar A,Dodek P,Kravetsky L,Doucette S,Cooperative Antimicrobial Thera

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that small volume infusions of 7.5% NaCl in 6% dextran-70 (HSD) are superior to equal volumes of normal saline (NS) or 7.5% NaCl in the ability to resuscitate animals from an otherwise lethal hemorrhage. In the present experiment, we evaluated organ blood flow in unanesthetized swine bled 46 ml/...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Maningas PA

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship of patient care variables to survival and functional outcome in the pediatric population with traumatic brain injury. DESIGN:Retrospective chart review. SETTING:A 16-bed pediatric critical care unit in an academic community children's hospital. PATIENT...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hackbarth RM,Rzeszutko KM,Sturm G,Donders J,Kuldanek AS,Sanfilippo DJ

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Corticosteroid therapy is frequently used in septic patients given the rationale that there is an increased demand for corticosteroid in sepsis, and up to 60% of severe septic patients experience adrenal insufficiency. However, the efficacy of corticosteroid therapy and whether the therapy should be based on...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ai J,Guo L,Zheng Z,Wang SX,Huang B,Li XA

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We tested whether mild hypothermia impacts on circulatory and respiratory dysfunction during experimental endotoxemia. DESIGN:Randomized controlled prospective experimental study. SETTING:Large animal facility, Medical University of Graz, Austria. SUBJECTS:Thirteen anesthetized and mechanically ventilated ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schwarzl M,Seiler S,Wallner M,von Lewinski D,Huber S,Maechler H,Steendijk P,Zelzer S,Truschnig-Wilders M,Obermayer-Pietsch B,Lueger A,Pieske BM,Post H

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Anemia increases risk of bleeding complications in the critically ill. In primary intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), the most fatal type of stroke, outcome is largely dependent on the volume of hemorrhage into the brain. We investigated the relationship between anemia and clinical course of acute ICH. METHODS:S...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kumar MA,Rost NS,Snider RW,Chanderraj R,Greenberg SM,Smith EE,Rosand J

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cerebral perfusion pressure<40 mm Hg following pediatric traumatic brain injury has been associated with increased mortality independent of age, and current guidelines recommend maintaining cerebral perfusion pressure between 40 mm Hg-60 mm Hg. Although adult traumatic brain injury studies have observed an in...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Friess SH,Smith C,Kilbaugh TJ,Frangos SG,Ralston J,Helfaer MA,Margulies SS

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We hypothesized that deficiency in 25-hydroxyvitamin D before hospital admission would be associated with all-cause mortality in the critically ill. DESIGN:Multicenter observational study of patients treated in medical and surgical intensive care units. SETTING:A total of 209 medical and surgical intensive ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Braun A,Chang D,Mahadevappa K,Gibbons FK,Liu Y,Giovannucci E,Christopher KB

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To measure the impact of staged implementation of full versus partial ABCDE bundle on mechanical ventilation duration, ICU and hospital lengths of stay, and cost. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Two medical ICUs within Montefiore Healthcare Center (Bronx, NY). PATIENTS:One thousand eight hundred ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hsieh SJ,Otusanya O,Gershengorn HB,Hope AA,Dayton C,Levi D,Garcia M,Prince D,Mills M,Fein D,Colman S,Gong MN

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is substantial variation in use of life sustaining technologies in patients near the end of life but little is known about variation in physicians' initial ICU admission and intubation decision making processes. Our objective is to describe variation in hospital-based physicians' communication behavior...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Uy J,White DB,Mohan D,Arnold RM,Barnato AE

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review the intensive care unit experience of patients with admitted or acquired nosocomial endocarditis (NE) defined according to the Duke criteria. DESIGN:Prospective, cohort study. SETTING:University teaching hospital. PATIENTS:We reviewed the records of 22 patients documented with NE during a 6-yr p...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gouëllo JP,Asfar P,Brenet O,Kouatchet A,Berthelot G,Alquier P

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In-hospital pediatric sepsis mortality has decreased substantially, but long-term mortality and morbidity among children initially surviving sepsis, is unknown. Accordingly, the Life After Pediatric Sepsis Evaluation investigation was conducted to describe the trajectory of mortality and health-related quali...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zimmerman JJ,Banks R,Berg RA,Zuppa A,Newth CJ,Wessel D,Pollack MM,Meert KL,Hall MW,Quasney M,Sapru A,Carcillo JA,McQuillen PS,Mourani PM,Wong H,Chima RS,Holubkov R,Coleman W,Sorenson S,Varni JW,McGalliard J,Haal

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the frequency, types, and implications of complications during intensive care in patients after status epilepticus has been successfully terminated. DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:ICUs at a Swiss tertiary academic medical care center. PATIENTS:Data were collected from the digital patie...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Baumann SM,Semmlack S,De Marchis GM,Hunziker S,Rüegg S,Marsch S,Sutter R

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Mechanical circulatory support can maintain vital organ perfusion in patients with cardiac failure unresponsive to standard pharmacologic treatment. The purpose of the current study was to report complication and survival rates in patients supported with emergency percutaneous venoarterial cardiopulmonary byp...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schwarz B,Mair P,Margreiter J,Pomaroli A,Hoermann C,Bonatti J,Lindner KH

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00