Xanthine oxidase activity and free radical generation in patients with sepsis syndrome.

abstract：:Healthcare systems spend considerable resources collecting and processing blood cultures for the detection of blood stream pathogens. The process is initiated with the collection of blood cultures that depend upon proper skin disinfection, collection of an adequate number of specimens and volume of blood, and prompt p...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Murray PR,Masur H

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one patients who underwent cardiopulmonary bypass for myocardial revascularization received postoperatively controlled mechanical ventilation (CMV) or intermittent mandatory ventilation (IMV), with or without positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). Functional residual capacity (FRC), right-to-left intrapulmona...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Downs JB,Mitchell LA

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To outline both the preclinical and clinical data demonstrating surfactant alterations in acute lung injury, which provide the rationale for testing exogenous surfactant administration in this setting. We also review the results of the randomized, controlled clinical trials conducted to date that have evalua...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lewis JF,Brackenbury A

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of, the risk factors associated with, and the outcome of tracheostomy in a heterogeneous population of mechanically ventilated patients. DESIGN:Prospective, observational cohort study. SETTING:A total of 361 intensive care units from 12 countries. PATIENTS:A cohort of 5,081 patie...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Frutos-Vivar F,Esteban A,Apezteguía C,Anzueto A,Nightingale P,González M,Soto L,Rodrigo C,Raad J,David CM,Matamis D,D' Empaire G,International Mechanical Ventilation Study Group.

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine a) if the admission osmole gap, the difference between osmolality and osmolarity, is the same in the neurologic-neurosurgical intensive care unit (NNICU) population as in healthy controls; b) which of 11 osmole gap formulas, or osmolality, correlates best with mannitol serum concentrations; c) wh...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： García-Morales EJ,Cariappa R,Parvin CA,Scott MG,Diringer MN

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:When treating patients with cardiac arrest with mild therapeutic hypothermia, a reliable and easy-to-use temperature probe is desirable. This study was conducted to investigate the accuracy and safety of tracheal temperature as a measurement of body temperature. DESIGN:Observational cohort study. SETTING:Em...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Haugk M,Stratil P,Sterz F,Krizanac D,Testori C,Uray T,Koller J,Behringer W,Holzer M,Herkner H

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To define the impact of prehospital hypotension on the dynamic, systemic acute inflammatory response to blunt trauma. DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTINGS:Tertiary care institution. PATIENTS:Twenty-two hypotensive blunt trauma patients matched with 28 normotensive blunt trauma patients. INTERVENTION:None....

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Almahmoud K,Namas RA,Zaaqoq AM,Abdul-Malak O,Namas R,Zamora R,Sperry J,Billiar TR,Vodovotz Y

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Reducing aspiration of gastric contents by placing mechanically ventilated patients in a semirecumbent position has been associated with lower incidences of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). The feasibility and efficacy of this intervention in a larger patient population, however, are unknown. OBJECTIVE:A...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： van Nieuwenhoven CA,Vandenbroucke-Grauls C,van Tiel FH,Joore HC,van Schijndel RJ,van der Tweel I,Ramsay G,Bonten MJ

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the association of pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) use with in-hospital mortality. DESIGN:Prospective, observational study. SETTING:The medical intensive care units (MICU) of two teaching hospitals. METHODS:The study included 751 adults who were admitted to the MICU, excluding those who stayed...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Afessa B,Spencer S,Khan W,LaGatta M,Bridges L,Freire AX

更新日期：2001-06-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the frequency of unsuspected posterior vessel wall penetration of the internal jugular vein during ultrasound-guided needle cannulation. DESIGN:Prospective, single-blinded observational study. SETTING:Urban level I emergency department with an annual census of 80,000. PATIENTS:Residents who ha...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Blaivas M,Adhikari S

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypophosphatemia may occur in Reye's syndrome. We retrospectively studied 42 patients with Reye's syndrome to determine the frequency and degree of hypophosphatemia, to identify possible causes, and to determine whether hypophosphatemia was related to the severity of disease or mortality. Nineteen (46%) patients were ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Carroll JL,Kanter RK

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Heatstroke requires active body cooling and organ failure supportive care. Although heat waves are expected to recur over the next decades, little is known about the risk factors for mortality in heatstroke patients. We examined the prognosis and risk factors for hospital mortality in patients with heatstroke...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Misset B,De Jonghe B,Bastuji-Garin S,Gattolliat O,Boughrara E,Annane D,Hausfater P,Garrouste-Orgeas M,Carlet J

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen availability during cardiopulmonary bypass was assessed in 22 patients under hypothermic and relatively normothermic conditions. The patients were divided into two groups, 17 of whom received ACD blood and 5, CPD blood. The mean P50 for all patients fell from a preoperative value of 25.9 +/- 2.4 (SD) to 15.6 +/...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fisher A,Foëx P,Emerson PM,Darley JH,Rauscher LA

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the abnormalities present in endotracheal tubes removed from mechanically ventilated patients for "massive airleak." "Massive airleak" was defined as a leak that the attending physician felt was indicative of endotracheal tube defect such that extubation (and reintubation, if needed) would be ind...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kearl RA,Hooper RG

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the energy expenditure of mechanically ventilated multiple trauma patients correlates with the severity of injury and illness indices before important systemic infection has complicated the clinical course, and to compare the energy expenditure with the energy expenditure expected from th...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Brandi LS,Santini L,Bertolini R,Malacarne P,Casagli S,Baraglia AM

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors evaluated the effectiveness of 6% hydroxyethyl starch (hetastarch) solution for treatment of hypovolemia in 46 critically ill patients. Thirty-two of the patients were studied retrospectively and in 14 patients, cardiopulmonary variables were prospectively measured. A total of 29 patients were in shock sec...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Puri VK,Paidipaty B,White L

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By definition, the acute respiratory distress syndrome is associated with diffuse cellular infiltration and proteinaceous edema. It is generally believed that the widespread injury that characterizes acute respiratory distress syndrome is a process that is launched almost synchronously throughout the lung, caused by b...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Marini JJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 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：OBJECTIVES:There has long-been controversy about the possible superiority of norepinephrine compared to dopamine in the treatment of shock. The objective was to evaluate the effects of norepinephrine and dopamine on outcome and adverse events in patients with septic shock. DATA SOURCES:A systematic search of the MEDLI...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： De Backer D,Aldecoa C,Njimi H,Vincent JL

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between the performance of a tracheostomy and intensive care unit and postintensive care unit mortality, controlling for treatment selection bias and confounding variables. DESIGN:Prospective, observational, cohort study. SETTING:Twelve French medical or surgical intensive care un...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Clec'h C,Alberti C,Vincent F,Garrouste-Orgeas M,de Lassence A,Toledano D,Azoulay E,Adrie C,Jamali S,Zaccaria I,Cohen Y,Timsit JF

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new device has been developed to estimate continuously and noninvasively cardiac output from the thoracic electrical bioimpedance (CObi). CObi was compared to cardiac output by thermodilution (COtd) in five anesthetized dogs. Blood pressure, blood volume, and blood flow were manipulated by hemorrhage and infusions o...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Tremper KK,Hufstedler SM,Barker SJ,Zaccari J,Harris D,Anderson S,Roohk V

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous cholecystostomy was employed successfully as an alternative to cholecystectomy for the treatment of acute cholecystitis with perforation in an elderly woman. The procedure, performed portably in the cardiac care unit, was selected because progressive cardiac and renal decompensation made the patient an ex...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Longmaid HE 3rd,Bassett JG,Gottlieb H

更新日期：1985-08-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the maternal morbidity and mortality in patients with eclampsia admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU), and to establish the efficacy of the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE) II score, the organ system failure score as defined by Knaus, and the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) sco...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bhagwanjee S,Paruk F,Moodley J,Muckart DJ

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the course of gastric regional PCO2 (PrCO2) in patients with cardiogenic shock requiring intra-aortic balloon (IAB) counterpulsation and the prognostic value of PrCO2 in this patient population. DESIGN:A prospective, observational clinical study. SETTING:Medical intensive care unit in a university ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Janssens U,Graf J,Koch KC,vom Dahl J,Hanrath P

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have confirmed the improved tolerance of a peptide enteral compared to standard enteral alimentation in hypoalbuminemic, critically ill patients. Animal studies, including hypoproteinemic, volume-expanded rats, demonstrated that the protein hydrolysate of a peptide enteral formula was responsible for ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Brinson RR,Pitts VL,Taylor AE

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of the technique of selective decontamination of the digestive tract in preventing the development of secondary infection and its influence on morbidity and mortality rates in multiple trauma patients with chest injuries requiring intermittent positive-pressure ventilation. DESIGN:Pr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hammond JM,Potgieter PD,Saunders GL

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Delayed surfactant treatment (>2 hrs after birth) is less effective than early treatment in conventionally ventilated preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome. The objective of this study was to evaluate if this time-dependent efficacy of surfactant treatment is also present during open lung ventila...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： van Veenendaal MB,van Kaam AH,Haitsma JJ,Lutter R,Lachmann B

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00