A simple method for diagnosing pneumonia in intubated or tracheostomized patients.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intravesical pressure measurement is considered to be the gold standard for the assessment of intra-abdominal pressure. However, this method is indirect and depends on a physiologic bladder function. We evaluated a modified piezoresistive technique and a water-capsule technique for direct and continuous intra...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schachtrupp A,Henzler D,Orfao S,Schaefer W,Schwab R,Becker P,Schumpelick V

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased intracranial pressure (ICP) worsens the outcome of acute liver failure (ALF). This study investigates the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms and evaluates the therapeutic effect of albumin dialysis in ALF with use of the Molecular Adsorbents Recirculating System without hemofiltration/dialysi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sen S,Rose C,Ytrebø LM,Davies NA,Nedredal GI,Drevland SS,Kjønnø M,Prinzen FW,Hodges SJ,Deutz NE,Williams R,Butterworth RF,Revhaug A,Jalan R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe and identify factors associated with mortality rate and quality of life 1 yr after prolonged mechanical ventilation. DESIGN:Prospective, observational cohort study with patient recruitment over 26 months and follow-up for 1 yr. SETTING:Intensive care units at a tertiary care university hospital....

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Chelluri L,Im KA,Belle SH,Schulz R,Rotondi AJ,Donahoe MP,Sirio CA,Mendelsohn AB,Pinsky MR

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Millions of patients are discharged from intensive care units annually. These intensive care survivors and their families frequently report a wide range of impairments in their health status which may last for months and years after hospital discharge. OBJECTIVES:To report on a 2-day Society of Critical Car...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Needham DM,Davidson J,Cohen H,Hopkins RO,Weinert C,Wunsch H,Zawistowski C,Bemis-Dougherty A,Berney SC,Bienvenu OJ,Brady SL,Brodsky MB,Denehy L,Elliott D,Flatley C,Harabin AL,Jones C,Louis D,Meltzer W,Muldoon SR,Pa

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Survivors of critical illness in early life are at risk of long-term-memory and attention impairments. However, their neurobiologic substrates remain largely unknown. DESIGN:A prospective follow-up study. SETTING:Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. PATIENTS:Thirty-eight scho...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schiller RM,IJsselstijn H,Madderom MJ,Rietman AB,Smits M,van Heijst AFJ,Tibboel D,White T,Muetzel RL

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of continuous infusion of methylene blue (MB), an inhibitor of the nitric oxide pathway, on hemodynamics and organ functions in human septic shock. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled, open-label, pilot study. SETTING:Multidisciplinary intensive care unit of a university hospi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kirov MY,Evgenov OV,Evgenov NV,Egorina EM,Sovershaev MA,Sveinbjørnsson B,Nedashkovsky EV,Bjertnaes LJ

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation (IMV) provides an alternative method of support to assisted and controlled mechanical ventilation in neonates with acute respiratory failure. Specific advantages include the use of only the level of mechanical support which is required on an individual basis. Because intrapleural pre...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kirby RR

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the variety of medications prescribed along with the doses administered and routes of administration, and to delineate the clarity of orders written and the accuracy of transcription of drugs used for sedation, anxiety, pain, and neuromuscular blockade in a surgical intensive care unit (ICU). DE...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dasta JF,Fuhrman TM,McCandles C

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically, asystole or a bradyarrhythmia may follow countershock of ventricular fibrillation (VF) in up to 40% of attempts. This study evaluated the effects of artificial cardiac pacing, calcium chloride (CaCl2), and epinephrine in postcountershock asystole/bradycardia. Micromanometer catheters were positioned in the...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Niemann JT,Adomian GE,Garner D,Rosborough JP

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the association of collaboration between intensive care unit (ICU) physicians and nurses and patient outcome. DESIGN:Prospective, descriptive, correlational study using self-report instruments. SETTINGS:A community teaching hospital medical ICU, a university teaching hospital surgical ICU, an...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Baggs JG,Schmitt MH,Mushlin AI,Mitchell PH,Eldredge DH,Oakes D,Hutson AD

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the occurrence rate of complications and mortality in patients with severe asthma requiring endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation. DESIGN:Retrospective review of medical records from September 1982 to July 1988. SETTING:Urban, teaching hospital serving primarily indigent patients. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zimmerman JL,Dellinger RP,Shah AN,Taylor RW

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Chronic subdural hematoma is a commonly encountered disease in neurosurgic practice, whereas its increasing prevalence is compatible with the ageing population. Recommendations concerning postoperative thrombosis prophylaxis after burr-hole drainage of chronic subdural hematoma are lacking. The aim of this s...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Licci M,Kamenova M,Guzman R,Mariani L,Soleman J

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the isolated and combined effects of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and partial liquid ventilation (PLV) on the development of ventilator-induced lung injury in an ovine model. DESIGN:Prospective controlled animal study. SETTING:University-based cardiovascular animal physiology laborator...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Reickert CA,Rich PB,Crotti S,Mahler SA,Awad SS,Lynch WR,Johnson KJ,Hirschl RB

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has become accepted that nitric oxide serves important functions in biological systems as a second messenger. Another diatomic gaseous molecule, carbon monoxide (CO), is also rapidly gaining acceptance as a signaling agent. Some of the activities of CO are analogous to those of nitric oxide in the vascular system a...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Morse D,Sethi J,Choi AM

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethical decision-making for the care of the critically ill and injured has never been more difficult than it is today. Major technologic advances prolong life but often provide questionable benefit in human terms. Both the ethical commitment to the individual patient and the competition for access to expensive and sca...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Weil MH,Weil CJ,Rackow EC

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether extreme obesity (morbid obesity; body mass index > or =40 kg/m(2)) is an independent risk factor for death among critically ill patients; this objective is most salient in the subset of patients who sustain a prolonged intensive care unit stay during which the burdens of care imposed by o...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Nasraway SA Jr,Albert M,Donnelly AM,Ruthazer R,Shikora SA,Saltzman E

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Effective therapies are needed to reverse the increased vascular permeability that characterizes acute inflammatory diseases such as acute lung injury. FTY720 is a pharmaceutical analog of the potent barrier-enhancing phospholipid, sphingosine 1-phosphate. Because both FTY720 and sphingosine 1-phosphate have ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wang L,Sammani S,Moreno-Vinasco L,Letsiou E,Wang T,Camp SM,Bittman R,Garcia JG,Dudek SM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare urea nitrogen removal by continuous hemodiafiltration vs. functional native kidneys in critically ill, septic patients receiving > 2 g of amino acids/kg body weight per day. DESIGN:Prospective, comparative, unblinded study. SETTING:Trauma critical care units of a Level I adult trauma hospital. P...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Frankenfield DC,Reynolds HN,Wiles CE 3rd,Badellino MM,Siegel JH

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Sepsis-associated changes of the arachidonic acid metabolism and the utility of arachidonic acid metabolites for the diagnosis of sepsis have been poorly investigated so far. Therefore, the primary objective of our study was to screen for differentially regulated arachidonic acid metabolites in septic patien...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bruegel M,Ludwig U,Kleinhempel A,Petros S,Kortz L,Ceglarek U,Holdt LM,Thiery J,Fiedler GM

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the prevalence and magnitude of weakness in patients receiving chronic mechanical ventilation and the impact of providing aggressive whole-body rehabilitation on conventional weaning variables, muscle strength, and overall functional status. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of 49 consecutive patient...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Martin UJ,Hincapie L,Nimchuk M,Gaughan J,Criner GJ

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review current knowledge about the impact of prolonged mechanical ventilation on diaphragmatic function and biology. MEASUREMENTS:Systematic literature review. CONCLUSIONS:Prolonged mechanical ventilation can promote diaphragmatic atrophy and contractile dysfunction. As few as 18 hrs of mechanical ventil...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Powers SK,Kavazis AN,Levine S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The educational objectives in use in our Pediatric ICU are described. These have importance for educational programs in critical care medicine, in particular, where patient care needs can easily overwhelm educational needs. It is important not to overlook our role as teachers in the development of proper attitudes and...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kravath RE

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need for closed-loop control of blood pressure in acute hypertension after cardiac surgery was evaluated by estimating the amount of nurse-time required to adjust the infusion rate of sodium nitroprusside. The evaluation consisted of a nationwide telephone survey of head nurses in postsurgical ICUs at 9 institutio...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Mitchell RR

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemoglobin (Hb) induces vasoconstriction by heme group binding nitric oxide in an irreversible fashion. Recent in vitro studies indicate that the thiol groups in Hb reversibly bind nitric oxide and participate in trans-nitrosylation reactions with other thiols. Sepsis is a pathophysiologic state characterize...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Tejedor C,Lorente JA,Delgado MA,Fernández-Segoviano P,De Paula M,Tobalina R,Alonso M,Moscoso A,Soto F,Blázquez J,Esteban A

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review published studies of the influence of platelet factor 4 (PF4) and other cationic proteins on the generation of activated protein C (APC) by the thrombomodulin-protein C system. DATA SOURCE:Using the PubMed citation index, literature published from 1973 to 2003 regarding cationic proteins, PF4, and ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Slungaard A

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the timing of foregoing life-sustaining treatments in patients enrolled in a sepsis trial and to determine their influence on patient outcome and trial results. DESIGN:Subset of patients in a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. SETTING:Twenty-three academic medical ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sprung CL,Eidelman LA,Pizov R,Fisher CJ Jr,Ziegler EJ,Sadoff JC,Straube RC,McCloskey RV

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the role of platelets, fibrin, and adhesion molecules in mediating neutrophil-endothelial cell interactions in septic shock. DESIGN:Controlled experiments using phase contrast microscopy to examine neutrophil, platelet, and endothelial cell interactions in flowing cell suspensions under simulated ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kirschenbaum LA,McKevitt D,Rullan M,Reisbeck B,Fujii T,Astiz ME

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the accuracy of intramucosal pH (pHi) calculated using arterial bicarbonate instead of mucosal capillary bicarbonate in the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation. DESIGN:Simulation of progressive ischemia in mucosal capillary blood. SETTING:University research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Normal human blood...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Morgan TJ,Venkatesh B,Endre ZH

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To measure temporal trends in survival over time in people with severe coronavirus disease 2019 requiring critical care (high dependency unit or ICU) management, and to assess whether temporal variation in mortality was explained by changes in patient demographics and comorbidity burden over time. DESIGN:Re...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dennis JM,McGovern AP,Vollmer SJ,Mateen BA

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Varying concentrations of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and mannan suspensions were mixed with either saline or plasma from normal volunteers, heated to 100 degrees C for 10 min, and then subjected to the limulus amebocyte lysate test (LAL). A positive LAL in saline required minimum LPS and mannan concentrations of 10(-11)...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hosotsubo KK,Takezawa J,Nishijima MK,Takahashi H,Shimada Y,Yoshiya I

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00