Association of hypomagnesemia and mortality in acutely ill medical patients.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Venovenous extracorporeal gas exchange is increasingly used in awake, spontaneously breathing patients as a bridge to lung transplantation. Limited data are available on a similar use of extracorporeal gas exchange in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. The aim of this study was to investigate...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Langer T,Vecchi V,Belenkiy SM,Cannon JW,Chung KK,Cancio LC,Gattinoni L,Batchinsky AI

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether mortality rates among intensive care unit (ICU) patients differ according to the time of ICU admission, we compared the death rates for patients admitted during weekday day shifts and off hours (from 6:30 pm to 8:29 am the next day for night shifts, from Saturday 1:00 pm to Monday 8:29 am...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Luyt CE,Combes A,Aegerter P,Guidet B,Trouillet JL,Gibert C,Chastre J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if intracranial pressure monitor placement in patients with acute liver failure is associated with significant clinical outcomes. DESIGN:Retrospective multicenter cohort study. SETTING:Academic liver transplant centers comprising the U.S. Acute Liver Failure Study Group. PATIENTS:Adult critica...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Karvellas CJ,Fix OK,Battenhouse H,Durkalski V,Sanders C,Lee WM,U S Acute Liver Failure Study Group.

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the prognostic value of short-latency median nerve somatosensory evoked potentials and brainstem auditory evoked potentials in outcome prediction for comatose cardiac arrest patients treated with hypothermia. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled trial of mild hypothermia after out-of-hospit...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Tiainen M,Kovala TT,Takkunen OS,Roine RO

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the frequency with which quality of life and treatment limitation were discussed in formal family meetings for long-stay intensive care unit patients with high risk for mortality and morbidity. DESIGN:Descriptive observational study. SETTING:Five intensive care units. PATIENTS:One hundred sixtee...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Douglas SL,Daly BJ,Lipson AR

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate glycemic dynamics and its relation with mortality in critically ill patients. We searched for differences in complexity of the glycemic profile between survivors and nonsurvivors in patients admitted to a multidisciplinary intensive care unit. DESIGN:Prospective, observational study, convenien...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lundelin K,Vigil L,Bua S,Gomez-Mestre I,Honrubia T,Varela M

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We have previously shown that remote ischemic preconditioning reduces acute kidney injury (acute kidney injury) in high-risk patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass and that the protective effect is confined to patients who exhibit an increased urinary tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-2 and insulin-...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Meersch M,Küllmar M,Pavenstädt H,Rossaint J,Kellum JA,Martens S,Klausmeyer P,Schmidt EA,Kerschke L,Zarbock A

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Instantaneous heart rate, indices of long-term and short-term heart-rate variability (HRV), and transcutaneous O2 (PtcO2) and CO2 (PtcCO2) tensions were recorded simultaneously on 164 occasions in 16 neonates. There was significant inverse correlation between PtcCO2 and both HRV indices, while no linear correlation wa...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Aärimaa T,Kero P,Välimäki I

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Right ventricular size and contractility were evaluated using two-dimensional echocardiography during the first days of respiratory support in 23 patients requiring mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory failure. Nine patients had normal echocardiographic right ventricular function, and nine other patients had a...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Jardin F,Gueret P,Dubourg O,Farcot JC,Margairaz A,Bourdarias JP

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate premorbid conditions and sociodemographic characteristics associated with differences in hospitalization and mortality rates of sepsis in blacks and whites. DESIGN:Secondary data analysis of the publicly available New Jersey State Inpatient Database for 2002. SETTING:Acute care hospitals in New ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dombrovskiy VY,Martin AA,Sunderram J,Paz HL

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to review findings from recent literature on the postresuscitation care of cardiac arrest patients using therapeutic hypothermia as part of nontrial treatment. DESIGN:Literature review. SETTING:Hospital-based environment. SUBJECTS:Patients initially resuscitated from cardiac arrest who underwent...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sagalyn E,Band RA,Gaieski DF,Abella BS

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize the withholding or withdrawing of life support from patients with severe head injury. SETTING:San Francisco General Hospital, a city and county hospital with a Level I trauma center. DESIGN:A standardized questionnaire was used to collect data on demographics and functional outcome of severe...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： O'Callahan JG,Fink C,Pitts LH,Luce JM

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To confirm early, marked decrease in plasma selenium concentrations in patients admitted to a surgical and medical intensive care unit (ICU), and to study this decrease according to the presence or absence of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), sepsis, or direct ischemia-reperfusion. DESIGN:Pros...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Forceville X,Vitoux D,Gauzit R,Combes A,Lahilaire P,Chappuis P

更新日期：1998-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of early administration of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) on hospital mortality in nonneutropenic patients with septic shock, excluding patients with melioidosis. DESIGN:A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded clinical trial. SETTING AND PATIENTS:Adult patie...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Stephens DP,Thomas JH,Higgins A,Bailey M,Anstey NM,Currie BJ,Cheng AC

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To improve control of blood glucose concentrations in critically ill patients through use of a bedside, nurse-managed, intravenous insulin nomogram. DESIGN:Retrospective, before-after cohort study. SETTING:Fifteen-bed mixed medical/surgical intensive care unit in a tertiary, teaching hospital. PATIENTS:A t...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Brown G,Dodek P

更新日期：2001-09-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Although the mortality of severe sepsis is easily quantified, the actual cause and timing of death from severe sepsis are less defined. We used the INDEPTH (International Integrated Database for the Evaluation of Severe Sepsis and Drotrecogin alfa activated) database to investigate the reported cause of deat...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Vincent JL,Nelson DR,Williams MD

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the comparative efficacy of enteral cisapride, metoclopramide, erythromycin, and placebo for promoting gastric emptying in critically ill patients with intolerance to gastric enteral nutrition (EN). DESIGN:A randomized, crossover study. SETTING:Adult medical intensive care unit at a university-a...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： MacLaren R,Kuhl DA,Gervasio JM,Brown RO,Dickerson RN,Livingston TN,Swift K,Headley S,Kudsk KA,Lima JJ

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the rationale for the regionalization of adult critical care and discuss how lessons from the trauma experience may be relevant to this debate. DESIGN:Narrative review and opinion. RESULTS:Variation in the quality of critical care among hospitals has prompted calls for regionalization of care for ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kahn JM,Branas CC,Schwab CW,Asch DA

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Carbon monoxide (CO), an endogenous byproduct of heme metabolism, is produced at high levels in injured tissue via induction of heme-oxygenase-1 activity, where it contributes to the modulation of proinflammatory processes. Alone, CO has potent anti-inflammatory effects in models of acute and chronic inflamma...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Moore BA,Overhaus M,Whitcomb J,Ifedigbo E,Choi AM,Otterbein LE,Bauer AJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Lung contusion is a major risk factor for the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome. We set to determine the role of toll-like receptor 3 and the binding of double-stranded RNA in the pathogenesis of sterile injury following lung contusion. DESIGN:Toll-like receptor 3 expression was analyzed in...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Suresh MV,Thomas B,Machado-Aranda D,Dolgachev VA,Kumar Ramakrishnan S,Talarico N,Cavassani K,Sherman MA,Hemmila MR,Kunkel SL,Walter NG,Hogaboam CM,Raghavendran K

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Life-threatening conditions cause severe changes in the organization and conformation of macromolecules, creating urgent requirements for protein repair to ensure survival. As molecular chaperones, heat shock proteins (HSP) that have specialized functions in protein folding are now well established to restore...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Christians ES,Yan LJ,Benjamin IJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between behavioral alterations and changes in monoaminergic systems provoked by ischemia-reperfusion liver injury in rats. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled animal study. SETTING:University animal laboratory. SUBJECTS:Male Wistar rats. INTERVENTIONS:Acute liver fai...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Adachi N,Inoue H,Arai T

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Over-utilization of tests, treatments, and procedures is common for hospitalized patients in ICU settings. American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation's Choosing Wisely campaign tasked professional societies to identify sources of overuse in specialty care practice. The purpose of this study was to assess...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kleinpell R,Sessler CN,Wiencek C,Moss M

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We aim to describe current clinical practice, the past decade of experience and factors related to improved outcomes for pediatric patients receiving high-frequency oscillatory ventilation. We have also modeled predictive factors that could help stratify mortality risk and guide future high-frequency oscillat...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rettig JS,Smallwood CD,Walsh BK,Rimensberger PC,Bachman TE,Bollen CW,Duval EL,Gebistorf F,Markhorst DG,Tinnevelt M,Todd M,Zurakowski D,Arnold JH

更新日期：2015-12-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Conflict is common between physicians and surrogate decision makers around end-of-life care in ICU. Involving experts in conflict management improve outcomes, but little is known about what differences in conflict management styles may explain the benefit. We used simulation to examine potential differences ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Chiarchiaro J,White DB,Ernecoff NC,Buddadhumaruk P,Schuster RA,Arnold RM

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study tested the hypothesis that intra-coronary transfusion of circulation-derived autologous CD34+ cells can improve ischemia-related left ventricular dysfunction in patients with severe diffuse coronary artery disease refractory to medication and unsuitable for coronary intervention. DESIGN:A prospect...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lee FY,Chen YL,Sung PH,Ma MC,Pei SN,Wu CJ,Yang CH,Fu M,Ko SF,Leu S,Yip HK

更新日期：2015-10-01 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