Hemodynamic resuscitation.

abstract：:Obesity has been recognized as an increasing problem not only in North America but globally. With a significant rise in the prevalence of obesity amongst children and adolescents over the past 20 years, the comorbidities associated with obesity are also now emerging at an earlier age. These comorbidities cause specifi...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Bailey KA

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiogenic shock remains the most dreaded complication of acute myocardial infarction. Mortality rates remain high despite modern interventional therapy. Patients with a variety of other cardiovascular entities may also develop cardiogenic shock. Management consists of rapid stabilization of systemic arterial blood p...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Alpert JS,Becker RC

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluid creep is the term applied to a burn resuscitation, which requires more fluid than predicted by standard formulas. Fluid creep is common today and is linked to several serious edema-related complications. Increased fluid requirements may accompany the appropriate resuscitation of massive injuries but dangerous fl...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Saffle JR

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The five components integral to modern, sophisticated airway management in trauma patients include equipment, pharmacologic adjuncts, manual techniques, physical circumstances, and patient profile. Although there is a finite number of pieces and types of equipment, pharmacologic adjuncts, and manual techniques, the la...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Grande CM,Stene JK,Bernhard WN

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laboratory testing is ubiquitous among hospitalized patients and is more common among patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Despite its high cost and prevalence, there are few data to support the current practice of laboratory testing in most ICUs. Although testing offers considerable potential benefits, it is no...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Ezzie ME,Aberegg SK,O'Brien JM Jr

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positive-pressure ventilation may improve gas exchange, decrease the work-cost of breathing, and rest respiratory muscles, but it also will alter cardiac output and may modify blood flow distribution. Ventilation may induce these hemodynamic changes by altering systemic venous return to the RV (RV preload), pulmonary ...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Pinsky MR

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arterial catheterization is used frequently in the management of critically ill patients, both for continuous blood pressure monitoring and access to the arterial circulation to obtain frequent blood gas measurements. The procedure is usually easily accomplished at the bedside using percutaneous methods such as the Se...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Clark VL,Kruse JA

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the geriatric population in the United States increases and better management of chronic diseases improves survival, more elderly will become critically ill and potentially require treatment in an intensive care unit (ICU). Dan Callahan has written, "... we will live longer lives, be better sustained by medical car...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Mularski RA,Osborne ML

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are numerous mechanisms of hypoxemia and hypercapnia during the perioperative period. Mechanisms of hypoxemia include oxygen delivery problems, decreased FAC-CC relationship, hypoventilation, decreased cardiac output, increased oxygen consumption, decreased hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction, and increased nonal...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Foltz BD,Benumof JL

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Good airway management depends on a system that emphasizes teamwork to expedite care and minimize errors. By understanding the accreditation and licensing requirements, appropriate personnel and equipment can be allocated along cost effective guidelines. Newer techniques for management of the difficult airway, such as...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Showan AM,Sestito JA

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplant patients face challenging medical journeys, with many detours to the intensive care unit. Before and after transplantation, they have significant psychological and cognitive comorbidities, which decrease their quality of life and potentially compromise their medical outcomes. Critical care staff are essenti...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Sher Y,Zimbrean P

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolic response to injury can induce a state of hypermetabolism that results in the rapid loss of the body nitrogen, so that a critical reduction in lean body mass that affects morbidity and mortality can occur in a short period of time. The process also induces a redistribution of the body nitrogen away from t...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Negro F,Cerra FB

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:More than one-half million patients are hospitalized annually for traumatic brain injury (TBI). One-quarter demonstrate sleep-disordered breathing, up to 50% experience insomnia, and half have hypersomnia. Sleep disturbances after TBI may result from injury to sleep-regulating brain tissue, nonspecific neurohormonal r...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Vermaelen J,Greiffenstein P,deBoisblanc BP

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal failure continues to cause a major burden of morbidity and mortality in both its acute and chronic forms, regardless of advances in current renal replacement therapies. A bioartificial kidney that includes a conventional dialysis filter and a renal tubule assist device containing approximately 10(8) renal proxim...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Tiranathanagul K,Eiam-Ong S,Humes HD

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in supporting adult refractory respiratory failure continues to evolve. Technical advances and the clinical challenges of H1N1 associated severe ARDS have spurred a resurgence of interest in ECMO. Published systematic review and pooled analyses point out the limit...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Park PK,Napolitano LM,Bartlett RH

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive fungal infections (IFI) and fungal sepsis in the intensive care unit are increasing and are associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. In this setting, IFI are predominantly caused by Candida species. Outcomes continue to be suboptimal; however, there are a few key clinician modifiable factors. PK-...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Lepak A,Andes D

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The energy expenditure of the critically ill patient is influenced by many factors, thus making it difficult to predict. Measurement of energy expenditure in mechanically ventilated patients receiving elevated oxygen concentrations requires a good understanding of the measurement technique and its limitations, whether...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Damask MC,Schwarz Y,Weissman C

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The overlap syndrome defines the relationship between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and is a commonly noted but poorly studied disorder. Individuals who have the overlap syndrome have been recognized to have greater risk for pulmonary hypertension, right heart failure,...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Hiestand D,Phillips B

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although our understanding of molecular events in septic shock is growing exponentially, bedside management has changed only incrementally over the last 20 years. In pediatric and adult patients alike, treatment continues to be largely supportive. Morbidity and mortality, though gradually improving, continue to be hig...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Carcillo JA,Cunnion RE

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in hemostasis are common in patients with cancer admitted to the ICU. Depending on the underlying disease and specific hemostatic abnormality, the patient with cancer may develop bleeding, thrombosis, or both, such as DIC. Bleeding complications usually result from abnormalities in platelets or deficiency ...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： DeSancho MT,Rand JH

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an alteration in brain function, or other evidence of brain pathology, caused by an external force. TBI is a major cause of disability and mortality worldwide. Post-traumatic amnesia, or the interval from injury until the patient is oriented and able to form and later recall new memorie...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： De Guzman E,Ament A

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decisions to admit and discharge patients to and from the intensive care unit (ICU) when resources are scarce should be made according to the triage principle--that is, resources should be allocated based on the patient's ability to benefit from critical care. The ICU organizational structure and the constraints on de...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Strosberg MA

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent development of valid and reliable assessment tools to monitor agitation, sedation, analgesia, and delirium in the ICU represents an essential first step in the provision of patient comfort and the development of preferred treatment strategies. To make the ICU a more humane healing environment, these assessm...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Fraser GL,Riker RR

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is often necessary to transfuse blood products in shock. Use of these products can be life-saving, but they also carry considerable risk. It is important, therefore, that the physician be aware of the indications as well as possible complications, so that a proper decision can be made weighing the risk versus the b...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Nacht A

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In summary, advances in critical care and mechanical ventilation have resulted in an increased salvage of critically ill patients, a number of whom require long-term ventilation as a means of life support. In addition, the total number of patients receiving long-term ventilation has increased dramatically over the pas...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Criner GJ,Tzouanakis A,Kreimer DT

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The thermal-dye technique for the measurement of ELW is available for clinical and experimental use. This method is safe and can be performed serially in an individual patient. Although it is invasive, it requires only a central venous catheter and an arterial catheter, which are often already in place for routine hem...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Sivak ED,Wiedemann HP

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection and/or sepsis biomarkers should help to make the diagnosis and thus initiate therapy earlier, help to differentiate between infectious and sterile inflammation, allow the use of more-specific antimicrobials, shorten the time of antimicrobial use, and ideally identify distinct phenotypes that may benefit from...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Reinhart K,Meisner M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Access to critical care is rapidly growing in areas of the world where it was previously nonexistent and where infectious diseases often comprise the largest disease burden. Additionally, with crowding, mass migrations, and air travel, infectious diseases previously geographically confined are quickly spread across th...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Murthy S,Keystone J,Kissoon N

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Surviving Sepsis Campaign targets central venous pressure, mean arterial pressure, and central venous oxygen saturation as guides for resuscitation. Fluid resuscitation and the use of vasopressors are paramount to the success of the campaign's end points. Although the achievement of supranormal physiologic paramet...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Shapiro DS,Loiacono LA

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal airway management requires an experienced caregiver, attention to detail, and knowledge of the patient's physiology. A variety of pharmacologic agents have proved useful in obtaining a secure airway and minimizing risk to the patient. Depending on the skills of the caregiver, oral intubation has become the pre...

journal_title：Critical care clinics

authors： Rodricks MB,Deutschman CS

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00