Ultrafilterable hypomagnesemia in neonates admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that cocaine-induced cerebral vasodilation in newborn sheep is mediated via beta-adrenergic receptor activation. DESIGN:The cerebral effects of a single intravenous injection of cocaine (4 mg/kg) given 30 mins after pretreatment with propranolol (1 mg/kg...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： O'Brien TP,Pane MA,Traystman RJ,Gleason CA

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

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：CONTEXT:The results of studies on noninvasive positive pressure ventilation (NPPV) for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure unrelated to cardiogenic pulmonary edema have been inconsistent. OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of NPPV on the rate of endotracheal intubation, intensive care unit and hospital length of stay, and...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Keenan SP,Sinuff T,Cook DJ,Hill NS

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the pharmacokinetics of fentanyl when used as a long-term continuous infusion for sedation/analgesia in mechanically ventilated critically ill infants and children. DESIGN:Prospective, case series. SETTING:A university hospital pediatric intensive care unit (ICU). PATIENTS:Nineteen mechanicall...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Katz R,Kelly HW

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare 1-year all-cause mortality and major adverse cardiovascular events in cardiac arrest survivors with and without posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology at hospital discharge. DESIGN:Prospective, observational cohort. SETTING:ICUs at a tertiary-care center. PATIENTS:Adults with return of sp...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Agarwal S,Presciutti A,Cornelius T,Birk J,Roh DJ,Park S,Claassen J,Elkind MSV,Edmondson D

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the action of high-dose epinephrine by measuring simultaneously its vasopressor and norepinephrine releasing effects in humans during cardiac arrest. DESIGN:A prospective study on consecutive patients admitted with cardiac arrest. SETTING:Emergency Department in a large, urban hospital. PATIENT...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wortsman J,Paradis NA,Martin GB,Rivers EP,Goetting MG,Nowak RM,Cryer PE

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) on PaO2 during collapse of a single pulmonary lobe was investigated in seven dogs. Increasing PEEP to the ventilated region of lung increased the proportion of cardiac output flowing to the collapsed lobe and decreased PaO2 and pH. PaCO2 increased at the onset of l...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sánchez De León R,Orchard C,Sykes K,Brajkovich I

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of hypertonic mannitol on postischemic cerebral circulation were studied in 20 dogs. Mannitol, 2 g/kg iv, was infused into ten dogs during a 2-h period starting 1.5 h after 6 min of complete cerebral ischemia. One hour postischemia, regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was 36% in the control group (ten dogs...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Arai T,Tsukahara I,Nitta K,Watanabe T

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the coping strategies used by family decision makers of adult critical care patients during and after the critical care experience and the relationship of coping strategies to posttraumatic stress symptoms experienced 60 days after hospitalization. DESIGN:A single-group descriptive longitudinal cor...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Petrinec AB,Mazanec PM,Burant CJ,Hoffer A,Daly BJ

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several variables may account for the response of electrochemical skin surface PO2 sensors to anesthetic gases: cathode material and size, pH of the electrolyte and membrane material. These variables cannot be chosen arbitrarily and their influence has been tested with two types of sensors. In one type (LSC), a large ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Eberhard P,Mindt W

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the variability in short-term sepsis mortality by hospital among Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services beneficiaries in the United States during 2013-2014. DESIGN:A retrospective cohort design. SETTING:Hospitalizations from 3,068 acute care hospitals that participated in the Centers for Medi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hatfield KM,Dantes RB,Baggs J,Sapiano MRP,Fiore AE,Jernigan JA,Epstein L

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our aim was to determine the frequency and the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of sepsis in a hospital-based population in Colombia. DESIGN:Prospective cohort. SETTING:Ten general hospitals in the four main cities of Colombia. PATIENTS:Consecutive patients admitted in emergency rooms, intensive ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rodríguez F,Barrera L,De La Rosa G,Dennis R,Dueñas C,Granados M,Londoño D,Molina F,Ortiz G,Jaimes F

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paranasal sinusitis is reported as a complication of prolonged nasal intubation and the source of sepsis in adult intensive care patients. In surgical neonates with congenital malformations, prolonged intubation with a nasotracheal (NT) or NG tube is often necessary, but sinusitis with complicating sepsis is seldom re...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bos AP,Tibboel D,Hazebroek FW,Hoeve H,Meradji M,Molenaar JC

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A difference between potassium concentrations in arterial plasma and venous serum was evaluated. The difference was 0.5 mM/litre, with a range of 0.1 to 1.1 mM/liter. Multiple factors operating primarily upon the venous sample are responsible for this difference. The value for arterial plasma potassium is stable and p...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ward CF,Arkin DB,Benumof JL,Saidman LJ

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Previous studies in adults suggest that various types of physiologic stress appear to decrease phagocytic cell function. Adherence and chemotaxis of, and phagocytosis and bacterial killing by, neonatal neutrophils are altered compared with adult neutrophil function. Stresses encountered by the fetus and neon...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Beachy JC,Weisman LE

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of two doses of prostaglandin E1 (PGE1, alprostadil) combined with unfractionated heparin on the hemofilter life-span and the coagulation profile during continuous venovenous hemofiltration. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled trial. SETTING:Intensive care unit at a university...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kozek-Langenecker SA,Kettner SC,Oismueller C,Gonano C,Speiser W,Zimpfer M

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the effects of three hemoglobin solutions on liver function and hepatic morphology after resuscitation from severe hemorrhagic shock. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:Laboratory. SUBJECTS:Thirty-three beagle dogs. INTERVENTION:Hemorrhagic shock was induced in anesthetized dogs by removal of blood...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Eldridge J,Russell R,Christenson R,Sakamoto R,Williams J,Parr M,Trump B,Delaney P,Mackenzie CF

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide a comprehensive review of the issue related to the administration of sedative, analgesic, and neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBA) to patients who are receiving ventilatory support for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with high-frequency oscillatory ventilation. RESULTS:Sedative, analges...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sessler CN

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND METHODS:We postulated that low-dose heparin (10 IU/kg.hr) administered as a continuous iv infusion may prevent or ameliorate the induction of thrombin-induced disseminated intravascular coagulation in baboons under general anesthesia. In a nonrandomized experiment lasting 8 hrs, animals were divided into...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： du Toit HJ,Coetzee AR,Chalton DO

更新日期：1991-09-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To review current knowledge about cell-free hemoglobin solutions. DATA SOURCES:All studies involving cell-free hemoglobin were retrieved from a computerized MEDLINE search from 1980 to 1998. We also reviewed the reference lists of all available review articles and primary studies to identify references not f...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Creteur J,Sibbald W,Vincent JL

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In critically ill patients, hepatic dysfunction is regarded as a late organ failure associated with poor prognosis. We investigated the incidence and prognostic implications of early hepatic dysfunction (serum bilirubin >2 mg/dL within 48 hrs of admission). DESIGN:Prospective, multicenter cohort study. SETT...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kramer L,Jordan B,Druml W,Bauer P,Metnitz PG,Austrian Epidemiologic Study on Intensive Care, ASDI Study Group.

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-seven surgical patients who developed post-extubation hypoxemia unresponsive to routine respiration therapy (incentive spirometry and chest physical therapy) received continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) delivered through a mask at an inspired oxygen fraction (FIO2) of 0.45. All patients responded with an...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dehaven CB Jr,Hurst JM,Branson RD

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the epidemiology of hyperammonemia unrelated to liver failure in the critical care setting. DESIGN:Retrospective case series. SETTING:Critically ill patients admitted to ICUs at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN (medical ICU, two mixed medical-surgical ICUs, coronary care unit, or the cardiosurgical I...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sakusic A,Sabov M,McCambridge AJ,Rabinstein AA,Singh TD,Mukesh K,Kashani KB,Cook D,Gajic O

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is evidence to suggest that anemia after severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) is detrimental. However, there is a paucity of evidence supporting the use of transfusion of packed red blood cells in patients with sTBI. To understand the acute effect of packed red blood cell transfusion on cerebral oxygena...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zygun DA,Nortje J,Hutchinson PJ,Timofeev I,Menon DK,Gupta AK

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test whether intensive care unit (ICU) nasal screening for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) predicts the presence or absence of MRSA infections requiring antimicrobial treatment. DESIGN:A prospective cohort study. SETTING:Medical ICU at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, a 1252-bed urban teaching ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sarikonda KV,Micek ST,Doherty JA,Reichley RM,Warren D,Kollef MH

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the efficacy of supplemental 25% albumin in reducing morbidity and mortality rates in the surgical intensive care unit (ICU). DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, unblinded clinical study. SETTING:Surgical ICU in a community hospital. PATIENTS:Two hundred nineteen patients with admission circulatin...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Golub R,Sorrento JJ Jr,Cantu R Jr,Nierman DM,Moideen A,Stein HD

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Very elderly persons admitted to ICUs are at high risk of death. To document life-sustaining interventions (mechanical ventilation, vasopressors, renal replacement therapy) provided in the ICU and outcomes of care. DESIGN:Multicenter, prospective cohort study. SETTING:ICUs of 24 Canadian hospitals. PARTICI...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Heyland D,Cook D,Bagshaw SM,Garland A,Stelfox HT,Mehta S,Dodek P,Kutsogiannis J,Burns K,Muscedere J,Turgeon AF,Fowler R,Jiang X,Day AG,Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.,Canadian Researchers at the End of Life Network.

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether plasma lipid hydroperoxides may be a useful marker for sepsis. DESIGN:Exploratory, open-label study. SETTING:Critical care unit at a university medical center. PATIENTS:Twelve patients with sepsis syndrome requiring hemodynamic monitoring with pulmonary artery catheters. Seven patients...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Keen RR,Stella L,Flanigan DP,Lands WE

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 179 healthy boys and girls, the relationship between body surface area (S) in dm2 and body weight (bw) in kg was investigated. The body surface was calculated from the DuBois and DuBois formula. For infants below 20 kg, the relationship followed the regression equation S=3.6kg + 9; r=0.996. For infants with bw betw...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lindahl S,Okmian L

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00