Complications of the flow-directed pulmonary artery catheter: A prospective analysis in 219 patients.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish the effect of an audible airleak (around an endotracheal tube) on oxygen consumption (VO2) measurements in pediatric ICU patients. DESIGN:Prospective trial comparing VO2 measurements before and after deflation of the endotracheal tube cuff. SETTING:Pediatric ICU in a large pediatric tertiary ca...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Chwals WJ,Lally KP,Woolley MM

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the ability of central venous-to-arterial carbon dioxide pressure difference, central venous oxygen saturation, and the combination of these two parameters to detect extubation failure in critically ill patients. DESIGN:Multicentric, prospective, observational study. SETTING:Three ICUs. PATIEN...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Mallat J,Baghdadi FA,Mohammad U,Lemyze M,Temime J,Tronchon L,Thevenin D,Fischer MO

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A commercially available gas-chromatograph (Sentorr Gas Analyzer, Ohio Medical Products, Madison, WI) was tested, featuring continuous measurement of in vivo PaO2 and PaCO2 by means of a thin, heparin-coated catheter, inserted through an indwelling arterial line. Gas tensions are displayed every 4 min. The probes had ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Carlon GC,Kahn RC,Ray C Jr,Howland WS

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze the effects of an extracorporeal bioartificial liver containing alginate bead-entrapped hepatocytes on pigs with ischemia-induced acute hepatic failure. DESIGN:Prospective animal study. SETTING:University and INSERM laboratory. SUBJECTS:Fifteen Large White/Pietrin female pigs weighing 20-30 kg. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Desille M,Mahler S,Seguin P,Mallédant Y,Frémond B,Sébille V,Bouix A,Desjardins JF,Joly A,Desbois J,Lebreton Y,Campion JP,Clément B

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare four different methods of endotracheal lidocaine administration with respect to the site of administration. DESIGN:Randomized controlled trial. SETTING:University hospital. PATIENTS:Thirty-two female patients (43.6 +/- 11.5 years old) undergoing elective gynecologic operations with an anesthesio...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Prengel AW,Lindner KH,Hähnel J,Ahnefeld FW

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare two forms of continuous renal replacement therapy, continuous venovenous hemofiltration (CVVH) vs. continuous venovenous hemodialysis (CVVHD), in terms of the removal of inflammatory mediators from the blood of patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome and acute renal failure. DESIGN:R...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kellum JA,Johnson JP,Kramer D,Palevsky P,Brady JJ,Pinsky MR

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in prenatal and neonatal care have increased the number of live births and extended the life expectancy of critically ill premature infants. These infants represent a formidable therapeutic challenge in that multisystem involvement and previously uncommon conditions, such as intravascular coagulation, ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Aschinberh LC,Zeis PM,Hageman JR,Vidyasagar D

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the history and development of critical care nurses, the supply and demand issues related to critical care nursing, critical care nursing's contribution to patient outcomes, and recommendations to ensure a steady and strong workforce. DATA SOURCE AND SELECTION:Information presented in this article ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Robnett MK

更新日期：2006-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To examine the longitudinal outcome of a cohort of mechanically ventilated patients admitted to an acute care respiratory unit after critical illness. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS:Prospective, observational study of 210 consecutive patients admitted to a respiratory unit of an acute, tertiary care universit...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bigatello LM,Stelfox HT,Berra L,Schmidt U,Gettings EM

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:This study was done to assess the effects of temperature on bleeding time and clotting time in normal male and female volunteers. DESIGN:Open study utilizing normal volunteers. SETTING:University research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Fifty-four healthy male and female volunteers, ranging in age from 19 to 35 yrs, ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Valeri CR,MacGregor H,Cassidy G,Tinney R,Pompei F

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Remarkable progress has been made during the last decade in defining the molecular mechanisms that underlie septic shock. This rapidly expanding field is leading to new therapeutic opportunities in the management of severe sepsis. AIM:To provide the clinician with a timely summary of the molecular biology o...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cinel I,Opal SM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the ability of two prognostic systems to predict hospital mortality in adult intensive care patients. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:A mixed medical and surgical intensive care unit (ICU) in the United Kingdom. PATIENTS:A total of 1,144 patients consecutively admitted to the study. I...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Beck DH,Taylor BL,Millar B,Smith GB

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Visual assessment of the electroencephalogram by experienced clinical neurophysiologists allows reliable outcome prediction of approximately half of all comatose patients after cardiac arrest. Deep neural networks hold promise to achieve similar or even better performance, being more objective and consistent...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Tjepkema-Cloostermans MC,da Silva Lourenço C,Ruijter BJ,Tromp SC,Drost G,Kornips FHM,Beishuizen A,Bosch FH,Hofmeijer J,van Putten MJAM

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clonidine may be a source of serious toxicity when ingested by toddlers. We describe 11 cases of clonidine ingestion by toddlers (mean dose 0.15 mg/kg; range 0.01 to 0.57). The source of the clonidine was a grand-parent in six of 11 cases. Symptoms included altered level of consciousness (n = 11), miosis (n = 5), brad...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fiser DH,Moss MM,Walker W

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Augmented renal clearance might lead to subtherapeutic plasma levels of drugs with predominant renal clearance. Early identification of augmented renal clearance remains challenging for the ICU physician. We developed and validated our augmented renal clearance predictor, a clinical prediction model for augm...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gijsen M,Huang CY,Flechet M,Van Daele R,Declercq P,Debaveye Y,Meersseman P,Meyfroidt G,Wauters J,Spriet I

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of high-dose N-acetylcysteine on renal function in cardiac surgery patients at higher risk of postoperative renal failure. DESIGN:Multiblind, placebo-controlled, randomized, phase II clinical trial. SETTING:Operating rooms and intensive care units of two tertiary referral hospitals. PA...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Haase M,Haase-Fielitz A,Bagshaw SM,Reade MC,Morgera S,Seevenayagam S,Matalanis G,Buxton B,Doolan L,Bellomo R

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High frequency positive pressure ventilation (HFPPV) was compared with normal frequency positive pressure ventilation (NFPPV) during diagnostic fiberoptic-bronchoscopy. HFPPV was achieved by a simple modification of the Minivent, and gave satisfactory alveolar ventilation and oxygenation. In all 11 patients and over p...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Flatau E,Lewinsohn G,Konichezky S,Lev A,Barzilay E

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Perfluorocarbon liquid ventilation has been shown to enhance pulmonary mechanics and gas exchange in the setting of respiratory failure. To optimize the total liquid ventilation process, we developed a volume-limited, time-cycled liquid ventilatory support, consisting of an electrically actuated, microprocess...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Meinhardt JP,Quintel M,Hirschl RB

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Leucine-rich repeat and immunoglobulin domain-containing protein (LINGO)-1 is expressed in neural stem cells, and its neutralization results in sustained neuronal immaturity. Thus, targeted inhibition of LINGO-1 via RNA interference may enhance transplanted neural stem cell survival and neuronal differentiati...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Chen N,Cen JS,Wang J,Qin G,Long L,Wang L,Wei F,Xiang Q,Deng DY,Wan Y

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cytomegalovirus reactivation may complicate critical illness in latent carriers of the virus, even in patients who were previously immunocompetent. Patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome are considered to be prone for reactivation. Prophylactic antiviral therapy in immunocompetent cytomegalovirus s...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ong DS,Klein Klouwenberg PM,Verduyn Lunel FM,Spitoni C,Frencken JF,Dekker HA,Schultz MJ,Bonten MJ,Cremer OL

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the cardiopulmonary and peripheral circulatory effects of the nonselective nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) to the more selective inducible NOS inhibitor S-methylisothiourea (SMT) and to phenylephrine (PE) in endotoxic and normal swine. DESIGN:Prospec...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cohen RI,Shapir Y,Davis A,Loona R,Scharf SM

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term cardiopulmonary outcome at ages 10-15 yrs following neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). The specific aims of the study were to assess baseline aerobic capacity, cardiac function, and pulmonary function in neonatal ECMO survivors using gr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Boykin AR,Quivers ES,Wagenhoffer KL,Sable CA,Chaney HR,Glass P,Bahrami KR,Short BL

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that therapeutic hypercapnia enhances the proinflammatory responses to endotoxemia in the lung and spleen of rats. DESIGN:Prospective randomized study. SETTINGS:Hospital research institute. SUBJECTS:Forty-eight adult male rats. INTERVENTIONS:Rats were randomly assigned for a 24-hr p...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Norozian FM,Leoncio M,Torbati D,Meyer K,Raszynski A,Totapally BR

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe blood conservation strategies for critically ill patients. DATA SOURCES:By using a predefined strategy, we searched the electronic databases of Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL, the Cochrane database of systematic reviews, Cochrane central register of controlled trials, ACP Journal Club, Database of abstr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fowler RA,Berenson M

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine if vecuronium doses individualized by peripheral nerve stimulation are lower than those doses chosen by standard clinical techniques; and to determine whether patients monitored by peripheral nerve stimulation exhibit shorter recovery times and less prolonged neuromuscular blockade after discont...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rudis MI,Sikora CA,Angus E,Peterson E,Popovich J Jr,Hyzy R,Zarowitz BJ

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred six early features were retrospectively collected on 44 patients with acute pancreatitis and stored in a database programmed on a microcomputer. Intraoperative/autopsy findings or clinical course categorized patients as having severe (n = 16) or mild (n = 28) pancreatitis. The frequency of 88 early availab...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： de Bernardinis M,Violi V,Roncoroni L,Montanari M,Peracchia A

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To synthesize the literature describing interventions to improve hand hygiene in ICUs, to evaluate the quality of the extant research, and to outline the type, and efficacy, of interventions described. DATA SOURCES:Systematic searches were conducted in November 2016 using five electronic databases: Medline,...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lydon S,Power M,McSharry J,Byrne M,Madden C,Squires JE,O'Connor P

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated clinically the differences in respiratory work of patients imposed by three modes of one ventilator: the flow-by system, the demand valve system, and the pressure support system. Inspiratory work using flow-by and pressure support systems was reduced sufficiently when compared to the demand valve syste...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Saito S,Tokioka H,Kosaka F

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00