Abstract:
:This report is intended to familiarize the reader with the current legislation concerning state definitions of death, the pertinent judicial decisions concerning termination of life support and the current status of medical/ethical committees. However, it is of paramount importance to all health care personnel to become involved in the resolution of these problems. Current information regarding legal clarity to these issues leaves much to be desired. Unless we wish major decisions that will affect us all to be decided by others, it is strongly suggested that we become directly involved in this process and accept the challenge and the opportunity to influence major legal, ethical, and medical decisions.
journal_name
Crit Care Medjournal_title
Critical care medicineauthors
Wallace-Barnhill G,Roth MD,Briggs BA,Bastron DR,Barrocas Asubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1982-01-01 00:00:00pages
57-61issue
1eissn
0090-3493issn
1530-0293journal_volume
10pub_type
杂志文章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
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/01.ccm.0000171536.63641.d9
更新日期:2005-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate a novel combination of preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative variables (including the Parsonnet, and the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II and III [APACHE II and III] scores) in cardiac surgery patients in order to predict hospital outcome, complications, and length of st...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199511000-00010
更新日期:1995-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Noncuffed, percutaneously inserted central venous catheters (CVCs) are widely used and cause at least 250,000 bloodstream infections (BSIs) in U.S. hospitals each year. We report a prospective study to determine whether inflammation at the insertion site is predictive of CVC-related BSI. METHODS:Percutaneou...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-200212000-00003
更新日期:2002-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000000097
更新日期:2014-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Increasing age is a well-recognized risk factor for in-hospital mortality in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cardiogenic shock, but the shape of this relationship is unknown. In addition, the impact of age on hospital length of stay, patterns of patient disposition, and costs has b...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000003631
更新日期:2019-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To compare the plasma volume (PV) expanding effect of a fast infusion rate with that of a slow infusion rate of a fixed volume of 5% albumin, of the synthetic colloids, 6% hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 and 4% gelatin, and of 0.9% NaCl in a rat sepsis model and to compare the plasma-expanding effect among these...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e318274157e
更新日期:2013-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Traumatic brain injury contributes to morbidity and mortality in children and boys are disproportionately represented. Hypotension is common and worsens outcome after traumatic brain injury. Extracellular signal-related kinase mitogen-activated protein kinase is upregulated and reduces cerebral blood flow aft...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181e8ac1a
更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate the interrelationship between cardiac surgery, age, circulating concentrations of the vitamin D hormone 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, and clinical outcome. DESIGN:Prospective, monocentric, two-arm parallel study. SETTING:Tertiary Heart and Diabetes Center in the Federal State of North Rhine-Westph...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e31824e8c42
更新日期:2012-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To study the effects of high-dose epinephrine, compared with standard-dose epinephrine, on the dynamics of superficial cortical cerebral blood flow as well as global cerebral oxygenation during experimental cardiopulmonary resuscitation. We hypothesized that high-dose epinephrine might be unable to improve ce...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-200005000-00028
更新日期:2000-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To describe the philosophy and approach to patient care called evidence based medicine, and to highlight how it can enhance the practice of intensive care. DATA SOURCES:We searched MEDLINE, reference lists, and our personal files to identify relevant literature. STUDY SELECTION:Articles on intensive care pr...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00003246-199602000-00025
更新日期:1996-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The right atrial pressure (Pra) was compared to the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (Pcw) in 54 patients. In patients with heart disease, the correlation of Pra with Pcw was poor. However, in patients without clinical heart disease, Pra approximated Pcw, in both absolute number and change. This finding was independ...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-197805000-00010
更新日期:1978-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Intensive insulin therapy with tight glucose control is known to result in reduced morbidity and mortality in inflammation-related critical illness. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha induction in myocardial infarction may trigger inflammation and have detrimental effects on cardiomyocytes. This study was des...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181782335
更新日期:2008-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To review how endogenous protein C activation might change in disease states and to discuss the implications of these findings in the context of severe sepsis. DATA SOURCE:A review of the published literature in PubMed together with data from abstracts from 2001 to present. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS:Act...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/01.ccm.0000126125.79861.d3
更新日期:2004-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Cardiac surgery is frequently followed by postoperative delirium, which is associated with increased 1-year mortality, late cognitive deficits, and higher costs. Currently, there are no recommendations for pharmacologic prevention of postoperative delirium. Impaired cholinergic transmission is believed to pla...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e31819da780
更新日期:2009-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine whether polymorphisms of the surfactant protein B gene may be associated with increased mortality in patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome. DESIGN:A prospective cohort study. SETTING:Four adult intensive care units at a tertiary academic medical center. PATIENTS:Two hundred fou...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e318183f608
更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Anesthetic preconditioning appears to be a viable strategy to treat ischemic cerebral injury. Here we investigated 1) whether the protection conferred by sevoflurane preconditioning sustains in time; 2) whether sevoflurane preconditioning diminishes mitochondrial dysfunction following cerebral ischemia; and 3...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e318258fb90
更新日期:2012-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine which of a series of disposable or interchangeable positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) devices functions with the least imposition of inspiratory and expiratory work during continuous positive airway pressure. DESIGN:Prospective laboratory evaluation performed on a lung model. SETTING:Resea...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199408000-00004
更新日期:1994-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Prophylactic levetiracetam is currently used in ~40% of patients with intracerebral hemorrhage, and the potential impact of levetircetam on health-related quality of life is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that prophylactic levetiracetam is independently associated with differences in cognitive function he...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000003272
更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To review the difficulties associated with defining sepsis and its complications and to characterize the role of the proinflammatory cytokines in the development of human septic shock, adult respiratory distress syndrome, and the systemic inflammatory response syndrome. DATA SOURCES:Information presented at...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:
更新日期:1994-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) is expressed primarily by fibroblasts, is important for alveolar epithelial proliferation/function, and protects against lung injury in multiple animal models. We wished to determine whether acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ALI/ARDS) alveolar fluid induce...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e31819fc81a
更新日期:2009-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To develop a scheme for early identification of individuals at risk for symptomatic vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). DESIGN:Analysis of prospectively collected data from the placebo-treated group in a multicenter clinical trial. SETTINGS:Fifty-four neurosurgical centers in North America. MEAS...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/00003246-200004000-00012
更新日期:2000-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Checklists have been recently promulgated as a method to enhance patient safety and improve outcomes for critically ill patients. Specifically, recent work performed by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions has demonstrated that the addition of checklists to usual care in the intensive care unit is a...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e31819541f8
更新日期:2009-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::The EEGs of 40 infants paralyzed with D-tubocurarine or pancuronium during the neonatal period were reviewed retrospectively. The 23 infants who survived were re-examined at 1-3 yr of age. Sixteen infants had normal or mildly abnormal EEGs in the neonatal period; 3 died of nonneurologic causes; the remainder were norm...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-198312000-00004
更新日期:1983-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Clinical trial designs that randomize patients to fixed treatment regimens may disrupt preexisting relationships between illness severity and level of therapy. The practice misalignments created by such designs may have unintended effects on trial results and safety. METHODS:To illustrate this problem, the T...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.CCM.0000266584.40715.A6
更新日期:2007-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Patient awareness of intermittent positive-pressure ventilation (IPPV) treatment in the ICU was studied in 304 patients. These ICU patients were divided into three groups: those treated for internal medical diseases (IMD; n = 129), patients admitted after major surgical procedures (MSP; n = 126), and patients treated ...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-198901000-00006
更新日期:1989-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To measure energy expenditure in critically ill children and compare it with the energy expenditure predicted by recommended formulas, and relate the measured energy expenditure to nutritional and clinical indices. DESIGN:A prospective, clinical study. SETTING:Tertiary care pediatric intensive care unit in...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-200004000-00042
更新日期:2000-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Flow rates and pressure recording accuracy were compared for Argyle 14-, 16-, and 18-ga double-lumen and Edwards 7-Fr triple-lumen CVP catheters. Physiologic saline solution was pressure-infused into dogs through one lumen and CVP was measured via the other lumen. CVP accuracy was unaltered by simultaneous rapid infus...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-198507000-00017
更新日期:1985-07-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199703000-00002
更新日期:1997-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Among Gram-positive pathogens, Staphylococcus aureus is the leading cause of death from nosocomial pneumonia. The bacterium developed progressive resistance to beta-lactams, and methicillin-resistant strains emerged in the 1980s. In consequence, vancomycin has become the drug of choice for treatment of this infection ...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00003246-200104001-00005
更新日期:2001-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Although contraindicated, there are situations when a patient who has recently taken a phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor (e.g., sildenafil) might need intravenous nitroglycerin (NTG) treatment. This study determined if, and at what dose, intravenous NTG could be administered safely to men with coronary artery dis...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/01.CCM.0000269371.70738.30
更新日期:2007-08-01 00:00:00