Chemstrip glucose test strips: correlation with true glucose values less than 80 mg/dl.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore ethnic differences in do-not-resuscitate orders after intracerebral hemorrhage. DESIGN:Population-based surveillance. SETTING:Corpus Christi, Texas. PATIENTS:All cases of intracerebral hemorrhage in the community of Corpus Christi, TX were ascertained as part of the Brain Attack Surveillance in ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zahuranec DB,Brown DL,Lisabeth LD,Gonzales NR,Longwell PJ,Smith MA,Garcia NM,Morgenstern LB

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The use of corticosteroids in patients with sepsis or septic shock has been controversial for many decades. Clinical studies have reported beneficial, as well as negative results. We conducted a meta-analysis to assess the clinical evidence and to evaluate treatment effects in specific subgroups of patients. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lefering R,Neugebauer EA

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cocaine, which first made its appearance >1,000 yrs ago, is now widely used throughout the world. The physiologic responses to cocaine may cause severe pathologic effects. This review highlights the many critical care challenges resulting from these effects. DESIGN:Historical vignettes, epidemiologic factors...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shanti CM,Lucas CE

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the outcomes and the short- and long-term complications of percutaneous translaryngeal tracheostomy (TLT) and surgical tracheostomy (ST). DESIGN:Prospective, randomized clinical trial with 1-yr double-blind follow-up. SETTING:A general intensive care unit of a university hospital. PATIENTS:A tot...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Antonelli M,Michetti V,Di Palma A,Conti G,Pennisi MA,Arcangeli A,Montini L,Bocci MG,Bello G,Almadori G,Paludetti G,Proietti R

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pediatric Risk of Mortality (PRISM) score was developed from the Physiologic Stability Index (PSI) to reduce the number of physiologic variables required for pediatric ICU (PICU) mortality risk assessment and to obtain an objective weighting of the remaining variables. Univariate and multivariate statistical techn...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Pollack MM,Ruttimann UE,Getson PR

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test whether hospital-based physicians made different intensive care unit and life-sustaining treatment decisions for otherwise identical black and white patients with end-stage cancer and life-threatening hypoxia. DESIGN:We conducted a randomized trial of the relationship between patient race and physic...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Barnato AE,Mohan D,Downs J,Bryce CL,Angus DC,Arnold RM

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic properties of drotrecogin alfa (activated) (recombinant human activated protein C), emphasizing its modulatory effects on endothelial nuclear factor-kappaB. We propose a broad anti-inflammatory effect of drotrecogin alfa (activated), acting on both endotheliu...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Joyce DE,Grinnell BW

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation (IMV) provides an alternative method of support to assisted and controlled mechanical ventilation in neonates with acute respiratory failure. Specific advantages include the use of only the level of mechanical support which is required on an individual basis. Because intrapleural pre...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kirby RR

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the feedback regulation of glucocorticoids on corticotropin secretion in patients with septic and nonseptic circulatory shock. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:An intensive care unit of a general hospital. PATIENTS:Two groups of patients with septic shock (n = 11) or nonseptic shock (n = 7). A ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Perrot D,Bonneton A,Dechaud H,Motin J,Pugeat M

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the association between symptomatic central venous line-related deep venous thrombosis and a mortality-adjusted measure of duration of mechanical ventilation in critically ill children with central venous lines. DESIGN:Retrospective matched cohort study. SETTING:Eleven pediatric intensive care ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Faustino EV,Lawson KA,Northrup V,Higgerson RA

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capnography is a valuable tool in the management of cardiac arrest, since end-tidal CO2 (PetCO2) correlates well with cardiac output and there are no other suitable noninvasive ways to measure this important variable during resuscitation. Animal studies also suggest that PetCO2 correlates well with the likelihood of r...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Callaham M,Barton C

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the accuracy of intramucosal pH (pHi) calculated using arterial bicarbonate instead of mucosal capillary bicarbonate in the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation. DESIGN:Simulation of progressive ischemia in mucosal capillary blood. SETTING:University research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Normal human blood...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Morgan TJ,Venkatesh B,Endre ZH

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In April 2009, Mexican, American, and Canadian authorities announced that a novel influenza virus with pandemic potential had been identified in large segments of the population. Within weeks, it became apparent that the world was dealing with the first influenza pandemic in >40 yrs. Despite the unpredictable nature o...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lagacé-Wiens PR,Rubinstein E,Gumel A

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To quantitate duplex Doppler measurements of splanchnic perfusion to determine if these measurements are reproducible in euvolemic humans and if such measurements are sensitive to mild degrees of systemic hypovolemia. DESIGN:Prospective, nonrandomized, controlled trial. SETTING:Clinical research center. P...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dalton JM,Gore DC,Makhoul RG,Fisher MR,DeMaria EJ

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethical decision-making for the care of the critically ill and injured has never been more difficult than it is today. Major technologic advances prolong life but often provide questionable benefit in human terms. Both the ethical commitment to the individual patient and the competition for access to expensive and sca...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Weil MH,Weil CJ,Rackow EC

更新日期：1988-06-01 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：:These guidelines were developed to provide a reference for preparing policies on admission and discharge for pediatric intensive care units (PICUs). They represent a consensus opinion of physicians, nurses, and allied health care professionals. By using this document as a framework for developing multidisciplinary adm...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors：

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the absence or presence of clinical pharmacists in intensive care units (ICUs) results in differences in mortality rates, length of ICU stay, and ICU charges for Medicare patients with nosocomial-acquired infections, community-acquired infections, and sepsis. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENT...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： MacLaren R,Bond CA,Martin SJ,Fike D

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven dogs with electromagnetic flow probes implanted on their main (QT) and left (QL) pulmonary arteries, had catheters placed in their left atria and pulmonary artery, and were ventilated via Carlen's double-lumen endotracheal tubes. The effect of high-frequency oscillation (HFO) on the redistribution of pulmonary b...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hall SM,Strawn WB,Levitzky MG

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because determining cardiac output is difficult in premature infants, little is known about the hemodynamic effects of PEEP in this age group. We used pulsed-wave Doppler echocardiography to assess the hemodynamic effects of PEEP increments in ten premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome. At a PEEP of 4 cm...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hausdorf G,Hellwege HH

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate attitudes and practices regarding oxygen therapy in intensive care units (ICUs) and to devise quantitative descriptive indices. SETTING:Canadian university-affiliated adult ICUs. PARTICIPANTS:Fifty-two medical directors of ICUs in 48 institutions. INTERVENTION:Structured postal questionnair...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Mao C,Wong DT,Slutsky AS,Kavanagh BP

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND METHODS:In the present study, we evaluated the effect of N-acetylcysteine treatment in a nonseptic shock model induced by zymosan in the rat. Animals were randomly divided into eight groups (ten animals in each group). The first group was treated with ip administration of saline solution (0.90% NaCl) and...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cuzzocrea S,Costantino G,Mazzon E,Caputi AP

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neurologic dysfunction, coma, and seizures are common in obstetric patients in the intensive care unit. OBJECTIVE:To review common neurologic disorders resulting in critical illness in pregnancy. REVIEW:Obstetric disorders causing coma and seizures include eclampsia, acute fatty liver of pregnancy, and amn...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Karnad DR,Guntupalli KK

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Acute lung injury is a detrimental complication for victims of burn accidents. Airway obstruction plays an important role in pulmonary dysfunction in these patients. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that aerosolized anticoagulants will reduce the degree of airway obstruction and improve pulmonary funct...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Enkhbaatar P,Cox RA,Traber LD,Westphal M,Aimalohi E,Morita N,Prough DS,Herndon DN,Traber DL

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To discuss the potential therapeutic value of intraluminal oxygenation of the gut in critical illness. DATA SOURCES:Relevant articles published in the English language literature. STUDY SELECTION:No special study has been carried out for the present presentation. DATA EXTRACTION:Information from the litera...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Haglund U

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe three female patients of one family with different phenotypes of the same mutation of the ornithine transcarbamylase gene. X-linked inherited ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency is the most frequent urea cycle disorder. Many of the hemizygous males die during the neonatal period. Women, who are ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Legras A,Labarthe F,Maillot F,Garrigue MA,Kouatchet A,Ogier de Baulny H

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cardiovascular dysfunction occurs in the majority of asphyxiated neonates and has been suggested to be a major cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. We previously demonstrated that cyclosporine A treatment during resuscitation can significantly improve cardiovascular performance in asphyxiated newborn p...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gill RS,Lee TF,Manouchehri N,Liu JQ,Lopaschuk G,Bigam DL,Cheung PY

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although survival is traditionally modeled using Cox proportional hazards modeling, this approach may be inappropriate in sepsis, in which the proportional hazards assumption does not hold. Newer, more flexible models, such as Gray's model, may be more appropriate. OBJECTIVES:To construct and compare Gray's...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kasal J,Jovanovic Z,Clermont G,Weissfeld LA,Kaplan V,Watson RS,Angus DC

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine previously untrained health professionals learned to measure cardiac output (Qt) by suprasternal continuous-wave Doppler ultrasound (QtDopp) and by thoracic bioimpedance (Qtbi). Each received standardized written, videotaped, and individual instruction. First the novice, then the reference examiner, measured QtDo...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wong DH,Onishi R,Tremper KK,Reeves C,Zaccari J,Wong AB,Miller JB,Cordero V,Davidson J

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00