Clinical correlates of successful weaning from mechanical ventilation in severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We hypothesized that the extent of injury and release of xanthine oxidase, an oxidant generator, into the circulation would be less in normal-flow hypoxia-reoxygenation than in equal duration no-flow ischemia-reperfusion. DESIGN:Randomized study. SETTING:University-based animal research facility. SUBJECTS:...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Tan S,Yokoyama Y,Wang Z,Zhou F,Nielsen V,Murdoch AD,Adams C,Parks DA

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically, asystole or a bradyarrhythmia may follow countershock of ventricular fibrillation (VF) in up to 40% of attempts. This study evaluated the effects of artificial cardiac pacing, calcium chloride (CaCl2), and epinephrine in postcountershock asystole/bradycardia. Micromanometer catheters were positioned in the...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Niemann JT,Adomian GE,Garner D,Rosborough JP

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to evaluate the relative frequency of pediatric in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation events occurring in ICUs compared to general wards. We hypothesized that the proportion of pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation provided in ICUs versus general wards has increased over the p...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Berg RA,Sutton RM,Holubkov R,Nicholson CE,Dean JM,Harrison R,Heidemann S,Meert K,Newth C,Moler F,Pollack M,Dalton H,Doctor A,Wessel D,Berger J,Shanley T,Carcillo J,Nadkarni VM,Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate factors which may influence the economic future of academic medical centers (AMCs). DATA SOURCE AND SELECTION:A literature search was performed to identify publications which reviewed the areas of revenue sources for AMCs, costs and expenses incurred by these institutions, and mechanisms for opti...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gerber DR,Bekes CE,Parrillo JE

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Despite the common occurrence of brain injury in patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, it is unclear which cannulation method carries a higher risk of brain injury. We compared the prevalence of brain injury between patients undergoing venoarterial and venovenous extracorporeal membrane ox...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shoskes A,Migdady I,Rice C,Hassett C,Deshpande A,Price C,Hernandez AV,Cho SM

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The results from the recent Targeted Temperature Management trial raised the question whether cooling or merely the avoidance of fever mediates better neurologic outcome in resuscitated patients. As temperature per se is a major determinant of cardiac function, we characterized the effects of hyperthermia (4...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Alogna A,Manninger M,Schwarzl M,Zirngast B,Steendijk P,Verderber J,Zweiker D,Maechler H,Pieske BM,Post H

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective randomized study to determine whether prevention of colonization of Gram-negative bacteria results in prevention of Gram-negative bacterial infections, 96 intensive care patients were randomly allocated into a control group and a study group. The study group received oral nonabsorbable antimicrobial a...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kerver AJ,Rommes JH,Mevissen-Verhage EA,Hulstaert PF,Vos A,Verhoef J,Wittebol P

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A comparison of federal Medicare databases to identify critical care medicine (CCM) use, cost discrepancies, and their possible causes. DESIGN:A 6-yr (1995-2000) retrospective analysis of Medicare hospital and CCM use and cost, comparing the Hospital Cost Report Information System (HCRIS) with Medicare Provi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Halpern NA,Pastores SM,Thaler HT,Greenstein RJ

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied prospectively 40 critically ill neurosurgical patients who required prolonged mechanical ventilation to determine the current incidence of stress-related gastroduodenal erosions and ulcers, and to assess endoscopically the efficacy of acid-reducing prophylactic treatment. Nineteen patients were randomized t...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Reusser P,Gyr K,Scheidegger D,Buchmann B,Buser M,Zimmerli W

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pulmonary air embolism, causing vessel obstruction and primary or secondary reactions of blood, can lead to acute lung injury. In addition, nitric oxide has been known to play a key role in various causes of lung injury. In this study we employed the isolated rat lung model to investigate the effects of l-arg...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Chu SJ,Lee TY,Yan HC,Lin SH,Li MH

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Hyperammonemia is a key contributing factor for cerebral edema in acute liver failure. Continuous renal replacement therapy may help reduce ammonia levels. However, the optimal timing, mode, intensity, and duration of continuous renal replacement therapy in this setting are unknown. We aimed to study continu...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Warrillow S,Fisher C,Bellomo R

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Therapeutic hypothermia has been used to attenuate the effects of traumatic brain injuries. However, the required degree of hypothermia, length of its use, and its timing are uncertain. We undertook a comprehensive meta-analysis to quantify benefits of hypothermia therapy for traumatic brain injuries in adult...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Crompton EM,Lubomirova I,Cotlarciuc I,Han TS,Sharma SD,Sharma P

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemia of the intestines damages the permeability of the intestinal wall, allowing lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (endotoxin) to leak from the gut lumen into the blood circulation, causing shock and death. We measured LPS levels associated with corticosteroid treatment vs. no treatment in cats whose superior mesenteric ar...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gaffin SL,Gathiram P,Wells MT,Brock-Utne JG

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Tea has been around for centuries, and its medicinal properties have been purported in the literature but never fully confirmed. Interleukin-8 is a principle neutrophil chemoattractant and activator in humans. We determined the effects of theaflavin, a black tea-derived polyphenol, on tumor necrosis factor-al...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Aneja R,Odoms K,Denenberg AG,Wong HR

更新日期：2004-10-01 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 describe opioid use after ICU admission, identify factors associated with chronic opioid use after critical care, and determine if chronic opioid use is associated with an increased risk of death. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:Sweden including all registered ICU admissions between 2010 and 2...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： von Oelreich E,Eriksson M,Sjölund KF,Discacciati A,Larsson E,Oldner A

更新日期：2021-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To develop a predictive equation to estimate the frequency of blood drawing for intensive care unit (ICU) laboratory tests and to evaluate variations in ICU blood sampling practices after adjusting for patient and institutional factors. DESIGN:Prospective, inception, cohort study. SETTING:Forty-two ICUs in...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zimmerman JE,Seneff MG,Sun X,Wagner DP,Knaus WA

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The administration of endotoxin to healthy humans reduces cerebral blood flow but its influence on dynamic cerebral autoregulation remains unknown. We considered that a reduction in arterial carbon dioxide tension would attenuate cerebral perfusion and improve dynamic cerebral autoregulation in healthy subjec...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Brassard P,Kim YS,van Lieshout J,Secher NH,Rosenmeier JB

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found that altering aspirating flow rate (ASR) and sample tubing length (STL) affected the response time and capnogram of 2 different side-stream capnometers. Increased flow rate shortened rise time, transit time, and total delay time (TDT), whereas increased STL increased transit and TDTs but not rise time. Increa...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schena J,Thompson J,Crone RK

更新日期：1984-08-01 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

authors： Bodi M,Ardanuy C,Rello J

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To appraise the literature on the effect of initial renal replacement therapy (RRT) modality on clinical outcomes. DESIGN:Systematic review and meta-analysis. SETTING:Academic medical center. PATIENTS AND PARTICIPANTS:Adult critically ill patients with acute kidney injury. INTERVENTIONS:Continuous vs. int...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bagshaw SM,Berthiaume LR,Delaney A,Bellomo R

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Because of their beneficial effects in patients with hemorrhagic shock and multiple-system trauma, hypertonic saline solutions are increasingly being used perioperatively for volume resuscitation. Although the anti-edema effects of hypertonic saline on brain are well documented in a variety of brain injury pa...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Toung TJ,Chen CH,Lin C,Bhardwaj A

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In acute respiratory distress syndrome, conservative fluid management increases ventilator-free days without affecting mortality. Response to fluid management may differ based on patients' initial central venous pressure. We hypothesized that initial central venous pressure would modify the effect of fluid m...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Semler MW,Wheeler AP,Thompson BT,Bernard GR,Wiedemann HP,Rice TW,National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network.

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Develop a scoring system that can assess the management of septic shock by individuals and teams. DESIGN:Retrospective review of videotapes of critical care house staff managing a standardized simulation of septic shock. SETTING:Academic medical center; videotapes were made in a recreated intensive care uni...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ottestad E,Boulet JR,Lighthall GK

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze plasma interferon-gamma and interleukin-10 concentrations in patients with systemic meningococcal disease and patients with severe Gram-positive septic shock caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae or Staphylococcus aureus. To study the in vitro cytokine (interferon-gamma and interleukin-10) responses i...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bjerre A,Brusletto B,Høiby EA,Kierulf P,Brandtzaeg P

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To define the role of the intensivist in the initiation and management of patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. DESIGN:Retrospective review of the literature and expert consensus. SETTING:Series of in-person meetings, conference calls, and emails from January 2018 to March 2019. SUBJECTS:A mult...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： DellaVolpe J,Barbaro RP,Cannon JW,Fan E,Greene WR,Gunnerson KJ,Napolitano LM,Ovil A,Pamplin JC,Schmidt M,Sorce LR,Brodie D

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The successful management of an influenza pandemic will be reliant on the expertise of healthcare workers at high risk for occupationally acquired influenza. Recommended infection control measures for healthcare workers include surgical masks to protect against droplet-spread respiratory transmissible infecti...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gralton J,McLaws ML

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between behavioral alterations and changes in monoaminergic systems provoked by ischemia-reperfusion liver injury in rats. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled animal study. SETTING:University animal laboratory. SUBJECTS:Male Wistar rats. INTERVENTIONS:Acute liver fai...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Adachi N,Inoue H,Arai T

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:One in five Americans dies following treatment in an intensive care unit (ICU), and evidence indicates the need to improve end-of-life care for ICU patients. We conducted this study to elicit the views and experiences of ICU directors regarding barriers to optimal end-of-life care and to identify the type, av...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Nelson JE,Angus DC,Weissfeld LA,Puntillo KA,Danis M,Deal D,Levy MM,Cook DJ,Critical Care Peer Workgroup of the Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care Project.

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pressure inflating the lung during mechanical ventilation is the difference between pressure applied at the airway opening (Pao) and pleural pressure (Ppl). Depending on the chest wall's contribution to respiratory mechanics, a given positive end-expiratory and/or end-inspiratory plateau pressure may be appro...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Talmor D,Sarge T,O'Donnell CR,Ritz R,Malhotra A,Lisbon A,Loring SH

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00