Evaluation of an "in vivo" PaO2 and PaCO2 monitor in the management of respiratory failure.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether four stages of weaning (acute, prewean, wean, and outcome) could be identified by using clinical instruments designed to quantify severity of illness, patient stability, or weaning readiness. The instruments used were the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE III), the Th...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Burns SM,Ryan B,Burns JE

更新日期：2000-07-01 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

authors： Tharp BR,Laboyrie PM

更新日期：1983-12-01 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：:As of October 1985, 37 candidates have passed the final examination in intensive care for the Diploma of Fellow of the Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FFARACS). In September 1984, 23 of these successful candidates responded to a questionnaire seeking information on their educational e...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Byth PL,Harrison GA

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In postcardiac surgery patients, we often noticed that monitored tidal volumes exceeded the ventilator settings. We investigated whether cardiogenic oscillation causes overestimation of tidal volume. DESIGN:Prospective, observational, clinical study. SETTING:Surgical intensive care unit in a national heart...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Imanaka H,Takeuchi M,Tachibana K,Nishimura M

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computers are commonly used to serve many functions in today's modern intensive care unit. One of the most intriguing and perhaps most challenging applications of computers has been to attempt to improve medical education. With the introduction of the first computer, medical educators began looking for ways to incorpo...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Tegtmeyer K,Ibsen L,Goldstein B

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disciplines of critical care and palliative care may initially seem to be polar opposites, yet they share fundamental features. Both focus on the sickest patients in the healthcare system. Each discipline's primary goal-extending life for critical care and comfort and quality of life for palliative care-represents...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Byock I

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Acute-phase proteins, such as C-reactive protein and albumin, may be related with course and outcome in status epilepticus, as changes of cytokine levels and blood-brain barrier breakdown during status epilepticus have been demonstrated. The aim of this study was to elucidate the association of C-reactive pro...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sutter R,Grize L,Fuhr P,Rüegg S,Marsch S

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of hypertonic saline on bacterial translocation and the number and function of natural killer and T cells in controlled hemorrhagic shock. DESIGN:Randomized controlled study. Duration of follow-up was 24 hrs. SETTING:University research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Adult male Sprague-Dawley r...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hirsh M,Dyugovskaya L,Bashenko Y,Krausz MM

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess survival after cardiac arrest and to determine whether age is an independent determinant of late mortality or poor neurologic outcome. DESIGN:Analyses using results of Brain Resuscitation Clinical Trial I (1979 to 1984) and Brain Resuscitation Clinical Trial II (1984 to 1989), two randomized, doubl...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rogove HJ,Safar P,Sutton-Tyrrell K,Abramson NS

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The records of 101 drowning or near-drowning victims admitted to Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (CHLA) between January 1975 and June 1978 were reviewed. The admission Glasgow coma score could be assigned retrospectively to 94 patients. A low score (less than 5) predicted a high risk group of patients with 80% mort...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dean JM,Kaufman ND

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop practice parameters for the evaluation of adult patients who develop a new fever in the intensive care unit (ICU) for the purpose of guiding clinical practice. PARTICIPANTS:A task force of 13 experts in disciplines related to critical care medicine, infectious diseases, and surgery was convened fr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： O'Grady NP,Barie PS,Bartlett J,Bleck T,Garvey G,Jacobi J,Linden P,Maki DG,Nam M,Pasculle W,Pasquale MD,Tribett DL,Masur H

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A hallmark of amniotic fluid embolism is the induction of coagulation defects. Little is known about the nature of these defects or the causative agent or agents. The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of meconium containing (native) meconium-amniotic-fluid infusion (MAFI) and meconium-free (cent...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Petroianu GA,Altmannsberger SH,Maleck WH,Assmus HP,Friedberg C,Bergler WF,Rüfer R

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We previously reported gene expression-based endotypes of pediatric septic shock, endotypes A and B, and that corticosteroid exposure was independently associated with increased mortality among pediatric endotype A patients. The Vasopressin vs Norepinephrine as Initial Therapy in Septic Shock trial tested th...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wong HR,Hart KW,Lindsell CJ,Sweeney TE

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between the performance of a tracheostomy and intensive care unit and postintensive care unit mortality, controlling for treatment selection bias and confounding variables. DESIGN:Prospective, observational, cohort study. SETTING:Twelve French medical or surgical intensive care un...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Clec'h C,Alberti C,Vincent F,Garrouste-Orgeas M,de Lassence A,Toledano D,Azoulay E,Adrie C,Jamali S,Zaccaria I,Cohen Y,Timsit JF

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Acute renal failure is a complication in critically ill patients that has been associated with an excess risk of hospital mortality. Whether this reflects the severity of the disease or whether acute renal failure is an independent risk factor is unknown. The aim of this study was to analyze severity of illn...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Metnitz PG,Krenn CG,Steltzer H,Lang T,Ploder J,Lenz K,Le Gall JR,Druml W

更新日期：2002-09-01 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

authors： Bark BP,Persson J,Grände PO

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chest physiotherapy (CPT) is used frequently in the ICU, but there is little available information that quantitates its effect on cardiac or respiratory function. Nineteen mechanically ventilated patients with post-traumatic respiratory failure were studied before, immediately after, and 2 h after CPT was used to mana...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Mackenzie CF,Shin B

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A portable video image-processor unit used to evaluate bedside digital subtraction angiography yields sufficient information on the major arterial vessels and the heart, using standard x-ray equipment at fluoroscopic energy levels. This unit should contribute to the evaluation of the critically ill patient in the ICU....

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Janssen JH,Ackermans J,Tijdens F,Verstraelen B,de Zwaan C,Bär F,Brugada P

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A polarographic conjunctival oxygen sensor was used to measure oxygen tension in a tissue bed supplied by the internal carotid artery. The shared vascular source of the conjunctiva and brain suggests that conjunctival PO2 monitoring may provide an index of cerebral perfusion. We studied the effects of hyperventilation...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Nisam M,Albertson TE,Panacek E,Rutherford W,Fisher CJ Jr

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) influences the proinflammatory immune response of the gut after hemorrhage. DESIGN:Random assignment to either unmanipulated control after 7 days of SDD or conventional rat chow, or hemorrhagic shock group after the same time of conventio...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kahlke V,Fändrich F,Brötzmann K,Zabel P,Schröder J

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemodynamic effects of iso-oncotic 3% dextran-60, 6% dextran-70, and Ringer's acetate were compared in 28 male pigs (25 to 30 kg) subjected to experimental trauma and hemorrhage. The animals were kept anesthetized with 75% N2O/25% O2, 0.8% halothane. Hemodynamic and respiratory conditions were allowed to stabilize for...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schött U,Lindbom LO,Sjöstrand U

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Chronic diabetes mellitus (DM) is a known cause of multisystem injury. The effect of DM in acute critical illness may also be detrimental, but is not specifically known. We hypothesized that the preexisting diagnosis of DM is an independent risk factor for mortality in critically ill patients. DESIGN:Paralle...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Graham BB,Keniston A,Gajic O,Trillo Alvarez CA,Medvedev S,Douglas IS

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine a meta-analytical definition of the discriminant power of Ranson's signs in the prediction of acute pancreatitis severity and outcome, and of their information content, also compared with clinical judgment. DATA SOURCES:Two hundred eleven studies since 1974, reporting any predictive system for a...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： De Bernardinis M,Violi V,Roncoroni L,Boselli AS,Giunta A,Peracchia A

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Anxiety results from the anticipation of a threat and might be associated with poor outcome in the critically ill. This study aims at showing that anxiety at admission in critically ill patients is associated with new organ failure over the first 7 days of ICU hospitalization independently of baseline organ ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Mazeraud A,Polito A,Sivanandamoorthy S,Porcher R,Heming N,Stoclin A,Hissem T,Antona M,Blot F,Gaillard R,Chrétien F,Annane D,Bozza FAB,Siami S,Sharshar T,Groupe d’Explorations Neurologiques en Réanimation (GENER).

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine a) if the admission osmole gap, the difference between osmolality and osmolarity, is the same in the neurologic-neurosurgical intensive care unit (NNICU) population as in healthy controls; b) which of 11 osmole gap formulas, or osmolality, correlates best with mannitol serum concentrations; c) wh...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： García-Morales EJ,Cariappa R,Parvin CA,Scott MG,Diringer MN

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Acute lung injury secondary to smoke inhalation is a major source of morbidity and mortality in burn patients. We tested the hypothesis that nebulized epinephrine would ameliorate pulmonary dysfunction secondary to acute lung injury by reducing airway hyperemia and edema formation and mediating bronchodilatat...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lange M,Hamahata A,Traber DL,Cox RA,Kulp GA,Nakano Y,Traber LD,Herndon DN,Enkhbaatar P

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a consecutive 17 month period, 15 trauma patients were diagnosed as having a myocardial contusion on the basis of abnormal ECG in 14 patients, elevated creatinine phosphokinase (CPK) in 13 patients, and elevated CPK-Muscle Brain (CPK-MB) isoenzyme determination in 11 patients. Using these screening modalities, ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Torres-Mirabal P,Gruenberg JC,Talbert JG,Brown RS

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To correlate radiant warmer bed power output with state of hydration in the critically ill infant, warmer power input was measured by a wattmeter and recorded by an on-line computer every 5 sec for 2 periods of 8-24 h each in 11 newborns with respiratory distress syndrome (mean birth weight 1.42 kg, mean gestational a...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Engle WD,Baumgart S,Fox WW,Polin RA

更新日期：1982-10-01 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