Foreign-body pneumonitis associated with tracheostomy.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased cardiac index, oxygen delivery (DO2), and oxygen consumption (VO2) patterns were shown to characterize the physiologic status of surviving high-risk surgical patients, and indicate increased metabolic needs; relatively normal DO2 and VO2 values were found to characterize the sequential pattern of n...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shoemaker WC,Appel PL,Kram HB

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Ventilator settings for patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome supported by venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation are currently set arbitrarily. The impact on serum and pulmonary biotrauma markers of the transition to ultra-protective ventilation settings following extracorporeal...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rozencwajg S,Guihot A,Franchineau G,Lescroat M,Bréchot N,Hékimian G,Lebreton G,Autran B,Luyt CE,Combes A,Schmidt M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We recently reported that bacterial lipopolysaccharide stimulates release of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha from both human vascular tissue and cultured smooth muscle cells. In the current study, we tested the hypothesis that increased intracellular cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) could inhibi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zhang LM,Castresana MR,Shaker IJ,Dalton ML,Leeper-Woodford SK,Newman WH

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quality improvement (QI) activities have been done as long as medicine has been practiced and are integral to safety and efficacy of patient care. The 20th century witnessed sophisticated advances of QI methods, with concurrent advances in research ethics. The suggestion that some interventional QI activities resemble...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kofke WA,Rie MA

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Case fatality in pregnancy-associated severe sepsis or septic shock appears reduced compared with nonpregnant women with severe sepsis or septic shock. It remains unclear if this difference is due to pregnancy or better baseline health status, among others. Our study compared adverse outcomes of pregnancy-as...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kidson KM,Henderson WR,Hutcheon JA

更新日期：2018-11-01 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

authors： Qureshi AI,Sung GY,Razumovsky AY,Lane K,Straw RN,Ulatowski JA

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Randomized trials have suggested that hypertonic saline solutions may be superior to mannitol for the treatment of elevated intracranial pressure, but their impact on clinical practice has been limited, partly by their small size. We therefore combined their findings in a meta-analysis. DATA SOURCES:We sear...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kamel H,Navi BB,Nakagawa K,Hemphill JC 3rd,Ko NU

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an increasing evidence that survivors of critical illness suffer from impaired health-related quality of life. There are relatively few studies that have evaluated the effect of interventions in clinical trials to improve these long-term outcomes. Studies to improve long-term outcomes after critical illness f...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rubenfeld GD

更新日期：2009-01-01 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

authors： Ye R,Yang Q,Kong X,Li N,Zhang Y,Han J,Xiong L,Liu X,Zhao G

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was found that, during 1974, it cost an average of $8842 ($12,909 in 1979) to care for a survivor of severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) who required mechanical ventilation in this ICU compared to $2448 ($3574 in 1979) for nonsurvivors. Death in 15 out of the 16 nonsurvivors was accompanied by grade III-IV i...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shannon DC,Crone RK,Todres ID,Krishnamoorthy KS

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

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

authors： Tiainen M,Kovala TT,Takkunen OS,Roine RO

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recent in vivo studies of both septic humans and animals demonstrate that leukocyte delivery is attenuated to sites remote from the primary infection. The mechanisms for this are not entirely clear. L-selectin is integral to rolling, the first step in leukocyte recruitment to an inflammatory site. L-selectin ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ferri LE,Swartz D,Christou NV

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of a bolus infusion of diaspirin cross-linked hemoglobin (DCLHb or hemoglobin crosfumaril) on the ileal mucosal microcirculation in septic rats. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, single-blinded study. SETTING:University-affiliated animal research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Twenty-four male ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sielenkämper AW,Eichelbrönner O,Martin CM,Madorin SW,Chin-Yee IH,Sibbald WJ

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND METHODS:To determine the effects of reduced cerebral perfusion pressures produced by hemorrhage alone or in combination with intracranial hypertension on thromboxane A2 (TxA2) production, we undertook a randomized study in 38 anesthetized, mongrel dogs. Animals were subjected to 30 mins of hemorrhagic sh...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kong DL,Prough DS,Whitley JM,Taylor C,Vines S,Deal DD,DeWitt DS

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To elucidate sources of variability in the estimate of treatment effects in a successful phase 3 trial in severe sepsis and to assess their implications on the design of future clinical trials. DESIGN:Retrospective evaluation of prospectively defined subgroups from a large phase 3, placebo-controlled clinica...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Macias WL,Vallet B,Bernard GR,Vincent JL,Laterre PF,Nelson DR,Derchak PA,Dhainaut JF

更新日期：2004-12-01 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

authors： Kacmarek RM,Mang H,Barker N,Cycyk-Chapman MC

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further define cardiovascular abnormalities in patients with septic shock, serial conventional hemodynamic measurements combined with two-dimensional echocardiographic studies were performed at the bedside in 21 patients admitted for an acute episode of sepsis-related circulatory failure. Measurements obtained duri...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Jardin F,Brun-Ney D,Auvert B,Beauchet A,Bourdarias JP

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the effects of sustained, 3-day endotoxin infusion on early steps of the insulin-signaling pathway in rat liver and skeletal muscle in vivo; to examine insulin signaling in well-established acute endotoxin models of insulin resistance. DESIGN:Prospective, controlled animal study. SETTING:Unive...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： McCowen KC,Ling PR,Ciccarone A,Mao Y,Chow JC,Bistrian BR,Smith RJ

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Guidelines recommend offering family members of critically ill patients the option to attend interdisciplinary team rounds as a way to improve communication and satisfaction. Uncertainty remains around the benefits and risks. DESIGN:We conducted an observational study to describe family participation in ICU...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Au SS,Roze des Ordons AL,Parsons Leigh J,Soo A,Guienguere S,Bagshaw SM,Stelfox HT

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven cases of renal failure associated with resection of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm and requiring hemodialysis are reported. Previously described series have emphasized the extremely high mortality rate in such patients. In our clinical experience, however, 8 of 11 consecutively treated patients with this cl...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sapir DG,Dandy WE Jr,Whelton A,Cooke CR

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Significant mortality in patients with sepsis results from the development of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. Small-volume resuscitation with 7.5% NaCl hypertonic saline has been proposed to restore physiologic hemodynamics in hemorrhagic shock. Therefore, we hypothesized that hypertonic saline resuscita...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shih CC,Chen SJ,Chen A,Wu JY,Liaw WJ,Wu CC

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial II showed that moricizine acutely increases the occurrence of sudden cardiac death. Thus the objective of this investigation was to evaluate the antifibrillatory properties of moricizine (a new antiarrhythmic agent) alone and in combination with lidocaine (an establish...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ujhelyi MR,O'Rangers EA,Fan C,Kluger J,Chow MS

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The current trend to manage critically ill hematologic patients admitted with acute respiratory failure is to perform noninvasive ventilation to avoid endotracheal intubation. However, failure of noninvasive ventilation may lead to an increased mortality. DESIGN:Retrospective study to determine the frequenc...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Adda M,Coquet I,Darmon M,Thiery G,Schlemmer B,Azoulay E

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether treatment with patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) alone or in combination with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs can prevent postoperative pulmonary complications after cardiac surgery, when compared with conventional nurse-controlled analgesia. DESIGN:Randomized controlled trial. SE...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gust R,Pecher S,Gust A,Hoffmann V,Böhrer H,Martin E

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the frequency and effects of weaning-related myocardial ischemia on weaning outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Medical and cardiac intensive care units of a 300-bed teaching community hospital. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS:Three-lead ST...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Srivastava S,Chatila W,Amoateng-Adjepong Y,Kanagasegar S,Jacob B,Zarich S,Manthous CA

更新日期：1999-10-01 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

authors： Safdar N,Maki DG

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pneumonia accounts for almost half of intensive care unit (ICU) infections and nearly 60% of deaths from nosocomial infections. It increases hospital stay by 7-9 days, crude mortality by 70% and attributable mortality by 30%. OBJECTIVE:Our purpose was to assess the impact of standard operating procedures ad...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Nachtigall I,Tamarkin A,Tafelski S,Deja M,Halle E,Gastmeier P,Wernecke KD,Bauer T,Kastrup M,Spies C

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the treatment of 26 shocked patients, measurements were made of the central blood to peripheral skin temperature gradient. No significant correlation was found between this gradient and cardiac index (CI), or systemic vascular resistance (SVR) or its index (SVRI). There was no significant correlation between th...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Woods I,Wilkins RG,Edwards JD,Martin PD,Faragher EB

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury occurs in up to 50% of patients and is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. This study aimed to discover if perioperative urinary alkalinization with sodium bicarbonate infusion reduces the prevalence of cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney inju...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： McGuinness SP,Parke RL,Bellomo R,Van Haren FM,Bailey M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study is to: 1) describe a newly mechanism of blood flow to the brain during cardiopulmonary resuscitation using the impedance threshold device in a piglet model of cardiac arrest, and 2) describe the survival benefits in humans of applying all of the highly recommended changes in the 2005...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Aufderheide TP,Alexander C,Lick C,Myers B,Romig L,Vartanian L,Stothert J,McKnite S,Matsuura T,Yannopoulos D,Lurie K

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00