Use of the anterior cricoid split operation in infants with acquired subglottic stenosis.

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

authors： Chandel NS,Budinger GR,Mutlu GM,Varga J,Synenki L,Donnelly HK,Zirk A,Eisenbart J,Jovanovic B,Jain M

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in prenatal and neonatal care have increased the number of live births and extended the life expectancy of critically ill premature infants. These infants represent a formidable therapeutic challenge in that multisystem involvement and previously uncommon conditions, such as intravascular coagulation, ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Aschinberh LC,Zeis PM,Hageman JR,Vidyasagar D

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of ACTH-(1-24) to prolong survival and to extend the deadline for effective blood reinfusion has been studied in a model of lethal hypovolemic shock in the rat. Anesthetized rats were bled to a mean arterial pressure of 18 to 25 mm Hg and then subjected to one of the following iv treatments: a) saline; b) ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Guarini S,Tagliavini S,Bazzani C,Ferrari W,Bertolini A

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective randomized trial in patients with a history of preoperative pulmonary hypertension who were undergoing surgery for valvular replacement or annuloplasty, the effects of ketanserin (KET) (12 patients) and sodium nitroprusside (SNP) (14 patients) on the systemic and pulmonary circulation and pulmonary sh...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： van der Starre PJ,Feld RJ,Reneman RS

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Sepsis is life-threatening organ dysfunction due to dysregulated host responses to infection. Current knowledge of human B-cell alterations in sepsis is sparse. We tested the hypothesis that B-cell loss in sepsis involves distinct subpopulations of B cells and investigated mechanisms of B-cell depletion. DES...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shankar-Hari M,Fear D,Lavender P,Mare T,Beale R,Swanson C,Singer M,Spencer J

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on the effects of restoring hormonal levels and/or influence on muscle protein metabolism in the stressed state. We have highlighted our clinical experience in the administration of anabolic and anticatabolic agents in stressed clinical populations, primarily adult and pediatric burn injury, as wel...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ferrando AA,Wolfe RR

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the supplementation of parenteral nutrition with ω-3 fatty acids confers treatment benefits to critically ill adult patients. DATA SOURCE:We performed computerized searches for relevant articles from 1996 to June 2011 on MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane register of controlled trials and...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Palmer AJ,Ho CK,Ajibola O,Avenell A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To address the association between the 2003 heat wave in Paris (France) and the occurrence of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. DESIGN:: An analysis of the interventions of the medical mobile intensive care units of the City of Paris for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and prehospital myocardial infarctions, w...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Empana JP,Sauval P,Ducimetiere P,Tafflet M,Carli P,Jouven X

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vecuronium's short half-life and minimal cardiopulmonary side-effects make it a suitable drug for continuous infusion. Vecuronium is used frequently in critically ill patients to increase their total compliance and to minimize the adverse effects of mechanical ventilation. This crossover, prospective study evaluates t...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Eldadah MK,Newth CJ

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Resuscitation of hemorrhagic hypotension after traumatic brain injury is challenging. A hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier may offer advantages. The novel therapeutic hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier, polynitroxylated pegylated hemoglobin (PNPH), may represent a neuroprotective hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier for...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shellington DK,Du L,Wu X,Exo J,Vagni V,Ma L,Janesko-Feldman K,Clark RS,Bayir H,Dixon CE,Jenkins LW,Hsia CJ,Kochanek PM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:a) To quantify the use of do-not-resuscitate orders in a tertiary care children's hospital; and b) to characterize the circumstances in which such orders are written. DESIGN:Retrospective chart review. SETTING:University teaching hospital. PATIENTS:All inpatients who died in an urban children's hospital o...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lantos JD,Berger AC,Zucker AR

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine how many multicenter, randomized controlled trials have been published that assess mortality as a primary outcome in the adult intensive care unit population, and to evaluate their methodologic quality. DATA SOURCE:A sensitive search strategy for randomized controlled trials was conducted in th...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ospina-Tascón GA,Büchele GL,Vincent JL

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac arrest has a poor prognosis, regardless of age group. Children who fail to respond to two standard doses of epinephrine (0.01 mg/kg) rarely survive to hospital discharge, and most die without the return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). We treated seven consecutive children in cardiac arrest with high dose ep...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Goetting MG,Paradis NA

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Evaluate clinicians' sentiments about participating in cardiac arrest resuscitations and identify factors associated with confidence in resuscitation of cardiac arrest. DESIGN:Electronic survey. SETTING:Twenty-one hospitals in Utah and Idaho. SUBJECTS:All attending physicians, residents, and nurses in a m...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Peltan ID,Poll J,Sorensen J,Guidry D,Chandler M,Beninati W,Brown SM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perfluorocarbon (PFC) emulsions are promising oxygen-carrying blood supplements for the treatment of shock and in organ preservation for transplantation. We used the isolated, blood-perfused, canine right lower lung lobe (RLL) to determine the effect of a PFC emulsion, Oxypherol (FC-43), upon lung fluid balance and he...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hall JE,Ehrhart IC,Hofman WF

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated clinically the differences in respiratory work of patients imposed by three modes of one ventilator: the flow-by system, the demand valve system, and the pressure support system. Inspiratory work using flow-by and pressure support systems was reduced sufficiently when compared to the demand valve syste...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Saito S,Tokioka H,Kosaka F

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Acute respiratory distress syndrome is occasionally seen in newborn infants due to a severe inflammatory process in the lungs that affects capillary-alveolar permeability, epithelial integrity, and type I and II pneumocyte function. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a topically applied nu...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ankermann T,Reisner A,Wiemann T,Krams M,Köhler H,Krause MF

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Life and death triage decisions are made daily by intensive care unit physicians. Admission to an intensive care unit is denied when intensive care unit resources are constrained, especially for the elderly. OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of intensive care unit triage decisions on mortality and intensive ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sprung CL,Artigas A,Kesecioglu J,Pezzi A,Wiis J,Pirracchio R,Baras M,Edbrooke DL,Pesenti A,Bakker J,Hargreaves C,Gurman G,Cohen SL,Lippert A,Payen D,Corbella D,Iapichino G

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of creatinine clearance (CC) in ICU patients was compared using three methods. The reference method (CC 24 h) used measurements of serum creatinine and urinary creatinine after collection of urine over a 24-h period. The other two methods were predictive methods: the Kampmann nomogram and the formula develo...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Martin C,Alaya M,Bras J,Saux P,Gouin F

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Unplanned readmission of hospitalized patients to an intensive care unit (ICU) is associated with a worse outcome, but our ability to identify who is likely to deteriorate after ICU dismissal is limited. The objective of this study is to develop and validate a numerical index, named the Stability and Workload...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gajic O,Malinchoc M,Comfere TB,Harris MR,Achouiti A,Yilmaz M,Schultz MJ,Hubmayr RD,Afessa B,Farmer JC

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the degree of complement activation in 15 patients receiving massive blood transfusions and 21 patients with the septic syndrome and examined its association with other risk factors for adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Patients with massive transfusion (n = 8) as their only risk factor for ARDS ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ketai LH,Grum CM

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The requirement for a blood transfusion after trauma is associated with an increased risk of acute lung injury. Residual leukocytes contaminating red cells are potential mediators of this syndrome. The goal of this trial was to test our hypothesis that prestorage leukoreduction of blood would reduce rates of ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Watkins TR,Rubenfeld GD,Martin TR,Nester TA,Caldwell E,Billgren J,Ruzinski J,Nathens AB

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the early myocardial biochemical inflammatory response with the microdialysis technique during porcine endotoxemia and to simultaneously monitor systemic hemodynamics. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled trial with parallel groups. SETTING:Animal research laboratory at the Univers...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Mutschler DK,Eriksson MB,Wikström BG,Lind L,Larsson A,Bergren-Kiiski R,Lagrange A,Nordgren A,Basu S

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that the hypocalcemia and hypoparathyroidism that follow severe burn injury are related to up-regulation of the parathyroid gland calcium-sensing receptor (CaR), which may reduce the set-point for suppression of circulating parathyroid hormone by blood calcium. DESIGN:A controlled but ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Murphey ED,Chattopadhyay N,Bai M,Kifor O,Harper D,Traber DL,Hawkins HK,Brown EM,Klein GL

更新日期：2000-12-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Palliative care is now recognized as an essential component of comprehensive care in serious illness that interferes with quality of life. We explored utilization of palliative care in spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage at a population level using a large national database. DESIGN:Population based cross-s...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Murthy SB,Moradiya Y,Hanley DF,Ziai WC

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Despite the universal proliferation of emergency medical services programs throughout the United States since 1970, only a few have ever documented a valid lifesaving effect, particularly in large, urban centers. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the effect of specialized physician supervision on ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Pepe PE,Mattox KL,Duke JH,Fisher PB,Prentice FD

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Nondepolarizing neuromuscular blocking agents are commonly used in the intensive care setting, but they have occasionally been associated with development of myopathy. In addition, diaphragmatic atrophy and a reduction in diaphragmatic force were reported after short-term controlled mechanical ventilation in ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Testelmans D,Maes K,Wouters P,Gosselin N,Deruisseau K,Powers S,Sciot R,Decramer M,Gayan-Ramirez G

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypophosphatemia may occur in Reye's syndrome. We retrospectively studied 42 patients with Reye's syndrome to determine the frequency and degree of hypophosphatemia, to identify possible causes, and to determine whether hypophosphatemia was related to the severity of disease or mortality. Nineteen (46%) patients were ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Carroll JL,Kanter RK

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the physiology of the regulation and determinants of heart rate and the significance in the management of critically ill patients. DATA SOURCES:The MEDLINE database, references from selected articles, and the author's personal database. DATA SYNTHESIS:This review begins with the regulation of card...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Magder SA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00