Simultaneous monitoring of transcutaneous blood gases and heart-rate variability in neonates.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe critical illnesses that occur commonly in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. METHODS:We reviewed and summarized the literature on critical illness in HIV infection using a computerized MEDLINE search. SUMMARY:In the last 10 yrs, our perception of HIV infection and acquir...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rosen MJ,Narasimhan M

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Our primary goal was to evaluate the impact on in-hospital mortality rate of adequate empirical antibiotic therapy, after controlling for confounding variables, in a cohort of patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with sepsis. The impact of adequate empirical antibiotic therapy on early (<3 days...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Garnacho-Montero J,Garcia-Garmendia JL,Barrero-Almodovar A,Jimenez-Jimenez FJ,Perez-Paredes C,Ortiz-Leyba C

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Using a modification of the Bohr equation, single-breath carbon dioxide capnography is a noninvasive technology for calculating physiologic dead space (V(D)/V(T)). The objective of this study was to identify a minimal V(D)/V(T) value for predicting successful extubation from mechanical ventilation in pediatri...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hubble CL,Gentile MA,Tripp DS,Craig DM,Meliones JN,Cheifetz IM

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Septic shock represents the major cause of infection-associated mortality in the intensive care unit. The possibility that combination antibiotic therapy of bacterial septic shock improves outcome is controversial. Current guidelines do not recommend combination therapy except for the express purpose of broa...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kumar A,Zarychanski R,Light B,Parrillo J,Maki D,Simon D,Laporta D,Lapinsky S,Ellis P,Mirzanejad Y,Martinka G,Keenan S,Wood G,Arabi Y,Feinstein D,Kumar A,Dodek P,Kravetsky L,Doucette S,Cooperative Antimicrobial Thera

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether high rates of ineffective triggering within the first 24 hrs of mechanical ventilation (MV) are associated with longer MV duration and shorter ventilator-free survival (VFS). DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Medical intensive care unit (ICU) at an academic medical center. PATI...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： de Wit M,Miller KB,Green DA,Ostman HE,Gennings C,Epstein SK

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the potential clinical, metabolic, and economic advantages of enteral nutrition over total parenteral nutrition. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized clinical trial. SETTING:Department of surgery in a university hospital. PATIENTS:Two hundred and fifty-seven patients with cancer of the stomach (n = 1...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Braga M,Gianotti L,Gentilini O,Parisi V,Salis C,Di Carlo V

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reimbursement policies are a critical step in the incorporation of new technologies and therapies into the clinical armamentarium. Reimbursement is an umbrella concept describing the process to manage and pay for healthcare services, including benefit coverage, coding, and payment processes. The technologies and servi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Reaven NL,Rosenbloom J

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transfusion-associated circulatory overload is the most frequent serious adverse transfusion reaction, with an incidence close to 1% of transfused patients in the general adult population. Patients in ICUs are probably more at risk of transfusion-associated circulatory overload as they are more frequently transfused a...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： De Cloedt L,Savy N,Gauvin F,Taylor S,Lacroix J,Emeriaud G

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The equipment, monitor alarms, and acuity of patients in ICUs make it one of the loudest patient care areas in a hospital. Increased sound levels may contribute to worsened outcomes in these particularly vulnerable patients. Our objective was to determine whether ambient sound levels in surgical ICUs comply w...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Tainter CR,Levine AR,Quraishi SA,Butterly AD,Stahl DL,Eikermann M,Kaafarani HM,Lee J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The educational objectives in use in our Pediatric ICU are described. These have importance for educational programs in critical care medicine, in particular, where patient care needs can easily overwhelm educational needs. It is important not to overlook our role as teachers in the development of proper attitudes and...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kravath RE

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The administration of vasopressin during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) provides significantly more vital organ blood flow when compared with epinephrine during cardiac arrest in pigs. The effects of this potent vasoconstrictor on postresuscitation cardiovascular function remain unknown. The purpose of t...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Prengel AW,Lindner KH,Keller A,Lurie KG

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Preliminary experimental data suggest that selective β1-blockers may improve ex vivo cardiac function in animal sepsis. Currently, the effects of esmolol on in vivo cardiac function and on vascular function are unknown. The present study was designed to examine the effects of the β1-selective blocker esmolol ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kimmoun A,Louis H,Al Kattani N,Delemazure J,Dessales N,Wei C,Marie PY,Issa K,Levy B

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:: To characterize the epidemiology and burden of early-onset, nonnosocomial candidemia. DESIGN:: Retrospective review of Cardinal Health Outcomes Research Database, which comprises all acute care admissions at participating hospitals. SETTING:: A total of 176 acute care hospitals. PATIENTS:: All patients ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shorr AF,Gupta V,Sun X,Johannes RS,Spalding J,Tabak YP

更新日期：2009-09-01 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 determine the role of serum albumin concentration as a predictor of mechanical ventilation dependency. DESIGN:Prospective, observation trial. SETTING:Multidisciplinary intensive care unit (ICU) in a university hospital. PATIENTS:One hundred forty-five consecutive patients who required mechanical ventila...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sapijaszko MJ,Brant R,Sandham D,Berthiaume Y

更新日期：1996-04-01 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：OBJECTIVES:In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we assessed whether a high CO2 gap predicts mortality in adult critically ill patients with circulatory shock. DATA SOURCES:A systematic search of MEDLINE and EMBASE electronic databases from inception to October 2019. STUDY SELECTION:Studies from adult (age ≥ 1...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Al Duhailib Z,Hegazy AF,Lalli R,Fiorini K,Priestap F,Iansavichene A,Slessarev M

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Sepsis-induced multi-organ failure continues to have a high mortality. The liver is an organ central to the disease pathogenesis. The objective of this study was to identify the liver proteins that change in abundance with sepsis and subsequently identify new drug targets. DESIGN:Proteomic discovery study an...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dear JW,Leelahavanichkul A,Aponte A,Hu X,Constant SL,Hewitt SM,Yuen PS,Star RA

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Muscle weakness associated with critical illness can be due to the illness itself, immobilization associated with it, and/or to concomitant use of drugs that affect neuromuscular transmission. This study investigated the contribution of immobilization per se to the muscle dysfunction, as well as the associat...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ibebunjo C,Martyn JA

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether partial liquid ventilation (PLV) affects the risk of nosocomial pneumonia. STUDY DESIGN:To assess in vitro bacterial adhesion and viability after liquid perfluorocarbon exposure and to assess bacterial recovery after partial liquid ventilation in vivo in rabbits. SETTING:University anim...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sajan I,Scannapieco FA,Fuhrman BP,Steinhorn DM

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the variability in short-term sepsis mortality by hospital among Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services beneficiaries in the United States during 2013-2014. DESIGN:A retrospective cohort design. SETTING:Hospitalizations from 3,068 acute care hospitals that participated in the Centers for Medi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hatfield KM,Dantes RB,Baggs J,Sapiano MRP,Fiore AE,Jernigan JA,Epstein L

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 8-yr-old child suffered traumatic bilateral pneumothoraces and a ruptured right main bronchus. Surgical repair of the bronchus was postponed for 18 h after a definite diagnosis was established due to severe hypoxemia and hypercarbia. Only left endobronchial high-frequency ventilation with muscle relaxation correcte...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Pizov R,Shir Y,Eimerl D,Uretzky G,Milgalter E,Cotev S

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Procalcitonin may be associated with reduced antibiotic usage compared to usual care. However, individual randomized controlled trials testing this hypothesis were too small to rule out harm, and the full cost-benefit of this strategy has not been evaluated. The purpose of this analysis was to evaluate the ef...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Heyland DK,Johnson AP,Reynolds SC,Muscedere J

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND METHODS:Calcium-channel blockers may attenuate vasospasm after transient ischemia and improve organ blood flow after resuscitation. Our aim was to assess the effect of diltiazem on systemic oxygen delivery and consumption, hemodynamics, electroencephalogram (EEG), and organ blood flow after restoration o...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lindner KH,Prengel AW,Ahnefeld FW,Ensinger H,Schürmann W

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High frequency positive pressure ventilation (HFPPV) was compared with normal frequency positive pressure ventilation (NFPPV) during diagnostic fiberoptic-bronchoscopy. HFPPV was achieved by a simple modification of the Minivent, and gave satisfactory alveolar ventilation and oxygenation. In all 11 patients and over p...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Flatau E,Lewinsohn G,Konichezky S,Lev A,Barzilay E

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient with neurogenic pulmonary edema was successfully treated with the alpha-blocking agent, chlorpromazine. A pathophysiologic basis for this drug's efficacy is discussed. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wohns RN,Tamas L,Pierce KR,Howe JF

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cytomegalovirus reactivation may complicate critical illness in latent carriers of the virus, even in patients who were previously immunocompetent. Patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome are considered to be prone for reactivation. Prophylactic antiviral therapy in immunocompetent cytomegalovirus s...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ong DS,Klein Klouwenberg PM,Verduyn Lunel FM,Spitoni C,Frencken JF,Dekker HA,Schultz MJ,Bonten MJ,Cremer OL

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review published studies of the influence of platelet factor 4 (PF4) and other cationic proteins on the generation of activated protein C (APC) by the thrombomodulin-protein C system. DATA SOURCE:Using the PubMed citation index, literature published from 1973 to 2003 regarding cationic proteins, PF4, and ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Slungaard A

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Mechanical circulatory support can maintain vital organ perfusion in patients with cardiac failure unresponsive to standard pharmacologic treatment. The purpose of the current study was to report complication and survival rates in patients supported with emergency percutaneous venoarterial cardiopulmonary byp...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schwarz B,Mair P,Margreiter J,Pomaroli A,Hoermann C,Bonatti J,Lindner KH

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00