Elimination of false-positive limulus amebocyte lysate tests in patients with hyperlipidemia.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Pneumothorax is a frequent complication during mechanical ventilation. Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a noninvasive tool that allows real-time imaging of regional ventilation. The purpose of this study was to 1) identify characteristic changes in the EIT signals associated with pneumothoraces; 2) d...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Costa EL,Chaves CN,Gomes S,Beraldo MA,Volpe MS,Tucci MR,Schettino IA,Bohm SH,Carvalho CR,Tanaka H,Lima RG,Amato MB

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe and identify factors associated with mortality rate and quality of life 1 yr after prolonged mechanical ventilation. DESIGN:Prospective, observational cohort study with patient recruitment over 26 months and follow-up for 1 yr. SETTING:Intensive care units at a tertiary care university hospital....

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Chelluri L,Im KA,Belle SH,Schulz R,Rotondi AJ,Donahoe MP,Sirio CA,Mendelsohn AB,Pinsky MR

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the pulmonary effects of aspirating a mixture of sucralfate in water and sucralfate in hydrochloric acid in an animal model of aspiration pneumonia. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled study with repeated measures. SETTING:University research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Thirty-two in situ, isolate...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Toung TJ,Rosenfeld BA,Yoshiki A,Grayson RF,Traystman RJ

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety and physiologic actions of ibuprofen in patients with severe sepsis. DESIGN:Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. SETTING:Three university hospital medical ICUs. PATIENTS:Twenty-nine patients with clinical evidence of sepsis and the need for hemodynamic monitoring with ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Haupt MT,Jastremski MS,Clemmer TP,Metz CA,Goris GB

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of hypertonic mannitol on postischemic cerebral circulation were studied in 20 dogs. Mannitol, 2 g/kg iv, was infused into ten dogs during a 2-h period starting 1.5 h after 6 min of complete cerebral ischemia. One hour postischemia, regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) was 36% in the control group (ten dogs...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Arai T,Tsukahara I,Nitta K,Watanabe T

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the role of regulatory T cells in the modulation of long-term immune dysfunction during experimental sepsis. It is well established that sepsis predisposes to development of a pronounced immunosuppression. Nevertheless, the mechanisms underlying the immune dysfunction after sepsis are still not...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Nascimento DC,Alves-Filho JC,Sônego F,Fukada SY,Pereira MS,Benjamim C,Zamboni DS,Silva JS,Cunha FQ

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether implementation of Composite Resuscitation Team Training is associated with improvement in survival to discharge and code team performance after pediatric in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest. DESIGN, SETTING, AND SUBJECTS:We conducted a prospective observational study with historical contr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Knight LJ,Gabhart JM,Earnest KS,Leong KM,Anglemyer A,Franzon D

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of glycosylated recombinant human tumor necrosis factor binding protein-1 (r-hTNF binding protein-1), the extracellular domain of the tumor necrosis factor receptor p55 produced in mammalian cells, in a rabbit model of circulatory shock due to Escherichia coli. DESIGN:Prospective, rando...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Porat R,Paddock HN,Schwaitzberg SD,Connolly RJ,Wilkens T,Dasch JR,Gascon MP,Hutchison JS,Ythier A,Wallach D

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although survival is traditionally modeled using Cox proportional hazards modeling, this approach may be inappropriate in sepsis, in which the proportional hazards assumption does not hold. Newer, more flexible models, such as Gray's model, may be more appropriate. OBJECTIVES:To construct and compare Gray's...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kasal J,Jovanovic Z,Clermont G,Weissfeld LA,Kaplan V,Watson RS,Angus DC

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of high-dose N-acetylcysteine on renal function in cardiac surgery patients at higher risk of postoperative renal failure. DESIGN:Multiblind, placebo-controlled, randomized, phase II clinical trial. SETTING:Operating rooms and intensive care units of two tertiary referral hospitals. PA...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Haase M,Haase-Fielitz A,Bagshaw SM,Reade MC,Morgera S,Seevenayagam S,Matalanis G,Buxton B,Doolan L,Bellomo R

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the effects of two different antibiotic regimes on the colonization and infection rates of critically ill pediatric patients. DESIGN:A prospective randomized trial. SETTING:A pediatric ICU in a university hospital. PATIENTS:Fifty critically ill pediatric patients who required intensive care for ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zobel G,Kuttnig M,Grubbauer HM,Semmelrock HJ,Thiel W

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evaluations of plasma leptin and ghrelin levels and their relations with circulating levels of proinflammatory mediators, stress hormones, and biochemical markers of hepatorenal injury during experimental endotoxemia in dogs. SETTING:Uludag University. DESIGN:Placebo-controlled animal study. ANIMALS:Adult ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Yilmaz Z,Ilcol YO,Ulus IH

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：:The ICU has been considered a psychologically stressful environment. Although numerous studies have investigated this stress in ICU nurses, virtually none have examined how stressful the ICU is for physicians. This prospective study compares housestaff physicians' ratings of stress in the ICU to other medical-surgical...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Eisendrath SJ,Link N,Matthay M

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Preclinical studies reveal the neuroprotective properties of xenon, especially when combined with hypothermia. The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility and cardiac safety of inhaled xenon treatment combined with therapeutic hypothermia in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients. DESIGN:A...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Arola OJ,Laitio RM,Roine RO,Grönlund J,Saraste A,Pietilä M,Airaksinen J,Perttilä J,Scheinin H,Olkkola KT,Maze M,Laitio TT

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine ventilator-dependent patients were successfully weaned from mechanical ventilatory support by high-frequency jet ventilation. All patients had been on ventilatory support for at least 2 wk, and had not responded to attempts at weaning by intermittent mandatory ventilation. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Klain M,Kalla R,Sladen A,Guntupalli K

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Inadequate nutrition is common in critical illness due in part to gastric stasis. However, recent data suggest that altered small intestinal mucosal function may be a contributing factor. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of critical illness on sucrose absorption, permeability, and mucosal morp...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Burgstad CM,Besanko LK,Deane AM,Nguyen NQ,Saadat-Gilani K,Davidson G,Burt E,Thomas A,Holloway RH,Chapman MJ,Fraser RJ

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The effect of levosimendan, a novel inotropic vasodilator (inodilator), on the microvascular gastric mucosal hemoglobin oxygenation (muHbo(2)) is unknown. A possible effect could thereby be selective for the splanchnic region or could primarily reflect changes in systemic oxygen transport (Do(2)) and/or oxyge...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schwarte LA,Picker O,Bornstein SR,Fournell A,Scheeren TW

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine recent trends in severe sepsis-related rates of hospitalization, mortality, and hospital case fatality in a large geographic area and to determine the impact of age, race, and gender on these outcomes. DESIGN:Trend analysis for the period of 1995 to 2002. SETTING:Acute care hospitals in New Jer...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dombrovskiy VY,Martin AA,Sunderram J,Paz HL

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cardiovascular dysfunction occurs in the majority of asphyxiated neonates and has been suggested to be a major cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality. We previously demonstrated that cyclosporine A treatment during resuscitation can significantly improve cardiovascular performance in asphyxiated newborn p...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gill RS,Lee TF,Manouchehri N,Liu JQ,Lopaschuk G,Bigam DL,Cheung PY

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because an acute coronary thrombotic event may be viewed as the main trigger of sudden cardiac arrest, urgent coronary angiography followed by percutaneous coronary intervention appeared as a promising tool in the early postresuscitation phase. Unfortunately, large randomized trials, which have unequivocally demonstra...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Noc M

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the variety of medications prescribed along with the doses administered and routes of administration, and to delineate the clarity of orders written and the accuracy of transcription of drugs used for sedation, anxiety, pain, and neuromuscular blockade in a surgical intensive care unit (ICU). DE...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dasta JF,Fuhrman TM,McCandles C

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reproducibility of thermal-dye extravascular lung water (EVLW) estimation by a lung water computer was studied by performing ten consecutive measurements in 45 critically ill patients. EVLW ranged over a wide spectrum from 187 to 1163 ml (2.4 to 18.6 ml/kg). The mean coefficient of variation of ten consecutive measure...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Laggner AN,Lenz K,Druml W,Kleinberger G

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe complications sometimes occur in critically ill patients during intrahospital transport. Possible causes may be inadequate ventilation, insufficient monitoring, interrupted application of vasoactive drugs, or disconnections and accidental extubation. We constructed a transport unit equipped with a respirator; c...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Link J,Krause H,Wagner W,Papadopoulos G

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Given the efficacy and safety of recombinant human activated protein C (rhAPC) in the systemic inflammatory response syndrome, this study was designed to review the evidence for a role for APC in the pathogenesis of preeclampsia. Preeclampsia is a proinflammatory and procoagulant state, and it is a pregnancy...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： von Dadelszen P,Magee LA,Lee SK,Stewart SD,Simone C,Koren G,Walley KR,Russell JA

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simple insertion of a nasogastric (NG) tube was successful in only 52 of 100 anesthetized intubated patients. After the larynx was manually pulled forward, the NG tube was successfully inserted in 33 patients. In the remaining 15 patients, the NG tube was inserted only with the aid of a finger or a laryngoscope used w...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Perel A,Ya'ari Y,Pizov R

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of continuous infusion of methylene blue (MB), an inhibitor of the nitric oxide pathway, on hemodynamics and organ functions in human septic shock. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled, open-label, pilot study. SETTING:Multidisciplinary intensive care unit of a university hospi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kirov MY,Evgenov OV,Evgenov NV,Egorina EM,Sovershaev MA,Sveinbjørnsson B,Nedashkovsky EV,Bjertnaes LJ

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate family perceptions of having a nurse participating in family conferences and to assess the psychologic well being of the same families after ICU discharge. DESIGN:Mixed-method design with a qualitative study embedded in a single-center randomized study. SETTING:Twelve-bed medical-surgical IC...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Garrouste-Orgeas M,Max A,Lerin T,Grégoire C,Ruckly S,Kloeckner M,Brochon S,Pichot E,Simons C,El-Mhadri M,Bruel C,Philippart F,Fournier J,Tiercelet K,Timsit JF,Misset B

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary mechanics were studied in ten anemic preterm infants using an esophageal balloon and mask, before and after transfusion with 10 ml/kg of packed RBC. Their mean birth weight was 1212 +/- 323 g and gestational age was 29.27 +/- 2.4 wk. Transfusions were carried out at a mean postnatal age of 41.9 +/- 21.8 days...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sasidharan P,Heimler R

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the number of adult critical care beds in Asian countries and regions in relation to population size. DESIGN:Cross-sectional observational study. SETTING:Twenty-three Asian countries and regions, covering 92.1% of the continent's population. PARTICIPANTS:Ten low-income and lower-middle-income eco...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Phua J,Faruq MO,Kulkarni AP,Redjeki IS,Detleuxay K,Mendsaikhan N,Sann KK,Shrestha BR,Hashmi M,Palo JEM,Haniffa R,Wang C,Hashemian SMR,Konkayev A,Mat Nor MB,Patjanasoontorn B,Nafees KMK,Ling L,Nishimura M,Al Bahrani

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00