An assessment of six different pulmonary artery catheters.

abstract：PURPOSE:To determine the durability of the effects of a change in practice designed to promote the use of advanced supportive technology when it is of benefit but to limit its burdens when it is ineffective. We have reported that institution of a process of intensive communication reduced length of intensive care unit ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lilly CM,Sonna LA,Haley KJ,Massaro AF

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recent studies have demonstrated the therapeutic effectiveness and pharmacologic mechanisms of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in the treatment of a systemic shock state. To elucidate the in vivo role of HBOT during sepsis, we evaluated the effects of HBOT on intestinal mucosal injury and bacterial transloca...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sakoda M,Ueno S,Kihara K,Arikawa K,Dogomori H,Nuruki K,Takao S,Aikou T

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bed rest is frequently prescribed for critically ill patients because it is assumed to be beneficial for preventing complications, for conserving scarce metabolic resources, and for providing patient comfort. Furthermore, higher levels of physical activity in critically ill patients have been assumed to be impractical...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Brower RG

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Critical care ultrasonography has become established within ICUs as a diagnostic tool and to guide management strategies and practical procedures. Following an international consensus statement in 2011, various national professional societies and organizations have sought to develop and deliver training prog...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wong A,Galarza L,Duska F

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In rodent models, enhanced formation of nitric oxide and formation of peroxynitrite have been implicated in the pathogenesis of various forms of shock. Here we examined the effect of mercaptoethylguanidine (MEG), an inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibitor and peroxynitrite scavenger, in a severe hemorrhagic...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Szabó A,Hake P,Salzman AL,Szabó C

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The relationship between respiratory mechanical parameters and hemodynamic variables remains unclear. This study was performed to determine whether mean airway pressure and central venous pressure in the first day of mechanical ventilation are associated with patient outcomes. DESIGN:Retrospective first 24-...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Long Y,Su L,Zhang Q,Zhou X,Wang H,Cui N,Chai W,Wang X,Rui X,Liu D

更新日期：2017-05-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To determine if prior total body hyperthermia protected against subsequent acute ileitis induced by the cytotoxic lectin, ricin, in rats. The time course of heat shock mRNA and protein expression in the ileum was determined. The effects of heat stress on small intestinal mucosal integrity, arachidonic acid m...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Stojadinovic A,Kiang J,Goldhill J,Matin D,Smallridge R,Galloway R,Shea-Donohue T

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have examined cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills retention in a police force initially trained to instructor level performance skills as defined by the 1977 American Heart Association Instructor Manual. In 1977, the entire Winnipeg Police Force received a basic 8-h course of CPR training with recor...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Tweed WA,Wilson E,Isfeld B

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between behavioral alterations and changes in monoaminergic systems provoked by ischemia-reperfusion liver injury in rats. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled animal study. SETTING:University animal laboratory. SUBJECTS:Male Wistar rats. INTERVENTIONS:Acute liver fai...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Adachi N,Inoue H,Arai T

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the responses of noninvasively measured tissue oxygen saturation (StO2) and calculated muscle oxygen tension (PmO2) to standard hemodynamic variables for early detection of imminent hemodynamic instability during progressive central hypovolemia in humans. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:Researc...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Soller BR,Ryan KL,Rickards CA,Cooke WH,Yang Y,Soyemi OO,Crookes BA,Heard SO,Convertino VA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Lung CT is the reference imaging technique for acute respiratory distress syndrome, but requires transportation outside the intensive care and x-ray exposure. Lung ultrasound is a promising, inexpensive, radiation-free, tool for bedside imaging. Aim of the present study was to compare the global and regional...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Chiumello D,Umbrello M,Sferrazza Papa GF,Angileri A,Gurgitano M,Formenti P,Coppola S,Froio S,Cammaroto A,Carrafiello G

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare four different methods of endotracheal lidocaine administration with respect to the site of administration. DESIGN:Randomized controlled trial. SETTING:University hospital. PATIENTS:Thirty-two female patients (43.6 +/- 11.5 years old) undergoing elective gynecologic operations with an anesthesio...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Prengel AW,Lindner KH,Hähnel J,Ahnefeld FW

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hypoxemic reperfusion attenuates brain injury secondary to severe cerebral ischemia, myocardial, and intestinal injury occurring in intestinal postischemic shock, and offers hemodynamic stabilization and attenuation of inflammatory response when applied in the resuscitation from hemorrhagic shock. In this stu...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Douzinas EE,Orfanos SE,Livaditi O,Augustatou K,Villiotou V,Kavantzas N,Flevari A,Korkolopoulou P,Roussos C,Patsouris E

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The pathogenesis of acute gastric stress ulceration in the seriously ill is uncertain, and any role of Helicobacter pylori infection is unknown. We aimed to assess the relationship between H. pylori serological status and stress ulceration in seriously ill patients, as well as H. pylori serological status in ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Robertson MS,Cade JF,Clancy RL

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To characterize the endothelium-dependent and endothelium-independent components of abnormal pulmonary vascular tone in canine oleic acid lung injury. DESIGN:Prospective, interventional study. SETTING:University laboratory. SUBJECTS:Twenty anesthetized mongrel dogs. INTERVENTIONS:Right heart catheterizati...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kafi SA,Scillia P,Mélot C,Gevenois PA,Pagnamenta A,Naeije R

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the incidence and characteristics of children with brain death in the pediatric intensive care unit (ICU), and to assess the incidence of the clinical triad (Turner's triad) of central diabetes insipidus, low glucose demand, and low CO2 production. DESIGN:Retrospective review of medical records...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Staworn D,Lewison L,Marks J,Turner G,Levin D

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to examine the prognostic value of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in patients with moderate and severe acute respiratory failure (ARF), 225 patients with ARF who had been treated with mechanical ventilation and admitted to our ICU during a 3-yr period (January, 1983 to January, 1986) were prospectively...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Villar J,Blazquez MA,Lubillo S,Quintana J,Manzano JL

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of epidural opioids for postoperative analgesia has been associated with respiratory depression. This report demonstrates the ability of nalbuphine to rapidly reverse the respiratory depression caused by epidural sufentanil while maintaining postoperative pain relief. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cheng EY,May J

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Monocytes and macrophages produce interleukin-1β by inflammasome activation which involves adenosine triphosphate release, pannexin-1 channels, and P2X7 receptors. However, interleukin-1β can also be produced in an inflammasome-independent fashion. Here we studied if this mechanism also involves adenosine tr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lee AH,Ledderose C,Li X,Slubowski CJ,Sueyoshi K,Staudenmaier L,Bao Y,Zhang J,Junger WG

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humidification of inspired gases is indispensible to prevent serious injury to the tracheal mucosa of patients on mechanical ventilation. High-frequency jet ventilation (HFJV), recently introduced for the management of some forms of respiratory failure, presents unusual technical problems of humidification. The presen...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Carlon GC,Barker RL,Benua RS,Guy YG

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish the effect of an audible airleak (around an endotracheal tube) on oxygen consumption (VO2) measurements in pediatric ICU patients. DESIGN:Prospective trial comparing VO2 measurements before and after deflation of the endotracheal tube cuff. SETTING:Pediatric ICU in a large pediatric tertiary ca...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Chwals WJ,Lally KP,Woolley MM

更新日期：1992-06-01 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：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 investigate if prone position delays the progression of experimental ventilator-induced lung injury, possibly due to a more homogeneous distribution of strain within lung parenchyma. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled trial. SETTING:Animal laboratory of a university hospital. SUBJECTS:Thirty-fiv...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Valenza F,Guglielmi M,Maffioletti M,Tedesco C,Maccagni P,Fossali T,Aletti G,Porro GA,Irace M,Carlesso E,Carboni N,Lazzerini M,Gattinoni L

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The antimetabolite drug, 5-fluorouracil, inhibits microbial growth. Coating of central venous catheters with 5-fluorouracil may reduce the risk of catheter infection. Our objective was to compare the safety and efficacy of central venous catheters externally coated with 5-fluorouracil with those coated with c...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Walz JM,Avelar RL,Longtine KJ,Carter KL,Mermel LA,Heard SO,5-FU Catheter Study Group.

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the action of high-dose epinephrine by measuring simultaneously its vasopressor and norepinephrine releasing effects in humans during cardiac arrest. DESIGN:A prospective study on consecutive patients admitted with cardiac arrest. SETTING:Emergency Department in a large, urban hospital. PATIENT...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wortsman J,Paradis NA,Martin GB,Rivers EP,Goetting MG,Nowak RM,Cryer PE

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the possibility that acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) of pulmonary and nonpulmonary origins represent two distinct syndromes. DESIGN:Analysis of data collected prospectively from an inception cohort of 117 patients with ARDS. SETTING:Adult intensive care unit (ICU), university/postgradua...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Suntharalingam G,Regan K,Keogh BF,Morgan CJ,Evans TW

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether excessive alcohol consumption increases the risk for intensive care unit (ICU)-acquired bacterial infection, especially ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), in nontrauma patients. DESIGN:Prospective observational cohort study. SETTING:A 21-bed polyvalent ICU in a university hospital....

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gacouin A,Legay F,Camus C,Volatron AC,Barbarot N,Donnio PY,Thomas R,Le Tulzo Y

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00