Treatment of multifocal atrial tachycardia with metoprolol.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The beneficial effects of hypertonic saline on neuronal survival and on cerebral blood flow have been shown in several animal models of global and focal brain ischemia. Because of the potential benefits of hypertonic solutions, it is hypothesized that hydroxyethyl starch enhances cerebral blood flow and impro...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Noppens RR,Kelm RF,Lindemann R,Engelhard K,Werner C,Kempski O

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimations of blood glucose in the range 0-80 mg/dl were performed using the Chemstrip bG and StatTek Glucose Low Level test strips. Estimations of glucose levels closely approximated values obtained by a quantitative, enzymatic reference method; both appear to be excellent screening tests for hypoglycemia. There wer...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Maisels MJ,Lee CA

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:: To determine the relationship between intra-abdominal sepsis-induced high mobility group-box 1 and diaphragm contractile performance and to determine the inhibitory effects of antibodies for high mobility group-box 1 and receptor for advanced glycation end-products on septic peritonitis-induced diaphragmat...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Susa Y,Masuda Y,Imaizumi H,Namiki A

更新日期：2009-09-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the cardiovascular response and acute stress reaction after arousal induced by a benzodiazepine antagonist, flumazenil, in patients sedated with midazolam. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:Emergency center in a university hospital. PATIENTS:A total of 12 patients were ventilated mechanically ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kamijo Y,Masuda T,Nishikawa T,Tsuruta H,Ohwada T

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:With limited community services, the complex rehabilitation period after critical illness is often the responsibility of family members who, as a result, may experience negative health outcomes. The objectives of this research were to a) identify aspects of the caregiving situation that are associated with ca...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cameron JI,Herridge MS,Tansey CM,McAndrews MP,Cheung AM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:One in five Americans dies following treatment in an intensive care unit (ICU), and evidence indicates the need to improve end-of-life care for ICU patients. We conducted this study to elicit the views and experiences of ICU directors regarding barriers to optimal end-of-life care and to identify the type, av...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Nelson JE,Angus DC,Weissfeld LA,Puntillo KA,Danis M,Deal D,Levy MM,Cook DJ,Critical Care Peer Workgroup of the Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care Project.

更新日期：2006-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Intrahospital transport of critically ill patients is often necessary for optimal patient care. However, transport of intensive care unit (ICU) patients within the hospital has been associated with a high rate of potentially detrimental complications. This study was designed to determine the occurrence rate o...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Szem JW,Hydo LJ,Fischer E,Kapur S,Klemperer J,Barie PS

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We studied the in-hospital course, long-term prognosis, and functional status of elderly patients with life-threatening cardiogenic pulmonary edema requiring mechanical ventilation. DESIGN:Semiprospective evaluation. SETTING:Twelve intensive care units and one emergency prehospital medical department in uni...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Adnet F,Le Toumelin P,Leberre A,Minadeo J,Lapostolle F,Plaisance P,Cupa M

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare carbon dioxide-induced changes in cerebral oxy- and deoxyhemoglobin, measured by near-infrared spectroscopy, with those changes in jugular venous oxygen saturation in adult patients with acute brain disease. DESIGN:A prospective study. SETTING:The medical and surgical intensive care unit of a uni...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Tateishi A,Maekawa T,Soejima Y,Sadamitsu D,Yamamoto M,Matsushita M,Nakashima K

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine: a) any heart site or tissue-specific differences in the response to increased perfusion potassium concentrations, and b) the cellular site (intracellular vs. extracellular) of the effect of calcium on reversing electrocardiographic effects of hyperkalemia. DESIGN:In vitro prospective, repeated...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bisogno JL,Langley A,Von Dreele MM

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND METHODS:This study was designed to test whether dopexamine, a dopaminergic and beta 2-adrenergic agonist, would a) increase systemic oxygen delivery (DO2) in endotoxic dogs, and b) interfere with the ability of resting skeletal muscle to extract oxygen. There were three treatment groups (n = 6 in each gr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bredle DL,Cain SM

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effects of a hydroxyethyl starch-deferoxamine conjugate on hepatic microcirculation in an isobaric, anesthetized rat model of hemorrhagic shock and asanguineous resuscitation. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled study. SETTING:Laboratory at a university hospital. SUBJECTS:Twenty-thr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bauer M,Feucht K,Ziegenfuss T,Marzi I

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An increased risk of postoperative infection (including pneumonia) attributable to the receipt of allogeneic blood transfusion has been investigated as a possible manifestation of transfusion-related immunomodulation (TRIM) in 16 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and approximately 40 observational studies....

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Vamvakas EC

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Most intensive care deaths beyond the first few days of critical illness are attributable to nonresolving organ failure, either due to or coinciding with sepsis. One of the mechanisms that is thought to contribute to the pathogenesis of organ failure is microvascular thrombosis. Recently, we reported signific...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Langouche L,Meersseman W,Vander Perre S,Milants I,Wouters PJ,Hermans G,Gjedsted J,Hansen TK,Arnout J,Wilmer A,Schetz M,Van den Berghe G

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether peptic activity in bronchoalveolar fluid, due to the presence of the gastric proteolytic enzyme pepsin, could serve as a biochemical marker for pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents. DESIGN:Prospective, experimental trial. SETTING:A university animal research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Th...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Badellino MM,Buckman RF Jr,Malaspina PJ,Eynon CA,O'Brien GM,Kueppers F

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether paralysis alters pulmonary deposition of albuterol delivered by metered dose inhaler and spacer to small animals. DESIGN:A parallel group study of intubated and ventilated rabbits. INTERVENTIONS:Animals in group 1 (n = 7) were paralyzed with intravenous pancuronium, and ventilated at a rat...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fok TF,al-Essa M,Monkman S,Dolovich M,Girard L,Coates G,Kirpalani H

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To test the hypothesis that after cecal ligation and puncture in the rat, there is increased expression of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF)/interleukin-1-dependent, acute-phase reactant alpha 1-acid glycoprotein in the liver, and that this change correlates temporally with increased abundance of TNF-alpha in ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Andrejko KM,Deutschman CS

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the specific effect of peak volume history pressure on the inflation limb of the pressure-volume curve and peak pressure-volume curve pressure on the deflation limb of the pressure-volume curve. DESIGN:Prospective assessment of pressure-volume curves in saline, lung lavage injured sheep. SETTIN...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Nishida T,Suchodolski K,Schettino GP,Sedeek K,Takeuch M,Kacmarek RM

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Effective therapies are needed to reverse the increased vascular permeability that characterizes acute inflammatory diseases such as acute lung injury. FTY720 is a pharmaceutical analog of the potent barrier-enhancing phospholipid, sphingosine 1-phosphate. Because both FTY720 and sphingosine 1-phosphate have ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wang L,Sammani S,Moreno-Vinasco L,Letsiou E,Wang T,Camp SM,Bittman R,Garcia JG,Dudek SM

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：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：:Suction applied to a chest-tube drainage system produces subambient pressure within the chest tube and may increase or decrease the flow of gas passing from the airway through a bronchopleural fistula. Such gas may have participated in gas exchange and contain more CO2 and less O2 than inspired gas. Calculated or meas...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Powner DJ,Cline CD,Rodman GH Jr

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Ethicists advise that life-sustaining treatment decisions should be made in keeping with patient preferences. Until recently, there has been little systematic study of the impact of patient preferences on the use of various life-sustaining treatments or the consequent cost of hospital care. This prospective ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Danis M,Mutran E,Garrett JM,Stearns SC,Slifkin RT,Hanson L,Williams JF,Churchill LR

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:End-of-life practices vary worldwide. The objective was to demonstrate that there is no clear-cut distinction between treatments administered to relieve pain and suffering and those intended to shorten the dying process. DESIGN:Secondary analysis of a prospective, observational study. SETTING:Thirty-seven i...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sprung CL,Ledoux D,Bulow HH,Lippert A,Wennberg E,Baras M,Ricou B,Sjokvist P,Wallis C,Maia P,Thijs LG,Solsona Duran J,ETHICUS Study Group.

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the value of laser bronchoscopy in patients with inoperable carcinoma of the lung who required ventilatory assistance for acute respiratory failure. DESIGN:Retrospective review of the medical records of all patients undergoing laser bronchoscopy. SETTING:The Lahey Clinic Medical Center, a tertiar...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Stanopoulos IT,Beamis JF Jr,Martinez FJ,Vergos K,Shapshay SM

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To improve control of blood glucose concentrations in critically ill patients through use of a bedside, nurse-managed, intravenous insulin nomogram. DESIGN:Retrospective, before-after cohort study. SETTING:Fifteen-bed mixed medical/surgical intensive care unit in a tertiary, teaching hospital. PATIENTS:A t...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Brown G,Dodek P

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:During cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), elimination of CO2 was shown to be limited by low tissue perfusion, especially when very low perfusion pressures were generated. It has therefore been suggested that sodium bicarbonate (NaHCO3), by producing CO2, might aggravate the hypercarbic component of the exi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bar-Joseph G,Weinberger T,Castel T,Bar-Joseph N,Laor A,Bursztein S,Ben Haim S

更新日期：1998-08-01 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