Early experience with continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration in critically ill pediatric patients.

abstract：:Accurate assessment and rapid decision-making are essential to save lives and improve performance in critical care medicine. Real-time point-of-care ultrasound has become an invaluable adjunct to the clinical evaluation of critically ill and injured patients both for pre- and in-hospital situations. However, a high le...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Neri L,Storti E,Lichtenstein D

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Atrial fibrillation is frequently seen in sepsis-related hospitalizations. However, large-scale contemporary data from the United States comparing outcomes among sepsis-related hospitalizations with versus without atrial fibrillation are limited. The aim of our study was to assess the frequency of atrial fib...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Desai R,Hanna B,Singh S,Omar A,Deshmukh A,Kumar G,Foreman MG,Sachdeva R

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Liquid lung ventilation has been demonstrated to improve cardiorespiratory function after cardiopulmonary bypass. We hypothesized that liquid lung ventilation (LLV) would decrease the pulmonary inflammatory response after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, experimental, controlled,...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Williams EA,Welty SE,Geske RS,Hubble CL,Craig DM,Quick G,Meliones JN,Cheifetz IM

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucus plugging of a large airway resulted in the formation of a check-valve mechanism and pulmonary hyperinflation, rather than atelectasis. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy was both diagnostic and curative. The physician should be aware that mucus plugging may have unusual presentations and may mimic other clinical entities. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rubin EM,Baier H

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Extracellular mitochondrial DNA and N-formyl peptides released following tissue damage may contribute to systemic inflammation through stimulation of the innate immune system. In this review, we evaluate existing in vivo human data regarding a role for mitochondrial DNA and N-formyl peptides in producing sys...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lubkin DT,Bishawi M,Barbas AS,Brennan TV,Kirk AD

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a severe axonal polyneuropathy that follows acute respiratory failure and, in turn, causes continued ventilator dependence and paralysis after resolution of the primary illness. DESIGN:Retrospective chart review of three patients and prospective analysis of two patients. SETTING:Respiratory and ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gorson KC,Ropper AH

更新日期：1993-02-01 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：:In a prospective randomized study to determine whether prevention of colonization of Gram-negative bacteria results in prevention of Gram-negative bacterial infections, 96 intensive care patients were randomly allocated into a control group and a study group. The study group received oral nonabsorbable antimicrobial a...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kerver AJ,Rommes JH,Mevissen-Verhage EA,Hulstaert PF,Vos A,Verhoef J,Wittebol P

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high rate of death from septic shock persists despite general improvements in care. The relative failure of mechanistically based therapies in various clinical trials should also trigger a reconsideration of such mechanistic approaches. Despite reversion of shock by hydrocortisone, the similar death rate compared wi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lukaszewicz AC,Payen D

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colloid osmotic pressure (COP) was measured simultaneously with cardiorespiratory measurements in 103 surgical patients suspected of having circulatory problems. In a small subset of 28 patients, measurements were taken before, during, and after surgical operations. Similarly, data sets were taken before, during, and ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shippy CR,Shoemaker WC

更新日期：1983-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the blood discard volume, as a multiple of deadspace, that is required for accurate arterial blood gas and electrolyte testing from arterial catheters. DESIGN:Prospective, controlled, crossover trial. SETTING:Eighteen-bed intensive care unit of a metropolitan teaching hospital. PATIENTS:A tota...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rickard CM,Couchman BA,Schmidt SJ,Dank A,Purdie DM

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Inhaled nitric oxide is being utilized as a selective pulmonary vasodilator in the treatment of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn. However, the effects of inhaled nitric oxide on cerebral hemodynamics and distribution of left ventricular output in newborn subjects have not been studied. This s...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rosenberg AA,Kinsella JP,Abman SH

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subcutaneous, transcutaneous, and conjunctival oxygen tensions (PscO2, PtcO2, and PcjO2, respectively) were measured in anesthetized dogs subjected sequentially to normoxia, hyperoxia, and hypoxia. Intravascular pressure, hemodynamic and oxygen transport variables were measured simultaneously. PtcO2 and PcjO2 closely ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gottrup F,Gellett S,Kirkegaard L,Hansen ES,Johannsen G

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemorrhage in trauma is a significant challenge, accounting for 30% to 40% of all fatalities, second only to central nervous system injury as a cause of death. However, hemorrhagic death is the leading preventable cause of mortality in combat casualties and typically occurs within 6 to 24 hrs of injury. In c...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Perkins JG,Cap AP,Weiss BM,Reid TJ,Bolan CD

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Racial/ethnic differences in palliative care resource use after stroke have been recognized, but it is unclear whether patient or hospital characteristics drive this disparity. We sought to determine whether palliative care use after intracerebral hemorrhage and ischemic stroke differs between hospitals serv...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Faigle R,Ziai WC,Urrutia VC,Cooper LA,Gottesman RF

更新日期：2017-12-01 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:The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship of patient care variables to survival and functional outcome in the pediatric population with traumatic brain injury. DESIGN:Retrospective chart review. SETTING:A 16-bed pediatric critical care unit in an academic community children's hospital. PATIENT...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hackbarth RM,Rzeszutko KM,Sturm G,Donders J,Kuldanek AS,Sanfilippo DJ

更新日期：2002-07-01 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：:Data at ICU admission and after 24 h in the ICU were collected on 755 patients, to derive multiple logistic regression models for predicting hospital mortality. The derived models contained relatively few and easily obtained variables. The weight associated with each variable was determined objectively. There were sev...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lemeshow S,Teres D,Pastides H,Avrunin JS,Steingrub JS

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Despite concern over the appropriateness and quality of care provided in an intensive care unit (ICU) at the end of life, the number of Americans who receive ICU care at the end of life is unknown. We sought to describe the use of ICU care at the end of life in the United States using hospital discharge data ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Angus DC,Barnato AE,Linde-Zwirble WT,Weissfeld LA,Watson RS,Rickert T,Rubenfeld GD,Robert Wood Johnson Foundation ICU End-Of-Life Peer Group.

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Previous studies in adults suggest that various types of physiologic stress appear to decrease phagocytic cell function. Adherence and chemotaxis of, and phagocytosis and bacterial killing by, neonatal neutrophils are altered compared with adult neutrophil function. Stresses encountered by the fetus and neon...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Beachy JC,Weisman LE

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether mechanical ventilation using high tidal volume is associated with nonpulmonary organ dysfunction that can be attenuated by dexamethasone. DESIGN:Prospective randomized animal intervention study. SETTING:Animal care facility in a university hospital. SUBJECTS:Sedated and tracheostomized...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Nin N,Peñuelas O,de Paula M,Lorente JA,Fernández-Segoviano P,Esteban A

更新日期：2006-04-01 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: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：:Measuring gas exchange in critically ill patients can provide valuable information on their nutritional status and energy expenditure. Several semiautomated machines are available for measuring oxygen consumption (VO2) and carbon dioxide production (VCO2). This study evaluated, under controlled laboratory conditions, ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Eccles RC,Swinamer DL,Jones RL,King EG

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new quantitative method for measuring the prognosis and severity of illness in terms of probability of survival was developed from 224 studies in an index population of 220 critically ill surgical patients. Patients were selected preoperatively to eliminate pre-existing cardiac disease, cirrhosis, nutritional debili...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bland RD,Shoemaker WC

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Acute lung injury results in acute respiratory distress syndrome. There is no standard therapy for acute respiratory distress syndrome but supportive care. Stem cells offer a new therapeutic potential for tissue regeneration as a result of their self-renewal, multipotency, and paracrine capabilities. The obje...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Chien MH,Bien MY,Ku CC,Chang YC,Pao HY,Yang YL,Hsiao M,Chen CL,Ho JH

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:offstudied hemodynamic and renal effects of increasing the dosage of dopamine (DP) by 5 micrograms/kg X min, in 7 patients with peritonitis and clinical findings of septic shock, all of whom were already receiving variable dosages of DP. Stroke index (SI) (p less than .01), except in 3 cases, and mean arterial pressur...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： de la Cal MA,Miravalles E,Pascual T,Esteban A,Ruiz-Santana S

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether neutrophil depletion could eradicate intestinal bacterial translocation in bum-injured rats. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled study. SETTING:University research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats. INTERVENTIONS:The rats were intravenously administered a rabb...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fazal N,Shamim M,Khan SS,Gamelli RL,Sayeed MM

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00