Atrial fibrillation with high degree atrioventricular block masquerading as ventricular fibrillation masquerading as asystole during cardiac arrest.

abstract：:Thromboembolic disease ranks among the most dangerous and common complication in the postoperative or post-traumatic patient. As previously mentioned, the incidence is increasing and fatalities from this complication have also risen substantially. The pathogenesis of thromboembolic disease and the predictability of it...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Evarts CM

更新日期：1976-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To study the importance of endothelin-1-induced vasoconstriction in a model of acute and maintained low cardiac output, by investigating regional changes within the mesenteric and particularly the intestinal mucosal circulation. DESIGN:Prospective, controlled animal study. SETTING:University-affiliated rese...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Burgener D,Laesser M,Treggiari-Venzi M,Oi Y,Jolliet P,Strasser S,Hadengue A,Aneman A

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated whether serum levels of neuron-specific enolase (NSE) and S-100beta protein could be used to evaluate cerebral injury and to predict outcome in severe sepsis and severe septic shock. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:University hospital. PATIENTS AND MEASUREMENTS:In 170 consecutively enroll...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Nguyen DN,Spapen H,Su F,Schiettecatte J,Shi L,Hachimi-Idrissi S,Huyghens L

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pulmonary air embolism, causing vessel obstruction and primary or secondary reactions of blood, can lead to acute lung injury. In addition, nitric oxide has been known to play a key role in various causes of lung injury. In this study we employed the isolated rat lung model to investigate the effects of l-arg...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Chu SJ,Lee TY,Yan HC,Lin SH,Li MH

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy and tolerability of intravenous empiric treatment with meropenem compared with ceftazidime-tobramycin in patients with hospital-acquired lower respiratory tract infections. DESIGN:Prospective, nonblind, randomized trial. SETTING:Multicenter trial conducted at 22 centers. PATIENTS:T...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sieger B,Berman SJ,Geckler RW,Farkas SA

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the impact of the percentage of fluid infused as Lactated Ringer (%LR) during the first 2 days of ICU admission in hospital mortality and occurrence of acute kidney injury. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort. SETTING:Analysis of a large public database (Multiparameter Intelligent Monitoring in Intensive...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zampieri FG,Ranzani OT,Azevedo LC,Martins ID,Kellum JA,Libório AB

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Acute lung injury with subsequent pneumonia and sepsis represents a major cause of morbidity and mortality in thermally injured patients. Production of nitric oxide by the neuronal and inducible nitric oxide synthase may be critically involved in the pathophysiology of the disease process at different time po...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lange M,Connelly R,Traber DL,Hamahata A,Cox RA,Nakano Y,Bansal K,Esechie A,von Borzyskowski S,Jonkam C,Traber LD,Hawkins HK,Herndon DN,Enkhbaatar P

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND METHODS:We aimed to characterize the effects of an endotoxin insult (Escherichia coli 0127:B8) on the relationships between pulmonary vascular pressure and flow in intact dogs. To achieve this goal, multipoint plots of total pressure gradient, arterial pressure gradient, and venous pressure gradient vs. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： D'Orio V,Fatemi M,Marnette JM,Mendes P,Saad G,Martinez C,Marcelle R

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although ICUs generate attention as consumers of resources, no national data on utilization and costs were available in Canada. U.S. estimates are too old for current comparison. Based on national hospital survey data from Statistics Canada, we calculated the utilization of ICUs in all Canadian general hospitals from ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Jacobs P,Noseworthy TW

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tradition of clinical ultrasound in the hands of physicians who provide critical care to the most acutely ill patients stretches back into the 1980s and is rich with experiences from surgical, emergency medicine, and other practices. Now, as critical care ultrasound explodes around the world, it is important to re...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kendall JL,Hoffenberg SR,Smith RS

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the use of continuous negative extrathoracic pressure to treat successfully the adult respiratory distress syndrome in a 19-yr-old woman who resisted the application of positive airway pressure. Arterial hypoxemia was reversed with -26 cm H2O of extrathoracic pressure, produced by a modified Emerson iron l...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Morris AH,Elliott CG

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Acute respiratory distress syndrome is an abrupt inflammatory illness that involves damage from reactive oxygen species. We examined the efficacy and safety of oxothiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid (OTZ), a free radical scavenger, in treating acute respiratory distress syndrome. DESIGN:Double-blind, placebo-cont...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Morris PE,Papadakos P,Russell JA,Wunderink R,Schuster DP,Truwit JD,Vincent JL,Bernard GR

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score was developed to quantify the severity of patients' illness, based on the degree of organ dysfunction. This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy and the reliability of SOFA scoring. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:Adult intensive care unit (ICU) in a te...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Arts DG,de Keizer NF,Vroom MB,de Jonge E

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Sepsis remains a major health threat in intensive care medicine. The renin-angiotensin system (ACE) affects inflammatory responses. In addition, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors act to ameliorate lung injury. To investigate whether the widely used ACE inhibitor enalapril, used to treat hypertension, c...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hagiwara S,Iwasaka H,Matumoto S,Hidaka S,Noguchi T

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Cardiac surgery is frequently followed by postoperative delirium, which is associated with increased 1-year mortality, late cognitive deficits, and higher costs. Currently, there are no recommendations for pharmacologic prevention of postoperative delirium. Impaired cholinergic transmission is believed to pla...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gamberini M,Bolliger D,Lurati Buse GA,Burkhart CS,Grapow M,Gagneux A,Filipovic M,Seeberger MD,Pargger H,Siegemund M,Carrel T,Seiler WO,Berres M,Strebel SP,Monsch AU,Steiner LA

更新日期：2009-05-01 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：OBJECTIVE:High-frequency oscillation has been proposed for use in adult acute respiratory distress syndrome. However, limited data are available on the effect of pressure amplitude and rate (Hz) on tidal volumes delivered during high-frequency oscillation in adults. DESIGN:Prospective, animal model, lung injury study....

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sedeek KA,Takeuchi M,Suchodolski K,Kacmarek RM

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study was designed to assess the effects on macrocirculation and microcirculation of adding an intra-aortic balloon pump to peripheral venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in patients with severe cardiogenic shock and little/no residual left ventricular ejection. DESIGN:A prospective, singl...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Petroni T,Harrois A,Amour J,Lebreton G,Brechot N,Tanaka S,Luyt CE,Trouillet JL,Chastre J,Leprince P,Duranteau J,Combes A

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Hepatic ischemia-reperfusion is a major clinical problem with limited treatment options. The pathophysiology of hepatic ischemia-reperfusion is characterized by mitochondrial dysfunction and cellular energy deficits. Sirtuin 1 is an energy-sensing enzyme known to modulate mitochondrial biogenesis. We hypothe...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Khader A,Yang WL,Godwin A,Prince JM,Nicastro JM,Coppa GF,Wang P

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the degree of complement activation in 15 patients receiving massive blood transfusions and 21 patients with the septic syndrome and examined its association with other risk factors for adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Patients with massive transfusion (n = 8) as their only risk factor for ARDS ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ketai LH,Grum CM

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the mechanism by which methylprednisolone protects the liver from hypoxia-induced injury. DESIGN:Prospective control study using the isolated rat liver. SETTING:Animal research facility. SUBJECTS:Male, fasted, pathogen-free Sprague-Dawley rats. INTERVENTIONS:Low-flow hypoxia was produced by...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Motoyama S,Saito S,Minamiya Y,Saito R,Nakamura M,Okuyama M,Imano H,Ogawa J

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Adrenal failure is common in critically ill patients, particularly those with sepsis. As liver failure and sepsis are both associated with increased circulating levels of endotoxin and proinflammatory mediators and reduced levels of apoprotein-1/high-density lipoprotein, we postulated that adrenal failure may...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Marik PE,Gayowski T,Starzl TE,Hepatic Cortisol Research and Adrenal Pathophysiology Study Group.

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between oxygen uptake (Vo2) and delivery (Do2) was examined in 64 patients immediately after cardiopulmonary bypass. In 44 patients with lactate levels below 2.5 mmol/L, Vo2 decreased proportionally when Do2 decreased below 300 ml/min X m2. At a Do2 over this level, Vo2 plateaued at 105 +/- 13 (SD) ml...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Komatsu T,Shibutani K,Okamoto K,Kumar V,Kubal K,Sanchala V,Lees DE

更新日期：1987-03-01 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：:The authors determined the correction factor (Ct) for three sizes of commonly available central venous catheters. These catheters are used as the injectate catheter when a 2.5 Fr transthoracic thermistor is used to determine cardiac output by thermodilution. The valves for Ct were highly reproducible. These determinat...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Baskoff JD,Maruschak GF

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine variations in case-mix, structure, resource use, and outcome performance among teaching and nonteaching intensive care units (ICU). DESIGN:Prospective inception cohort study. PATIENTS:A consecutive sample of 15,297 patients at 35 hospitals, which compared 8,269 patients admitted to 20 teaching IC...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zimmerman JE,Shortell SM,Knaus WA,Rousseau DM,Wagner DP,Gillies RR,Draper EA,Devers K

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Healthcare systems spend considerable resources collecting and processing blood cultures for the detection of blood stream pathogens. The process is initiated with the collection of blood cultures that depend upon proper skin disinfection, collection of an adequate number of specimens and volume of blood, and prompt p...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Murray PR,Masur H

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare measurement of cardiac output by the CO2 rebreathing method vs. the thermodilution cardiac output technique in the setting of acute respiratory failure in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. DESIGN:Prospective, comparative study of two methods in a consecutive sample. SETTING:Int...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Neviere R,Mathieu D,Riou Y,Guimez P,Renaud N,Chagnon JL,Wattel F

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00