Clinical validation of a new metabolic monitor suitable for use in critically ill patients.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of the present study was to determine whether selective inflammatory cytokine concentrations within cerebrospinal fluid are useful markers for the differential diagnosis of aseptic and bacterial meningitis within neurosurgical patients. DESIGN:Prospective, open-label, observational, cohort stud...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Liu ZH,Tu PH,Chen NY,Yip PK,Bowes AL,Lee CC,Chan SH,Kung CC,Wang AY,Wu CT,Lee ST

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate pharmacokinetics and metabolism of sodium citrate in critically ill patients. To determine the risk of citrate accumulation in the setting of liver dysfunction (cirrhosis, hepatorenal syndrome). DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medicine IV, Universi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kramer L,Bauer E,Joukhadar C,Strobl W,Gendo A,Madl C,Gangl A

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that trauma-hemorrhagic shock (T/HS)-induced changes in red blood cells (RBC) contribute to the reduction of blood flow in distant organs. DESIGN:Laboratory study. SETTING:Academic medical center laboratory. SUBJECTS:Specific pathogen-free male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing between 25...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Machiedo GW,Zaets SB,Berezina TL,Xu DZ,Feketova E,Spolarics Z,Deitch EA

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the effect of meconium on pulmonary surface tension properties, the mechanics of 30 excised, separated canine pulmonary lobes were studied. Meconia were blended in normal saline to produce solutions of 10% and 20%. Solutions were filtered to remove large particles and instilled endobronchially into the can...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Chen CT,Toung TJ,Rogers MC

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a postpartum patient who presented with fulminant hepatic failure and hepatic coma as a result of unrecognized peripartum cardiomyopathy. DESIGN:Case report. SETTING:Medical intensive care unit of a tertiary care academic medical center. PATIENT:A 35-yr-old woman 5 wks postpartum from an uneven...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fussell KM,Awad JA,Ware LB

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate diagnostic and prognostic values of C-reactive protein (CRP) dosage in critically ill patients. DESIGN:Prospective, observational study. SETTING:Medical intensive care unit (ICU) in a university hospital. PATIENTS:A consecutive series of 74 patients admitted to the ICU. INTERVENTION:CRP measur...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Reny JL,Vuagnat A,Ract C,Benoit MO,Safar M,Fagon JY

更新日期：2002-03-01 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:Trauma induces a state of immunosuppression, which is responsible for the development of nosocomial infections. Hydrocortisone reduces the rate of pneumonia in patients with trauma. Because alterations of dendritic cells and natural killer cells play a central role in trauma-induced immunosuppression, we inve...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Roquilly A,Broquet A,Jacqueline C,Masson D,Segain JP,Braudeau C,Vourc'h M,Caillon J,Altare F,Josien R,Retière C,Villadangos J,Asehnoune K

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the concentrations of reduced and total glutathione in relation to the muscle free amino acid pattern in critically ill patients and matched healthy controls. DESIGN:Prospective case control. SETTING:University hospital intensive care unit (ICU). PATIENTS:Eleven critically ill patients in th...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hammarqvist F,Luo JL,Cotgreave IA,Andersson K,Wernerman J

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-four (48%) of 133 children with hematologic malignancy who were admitted to three pediatric ICUs died. Children who required management because of airway obstruction or after general anesthesia had the best outlook (mortality rate of 7% or less); those children who required major circulatory support or mechanica...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Butt W,Barker G,Walker C,Gillis J,Kilham H,Stevens M

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Reviews of patient safety efforts suggest that technical/administrative change must be augmented by global factors such as organizational culture and climate. The objective was to outline a comprehensive model for healthcare climate and test one of its elements, the nursing subclimate, in terms of several pa...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zohar D,Livne Y,Tenne-Gazit O,Admi H,Donchin Y

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:An increasing number of ICU patients survive and develop mental, cognitive, or physical impairments. Various interventions support recovery from this postintensive care syndrome. Physicians in charge of post-ICU patients need to know which interventions are effective. DATA SOURCES:Systematic literature searc...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Mehlhorn J,Freytag A,Schmidt K,Brunkhorst FM,Graf J,Troitzsch U,Schlattmann P,Wensing M,Gensichen J

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Heatstroke requires active body cooling and organ failure supportive care. Although heat waves are expected to recur over the next decades, little is known about the risk factors for mortality in heatstroke patients. We examined the prognosis and risk factors for hospital mortality in patients with heatstroke...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Misset B,De Jonghe B,Bastuji-Garin S,Gattolliat O,Boughrara E,Annane D,Hausfater P,Garrouste-Orgeas M,Carlet J

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Hyponatremia occurs in up to 30% of patients with pneumonia and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The prevalence of hyponatremia associated with coronavirus disease 2019 and the impact on outcome is unknown. We aimed to identify the prevalence, predictors, and impact on outcome of mild, m...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Frontera JA,Valdes E,Huang J,Lewis A,Lord AS,Zhou T,Kahn DE,Melmed K,Czeisler BM,Yaghi S,Scher E,Wisniewski T,Balcer L,Hammer E

更新日期：2020-12-01 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 evaluate the safety of human albumin administered for therapeutic purposes. DESIGN:Retrospective compilation of spontaneously reported serious adverse events. SETTING:Records of serious adverse event reports received from 1990 through 1997 by nine major suppliers of therapeutic human albumin worldwide. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： von Hoegen I,Waller C

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the control period in this study, small premature infants, 1500 g in birth weight, had insensible water loss (IWL) of 2.28 g/kg/hr (equivlaent to 54 ml/kg/day), which is considerably higher than in full term infants. Under phototherapy, there was a significant increase in IWL (3.14 g/kg/hr) associated with incr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Yeh TF,Vidyasagar D,Pildes RS

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the role of toll-like receptor 2 in cardiac dysfunction during polymicrobial sepsis. DESIGN:Controlled animal study. SETTING:University hospital research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Male C57BL/6, wild-type, toll-like receptor 2-/-. INTERVENTION:Polymicrobial peritonitis, a clinically relevant model ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zou L,Feng Y,Chen YJ,Si R,Shen S,Zhou Q,Ichinose F,Scherrer-Crosbie M,Chao W

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of a newly appointed neurointensivist on neurosciences intensive care unit (NICU) patient outcomes and quality of care variables. DESIGN:Observational cohort with historical controls. SETTING:Ten-bed neurointensive care unit in tertiary university hospital. PATIENTS:Mortality, length...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Varelas PN,Conti MM,Spanaki MV,Potts E,Bradford D,Sunstrom C,Fedder W,Hacein Bey L,Jaradeh S,Gennarelli TA

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the effect of early and continuous venovenous hemofiltration (CVVH) on the plasma concentrations of several humoral mediators of inflammation and subsequent organ dysfunction in septic patients. DESIGN:Randomized, controlled trial. SETTING:Intensive care unit of a tertiary hospital. PATIENTS:Twent...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cole L,Bellomo R,Hart G,Journois D,Davenport P,Tipping P,Ronco C

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the treatment of 26 shocked patients, measurements were made of the central blood to peripheral skin temperature gradient. No significant correlation was found between this gradient and cardiac index (CI), or systemic vascular resistance (SVR) or its index (SVRI). There was no significant correlation between th...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Woods I,Wilkins RG,Edwards JD,Martin PD,Faragher EB

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the specific host responses to systemic endotoxemia and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) activation after abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery by measuring antiendotoxin core antibodies (EndoCab) immunoglobulin (Ig)G and IgM, and soluble p55TNF receptor concentrations. The role of the gut in initiating the...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Soong CV,Halliday MI,Barclay GR,Hood JM,Rowlands BJ,Barros D'Sa AA

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine previously untrained health professionals learned to measure cardiac output (Qt) by suprasternal continuous-wave Doppler ultrasound (QtDopp) and by thoracic bioimpedance (Qtbi). Each received standardized written, videotaped, and individual instruction. First the novice, then the reference examiner, measured QtDo...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wong DH,Onishi R,Tremper KK,Reeves C,Zaccari J,Wong AB,Miller JB,Cordero V,Davidson J

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine if vecuronium doses individualized by peripheral nerve stimulation are lower than those doses chosen by standard clinical techniques; and to determine whether patients monitored by peripheral nerve stimulation exhibit shorter recovery times and less prolonged neuromuscular blockade after discont...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rudis MI,Sikora CA,Angus E,Peterson E,Popovich J Jr,Hyzy R,Zarowitz BJ

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the preload dependence of femoral maximal change in pressure over time (dP/dtmax) during volume expansion in preload dependent and independent critically ill patients. DESIGN:Retrospective database analysis. SETTING:Two adult polyvalent ICUs. PATIENTS:Twenty-five critically ill patients with a...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Vaquer S,Chemla D,Teboul JL,Ahmad U,Cipriani F,Oliva JC,Ochagavia A,Artigas A,Baigorri F,Monnet X

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare two forms of continuous renal replacement therapy, continuous venovenous hemofiltration (CVVH) vs. continuous venovenous hemodialysis (CVVHD), in terms of the removal of inflammatory mediators from the blood of patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome and acute renal failure. DESIGN:R...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kellum JA,Johnson JP,Kramer D,Palevsky P,Brady JJ,Pinsky MR

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the symptom experiences of family members of patients at high risk for dying in the intensive care unit and to assess risk factors associated with higher symptom burden. DESIGN:Prospective, cross-sectional study. SETTING:Three intensive care units at a large academic medical center. PARTICIPANT...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： McAdam JL,Dracup KA,White DB,Fontaine DK,Puntillo KA

更新日期：2010-04-01 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：CONTEXT:Reducing aspiration of gastric contents by placing mechanically ventilated patients in a semirecumbent position has been associated with lower incidences of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). The feasibility and efficacy of this intervention in a larger patient population, however, are unknown. OBJECTIVE:A...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： van Nieuwenhoven CA,Vandenbroucke-Grauls C,van Tiel FH,Joore HC,van Schijndel RJ,van der Tweel I,Ramsay G,Bonten MJ

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that cocaine-induced cerebral vasodilation in newborn sheep is mediated via beta-adrenergic receptor activation. DESIGN:The cerebral effects of a single intravenous injection of cocaine (4 mg/kg) given 30 mins after pretreatment with propranolol (1 mg/kg...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： O'Brien TP,Pane MA,Traystman RJ,Gleason CA

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00