Intralipid disappearance in critically ill patients.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Anaphylactic shock is associated with severe hypotension. Potassium channel blockers, such as 4-aminopyridine, induce vasoconstriction. The objective of this study was to test the ability of 4-aminopyridine to restore blood pressure and increase survival in anaphylactic shock. DESIGN:Experimental study. SE...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bellou A,Al-Hammadi S,Aburawi EH,Dhanasekaran S,Nemmar A,Oulhaj A,Shafiuallah M,Zerrouki M,Yasin J,Bellou L,Alper SL,Bellou S,Kazzam E

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report documents the validity of clinical measurements of oxygen consumption (VO2) and carbon dioxide production (VCO2) made with a new metabolic gas monitor (MGM) suitable for use in critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilatory support. Paired samples of inspired and expired gases were obtained, and ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Nelson LD,Anderson HB,Garcia H

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the financial impact of a sepsis protocol designed for use in the emergency department. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of a before-after study testing the implications of sepsis protocol. SETTING:Academic, tertiary care hospital in the United States. PATIENTS:Persons with septic shock presentin...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shorr AF,Micek ST,Jackson WL Jr,Kollef MH

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the current status and the clinical data related to the effects of tight glucose control by intensive insulin therapy in critically ill patients. DESIGN:Review article. SETTING:University hospital. PATIENTS:Medical and surgical critically ill patients in whom a correlation between blood glucose...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Preiser JC,Devos P

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although hepatic cytochrome P-450 protein concentrations are altered following endotoxin shock, changes in P-450 isoforms in sepsis have not been fully investigated. The aim of this study was to determine whether the major P-450 isoform in rat liver (i.e., CYP1A2) is down-regulated during the progression of s...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Crawford JH,Yang S,Zhou M,Simms HH,Wang P

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Procalcitonin (PCT), a marker of bacterial sepsis, may also act as a mediator of the inflammatory response to infection, and thus influence outcome. OBJECTIVE:To investigate the relationship between PCT, interleukin (IL)-10, tumor necrosis factor (TNF), organ failure, and mortality in pediatric septic shock...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hatherill M,Tibby SM,Turner C,Ratnavel N,Murdoch IA

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further define cardiovascular abnormalities in patients with septic shock, serial conventional hemodynamic measurements combined with two-dimensional echocardiographic studies were performed at the bedside in 21 patients admitted for an acute episode of sepsis-related circulatory failure. Measurements obtained duri...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Jardin F,Brun-Ney D,Auvert B,Beauchet A,Bourdarias JP

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety and physiologic actions of ibuprofen in patients with severe sepsis. DESIGN:Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. SETTING:Three university hospital medical ICUs. PATIENTS:Twenty-nine patients with clinical evidence of sepsis and the need for hemodynamic monitoring with ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Haupt MT,Jastremski MS,Clemmer TP,Metz CA,Goris GB

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the plasma volume (PV) expanding effect of a fast infusion rate with that of a slow infusion rate of a fixed volume of 5% albumin, of the synthetic colloids, 6% hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.4 and 4% gelatin, and of 0.9% NaCl in a rat sepsis model and to compare the plasma-expanding effect among these...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bark BP,Persson J,Grände PO

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the efficacy of iontophoretic delivery of calcium to experimental hydrofluoric acid burns. DESIGN:Prospective, controlled study. SETTING:Institutional laboratory. SUBJECTS:Male nude rats. INTERVENTIONS:For the in vitro experiment, a full-thickness skin from the back was set in a vertical flow-t...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Yamashita M,Yamashita M,Suzuki M,Hirai H,Kajigaya H

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Resuscitation of hemorrhagic hypotension after traumatic brain injury is challenging. A hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier may offer advantages. The novel therapeutic hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier, polynitroxylated pegylated hemoglobin (PNPH), may represent a neuroprotective hemoglobin-based oxygen carrier for...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shellington DK,Du L,Wu X,Exo J,Vagni V,Ma L,Janesko-Feldman K,Clark RS,Bayir H,Dixon CE,Jenkins LW,Hsia CJ,Kochanek PM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is limited evidence supporting the widespread use of α2 agonists (clonidine and dexmedetomidine) in pediatric critical care sedation. This study sought to test the association between the use of α2 agonists and enhanced sedation. DESIGN:A retrospective observational cohort study was conducted. Noninfe...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hayden JC,Doherty DR,Dawkins I,Leacy FP,Healy M,Breatnach CV,Cousins G,Gallagher PJ

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although it is established that septic shock induces immunosuppression, the mechanisms for this phenomenon remain poorly understood. Human leukocyte antigen-G exerts strong inhibitory effects that are directed at different arms of the immune system. The main objective of the current study was to measure human...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Monneret G,Voirin N,Krawice-Radanne I,Bohé J,Lepape A,Rouas-Freiss N,Carosella ED

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To measure temporal trends in survival over time in people with severe coronavirus disease 2019 requiring critical care (high dependency unit or ICU) management, and to assess whether temporal variation in mortality was explained by changes in patient demographics and comorbidity burden over time. DESIGN:Re...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dennis JM,McGovern AP,Vollmer SJ,Mateen BA

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Previous workers have demonstrated that controlled mechanical ventilation results in diaphragm inactivity and elicits a rapid development of diaphragm weakness as a result of both contractile dysfunction and fiber atrophy. Limited data exist regarding the impact of pressure support ventilation, a commonly us...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hudson MB,Smuder AJ,Nelson WB,Bruells CS,Levine S,Powers SK

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arterial catheterization for blood gas analysis and direct monitoring of blood pressure in infants and children can be attended by a variety of complications, which limit its use to short periods of time. An improved technique, consisting of elimination of stopcocks, the use of a continuous flushing system adapted for...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Galvis AG,Donahoo JS,White JJ

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Conventional outcomes research provides only percentage risk of such end points as mortality rate, utilization of resources, and/or broad groupings of multiple organ system dysfunction. These prognostications generally are not applicable to individual patients. The purpose of the present study was to determin...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Slotman GJ

更新日期：2002-05-01 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:Citrate anticoagulation is an excellent alternative to heparin anticoagulation for critically ill patients requiring continuous renal replacement therapy. In this article, we provide a safe and an easy-to-handle citrate anticoagulation protocol with variable treatment doses and excellent control of the acid-b...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Morgera S,Schneider M,Slowinski T,Vargas-Hein O,Zuckermann-Becker H,Peters H,Kindgen-Milles D,Neumayer HH

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of continuous lateral rotational therapy on the development of ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients requiring long-term mechanical ventilation. DESIGN:Prospective control study. SETTING:Chronic ventilator unit in tertiary care hospital. METHODS:Thirty-seven patients requiring lo...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kirschenbaum L,Azzi E,Sfeir T,Tietjen P,Astiz M

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We aimed to implement our Smart Use of Antibiotics Program to ensure the proper use of antimicrobials, improve patient care and outcomes, and reduce the risks of adverse effects and antimicrobial resistance. DESIGN:We compared the time periods before (baseline) and after (intervention) the implementation of...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lu C,Liu Q,Yuan H,Wang L

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Mitochondrial damage and dysfunction are thought to play an important role in the pathogenesis of sepsis-induced organ failures. Unfortunately, specific markers of mitochondrial damage in vital organs do not currently exist. Recently, carbomyl phosphate synthase (CPS)-1, a protein primarily localized to liver...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Crouser ED,Julian MW,Huff JE,Struck J,Cook CH

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：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:Acute-phase proteins, such as C-reactive protein and albumin, may be related with course and outcome in status epilepticus, as changes of cytokine levels and blood-brain barrier breakdown during status epilepticus have been demonstrated. The aim of this study was to elucidate the association of C-reactive pro...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sutter R,Grize L,Fuhr P,Rüegg S,Marsch S

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Subcutaneously administered low-molecular-weight heparins are widely used for prevention of venous thromboembolism. The appropriateness of the subcutaneous route in critically ill patients has never been established. OBJECTIVE:To determine anti-Xa activities in critically ill patients and in noncritically i...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Priglinger U,Delle Karth G,Geppert A,Joukhadar C,Graf S,Berger R,Hülsmann M,Spitzauer S,Pabinger I,Heinz G

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Preclinical studies reveal the neuroprotective properties of xenon, especially when combined with hypothermia. The purpose of this study was to investigate the feasibility and cardiac safety of inhaled xenon treatment combined with therapeutic hypothermia in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients. DESIGN:A...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Arola OJ,Laitio RM,Roine RO,Grönlund J,Saraste A,Pietilä M,Airaksinen J,Perttilä J,Scheinin H,Olkkola KT,Maze M,Laitio TT

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated 95 extubated neonates to determine if certain risk factors could predict the development of laryngeal injury. Risk factors were recorded prospectively during the intubation period and correlated with laryngeal injury determined by laryngoscopy after extubation. Duration of intubation greater than or equal...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fan LL,Flynn JW,Pathak DR

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Goal-directed nutritional support is essential to improving morbidity and mortality. Open abdominal decompression is similarly crucial to the successful treatment of intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome. The open abdomen, however, places the patient at risk for potentially significa...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cheatham ML,Safcsak K,Brzezinski SJ,Lube MW

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objectives of this study were to evaluate safety (primary) and clinical efficacy (secondary) of the humanized monoclonal anti-L-selectin antibody aselizumab in severely injured patients. DESIGN:Prospective phase II, parallel group, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial. SETTING:Fou...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Seekamp A,van Griensven M,Dhondt E,Diefenbeck M,Demeyer I,Vundelinckx G,Haas N,Schaechinger U,Wolowicka L,Rammelt S,Stroobants J,Marzi I,Brambrink AM,Dziurdzik P,Gasiorowski J,Redl H,Beckert M,Khan-Boluki J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00