Hepcidin and Anemia in Surgical Critical Care: A Prospective Cohort Study.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test whether there is a circadian rhythm of blood glucose control in critically ill patients and whether morning blood glucose is an accurate surrogate of overall blood glucose control. DESIGN:Retrospective multiple-center observational study. SETTING:Intensive care units of three tertiary hospitals and ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Egi M,Bellomo R,Stachowski E,French CJ,Hart G,Stow P

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：:A new device has been developed to estimate continuously and noninvasively cardiac output from the thoracic electrical bioimpedance (CObi). CObi was compared to cardiac output by thermodilution (COtd) in five anesthetized dogs. Blood pressure, blood volume, and blood flow were manipulated by hemorrhage and infusions o...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Tremper KK,Hufstedler SM,Barker SJ,Zaccari J,Harris D,Anderson S,Roohk V

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Glucose is the primary substrate for the energy requirements of the nervous system. Nevertheless, administration of glucose to critically ill patients with central nervous system trauma may have adverse effects on their neurologic recovery. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of other sourc...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cherian L,Peek K,Robertson CS,Goodman JC,Grossman RG

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypophosphatemia may occur in Reye's syndrome. We retrospectively studied 42 patients with Reye's syndrome to determine the frequency and degree of hypophosphatemia, to identify possible causes, and to determine whether hypophosphatemia was related to the severity of disease or mortality. Nineteen (46%) patients were ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Carroll JL,Kanter RK

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Controversy exists regarding the ideal injectate temperature for measuring cardiac output. Iced temperature injectate gives a higher signal/noise ratio and less variability in the measured cardiac output. Thus, less volume and fewer measurements are required. Advocates of room temperature injectate have sugg...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fang HK,Krahmer RL,Rypins EB,Law WR

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemodynamic response to a dopamine HCl infusion (10 microgram/kg per min) was measured in 25 adult patients with severe sepsis: there were 6 patients with circulatory hyperdynamic states, 9 patients with myocardial failure, and 10 with hypovolemia. Each patient also had acute respiratory failure. Changes of intrap...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Jardin F,Gurdjian F,Desfonds P,Margairaz A

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Anxiety results from the anticipation of a threat and might be associated with poor outcome in the critically ill. This study aims at showing that anxiety at admission in critically ill patients is associated with new organ failure over the first 7 days of ICU hospitalization independently of baseline organ ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Mazeraud A,Polito A,Sivanandamoorthy S,Porcher R,Heming N,Stoclin A,Hissem T,Antona M,Blot F,Gaillard R,Chrétien F,Annane D,Bozza FAB,Siami S,Sharshar T,Groupe d’Explorations Neurologiques en Réanimation (GENER).

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Chronic subdural hematoma is a commonly encountered disease in neurosurgic practice, whereas its increasing prevalence is compatible with the ageing population. Recommendations concerning postoperative thrombosis prophylaxis after burr-hole drainage of chronic subdural hematoma are lacking. The aim of this s...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Licci M,Kamenova M,Guzman R,Mariani L,Soleman J

更新日期：2018-01-01 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 assess whether the delivered nitric oxide (NO) concentration is affected by a change in the ventilatory setting during neonatal mechanical ventilatory support. DESIGN:Prospective, experimental study. SETTING:Laboratory at Nagoya City University Medical School. INTERVENTIONS:This study was performed by u...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Yamaguchi N,Togari H,Suzuki S

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have previously described a method for the precise delivery of inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) via a conventional, continuous-flow, pressure-limited, time-cycled ventilator. Because of the augmented effect of iNO decreasing pulmonary vascular resistance with high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV), we de...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Espinosa RM,Marks KH

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Checklists have been recently promulgated as a method to enhance patient safety and improve outcomes for critically ill patients. Specifically, recent work performed by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions has demonstrated that the addition of checklists to usual care in the intensive care unit is a...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Savel RH,Goldstein EB,Gropper MA

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether activation of the nuclear enzyme poly(adenosine 5'-diphosphate [ADP]-ribose) synthetase (PARS) contributes to mortality rate, myocardial dysfunction, and cardiovascular collapse in a porcine model of sepsis induced by implantation of an infected clot. DESIGN:Prospective, random animal st...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Goldfarb RD,Marton A,Szabó E,Virág L,Salzman AL,Glock D,Akhter I,McCarthy R,Parrillo JE,Szabó C

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Light chains κ and λ are immunoglobulin constituents but also circulate independently in blood as free light chains. We investigated whether a concomitant abnormality in free light chain and immunoglobulin levels could identify a high risk of death sepsis subpopulation to inform future IV immunoglobulin tria...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shankar-Hari M,Singer M,Spencer J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The records of 101 drowning or near-drowning victims admitted to Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (CHLA) between January 1975 and June 1978 were reviewed. The admission Glasgow coma score could be assigned retrospectively to 94 patients. A low score (less than 5) predicted a high risk group of patients with 80% mort...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dean JM,Kaufman ND

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We hypothesized that deficiency in 25-hydroxyvitamin D before hospital admission would be associated with all-cause mortality in the critically ill. DESIGN:Multicenter observational study of patients treated in medical and surgical intensive care units. SETTING:A total of 209 medical and surgical intensive ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Braun A,Chang D,Mahadevappa K,Gibbons FK,Liu Y,Giovannucci E,Christopher KB

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Addressing the quality gap in ICU-based palliative care is limited by uncertainty about acceptable models of collaborative specialist and generalist care. Therefore, we characterized the attitudes of physicians and nurses about palliative care delivery in an ICU environment. DESIGN:Mixed-methods study. SETT...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wysham NG,Hua M,Hough CL,Gundel S,Docherty SL,Jones DM,Reagan O,Goucher H,Mcfarlin J,Cox CE

更新日期：2017-04-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Hospitals use a variety of strategies to maximize the availability of limited ICU beds. Boarding, which involves assigning patients to an open bed in a different subspecialty ICU, is one such practice employed when ICU occupancy levels are high, and beds in a particular unit are unavailable. Boarding disrupt...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Stretch R,Della Penna N,Celi LA,Landon BE

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several variables may account for the response of electrochemical skin surface PO2 sensors to anesthetic gases: cathode material and size, pH of the electrolyte and membrane material. These variables cannot be chosen arbitrarily and their influence has been tested with two types of sensors. In one type (LSC), a large ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Eberhard P,Mindt W

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty preterm infants in respiratory distress, each with an umbilical catheter in place, were studied during their first 24 h of hospitalization, to determine the effects of continuous transcutaneous oxygen (PtcO2) monitoring on the frequency of arterial blood gas (ABG) determinations and on the incidence of hypoxia ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kilbride HW,Merenstein GB

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate if prone position delays the progression of experimental ventilator-induced lung injury, possibly due to a more homogeneous distribution of strain within lung parenchyma. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled trial. SETTING:Animal laboratory of a university hospital. SUBJECTS:Thirty-fiv...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Valenza F,Guglielmi M,Maffioletti M,Tedesco C,Maccagni P,Fossali T,Aletti G,Porro GA,Irace M,Carlesso E,Carboni N,Lazzerini M,Gattinoni L

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The randomized two-way factorial Dressing Study (1,636 patients, 28,931 catheter days) showed that a chlorhexidine-impregnated sponge decreased the incidence of major catheter-related infections from 1.4‰ to 0.6‰ catheter days, and that scheduled dressing changes every 7 days was not inferior to scheduled ch...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schwebel C,Lucet JC,Vesin A,Arrault X,Calvino-Gunther S,Bouadma L,Timsit JF

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the relationship between timing of continuous renal replacement therapy commencement and clinical outcomes in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury. The primary outcomes were all-cause mortality at 28 and 90 days. DESIGN:Nested observational cohort study using data from the Randomized ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Jun M,Bellomo R,Cass A,Gallagher M,Lo S,Lee J,Randomized Evaluation of Normal Versus Augmented Level of Replacement Therapy (RENAL) Study Investigators.

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequential assessment of renal function in 50 critically ill postoperative patients was done by simultaneous determinants of osmolar, free water, creatinine and sodium clearances, and fractional excretion of sodium. The traumatic and nontraumatic critically ill surgical patients had a characteristic pattern of creatin...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Brown R,Babcock R,Talbert J,Gruenberg J,Czurak C,Campbell M

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although discussing a prognosis is a duty of physicians caring for critically ill patients, little is known about surrogate decision-makers' beliefs about physicians' ability to prognosticate. We sought to determine: 1) surrogates' beliefs about whether physicians can accurately prognosticate for critically ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zier LS,Burack JH,Micco G,Chipman AK,Frank JA,Luce JM,White DB

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the impact of prophylactic continuous lateral rotation therapy on the prevalence of ventilator-associated pneumonia, duration of mechanical ventilation, length of stay, and mortality in critically ill medical patients. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, clinical study. SETTING:Three medical inte...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Staudinger T,Bojic A,Holzinger U,Meyer B,Rohwer M,Mallner F,Schellongowski P,Robak O,Laczika K,Frass M,Locker GJ

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The mortality of critically ill patients associated with intestinal ischemia/reperfusion remains very high, which results from multiorgan dysfunction or failure due to intestinal injury induced by intestinal ischemia/reperfusion. This study was carried out to investigate whether intestinal ischemia/reperfusio...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zhou J,Huang WQ,Li C,Wu GY,Li YS,Wen SH,Lei WL,Liu KX

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pericardium serves many important functions, but it is not essential for life. Pericardial heart disease comprises only pericarditis and its complications, tamponade and constriction, and congenital lesions. However, the pericardium is affected by virtually every category of disease. The critical care physician is...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hoit BD

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00