Association of Gender With Outcome and Host Response in Critically Ill Sepsis Patients.

abstract：:This review focuses on the effects of restoring hormonal levels and/or influence on muscle protein metabolism in the stressed state. We have highlighted our clinical experience in the administration of anabolic and anticatabolic agents in stressed clinical populations, primarily adult and pediatric burn injury, as wel...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ferrando AA,Wolfe RR

更新日期：2007-09-01 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:Intensive insulin therapy with tight glucose control is known to result in reduced morbidity and mortality in inflammation-related critical illness. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha induction in myocardial infarction may trigger inflammation and have detrimental effects on cardiomyocytes. This study was des...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Li J,Zhang H,Wu F,Nan Y,Ma H,Guo W,Wang H,Ren J,Das UN,Gao F

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was found that, during 1974, it cost an average of $8842 ($12,909 in 1979) to care for a survivor of severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) who required mechanical ventilation in this ICU compared to $2448 ($3574 in 1979) for nonsurvivors. Death in 15 out of the 16 nonsurvivors was accompanied by grade III-IV i...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shannon DC,Crone RK,Todres ID,Krishnamoorthy KS

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the short-term physiologic effects (indexes of respiratory effort, ventilation, and gas exchange), leaks, patient-ventilator asynchrony, and comfort of four noninvasive ventilation (NIV) facial, oronasal, or oral interfaces with major differences in internal volume. DESIGN:Prospective, short-term, cr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fraticelli AT,Lellouche F,L'her E,Taillé S,Mancebo J,Brochard L

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reproducibility of thermal-dye extravascular lung water (EVLW) estimation by a lung water computer was studied by performing ten consecutive measurements in 45 critically ill patients. EVLW ranged over a wide spectrum from 187 to 1163 ml (2.4 to 18.6 ml/kg). The mean coefficient of variation of ten consecutive measure...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Laggner AN,Lenz K,Druml W,Kleinberger G

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if inhibition of nitric oxide synthase with NG-nitro-L-arginine-methyl-ester (L-NAME) potentiates endotoxin-induced cardiopulmonary dysfunction and release of cyclooxygenase products in a porcine model of endotoxemia. DESIGN:Prospective, multiple group, controlled experimental study. SETTING:Ph...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hellyer PW,Johnson LW,Olson NC

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foreign-body aspiration in adults is usually associated with asphyxiation after aspiration of food particles. The present report documents a case of foreign-body aspiration that resulted from poor tracheostomy care in an alcoholic patient, and caused fulminant pneumonitis. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Brischetto MJ,Malouf J,Taylor RW

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether base excess, base excess caused by unmeasured anions, and anion gap can predict lactate in adult critically ill patients, and also to determine whether acid-base variables can predict mortality in these patients. DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:Adult intensive care unit of tertiary ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rocktaeschel J,Morimatsu H,Uchino S,Bellomo R

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN:To review and discuss selected literature, expert opinion, and conventional care of the hyperglycemic perioperative or critically ill patient. MAIN POINTS:Diabetes mellitus, the most commonly encountered perioperative endocrinopathy, continues to increase dramatically in prevalence. Diabetes is th...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Coursin DB,Connery LE,Ketzler JT

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The determination of minute oxygen consumption (VO2) for metabolic studies on patients using either the Beckman Metabolic Cart (MMC) or the Respiratory Monitoring System (RMS) requires a stable fractional inspired oxygen concentration (FIO2). Measurement of VO2 on mechanically ventilated patients using the Bourns BEAR...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Browning JA,Linberg SE,Turney SZ,Chodoff P

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Because of their beneficial effects in patients with hemorrhagic shock and multiple-system trauma, hypertonic saline solutions are increasingly being used perioperatively for volume resuscitation. Although the anti-edema effects of hypertonic saline on brain are well documented in a variety of brain injury pa...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Toung TJ,Chen CH,Lin C,Bhardwaj A

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：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:Insulin reduces morbidity and mortality among critically ill patients, but the molecular mechanisms of its effect remain unknown. Insulin is a well-known inhibitor of glycogen synthase kinase-3, which may play an important role in systemic inflammation and shock. Here we investigate the role of blood glucose ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dugo L,Collin M,Allen DA,Murch O,Foster SJ,Yaqoob MM,Thiemermann C

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bradycardia is common in critical care units. It may be transient, asymptomatic and of little consequence, or life-threatening. Bradycardia may result from abnormalities of the sinus node, atrioventricular node, or the His-Purkinje system. It may also be precipitated by drug effects or enhanced vagal tone. Proper diag...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kaushik V,Leon AR,Forrester JS Jr,Trohman RG

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Comparison of two versions of bispectral index (BIS) derived from the electroencephalogram in mechanically ventilated and continuously sedated patients after major abdominal surgery. DESIGN:Prospective, cohort, observational, unblinded study. SETTING:Surgical intensive care unit of a university hospital. P...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Tonner PH,Wei C,Bein B,Weiler N,Paris A,Scholz J

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The effect of levosimendan, a novel inotropic vasodilator (inodilator), on the microvascular gastric mucosal hemoglobin oxygenation (muHbo(2)) is unknown. A possible effect could thereby be selective for the splanchnic region or could primarily reflect changes in systemic oxygen transport (Do(2)) and/or oxyge...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schwarte LA,Picker O,Bornstein SR,Fournell A,Scheeren TW

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the incidence and characteristics of children with brain death in the pediatric intensive care unit (ICU), and to assess the incidence of the clinical triad (Turner's triad) of central diabetes insipidus, low glucose demand, and low CO2 production. DESIGN:Retrospective review of medical records...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Staworn D,Lewison L,Marks J,Turner G,Levin D

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：:Three patients under observation in ICUs developed mechanical upper airway obstruction requiring surgical intervention for airway control. One patient was treated by tracheotomy placed through a vertical midline incision and 2 patients were treated by cricothyroidotomy followed by elective tracheostomy and closure of ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schecter WP,Wilson RS

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the methodological quality and thematic completeness of existing clinical practice guidelines, addressing early mobilization of adults in the ICU. DATA SOURCES:Systematic review of Medline, Embase, CINAHL, Cochrane, and grey literature from January 2008 to February 2020. STUDY SELECTION:Two rev...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lang JK,Paykel MS,Haines KJ,Hodgson CL

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We studied the in-hospital course, long-term prognosis, and functional status of elderly patients with life-threatening cardiogenic pulmonary edema requiring mechanical ventilation. DESIGN:Semiprospective evaluation. SETTING:Twelve intensive care units and one emergency prehospital medical department in uni...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Adnet F,Le Toumelin P,Leberre A,Minadeo J,Lapostolle F,Plaisance P,Cupa M

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test whether spectral indices derived from the electroencephalogram (EEG), and especially the bispectral index (BIS), can be used as measures of neurologic status in unsedated, critically ill patients. DESIGN:Prospective, observational study. SETTING:Medical intensive care unit (ICU) of a university-affi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gilbert TT,Wagner MR,Halukurike V,Paz HL,Garland A

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare in the same patient with septic shock, respective effects of epinephrine, norepinephrine, and the combination of norepinephrine and dobutamine (5 microg/kg/min) on systemic hemodynamic parameters and gastric mucosal perfusion using gastric tonometry and laser-Doppler flowmetry techniques. DESIGN:...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Duranteau J,Sitbon P,Teboul JL,Vicaut E,Anguel N,Richard C,Samii K

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the effects of dobutamine and norepinephrine on the global cardiovascular response and on the relationship between oxygen uptake (VO2) and oxygen delivery (DO2) during an acute reduction in blood flow associated with tamponade. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled acute intervention study. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zhang H,Spapen H,Vincent JL

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Several studies report calcium mishandling, sarcomere disarray, and caspase activation during heart failure. Although active caspases have been shown to cleave myofibrillar proteins, little is known regarding their effects on calcium handling proteins. Therefore, we aimed to explore how endotoxin-induced casp...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Neviere R,Hassoun SM,Decoster B,Bouazza Y,Montaigne D,Maréchal X,Marciniak C,Marchetti P,Lancel S

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the structure and objectives of various hospital ethics committees due to their need to preserve confidentiality, their reluctance to reveal internal hospital problems, and their concern about becoming involved in the developing debate about the appropriate role and value of such committees. The ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cohen CB

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although the mortality of severe sepsis is easily quantified, the actual cause and timing of death from severe sepsis are less defined. We used the INDEPTH (International Integrated Database for the Evaluation of Severe Sepsis and Drotrecogin alfa activated) database to investigate the reported cause of deat...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Vincent JL,Nelson DR,Williams MD

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate, in restrictive patients, the influence of pressure ramp slope values on the efficacy of pressure support ventilation. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:A university hospital medical intensive care unit. PATIENTS:Twelve intubated restrictive patients. INTERVENTIONS:Patients were randomly as...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bonmarchand G,Chevron V,Ménard JF,Girault C,Moritz-Berthelot F,Pasquis P,Leroy J

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00