Chlorpromazine treatment for neurogenic pulmonary edema.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Maintenance of mean arterial pressure>65 mm Hg has been associated with improved clinical outcomes in many studies of critically ill patients. Current guidelines for the management of septic shock and guidelines for managing other critical illnesses suggest intra-arterial blood pressure measurement is prefer...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Chatterjee A,DePriest K,Blair R,Bowton D,Chin R

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Prophylactic levetiracetam is currently used in ~40% of patients with intracerebral hemorrhage, and the potential impact of levetircetam on health-related quality of life is unknown. We tested the hypothesis that prophylactic levetiracetam is independently associated with differences in cognitive function he...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Naidech AM,Beaumont J,Muldoon K,Liotta EM,Maas MB,Potts MB,Jahromi BS,Cella D,Prabhakaran S,Holl JL

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although studies have indicated that adrenal insufficiency occurs after severe trauma and hemorrhagic shock, it remains controversial whether adrenal function is depressed during the late stage of polymicrobial sepsis. DESIGN:Prospective, controlled animal study. SETTING:A university research laboratory. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Koo DJ,Jackman D,Chaudry IH,Wang P

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Varying concentrations of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and mannan suspensions were mixed with either saline or plasma from normal volunteers, heated to 100 degrees C for 10 min, and then subjected to the limulus amebocyte lysate test (LAL). A positive LAL in saline required minimum LPS and mannan concentrations of 10(-11)...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hosotsubo KK,Takezawa J,Nishijima MK,Takahashi H,Shimada Y,Yoshiya I

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Acute respiratory distress syndrome is occasionally seen in newborn infants due to a severe inflammatory process in the lungs that affects capillary-alveolar permeability, epithelial integrity, and type I and II pneumocyte function. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a topically applied nu...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ankermann T,Reisner A,Wiemann T,Krams M,Köhler H,Krause MF

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Formal guidelines recommend that therapeutic hypothermia be considered after in-hospital cardiac arrest. The rate of therapeutic hypothermia use after in-hospital cardiac arrest and details about its implementation are unknown. We aimed to determine the use of therapeutic hypothermia for adult in-hospital ca...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Mikkelsen ME,Christie JD,Abella BS,Kerlin MP,Fuchs BD,Schweickert WD,Berg RA,Mosesso VN,Shofer FS,Gaieski DF,American Heart Association’s Get With the Guidelines-Resuscitation Investigators.

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To validate scoring algorithm criteria established by the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine (JAAM) for disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and to evaluate its diagnostic property by comparing the two leading scoring systems for DIC, from the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare (JMHW) and I...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gando S,Iba T,Eguchi Y,Ohtomo Y,Okamoto K,Koseki K,Mayumi T,Murata A,Ikeda T,Ishikura H,Ueyama M,Ogura H,Kushimoto S,Saitoh D,Endo S,Shimazaki S,Japanese Association for Acute Medicine Disseminated Intravascular Coagulati

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glycemic control is increasingly being recognized as a priority in the treatment of critically ill patients. Titration and monitoring of insulin infusions involve frequent blood glucose measurement to achieve target glucose ranges and prevent adverse events related to hypoglycemia. Therefore, it is imperativ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kanji S,Buffie J,Hutton B,Bunting PS,Singh A,McDonald K,Fergusson D,McIntyre LA,Hebert PC

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased cardiac index, oxygen delivery (DO2), and oxygen consumption (VO2) patterns were shown to characterize the physiologic status of surviving high-risk surgical patients, and indicate increased metabolic needs; relatively normal DO2 and VO2 values were found to characterize the sequential pattern of n...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shoemaker WC,Appel PL,Kram HB

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cognitive deficits after traumatic brain injury are a leading cause of disability worldwide, yet no effective pharmacologic treatments exist to improve cognition. Traumatic brain injury increases proinflammatory cytokines, which trigger excess function of α5 subunit-containing γ-aminobutyric acid type A rece...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Khodaei S,Avramescu S,Wang DS,Sheng H,Chan NK,Lecker I,Fernandez-Escobar A,Lei G,Dewar MB,Whissell PD,Baker AJ,Orser BA

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neurologic dysfunction, coma, and seizures are common in obstetric patients in the intensive care unit. OBJECTIVE:To review common neurologic disorders resulting in critical illness in pregnancy. REVIEW:Obstetric disorders causing coma and seizures include eclampsia, acute fatty liver of pregnancy, and amn...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Karnad DR,Guntupalli KK

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Life-threatening conditions cause severe changes in the organization and conformation of macromolecules, creating urgent requirements for protein repair to ensure survival. As molecular chaperones, heat shock proteins (HSP) that have specialized functions in protein folding are now well established to restore...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Christians ES,Yan LJ,Benjamin IJ

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:a) To quantify the use of do-not-resuscitate orders in a tertiary care children's hospital; and b) to characterize the circumstances in which such orders are written. DESIGN:Retrospective chart review. SETTING:University teaching hospital. PATIENTS:All inpatients who died in an urban children's hospital o...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lantos JD,Berger AC,Zucker AR

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors evaluated the effectiveness of 6% hydroxyethyl starch (hetastarch) solution for treatment of hypovolemia in 46 critically ill patients. Thirty-two of the patients were studied retrospectively and in 14 patients, cardiopulmonary variables were prospectively measured. A total of 29 patients were in shock sec...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Puri VK,Paidipaty B,White L

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the feasibility of utilizing a scintigraphic technique to differentiate patients with adult respiratory distress syndrome due to sepsis syndrome from control volunteers and patients with congestive heart failure. Gamma scintigraphy was compared with chest roentgenograms to predict mortality rate ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Byrne K,Tatum JL,Henry DA,Hirsch JI,Crossland M,Barnes T,Thompson JA,Young J,Sugerman HJ

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between treatment-related variables for Candida bloodstream infection and hospital mortality. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort analysis. SETTING:Thousand two hundred-bed academic medical center. PATIENTS:A total of 245 consecutive patients with Candida bloodstream infections who rece...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Labelle AJ,Micek ST,Roubinian N,Kollef MH

更新日期：2008-11-01 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 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：OBJECTIVES:We investigated whether preexisting kidney function determines if ICU patients may benefit from increased (2.0 g/kg/d) protein intake. DESIGN:Post hoc, hypothesis-generating, subgroup analysis of a multicenter, phase 2, randomized clinical trial. All analyses were conducted by intention to treat and maintai...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zhu R,Allingstrup MJ,Perner A,Doig GS,Nephro-Protective Trial Investigators Group.

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The high incidence of lower lobe collapse in adult intensive care patients is well described. We aimed to document the incidence and distribution of acute lobar collapse in the pediatric intensive care setting. The influence of anatomical and pathophysiological differences between the adult and pediatric resp...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Thomas K,Habibi P,Britto J,Owens CM

更新日期：1999-08-01 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:To determine the utility of thoracic computed tomography (TCT) in the initial assessment of critically ill patients with chest injuries. DESIGN:Prospective observational study of cohorts. SETTING:Trauma intensive care unit (ICU) of a Spanish Level III hospital (US equivalent Level I). PATIENTS:Three hundre...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Guerrero-López F,Vázquez-Mata G,Alcázar-Romero PP,Fernández-Mondéjar E,Aguayo-Hoyos E,Linde-Valverde CM

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety and diagnostic yield of transbronchial biopsy performed in mechanically ventilated patients. DESIGN:Retrospective, cohort analysis. SETTING:A university-affiliated teaching hospital. PATIENTS:Seventy-one consecutive, mechanically ventilated patients requiring lung tissue examination....

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： O'Brien JD,Ettinger NA,Shevlin D,Kollef MH

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The early detection of bacterial meningitis is crucial for successful outcome. Heparin-binding protein, a potent inducer of increased vascular permeability, is released from activated neutrophils in severe sepsis. OBJECTIVE:In this study we investigated whether heparin-binding protein levels in cerebrospina...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Linder A,Akesson P,Brink M,Studahl M,Björck L,Christensson B

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effects of mechanical ventilation with a tidal volume of 6 mL/kg compared with 12 mL/kg predicted body weight on hemodynamics, vasopressor use, fluid balance, diuretics, sedation, and neuromuscular blockade within 48 hrs in patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cheng IW,Eisner MD,Thompson BT,Ware LB,Matthay MA,Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network.

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among Gram-positive pathogens, Staphylococcus aureus is the leading cause of death from nosocomial pneumonia. The bacterium developed progressive resistance to beta-lactams, and methicillin-resistant strains emerged in the 1980s. In consequence, vancomycin has become the drug of choice for treatment of this infection ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bodi M,Ardanuy C,Rello J

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the frequency and preventability of adverse drug events and potential adverse drug events in intensive care units (ICUs) and non-ICUs. To evaluate systems factors involving the individual caregivers, care unit teams, and patients involved in each adverse drug event by comparing ICUs with non-ICUs ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cullen DJ,Sweitzer BJ,Bates DW,Burdick E,Edmondson A,Leape LL

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the effect of a part-time rapid response system on the occurrence rate of cardiopulmonary arrest by comparing the times of rapid response system operation versus nonoperation. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:A 1,360-bed tertiary care hospital. PATIENTS:Adult patients admitted to the...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kim Y,Lee DS,Min H,Choi YY,Lee EY,Song I,Park JS,Cho YJ,Jo YH,Yoon HI,Lee JH,Lee CT,Do SH,Lee YJ

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PEEP is the most important therapeutic intervention in the management of acute respiratory failure. Transitory PEEP disconnection to perform clinically relevant maneuvers is often necessary, but its effect upon PaO2 and physiological shunt in patients requiring high-level PEEP is not clear from the literature. Nine ad...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： De Campo T,Civetta JM

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The applicability of continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration (CAVH) for renal replacement therapy was evaluated in three infants and two young children with catastrophic medical and surgical illnesses. In the first four patients, CAVH was used in conjunction with either peritoneal or hemodialysis. In the fifth patient...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Leone MR,Jenkins RD,Golper TA,Alexander SR

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00