Dimensions and Role-Specific Mediators of Surrogate Trust in the ICU.

abstract：:Mucus plugging of a large airway resulted in the formation of a check-valve mechanism and pulmonary hyperinflation, rather than atelectasis. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy was both diagnostic and curative. The physician should be aware that mucus plugging may have unusual presentations and may mimic other clinical entities. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rubin EM,Baier H

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that the lectin-like domain of tumor necrosis factor, mimicked by the TIP peptide, can improve lung function after unilateral orthotopic lung isotransplantation. Because of a lack of a specific treatment for ischemia reperfusion-mediated lung injury, accompanied by a disrupted barrier i...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hamacher J,Stammberger U,Roux J,Kumar S,Yang G,Xiong C,Schmid RA,Fakin RM,Chakraborty T,Hossain HM,Pittet JF,Wendel A,Black SM,Lucas R

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In children, like in adults, tracheal intubation is a painful procedure that may induce hypertension, tachycardia, and other undesirable hemodynamic disorders. Although premature neonates are very sensitive to pain and vulnerable to its long-term effects, the need for sedation before tracheal intubation is st...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Simon L,Trifa M,Mokhtari M,Hamza J,Treluyer JM

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Oxygenation measured 24 hours after acute respiratory distress syndrome onset more accurately stratifies risk, relative to oxygenation at onset, in both children and adults. However, waiting 24 hours is problematic, especially for interventions that are more efficacious early in the disease course. We aimed t...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Yehya N,Thomas NJ,Khemani RG

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

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：:Although ICUs generate attention as consumers of resources, no national data on utilization and costs were available in Canada. U.S. estimates are too old for current comparison. Based on national hospital survey data from Statistics Canada, we calculated the utilization of ICUs in all Canadian general hospitals from ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Jacobs P,Noseworthy TW

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Rapid fluid loading is standard treatment for hypovolemia. Because volume expansion does not always improve hemodynamic status, predictive parameters of fluid responsiveness are needed. Passive leg raising is a reversible maneuver that mimics rapid volume expansion. Passive leg raising-induced changes in stro...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Préau S,Saulnier F,Dewavrin F,Durocher A,Chagnon JL

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To outline the concepts involved in optimizing antibacterial dosing in critically ill patients with acute renal failure undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), provide a strategy for optimizing dosing, and summarize the data required to implement the strategy. DATA SOURCES:MEDLINE search fro...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Choi G,Gomersall CD,Tian Q,Joynt GM,Freebairn R,Lipman J

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Atrial fibrillation is frequently seen in sepsis-related hospitalizations. However, large-scale contemporary data from the United States comparing outcomes among sepsis-related hospitalizations with versus without atrial fibrillation are limited. The aim of our study was to assess the frequency of atrial fib...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Desai R,Hanna B,Singh S,Omar A,Deshmukh A,Kumar G,Foreman MG,Sachdeva R

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We used metoprolol orally or iv in 25 patients with multifocal atrial tachycardia that was complicating severe cardiopulmonary illness, and we observed its effect on heart rate and rhythm, BP, and arterial blood gases. All patients showed a dramatic slowing of heart rate, averaging 54.0 +/- 4.0 beat/min (p less than ....

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hazard PB,Burnett CR

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The role of nitric oxide in mediating the early phase of hypotension and cardiovascular hyporeactivity in sepsis, and the cellular sources of inducible nitric oxide synthase expression under in vivo conditions, remain unclear. The objective of this study was to elucidate the time course and cellular location...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Liu SF,Barnes PJ,Evans TW

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conjunctival oxygen monitor reflects oxygen tension of the internal carotid artery without introducing the heating artifact characteristic of transcutaneous monitors. It is now being used in the ICU and the operating room to measure accurately and continuously Po2 and temperature of conjunctival tissue. We examine...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Isenberg SJ,Green BF

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Studies have shown that endothelium-dependent relaxation (mediated by endothelium-derived nitric oxide) is depressed during the early, hyperdynamic stage of sepsis. Although it is known that ATP-MgCl2 produces beneficial effects following various adverse circulatory conditions, it remains unknown whether thi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wang P,Ba ZF,Cioffi WG,Bland KI,Chaudry IH

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To elucidate sources of variability in the estimate of treatment effects in a successful phase 3 trial in severe sepsis and to assess their implications on the design of future clinical trials. DESIGN:Retrospective evaluation of prospectively defined subgroups from a large phase 3, placebo-controlled clinica...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Macias WL,Vallet B,Bernard GR,Vincent JL,Laterre PF,Nelson DR,Derchak PA,Dhainaut JF

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Corticosteroid therapy is frequently used in septic patients given the rationale that there is an increased demand for corticosteroid in sepsis, and up to 60% of severe septic patients experience adrenal insufficiency. However, the efficacy of corticosteroid therapy and whether the therapy should be based on...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ai J,Guo L,Zheng Z,Wang SX,Huang B,Li XA

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) on PaO2 during collapse of a single pulmonary lobe was investigated in seven dogs. Increasing PEEP to the ventilated region of lung increased the proportion of cardiac output flowing to the collapsed lobe and decreased PaO2 and pH. PaCO2 increased at the onset of l...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sánchez De León R,Orchard C,Sykes K,Brajkovich I

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Very elderly persons admitted to ICUs are at high risk of death. To document life-sustaining interventions (mechanical ventilation, vasopressors, renal replacement therapy) provided in the ICU and outcomes of care. DESIGN:Multicenter, prospective cohort study. SETTING:ICUs of 24 Canadian hospitals. PARTICI...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Heyland D,Cook D,Bagshaw SM,Garland A,Stelfox HT,Mehta S,Dodek P,Kutsogiannis J,Burns K,Muscedere J,Turgeon AF,Fowler R,Jiang X,Day AG,Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.,Canadian Researchers at the End of Life Network.

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate glycemic dynamics and its relation with mortality in critically ill patients. We searched for differences in complexity of the glycemic profile between survivors and nonsurvivors in patients admitted to a multidisciplinary intensive care unit. DESIGN:Prospective, observational study, convenien...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lundelin K,Vigil L,Bua S,Gomez-Mestre I,Honrubia T,Varela M

更新日期：2010-03-01 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:The purpose of this study was to determine the prognostic value of sublingual PCO2 (P(SL)CO2), lactate concentration, and mixed venous oxygen saturation (S(MV)O2) in hemodynamically unstable intensive care patients and, additionally, to compare the temporal changes of these variables in response to treatment....

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Marik PE,Bankov A

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review the immunologic role of the cytokines and the specific role that tumor necrosis factor (TNF) plays in response to infection. The influence of bacterial lipopolysaccharide on TNF, the cytokine cascade, and resultant pathologies are also reviewed. DATA SOURCES:A MEDLINE search of the international E...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Beutler B,Grau GE

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Critically ill patients who fear impending death may die suddenly. We studied prospectively the incidence of death in critically ill surgical patients who articulated the fear that they were about to die. Physiologic, environmental, and behavioral correlates which might influence perceptions of impending death were ex...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Poulton TJ,Butdorf MB

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association between the performance of a tracheostomy and intensive care unit and postintensive care unit mortality, controlling for treatment selection bias and confounding variables. DESIGN:Prospective, observational, cohort study. SETTING:Twelve French medical or surgical intensive care un...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Clec'h C,Alberti C,Vincent F,Garrouste-Orgeas M,de Lassence A,Toledano D,Azoulay E,Adrie C,Jamali S,Zaccaria I,Cohen Y,Timsit JF

更新日期：2007-01-01 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:To describe long-term survival in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome and assess differences in patient characteristics and outcomes among those who receive rescue therapies (prone position ventilation, inhaled nitric oxide, or inhaled epoprostenol) versus conventional treatment. DESIGN...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Khandelwal N,Hough CL,Bansal A,Veenstra DL,Treggiari MM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the importance of endothelin-1-induced vasoconstriction in a model of acute and maintained low cardiac output, by investigating regional changes within the mesenteric and particularly the intestinal mucosal circulation. DESIGN:Prospective, controlled animal study. SETTING:University-affiliated rese...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Burgener D,Laesser M,Treggiari-Venzi M,Oi Y,Jolliet P,Strasser S,Hadengue A,Aneman A

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Inhaled nitric oxide is being utilized as a selective pulmonary vasodilator in the treatment of persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn. However, the effects of inhaled nitric oxide on cerebral hemodynamics and distribution of left ventricular output in newborn subjects have not been studied. This s...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rosenberg AA,Kinsella JP,Abman SH

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doppler ultrasound was used to study cerebral hemodynamics in the pericallosal artery of 21 newborn infants undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for intractable respiratory failure. Cerebral blood flow velocity waveforms were obtained pre-ECMO, after every major change in cardiopulmonary bypass flow d...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： van de Bor M,Walther FJ,Gangitano ES,Snyder JR

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify and appraise articles describing criteria used to prioritize or withhold a critical care admission. DATA SOURCES:PubMed, Embase, Medline, EBM Reviews, and CINAHL Complete databases. Gray literature searches and a manual review of references were also performed. Preferred Reporting Items for Syst...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dahine J,Hébert PC,Ziegler D,Chenail N,Ferrari N,Hébert R

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00