Catecholamines: study of interspecies variation.

abstract：:A 77-yr-old white man recovering from aortobiiliac bypass surgery suffered a sudden stroke within 30 min after carotid sinus massage was performed in an attempt to treat supraventricular tachycardia. Even though carotid digital subtraction angiography and angiograms were negative for carotid artery disease, we believe...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bastulli JA,Orlowski JP

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The electronic health record is a primary source of information for all professional groups participating in ICU rounds. We previously demonstrated that, individually, all professional groups involved in rounds have significant blind spots in recognition of patient safety issues in the electronic health reco...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bordley J,Sakata KK,Bierman J,McGrath K,Mulanax A,Nguyen L,Mohan V,Gold JA

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether plasma lipid hydroperoxides may be a useful marker for sepsis. DESIGN:Exploratory, open-label study. SETTING:Critical care unit at a university medical center. PATIENTS:Twelve patients with sepsis syndrome requiring hemodynamic monitoring with pulmonary artery catheters. Seven patients...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Keen RR,Stella L,Flanigan DP,Lands WE

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The heart rate variability (HRV) of 82 patients exhibiting sinus rhythm and admitted for possible myocardial infarction (MI) was evaluated. Using a simple information entropy measure to quantify the HRV, patients subsequently diagnosed with MI or experiencing significant dysrhythmia (n = 35) exhibited less entropy (0....

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zbilut JP,Lawson L

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reimbursement policies are a critical step in the incorporation of new technologies and therapies into the clinical armamentarium. Reimbursement is an umbrella concept describing the process to manage and pay for healthcare services, including benefit coverage, coding, and payment processes. The technologies and servi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Reaven NL,Rosenbloom J

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Lung-protective ventilation for acute respiratory distress syndrome aims for providing sufficient oxygenation and carbon dioxide clearance, while limiting the harmful effects of mechanical ventilation. "Flow-controlled ventilation", providing a constant expiratory flow, has been suggested as a new lung-prote...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schmidt J,Wenzel C,Spassov S,Borgmann S,Lin Z,Wollborn J,Weber J,Haberstroh J,Meckel S,Eiden S,Wirth S,Schumann S

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To date, no study has systematically investigated the impact of drowning-induced asphyxia on hemostasis. Our objective was to test the hypothesis that asphyxia induces bleeding by hyperfibrinolytic disseminated intravascular coagulation. DESIGN:Observational study. SETTING:A 2,100-bed tertiary care facility...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schwameis M,Schober A,Schörgenhofer C,Sperr WR,Schöchl H,Janata-Schwatczek K,Kürkciyan EI,Sterz F,Jilma B

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Case fatality in pregnancy-associated severe sepsis or septic shock appears reduced compared with nonpregnant women with severe sepsis or septic shock. It remains unclear if this difference is due to pregnancy or better baseline health status, among others. Our study compared adverse outcomes of pregnancy-as...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kidson KM,Henderson WR,Hutcheon JA

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Our aim was to determine the frequency and the clinical and epidemiologic characteristics of sepsis in a hospital-based population in Colombia. DESIGN:Prospective cohort. SETTING:Ten general hospitals in the four main cities of Colombia. PATIENTS:Consecutive patients admitted in emergency rooms, intensive ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rodríguez F,Barrera L,De La Rosa G,Dennis R,Dueñas C,Granados M,Londoño D,Molina F,Ortiz G,Jaimes F

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the history and development of critical care nurses, the supply and demand issues related to critical care nursing, critical care nursing's contribution to patient outcomes, and recommendations to ensure a steady and strong workforce. DATA SOURCE AND SELECTION:Information presented in this article ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Robnett MK

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cardiac surgery, especially when employing cardiopulmonary bypass and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest, is associated with systemic inflammatory responses that significantly affect morbidity and mortality. Intestinal perfusion abnormalities have been implicated in such responses, but the mechanisms linking...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Karhausen J,Qing M,Gibson A,Moeser AJ,Griefingholt H,Hale LP,Abraham SN,Mackensen GB

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey of acute care/blood gas laboratories was conducted through the memberships of the Society of Critical Care Medicine ( SCCM ) and the National Association of Medical Directors of Respiratory Care ( NAMDRC ). Data were obtained from 227 laboratories and analyzed for operational characteristics, personnel, analy...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hall JR,Shapiro BA

更新日期：1984-06-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To quantify glucose balance related to continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration (CAVH) when a glucose-rich replacement fluid is used for the plasma ultrafiltrate removed. DESIGN:Prospective, nonintervention study. SETTING:Medical/surgical and cardiac surgical intensive care units of a university hospital. P...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Monaghan R,Watters JM,Clancey SM,Moulton SB,Rabin EZ

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our intent was to evolve a prognosticator that would predict the likelihood that an electrical shock would restore a perfusing rhythm. Such a prognosticator was to be based on conventional electrocardiographic signals but without constraints caused by artifacts resulting from precordial compression. The adver...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Marn-Pernat A,Weil MH,Tang W,Pernat A,Bisera J

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the impact of two different customization strategies in the performance of the admission Mortality Probability Model II (MPM II0) using formal statistical assessment. DESIGN:Analysis of the database of a multicenter, multinational, prospective cohort study, EURICUS-1, involving 89 intensive care u...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Moreno R,Apolone G

更新日期：1997-12-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the blood discard volume, as a multiple of deadspace, that is required for accurate arterial blood gas and electrolyte testing from arterial catheters. DESIGN:Prospective, controlled, crossover trial. SETTING:Eighteen-bed intensive care unit of a metropolitan teaching hospital. PATIENTS:A tota...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rickard CM,Couchman BA,Schmidt SJ,Dank A,Purdie DM

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of a bolus infusion of diaspirin cross-linked hemoglobin (DCLHb or hemoglobin crosfumaril) on the ileal mucosal microcirculation in septic rats. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, single-blinded study. SETTING:University-affiliated animal research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Twenty-four male ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sielenkämper AW,Eichelbrönner O,Martin CM,Madorin SW,Chin-Yee IH,Sibbald WJ

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Vital organ hypoperfusion significantly contributes to the dismal survival rates observed with manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation after cardiac arrest. The impedance threshold device is a valve which reduces air entry into lungs during chest recoil between chest compressions, producing a potentially benefi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cabrini L,Beccaria P,Landoni G,Biondi-Zoccai GG,Sheiban I,Cristofolini M,Fochi O,Maj G,Zangrillo A

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We tested whether mild hypothermia impacts on circulatory and respiratory dysfunction during experimental endotoxemia. DESIGN:Randomized controlled prospective experimental study. SETTING:Large animal facility, Medical University of Graz, Austria. SUBJECTS:Thirteen anesthetized and mechanically ventilated ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schwarzl M,Seiler S,Wallner M,von Lewinski D,Huber S,Maechler H,Steendijk P,Zelzer S,Truschnig-Wilders M,Obermayer-Pietsch B,Lueger A,Pieske BM,Post H

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vecuronium's short half-life and minimal cardiopulmonary side-effects make it a suitable drug for continuous infusion. Vecuronium is used frequently in critically ill patients to increase their total compliance and to minimize the adverse effects of mechanical ventilation. This crossover, prospective study evaluates t...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Eldadah MK,Newth CJ

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the action of high-dose epinephrine by measuring simultaneously its vasopressor and norepinephrine releasing effects in humans during cardiac arrest. DESIGN:A prospective study on consecutive patients admitted with cardiac arrest. SETTING:Emergency Department in a large, urban hospital. PATIENT...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wortsman J,Paradis NA,Martin GB,Rivers EP,Goetting MG,Nowak RM,Cryer PE

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Our primary goal was to evaluate the impact on in-hospital mortality rate of adequate empirical antibiotic therapy, after controlling for confounding variables, in a cohort of patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with sepsis. The impact of adequate empirical antibiotic therapy on early (<3 days...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Garnacho-Montero J,Garcia-Garmendia JL,Barrero-Almodovar A,Jimenez-Jimenez FJ,Perez-Paredes C,Ortiz-Leyba C

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To comparatively evaluate cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen consumption and a modification of it, cerebral consumption of oxygen, in patients with acute brain injury with acute anemia. DESIGN:Prospective, observational study. SETTING:Neuroscience intensive care unit (ICU) of a university hospital. PATIENTS...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cruz J,Jaggi JL,Hoffstad OJ

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The venous-arterial PCO2 gradient may increase in certain low-flow states, such as CPR and canine endotoxemia. To determine whether venous hypercarbia also occurs in hemorrhagic shock, we studied 12 anesthetized, mechanically ventilated dogs. We performed laparotomies on the animals, inserting catheters into their ren...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Benjamin E,Paluch TA,Berger SR,Premus G,Wu C,Iberti TJ

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cytomegalovirus reactivation may complicate critical illness in latent carriers of the virus, even in patients who were previously immunocompetent. Patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome are considered to be prone for reactivation. Prophylactic antiviral therapy in immunocompetent cytomegalovirus s...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ong DS,Klein Klouwenberg PM,Verduyn Lunel FM,Spitoni C,Frencken JF,Dekker HA,Schultz MJ,Bonten MJ,Cremer OL

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:: To determine the relationship between intra-abdominal sepsis-induced high mobility group-box 1 and diaphragm contractile performance and to determine the inhibitory effects of antibodies for high mobility group-box 1 and receptor for advanced glycation end-products on septic peritonitis-induced diaphragmat...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Susa Y,Masuda Y,Imaizumi H,Namiki A

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation (IMV) provides an alternative method of support to assisted and controlled mechanical ventilation in neonates with acute respiratory failure. Specific advantages include the use of only the level of mechanical support which is required on an individual basis. Because intrapleural pre...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kirby RR

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00