Nalbuphine reversal of respiratory depression after epidural sufentanil.

abstract：:Eleven cases of renal failure associated with resection of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm and requiring hemodialysis are reported. Previously described series have emphasized the extremely high mortality rate in such patients. In our clinical experience, however, 8 of 11 consecutively treated patients with this cl...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sapir DG,Dandy WE Jr,Whelton A,Cooke CR

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a severe axonal polyneuropathy that follows acute respiratory failure and, in turn, causes continued ventilator dependence and paralysis after resolution of the primary illness. DESIGN:Retrospective chart review of three patients and prospective analysis of two patients. SETTING:Respiratory and ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gorson KC,Ropper AH

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pediatric Risk of Mortality (PRISM) score was developed from the Physiologic Stability Index (PSI) to reduce the number of physiologic variables required for pediatric ICU (PICU) mortality risk assessment and to obtain an objective weighting of the remaining variables. Univariate and multivariate statistical techn...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Pollack MM,Ruttimann UE,Getson PR

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Evaluations of plasma leptin and ghrelin levels and their relations with circulating levels of proinflammatory mediators, stress hormones, and biochemical markers of hepatorenal injury during experimental endotoxemia in dogs. SETTING:Uludag University. DESIGN:Placebo-controlled animal study. ANIMALS:Adult ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Yilmaz Z,Ilcol YO,Ulus IH

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed 35 samples of fresh frozen plasma (FFP), finding mean concentrations of 535 mg/dl glucose, 172 mEq/L sodium, 73 mEq/L chloride, 3.5 mEq/L potassium, 15 mEq/L bicarbonate, and 5.5 g/dl protein with 60% albumin. Thus, FFP is a hyperosmolal, hyperglycemic, hypernatremic, and hypochloremic solution which may b...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ewalenko P,Deloof T,Peeters J

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This survey was designed to study current practices in the monitoring and treatment of patients with severe head injury in the United States. DATA SOURCES:The collected data represent answers to telephone interviews of nurse managers, clinical specialists, and staff nurses specializing in neurotrauma care at...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ghajar J,Hariri RJ,Narayan RK,Iacono LA,Firlik K,Patterson RH

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To quantitate duplex Doppler measurements of splanchnic perfusion to determine if these measurements are reproducible in euvolemic humans and if such measurements are sensitive to mild degrees of systemic hypovolemia. DESIGN:Prospective, nonrandomized, controlled trial. SETTING:Clinical research center. P...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dalton JM,Gore DC,Makhoul RG,Fisher MR,DeMaria EJ

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of continuous lateral rotational therapy on the development of ventilator-associated pneumonia in patients requiring long-term mechanical ventilation. DESIGN:Prospective control study. SETTING:Chronic ventilator unit in tertiary care hospital. METHODS:Thirty-seven patients requiring lo...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kirschenbaum L,Azzi E,Sfeir T,Tietjen P,Astiz M

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the significance of moderate elevations of serum troponin I in a surgical intensive care unit patient population in terms of its impact on indexes of outcome including mortality, morbidity, and hospital and intensive care unit length of stay. DESIGN:Retrospective chart review and analysis of cli...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Relos RP,Hasinoff IK,Beilman GJ

更新日期：2003-11-01 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:The contribution of individual immune response to Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia on outcome has not been well studied. The objective was to relate the host cytokine response to outcome of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. DESIGN:Prospective observational study. SETTING:Three U.S. university-affiliated me...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Minejima E,Bensman J,She RC,Mack WJ,Tuan Tran M,Ny P,Lou M,Yamaki J,Nieberg P,Ho J,Wong-Beringer A

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:a) To determine whether pentoxifylline has a preventive effect on the decrease in PaO2 that is caused by oleic acid, and whether pentoxifylline facilitates normalization of PaO2 from the decreased state. b) To examine whether pentoxifylline can attenuate an increase in pulmonary vascular permeability that is...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Moriuchi H,Yuizono T

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if intracranial pressure monitor placement in patients with acute liver failure is associated with significant clinical outcomes. DESIGN:Retrospective multicenter cohort study. SETTING:Academic liver transplant centers comprising the U.S. Acute Liver Failure Study Group. PATIENTS:Adult critica...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Karvellas CJ,Fix OK,Battenhouse H,Durkalski V,Sanders C,Lee WM,U S Acute Liver Failure Study Group.

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In the ICU, discussions between clinicians and surrogate decision makers are often accompanied by conflict about a patient's prognosis or care plan. Trust plays a role in limiting conflict, but little is known about the determinants of trust in the ICU. We sought to identify the dimensions of trust and clinic...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hutchison PJ,McLaughlin K,Corbridge T,Michelson KN,Emanuel L,Sporn PH,Crowley-Matoka M

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：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：OBJECTIVES:A 2400-mOsm/L hypertonic solution (isosal) with a lower sodium content, compared with conventional 7.5% hypertonic saline, was formulated using a mixture of sodium chloride, glucose, and mixed amino acids. This solution was developed to minimize hypernatremia during resuscitation. We assessed the effects of ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sheikh AA,Matsuoka T,Wisner DH

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In rodent models, enhanced formation of nitric oxide and formation of peroxynitrite have been implicated in the pathogenesis of various forms of shock. Here we examined the effect of mercaptoethylguanidine (MEG), an inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibitor and peroxynitrite scavenger, in a severe hemorrhagic...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Szabó A,Hake P,Salzman AL,Szabó C

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether delirium during ICU stay is associated with long-term mental health problems defined as symptoms of anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Survey study, 1 year after discharge from a medical-surgical ICU in the Netherlands. PAT...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wolters AE,Peelen LM,Welling MC,Kok L,de Lange DW,Cremer OL,van Dijk D,Slooter AJ,Veldhuijzen DS

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To cost adult intensive care by determining inputs to production, resource consumption per patient, and total cost per intensive care unit (ICU) stay. DESIGN:Prospective cost-accounting analysis of each patient stay in the ICU, over a 1-yr period. SETTING:An 11-bed, medical/surgical adult ICU, in a 932-bad ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Noseworthy TW,Konopad E,Shustack A,Johnston R,Grace M

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Lung contusion is a major risk factor for the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome. We set to determine the role of toll-like receptor 3 and the binding of double-stranded RNA in the pathogenesis of sterile injury following lung contusion. DESIGN:Toll-like receptor 3 expression was analyzed in...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Suresh MV,Thomas B,Machado-Aranda D,Dolgachev VA,Kumar Ramakrishnan S,Talarico N,Cavassani K,Sherman MA,Hemmila MR,Kunkel SL,Walter NG,Hogaboam CM,Raghavendran K

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that the effects of intravenous injection of latex particles would demonstrate the contribution of phagocytosis by mononuclear phagocytes to the development of Escherichia coli-induced acute lung injury in neutropenic guinea pigs. DESIGN:Prospective, controlled, experimental study. Int...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ishizaka A,Hasegawa N,Sayama K,Urano T,Nakamura H,Sakamaki F,Soejima K,Waki Y,Tasaka S,Nakamura M,Matsubara H,Kanazawa M

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cocaine, which first made its appearance >1,000 yrs ago, is now widely used throughout the world. The physiologic responses to cocaine may cause severe pathologic effects. This review highlights the many critical care challenges resulting from these effects. DESIGN:Historical vignettes, epidemiologic factors...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shanti CM,Lucas CE

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether chest wall vibration with tracheal gas insufflation during bronchoconstriction maintains gas exchange at lower airway and intrathoracic pressures than those that occur during positive pressure ventilation. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:Experimental laboratory. SUBJECTS:Six anesthet...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Eckmann DM

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2, a critical component of the inflammatory pathway, is neuroprotective in a neonatal rat model of cerebral hypoxia-ischemia. The development of brain inflammation largely contributes to neonatal brain injury that may lead to a lifetime of neurologic deficit...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fathali N,Ostrowski RP,Lekic T,Jadhav V,Tong W,Tang J,Zhang JH

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Despite the common occurrence of brain injury in patients undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, it is unclear which cannulation method carries a higher risk of brain injury. We compared the prevalence of brain injury between patients undergoing venoarterial and venovenous extracorporeal membrane ox...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shoskes A,Migdady I,Rice C,Hassett C,Deshpande A,Price C,Hernandez AV,Cho SM

更新日期：2020-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that nebulized nitroprusside and inhaled nitric oxide would not differ in producing selective pulmonary vasodilation during hypoxia-induced pulmonary hypertension in piglets. SETTING:University laboratory. SUBJECTS:Five piglets. INTERVENTIONS:Piglets (n = 5) were anesthetized and ins...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schreiber MD,Dixit R,Rudinsky B,Hipps R,Morgan SE,Keith RRT A,Meadow W

更新日期：2002-11-01 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：:To understand better the incidence and meaning of hyperamylasemia in the intensive care setting, cellulose acetate membrane electrophoresis was used to measure the isoenzymes of serum amylase in 192 patients with a variety of critical illnesses. Seventy of these patients had elevated serum amylase levels, but none had...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Weaver DW,Busuito MJ,Bouwman DL,Wilson RF

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00