Hemodynamic effects of colloid concentration in experimental hemorrhage: a comparison of Ringer's acetate, 3% dextran-60, and 6% dextran-70.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Exposure of neutrophils to low doses of bacterial lipopolysaccharides enhances their readiness to respond with inflammatory mediator generation including oxygen radical formation to a subsequently applied inflammatory stimulus ("priming"). In the present study, we investigated the role of lipid mediator synth...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sibelius U,Hattar K,Hoffmann S,Mayer K,Grandel U,Schenkel A,Seeger W,Grimminger F

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Preliminary studies have suggested that low doses of corticosteroids might rapidly improve hemodynamics in late septic shock treated with catecholamines. We examined the effect of hydrocortisone on shock reversal, hemodynamics, and survival in this particular setting. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, double-...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bollaert PE,Charpentier C,Levy B,Debouverie M,Audibert G,Larcan A

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the philosophy and approach to patient care called evidence based medicine, and to highlight how it can enhance the practice of intensive care. DATA SOURCES:We searched MEDLINE, reference lists, and our personal files to identify relevant literature. STUDY SELECTION:Articles on intensive care pr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cook DJ,Sibbald WJ,Vincent JL,Cerra FB

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The equipment, monitor alarms, and acuity of patients in ICUs make it one of the loudest patient care areas in a hospital. Increased sound levels may contribute to worsened outcomes in these particularly vulnerable patients. Our objective was to determine whether ambient sound levels in surgical ICUs comply w...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Tainter CR,Levine AR,Quraishi SA,Butterly AD,Stahl DL,Eikermann M,Kaafarani HM,Lee J

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Adrenal failure is common in critically ill patients, particularly those with sepsis. As liver failure and sepsis are both associated with increased circulating levels of endotoxin and proinflammatory mediators and reduced levels of apoprotein-1/high-density lipoprotein, we postulated that adrenal failure may...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Marik PE,Gayowski T,Starzl TE,Hepatic Cortisol Research and Adrenal Pathophysiology Study Group.

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the possible benefits of sympatholytics on uncontrolled hemorrhage in unanesthetized rats. DESIGN:A randomized laboratory study using rats to test the effects of sympatholytics on uncontrolled hemorrhage. SETTING:Research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Forty female Sprague-Dawley rats, randomly assigned in...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rudé MJ,Soucy DM,Hagedorn F,Illner H,Shires GT

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in pulmonary function and the development of atelectasis in the postoperative period have been well documented in the adult population. The use of incentive spirometry has been shown to be effective in the prevention of these postoperative complications. At the Hospital of Sick Children, we studied 17 children...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Krastins I,Corey ML,McLeod A,Edmonds J,Levison H,Moes F

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-one patients who underwent cardiopulmonary bypass for myocardial revascularization received postoperatively controlled mechanical ventilation (CMV) or intermittent mandatory ventilation (IMV), with or without positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). Functional residual capacity (FRC), right-to-left intrapulmona...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Downs JB,Mitchell LA

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant resistance was encountered when an attempt was made to withdraw a persistently wedged pulmonary artery catheter. A small amount of air was injected into the balloon lumen with great difficulty. This injection freed the catheter which was removed, but produced significant sudden hemoptysis and a pneumothora...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Farber DL,Rose DM,Bassell GM,Eugene J

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These guidelines were developed to provide a reference for preparing policies on admission and discharge for pediatric intensive care units (PICUs). They represent a consensus opinion of physicians, nurses, and allied health care professionals. By using this document as a framework for developing multidisciplinary adm...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors：

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether implementation of Composite Resuscitation Team Training is associated with improvement in survival to discharge and code team performance after pediatric in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest. DESIGN, SETTING, AND SUBJECTS:We conducted a prospective observational study with historical contr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Knight LJ,Gabhart JM,Earnest KS,Leong KM,Anglemyer A,Franzon D

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In 1991, the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) convened a "Consensus Conference," the goals of which were "to provide a conceptual and a practical framework to define the systemic inflammatory response to infection, which is a progressive injurious pr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Levy MM,Fink MP,Marshall JC,Abraham E,Angus D,Cook D,Cohen J,Opal SM,Vincent JL,Ramsay G,SCCM\/ESICM\/ACCP\/ATS\/SIS.

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We sought to review findings from recent literature on the postresuscitation care of cardiac arrest patients using therapeutic hypothermia as part of nontrial treatment. DESIGN:Literature review. SETTING:Hospital-based environment. SUBJECTS:Patients initially resuscitated from cardiac arrest who underwent...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sagalyn E,Band RA,Gaieski DF,Abella BS

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many clinical conditions are associated with an increase in abdominal pressure. While the effects on venous return have been studied in the past, little attention has been given to the effect of abdominal pressure on left-sided hemodynamic events. The effects of acute changes in abdominal pressure (Pab) on left ventri...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Robotham JL,Wise RA,Bromberger-Barnea B

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors placed Swan-Ganz catheters in 11 preterm and 2 term infants with severe cardiopulmonary distress. The infants ranged in weight from 1100-4000 g. The procedure was performed in the neonatal ICU by jugular venous cutdown. Intracardiac pressures and oxygen saturations were measured in each chamber entered. Th...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Todres ID,Crone RK,Rogers MC,Shannon DC

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effect of glycosylated recombinant human tumor necrosis factor binding protein-1 (r-hTNF binding protein-1), the extracellular domain of the tumor necrosis factor receptor p55 produced in mammalian cells, in a rabbit model of circulatory shock due to Escherichia coli. DESIGN:Prospective, rando...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Porat R,Paddock HN,Schwaitzberg SD,Connolly RJ,Wilkens T,Dasch JR,Gascon MP,Hutchison JS,Ythier A,Wallach D

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the influence of private attending physician status on the withdrawal of life-sustaining interventions among patients dying within a medical intensive care unit (ICU). DESIGN:Retrospective cohort analysis. SETTING:An academic tertiary care center. PATIENTS:One hundred fifty-nine consecutive patie...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kollef MH

更新日期：1996-06-01 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：: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:Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor is widely prescribed to hasten recovery from cancer chemotherapy-induced neutropenia and has been reported to induce pulmonary toxicity. However, circumstances and mechanisms of this toxicity remain poorly known. DESIGN:To reproduce a routine situation in cancer patients...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Azoulay E,Attalah H,Yang K,Jouault H,Schlemmer B,Brun-Buisson C,Brochard L,Harf A,Delclaux C

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Recent studies have demonstrated the therapeutic effectiveness and pharmacologic mechanisms of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) in the treatment of a systemic shock state. To elucidate the in vivo role of HBOT during sepsis, we evaluated the effects of HBOT on intestinal mucosal injury and bacterial transloca...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sakoda M,Ueno S,Kihara K,Arikawa K,Dogomori H,Nuruki K,Takao S,Aikou T

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We hypothesized that deficiency in 25-hydroxyvitamin D before hospital admission would be associated with all-cause mortality in the critically ill. DESIGN:Multicenter observational study of patients treated in medical and surgical intensive care units. SETTING:A total of 209 medical and surgical intensive ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Braun A,Chang D,Mahadevappa K,Gibbons FK,Liu Y,Giovannucci E,Christopher KB

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND METHODS:We postulated that low-dose heparin (10 IU/kg.hr) administered as a continuous iv infusion may prevent or ameliorate the induction of thrombin-induced disseminated intravascular coagulation in baboons under general anesthesia. In a nonrandomized experiment lasting 8 hrs, animals were divided into...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： du Toit HJ,Coetzee AR,Chalton DO

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Anecdotal reports suggest that propofol (Diprivan) may stimulate mucus hypersecretion in patients without pulmonary disease. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of methohexital or propofol anesthesia on the physical and transport properties of airway mucus in spontaneously breathing dogs. DE...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Padda GS,Kishioka C,Rubin BK

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide a meta-analysis of current literature concerning the validation of thoracic impedance cardiography (TIC) and to explain the variations in the reported results from the differences in the studies. DATA SOURCES:A computer-assisted search of English-language, German, and Dutch literature was performe...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Raaijmakers E,Faes TJ,Scholten RJ,Goovaerts HG,Heethaar RM

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effects of stimulation of vascular dopaminergic receptor subtype 1 (dopamine-1) receptors in the renal and mesenteric vascular beds of a neonatal model. DESIGN:Prospective, unblinded, dose-response evaluation in an awake animal. SETTING:University research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Thirty newbo...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Pearson RJ,Barrington KJ,Jirsch DW,Cheung PY

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In critically ill patients, treatment dose or intensity is often related to severity of illness and mortality risk, whereas overtreatment or undertreatment (relative to the individual need) may further increase the odds of death. We aimed to investigate how these relationships affect the results of common st...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： de Grooth HJ,Girbes ARJ,van der Ven F,Oudemans-van Straaten HM,Tuinman PR,de Man AME

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The flow rate of a liquid drainage from the lungs is limited because of the elastic nature of the airways. This study was designed to clarify the relationship between intrapulmonary liquid volume and the development of the flow limitation or choked flow phenomenon as a function of expiratory flow rate during ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Baba Y,Brant D,Brah SS,Grotberg J,Bartlett RH,Hirschl RB

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the occurrence rate of complications and mortality in patients with severe asthma requiring endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation. DESIGN:Retrospective review of medical records from September 1982 to July 1988. SETTING:Urban, teaching hospital serving primarily indigent patients. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zimmerman JL,Dellinger RP,Shah AN,Taylor RW

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether a cellular phone would interfere with the operation of mechanical ventilators. DESIGN:Laboratory study. SETTING:University medical center. SUBJECTS:Fourteen mechanical ventilators. INTERVENTIONS:We evaluated change in operation and malfunction of the mechanical ventilators. MEASUREME...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shaw CI,Kacmarek RM,Hampton RL,Riggi V,El Masry A,Cooper JB,Hurford WE

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00