Early treatment with ACTH-(1-24) in a rat model of hemorrhagic shock prolongs survival and extends the time-limit for blood reinfusion to be effective.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is limited evidence supporting the widespread use of α2 agonists (clonidine and dexmedetomidine) in pediatric critical care sedation. This study sought to test the association between the use of α2 agonists and enhanced sedation. DESIGN:A retrospective observational cohort study was conducted. Noninfe...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hayden JC,Doherty DR,Dawkins I,Leacy FP,Healy M,Breatnach CV,Cousins G,Gallagher PJ

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) influences the proinflammatory immune response of the gut after hemorrhage. DESIGN:Random assignment to either unmanipulated control after 7 days of SDD or conventional rat chow, or hemorrhagic shock group after the same time of conventio...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kahlke V,Fändrich F,Brötzmann K,Zabel P,Schröder J

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in prenatal and neonatal care have increased the number of live births and extended the life expectancy of critically ill premature infants. These infants represent a formidable therapeutic challenge in that multisystem involvement and previously uncommon conditions, such as intravascular coagulation, ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Aschinberh LC,Zeis PM,Hageman JR,Vidyasagar D

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Liquid lung ventilation has been demonstrated to improve cardiorespiratory function after cardiopulmonary bypass. We hypothesized that liquid lung ventilation (LLV) would decrease the pulmonary inflammatory response after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, experimental, controlled,...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Williams EA,Welty SE,Geske RS,Hubble CL,Craig DM,Quick G,Meliones JN,Cheifetz IM

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report a case of fatal hyperkalemia owing to succinylcholine administration in a patient with mucositis secondary to chemotherapy. DESIGN:Case report. SETTING:Adult intensive care unit (ICU) at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. PATIENTS:One patient with mucositis secondary to chemotherapy. MEASUREMEN...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Al-Khafaji AH,Dewhirst WE,Cornell CJ Jr,Quill TJ

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:: To characterize the epidemiology and burden of early-onset, nonnosocomial candidemia. DESIGN:: Retrospective review of Cardinal Health Outcomes Research Database, which comprises all acute care admissions at participating hospitals. SETTING:: A total of 176 acute care hospitals. PATIENTS:: All patients ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shorr AF,Gupta V,Sun X,Johannes RS,Spalding J,Tabak YP

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because determining cardiac output is difficult in premature infants, little is known about the hemodynamic effects of PEEP in this age group. We used pulsed-wave Doppler echocardiography to assess the hemodynamic effects of PEEP increments in ten premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome. At a PEEP of 4 cm...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hausdorf G,Hellwege HH

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In patients undergoing surgical repair of aortic dissection, false lumen perfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass may produce central nervous system damage, myocardial ischemia, aortic rupture, and death. We describe a method to detect false lumen perfusion at the beginning of retrograde aortic perfusion that ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Voci P,Testa G,Tritapepe L,Menichetti A,Caretta Q

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Families and other surrogate decisionmakers for chronically critically ill patients often lack information about patient prognosis or options for care. This study describes an approach to develop and validate a printed information brochure about chronic critical illness aimed at improving comprehension of the...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Carson SS,Vu M,Danis M,Camhi SL,Scheunemann LP,Cox CE,Hanson LC,Nelson JE

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the classification performance of the Revised Atlanta Classification, the Determinant-Based Classification, and a new modified Determinant-Based Classification according to observed mortality and morbidity. DESIGN:A prospective multicenter observational study conducted in 1-year period. SETTING:F...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zubia-Olaskoaga F,Maraví-Poma E,Urreta-Barallobre I,Ramírez-Puerta MR,Mourelo-Fariña M,Marcos-Neira MP,Epidemiology of Acute Pancreatitis in Intensive Care Medicine Study Group.

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of proactive palliative care consultation on length of stay for high-risk patients in the medical intensive care unit (MICU). DESIGN:A prospective pre/post nonequivalent control group design was used for this performance improvement study. SETTING:Seventee...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Norton SA,Hogan LA,Holloway RG,Temkin-Greener H,Buckley MJ,Quill TE

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare urea nitrogen removal by continuous hemodiafiltration vs. functional native kidneys in critically ill, septic patients receiving > 2 g of amino acids/kg body weight per day. DESIGN:Prospective, comparative, unblinded study. SETTING:Trauma critical care units of a Level I adult trauma hospital. P...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Frankenfield DC,Reynolds HN,Wiles CE 3rd,Badellino MM,Siegel JH

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The absence of N20 somatosensory evoked potential after cardiac arrest is related to poor outcome. However, discrimination between the low-amplitude and the absence of N20 is challenging. P25 and P30 are short-latency positive peaks with latencies between 25 and 30 ms following N20 (P25/30). P25/30 is eviden...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kim SW,Oh JS,Park J,Jeong HH,Kim JH,Wee JH,Oh SH,Choi SP,Park KN,Cerebral Resuscitation and Outcome evaluation Within catholic Network (CROWN) Investigators.

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the timing of foregoing life-sustaining treatments in patients enrolled in a sepsis trial and to determine their influence on patient outcome and trial results. DESIGN:Subset of patients in a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. SETTING:Twenty-three academic medical ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sprung CL,Eidelman LA,Pizov R,Fisher CJ Jr,Ziegler EJ,Sadoff JC,Straube RC,McCloskey RV

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the variety of medications prescribed along with the doses administered and routes of administration, and to delineate the clarity of orders written and the accuracy of transcription of drugs used for sedation, anxiety, pain, and neuromuscular blockade in a surgical intensive care unit (ICU). DE...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dasta JF,Fuhrman TM,McCandles C

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Acute lung injury results in acute respiratory distress syndrome. There is no standard therapy for acute respiratory distress syndrome but supportive care. Stem cells offer a new therapeutic potential for tissue regeneration as a result of their self-renewal, multipotency, and paracrine capabilities. The obje...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Chien MH,Bien MY,Ku CC,Chang YC,Pao HY,Yang YL,Hsiao M,Chen CL,Ho JH

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the absence or presence of clinical pharmacists in intensive care units (ICUs) results in differences in mortality rates, length of ICU stay, and ICU charges for Medicare patients with nosocomial-acquired infections, community-acquired infections, and sepsis. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENT...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： MacLaren R,Bond CA,Martin SJ,Fike D

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Balloon flotation catheterization of the central circulation provides data which may be most meaningful and important to the management of critically ill patients. It allows the measurements of the filling pressures of the right and left ventricle as well as the cardiac output. These data combined with information con...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Swan HJ

更新日期：1975-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objectives of the present study were to evaluate, in patients with persistent arterial hypotension in the immediate postcardiac surgery period, the effects of norepinephrine infusion on ventriculo-arterial coupling, its determinants: arterial elastance and end-systolic ventricular elastance, and to test ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Guinot PG,Longrois D,Kamel S,Lorne E,Dupont H

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Over 2,500 children undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in the United States each year, and up to 35% require PICU support for life-threatening complications. PICU mortality has dropped from 85% to 44%, but interpretation is confounded by significant cohort heterogeneity. Reports conflict regardi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zinter MS,Dvorak CC,Spicer A,Cowan MJ,Sapru A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether mean arterial blood pressure excursions below the lower limit of cerebral blood flow autoregulation during cardiopulmonary bypass are associated with acute kidney injury after surgery. SETTING:Tertiary care medical center. PATIENTS:Four hundred ten patients undergoing cardiac surgery w...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ono M,Arnaoutakis GJ,Fine DM,Brady K,Easley RB,Zheng Y,Brown C,Katz NM,Grams ME,Hogue CW

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This report will describe the preparations for and the provision of care of two patients with Ebola virus disease in the biocontainment unit at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. DATA SOURCES:Patient medical records. STUDY SELECTION:Not applicable. DATA EXTRACTION:Not applicable. DATA SYNTHESIS:No...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Johnson DW,Sullivan JN,Piquette CA,Hewlett AL,Bailey KL,Smith PW,Kalil AC,Lisco SJ

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Clinical applications of inhaled nitric oxide (NO) therapy resulted in the development of delivery systems and monitoring devices applicable to routine clinical care. This article presents the various components necessary for an adequate clinical use of inhaled NO, and discusses the NO gas mixture cylinders,...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Francoe M,Troncy E,Blaise G

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the relations between anemia, serum erythropoietin (EPO), iron status, and inflammatory mediators in multiply traumatized patients. DESIGN:Prospective observational study. SETTING:Intensive care unit. PATIENTS:Twenty-three patients suffering from severe trauma (injury severity score > or =30). ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hobisch-Hagen P,Wiedermann F,Mayr A,Fries D,Jelkmann W,Fuchs D,Hasibeder W,Mutz N,Klingler A,Schobersberger W

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test whether spectral indices derived from the electroencephalogram (EEG), and especially the bispectral index (BIS), can be used as measures of neurologic status in unsedated, critically ill patients. DESIGN:Prospective, observational study. SETTING:Medical intensive care unit (ICU) of a university-affi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gilbert TT,Wagner MR,Halukurike V,Paz HL,Garland A

更新日期：2001-10-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe and identify factors associated with mortality rate and quality of life 1 yr after prolonged mechanical ventilation. DESIGN:Prospective, observational cohort study with patient recruitment over 26 months and follow-up for 1 yr. SETTING:Intensive care units at a tertiary care university hospital....

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Chelluri L,Im KA,Belle SH,Schulz R,Rotondi AJ,Donahoe MP,Sirio CA,Mendelsohn AB,Pinsky MR

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Our goal was to "reverse translate" the human response to surgical sepsis into the mouse by modifying a widely adopted murine intra-abdominal sepsis model to engender a phenotype that conforms to current sepsis definitions and follows the most recent expert recommendations for animal preclinical sepsis resea...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Stortz JA,Hollen MK,Nacionales DC,Horiguchi H,Ungaro R,Dirain ML,Wang Z,Wu Q,Wu KK,Kumar A,Foster TC,Stewart BD,Ross JA,Segal M,Bihorac A,Brakenridge S,Moore FA,Wohlgemuth SE,Leeuwenburgh C,Mohr AM,Moldawer LL,E

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Survivors of critical illness in early life are at risk of long-term-memory and attention impairments. However, their neurobiologic substrates remain largely unknown. DESIGN:A prospective follow-up study. SETTING:Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. PATIENTS:Thirty-eight scho...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schiller RM,IJsselstijn H,Madderom MJ,Rietman AB,Smits M,van Heijst AFJ,Tibboel D,White T,Muetzel RL

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 8-yr-old child suffered traumatic bilateral pneumothoraces and a ruptured right main bronchus. Surgical repair of the bronchus was postponed for 18 h after a definite diagnosis was established due to severe hypoxemia and hypercarbia. Only left endobronchial high-frequency ventilation with muscle relaxation correcte...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Pizov R,Shir Y,Eimerl D,Uretzky G,Milgalter E,Cotev S

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00