Abstract:
:Healthcare systems spend considerable resources collecting and processing blood cultures for the detection of blood stream pathogens. The process is initiated with the collection of blood cultures that depend upon proper skin disinfection, collection of an adequate number of specimens and volume of blood, and prompt processing in a sensitive culture system. Complementing blood cultures and gaining in use are techniques such as nucleic acid amplification tests and mass spectroscopy that allow clinical laboratories to detect and identify organisms from blood cultures substantially faster than conventional systems. Furthermore, certain resistance mutations can be detected within hours of organism detection, thus providing valuable guidance to clinicians who strive to initiate the appropriate antimicrobial therapy as rapidly as possible, and who wish to discontinue unnecessary drugs expeditiously. Molecular and mass spectroscopy techniques are changing sepsis diagnosis rapidly and will provide far more specific information far more quickly, but the performance characteristics of these systems must be understood by intensivists who use such information to guide their patient management.
journal_name
Crit Care Medjournal_title
Critical care medicineauthors
Murray PR,Masur Hdoi
10.1097/CCM.0b013e318270e771subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-12-01 00:00:00pages
3277-82issue
12eissn
0090-3493issn
1530-0293journal_volume
40pub_type
杂志文章,评审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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-197902000-00006
更新日期:1979-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Our knowledge of the molecular mechanisms of sepsis has attained exponential growth. Yet, the pillars of its care remain antibiotics, fluid resuscitation, and physiologic support of failing organ systems. The inability to bring biologic breakthroughs to the bedside is not for lack of effort. Over 60 clinical ...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000003271
更新日期:2018-09-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e31818f2269
更新日期:2008-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The role of family interests in medical decision making is controversial. Physicians who routinely treat incompetent patients may have preferred strategies for addressing family interests as they are encountered in surrogate medical decision making. We sought to determine how physicians view the role of famil...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.ccm.0000084805.15352.01
更新日期:2003-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the use of the selective alpha 1-adrenergic receptor agonist phenylephrine in the hemodynamic support of patients with septic shock. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of clinical use of phenylephrine. SETTING:Surgical ICU in a university hospital. PATIENTS:Thirteen patients with septic shock (diagn...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199111000-00016
更新日期:1991-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To characterize the withholding or withdrawing of life support from patients with severe head injury. SETTING:San Francisco General Hospital, a city and county hospital with a Level I trauma center. DESIGN:A standardized questionnaire was used to collect data on demographics and functional outcome of severe...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199509000-00018
更新日期:1995-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To compare the effects of cardiac surgery with and without extracorporeal circulation on the mechanics of the respiratory system, lung, and chest wall. We also determined the time course of those effects. DESIGN:Prospective, controlled study. SETTING:An eight-bed, cardiac-surgical intensive care unit at a u...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-200211000-00005
更新日期:2002-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To review current knowledge about the impact of prolonged mechanical ventilation on diaphragmatic function and biology. MEASUREMENTS:Systematic literature review. CONCLUSIONS:Prolonged mechanical ventilation can promote diaphragmatic atrophy and contractile dysfunction. As few as 18 hrs of mechanical ventil...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181b6e760
更新日期:2009-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::The effect of positive-pressure ventilation (PPV) with PEEP on the release of alpha-atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) was investigated in both humans and an experimental model. In the human study, systemic artery blood samples from 22 critically ill patients were analyzed for ANP. Seventeen of these patients received P...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199008000-00007
更新日期:1990-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To define the role of the intensivist in the initiation and management of patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. DESIGN:Retrospective review of the literature and expert consensus. SETTING:Series of in-person meetings, conference calls, and emails from January 2018 to March 2019. SUBJECTS:A mult...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000004330
更新日期:2020-06-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181c8fe7a
更新日期:2010-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the efficacy of the technique of selective decontamination of the digestive tract in preventing the development of secondary infection and its influence on morbidity and mortality rates in multiple trauma patients with chest injuries requiring intermittent positive-pressure ventilation. DESIGN:Pr...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/00003246-199401000-00010
更新日期:1994-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate the mechanism by which methylprednisolone protects the liver from hypoxia-induced injury. DESIGN:Prospective control study using the isolated rat liver. SETTING:Animal research facility. SUBJECTS:Male, fasted, pathogen-free Sprague-Dawley rats. INTERVENTIONS:Low-flow hypoxia was produced by...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.CCM.0000066176.49774.CC
更新日期:2003-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide [LPS]) has been associated with sepsis and the high mortality rate seen in septic shock. The administration of a small amount of LPS to healthy subjects produces a mild syndrome qualitatively similar to that seen in clinical sepsis. We used this model to test the efficacy of an ...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/00003246-200008000-00005
更新日期:2000-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To review the institutional experience of a national tertiary referral center for extracorporeal life support (ECLS) in severe varicella pneumonia. DATA SOURCES:Hospital records and ECLS flow sheets. STUDY SELECTION:All pediatric (nonneonatal) and adult patients who were treated for varicella pneumonia with...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199706000-00014
更新日期:1997-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::The intensive care unit (ICU) represents a hospital setting in which death and discussion about end-of-life care are common, yet these conversations are often difficult. Such difficulties arise, in part, because a family may be facing an unexpected poor prognosis associated with an acute illness or exacerbation and, i...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00003246-200102001-00006
更新日期:2001-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::To determine whether end-tidal carbon dioxide tension (PETCO2) accurately reflects PaCO2 during high-frequency jet ventilation (HFJV), 43 studies were performed on eight mongrel dogs with normal lungs. During HFJV, minute volume was modified to obtain a range of PaCO2 values from 15.5 to 74.5 torr. When PETCO2 was mea...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-198610000-00014
更新日期:1986-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Opioids are frequently used during mechanical ventilation for severe viral infection in infancy. Opioid receptors have immunomodulatory properties, but nothing is known about their antiviral effects. We therefore aimed to investigate the role of opioid receptors in virus-induced airway inflammation. PATIENTS...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e31826767a8
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:The 2003 global outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) provided numerous challenges to the delivery of critical care. The Toronto critical care community has learned important lessons from SARS, which will help in preparation for future disease outbreaks. OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this stud...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.ccm.0000150954.88817.6
更新日期:2005-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To assess the statistical association of the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE II) score with multiple intervention and outcome variables in surgical ICU patients. DESIGN:Continuous data collection on every patient admitted to the surgical ICU for a 21-month period. MATERIALS AND METHOD...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199108000-00013
更新日期:1991-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Varying concentrations of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and mannan suspensions were mixed with either saline or plasma from normal volunteers, heated to 100 degrees C for 10 min, and then subjected to the limulus amebocyte lysate test (LAL). A positive LAL in saline required minimum LPS and mannan concentrations of 10(-11)...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-198512000-00016
更新日期:1985-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182227e65
更新日期:2011-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Toxic free radicals cause dysfunction of respiratory muscles, probably leading to respiratory distress. Exposure to high concentrations of oxygen generates plenty of free radicals. Lidocaine scavenges the reactive molecules. The purposes of the current study were first to examine whether hyperoxia impairs dia...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-200006000-00048
更新日期:2000-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::offstudied hemodynamic and renal effects of increasing the dosage of dopamine (DP) by 5 micrograms/kg X min, in 7 patients with peritonitis and clinical findings of septic shock, all of whom were already receiving variable dosages of DP. Stroke index (SI) (p less than .01), except in 3 cases, and mean arterial pressur...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-198401000-00006
更新日期:1984-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:With decreasing mortality in PICUs, a growing number of survivors experience long-lasting physical impairments. Early physical rehabilitation and mobilization during critical illness are safe and feasible, but little is known about the prevalence in PICUs. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of rehabilitatio...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000004291
更新日期:2020-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::A system of instrumentation for continuous measurement of oxygen consumption (VO2), carbon dioxide production (VCO2) and minute ventilation (V1) in human newborns on assisted ventilation is described. VO2 and VCO2 are measured by open-circuit indirect calorimetry utilizing a Servomex OA 184 differential paramagnetic o...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-198311000-00011
更新日期:1983-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to examine whether anandamide, an endogenous cannabinoid receptor ligand, is involved in the pathogenesis of septic encephalopathy. DESIGN:Prospective, controlled study. SUBJECTS:Male Wistar rats (7 wks old) were randomly divided into four groups as follows: group 1, control (...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.ccm.0000187010.14426.cc
更新日期:2005-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::In a prospective 30-month study of nosocomial infections in a pediatric ICU (PICU), the incidence, sites, and causes of infection were determined. Factors associated with increased risk of infection were investigated. In 1,388 patients who remained in the PICU for a minimum of 72 h, 116 infections occurred (6.1 infect...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00003246-198803000-00005
更新日期:1988-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Quality of care for patients admitted with pneumonia varies across hospitals, but causes of this variation are poorly understood. Whether hospitals with high ICU utilization for patients with pneumonia provide better quality care is unknown. We sought to investigate the relationship between a hospital's ICU a...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000000925
更新日期:2015-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To delineate the frequency and causes of admission to a critical care environment for patients undergoing head and neck surgery at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. DESIGN:Retrospective clinical investigation. SETTING:Adult intensive care unit of a tertiary referral cancer center. PATIENTS:All head a...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199901000-00033
更新日期:1999-01-01 00:00:00