Critical care for clonidine poisoning in toddlers.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic properties of drotrecogin alfa (activated) (recombinant human activated protein C), emphasizing its modulatory effects on endothelial nuclear factor-kappaB. We propose a broad anti-inflammatory effect of drotrecogin alfa (activated), acting on both endotheliu...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Joyce DE,Grinnell BW

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe three female patients of one family with different phenotypes of the same mutation of the ornithine transcarbamylase gene. X-linked inherited ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency is the most frequent urea cycle disorder. Many of the hemizygous males die during the neonatal period. Women, who are ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Legras A,Labarthe F,Maillot F,Garrigue MA,Kouatchet A,Ogier de Baulny H

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the ways in which healthcare professionals work together in the ICU setting, through a consideration of the contextual, organizational, processual, and relational factors that impact their interprofessional collaboration. DESIGN:Data from over 350 hours of ethnographic observation and 35 semistruc...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Alexanian JA,Kitto S,Rak KJ,Reeves S

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether partial liquid ventilation (PLV) affects the risk of nosocomial pneumonia. STUDY DESIGN:To assess in vitro bacterial adhesion and viability after liquid perfluorocarbon exposure and to assess bacterial recovery after partial liquid ventilation in vivo in rabbits. SETTING:University anim...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sajan I,Scannapieco FA,Fuhrman BP,Steinhorn DM

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We previously reported improved oxygenation, but no change, in rates of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) use or death among infants with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn who received inhaled nitric oxide (NO) with conventional ventilation, irrespective of lung disease. The goal of ou...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Christou H,Van Marter LJ,Wessel DL,Allred EN,Kane JW,Thompson JE,Stark AR,Kourembanas S

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Physiologic and pathologic comparison of two modes of assisted ventilation, nasal intermittent positive-pressure ventilation (NIPPV) and synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV), in spontaneously breathing term newborn piglets with saline lavage-induced lung injury. DESIGN:After inducing acute ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lampland AL,Meyers PA,Worwa CT,Swanson EC,Mammel MC

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new quantitative method for measuring the prognosis and severity of illness in terms of probability of survival was developed from 224 studies in an index population of 220 critically ill surgical patients. Patients were selected preoperatively to eliminate pre-existing cardiac disease, cirrhosis, nutritional debili...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bland RD,Shoemaker WC

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare usual care with a proactive case-finding approach for critically ill patients with terminal dementia using an inpatient palliative care service. DESIGN:Prospective comparison to historical control. SETTING:Urban, university-affiliated hospital. PATIENTS:Total of 52 men and women with end-stage ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Campbell ML,Guzman JA

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the efficacy of supplemental 25% albumin in reducing morbidity and mortality rates in the surgical intensive care unit (ICU). DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, unblinded clinical study. SETTING:Surgical ICU in a community hospital. PATIENTS:Two hundred nineteen patients with admission circulatin...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Golub R,Sorrento JJ Jr,Cantu R Jr,Nierman DM,Moideen A,Stein HD

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The requirement for a blood transfusion after trauma is associated with an increased risk of acute lung injury. Residual leukocytes contaminating red cells are potential mediators of this syndrome. The goal of this trial was to test our hypothesis that prestorage leukoreduction of blood would reduce rates of ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Watkins TR,Rubenfeld GD,Martin TR,Nester TA,Caldwell E,Billgren J,Ruzinski J,Nathens AB

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The elevation of the percentage of regulatory CD4+CD25+ T lymphocytes (Treg) has been recently described during septic shock. The objective of the present study was to investigate whether this increased percentage was due to Treg proliferation. DESIGN:Observational study. SETTING:Adult intensive care units ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Venet F,Pachot A,Debard AL,Bohé J,Bienvenu J,Lepape A,Monneret G

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether base excess, base excess caused by unmeasured anions, and anion gap can predict lactate in adult critically ill patients, and also to determine whether acid-base variables can predict mortality in these patients. DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:Adult intensive care unit of tertiary ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rocktaeschel J,Morimatsu H,Uchino S,Bellomo R

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Review data obtained from high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) and mechanical test lung models with respect to delivered tidal volume, distal pressure transmission, endotracheal tube cuff leaks, and simulated clinical conditions. DESIGN:Review of selected studies from PubMed, published abstracts, an...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Van de Kieft M,Dorsey D,Morison D,Bravo L,Venticinque S,Derdak S

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To analyze plasma interferon-gamma and interleukin-10 concentrations in patients with systemic meningococcal disease and patients with severe Gram-positive septic shock caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae or Staphylococcus aureus. To study the in vitro cytokine (interferon-gamma and interleukin-10) responses i...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bjerre A,Brusletto B,Høiby EA,Kierulf P,Brandtzaeg P

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cytokine response after cardiac surgery may be genetically influenced. A study was carried out to investigate the relation between cytokine gene expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells, genotype, and clinical events after cardiac surgery. DESIGN:A case-control study was performed. SETTING:Cardiac i...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Duggan E,Caraher E,Gately K,O'Dwyer M,McGovern E,Kelleher D,McManus R,Ryan T

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Prognostic information is important to the family members of incapacitated, critically ill patients, yet little is known about what prognostic information physicians provide. Our objectives were to determine the types of prognostic information provided to families of critically ill patients when making major ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： White DB,Engelberg RA,Wenrich MD,Lo B,Curtis JR

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe critical illnesses that occur commonly in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. METHODS:We reviewed and summarized the literature on critical illness in HIV infection using a computerized MEDLINE search. SUMMARY:In the last 10 yrs, our perception of HIV infection and acquir...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rosen MJ,Narasimhan M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chest physiotherapy (CPT) is used frequently in the ICU, but there is little available information that quantitates its effect on cardiac or respiratory function. Nineteen mechanically ventilated patients with post-traumatic respiratory failure were studied before, immediately after, and 2 h after CPT was used to mana...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Mackenzie CF,Shin B

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To measure energy expenditure in critically ill children and compare it with the energy expenditure predicted by recommended formulas, and relate the measured energy expenditure to nutritional and clinical indices. DESIGN:A prospective, clinical study. SETTING:Tertiary care pediatric intensive care unit in...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Briassoulis G,Venkataraman S,Thompson AE

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemorrhage in trauma is a significant challenge, accounting for 30% to 40% of all fatalities, second only to central nervous system injury as a cause of death. However, hemorrhagic death is the leading preventable cause of mortality in combat casualties and typically occurs within 6 to 24 hrs of injury. In c...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Perkins JG,Cap AP,Weiss BM,Reid TJ,Bolan CD

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that small volume infusions of 7.5% NaCl in 6% dextran-70 (HSD) are superior to equal volumes of normal saline (NS) or 7.5% NaCl in the ability to resuscitate animals from an otherwise lethal hemorrhage. In the present experiment, we evaluated organ blood flow in unanesthetized swine bled 46 ml/...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Maningas PA

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This pilot study was designed to identify which contextual factors facilitate/hinder the implementation of the awakening, breathing, coordination, delirium, and early mobility (ABCDE) bundle for guidance in future studies. DESIGN:The sources of data for this study included document review, planned site visit...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Carrothers KM,Barr J,Spurlock B,Ridgely MS,Damberg CL,Ely EW

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:During pressure support ventilation, ventilator inspiration ends when inspiratory flow drops to a given percentage of the peak inspiratory flow cycling-off criteria. This study evaluated the effect of two different cycling-off criteria on breathing pattern, respiratory effort, and gas exchange in patients wit...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Chiumello D,Polli F,Tallarini F,Chierichetti M,Motta G,Azzari S,Colombo R,Rech R,Pelosi P,Raimondi F,Gattinoni L

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary mechanics were studied in ten anemic preterm infants using an esophageal balloon and mask, before and after transfusion with 10 ml/kg of packed RBC. Their mean birth weight was 1212 +/- 323 g and gestational age was 29.27 +/- 2.4 wk. Transfusions were carried out at a mean postnatal age of 41.9 +/- 21.8 days...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sasidharan P,Heimler R

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foreign-body aspiration in adults is usually associated with asphyxiation after aspiration of food particles. The present report documents a case of foreign-body aspiration that resulted from poor tracheostomy care in an alcoholic patient, and caused fulminant pneumonitis. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Brischetto MJ,Malouf J,Taylor RW

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Studies have shown that endothelium-dependent relaxation (mediated by endothelium-derived nitric oxide) is depressed during the early, hyperdynamic stage of sepsis. Although it is known that ATP-MgCl2 produces beneficial effects following various adverse circulatory conditions, it remains unknown whether thi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wang P,Ba ZF,Cioffi WG,Bland KI,Chaudry IH

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To report the dramatic resolution of unilateral mucus plugging and atelectasis in a mechanically ventilated child with refractory status asthmaticus after intratracheal recombinant human DNase (rhDNase) therapy. DESIGN:Case report. SETTING:Critical care unit. PATIENT:A 7-yr-old boy with status asthmaticus,...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Durward A,Forte V,Shemie SD

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine if vecuronium doses individualized by peripheral nerve stimulation are lower than those doses chosen by standard clinical techniques; and to determine whether patients monitored by peripheral nerve stimulation exhibit shorter recovery times and less prolonged neuromuscular blockade after discont...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rudis MI,Sikora CA,Angus E,Peterson E,Popovich J Jr,Hyzy R,Zarowitz BJ

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Simplified Acute Physiology Score (SAPS), the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II (APACHE II), the Acute Physiology Score (APS), and the Coronary Prognostic Index (CPI), calculated within the first 24 h of ICU admission, were compared in 76 patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Sixteen (21...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Moreau R,Soupison T,Vauquelin P,Derrida S,Beaucour H,Sicot C

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND METHODS:Twelve adult male albino rabbits were assigned alternately to normotensive and hypotensive groups to assess the effect of hypovolemic shock on spontaneous correction of dilutional coagulopathy. All animals underwent dilutional exchange transfusion with 200 mL of rabbit RBCs and 5% human albumin. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hewson JR,Prodger D,Roberts RS,Davis C,Fuller HD,Gregor P,Thomas EJ,Shragge BW,Russett J,Neame PB

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00