Economic evaluation of chlorhexidine-impregnated sponges for preventing catheter-related infections in critically ill adults in the Dressing Study.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether neutrophil depletion could eradicate intestinal bacterial translocation in bum-injured rats. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled study. SETTING:University research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats. INTERVENTIONS:The rats were intravenously administered a rabb...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fazal N,Shamim M,Khan SS,Gamelli RL,Sayeed MM

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the history and development of critical care nurses, the supply and demand issues related to critical care nursing, critical care nursing's contribution to patient outcomes, and recommendations to ensure a steady and strong workforce. DATA SOURCE AND SELECTION:Information presented in this article ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Robnett MK

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paranasal sinusitis is reported as a complication of prolonged nasal intubation and the source of sepsis in adult intensive care patients. In surgical neonates with congenital malformations, prolonged intubation with a nasotracheal (NT) or NG tube is often necessary, but sinusitis with complicating sepsis is seldom re...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bos AP,Tibboel D,Hazebroek FW,Hoeve H,Meradji M,Molenaar JC

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Vital organ hypoperfusion significantly contributes to the dismal survival rates observed with manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation after cardiac arrest. The impedance threshold device is a valve which reduces air entry into lungs during chest recoil between chest compressions, producing a potentially benefi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cabrini L,Beccaria P,Landoni G,Biondi-Zoccai GG,Sheiban I,Cristofolini M,Fochi O,Maj G,Zangrillo A

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventricular fibrillation (VF) can masquerade as asystole. We report a 54-yr-old male in cardiac arrest who, on surface ECG, appeared to be in VF or asystole. A bedside intracardiac recording using a transmyocardial pacing wire showed the true rhythm to be atrial fibrillation (AF) with high grade atrioventricular block...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ornato JP,Gonzales ER,Garnett R

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare in the same patient with septic shock, respective effects of epinephrine, norepinephrine, and the combination of norepinephrine and dobutamine (5 microg/kg/min) on systemic hemodynamic parameters and gastric mucosal perfusion using gastric tonometry and laser-Doppler flowmetry techniques. DESIGN:...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Duranteau J,Sitbon P,Teboul JL,Vicaut E,Anguel N,Richard C,Samii K

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the physiology of the regulation and determinants of heart rate and the significance in the management of critically ill patients. DATA SOURCES:The MEDLINE database, references from selected articles, and the author's personal database. DATA SYNTHESIS:This review begins with the regulation of card...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Magder SA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of high-dose N-acetylcysteine on renal function in cardiac surgery patients at higher risk of postoperative renal failure. DESIGN:Multiblind, placebo-controlled, randomized, phase II clinical trial. SETTING:Operating rooms and intensive care units of two tertiary referral hospitals. PA...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Haase M,Haase-Fielitz A,Bagshaw SM,Reade MC,Morgera S,Seevenayagam S,Matalanis G,Buxton B,Doolan L,Bellomo R

更新日期：2007-05-01 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：:A new iridium/iridium-oxide electrode heated to 42 degrees C was used to monitor transcutaneous carbon dioxide levels during surgery in 27 adult patients. The purpose of this study was to compare arterial and transcutaneous CO2 values. This metal electrode performed similarly to glass CO2 electrodes. In addition, its ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Williams R,Riker R,Narkewicz M,Lucey JF

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Corticosteroid therapy is frequently used in septic patients given the rationale that there is an increased demand for corticosteroid in sepsis, and up to 60% of severe septic patients experience adrenal insufficiency. However, the efficacy of corticosteroid therapy and whether the therapy should be based on...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ai J,Guo L,Zheng Z,Wang SX,Huang B,Li XA

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We developed a method to measure accurately pressures at the airway opening (Pao) and in the trachea (Ptr) in neonates during high frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) from 15-30 Hz. All component parts of the pressure-measuring system were tested as a unit against a reference transducer in a closed chamber in whi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Boynton BR,Mannino FL,Meathe EA,Kopotic RJ,Friederichsen G

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Despite having dysregulated iron metabolism, critically ill patients may receive exogenous iron for the treatment of anemia. Iron is associated with increased tissue apoptosis and may facilitate bacterial growth. We hypothesized that exogenous iron administration given after the onset of sepsis would lead to...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Javadi P,Buchman TG,Stromberg PE,Husain KD,Dunne WM,Woolsey CA,Turnbull IR,Hotchkiss RS,Karl IE,Coopersmith CM

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：:In order to determine and analyze the complication rate of the insertion and maintenance of the balloon-tipped, flow-directed pulmonary artery catheter (PAC), the authors prospectively studied the use of 320 catheters in 219 critically ill patients. Mean patient age was 53 +/- 1 years, and 36% had a history of cardiov...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sise MJ,Hollingsworth P,Brimm JE,Peters RM,Virgilio RW,Shackford SR

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether any advantage exists using racemic epinephrine instead of the more potent and less expensive levo(1)-epinephrine in the treatment of postextubation laryngeal edema. DESIGN:Prospective, double-blind, randomized study. SETTING:Pediatric intensive care unit in a university teaching hospita...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Nutman J,Brooks LJ,Deakins KM,Baldesare KK,Witte MK,Reed MD

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quality improvement (QI) activities have been done as long as medicine has been practiced and are integral to safety and efficacy of patient care. The 20th century witnessed sophisticated advances of QI methods, with concurrent advances in research ethics. The suggestion that some interventional QI activities resemble...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kofke WA,Rie MA

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypertonic saline is the recommended therapy to shrink swollen brain cells in patients with acute hyponatremia accompanied by seizures. OBJECTIVES:In the absence of hypertonic saline, hypertonic mannitol will shrink the cell volume. Because mannitol is excreted rapidly, our aim was to ensure that it would b...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Porzio P,Halberthal M,Bohn D,Halperin ML

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute kidney injury (AKI) is commonly and increasingly encountered in patients with critical illness. In the past, epidemiologic studies have consistently found that oliguria further increases the risk of death from AKI. Compared with patients outside the intensive care unit (ICU), critically ill patients are more lik...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bagshaw SM,Bellomo R,Kellum JA

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether the supplementation of parenteral nutrition with ω-3 fatty acids confers treatment benefits to critically ill adult patients. DATA SOURCE:We performed computerized searches for relevant articles from 1996 to June 2011 on MEDLINE, EMBASE, and the Cochrane register of controlled trials and...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Palmer AJ,Ho CK,Ajibola O,Avenell A

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The educational objectives in use in our Pediatric ICU are described. These have importance for educational programs in critical care medicine, in particular, where patient care needs can easily overwhelm educational needs. It is important not to overlook our role as teachers in the development of proper attitudes and...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kravath RE

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Exosomes are small, cell-released vesicles (40-100 nm in size) with the potential to transfer proteins, lipids, small RNAs, messenger RNAs, or DNA between cells via interstitial fluids. Due to their role in tissue homeostasis, exosomes have emerged as a new type of therapeutic and diagnostic (theranostic) too...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Terrasini N,Lionetti V

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have examined cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills retention in a police force initially trained to instructor level performance skills as defined by the 1977 American Heart Association Instructor Manual. In 1977, the entire Winnipeg Police Force received a basic 8-h course of CPR training with recor...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Tweed WA,Wilson E,Isfeld B

更新日期：1980-11-01 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：:PEEP is the most important therapeutic intervention in the management of acute respiratory failure. Transitory PEEP disconnection to perform clinically relevant maneuvers is often necessary, but its effect upon PaO2 and physiological shunt in patients requiring high-level PEEP is not clear from the literature. Nine ad...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： De Campo T,Civetta JM

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human hemoglobin (Hb) solution is being developed for use as an oxygen-delivering resuscitation fluid. Substantial improvements in the general purity and quality of experimental Hb solutions have been achieved by recent research efforts. Hb solutions now appear to be free of the undesirable biological effects that wer...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： DeVenuto F

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine alterations in intestinal epithelial permeability to solutes in burn injured rats with and without Enterococcus faecalis infection and the role of neutrophils in the intestinal permeability changes. DESIGN:Prospective sham-controlled animal study. SETTING:University research laboratory. SUBJEC...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Samonte VA,Goto M,Ravindranath TM,Fazal N,Holloway VM,Goyal A,Gamelli RL,Sayeed MM

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The effect of levosimendan, a novel inotropic vasodilator (inodilator), on the microvascular gastric mucosal hemoglobin oxygenation (muHbo(2)) is unknown. A possible effect could thereby be selective for the splanchnic region or could primarily reflect changes in systemic oxygen transport (Do(2)) and/or oxyge...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schwarte LA,Picker O,Bornstein SR,Fournell A,Scheeren TW

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our goal was to demonstrate explicitly that lower-frequency positive-pressure ventilation not only preserves adequate oxygenation and acid-base status in hemorrhagic states, but also that "normal" or higher respiratory rates significantly compromise hemodynamics, even with moderate degrees of hemorrhage. DES...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Pepe PE,Lurie KG,Wigginton JG,Raedler C,Idris AH

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:ICU admission delays can negatively affect patient outcomes, but emergency department volume and boarding times may also affect these decisions and associated patient outcomes. We sought to investigate the effect of emergency department and ICU capacity strain on ICU admission decisions and to examine the ef...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Mathews KS,Durst MS,Vargas-Torres C,Olson AD,Mazumdar M,Richardson LD

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00