Constructing the illness narrative: a grounded theory exploring patients' and relatives' use of intensive care diaries.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Circulating serum levels of procalcitonin rise significantly during bacterial infection. Because calcitonin is known to be a monocyte chemoattractant, we investigated whether procalcitonin, a prohormone of calcitonin, also affects leukocyte migration. DESIGN:Prospective, controlled in vitro study. SETTING:U...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wiedermann FJ,Kaneider N,Egger P,Tiefenthaler W,Wiedermann CJ,Lindner KH,Schobersberger W

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report is intended to familiarize the reader with the current legislation concerning state definitions of death, the pertinent judicial decisions concerning termination of life support and the current status of medical/ethical committees. However, it is of paramount importance to all health care personnel to beco...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wallace-Barnhill G,Roth MD,Briggs BA,Bastron DR,Barrocas A

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether relative hyperglycemia was associated with in-hospital mortality in critically ill patients independent of other prognostic variables and whether this association is affected by background glycemia. DESIGN:Prospective observational study. SETTING:Mixed medical-surgical ICU in a metropo...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lee TF,Drake SM,Roberts GW,Bersten A,Stranks SN,Heilbronn LK,Mangoni AA,Burt MG

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Mechanical circulatory support can maintain vital organ perfusion in patients with cardiac failure unresponsive to standard pharmacologic treatment. The purpose of the current study was to report complication and survival rates in patients supported with emergency percutaneous venoarterial cardiopulmonary byp...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schwarz B,Mair P,Margreiter J,Pomaroli A,Hoermann C,Bonatti J,Lindner KH

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Anaphylactic shock is associated with severe hypotension. Potassium channel blockers, such as 4-aminopyridine, induce vasoconstriction. The objective of this study was to test the ability of 4-aminopyridine to restore blood pressure and increase survival in anaphylactic shock. DESIGN:Experimental study. SE...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bellou A,Al-Hammadi S,Aburawi EH,Dhanasekaran S,Nemmar A,Oulhaj A,Shafiuallah M,Zerrouki M,Yasin J,Bellou L,Alper SL,Bellou S,Kazzam E

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bed rest is frequently prescribed for critically ill patients because it is assumed to be beneficial for preventing complications, for conserving scarce metabolic resources, and for providing patient comfort. Furthermore, higher levels of physical activity in critically ill patients have been assumed to be impractical...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Brower RG

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess hemodynamic, tissue oxygenation, and tissue perfusion changes by comparing traditional therapy (fluid resuscitation followed by vasopressor treatment) and alternative therapy (early vasopressor treatment) in a hyperkinetic and sedated model of endotoxic shock. DESIGN:Prospective controlled experime...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sennoun N,Montemont C,Gibot S,Lacolley P,Levy B

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Biomedical ethics has assumed an increasingly important role in medicine over the past 30 yrs, and its development has served the important goal of protecting patients' rights and interests. However, medical ethics has evolved within a Western tradition, and conflict often arises when trying to apply Western...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ip M,Gilligan T,Koenig B,Raffin TA

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop a scheme for early identification of individuals at risk for symptomatic vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH). DESIGN:Analysis of prospectively collected data from the placebo-treated group in a multicenter clinical trial. SETTINGS:Fifty-four neurosurgical centers in North America. MEAS...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Qureshi AI,Sung GY,Razumovsky AY,Lane K,Straw RN,Ulatowski JA

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simple insertion of a nasogastric (NG) tube was successful in only 52 of 100 anesthetized intubated patients. After the larynx was manually pulled forward, the NG tube was successfully inserted in 33 patients. In the remaining 15 patients, the NG tube was inserted only with the aid of a finger or a laryngoscope used w...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Perel A,Ya'ari Y,Pizov R

更新日期：1985-03-01 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

authors： Powers SK,Kavazis AN,Levine S

更新日期：2009-10-01 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:To investigate the concentrations of reduced and total glutathione in relation to the muscle free amino acid pattern in critically ill patients and matched healthy controls. DESIGN:Prospective case control. SETTING:University hospital intensive care unit (ICU). PATIENTS:Eleven critically ill patients in th...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hammarqvist F,Luo JL,Cotgreave IA,Andersson K,Wernerman J

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was found that, during 1974, it cost an average of $8842 ($12,909 in 1979) to care for a survivor of severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) who required mechanical ventilation in this ICU compared to $2448 ($3574 in 1979) for nonsurvivors. Death in 15 out of the 16 nonsurvivors was accompanied by grade III-IV i...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shannon DC,Crone RK,Todres ID,Krishnamoorthy KS

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the thermodilution technique, repeated determination of cardiac index (CI) has become a rapid, easily accomplished, safe procedure. We paired 77 CI determinations measured by direct Fick and thermodilution techniques in 21 patients who underwent myocardial revascularization. Commercially available thermistor-tipp...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hodges M,Downs JB,Mitchell LA

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequential assessment of renal function in 50 critically ill postoperative patients was done by simultaneous determinants of osmolar, free water, creatinine and sodium clearances, and fractional excretion of sodium. The traumatic and nontraumatic critically ill surgical patients had a characteristic pattern of creatin...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Brown R,Babcock R,Talbert J,Gruenberg J,Czurak C,Campbell M

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous cholecystostomy was employed successfully as an alternative to cholecystectomy for the treatment of acute cholecystitis with perforation in an elderly woman. The procedure, performed portably in the cardiac care unit, was selected because progressive cardiac and renal decompensation made the patient an ex...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Longmaid HE 3rd,Bassett JG,Gottlieb H

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doppler ultrasound has been used extensively in assessing adequacy of circulation. We have found it to be convenient in the identification of blood flow, particularly in hypotensive states where percutaneous radial artery cannulation of the vessel is tedious and difficult to perform. The technique is simple, atraumati...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Nagabhushan S,Colella JJ Jr,Wagner R

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Mechanical ventilation can cause ventilator-induced brain injury via afferent vagal signaling and hippocampal neurotransmitter imbalances. The triggering mechanisms for vagal signaling during mechanical ventilation are unknown. The objective of this study was to assess whether pulmonary transient receptor po...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： González-López A,López-Alonso I,Pickerodt PA,von Haefen C,Amado-Rodríguez L,Reimann H,Niendorf T,Kuebler W,Albaiceta GM,Francis RCE,Spies CD

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thromboembolic disease ranks among the most dangerous and common complication in the postoperative or post-traumatic patient. As previously mentioned, the incidence is increasing and fatalities from this complication have also risen substantially. The pathogenesis of thromboembolic disease and the predictability of it...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Evarts CM

更新日期：1976-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In 2003, critical care and infectious disease experts representing 11 international organizations developed management guidelines for the use of corticosteroid therapy in patients with sepsis and septic shock that would be of practical use for the bedside clinician, under the auspices of the Surviving Sepsis ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Keh D,Sprung CL

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among Gram-positive pathogens, Staphylococcus aureus is the leading cause of death from nosocomial pneumonia. The bacterium developed progressive resistance to beta-lactams, and methicillin-resistant strains emerged in the 1980s. In consequence, vancomycin has become the drug of choice for treatment of this infection ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bodi M,Ardanuy C,Rello J

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Transarterial chemoembolization is a widely used therapy for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma. A rare adverse event is acute respiratory distress syndrome from pulmonary embolization of Lipiodol, an iodinated oil commonly used during the procedure. The objective of this report is to describe an atypi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Taupin D,Mukherjee V,Nathavitharana R,Green DA,Fridman D

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Because of their beneficial effects in patients with hemorrhagic shock and multiple-system trauma, hypertonic saline solutions are increasingly being used perioperatively for volume resuscitation. Although the anti-edema effects of hypertonic saline on brain are well documented in a variety of brain injury pa...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Toung TJ,Chen CH,Lin C,Bhardwaj A

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether delirium during ICU stay is associated with long-term mental health problems defined as symptoms of anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Survey study, 1 year after discharge from a medical-surgical ICU in the Netherlands. PAT...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wolters AE,Peelen LM,Welling MC,Kok L,de Lange DW,Cremer OL,van Dijk D,Slooter AJ,Veldhuijzen DS

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the pulmonary and cardiac function of children who survived an episode of acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. DESIGN:Descriptive cohort analysis. SETTING:Pediatric clinical research center of a university hospital. PATIENTS:Utilizing the criteria of PaO2 < 75 torr (< 10 kPa) with an FIO2 of > 0...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Weiss I,Ushay HM,DeBruin W,O'Loughlin J,Rosner I,Notterman D

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perfluorocarbon (PFC) emulsions are promising oxygen-carrying blood supplements for the treatment of shock and in organ preservation for transplantation. We used the isolated, blood-perfused, canine right lower lung lobe (RLL) to determine the effect of a PFC emulsion, Oxypherol (FC-43), upon lung fluid balance and he...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hall JE,Ehrhart IC,Hofman WF

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Catheter-associated infections are common, costly, and potentially lethal. The impact of catheter insertion site on infection risk remains controversial. We aimed to establish whether nontunneled central venous catheters inserted in the subclavian vein are associated with lower risk of catheter-associated inf...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Parienti JJ,du Cheyron D,Timsit JF,Traoré O,Kalfon P,Mimoz O,Mermel LA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to highlight the link between induced hypothermia and increased survival duration as observed in the septic model developed by the laboratory. To reach this objective, survival duration and blood oxygen transport capacity were measured at two temperatures-38 °C (induced normothermia...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Léon K,Pichavant-Rafini K,Quéméner E,Sébert P,Egreteau PY,Ollivier H,Carré JL,L'Her E

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00