High permeability dialysis membrane allows effective removal of myoglobin in acute kidney injury resulting from rhabdomyolysis.

abstract：:Oral amiodarone's slow absorption handicaps rapid treatment of life-threatening arrhythmias. We used iv amiodarone to treat ten patients with hemodynamically significant atrial arrhythmias and life-threatening ventricular arrhythmias refractory to all conventional medical treatment. Arrhythmias were controlled in nine...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Alves LE,Rose EP,Cahill TB Jr

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Currently 162-325 mg aspirin is recommended for the treatment of acute coronary syndrome. We tested the effect of an additional loading dose of 250 mg aspirin at the onset of acute coronary syndrome in patients who were already on chronic therapy with 100 mg aspirin. DESIGN:This was a prospective trial in pa...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fuchs I,Spiel AO,Frossard M,Derhaschnig U,Riedmüller E,Jilma B

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients with severe sepsis have high mortality that is improved by timely, often expensive, treatments. Patients without insurance are more likely to delay seeking care; they may also receive less intense care. DESIGN:We performed a retrospective analysis of administrative database-Healthcare Costs and Util...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kumar G,Taneja A,Majumdar T,Jacobs ER,Whittle J,Nanchal R,Milwaukee Initiative in Critical Care Outcomes Research (MICCOR) Group of Investigators.

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To define the features of human amniotic mesenchymal stromal cell secretome and its protective properties in experimental models of acute brain injury. DESIGN:Prospective experimental study. SETTING:Laboratory research. SUBJECTS:C57Bl/6 mice. INTERVENTIONS:Mice subjected to sham or traumatic brain injury...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Pischiutta F,Brunelli L,Romele P,Silini A,Sammali E,Paracchini L,Marchini S,Talamini L,Bigini P,Boncoraglio GB,Pastorelli R,De Simoni MG,Parolini O,Zanier ER

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The early detection of bacterial meningitis is crucial for successful outcome. Heparin-binding protein, a potent inducer of increased vascular permeability, is released from activated neutrophils in severe sepsis. OBJECTIVE:In this study we investigated whether heparin-binding protein levels in cerebrospina...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Linder A,Akesson P,Brink M,Studahl M,Björck L,Christensson B

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty-four (48%) of 133 children with hematologic malignancy who were admitted to three pediatric ICUs died. Children who required management because of airway obstruction or after general anesthesia had the best outlook (mortality rate of 7% or less); those children who required major circulatory support or mechanica...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Butt W,Barker G,Walker C,Gillis J,Kilham H,Stevens M

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the longitudinal outcome of a cohort of mechanically ventilated patients admitted to an acute care respiratory unit after critical illness. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS:Prospective, observational study of 210 consecutive patients admitted to a respiratory unit of an acute, tertiary care universit...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bigatello LM,Stelfox HT,Berra L,Schmidt U,Gettings EM

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disadvantages of external ventricular drainage are the threat of sepsis and the nuisance of dislodging a precarious system in routine care. The experience of the authors with nearly 200 cases using a long ventricular catheter demonstrates that a subgaleal tunnel can be easily made for the ventricular catheter usin...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Saunders RL,Lyons TA

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We tested whether mild hypothermia impacts on circulatory and respiratory dysfunction during experimental endotoxemia. DESIGN:Randomized controlled prospective experimental study. SETTING:Large animal facility, Medical University of Graz, Austria. SUBJECTS:Thirteen anesthetized and mechanically ventilated ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schwarzl M,Seiler S,Wallner M,von Lewinski D,Huber S,Maechler H,Steendijk P,Zelzer S,Truschnig-Wilders M,Obermayer-Pietsch B,Lueger A,Pieske BM,Post H

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND METHODS:Previous studies documented activation of protease enzymes such as the plasma kallikrein-kinin system in endotoxemia and sepsis, both in experimental animals and in patients. We investigated the actions of aprotinin (a protease inhibitor that binds to plasma kallikrein) on systemic hemodynamics a...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cumming AD,Nimmo GR

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Light chains κ and λ are immunoglobulin constituents but also circulate independently in blood as free light chains. We investigated whether a concomitant abnormality in free light chain and immunoglobulin levels could identify a high risk of death sepsis subpopulation to inform future IV immunoglobulin tria...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shankar-Hari M,Singer M,Spencer J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Newer pulmonary function instruments make measurement of small airway function possible as a routine, inexpensive part of preoperative preparation of patients with obstructive lung disease. Patients with early stages of chronic obstructive lung disease have maldistribution of ventilation and perfusion producing an inc...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Chodoff P,Margand PM,Knowles CL

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objectives of this study were to evaluate safety (primary) and clinical efficacy (secondary) of the humanized monoclonal anti-L-selectin antibody aselizumab in severely injured patients. DESIGN:Prospective phase II, parallel group, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial. SETTING:Fou...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Seekamp A,van Griensven M,Dhondt E,Diefenbeck M,Demeyer I,Vundelinckx G,Haas N,Schaechinger U,Wolowicka L,Rammelt S,Stroobants J,Marzi I,Brambrink AM,Dziurdzik P,Gasiorowski J,Redl H,Beckert M,Khan-Boluki J

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the blood culture results obtained either by venipuncture or through an arterial catheter in 51 critically ill patients with 217 clinically suspected episodes of bacteremia. During each episode, three blood culture samples, two arterial and one venous, were drawn within 1 h. One or more cultures were posit...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Väisänen IT,Michelsen T,Valtonen V,Mäkeläinen A

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of the Trendelenburg (TREND) position and passive straight leg raising (PLR) on cardiopulmonary performance in 18 anesthetized patients undergoing myocardial revascularization were studied with a two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography probe and a thermodilution right ventricular ejection fraction...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Reich DL,Konstadt SN,Raissi S,Hubbard M,Thys DM

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study tested the hypothesis that interruption of the renin-angiotensin system with either an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist will decrease the prevalence of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery. DESIGN:Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled stu...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Pretorius M,Murray KT,Yu C,Byrne JG,Billings FT 4th,Petracek MR,Greelish JP,Hoff SJ,Ball SK,Mishra V,Body SC,Brown NJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine variations in case-mix, structure, resource use, and outcome performance among teaching and nonteaching intensive care units (ICU). DESIGN:Prospective inception cohort study. PATIENTS:A consecutive sample of 15,297 patients at 35 hospitals, which compared 8,269 patients admitted to 20 teaching IC...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zimmerman JE,Shortell SM,Knaus WA,Rousseau DM,Wagner DP,Gillies RR,Draper EA,Devers K

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Most intensive care deaths beyond the first few days of critical illness are attributable to nonresolving organ failure, either due to or coinciding with sepsis. One of the mechanisms that is thought to contribute to the pathogenesis of organ failure is microvascular thrombosis. Recently, we reported signific...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Langouche L,Meersseman W,Vander Perre S,Milants I,Wouters PJ,Hermans G,Gjedsted J,Hansen TK,Arnout J,Wilmer A,Schetz M,Van den Berghe G

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the impact of prophylactic continuous lateral rotation therapy on the prevalence of ventilator-associated pneumonia, duration of mechanical ventilation, length of stay, and mortality in critically ill medical patients. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, clinical study. SETTING:Three medical inte...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Staudinger T,Bojic A,Holzinger U,Meyer B,Rohwer M,Mallner F,Schellongowski P,Robak O,Laczika K,Frass M,Locker GJ

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Sepsis is associated with a marked depression of cellular immune function. The steroid hormone dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is proposed to have immunoenhancing activities. We, therefore, investigated the effect of DHEA on the mortality rate and cellular immune functions in an experimental model of sepsis. D...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Oberbeck R,Dahlweid M,Koch R,van Griensven M,Emmendörfer A,Tscherne H,Pape HC

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the utility of thoracic computed tomography (TCT) in the initial assessment of critically ill patients with chest injuries. DESIGN:Prospective observational study of cohorts. SETTING:Trauma intensive care unit (ICU) of a Spanish Level III hospital (US equivalent Level I). PATIENTS:Three hundre...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Guerrero-López F,Vázquez-Mata G,Alcázar-Romero PP,Fernández-Mondéjar E,Aguayo-Hoyos E,Linde-Valverde CM

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the impact of two different customization strategies in the performance of the admission Mortality Probability Model II (MPM II0) using formal statistical assessment. DESIGN:Analysis of the database of a multicenter, multinational, prospective cohort study, EURICUS-1, involving 89 intensive care u...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Moreno R,Apolone G

更新日期：1997-12-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Comparison of two versions of bispectral index (BIS) derived from the electroencephalogram in mechanically ventilated and continuously sedated patients after major abdominal surgery. DESIGN:Prospective, cohort, observational, unblinded study. SETTING:Surgical intensive care unit of a university hospital. P...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Tonner PH,Wei C,Bein B,Weiler N,Paris A,Scholz J

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that the right ventricle is more dilated during resuscitation from cardiac arrest caused by pulmonary embolism, compared with hypoxia and primary arrhythmia. DESIGN:Twenty-four pigs were anesthetized and cardiac arrest was induced using three different method...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Aagaard R,Caap P,Hansson NC,Bøtker MT,Granfeldt A,Løfgren B

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the outcomes and the short- and long-term complications of percutaneous translaryngeal tracheostomy (TLT) and surgical tracheostomy (ST). DESIGN:Prospective, randomized clinical trial with 1-yr double-blind follow-up. SETTING:A general intensive care unit of a university hospital. PATIENTS:A tot...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Antonelli M,Michetti V,Di Palma A,Conti G,Pennisi MA,Arcangeli A,Montini L,Bocci MG,Bello G,Almadori G,Paludetti G,Proietti R

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 77-yr-old white man recovering from aortobiiliac bypass surgery suffered a sudden stroke within 30 min after carotid sinus massage was performed in an attempt to treat supraventricular tachycardia. Even though carotid digital subtraction angiography and angiograms were negative for carotid artery disease, we believe...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bastulli JA,Orlowski JP

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of the present study was to determine whether selective inflammatory cytokine concentrations within cerebrospinal fluid are useful markers for the differential diagnosis of aseptic and bacterial meningitis within neurosurgical patients. DESIGN:Prospective, open-label, observational, cohort stud...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Liu ZH,Tu PH,Chen NY,Yip PK,Bowes AL,Lee CC,Chan SH,Kung CC,Wang AY,Wu CT,Lee ST

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intralipid elimination patterns were compared in 25 healthy controls, 12 patients recovering from uncomplicated cholecystectomy, and 25 critically ill patients. The intravenous fat tolerance test revealed a similar fractional removal rate (k2) in healthy controls and critically ill patients, but k2 was increased in ch...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lindh A,Lindholm M,Rössner S

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess clinician perceptions of a machine learning-based early warning system to predict severe sepsis and septic shock (Early Warning System 2.0). DESIGN:Prospective observational study. SETTING:Tertiary teaching hospital in Philadelphia, PA. PATIENTS:Non-ICU admissions November-December 2016. INTERVE...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ginestra JC,Giannini HM,Schweickert WD,Meadows L,Lynch MJ,Pavan K,Chivers CJ,Draugelis M,Donnelly PJ,Fuchs BD,Umscheid CA

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00