Urgent coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention as a part of postresuscitation management.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Phenylephrine is often used for management of cerebral perfusion pressure after traumatic brain injury, but can have undesirable actions. Few studies have evaluated alternatives. The hypothesis was that arginine vasopressin was as effective as phenylephrine for maintaining tissue oxygenation during cerebral p...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dudkiewicz M,Proctor KG

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Artery puncture and hematoma formation are the most common immediate complications during internal jugular vein catheterization. This study was performed to assess whether the bevel-down approach of the puncture needle decreases the incidence of posterior venous wall damage and hematoma formation during inter...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lim T,Ryu HG,Jung CW,Jeon Y,Bahk JH

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the outcome of oxygen consumption (VO2) and energy expenditure after cessation of sedation in severe head-injured patients and to assess its usefulness as a predictor of neurologic severity. DESIGN:Prospective, descriptive study. SETTING:Neurosurgical intensive care unit (ICU) in a university ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bruder N,Lassegue D,Pelissier D,Graziani N,François G

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is limited evidence supporting the widespread use of α2 agonists (clonidine and dexmedetomidine) in pediatric critical care sedation. This study sought to test the association between the use of α2 agonists and enhanced sedation. DESIGN:A retrospective observational cohort study was conducted. Noninfe...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hayden JC,Doherty DR,Dawkins I,Leacy FP,Healy M,Breatnach CV,Cousins G,Gallagher PJ

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate factors which may influence the economic future of academic medical centers (AMCs). DATA SOURCE AND SELECTION:A literature search was performed to identify publications which reviewed the areas of revenue sources for AMCs, costs and expenses incurred by these institutions, and mechanisms for opti...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gerber DR,Bekes CE,Parrillo JE

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the functionality of identified polymorphisms in the promoter and upstream regions of the interleukin-10 gene in terms of release of interleukin-10 from lipopolysaccharide-stimulated whole blood from healthy volunteers and to evaluate the relationship of interleukin-10 polymorphisms to interleuki...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lowe PR,Galley HF,Abdel-Fattah A,Webster NR

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The electronic health record is a primary source of information for all professional groups participating in ICU rounds. We previously demonstrated that, individually, all professional groups involved in rounds have significant blind spots in recognition of patient safety issues in the electronic health reco...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bordley J,Sakata KK,Bierman J,McGrath K,Mulanax A,Nguyen L,Mohan V,Gold JA

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Prone-position ventilation (PPV) induces acute improvement in oxygenation in many patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), with some maintaining their oxygenation even after they were returned to the supine position, but it is unclear what clinical factors determine the sustained oxygenation...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lee DL,Chiang HT,Lin SL,Ger LP,Kun MH,Huang YC

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The demand for intensive care beds far exceeds their availability in many European countries. Consequently, many critically ill patients occupy hospital beds outside intensive care units, throughout the hospital. The outcome of patients who fit intensive care unit admission criteria but are hospitalized in re...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Simchen E,Sprung CL,Galai N,Zitser-Gurevich Y,Bar-Lavi Y,Gurman G,Klein M,Lev A,Levi L,Zveibil F,Mandel M,Mnatzaganian G

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The role of systemic corticosteroids in pathophysiology and treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome is controversial. Use of prehospital systemic corticosteroid therapy may prevent the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome and improve hospital outcomes. DESIGN:This is a preplanned retro...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Karnatovskaia LV,Lee AS,Gajic O,Festic E,U.S. Critical Illness and Injury Trials Group: Lung Injury Prevention Study Investigators (USCIITG–LIPS).

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The venous-arterial PCO2 gradient may increase in certain low-flow states, such as CPR and canine endotoxemia. To determine whether venous hypercarbia also occurs in hemorrhagic shock, we studied 12 anesthetized, mechanically ventilated dogs. We performed laparotomies on the animals, inserting catheters into their ren...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Benjamin E,Paluch TA,Berger SR,Premus G,Wu C,Iberti TJ

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Treatment of preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) with exogenous surfactant has greatly improved clinical outcome. Some infants require multiple doses, and it has not been studied whether these large amounts of exogenous surfactant disturb endogenous surfactant metabolism in humans. We stu...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bunt JE,Carnielli VP,Janssen DJ,Wattimena JL,Hop WC,Sauer PJ,Zimmermann LJ

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinically, asystole or a bradyarrhythmia may follow countershock of ventricular fibrillation (VF) in up to 40% of attempts. This study evaluated the effects of artificial cardiac pacing, calcium chloride (CaCl2), and epinephrine in postcountershock asystole/bradycardia. Micromanometer catheters were positioned in the...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Niemann JT,Adomian GE,Garner D,Rosborough JP

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Acute lung injury secondary to smoke inhalation is a major source of morbidity and mortality in burn patients. We tested the hypothesis that nebulized epinephrine would ameliorate pulmonary dysfunction secondary to acute lung injury by reducing airway hyperemia and edema formation and mediating bronchodilatat...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lange M,Hamahata A,Traber DL,Cox RA,Kulp GA,Nakano Y,Traber LD,Herndon DN,Enkhbaatar P

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the pathophysiology involved in hypocalcemia in septic shock and to investigate the value of calcium administration. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized placebo-controlled trial with parallel groups. SETTING:Animal research laboratory at the University Hospital of Uppsala. SUBJECTS:Twenty-four pigs ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Carlstedt F,Eriksson M,Kiiski R,Larsson A,Lind L

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Treatment options to ameliorate brain damage following cardiopulmonary resuscitation from cardiac arrest are limited. DESIGN:In a porcine model, we evaluated the effects of xenon treatment on neuropathologic and functional outcomes after cardiopulmonary resuscitation. SETTING:Prospective, randomized laborat...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fries M,Nolte KW,Coburn M,Rex S,Timper A,Kottmann K,Siepmann K,Häusler M,Weis J,Rossaint R

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the course of gastric regional PCO2 (PrCO2) in patients with cardiogenic shock requiring intra-aortic balloon (IAB) counterpulsation and the prognostic value of PrCO2 in this patient population. DESIGN:A prospective, observational clinical study. SETTING:Medical intensive care unit in a university ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Janssens U,Graf J,Koch KC,vom Dahl J,Hanrath P

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We reviewed randomized trials of adult ICU patients of interventions hypothesized to reduce delirium burden to determine whether interventions that are more effective at reducing delirium duration are associated with a reduction in short-term mortality. DATA SOURCES:We searched CINHAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, and...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Al-Qadheeb NS,Balk EM,Fraser GL,Skrobik Y,Riker RR,Kress JP,Whitehead S,Devlin JW

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of the neonate's susceptibility to pulmonary hypertension (PHN) and his inefficiency in invoking the compensatory mechanisms often used by adults to maintain stable levels of O2 consumption (VO2) in the face of changes in O2 delivery (DO2) and metabolic demand, we have attempted to define the O2 handling capab...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hammerman C,Komar K,Abu-Khudair H,Olsen T

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine whether niacin attenuates lung inflammation and improves survival during sepsis and to determine whether the beneficial effects of niacin are associated with downregulation of the nuclear factor (NF)-κB pathway. DESIGN:Prospective laboratory study. SETTING:University laboratory. SUBJECTS:Male S...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kwon WY,Suh GJ,Kim KS,Kwak YH

更新日期：2011-02-01 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：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:This survey was designed to study current practices in the monitoring and treatment of patients with severe head injury in the United States. DATA SOURCES:The collected data represent answers to telephone interviews of nurse managers, clinical specialists, and staff nurses specializing in neurotrauma care at...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ghajar J,Hariri RJ,Narayan RK,Iacono LA,Firlik K,Patterson RH

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To elucidate sources of variability in the estimate of treatment effects in a successful phase 3 trial in severe sepsis and to assess their implications on the design of future clinical trials. DESIGN:Retrospective evaluation of prospectively defined subgroups from a large phase 3, placebo-controlled clinica...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Macias WL,Vallet B,Bernard GR,Vincent JL,Laterre PF,Nelson DR,Derchak PA,Dhainaut JF

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:When a patient is incompetent, the family is often considered to be a natural surrogate. The doctors' responsiveness to family wishes may vary. We explored if doctors' personal characteristics were associated with responsiveness to the relatives' wishes when admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) is consi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Escher M,Perneger TV,Heidegger CP,Chevrolet JC

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impedance respiratory monitoring is the standard technique for detecting apnea in infants. A miniature microphone/amplifier system has been used to sense breath sounds over the trachea in order to detect both central and obstructive apnea episodes in infants and children. The tracheal microphone has several advantages...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Beckerman RC,Wegmann MJ,Waring WW

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Sepsis and severe trauma result in endothelial activation and damage. The activated endothelium expresses adhesion receptors that control leukocyte trafficking. After activation, some adhesion molecules are also released into plasma as soluble forms. The present study was designed to compare the expression of...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Leone M,Boutière B,Camoin-Jau L,Albanèse J,Horschowsky N,Mège JL,Martin C,Dignat-George F

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To understand when the use of high-frequency ventilation would be advantageous, we formulated the problem of achieving adequate alveolar ventilation at minimal pressure cost by dividing it into two simpler problems: a) the pressure cost per unit of convective oscillatory flow; and b) the convective flow cost...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Venegas JG,Fredberg JJ

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Therapeutic hypothermia in the ICU requires mechanical ventilation and sedation. Hypothermia reduces the metabolism of commonly used IV sedatives. The use of long-acting sedative agents may confound neurologic assessment. Volatile anesthetics have been reported to provide protection against ischemia-reperfusi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hellström J,Öwall A,Martling CR,Sackey PV

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To provide an overview of key elements of the Affordable Care Act. To evaluate ways in which the Affordable Care Act will likely impact the practice of critical care medicine. To describe strategies that may help health systems and providers effectively adapt to changes brought about by the Affordable Care A...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dogra AP,Dorman T

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00