Differences in complexity of glycemic profile in survivors and nonsurvivors in an intensive care unit: a pilot study.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore the relationship between timing of continuous renal replacement therapy commencement and clinical outcomes in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury. The primary outcomes were all-cause mortality at 28 and 90 days. DESIGN:Nested observational cohort study using data from the Randomized ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Jun M,Bellomo R,Cass A,Gallagher M,Lo S,Lee J,Randomized Evaluation of Normal Versus Augmented Level of Replacement Therapy (RENAL) Study Investigators.

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Effective therapies are needed to reverse the increased vascular permeability that characterizes acute inflammatory diseases such as acute lung injury. FTY720 is a pharmaceutical analog of the potent barrier-enhancing phospholipid, sphingosine 1-phosphate. Because both FTY720 and sphingosine 1-phosphate have ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wang L,Sammani S,Moreno-Vinasco L,Letsiou E,Wang T,Camp SM,Bittman R,Garcia JG,Dudek SM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review the intensive care unit experience of patients with admitted or acquired nosocomial endocarditis (NE) defined according to the Duke criteria. DESIGN:Prospective, cohort study. SETTING:University teaching hospital. PATIENTS:We reviewed the records of 22 patients documented with NE during a 6-yr p...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gouëllo JP,Asfar P,Brenet O,Kouatchet A,Berthelot G,Alquier P

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test whether spectral indices derived from the electroencephalogram (EEG), and especially the bispectral index (BIS), can be used as measures of neurologic status in unsedated, critically ill patients. DESIGN:Prospective, observational study. SETTING:Medical intensive care unit (ICU) of a university-affi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gilbert TT,Wagner MR,Halukurike V,Paz HL,Garland A

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was done to assess the effects of temperature on bleeding time and clotting time in normal male and female volunteers. DESIGN:Open study utilizing normal volunteers. SETTING:University research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Fifty-four healthy male and female volunteers, ranging in age from 19 to 35 yrs, ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Valeri CR,MacGregor H,Cassidy G,Tinney R,Pompei F

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To outline both the preclinical and clinical data demonstrating surfactant alterations in acute lung injury, which provide the rationale for testing exogenous surfactant administration in this setting. We also review the results of the randomized, controlled clinical trials conducted to date that have evalua...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lewis JF,Brackenbury A

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Increasing age is a well-recognized risk factor for in-hospital mortality in patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cardiogenic shock, but the shape of this relationship is unknown. In addition, the impact of age on hospital length of stay, patterns of patient disposition, and costs has b...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Chung M,Zhao Y,Strom JB,Shen C,Yeh RW

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Targeted temperature management has been shown to improve survival with good neurological outcome in patients after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. The optimal approach to inducing and maintaining targeted temperature management, however, remains uncertain. The objective of this study was to evaluate these p...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lin S,Scales DC,Dorian P,Kiss A,Common MR,Brooks SC,Goodman SG,Salciccioli JD,Morrison LJ

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pressure inflating the lung during mechanical ventilation is the difference between pressure applied at the airway opening (Pao) and pleural pressure (Ppl). Depending on the chest wall's contribution to respiratory mechanics, a given positive end-expiratory and/or end-inspiratory plateau pressure may be appro...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Talmor D,Sarge T,O'Donnell CR,Ritz R,Malhotra A,Lisbon A,Loring SH

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether pulse oximetry is accurate and if it correlates with arterial blood gas saturation in pediatric patients with sickle cell anemia. DESIGN:Prospective, comparative study using a convenience sample of patients with sickle cell anemia who had simultaneous arterial blood gas sampling and pul...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fitzgerald RK,Johnson A

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A portable video image-processor unit used to evaluate bedside digital subtraction angiography yields sufficient information on the major arterial vessels and the heart, using standard x-ray equipment at fluoroscopic energy levels. This unit should contribute to the evaluation of the critically ill patient in the ICU....

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Janssen JH,Ackermans J,Tijdens F,Verstraelen B,de Zwaan C,Bär F,Brugada P

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the possibility that acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) of pulmonary and nonpulmonary origins represent two distinct syndromes. DESIGN:Analysis of data collected prospectively from an inception cohort of 117 patients with ARDS. SETTING:Adult intensive care unit (ICU), university/postgradua...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Suntharalingam G,Regan K,Keogh BF,Morgan CJ,Evans TW

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether mortality rates among intensive care unit (ICU) patients differ according to the time of ICU admission, we compared the death rates for patients admitted during weekday day shifts and off hours (from 6:30 pm to 8:29 am the next day for night shifts, from Saturday 1:00 pm to Monday 8:29 am...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Luyt CE,Combes A,Aegerter P,Guidet B,Trouillet JL,Gibert C,Chastre J

更新日期：2007-01-01 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:In postcardiac surgery patients, we often noticed that monitored tidal volumes exceeded the ventilator settings. We investigated whether cardiogenic oscillation causes overestimation of tidal volume. DESIGN:Prospective, observational, clinical study. SETTING:Surgical intensive care unit in a national heart...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Imanaka H,Takeuchi M,Tachibana K,Nishimura M

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cardiac surgery, especially when employing cardiopulmonary bypass and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest, is associated with systemic inflammatory responses that significantly affect morbidity and mortality. Intestinal perfusion abnormalities have been implicated in such responses, but the mechanisms linking...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Karhausen J,Qing M,Gibson A,Moeser AJ,Griefingholt H,Hale LP,Abraham SN,Mackensen GB

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Severe coronavirus disease 2019 is associated with an extensive pneumonitis and frequent coagulopathy. We sought the true prevalence of thrombotic complications in critically ill patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 on the ICU, with or without extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. DESIGN:We undertoo...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Mirsadraee S,Gorog DA,Mahon CF,Rawal B,Semple TR,Nicol ED,Arachchillage DRJ,Devaraj A,Price S,Desai SR,Ridge CA,Singh S,Padley SPG

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the impact of a newly appointed neurointensivist on neurosciences intensive care unit (NICU) patient outcomes and quality of care variables. DESIGN:Observational cohort with historical controls. SETTING:Ten-bed neurointensive care unit in tertiary university hospital. PATIENTS:Mortality, length...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Varelas PN,Conti MM,Spanaki MV,Potts E,Bradford D,Sunstrom C,Fedder W,Hacein Bey L,Jaradeh S,Gennarelli TA

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between oxygen uptake (Vo2) and delivery (Do2) was examined in 64 patients immediately after cardiopulmonary bypass. In 44 patients with lactate levels below 2.5 mmol/L, Vo2 decreased proportionally when Do2 decreased below 300 ml/min X m2. At a Do2 over this level, Vo2 plateaued at 105 +/- 13 (SD) ml...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Komatsu T,Shibutani K,Okamoto K,Kumar V,Kubal K,Sanchala V,Lees DE

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:When treating patients with cardiac arrest with mild therapeutic hypothermia, a reliable and easy-to-use temperature probe is desirable. This study was conducted to investigate the accuracy and safety of tracheal temperature as a measurement of body temperature. DESIGN:Observational cohort study. SETTING:Em...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Haugk M,Stratil P,Sterz F,Krizanac D,Testori C,Uray T,Koller J,Behringer W,Holzer M,Herkner H

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To develop a predictive equation to estimate the frequency of blood drawing for intensive care unit (ICU) laboratory tests and to evaluate variations in ICU blood sampling practices after adjusting for patient and institutional factors. DESIGN:Prospective, inception, cohort study. SETTING:Forty-two ICUs in...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zimmerman JE,Seneff MG,Sun X,Wagner DP,Knaus WA

更新日期：1997-05-01 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:To evaluate the action of high-dose epinephrine by measuring simultaneously its vasopressor and norepinephrine releasing effects in humans during cardiac arrest. DESIGN:A prospective study on consecutive patients admitted with cardiac arrest. SETTING:Emergency Department in a large, urban hospital. PATIENT...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wortsman J,Paradis NA,Martin GB,Rivers EP,Goetting MG,Nowak RM,Cryer PE

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the efficacy of iontophoretic delivery of calcium to experimental hydrofluoric acid burns. DESIGN:Prospective, controlled study. SETTING:Institutional laboratory. SUBJECTS:Male nude rats. INTERVENTIONS:For the in vitro experiment, a full-thickness skin from the back was set in a vertical flow-t...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Yamashita M,Yamashita M,Suzuki M,Hirai H,Kajigaya H

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An increased risk of postoperative infection (including pneumonia) attributable to the receipt of allogeneic blood transfusion has been investigated as a possible manifestation of transfusion-related immunomodulation (TRIM) in 16 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and approximately 40 observational studies....

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Vamvakas EC

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:A comparison of federal Medicare databases to identify critical care medicine (CCM) use, cost discrepancies, and their possible causes. DESIGN:A 6-yr (1995-2000) retrospective analysis of Medicare hospital and CCM use and cost, comparing the Hospital Cost Report Information System (HCRIS) with Medicare Provi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Halpern NA,Pastores SM,Thaler HT,Greenstein RJ

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Anesthetic preconditioning appears to be a viable strategy to treat ischemic cerebral injury. Here we investigated 1) whether the protection conferred by sevoflurane preconditioning sustains in time; 2) whether sevoflurane preconditioning diminishes mitochondrial dysfunction following cerebral ischemia; and 3...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ye R,Yang Q,Kong X,Li N,Zhang Y,Han J,Xiong L,Liu X,Zhao G

更新日期：2012-09-01 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