Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To assess the statistical association of the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE II) score with multiple intervention and outcome variables in surgical ICU patients. DESIGN:Continuous data collection on every patient admitted to the surgical ICU for a 21-month period. MATERIALS AND METHODS:For every admitted patient in the surgical ICU, APACHE II scores were calculated and the relationship between APACHE II score as an independent predictor of outcome was assessed with multiple outcome variables selected for study. The outcome and intervention variables tested included: treatment intervention measures such as days on ventilator; days with an arterial catheter, central venous catheter, triple lumen catheter, pulmonary artery catheter; days receiving total parenteral nutrition; days receiving tube feedings; number of transducers per days in the ICU; number of infusion pumps per ICU days, days in the hospital, number of complete blood counts; number of electrolyte determinations; number of blood gases; number of units of blood transfused; ICU and hospital mortality rates in the presence of complications, including: respiratory distress syndrome, renal failure, congestive heart failure, coma, requirement of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, and others. RESULTS:The APACHE II score was statistically associated with each intervention and outcome variable tested. Unfortunately, the associations, although consistent, were weak with r2 values ranging from .03 to a maximum of .22 for Pearson's correlation coefficients. CONCLUSION:The APACHE II score was statistically associated with all the variables examined in our surgical patients, but its predictive power for the individual surgical patient was limited. These findings suggest that the score may be useful for retrospective analyses of large cohorts of patients but should not be used as a triage tool or as a predictor of outcome for the individual patient. Triage decisions should continue to be based on the best available clinical judgment.
journal_name
Crit Care Medjournal_title
Critical care medicineauthors
Rutledge R,Fakhry SM,Rutherford EJ,Muakkassa F,Baker CC,Koruda M,Meyer AAdoi
10.1097/00003246-199108000-00013subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1991-08-01 00:00:00pages
1048-53issue
8eissn
0090-3493issn
1530-0293journal_volume
19pub_type
杂志文章abstract:OBJECTIVE:First, to determine whether procalcitonin (PCT) significantly adds diagnostic value in terms of sensitivity and specificity to a common set of markers of infection, including C-reactive protein (CRP), at the Emergency Department. Second, to create a simple scoring rule implementing PCT values. Third, to deter...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181b9ec33
更新日期:2010-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:A cuffed tracheostomy tube facilitates prolonged mechanical ventilation and weaning but usually leads to prolonged voicelessness, which can be one of the most negative experiences of hospitalization. No randomized trials have examined the effects of targeted early communication intervention for the restorati...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000001610
更新日期:2016-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Vascular dysfunction plays a central role in sepsis, and it is characterized by hypotension and hyporesponsiveness to vasoconstrictors. Nitric oxide is regarded as a central element of sepsis vascular dysfunction. The high amounts of nitric oxide produced during sepsis are mainly derived from the inducible is...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000000301
更新日期:2014-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The antimetabolite drug, 5-fluorouracil, inhibits microbial growth. Coating of central venous catheters with 5-fluorouracil may reduce the risk of catheter infection. Our objective was to compare the safety and efficacy of central venous catheters externally coated with 5-fluorouracil with those coated with c...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181f265ba
更新日期:2010-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199006000-00005
更新日期:1990-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of amino acid profiles in septic encephalopathy. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis. SETTING:Medical wards and medical ICU of a university hospital. PATIENTS:Patients with infections and normal mental status were compared with patients with septic shock and altered sensorium. INTERVENTIONS...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199106000-00004
更新日期:1991-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/00003246-200002000-00025
更新日期:2000-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between aminoglycoside disposition kinetics and hemodynamic response to sepsis, as well as vital support therapy, in critically ill patients with sepsis. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study of critically ill patients with sepsis undergoing physiologic and aminoglycoside pharmacokinetic m...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199705000-00016
更新日期:1997-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-198912000-00004
更新日期:1989-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199610000-00008
更新日期:1996-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:A 3-yr study funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was conducted to identify potential barriers to and opportunities for increasing the number hospitals with donation after cardiac death (DCD) protocols, the support of DCD by individuals involved in the donation request process, and the n...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181691b2b
更新日期:2008-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To investigate aortic functional alterations in the acute phase of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and to evaluate the relationship between potential cardiovascular alterations and delayed cerebral infarctions or poor Glasgow Outcome Scale score at discharge from critical care unit. DESIGN:Prospective ob...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e31822e9fab
更新日期:2012-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To assess the accuracy of mixed venous hemoglobin oxygen saturation estimated, using in vivo pulmonary artery reflectance oximetry with ranging concentrations of carboxyhemoglobin. DESIGN:Criterion standard, a comparison of an alternative test to the "gold standard." SETTING:Laboratory animal facility of a ...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199407000-00022
更新日期:1994-07-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e318168c92f
更新日期:2008-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To explore the potential value of heart rate variability features for automated monitoring of sedation levels in mechanically ventilated ICU patients. DESIGN:Multicenter, pilot study. SETTING:Several ICUs at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. PATIENTS:Electrocardiogram recordings from 40 mechanica...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000001708
更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199002000-00010
更新日期:1990-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Ischemia of the intestines damages the permeability of the intestinal wall, allowing lipopolysaccharide (LPS) (endotoxin) to leak from the gut lumen into the blood circulation, causing shock and death. We measured LPS levels associated with corticosteroid treatment vs. no treatment in cats whose superior mesenteric ar...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-198610000-00012
更新日期:1986-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Leucine-rich repeat and immunoglobulin domain-containing protein (LINGO)-1 is expressed in neural stem cells, and its neutralization results in sustained neuronal immaturity. Thus, targeted inhibition of LINGO-1 via RNA interference may enhance transplanted neural stem cell survival and neuronal differentiati...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000001351
更新日期:2016-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-197805000-00010
更新日期:1978-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Acute respiratory distress syndrome is occasionally seen in newborn infants due to a severe inflammatory process in the lungs that affects capillary-alveolar permeability, epithelial integrity, and type I and II pneumocyte function. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a topically applied nu...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/01.ccm.0000166371.18066.5e
更新日期:2005-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::A closed system device with teflon needle, sideholes, and attached stopcock was designed and evaluated for diagnosis and evacuation of neonatal pneumothoraces. Experience with this device has demonstrated specific advantages over existing needles and techniques. Since the system is airtight, diagnosis of pneumothorax ...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-197811000-00007
更新日期:1978-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To determine whether continuous modes of renal replacement therapy result in improved cardiovascular stability compared with standard daily intermittent treatment in critically ill patients. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized controlled trial. SETTING:Intensive care unit in a quaternary referral center for live...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/00003246-199303000-00007
更新日期:1993-03-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-200108000-00013
更新日期:2001-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Patient awareness of intermittent positive-pressure ventilation (IPPV) treatment in the ICU was studied in 304 patients. These ICU patients were divided into three groups: those treated for internal medical diseases (IMD; n = 129), patients admitted after major surgical procedures (MSP; n = 126), and patients treated ...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-198901000-00006
更新日期:1989-01-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000001822
更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Hypoxemic reperfusion attenuates brain injury secondary to severe cerebral ischemia, myocardial, and intestinal injury occurring in intestinal postischemic shock, and offers hemodynamic stabilization and attenuation of inflammatory response when applied in the resuscitation from hemorrhagic shock. In this stu...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0b013e31819b81ec
更新日期:2009-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To investigate the impact of circulating histones on cardiac injury and dysfunction in a murine model and patients with sepsis. DESIGN:Prospective, observational clinical study with in vivo and ex vivo translational laboratory investigations. SETTING:General ICU and university research laboratory. SUBJECTS...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000001162
更新日期:2015-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Ventilator-associated pneumonia diagnosis remains a debatable topic. New definitions of ventilator-associated conditions involving worsening oxygenation have been recently proposed to make surveillance of events possibly linked to ventilator-associated pneumonia as objective as possible. The objective of the...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/CCM.0000000000000674
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::In a prospective randomized study to determine whether prevention of colonization of Gram-negative bacteria results in prevention of Gram-negative bacterial infections, 96 intensive care patients were randomly allocated into a control group and a study group. The study group received oral nonabsorbable antimicrobial a...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1097/00003246-198811000-00001
更新日期:1988-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To assess the influence of private attending physician status on the withdrawal of life-sustaining interventions among patients dying within a medical intensive care unit (ICU). DESIGN:Retrospective cohort analysis. SETTING:An academic tertiary care center. PATIENTS:One hundred fifty-nine consecutive patie...
journal_title:Critical care medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00003246-199606000-00016
更新日期:1996-06-01 00:00:00