Gas exchange and lung inflammation using nasal intermittent positive-pressure ventilation versus synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation in piglets with saline lavage-induced lung injury: an observational study.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect that acute physiologic derangements have on outcome after subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and to design a composite score summarizing these abnormalities. DESIGN:Prospective observational study. SETTING:Neuroscience intensive care unit in a tertiary care academic center. PATIENTS:Cons...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Claassen J,Vu A,Kreiter KT,Kowalski RG,Du EY,Ostapkovich N,Fitzsimmons BF,Connolly ES,Mayer SA

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computers are commonly used to serve many functions in today's modern intensive care unit. One of the most intriguing and perhaps most challenging applications of computers has been to attempt to improve medical education. With the introduction of the first computer, medical educators began looking for ways to incorpo...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Tegtmeyer K,Ibsen L,Goldstein B

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Quality of care for patients admitted with pneumonia varies across hospitals, but causes of this variation are poorly understood. Whether hospitals with high ICU utilization for patients with pneumonia provide better quality care is unknown. We sought to investigate the relationship between a hospital's ICU a...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sjoding MW,Prescott HC,Wunsch H,Iwashyna TJ,Cooke CR

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the rate of unplanned PICU readmissions, examine the characteristics of index admissions associated with readmission, and compare outcomes of readmissions versus index admissions. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort analysis. SETTING:Ninety North American PICUs that participated in the Virtual Pediatr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Edwards JD,Lucas AR,Stone PW,Boscardin WJ,Dudley RA

更新日期：2013-12-01 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 determine whether a correlation exists between concentrations of intracellular and extracellular potassium and to determine the frequency of ventricular ectopy in patients after cardiac operations. DESIGN:Prospective, observational clinical evaluation. SETTING:Surgical-respiratory intensive care unit of ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Johnson RG,Shafique T,Sirois C,Weintraub RM,Comunale ME

更新日期：1999-11-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To demonstrate the efficacy and safety of an updated version of the nasal "bridle," which is used to prevent the accidental removal of small-bore nasoenteric feeding tubes. DESIGN:A descriptive study. SETTING:Surgical intensive care unit in a tertiary care hospital. PATIENTS:Twenty-six critically ill patie...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Popovich MJ,Lockrem JD,Zivot JB

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To review the difficulties associated with defining sepsis and its complications and to characterize the role of the proinflammatory cytokines in the development of human septic shock, adult respiratory distress syndrome, and the systemic inflammatory response syndrome. DATA SOURCES:Information presented at...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bone RC

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Visual assessment of the electroencephalogram by experienced clinical neurophysiologists allows reliable outcome prediction of approximately half of all comatose patients after cardiac arrest. Deep neural networks hold promise to achieve similar or even better performance, being more objective and consistent...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Tjepkema-Cloostermans MC,da Silva Lourenço C,Ruijter BJ,Tromp SC,Drost G,Kornips FHM,Beishuizen A,Bosch FH,Hofmeijer J,van Putten MJAM

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An emergency cricothyrotomy device was placed in 11 anesthetized dogs in order to assess airway damage and problems in placement, ventilation, and design. Posterior airway perforation without esophageal damage occurred in three animals. Submucosal hematomas or cricoid cartilage injury occurred in seven animals. As pla...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bjoraker DG,Kumar NB,Brown AC

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the tolerance and the efficacy of noninvasive continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in severe acute respiratory failure occurring in intensive care unit (ICU) neutropenic patients with hematologic malignancies, and to establish predictive variables of efficacy of this method. DESIGN:Prospect...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hilbert G,Gruson D,Vargas F,Valentino R,Chene G,Boiron JM,Pigneux A,Reiffers J,Gbikpi-Benissan G,Cardinaud JP

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine prevalence, risk factors, and outcome of thrombocytopenia in medical intensive care patients. DESIGN:Prospective observational study. SETTING:The 12-bed medical intensive care unit of a university hospital. PATIENTS:All consecutively admitted patients with normal platelet count at admission an...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Strauss R,Wehler M,Mehler K,Kreutzer D,Koebnick C,Hahn EG

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A 2400-mOsm/L hypertonic solution (isosal) with a lower sodium content, compared with conventional 7.5% hypertonic saline, was formulated using a mixture of sodium chloride, glucose, and mixed amino acids. This solution was developed to minimize hypernatremia during resuscitation. We assessed the effects of ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sheikh AA,Matsuoka T,Wisner DH

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Adrenal failure is common in critically ill patients, particularly those with sepsis. As liver failure and sepsis are both associated with increased circulating levels of endotoxin and proinflammatory mediators and reduced levels of apoprotein-1/high-density lipoprotein, we postulated that adrenal failure may...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Marik PE,Gayowski T,Starzl TE,Hepatic Cortisol Research and Adrenal Pathophysiology Study Group.

更新日期：2005-06-01 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:1) To evaluate the prognostic roles of quantitative CT and pulmonary function tests and 2) to assess the association of dynamic strain and ventilation heterogeneity during unassisted spontaneous breathing with 90-day survival in patients with paraquat poisoning. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:A universi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Liu Y,Luo XJ,Li GQ,Wei LQ,Yu X,Li YM

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on the effects of restoring hormonal levels and/or influence on muscle protein metabolism in the stressed state. We have highlighted our clinical experience in the administration of anabolic and anticatabolic agents in stressed clinical populations, primarily adult and pediatric burn injury, as wel...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ferrando AA,Wolfe RR

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:: To determine the relationship between intra-abdominal sepsis-induced high mobility group-box 1 and diaphragm contractile performance and to determine the inhibitory effects of antibodies for high mobility group-box 1 and receptor for advanced glycation end-products on septic peritonitis-induced diaphragmat...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Susa Y,Masuda Y,Imaizumi H,Namiki A

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To confirm early, marked decrease in plasma selenium concentrations in patients admitted to a surgical and medical intensive care unit (ICU), and to study this decrease according to the presence or absence of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), sepsis, or direct ischemia-reperfusion. DESIGN:Pros...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Forceville X,Vitoux D,Gauzit R,Combes A,Lahilaire P,Chappuis P

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chest physiotherapy (CPT) is used frequently in the ICU, but there is little available information that quantitates its effect on cardiac or respiratory function. Nineteen mechanically ventilated patients with post-traumatic respiratory failure were studied before, immediately after, and 2 h after CPT was used to mana...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Mackenzie CF,Shin B

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define the occurrence rate of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) using established criteria in a well-defined general patient population, to study the clinical course of ARDS when patients were ventilated using a "lung-protective" strategy, and to define the total costs of care. DESIGN:A 3-yr (199...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Valta P,Uusaro A,Nunes S,Ruokonen E,Takala J

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemodynamic, respiratory, and cerebral variables during 2 h of standard external CPR were studied in 5 dogs. In an additional 12 dogs, possible augmentation of these variables by Military Anti-Shock Trousers (MAST) was evaluated. In 9 dogs, external and internal cardiac massage were compared. During ventricular fibril...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bircher N,Safar P,Stewart R

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cytokines and adhesion molecules have a decisive role in the development of early inflammatory response as well as the late sequelae of sepsis. Because L-selectin-deficient mice are protected from lethal endotoxemia, blockade of L-selectin may provide a useful therapeutic option in human sepsis. Heparin has i...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Derhaschnig U,Pernerstorfer T,Knechtelsdorfer M,Hollenstein U,Panzer S,Jilma B

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine how many multicenter, randomized controlled trials have been published that assess mortality as a primary outcome in the adult intensive care unit population, and to evaluate their methodologic quality. DATA SOURCE:A sensitive search strategy for randomized controlled trials was conducted in th...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ospina-Tascón GA,Büchele GL,Vincent JL

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that a pretransport Pediatric Risk of Mortality (PRISM) score underestimates the requirement for both intensive care and interventions during pediatric interhospital transport. DESIGN:Prospective, descriptive study. SETTING:All children were treated in a regional hospital and then tra...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Orr RA,Venkataraman ST,Cinoman MI,Hogue BL,Singleton CA,McCloskey KA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To validate scoring algorithm criteria established by the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine (JAAM) for disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and to evaluate its diagnostic property by comparing the two leading scoring systems for DIC, from the Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare (JMHW) and I...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gando S,Iba T,Eguchi Y,Ohtomo Y,Okamoto K,Koseki K,Mayumi T,Murata A,Ikeda T,Ishikura H,Ueyama M,Ogura H,Kushimoto S,Saitoh D,Endo S,Shimazaki S,Japanese Association for Acute Medicine Disseminated Intravascular Coagulati

更新日期：2006-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether plasma lipid hydroperoxides may be a useful marker for sepsis. DESIGN:Exploratory, open-label study. SETTING:Critical care unit at a university medical center. PATIENTS:Twelve patients with sepsis syndrome requiring hemodynamic monitoring with pulmonary artery catheters. Seven patients...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Keen RR,Stella L,Flanigan DP,Lands WE

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Despite the universal proliferation of emergency medical services programs throughout the United States since 1970, only a few have ever documented a valid lifesaving effect, particularly in large, urban centers. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the effect of specialized physician supervision on ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Pepe PE,Mattox KL,Duke JH,Fisher PB,Prentice FD

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00