Oxygen saturation determined from deep muscle, not thenar tissue, is an early indicator of central hypovolemia in humans.

abstract：:In a series of 56 patients (24 uncomplicated postoperative and 32 septic patients), neopterin and elastase alpha 1 protease inhibitor complex (E-alpha 1 PI) plasma levels were measured daily. The clinical course of each patient was evaluated with the Multiple Organ Failure (MOF) score according to Goris. Neopterin cou...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Pacher R,Redl H,Frass M,Petzl DH,Schuster E,Woloszczuk W

更新日期：1989-03-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate a novel combination of preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative variables (including the Parsonnet, and the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II and III [APACHE II and III] scores) in cardiac surgery patients in order to predict hospital outcome, complications, and length of st...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Turner JS,Morgan CJ,Thakrar B,Pepper JR

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish the effect of an audible airleak (around an endotracheal tube) on oxygen consumption (VO2) measurements in pediatric ICU patients. DESIGN:Prospective trial comparing VO2 measurements before and after deflation of the endotracheal tube cuff. SETTING:Pediatric ICU in a large pediatric tertiary ca...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Chwals WJ,Lally KP,Woolley MM

更新日期：1992-06-01 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：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：:The authors placed Swan-Ganz catheters in 11 preterm and 2 term infants with severe cardiopulmonary distress. The infants ranged in weight from 1100-4000 g. The procedure was performed in the neonatal ICU by jugular venous cutdown. Intracardiac pressures and oxygen saturations were measured in each chamber entered. Th...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Todres ID,Crone RK,Rogers MC,Shannon DC

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:During cardiopulmonary bypass, inflammation and immunosuppression is present. We measured circulating mediators and monocyte-based functions and tested the hypothesis that these variables are influenced by methylprednisolone (MP) or tirilazad mesylate (TM) treatment. DESIGN:Randomized, controlled, double-bli...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Volk T,Schmutzler M,Engelhardt L,Döcke WD,Volk HD,Konertz W,Kox WJ

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A recent post hoc analysis suggested that driving pressure may be more important than traditional ventilatory variables in determining outcome in mechanically ventilated patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to summarize the risk of mortality fo...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Aoyama H,Pettenuzzo T,Aoyama K,Pinto R,Englesakis M,Fan E

更新日期：2018-02-01 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:The effect of levosimendan, a novel inotropic vasodilator (inodilator), on the microvascular gastric mucosal hemoglobin oxygenation (muHbo(2)) is unknown. A possible effect could thereby be selective for the splanchnic region or could primarily reflect changes in systemic oxygen transport (Do(2)) and/or oxyge...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schwarte LA,Picker O,Bornstein SR,Fournell A,Scheeren TW

更新日期：2005-01-01 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:To determine the association of pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) use with in-hospital mortality. DESIGN:Prospective, observational study. SETTING:The medical intensive care units (MICU) of two teaching hospitals. METHODS:The study included 751 adults who were admitted to the MICU, excluding those who stayed...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Afessa B,Spencer S,Khan W,LaGatta M,Bridges L,Freire AX

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cocaine, which first made its appearance >1,000 yrs ago, is now widely used throughout the world. The physiologic responses to cocaine may cause severe pathologic effects. This review highlights the many critical care challenges resulting from these effects. DESIGN:Historical vignettes, epidemiologic factors...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shanti CM,Lucas CE

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the cardiopulmonary and peripheral circulatory effects of the nonselective nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) to the more selective inducible NOS inhibitor S-methylisothiourea (SMT) and to phenylephrine (PE) in endotoxic and normal swine. DESIGN:Prospec...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cohen RI,Shapir Y,Davis A,Loona R,Scharf SM

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the long-term outcome of noninvasive ventilation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients who refused intubation for acute hypercapnic respiratory failure. DESIGN:Prospective, observational study. SETTING:Noninvasive ventilation unit in an acute regional hospital in Hong Kong. METHODS...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Chu CM,Chan VL,Wong IW,Leung WS,Lin AW,Cheung KF

更新日期：2004-02-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To examine the hypothesis that heat stress applied after the administration of bacterial endotoxin is protective. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, laboratory study. SETTING:University research laboratory. SUBJECTS:One hundred eleven adult male Sprague-Dawley rats (weight range 250 to 400 g). INTERVENTIONS:...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Chu EK,Ribeiro SP,Slutsky AS

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The care of critically ill children has become more complex and demanding. This document establishes recommendations for developing regionalized integration of the care of these children into the emergency medical services system. These recommendations were developed by pediatricians with expertise in pediatric critic...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors：

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of clinical diagnoses compared to autopsy findings in critically ill patients in the current medical era. DESIGN:We conducted a retrospective, blinded review of matched medical records and postmortem findings in patients who died between June 2006 and ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fröhlich S,Ryan O,Murphy N,McCauley N,Crotty T,Ryan D

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate pharmacokinetics and metabolism of sodium citrate in critically ill patients. To determine the risk of citrate accumulation in the setting of liver dysfunction (cirrhosis, hepatorenal syndrome). DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medicine IV, Universi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kramer L,Bauer E,Joukhadar C,Strobl W,Gendo A,Madl C,Gangl A

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Periodic diagnostic tests and continuous and intermittent monitoring are integral to critical care medicine. The focus of this article is understanding the impact of existing diagnostic technology, as well as that of new diagnostic technology. DATA SYNTHESIS:We use literature about gastric tonometry to illustr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Keenan SP,Guyatt GH,Sibbald WJ,Cook DJ,Heyland DK,Jaeschke RZ

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine ventilator-dependent patients were successfully weaned from mechanical ventilatory support by high-frequency jet ventilation. All patients had been on ventilatory support for at least 2 wk, and had not responded to attempts at weaning by intermittent mandatory ventilation. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Klain M,Kalla R,Sladen A,Guntupalli K

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We aimed to implement our Smart Use of Antibiotics Program to ensure the proper use of antimicrobials, improve patient care and outcomes, and reduce the risks of adverse effects and antimicrobial resistance. DESIGN:We compared the time periods before (baseline) and after (intervention) the implementation of...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lu C,Liu Q,Yuan H,Wang L

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of norepinephrine on static (right atrial pressure, pulmonary artery occlusion pressure ) and dynamic (pulse pressure variation and arterial systolic pressure variation) preload indicators in experimental hemorrhagic shock. DESIGN:Prospective controlled experimental study. SETTING:...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Nouira S,Elatrous S,Dimassi S,Besbes L,Boukef R,Mohamed B,Abroug F

更新日期：2005-10-01 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：:An 8-yr-old child suffered traumatic bilateral pneumothoraces and a ruptured right main bronchus. Surgical repair of the bronchus was postponed for 18 h after a definite diagnosis was established due to severe hypoxemia and hypercarbia. Only left endobronchial high-frequency ventilation with muscle relaxation correcte...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Pizov R,Shir Y,Eimerl D,Uretzky G,Milgalter E,Cotev S

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Mitochondrial damage and dysfunction are thought to play an important role in the pathogenesis of sepsis-induced organ failures. Unfortunately, specific markers of mitochondrial damage in vital organs do not currently exist. Recently, carbomyl phosphate synthase (CPS)-1, a protein primarily localized to liver...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Crouser ED,Julian MW,Huff JE,Struck J,Cook CH

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although studies have indicated that adrenal insufficiency occurs after severe trauma and hemorrhagic shock, it remains controversial whether adrenal function is depressed during the late stage of polymicrobial sepsis. DESIGN:Prospective, controlled animal study. SETTING:A university research laboratory. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Koo DJ,Jackman D,Chaudry IH,Wang P

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn is characterized by the presence of intense vasoconstriction and vascular remodeling. Protein tyrosine phosphorylation has been recognized as a critical regulatory element in signal transduction, because it is dynamically regulated by the opposing actions of pr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Berkenbosch JW,Baribeau J,Ferretti E,Perreault T

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00