Soluble human leukocyte antigen-G5 in septic shock: marked and persisting elevation as a predictor of survival.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the ability of somatosensory evoked potentials (SEP) compared with clinical findings to monitor and predict recovery in patients suffering from closed head injury with predominantly diffuse axonal injury (DAI). DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Neurologic intensive care unit (ICU) of a u...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Claassen J,Hansen HC

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported increased lipid peroxide and decreased alpha-tocopherol levels in the blood of critically ill septic patients. To clarify these results, we investigated lipid peroxidation in experimental septic rats and severely traumatized rats. In septic rats, both platelet count and plasma alpha-tocopherol d...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Takeda K,Shimada Y,Okada T,Amano M,Sakai T,Yoshiya I

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate whether current criteria for the diagnosis of brain death fulfill the requirement for the "irreversible cessation of all functions of the entire brain, including the brainstem." DATA SOURCES:Clinical, philosophical, legal, and public policy literature on the subject of brain death. DATA EXTRACTI...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Truog RD,Fackler JC

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the frequency, types, and implications of complications during intensive care in patients after status epilepticus has been successfully terminated. DESIGN:Retrospective study. SETTING:ICUs at a Swiss tertiary academic medical care center. PATIENTS:Data were collected from the digital patie...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Baumann SM,Semmlack S,De Marchis GM,Hunziker S,Rüegg S,Marsch S,Sutter R

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The role of nitric oxide in mediating the early phase of hypotension and cardiovascular hyporeactivity in sepsis, and the cellular sources of inducible nitric oxide synthase expression under in vivo conditions, remain unclear. The objective of this study was to elucidate the time course and cellular location...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Liu SF,Barnes PJ,Evans TW

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To discuss a potential role for endothelial cell apoptosis in the pathogenesis of sepsis. DATA SOURCES:Studies published in biomedical journals and studies from the authors' laboratory. STUDY SELECTION:In vitro and in vivo studies of endothelial cell apoptosis in endotoxin and sepsis models. DATA EXTRACTIO...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hotchkiss RS,Tinsley KW,Swanson PE,Karl IE

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Antibiotic therapy is a major risk factor for the development of diarrhea and colitis with varying severity. Often the origin of antibiotic-associated gastrointestinal deterioration remains elusive and no specific infectious agents could be discerned. PATIENTS:We represent three cases of intractable high-vol...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wurm P,Spindelboeck W,Krause R,Plank J,Fuchs G,Bashir M,Petritsch W,Halwachs B,Langner C,Högenauer C,Gorkiewicz G

更新日期：2017-06-01 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: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：:Reimbursement policies are a critical step in the incorporation of new technologies and therapies into the clinical armamentarium. Reimbursement is an umbrella concept describing the process to manage and pay for healthcare services, including benefit coverage, coding, and payment processes. The technologies and servi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Reaven NL,Rosenbloom J

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether end-tidal carbon dioxide tension (PETCO2) accurately reflects PaCO2 during high-frequency jet ventilation (HFJV), 43 studies were performed on eight mongrel dogs with normal lungs. During HFJV, minute volume was modified to obtain a range of PaCO2 values from 15.5 to 74.5 torr. When PETCO2 was mea...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Algora-Weber A,Rubio JJ,Dominguez de Villota E,Cortes JL,Gomez D,Mosquera JM

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:A growing number of patients survive sepsis hospitalizations each year and are at high risk for readmission. However, little is known about temporal trends in hospital-based acute care (emergency department treat-and-release visits and hospital readmission) after sepsis. Our primary objective was to measure ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Meyer N,Harhay MO,Small DS,Prescott HC,Bowles KH,Gaieski DF,Mikkelsen ME

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High frequency positive pressure ventilation (HFPPV) was compared with normal frequency positive pressure ventilation (NFPPV) during diagnostic fiberoptic-bronchoscopy. HFPPV was achieved by a simple modification of the Minivent, and gave satisfactory alveolar ventilation and oxygenation. In all 11 patients and over p...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Flatau E,Lewinsohn G,Konichezky S,Lev A,Barzilay E

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND METHODS:We postulated that low-dose heparin (10 IU/kg.hr) administered as a continuous iv infusion may prevent or ameliorate the induction of thrombin-induced disseminated intravascular coagulation in baboons under general anesthesia. In a nonrandomized experiment lasting 8 hrs, animals were divided into...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： du Toit HJ,Coetzee AR,Chalton DO

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Corticosteroid therapy is frequently used in septic patients given the rationale that there is an increased demand for corticosteroid in sepsis, and up to 60% of severe septic patients experience adrenal insufficiency. However, the efficacy of corticosteroid therapy and whether the therapy should be based on...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ai J,Guo L,Zheng Z,Wang SX,Huang B,Li XA

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the accuracy of a technique using capnography to prevent inadvertent placement of small-bore feeding tubes and Salem sump tubes into the lungs. SETTING:Twelve-bed medical intensive care unit (MICU) in a 557-bed teaching hospital. PATIENTS:A total of 25 ventilated adult MICU patients were studie...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Burns SM,Carpenter R,Truwit JD

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The neuroprotective effects of the noble gas xenon are well known. Argon, in contrast to xenon, is abundant, inexpensive, and therefore widely applicable. In this study, we analyzed the possible neuroprotective role of argon in an in vivo rat model of acute focal cerebral ischemia. DESIGN:Controlled laborato...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ryang YM,Fahlenkamp AV,Rossaint R,Wesp D,Loetscher PD,Beyer C,Coburn M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Prolonged stay in the intensive care unit (ICU) is associated with high mortality, morbidity, and costs. Identifying those patients who are most likely to benefit from an extended ICU stay would be helpful in guiding clinical decisions. We sought to describe the characteristics and outcomes for a heterogeneou...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Martin CM,Hill AD,Burns K,Chen LM

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether continuous gas flow in the breathing circuit or an airleak around the tracheal tube cuff will introduce errors into the measurement of oxygen consumption (VO2) with indirect calorimetry. DESIGN:Nonrandomized, controlled trial. SETTING:Experimental laboratory. SUBJECTS:Ten healthy, anes...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Räsänen J

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Severe thermal injury causes immune dysfunctions involving both pro- and anti-inflammatory mechanisms. It subsequently leads to a state of immune deficiency that shares some similarities with sepsis-induced immunosuppression. A hallmark of the latter is established by decreased monocyte human leukocyte antige...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Venet F,Tissot S,Debard AL,Faudot C,Crampé C,Pachot A,Ayala A,Monneret G

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Glucose is the primary substrate for the energy requirements of the nervous system. Nevertheless, administration of glucose to critically ill patients with central nervous system trauma may have adverse effects on their neurologic recovery. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of other sourc...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cherian L,Peek K,Robertson CS,Goodman JC,Grossman RG

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the epidemiology, style of management, and outcome of intensive care patients with acute renal failure requiring replacement therapy in Australia. DESIGN:Prospective epidemiologic study. SETTING:Australian adult intensive care units providing acute renal replacement therapy. PATIENTS:Adult intensi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Silvester W,Bellomo R,Cole L

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess whether, in patients under mechanical ventilation, fluid responsiveness is predicted by the effects of short respiratory holds on cardiac index estimated by esophageal Doppler. DESIGN:Prospective, monocentric study. SETTING:Medical ICU. PATIENTS:Twenty-eight adult patients with acute circulatory...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dépret F,Jozwiak M,Teboul JL,Alphonsine JE,Richard C,Monnet X

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pericardium serves many important functions, but it is not essential for life. Pericardial heart disease comprises only pericarditis and its complications, tamponade and constriction, and congenital lesions. However, the pericardium is affected by virtually every category of disease. The critical care physician is...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hoit BD

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colloid osmotic pressure (COP) was measured simultaneously with cardiorespiratory measurements in 103 surgical patients suspected of having circulatory problems. In a small subset of 28 patients, measurements were taken before, during, and after surgical operations. Similarly, data sets were taken before, during, and ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shippy CR,Shoemaker WC

更新日期：1983-03-01 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：:End tidal CO2 tension (PetCO2) and transcutaneous CO2 tension (PtcCO2) were compared with arterial CO2 (PaCO2) before and after withdrawal of mechanical ventilation in 20 patients predisposed to hypercarbia. With stable PaCO2 during mechanical ventilation, the correlation coefficient (r) between PaCO2 and PetCO2 was ....

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Healey CJ,Fedullo AJ,Swinburne AJ,Wahl GW

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the occurrence of complications and patient deteriorations during the air and ground transportation of intubated pediatric patients, performed by a nonphysician-based team under the direction of an intensive care attending physician or fellow. DESIGN:Retrospective chart review. SETTING:A 600-bed...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Beyer AJ 3rd,Land G,Zaritsky A

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Despite having dysregulated iron metabolism, critically ill patients may receive exogenous iron for the treatment of anemia. Iron is associated with increased tissue apoptosis and may facilitate bacterial growth. We hypothesized that exogenous iron administration given after the onset of sepsis would lead to...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Javadi P,Buchman TG,Stromberg PE,Husain KD,Dunne WM,Woolsey CA,Turnbull IR,Hotchkiss RS,Karl IE,Coopersmith CM

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether implementation of Composite Resuscitation Team Training is associated with improvement in survival to discharge and code team performance after pediatric in-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest. DESIGN, SETTING, AND SUBJECTS:We conducted a prospective observational study with historical contr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Knight LJ,Gabhart JM,Earnest KS,Leong KM,Anglemyer A,Franzon D

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00