End-of-life family conferences: rooted in the evidence.

abstract：:Traumatic injuries occur in > 20 million children each year and are the leading source of death in children over the age of 1 yr. Mechanisms of injury and subsequent therapies for critically injured children are diverse. This review will focus on resources and management strategies for caring for the severely injured ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： White JR,Dalton HJ

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The demand for intensive care beds far exceeds their availability in many European countries. Consequently, many critically ill patients occupy hospital beds outside intensive care units, throughout the hospital. The outcome of patients who fit intensive care unit admission criteria but are hospitalized in re...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Simchen E,Sprung CL,Galai N,Zitser-Gurevich Y,Bar-Lavi Y,Gurman G,Klein M,Lev A,Levi L,Zveibil F,Mandel M,Mnatzaganian G

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the rationale for the regionalization of adult critical care and discuss how lessons from the trauma experience may be relevant to this debate. DESIGN:Narrative review and opinion. RESULTS:Variation in the quality of critical care among hospitals has prompted calls for regionalization of care for ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kahn JM,Branas CC,Schwab CW,Asch DA

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Atrial fibrillation is frequently seen in sepsis-related hospitalizations. However, large-scale contemporary data from the United States comparing outcomes among sepsis-related hospitalizations with versus without atrial fibrillation are limited. The aim of our study was to assess the frequency of atrial fib...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Desai R,Hanna B,Singh S,Omar A,Deshmukh A,Kumar G,Foreman MG,Sachdeva R

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The pathogenesis of acute gastric stress ulceration in the seriously ill is uncertain, and any role of Helicobacter pylori infection is unknown. We aimed to assess the relationship between H. pylori serological status and stress ulceration in seriously ill patients, as well as H. pylori serological status in ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Robertson MS,Cade JF,Clancy RL

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of proactive palliative care consultation on length of stay for high-risk patients in the medical intensive care unit (MICU). DESIGN:A prospective pre/post nonequivalent control group design was used for this performance improvement study. SETTING:Seventee...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Norton SA,Hogan LA,Holloway RG,Temkin-Greener H,Buckley MJ,Quill TE

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Artery puncture and hematoma formation are the most common immediate complications during internal jugular vein catheterization. This study was performed to assess whether the bevel-down approach of the puncture needle decreases the incidence of posterior venous wall damage and hematoma formation during inter...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lim T,Ryu HG,Jung CW,Jeon Y,Bahk JH

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the impact of prophylactic continuous lateral rotation therapy on the prevalence of ventilator-associated pneumonia, duration of mechanical ventilation, length of stay, and mortality in critically ill medical patients. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, clinical study. SETTING:Three medical inte...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Staudinger T,Bojic A,Holzinger U,Meyer B,Rohwer M,Mallner F,Schellongowski P,Robak O,Laczika K,Frass M,Locker GJ

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Fibrotic changes are initiated early in acute respiratory distress syndrome. This may involve overproliferation of alveolar type II cells. In an animal model of acute respiratory distress syndrome, we have shown that the administration of an adenoviral vector overexpressing the 70-kd heat shock protein (AdHSP...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bromberg Z,Raj N,Goloubinoff P,Deutschman CS,Weiss YG

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the feedback regulation of glucocorticoids on corticotropin secretion in patients with septic and nonseptic circulatory shock. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:An intensive care unit of a general hospital. PATIENTS:Two groups of patients with septic shock (n = 11) or nonseptic shock (n = 7). A ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Perrot D,Bonneton A,Dechaud H,Motin J,Pugeat M

更新日期：1993-03-01 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

authors： Papanikolaou J,Makris D,Karakitsos D,Saranteas T,Karabinis A,Kostopanagiotou G,Zakynthinos E

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the use of multifrequency bioelectrical impedance analysis to predict creatinine/urea clearance based on 24 hours urine collection. A practical formula was developed, and its performance was compared with that of established formulas such as Cockcroft-Gault, Modification of Diet in Renal Disease,...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： de Jong LAA,Otten-Helmers AG,Spronk PE,van Kan HJM

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention built up new surveillance paradigms for the patients on mechanical ventilation and the ventilator-associated events, comprising ventilator-associated conditions and infection-related ventilator-associated complications. We assess 1) the current epidemiology of venti...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bouadma L,Sonneville R,Garrouste-Orgeas M,Darmon M,Souweine B,Voiriot G,Kallel H,Schwebel C,Goldgran-Toledano D,Dumenil AS,Argaud L,Ruckly S,Jamali S,Planquette B,Adrie C,Lucet JC,Azoulay E,Timsit JF,OUTCOMEREA Study

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of epidural opioids for postoperative analgesia has been associated with respiratory depression. This report demonstrates the ability of nalbuphine to rapidly reverse the respiratory depression caused by epidural sufentanil while maintaining postoperative pain relief. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cheng EY,May J

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present trend in managed care has meant downsizing expectations concerning the availability of support for resuscitation research. This trend applies to funding possibilities from industry, governmental agencies, and nongovernmental agencies (Table 1). There will be increasing barriers to making innovations. Truth...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Thompson WL,Bellamy R,Cummins RO,Delooz HH,Dick W,Kochanek PM,Ornato JP,Ricci EM,Weil MH,Winter PM

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term cardiopulmonary outcome at ages 10-15 yrs following neonatal extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO). The specific aims of the study were to assess baseline aerobic capacity, cardiac function, and pulmonary function in neonatal ECMO survivors using gr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Boykin AR,Quivers ES,Wagenhoffer KL,Sable CA,Chaney HR,Glass P,Bahrami KR,Short BL

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is substantial variation in use of life sustaining technologies in patients near the end of life but little is known about variation in physicians' initial ICU admission and intubation decision making processes. Our objective is to describe variation in hospital-based physicians' communication behavior...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Uy J,White DB,Mohan D,Arnold RM,Barnato AE

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review published studies of the influence of platelet factor 4 (PF4) and other cationic proteins on the generation of activated protein C (APC) by the thrombomodulin-protein C system. DATA SOURCE:Using the PubMed citation index, literature published from 1973 to 2003 regarding cationic proteins, PF4, and ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Slungaard A

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether peptic activity in bronchoalveolar fluid, due to the presence of the gastric proteolytic enzyme pepsin, could serve as a biochemical marker for pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents. DESIGN:Prospective, experimental trial. SETTING:A university animal research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Th...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Badellino MM,Buckman RF Jr,Malaspina PJ,Eynon CA,O'Brien GM,Kueppers F

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Clinical Risk Index for Babies (CRIB) is a simple instrument used to measure clinical risk and illness severity in very low birth-weight infants. We assessed its reliability, validity beyond the first 12 hrs after birth, and responsiveness to individual change in condition after 7 days. DESIGN:Cohort study....

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fowlie PW,Gould CR,Tarnow-Mordi WO,Strang D

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although thrombocytopenia in the intensive care unit (ICU) is associated with a poorer outcome, the precise relationship between the time course of platelet counts and the mortality rate has not been well defined. OBJECTIVE:To describe the time course of the platelet count in relation to the mortality rate ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Akca S,Haji-Michael P,de Mendonça A,Suter P,Levi M,Vincent JL

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare the incidence of withdrawal or withholding of life support (WD/WHLS), and to identify similarities and differences in the process of the withdrawal of life support (WDLS) between teaching and community hospitals' intensive care units (ICUs). DESIGN:Prospective cohort study, with some data obtaine...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Keenan SP,Busche KD,Chen LM,Esmail R,Inman KJ,Sibbald WJ

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Currently 162-325 mg aspirin is recommended for the treatment of acute coronary syndrome. We tested the effect of an additional loading dose of 250 mg aspirin at the onset of acute coronary syndrome in patients who were already on chronic therapy with 100 mg aspirin. DESIGN:This was a prospective trial in pa...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fuchs I,Spiel AO,Frossard M,Derhaschnig U,Riedmüller E,Jilma B

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen availability during cardiopulmonary bypass was assessed in 22 patients under hypothermic and relatively normothermic conditions. The patients were divided into two groups, 17 of whom received ACD blood and 5, CPD blood. The mean P50 for all patients fell from a preoperative value of 25.9 +/- 2.4 (SD) to 15.6 +/...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fisher A,Foëx P,Emerson PM,Darley JH,Rauscher LA

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Reviews of patient safety efforts suggest that technical/administrative change must be augmented by global factors such as organizational culture and climate. The objective was to outline a comprehensive model for healthcare climate and test one of its elements, the nursing subclimate, in terms of several pa...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zohar D,Livne Y,Tenne-Gazit O,Admi H,Donchin Y

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of cholesterol and lipoproteins in children with severe meningococcal sepsis. DESIGN:Retrospective observational study. SETTING:A university-affiliated pediatric intensive care unit. PATIENTS:Fifty-seven patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit with meningococcal sepsis o...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Vermont CL,den Brinker M,Kâkeci N,de Kleijn ED,de Rijke YB,Joosten KF,de Groot R,Hazelzet JA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate carbamezapine (CBZ) for neuritic pain relief in Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). DESIGN:Prospective, double-blind, randomly allocated cross-over study days. SETTING:ICU in a tertiary care university hospital. PARTICIPANTS:Twelve consecutive, conscious adu...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Tripathi M,Kaushik S

更新日期：2000-03-01 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

authors： D'Alessandro AM,Peltier JW,Phelps JE

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In-hospital pediatric sepsis mortality has decreased substantially, but long-term mortality and morbidity among children initially surviving sepsis, is unknown. Accordingly, the Life After Pediatric Sepsis Evaluation investigation was conducted to describe the trajectory of mortality and health-related quali...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zimmerman JJ,Banks R,Berg RA,Zuppa A,Newth CJ,Wessel D,Pollack MM,Meert KL,Hall MW,Quasney M,Sapru A,Carcillo JA,McQuillen PS,Mourani PM,Wong H,Chima RS,Holubkov R,Coleman W,Sorenson S,Varni JW,McGalliard J,Haal

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The disadvantages of external ventricular drainage are the threat of sepsis and the nuisance of dislodging a precarious system in routine care. The experience of the authors with nearly 200 cases using a long ventricular catheter demonstrates that a subgaleal tunnel can be easily made for the ventricular catheter usin...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Saunders RL,Lyons TA

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00