Effects of mild induced hypothermia during experimental sepsis.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Radial artery applanation tonometry allows completely noninvasive continuous cardiac output estimation. The aim of the present study was to compare cardiac output measurements obtained with applanation tonometry (AT-CO) using the T-Line system (Tensys Medical, San Diego, CA) with cardiac output measured by i...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wagner JY,Sarwari H,Schön G,Kubik M,Kluge S,Reichenspurner H,Reuter DA,Saugel B

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Heatstroke requires active body cooling and organ failure supportive care. Although heat waves are expected to recur over the next decades, little is known about the risk factors for mortality in heatstroke patients. We examined the prognosis and risk factors for hospital mortality in patients with heatstroke...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Misset B,De Jonghe B,Bastuji-Garin S,Gattolliat O,Boughrara E,Annane D,Hausfater P,Garrouste-Orgeas M,Carlet J

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Procalcitonin may be associated with reduced antibiotic usage compared to usual care. However, individual randomized controlled trials testing this hypothesis were too small to rule out harm, and the full cost-benefit of this strategy has not been evaluated. The purpose of this analysis was to evaluate the ef...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Heyland DK,Johnson AP,Reynolds SC,Muscedere J

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most common causative pathogen in community-acquired pneumonia. In patients, thrombocytopenia is correlated with an adverse outcome of pneumonia. Platelets can modulate the host response to infection in several ways, that is, by facilitating clot formation, production of antim...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： van den Boogaard FE,Schouten M,de Stoppelaar SF,Roelofs JJ,Brands X,Schultz MJ,van't Veer C,van der Poll T

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We recently reported that bacterial lipopolysaccharide stimulates release of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha from both human vascular tissue and cultured smooth muscle cells. In the current study, we tested the hypothesis that increased intracellular cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate (cAMP) could inhibi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zhang LM,Castresana MR,Shaker IJ,Dalton ML,Leeper-Woodford SK,Newman WH

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine previously untrained health professionals learned to measure cardiac output (Qt) by suprasternal continuous-wave Doppler ultrasound (QtDopp) and by thoracic bioimpedance (Qtbi). Each received standardized written, videotaped, and individual instruction. First the novice, then the reference examiner, measured QtDo...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wong DH,Onishi R,Tremper KK,Reeves C,Zaccari J,Wong AB,Miller JB,Cordero V,Davidson J

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The administration of vasopressin during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) provides significantly more vital organ blood flow when compared with epinephrine during cardiac arrest in pigs. The effects of this potent vasoconstrictor on postresuscitation cardiovascular function remain unknown. The purpose of t...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Prengel AW,Lindner KH,Keller A,Lurie KG

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide a meta-analysis of current literature concerning the validation of thoracic impedance cardiography (TIC) and to explain the variations in the reported results from the differences in the studies. DATA SOURCES:A computer-assisted search of English-language, German, and Dutch literature was performe...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Raaijmakers E,Faes TJ,Scholten RJ,Goovaerts HG,Heethaar RM

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare three devices that measure core body temperature at the bedside in ICU patients. DESIGN:Prospective, consecutive sample. SETTING:Voluntary community teaching hospital. PATIENTS:Fifteen patients, 78 +/- 6 (SD) yrs of age, admitted to the medical ICU over a 5-month period who had pulmonary artery ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Nierman DM

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum ionized calcium (Ca+2), creatinine, magnesium, phosphate, and arterial pH were measured in patients on admission to the medical ICU (MICU). Patients were classified into three groups: a) hypotensive (n = 38), those who received vasopressor support for frank hypotension; b) hypertensive (n = 21), those who requir...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Desai TK,Carlson RW,Thill-Baharozian M,Geheb MA

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The renal effects of dopamine in critically ill patients remain controversial. Low-dose dobutamine has been reported to improve renal function. We compared the effects of various doses of dopamine and dobutamine on renal function in critically ill patients. DESIGN:Prospective, single-blind, randomized study....

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ichai C,Soubielle J,Carles M,Giunti C,Grimaud D

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is frequently used in intensive care treatment of patients with intracranial hemorrhage. Data demonstrating an improved outcome from this intervention are lacking. We analyzed standardized mortality ratios in patients with and without ICP monitoring to determine its effi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Valentin A,Lang T,Karnik R,Ammerer HP,Ploder J,Slany J

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify and appraise articles describing criteria used to prioritize or withhold a critical care admission. DATA SOURCES:PubMed, Embase, Medline, EBM Reviews, and CINAHL Complete databases. Gray literature searches and a manual review of references were also performed. Preferred Reporting Items for Syst...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dahine J,Hébert PC,Ziegler D,Chenail N,Ferrari N,Hébert R

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, safe, and effective system for umbilical artery monitoring controls continuous fluid infusion to prevent fluid overinfusion and keep the catheter from clotting. Accurate and continuous pressure measurements can be recorded simultaneously with fluid infusion. A convenient method for checking dynamic response ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gardner RM,Parker J,Feinauer LR

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the effect of high-dose N-acetylcysteine on renal function in cardiac surgery patients at higher risk of postoperative renal failure. DESIGN:Multiblind, placebo-controlled, randomized, phase II clinical trial. SETTING:Operating rooms and intensive care units of two tertiary referral hospitals. PA...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Haase M,Haase-Fielitz A,Bagshaw SM,Reade MC,Morgera S,Seevenayagam S,Matalanis G,Buxton B,Doolan L,Bellomo R

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the role of regulatory T cells in the modulation of long-term immune dysfunction during experimental sepsis. It is well established that sepsis predisposes to development of a pronounced immunosuppression. Nevertheless, the mechanisms underlying the immune dysfunction after sepsis are still not...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Nascimento DC,Alves-Filho JC,Sônego F,Fukada SY,Pereira MS,Benjamim C,Zamboni DS,Silva JS,Cunha FQ

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review how endogenous protein C activation might change in disease states and to discuss the implications of these findings in the context of severe sepsis. DATA SOURCE:A review of the published literature in PubMed together with data from abstracts from 2001 to present. DATA EXTRACTION AND SYNTHESIS:Act...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Liaw PC

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recommended rates for closed-chest cardiac compressions during CPR are based on physiologic variations with increasing age rather than experimental data. Using puppies, we compared mean arterial pressure, cardiac index (CI), and cerebral blood flow (CBF) at a slow (40/min, group 1) and a rapid (120/min, group 2) r...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fleisher G,Delgado-Paredes C,Heyman S

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cytokine response after cardiac surgery may be genetically influenced. A study was carried out to investigate the relation between cytokine gene expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells, genotype, and clinical events after cardiac surgery. DESIGN:A case-control study was performed. SETTING:Cardiac i...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Duggan E,Caraher E,Gately K,O'Dwyer M,McGovern E,Kelleher D,McManus R,Ryan T

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the control period in this study, small premature infants, 1500 g in birth weight, had insensible water loss (IWL) of 2.28 g/kg/hr (equivlaent to 54 ml/kg/day), which is considerably higher than in full term infants. Under phototherapy, there was a significant increase in IWL (3.14 g/kg/hr) associated with incr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Yeh TF,Vidyasagar D,Pildes RS

更新日期：1975-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether the provision of computerized physiologic trend data could improve outcome in newborn infants requiring intensive care. DESIGN:Randomized, controlled trial, with subsidiary questionnaire studies. SETTING:Tertiary neonatal intensive care unit with 12 intensive care cots. PATIENTS:All infan...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cunningham S,Deere S,Symon A,Elton RA,McIntosh N

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We have previously described a method for the precise delivery of inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) via a conventional, continuous-flow, pressure-limited, time-cycled ventilator. Because of the augmented effect of iNO decreasing pulmonary vascular resistance with high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV), we de...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Espinosa RM,Marks KH

更新日期：1999-11-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To compare sleep, work hours, and behavioral alertness in faculty and fellows during a randomized trial of nighttime in-hospital intensivist staffing compared with a standard daytime intensivist model. DESIGN:Prospective observational study. SETTING:Medical ICU of a tertiary care academic medical center du...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bakhru RN,Basner M,Kerlin MP,Halpern SD,Hansen-Flaschen J,Rosen IM,Dinges DF,Schweickert WD

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Perfluorocarbon (PFC) emulsions are promising oxygen-carrying blood supplements for the treatment of shock and in organ preservation for transplantation. We used the isolated, blood-perfused, canine right lower lung lobe (RLL) to determine the effect of a PFC emulsion, Oxypherol (FC-43), upon lung fluid balance and he...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hall JE,Ehrhart IC,Hofman WF

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that the effects of intravenous injection of latex particles would demonstrate the contribution of phagocytosis by mononuclear phagocytes to the development of Escherichia coli-induced acute lung injury in neutropenic guinea pigs. DESIGN:Prospective, controlled, experimental study. Int...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ishizaka A,Hasegawa N,Sayama K,Urano T,Nakamura H,Sakamaki F,Soejima K,Waki Y,Tasaka S,Nakamura M,Matsubara H,Kanazawa M

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Capnography is a valuable tool in the management of cardiac arrest, since end-tidal CO2 (PetCO2) correlates well with cardiac output and there are no other suitable noninvasive ways to measure this important variable during resuscitation. Animal studies also suggest that PetCO2 correlates well with the likelihood of r...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Callaham M,Barton C

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay (LOS) and hospital LOS are common indices used to compare performance of hospitals and are yardsticks used in efforts to contain costs, yet there is no standardized method of quantitating this outcome variable. Attempts have been made to correct LOS according to diseas...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Marik PE,Hedman L

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To further define cardiovascular abnormalities in patients with septic shock, serial conventional hemodynamic measurements combined with two-dimensional echocardiographic studies were performed at the bedside in 21 patients admitted for an acute episode of sepsis-related circulatory failure. Measurements obtained duri...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Jardin F,Brun-Ney D,Auvert B,Beauchet A,Bourdarias JP

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00