Impact of patient volume on the mortality rate of adult intensive care unit patients.

abstract：:Pulmonary mechanics were studied in ten anemic preterm infants using an esophageal balloon and mask, before and after transfusion with 10 ml/kg of packed RBC. Their mean birth weight was 1212 +/- 323 g and gestational age was 29.27 +/- 2.4 wk. Transfusions were carried out at a mean postnatal age of 41.9 +/- 21.8 days...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sasidharan P,Heimler R

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have confirmed the improved tolerance of a peptide enteral compared to standard enteral alimentation in hypoalbuminemic, critically ill patients. Animal studies, including hypoproteinemic, volume-expanded rats, demonstrated that the protein hydrolysate of a peptide enteral formula was responsible for ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Brinson RR,Pitts VL,Taylor AE

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND METHODS:In the present study, we evaluated the effect of N-acetylcysteine treatment in a nonseptic shock model induced by zymosan in the rat. Animals were randomly divided into eight groups (ten animals in each group). The first group was treated with ip administration of saline solution (0.90% NaCl) and...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cuzzocrea S,Costantino G,Mazzon E,Caputi AP

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In this study, we evaluated the inflammatory response in patients with severe acute respiratory infection due to the Middle East respiratory syndrome and non-Middle East respiratory syndrome and assessed the presence of distinct inflammatory subphenotypes using latent class analysis. DESIGN:Prospective coho...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Arabi YM,Jawdat D,Hajeer AH,Sadat M,Jose J,Vishwakarma RK,Almashaqbeh W,Al-Dawood A

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network randomized controlled trial, methylprednisolone treatment was associated with increased return to mechanical ventilation with partial loss of early improvements. We hypothesize a causal relationship between protocol-driven rapid discontinuation of methylpred...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Meduri GU,Bridges L,Siemieniuk RAC,Kocak M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A meta-analysis was performed of 15 randomized studies on the prophylaxis with cimetidine and/or ant-acids of upper GI bleeding acquired in the ICU. There were eight comparisons of a group receiving cimetidine with a control group, nine comparisons of a group receiving antacids with a control group, and ten comparison...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lacroix J,Infante-Rivard C,Jenicek M,Gauthier M

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Physiologic and pathologic comparison of two modes of assisted ventilation, nasal intermittent positive-pressure ventilation (NIPPV) and synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation (SIMV), in spontaneously breathing term newborn piglets with saline lavage-induced lung injury. DESIGN:After inducing acute ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lampland AL,Meyers PA,Worwa CT,Swanson EC,Mammel MC

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To identify the prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes of intra-abdominal hypertension in a mixed multicenter ICU population. DESIGN:Prospective observational study. SETTING:Fifteen ICUs worldwide. PATIENTS:Consecutive adult ICU patients with a bladder catheter. INTERVENTIONS:None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Reintam Blaser A,Regli A,De Keulenaer B,Kimball EJ,Starkopf L,Davis WA,Greiffenstein P,Starkopf J,Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Intra-Abdominal (IROI) Study Investigators.

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypersensitivity reactions are defined as immunologically based adverse reactions to chemicals or medicinal agents. These reactions are common in the intensive care unit and can present as a simple, mildly symptomatic rash or as life-threatening anaphylactic reactions. Hypersensitivity reactions have traditionally bee...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kanji S,Chant C

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Toxic free radicals cause dysfunction of respiratory muscles, probably leading to respiratory distress. Exposure to high concentrations of oxygen generates plenty of free radicals. Lidocaine scavenges the reactive molecules. The purposes of the current study were first to examine whether hyperoxia impairs dia...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Nishina K,Mikawa K,Shiga M,Kodama S,Kagawa T,Maekawa N,Obara H

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need for closed-loop control of blood pressure in acute hypertension after cardiac surgery was evaluated by estimating the amount of nurse-time required to adjust the infusion rate of sodium nitroprusside. The evaluation consisted of a nationwide telephone survey of head nurses in postsurgical ICUs at 9 institutio...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Mitchell RR

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Prone-position ventilation (PPV) induces acute improvement in oxygenation in many patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), with some maintaining their oxygenation even after they were returned to the supine position, but it is unclear what clinical factors determine the sustained oxygenation...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lee DL,Chiang HT,Lin SL,Ger LP,Kun MH,Huang YC

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the reliability and validity of a modified moral distress tool, originally developed for the nursing profession, on respiratory care practitioners. To describe the relationship between moral distress, career dissatisfaction, and job turnover in respiratory care. DESIGN:A 28-question survey was develo...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schwenzer KJ,Wang L

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide a comprehensive review of the issue related to the administration of sedative, analgesic, and neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBA) to patients who are receiving ventilatory support for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) with high-frequency oscillatory ventilation. RESULTS:Sedative, analges...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sessler CN

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foreign-body aspiration in adults is usually associated with asphyxiation after aspiration of food particles. The present report documents a case of foreign-body aspiration that resulted from poor tracheostomy care in an alcoholic patient, and caused fulminant pneumonitis. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Brischetto MJ,Malouf J,Taylor RW

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Lung contusion is a major risk factor for the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome. We set to determine the role of toll-like receptor 3 and the binding of double-stranded RNA in the pathogenesis of sterile injury following lung contusion. DESIGN:Toll-like receptor 3 expression was analyzed in...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Suresh MV,Thomas B,Machado-Aranda D,Dolgachev VA,Kumar Ramakrishnan S,Talarico N,Cavassani K,Sherman MA,Hemmila MR,Kunkel SL,Walter NG,Hogaboam CM,Raghavendran K

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Approximately one in every four patients who present to the emergency department with sepsis progresses to septic shock within 72 hours of arrival. In this study, we describe key patient characteristics present within 4 hours of emergency department arrival that are associated with developing septic shock be...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Capp R,Horton CL,Takhar SS,Ginde AA,Peak DA,Zane R,Marill KA

更新日期：2015-05-01 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:To test the hypothesis that PaCO2 levels generated during permissive hypercapnia may enhance arterial oxygenation, when ventilation is maintained. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:Research laboratory in a hospital. SUBJECTS:One group of eight mongrel dogs (four male; four female). INTERVENTIONS:The dogs ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Torbati D,Mangino MJ,Garcia E,Estrada M,Totapally BR,Wolfsdorf J

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the relationships between plasma L-arginine concentrations and the severity of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) or systemic blood pressure in premature infants. DESIGN:Prospective, observational study. SETTING:Neonatal intensive care, tertiary referral hospital. SUBJECTS:Fifty-three prematu...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zamora SA,Amin HJ,McMillan DD,Fick GH,Butzner JD,Parsons HG,Scott RB

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：:Sequential assessment of renal function in 50 critically ill postoperative patients was done by simultaneous determinants of osmolar, free water, creatinine and sodium clearances, and fractional excretion of sodium. The traumatic and nontraumatic critically ill surgical patients had a characteristic pattern of creatin...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Brown R,Babcock R,Talbert J,Gruenberg J,Czurak C,Campbell M

更新日期：1980-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bed rest is frequently prescribed for critically ill patients because it is assumed to be beneficial for preventing complications, for conserving scarce metabolic resources, and for providing patient comfort. Furthermore, higher levels of physical activity in critically ill patients have been assumed to be impractical...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Brower RG

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To characterize the landscape of process of care and safety outcomes for tracheal intubation across pediatric intensive care units BACKGROUND:Procedural process of care and safety outcomes of tracheal intubation across pediatric intensive care units has not been described. We hypothesize that the novel Nati...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Nishisaki A,Turner DA,Brown CA 3rd,Walls RM,Nadkarni VM,National Emergency Airway Registry for Children (NEAR4KIDS).,Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network.

更新日期：2013-03-01 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：:This report describes an unusual hemolytic transfusion reaction. A group O donor was inadvertently transfused with 100 ml of group A red cells during the course of plasmapheresis. Granulocytopenia, thrombocytopenia, hypofibrinogenemia and low levels of factors V, VIII, and IX developed immediately after the infusion. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： McKenna PJ,Scheinman HZ

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study tested the hypothesis that interruption of the renin-angiotensin system with either an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or a mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist will decrease the prevalence of atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery. DESIGN:Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled stu...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Pretorius M,Murray KT,Yu C,Byrne JG,Billings FT 4th,Petracek MR,Greelish JP,Hoff SJ,Ball SK,Mishra V,Body SC,Brown NJ

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological systems are innately complex, display nonlinear behavior, and respond to both disease and its treatment in similar complex ways. Complex systems display self-organization and predictive behavior along a range of possible states, often referred to as chaotic behavior, and can be both characterized and quanti...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Pinsky MR

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this study was to determine the clinical features associated with candidemia caused by non-albicans Candida spp. and with potentially fluconazole-resistant Candida spp. (C. glabrata and C. krusei) among candidemic intensive care unit patients. DESIGN:The authors conducted a nationwide prospe...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Playford EG,Marriott D,Nguyen Q,Chen S,Ellis D,Slavin M,Sorrell TC

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the hypothesis that beta-1 adrenoreceptor blockade may be protective through the attenuation of sympathetic hyperactivity and catecholaminergic inflammatory effects on cardiac and hepatic function. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled study. SETTING:Animal laboratory in a university medical...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ackland GL,Yao ST,Rudiger A,Dyson A,Stidwill R,Poputnikov D,Singer M,Gourine AV

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00