Pulmonary embolism during and after pregnancy.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the incidence and characteristics of children with brain death in the pediatric intensive care unit (ICU), and to assess the incidence of the clinical triad (Turner's triad) of central diabetes insipidus, low glucose demand, and low CO2 production. DESIGN:Retrospective review of medical records...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Staworn D,Lewison L,Marks J,Turner G,Levin D

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Peripherally inserted central catheters are increasingly used in ICU as an alternative to centrally inserted central catheters for IV infusion. However, their reliability for hemodynamic measurements with transpulmonary thermodilution is currently unknown. We investigated the agreement between transpulmonary...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： D'Arrigo S,Sandroni C,Cacciola S,Dell'Anna AM,Pittiruti M,Annetta MG,Colosimo C,Antonelli M

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Existing handheld glucose meters are glucose oxidase (GO)-based. Oxygen side reactions can introduce oxygen dependency, increase potential error, and limit clinical use. Our primary objectives were to: a) introduce a new glucose dehydrogenase (GD)-based electrochemical biosensor for point-of-care testing; b)...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kost GJ,Vu HT,Lee JH,Bourgeois P,Kiechle FL,Martin C,Miller SS,Okorodudu AO,Podczasy JJ,Webster R,Whitlow KJ

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Administration of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexanoic acid, omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil, has been associated with improved patient outcomes in acute lung injury when studied in a commercial enteral formula. However, fish oil has not been tested independently in acute lung injury. We therefore sought...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Stapleton RD,Martin TR,Weiss NS,Crowley JJ,Gundel SJ,Nathens AB,Akhtar SR,Ruzinski JT,Caldwell E,Curtis JR,Heyland DK,Watkins TR,Parsons PE,Martin JM,Wurfel MM,Hallstrand TS,Sims KA,Neff MJ

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of creatinine clearance (CC) in ICU patients was compared using three methods. The reference method (CC 24 h) used measurements of serum creatinine and urinary creatinine after collection of urine over a 24-h period. The other two methods were predictive methods: the Kampmann nomogram and the formula develo...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Martin C,Alaya M,Bras J,Saux P,Gouin F

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high rate of death from septic shock persists despite general improvements in care. The relative failure of mechanistically based therapies in various clinical trials should also trigger a reconsideration of such mechanistic approaches. Despite reversion of shock by hydrocortisone, the similar death rate compared wi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lukaszewicz AC,Payen D

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the internal consistency, validity, responsiveness, and minimal important difference of the Functional Status Score for the ICU, a physical function measure designed for the ICU. DESIGN:Clinimetric analysis. SETTINGS:Five international datasets from the United States, Australia, and Brazil. PA...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Huang M,Chan KS,Zanni JM,Parry SM,Neto SG,Neto JA,da Silva VZ,Kho ME,Needham DM

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：: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：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：:Recent advances in prenatal and neonatal care have increased the number of live births and extended the life expectancy of critically ill premature infants. These infants represent a formidable therapeutic challenge in that multisystem involvement and previously uncommon conditions, such as intravascular coagulation, ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Aschinberh LC,Zeis PM,Hageman JR,Vidyasagar D

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To provide an overview of key elements of the Affordable Care Act. To evaluate ways in which the Affordable Care Act will likely impact the practice of critical care medicine. To describe strategies that may help health systems and providers effectively adapt to changes brought about by the Affordable Care A...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dogra AP,Dorman T

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prevalence and causes of sex-based differences in morbidity and mortality secondary to cardiovascular disease remain controversial. Cardiac troponin I (cTnI) is a sensitive and specific marker for myocardial injury. Serial cTnI measurements have been used to identify perioperative myocardial cell injury. OB...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schwarzenberger JC,Sun LS,Pesce MA,Heyer EJ,Delphin E,Almeida GM,Wood M

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Our goal was to "reverse translate" the human response to surgical sepsis into the mouse by modifying a widely adopted murine intra-abdominal sepsis model to engender a phenotype that conforms to current sepsis definitions and follows the most recent expert recommendations for animal preclinical sepsis resea...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Stortz JA,Hollen MK,Nacionales DC,Horiguchi H,Ungaro R,Dirain ML,Wang Z,Wu Q,Wu KK,Kumar A,Foster TC,Stewart BD,Ross JA,Segal M,Bihorac A,Brakenridge S,Moore FA,Wohlgemuth SE,Leeuwenburgh C,Mohr AM,Moldawer LL,E

更新日期：2019-11-01 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 examine the relationship between treatment-related variables for Candida bloodstream infection and hospital mortality. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort analysis. SETTING:Thousand two hundred-bed academic medical center. PATIENTS:A total of 245 consecutive patients with Candida bloodstream infections who rece...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Labelle AJ,Micek ST,Roubinian N,Kollef MH

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the significance of moderate elevations of serum troponin I in a surgical intensive care unit patient population in terms of its impact on indexes of outcome including mortality, morbidity, and hospital and intensive care unit length of stay. DESIGN:Retrospective chart review and analysis of cli...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Relos RP,Hasinoff IK,Beilman GJ

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the timing of onset of organ system failure, multiple organ system failure diagnosis, and the subsequent death in children admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit (ICU). Second, to identify independent risk markers of death in pediatric patients with multiple organ system failure. DESIGN:Rev...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Proulx F,Gauthier M,Nadeau D,Lacroix J,Farrell CA

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clearance of amikacin during hemodialysis (HD) was determined in eight critically ill patients. The dialysis period averaged 3.4 h with a blood flow of 200 ml/min. The average amikacin clearance between dialysis was 7.30 +/- 4.78 (SD) ml/min which increased to 37.5 +/- 8.01 ml/min during dialysis. The average seru...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Armstrong DK,Hodgman T,Visconti JA,Reilley TE,Garner WL,Dasta JF

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arterial catheterization for blood gas analysis and direct monitoring of blood pressure in infants and children can be attended by a variety of complications, which limit its use to short periods of time. An improved technique, consisting of elimination of stopcocks, the use of a continuous flushing system adapted for...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Galvis AG,Donahoo JS,White JJ

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:With decreasing mortality in PICUs, a growing number of survivors experience long-lasting physical impairments. Early physical rehabilitation and mobilization during critical illness are safe and feasible, but little is known about the prevalence in PICUs. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of rehabilitatio...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kudchadkar SR,Nelliot A,Awojoodu R,Vaidya D,Traube C,Walker T,Needham DM,Prevalence of Acute Rehabilitation for Kids in the PICU (PARK-PICU) Investigators and the Pediatric Acute Lung Injury and Sepsis Investigators (PALISI) Network.

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the mortality rate and complications in a population of surgical patients with severe adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) treated with positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) of > 15 cm H2O in an attempt to reduce intrapulmonary shunt to approximately 0.20 and reduce FIO2 to < 0.50. DESIGN:R...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： DiRusso SM,Nelson LD,Safcsak K,Miller RS

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the optimal rewarming rate following therapeutic hypothermia in a rate model of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Both clinical and laboratory studies have demonstrated that mild therapeutic hypothermia following cardiopulmonary resuscitation improves myocardial and neurologic outcomes of cardiac ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lu X,Ma L,Sun S,Xu J,Zhu C,Tang W

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the reproducibility and accuracy of a new pulmonary artery catheter system that provides both right ventricular ejection fraction and continuous venous oxygen saturation monitoring. DESIGN:Criterion standard study. SETTING:University medical center. PATIENTS:A consecutive sample of ten patients...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dorman BH,Spinale FG,Kratz JM,Alpert CC,Ford M

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the course of gastric regional PCO2 (PrCO2) in patients with cardiogenic shock requiring intra-aortic balloon (IAB) counterpulsation and the prognostic value of PrCO2 in this patient population. DESIGN:A prospective, observational clinical study. SETTING:Medical intensive care unit in a university ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Janssens U,Graf J,Koch KC,vom Dahl J,Hanrath P

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The main objective of the study was to determine the prevalence of venous thromboembolism events in patients infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 requiring venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. The secondary objective was to compare venous thromboembolism events and coagula...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Parzy G,Daviet F,Puech B,Sylvestre A,Guervilly C,Porto A,Hraiech S,Chaumoitre K,Papazian L,Forel JM

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

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：:It was found that, during 1974, it cost an average of $8842 ($12,909 in 1979) to care for a survivor of severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) who required mechanical ventilation in this ICU compared to $2448 ($3574 in 1979) for nonsurvivors. Death in 15 out of the 16 nonsurvivors was accompanied by grade III-IV i...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shannon DC,Crone RK,Todres ID,Krishnamoorthy KS

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amikacin was introduced as the primary aminoglycoside in our hospital to prevent the further development of multiply resistant Gram-negative organisms. This study compares clinical and microbiological data before and after institution of this policy to evaluate the influence on clinical outcome in patients as well as ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hammond JM,Potgieter PD,Forder AA,Plumb H

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many clinical conditions are associated with an increase in abdominal pressure. While the effects on venous return have been studied in the past, little attention has been given to the effect of abdominal pressure on left-sided hemodynamic events. The effects of acute changes in abdominal pressure (Pab) on left ventri...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Robotham JL,Wise RA,Bromberger-Barnea B

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00