Total electrical power failure in a cardiothoracic intensive care unit.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To compare in the same patient with septic shock, respective effects of epinephrine, norepinephrine, and the combination of norepinephrine and dobutamine (5 microg/kg/min) on systemic hemodynamic parameters and gastric mucosal perfusion using gastric tonometry and laser-Doppler flowmetry techniques. DESIGN:...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Duranteau J,Sitbon P,Teboul JL,Vicaut E,Anguel N,Richard C,Samii K

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Citrate anticoagulation is an excellent alternative to heparin anticoagulation for critically ill patients requiring continuous renal replacement therapy. In this article, we provide a safe and an easy-to-handle citrate anticoagulation protocol with variable treatment doses and excellent control of the acid-b...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Morgera S,Schneider M,Slowinski T,Vargas-Hein O,Zuckermann-Becker H,Peters H,Kindgen-Milles D,Neumayer HH

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemodynamic response to a dopamine HCl infusion (10 microgram/kg per min) was measured in 25 adult patients with severe sepsis: there were 6 patients with circulatory hyperdynamic states, 9 patients with myocardial failure, and 10 with hypovolemia. Each patient also had acute respiratory failure. Changes of intrap...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Jardin F,Gurdjian F,Desfonds P,Margairaz A

更新日期：1979-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Adrenal failure is common in critically ill patients, particularly those with sepsis. As liver failure and sepsis are both associated with increased circulating levels of endotoxin and proinflammatory mediators and reduced levels of apoprotein-1/high-density lipoprotein, we postulated that adrenal failure may...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Marik PE,Gayowski T,Starzl TE,Hepatic Cortisol Research and Adrenal Pathophysiology Study Group.

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the impact of Acinetobacter baumannii (AB) acquisition in intensive care unit (ICU) patients on mortality and length of stay (LOS). DESIGN:Pairwise matched 1:1 case-control study. SETTING:Medical-surgical ICU in a tertiary health care institution. PATIENTS:During 16 months, all patients admitt...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： García-Garmendia JL,Ortiz-Leyba C,Garnacho-Montero J,Jiménez-Jiménez FJ,Monterrubio-Villar J,Gili-Miner M

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess whether the delivered nitric oxide (NO) concentration is affected by a change in the ventilatory setting during neonatal mechanical ventilatory support. DESIGN:Prospective, experimental study. SETTING:Laboratory at Nagoya City University Medical School. INTERVENTIONS:This study was performed by u...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Yamaguchi N,Togari H,Suzuki S

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The use of corticosteroids in patients with sepsis or septic shock has been controversial for many decades. Clinical studies have reported beneficial, as well as negative results. We conducted a meta-analysis to assess the clinical evidence and to evaluate treatment effects in specific subgroups of patients. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lefering R,Neugebauer EA

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Trauma induces a state of immunosuppression, which is responsible for the development of nosocomial infections. Hydrocortisone reduces the rate of pneumonia in patients with trauma. Because alterations of dendritic cells and natural killer cells play a central role in trauma-induced immunosuppression, we inve...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Roquilly A,Broquet A,Jacqueline C,Masson D,Segain JP,Braudeau C,Vourc'h M,Caillon J,Altare F,Josien R,Retière C,Villadangos J,Asehnoune K

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare intraosseous with central venous blood samples for biochemical analyses and hemoglobin levels during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and during cardiopulmonary resuscitation with infusion of sodium bicarbonate, epinephrine, and saline boluses through the intraosseous site. DESIGN:Prospective, ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Johnson L,Kissoon N,Fiallos M,Abdelmoneim T,Murphy S

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review focuses on the effects of restoring hormonal levels and/or influence on muscle protein metabolism in the stressed state. We have highlighted our clinical experience in the administration of anabolic and anticatabolic agents in stressed clinical populations, primarily adult and pediatric burn injury, as wel...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ferrando AA,Wolfe RR

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We examined recommendations within critical care guidelines to describe the pairing patterns for strength of recommendation and quality of evidence. We further identified recommendations where the reported strength of recommendation was strong while the reported quality of evidence was not high/moderate and ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sims CR,Warner MA,Stelfox HT,Hyder JA

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Inadequate nutrition is common in critical illness due in part to gastric stasis. However, recent data suggest that altered small intestinal mucosal function may be a contributing factor. The aim of this study was to examine the effects of critical illness on sucrose absorption, permeability, and mucosal morp...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Burgstad CM,Besanko LK,Deane AM,Nguyen NQ,Saadat-Gilani K,Davidson G,Burt E,Thomas A,Holloway RH,Chapman MJ,Fraser RJ

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study was done to assess the effects of temperature on bleeding time and clotting time in normal male and female volunteers. DESIGN:Open study utilizing normal volunteers. SETTING:University research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Fifty-four healthy male and female volunteers, ranging in age from 19 to 35 yrs, ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Valeri CR,MacGregor H,Cassidy G,Tinney R,Pompei F

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the limits of agreement between the cardiac output and volumetric data estimated by impedance cardiography with the cardiac output determined by thermodilution and the left ventricular ejection fraction and end-diastolic volume estimated from left ventriculography. DESIGN:A prospective study. S...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Marik PE,Pendelton JE,Smith R

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The difficult airway is a common problem in adult critical care patients. However, the challenge is not just the establishment of a safe airway, but also maintaining that safety over days, weeks, or longer. AIMS:This review considers the management of the difficult airway in the adult critical care enviro...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lavery GG,McCloskey BV

更新日期：2008-07-01 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:Gabexate mesilate is a synthetic protease inhibitor capable of inhibiting both coagulation and cytokine production by monocytes. To investigate whether gabexate mesilate is useful for the prevention of posttraumatic spinal cord injury, we examined its effect on compression trauma-induced spinal cord injury in...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Taoka Y,Okajima K,Uchiba M,Murakami K,Kushimoto S,Johno M,Naruo M,Okabe H,Takatsuki K

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the hypothesis that the mortality rate of acutely ill patients admitted to a medical ward or medical ICU is higher for those patients who present with hypomagnesemia than for those patients who do not present with hypomagnesemia. DESIGN:Prospective, observational study. SETTING:Emergency Department ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rubeiz GJ,Thill-Baharozian M,Hardie D,Carlson RW

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate diagnostic and prognostic values of C-reactive protein (CRP) dosage in critically ill patients. DESIGN:Prospective, observational study. SETTING:Medical intensive care unit (ICU) in a university hospital. PATIENTS:A consecutive series of 74 patients admitted to the ICU. INTERVENTION:CRP measur...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Reny JL,Vuagnat A,Ract C,Benoit MO,Safar M,Fagon JY

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the safety of human albumin administered for therapeutic purposes. DESIGN:Retrospective compilation of spontaneously reported serious adverse events. SETTING:Records of serious adverse event reports received from 1990 through 1997 by nine major suppliers of therapeutic human albumin worldwide. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： von Hoegen I,Waller C

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients under observation in ICUs developed mechanical upper airway obstruction requiring surgical intervention for airway control. One patient was treated by tracheotomy placed through a vertical midline incision and 2 patients were treated by cricothyroidotomy followed by elective tracheostomy and closure of ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schecter WP,Wilson RS

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current investigation describes the morphological and pathophysiological effects of stroma-free hemoglobin solution (SFH) on the liver and kidney. One h after a 75% blood volume exchange in animals receiving 7% SFH, hepatic morphology was normal. Animals whose blood was similarly exchanged with 7% albumin demonstr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Friedman HI,DeVenuto F

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effects of a hydroxyethyl starch-deferoxamine conjugate on hepatic microcirculation in an isobaric, anesthetized rat model of hemorrhagic shock and asanguineous resuscitation. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled study. SETTING:Laboratory at a university hospital. SUBJECTS:Twenty-thr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bauer M,Feucht K,Ziegenfuss T,Marzi I

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:1) To evaluate the prognostic roles of quantitative CT and pulmonary function tests and 2) to assess the association of dynamic strain and ventilation heterogeneity during unassisted spontaneous breathing with 90-day survival in patients with paraquat poisoning. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:A universi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Liu Y,Luo XJ,Li GQ,Wei LQ,Yu X,Li YM

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Sepsis remains a major health threat in intensive care medicine. The renin-angiotensin system (ACE) affects inflammatory responses. In addition, angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors act to ameliorate lung injury. To investigate whether the widely used ACE inhibitor enalapril, used to treat hypertension, c...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hagiwara S,Iwasaka H,Matumoto S,Hidaka S,Noguchi T

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The applicability of continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration (CAVH) for renal replacement therapy was evaluated in three infants and two young children with catastrophic medical and surgical illnesses. In the first four patients, CAVH was used in conjunction with either peritoneal or hemodialysis. In the fifth patient...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Leone MR,Jenkins RD,Golper TA,Alexander SR

更新日期：1986-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is limited evidence supporting the widespread use of α2 agonists (clonidine and dexmedetomidine) in pediatric critical care sedation. This study sought to test the association between the use of α2 agonists and enhanced sedation. DESIGN:A retrospective observational cohort study was conducted. Noninfe...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hayden JC,Doherty DR,Dawkins I,Leacy FP,Healy M,Breatnach CV,Cousins G,Gallagher PJ

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a prospective randomized study to determine whether prevention of colonization of Gram-negative bacteria results in prevention of Gram-negative bacterial infections, 96 intensive care patients were randomly allocated into a control group and a study group. The study group received oral nonabsorbable antimicrobial a...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kerver AJ,Rommes JH,Mevissen-Verhage EA,Hulstaert PF,Vos A,Verhoef J,Wittebol P

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

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:Hyperammonemia is a key contributing factor for cerebral edema in acute liver failure. Continuous renal replacement therapy may help reduce ammonia levels. However, the optimal timing, mode, intensity, and duration of continuous renal replacement therapy in this setting are unknown. We aimed to study continu...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Warrillow S,Fisher C,Bellomo R

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00