Exacerbation of intestinal permeability in rats after a two-hit injury: burn and Enterococcus faecalis infection.

abstract：:The tradition of clinical ultrasound in the hands of physicians who provide critical care to the most acutely ill patients stretches back into the 1980s and is rich with experiences from surgical, emergency medicine, and other practices. Now, as critical care ultrasound explodes around the world, it is important to re...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kendall JL,Hoffenberg SR,Smith RS

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND METHODS:This study was designed to test whether dopexamine, a dopaminergic and beta 2-adrenergic agonist, would a) increase systemic oxygen delivery (DO2) in endotoxic dogs, and b) interfere with the ability of resting skeletal muscle to extract oxygen. There were three treatment groups (n = 6 in each gr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bredle DL,Cain SM

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Visual assessment of the electroencephalogram by experienced clinical neurophysiologists allows reliable outcome prediction of approximately half of all comatose patients after cardiac arrest. Deep neural networks hold promise to achieve similar or even better performance, being more objective and consistent...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Tjepkema-Cloostermans MC,da Silva Lourenço C,Ruijter BJ,Tromp SC,Drost G,Kornips FHM,Beishuizen A,Bosch FH,Hofmeijer J,van Putten MJAM

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To derive a target range of optimal sedation for the COMFORT Scale and to prospectively test that target range against intensivist assessment of adequacy of sedation. DESIGN:Serial prospective agreement cohort studies. SETTING:Twelve-bed pediatric intensive care unit in an urban academic teaching hospital. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Marx CM,Smith PG,Lowrie LH,Hamlett KW,Ambuel B,Yamashita TS,Blumer JL

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors placed Swan-Ganz catheters in 11 preterm and 2 term infants with severe cardiopulmonary distress. The infants ranged in weight from 1100-4000 g. The procedure was performed in the neonatal ICU by jugular venous cutdown. Intracardiac pressures and oxygen saturations were measured in each chamber entered. Th...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Todres ID,Crone RK,Rogers MC,Shannon DC

更新日期：1979-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Carbon monoxide poisoning affects 50,000 per year in the United States alone. Mortality is approximately 3%, and up to 40% of survivors suffer from permanent neurocognitive and affective deficits. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has shown benefit on reducing the long-term neurologic sequelae of carbon monoxide poi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rose JJ,Nouraie M,Gauthier MC,Pizon AF,Saul MI,Donahoe MP,Gladwin MT

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) score was developed to quantify the severity of patients' illness, based on the degree of organ dysfunction. This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy and the reliability of SOFA scoring. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:Adult intensive care unit (ICU) in a te...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Arts DG,de Keizer NF,Vroom MB,de Jonge E

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the proportion of patients with documented bacterial aspiration pneumonia among comatose ICU patients with symptoms suggesting either bacterial aspiration pneumonia or non-bacterial aspiration pneumonitis. DESIGN:Prospective observational study. SETTING:University-affiliated 30-bed ICU. PATIE...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lascarrou JB,Lissonde F,Le Thuaut A,Bachoumas K,Colin G,Henry Lagarrigue M,Vinatier I,Fiancette M,Lacherade JC,Yehia A,Joret A,Lebert C,Bourdon S,Martin Lefèvre L,Reignier J

更新日期：2017-08-01 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：:Varying concentrations of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and mannan suspensions were mixed with either saline or plasma from normal volunteers, heated to 100 degrees C for 10 min, and then subjected to the limulus amebocyte lysate test (LAL). A positive LAL in saline required minimum LPS and mannan concentrations of 10(-11)...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hosotsubo KK,Takezawa J,Nishijima MK,Takahashi H,Shimada Y,Yoshiya I

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computers are commonly used to serve many functions in today's modern intensive care unit. One of the most intriguing and perhaps most challenging applications of computers has been to attempt to improve medical education. With the introduction of the first computer, medical educators began looking for ways to incorpo...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Tegtmeyer K,Ibsen L,Goldstein B

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Lung CT is the reference imaging technique for acute respiratory distress syndrome, but requires transportation outside the intensive care and x-ray exposure. Lung ultrasound is a promising, inexpensive, radiation-free, tool for bedside imaging. Aim of the present study was to compare the global and regional...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Chiumello D,Umbrello M,Sferrazza Papa GF,Angileri A,Gurgitano M,Formenti P,Coppola S,Froio S,Cammaroto A,Carrafiello G

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Light chains κ and λ are immunoglobulin constituents but also circulate independently in blood as free light chains. We investigated whether a concomitant abnormality in free light chain and immunoglobulin levels could identify a high risk of death sepsis subpopulation to inform future IV immunoglobulin tria...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shankar-Hari M,Singer M,Spencer J

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to investigate ventilatory requirements during high frequency ventilation (HFV). Six anesthetized dogs were ventilated with bird M-2 or Emerson 2-V ventilators at respiratory rates (RRs) ranging from 13-1300 breath/min. PaCO2 was maintained within normal range at all rates by tidal volume (VT...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Colgan FJ,TenEyck LG,Sawa T

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Treatment options to ameliorate brain damage following cardiopulmonary resuscitation from cardiac arrest are limited. DESIGN:In a porcine model, we evaluated the effects of xenon treatment on neuropathologic and functional outcomes after cardiopulmonary resuscitation. SETTING:Prospective, randomized laborat...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fries M,Nolte KW,Coburn M,Rex S,Timper A,Kottmann K,Siepmann K,Häusler M,Weis J,Rossaint R

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cytomegalovirus reactivation may complicate critical illness in latent carriers of the virus, even in patients who were previously immunocompetent. Patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome are considered to be prone for reactivation. Prophylactic antiviral therapy in immunocompetent cytomegalovirus s...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ong DS,Klein Klouwenberg PM,Verduyn Lunel FM,Spitoni C,Frencken JF,Dekker HA,Schultz MJ,Bonten MJ,Cremer OL

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare propofol, methohexital, and midazolam administered as titrated infusions for sedation during electrical cardioversion. DESIGN:A prospective, randomized, single-blind comparative study. SETTING:Coronary care unit in a military teaching hospital. PATIENTS:Thirty adult patients with atrial fibrilla...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gale DW,Grissom TE,Mirenda JV

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The genetic background of hypertensive crisis is unknown. We examined the association of polymorphisms in genes involved in the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system with hypertensive crisis. DESIGN:Population-based case-control study. SETTING:Emergency department at a tertiary care university hospital. PAT...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sunder-Plassmann G,Kittler H,Eberle C,Hirschl MM,Woisetschläger C,Derhaschnig U,Laggner AN,Hörl WH,Födinger M

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary barotrauma developed in 18/430 patients receiving respirator support for longer than 12 hours. Pneumothorax occurred in 15 of these patients and was treated with tube thoracostomy and 15-20 cm H2O pleural suction. Full reexpansion of the lungs were achieved in all but three patients, two of whom had bronchop...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zimmerman JE,Dunbar BS,Klingenmaier CH

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the use of continuous negative extrathoracic pressure to treat successfully the adult respiratory distress syndrome in a 19-yr-old woman who resisted the application of positive airway pressure. Arterial hypoxemia was reversed with -26 cm H2O of extrathoracic pressure, produced by a modified Emerson iron l...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Morris AH,Elliott CG

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The records of 101 drowning or near-drowning victims admitted to Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (CHLA) between January 1975 and June 1978 were reviewed. The admission Glasgow coma score could be assigned retrospectively to 94 patients. A low score (less than 5) predicted a high risk group of patients with 80% mort...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dean JM,Kaufman ND

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Severe sepsis poses a major burden on the U.S. healthcare system. Previous epidemiologic studies have not differentiated community-acquired severe sepsis from healthcare-associated severe sepsis or hospital-acquired severe sepsis hospitalizations. We sought to compare and contrast community-acquired severe s...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Page DB,Donnelly JP,Wang HE

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the role of serum albumin concentration as a predictor of mechanical ventilation dependency. DESIGN:Prospective, observation trial. SETTING:Multidisciplinary intensive care unit (ICU) in a university hospital. PATIENTS:One hundred forty-five consecutive patients who required mechanical ventila...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sapijaszko MJ,Brant R,Sandham D,Berthiaume Y

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypophosphatemia may occur in Reye's syndrome. We retrospectively studied 42 patients with Reye's syndrome to determine the frequency and degree of hypophosphatemia, to identify possible causes, and to determine whether hypophosphatemia was related to the severity of disease or mortality. Nineteen (46%) patients were ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Carroll JL,Kanter RK

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The beneficial effects of hypertonic saline on neuronal survival and on cerebral blood flow have been shown in several animal models of global and focal brain ischemia. Because of the potential benefits of hypertonic solutions, it is hypothesized that hydroxyethyl starch enhances cerebral blood flow and impro...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Noppens RR,Kelm RF,Lindemann R,Engelhard K,Werner C,Kempski O

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The efficacy of noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIMV) in improving breathing pattern and arterial blood gases (ABG) in hypercapnic patients has been well documented; however, little attention has been given to the choice of the interface and the ventilatory mode. We evaluated the effects of three types of...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Navalesi P,Fanfulla F,Frigerio P,Gregoretti C,Nava S

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The current trend to manage critically ill hematologic patients admitted with acute respiratory failure is to perform noninvasive ventilation to avoid endotracheal intubation. However, failure of noninvasive ventilation may lead to an increased mortality. DESIGN:Retrospective study to determine the frequenc...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Adda M,Coquet I,Darmon M,Thiery G,Schlemmer B,Azoulay E

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Chronic subdural hematoma is a commonly encountered disease in neurosurgic practice, whereas its increasing prevalence is compatible with the ageing population. Recommendations concerning postoperative thrombosis prophylaxis after burr-hole drainage of chronic subdural hematoma are lacking. The aim of this s...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Licci M,Kamenova M,Guzman R,Mariani L,Soleman J

更新日期：2018-01-01 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: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