Theaflavin, a black tea extract, is a novel anti-inflammatory compound.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To estimate the prevalence of, the risk factors associated with, and the outcome of tracheostomy in a heterogeneous population of mechanically ventilated patients. DESIGN:Prospective, observational cohort study. SETTING:A total of 361 intensive care units from 12 countries. PATIENTS:A cohort of 5,081 patie...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Frutos-Vivar F,Esteban A,Apezteguía C,Anzueto A,Nightingale P,González M,Soto L,Rodrigo C,Raad J,David CM,Matamis D,D' Empaire G,International Mechanical Ventilation Study Group.

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To quantitate duplex Doppler measurements of splanchnic perfusion to determine if these measurements are reproducible in euvolemic humans and if such measurements are sensitive to mild degrees of systemic hypovolemia. DESIGN:Prospective, nonrandomized, controlled trial. SETTING:Clinical research center. P...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dalton JM,Gore DC,Makhoul RG,Fisher MR,DeMaria EJ

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review trial design issues related to control groups. DESIGN:Review of the literature with specific reference to critical care trials. MAIN RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS:Performing randomized controlled trials in the critical care setting presents specific problems: studies include patients with rapidly lethal...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Takala J

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of ACTH-(1-24) to prolong survival and to extend the deadline for effective blood reinfusion has been studied in a model of lethal hypovolemic shock in the rat. Anesthetized rats were bled to a mean arterial pressure of 18 to 25 mm Hg and then subjected to one of the following iv treatments: a) saline; b) ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Guarini S,Tagliavini S,Bazzani C,Ferrari W,Bertolini A

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the incidence of non-neurologic organ dysfunction and its association with outcome in patients with severe traumatic brain injury admitted to intensive care. DESIGN:Observational cohort study. SETTING:Foothills Medical Centre, which is the only neurosurgical service in southern Alberta (populati...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zygun DA,Kortbeek JB,Fick GH,Laupland KB,Doig CJ

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of continuous infusion of methylene blue (MB), an inhibitor of the nitric oxide pathway, on hemodynamics and organ functions in human septic shock. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled, open-label, pilot study. SETTING:Multidisciplinary intensive care unit of a university hospi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kirov MY,Evgenov OV,Evgenov NV,Egorina EM,Sovershaev MA,Sveinbjørnsson B,Nedashkovsky EV,Bjertnaes LJ

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The role of systemic corticosteroids in pathophysiology and treatment of acute respiratory distress syndrome is controversial. Use of prehospital systemic corticosteroid therapy may prevent the development of acute respiratory distress syndrome and improve hospital outcomes. DESIGN:This is a preplanned retro...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Karnatovskaia LV,Lee AS,Gajic O,Festic E,U.S. Critical Illness and Injury Trials Group: Lung Injury Prevention Study Investigators (USCIITG–LIPS).

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop definitions of infection that can be used in clinical trials in patients with sepsis. CONTEXT:Infection is a key component of the definition of sepsis, yet there is currently no agreement on the definitions that should be used to identify specific infections in patients with sepsis. Agreeing on a ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Calandra T,Cohen J,International Sepsis Forum Definition of Infection in the ICU Consensus Conference.

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To compare compliance and end-expiratory lung volume during reexpansion of normal and surfactant-deficient ex vivo atelectatic lungs with either gas or total liquid ventilation. DESIGN:Controlled, animal study using an ex vivo lung preparation. SETTING:A research laboratory at a university medical center. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Tooley R,Hirschl RB,Parent A,Bartlett RH

更新日期：1996-02-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Hospitals use a variety of strategies to maximize the availability of limited ICU beds. Boarding, which involves assigning patients to an open bed in a different subspecialty ICU, is one such practice employed when ICU occupancy levels are high, and beds in a particular unit are unavailable. Boarding disrupt...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Stretch R,Della Penna N,Celi LA,Landon BE

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:An increased risk of postoperative infection (including pneumonia) attributable to the receipt of allogeneic blood transfusion has been investigated as a possible manifestation of transfusion-related immunomodulation (TRIM) in 16 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and approximately 40 observational studies....

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Vamvakas EC

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Acute respiratory distress syndrome is an abrupt inflammatory illness that involves damage from reactive oxygen species. We examined the efficacy and safety of oxothiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid (OTZ), a free radical scavenger, in treating acute respiratory distress syndrome. DESIGN:Double-blind, placebo-cont...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Morris PE,Papadakos P,Russell JA,Wunderink R,Schuster DP,Truwit JD,Vincent JL,Bernard GR

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effects of stimulation of vascular dopaminergic receptor subtype 1 (dopamine-1) receptors in the renal and mesenteric vascular beds of a neonatal model. DESIGN:Prospective, unblinded, dose-response evaluation in an awake animal. SETTING:University research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Thirty newbo...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Pearson RJ,Barrington KJ,Jirsch DW,Cheung PY

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe long-term survival in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome and assess differences in patient characteristics and outcomes among those who receive rescue therapies (prone position ventilation, inhaled nitric oxide, or inhaled epoprostenol) versus conventional treatment. DESIGN...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Khandelwal N,Hough CL,Bansal A,Veenstra DL,Treggiari MM

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Isoflurane, a volatile anesthetic agent, has been recognized for its potential neuroprotective properties and has antiapoptotic effects. We examined whether isoflurane posttreatment is protective against early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage and determined whether this effect needs sphingosine-rela...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Altay O,Hasegawa Y,Sherchan P,Suzuki H,Khatibi NH,Tang J,Zhang JH

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine if selective decontamination of the digestive tract (SDD) influences the proinflammatory immune response of the gut after hemorrhage. DESIGN:Random assignment to either unmanipulated control after 7 days of SDD or conventional rat chow, or hemorrhagic shock group after the same time of conventio...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kahlke V,Fändrich F,Brötzmann K,Zabel P,Schröder J

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether a cellular phone would interfere with the operation of mechanical ventilators. DESIGN:Laboratory study. SETTING:University medical center. SUBJECTS:Fourteen mechanical ventilators. INTERVENTIONS:We evaluated change in operation and malfunction of the mechanical ventilators. MEASUREME...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shaw CI,Kacmarek RM,Hampton RL,Riggi V,El Masry A,Cooper JB,Hurford WE

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Carbon monoxide (CO), an endogenous byproduct of heme metabolism, is produced at high levels in injured tissue via induction of heme-oxygenase-1 activity, where it contributes to the modulation of proinflammatory processes. Alone, CO has potent anti-inflammatory effects in models of acute and chronic inflamma...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Moore BA,Overhaus M,Whitcomb J,Ifedigbo E,Choi AM,Otterbein LE,Bauer AJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our intent was to evolve a prognosticator that would predict the likelihood that an electrical shock would restore a perfusing rhythm. Such a prognosticator was to be based on conventional electrocardiographic signals but without constraints caused by artifacts resulting from precordial compression. The adver...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Marn-Pernat A,Weil MH,Tang W,Pernat A,Bisera J

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate knowledge translation after publication of the target temperature management 33°C versus 36°C after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest trial and associated patient outcomes. Our primary hypothesis was that target temperature management at 36°C was rapidly adopted in Australian and New Zealand ICUs. S...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Salter R,Bailey M,Bellomo R,Eastwood G,Goodwin A,Nielsen N,Pilcher D,Nichol A,Saxena M,Shehabi Y,Young P,Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Centre for Outcome and Resource Evaluation (ANZICS-CORE).

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To assess in-hospital neurologic (CNS) complications in adult patients undergoing veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for respiratory failure. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization's data registry. SETTING:Data reported to Extracorporeal Life Support Orga...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lorusso R,Gelsomino S,Parise O,Di Mauro M,Barili F,Geskes G,Vizzardi E,Rycus PT,Muellenbach R,Mueller T,Pesenti A,Combes A,Peek G,Frenckner B,Di Nardo M,Swol J,Maessen J,Thiagarajan RR

更新日期：2017-08-01 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：OBJECTIVES:The primary objective of this study was to identify which patient demographic, patient health, and hospital characteristics were associated with in-hospital mortality. A secondary objective was to determine the relative influence of these characteristics on mortality. DESIGN AND SETTING:Public-use data for ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Banta JE,Joshi KP,Beeson L,Nguyen HB

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Effective therapies are needed to reverse the increased vascular permeability that characterizes acute inflammatory diseases such as acute lung injury. FTY720 is a pharmaceutical analog of the potent barrier-enhancing phospholipid, sphingosine 1-phosphate. Because both FTY720 and sphingosine 1-phosphate have ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wang L,Sammani S,Moreno-Vinasco L,Letsiou E,Wang T,Camp SM,Bittman R,Garcia JG,Dudek SM

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：: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