Influence of political power, medical provincialism, and economic incentives on the rationing of surgical intensive care unit beds.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the role of cholesterol and lipoproteins in children with severe meningococcal sepsis. DESIGN:Retrospective observational study. SETTING:A university-affiliated pediatric intensive care unit. PATIENTS:Fifty-seven patients admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit with meningococcal sepsis o...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Vermont CL,den Brinker M,Kâkeci N,de Kleijn ED,de Rijke YB,Joosten KF,de Groot R,Hazelzet JA

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The pathogenesis of acute gastric stress ulceration in the seriously ill is uncertain, and any role of Helicobacter pylori infection is unknown. We aimed to assess the relationship between H. pylori serological status and stress ulceration in seriously ill patients, as well as H. pylori serological status in ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Robertson MS,Cade JF,Clancy RL

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Our primary goal was to evaluate the impact on in-hospital mortality rate of adequate empirical antibiotic therapy, after controlling for confounding variables, in a cohort of patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) with sepsis. The impact of adequate empirical antibiotic therapy on early (<3 days...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Garnacho-Montero J,Garcia-Garmendia JL,Barrero-Almodovar A,Jimenez-Jimenez FJ,Perez-Paredes C,Ortiz-Leyba C

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven cases of renal failure associated with resection of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm and requiring hemodialysis are reported. Previously described series have emphasized the extremely high mortality rate in such patients. In our clinical experience, however, 8 of 11 consecutively treated patients with this cl...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sapir DG,Dandy WE Jr,Whelton A,Cooke CR

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quality of life was examined in 717 individuals 1 yr after their admission to a multidisciplinary ICU. Of these, 87% were able to live at home 6 months after their admission. Of patients 65 yr and older, 90% had been living independently before admission compared to 80% 1 yr afterward. Of those younger than 65 yr, mos...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zarén B,Hedstrand U

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the cardiopulmonary and peripheral circulatory effects of the nonselective nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor NG-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) to the more selective inducible NOS inhibitor S-methylisothiourea (SMT) and to phenylephrine (PE) in endotoxic and normal swine. DESIGN:Prospec...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cohen RI,Shapir Y,Davis A,Loona R,Scharf SM

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although systolic dysfunction of the left ventricle has been characterized in septic shock (SS) and sepsis without shock (SWS), diastolic abnormalities are less well characterized. Diastolic filling was determined using pulsed Doppler transmitral spectral tracings in 13 patients with SS, ten patients with SWS, and 33 ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Jafri SM,Lavine S,Field BE,Bahorozian MT,Carlson RW

更新日期：1990-07-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To examine a hygroscopic condenser after clinical use and to describe the interaction of a hygroscopic condenser and a closed circuit suction system used simultaneously. DESIGN:Prospective evaluation of hygroscopic condensers used clinically, and laboratory investigation of a hygroscopic condenser used with...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Martinez FJ,Pietchel S,Wise C,Walek J,Beamis JF

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Neutropenia recovery may be associated with an increased risk of respiratory function deterioration. A history of pneumonia complicating neutropenia has been identified as the leading cause of adult respiratory distress syndrome during neutropenia recovery in patients receiving anticancer chemotherapy, sugges...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Azoulay E,Attalah H,Yang K,Herigault S,Jouault H,Brun-Buisson C,Brochard L,Harf A,Schlemmer B,Delclaux C

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the cardiorespiratory effects of graded bilateral pleural effusions in the anesthetized pig. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled, laboratory study. SETTING:Animal laboratory. SUBJECTS:Eleven male Yorkshire pigs. INTERVENTIONS:Animals were anesthetized using inhaled isoflurane. Orotra...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Nishida O,Arellano R,Cheng DC,DeMajo W,Kavanagh BP

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Acute aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a complex multifaceted disorder that plays out over days to weeks. Many patients with SAH are seriously ill and require a prolonged intensive care unit stay. Cardiopulmonary complications are common. The management of patients with SAH focuses on the anticipat...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Diringer MN

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The administration of endotoxin to healthy humans reduces cerebral blood flow but its influence on dynamic cerebral autoregulation remains unknown. We considered that a reduction in arterial carbon dioxide tension would attenuate cerebral perfusion and improve dynamic cerebral autoregulation in healthy subjec...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Brassard P,Kim YS,van Lieshout J,Secher NH,Rosenmeier JB

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Initial success with chimeric antigen receptor-modified T cell therapy for relapsed/refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia is leading to expanded use through multicenter trials. Cytokine release syndrome, the most severe toxicity, presents a novel critical illness syndrome with limited data regarding diagnos...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fitzgerald JC,Weiss SL,Maude SL,Barrett DM,Lacey SF,Melenhorst JJ,Shaw P,Berg RA,June CH,Porter DL,Frey NV,Grupp SA,Teachey DT

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the prevalence of acute kidney injury in patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage patients. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of all subarachnoid hemorrhage admissions. SETTINGS:Neurocritical care unit. PATIENTS:All patients with a diagnosis of subarachnoid hemorrhage between 2009 and 2014. INTERVENTIO...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sadan O,Singbartl K,Kandiah PA,Martin KS,Samuels OB

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate a role of the opiate system during acute hypoxic hypoxia, the effects of naloxone and morphine on hypoxic survival rate were investigated in awake adult mice. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, animal trial. SETTING:University research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Male dd-Y mice (n = 864 in experiment ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Endoh H,Taga K,Yamakura T,Sato K,Watanabe I,Fukuda S,Shimoji K

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess survival after cardiac arrest and to determine whether age is an independent determinant of late mortality or poor neurologic outcome. DESIGN:Analyses using results of Brain Resuscitation Clinical Trial I (1979 to 1984) and Brain Resuscitation Clinical Trial II (1984 to 1989), two randomized, doubl...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rogove HJ,Safar P,Sutton-Tyrrell K,Abramson NS

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 2-year period, 14 viable ventilator-dependent patients were transferred from the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) to a general ward floor for nutritional support after failing to wean from mechanical ventilation (MV) while in the MICU. These patients were retrospectively grouped based on their ultimate abilit...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Larca L,Greenbaum DM

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine prevalence, risk factors, and outcome of thrombocytopenia in medical intensive care patients. DESIGN:Prospective observational study. SETTING:The 12-bed medical intensive care unit of a university hospital. PATIENTS:All consecutively admitted patients with normal platelet count at admission an...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Strauss R,Wehler M,Mehler K,Kreutzer D,Koebnick C,Hahn EG

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemodynamic effects of digitalis were examined in ten patients with acute cardiac failure. Administration of 10 micrograms/kg of digoxin iv resulted in significant increases in cardiac index, stroke volume index, and left ventricular stroke work index within one hour in five patients with acute myocardial infarcti...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rackow EC,Packman MI,Weil MH

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The flow rate of a liquid drainage from the lungs is limited because of the elastic nature of the airways. This study was designed to clarify the relationship between intrapulmonary liquid volume and the development of the flow limitation or choked flow phenomenon as a function of expiratory flow rate during ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Baba Y,Brant D,Brah SS,Grotberg J,Bartlett RH,Hirschl RB

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To establish the effect of an audible airleak (around an endotracheal tube) on oxygen consumption (VO2) measurements in pediatric ICU patients. DESIGN:Prospective trial comparing VO2 measurements before and after deflation of the endotracheal tube cuff. SETTING:Pediatric ICU in a large pediatric tertiary ca...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Chwals WJ,Lally KP,Woolley MM

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By definition, the acute respiratory distress syndrome is associated with diffuse cellular infiltration and proteinaceous edema. It is generally believed that the widespread injury that characterizes acute respiratory distress syndrome is a process that is launched almost synchronously throughout the lung, caused by b...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Marini JJ

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To quantify glucose balance related to continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration (CAVH) when a glucose-rich replacement fluid is used for the plasma ultrafiltrate removed. DESIGN:Prospective, nonintervention study. SETTING:Medical/surgical and cardiac surgical intensive care units of a university hospital. P...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Monaghan R,Watters JM,Clancey SM,Moulton SB,Rabin EZ

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Glycemic control is increasingly being recognized as a priority in the treatment of critically ill patients. Titration and monitoring of insulin infusions involve frequent blood glucose measurement to achieve target glucose ranges and prevent adverse events related to hypoglycemia. Therefore, it is imperativ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kanji S,Buffie J,Hutton B,Bunting PS,Singh A,McDonald K,Fergusson D,McIntyre LA,Hebert PC

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Checklists have been recently promulgated as a method to enhance patient safety and improve outcomes for critically ill patients. Specifically, recent work performed by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions has demonstrated that the addition of checklists to usual care in the intensive care unit is a...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Savel RH,Goldstein EB,Gropper MA

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effects of mechanical ventilation with a tidal volume of 6 mL/kg compared with 12 mL/kg predicted body weight on hemodynamics, vasopressor use, fluid balance, diuretics, sedation, and neuromuscular blockade within 48 hrs in patients with acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cheng IW,Eisner MD,Thompson BT,Ware LB,Matthay MA,Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network.

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the relationship between aminoglycoside disposition kinetics and hemodynamic response to sepsis, as well as vital support therapy, in critically ill patients with sepsis. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study of critically ill patients with sepsis undergoing physiologic and aminoglycoside pharmacokinetic m...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lugo G,Castañeda-Hernández G

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the value of soluble triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells-1 as a biomarker of infection in patients with neutropenic fever comparing with procalcitonin and C-reactive protein. DESIGN:Prospective, comparative, single-center study. SETTING:Hematology ward at a university hospital. SUBJECT...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lin CH,Yao M,Hsu SC,Ho CC,Lin MT,Lin CA,Hu FC,Yu CJ,Tien HF

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied prospectively 40 critically ill neurosurgical patients who required prolonged mechanical ventilation to determine the current incidence of stress-related gastroduodenal erosions and ulcers, and to assess endoscopically the efficacy of acid-reducing prophylactic treatment. Nineteen patients were randomized t...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Reusser P,Gyr K,Scheidegger D,Buchmann B,Buser M,Zimmerli W

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00