Angiotensin converting enzyme DD genotype is associated with hypertensive crisis.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Septic shock represents the major cause of infection-associated mortality in the intensive care unit. The possibility that combination antibiotic therapy of bacterial septic shock improves outcome is controversial. Current guidelines do not recommend combination therapy except for the express purpose of broa...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kumar A,Zarychanski R,Light B,Parrillo J,Maki D,Simon D,Laporta D,Lapinsky S,Ellis P,Mirzanejad Y,Martinka G,Keenan S,Wood G,Arabi Y,Feinstein D,Kumar A,Dodek P,Kravetsky L,Doucette S,Cooperative Antimicrobial Thera

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Intensive insulin therapy with tight glucose control is known to result in reduced morbidity and mortality in inflammation-related critical illness. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha induction in myocardial infarction may trigger inflammation and have detrimental effects on cardiomyocytes. This study was des...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Li J,Zhang H,Wu F,Nan Y,Ma H,Guo W,Wang H,Ren J,Das UN,Gao F

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Studies have shown that endothelium-dependent relaxation (mediated by endothelium-derived nitric oxide) is depressed during the early, hyperdynamic stage of sepsis. Although it is known that ATP-MgCl2 produces beneficial effects following various adverse circulatory conditions, it remains unknown whether thi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wang P,Ba ZF,Cioffi WG,Bland KI,Chaudry IH

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the feasibility, biochemical efficacy, and safety of liberal versus conventional glucose control in ICU patients with diabetes. DESIGN:Prospective, open-label, sequential period study. SETTING:A 22-bed mixed ICU of a tertiary hospital in Australia. PATIENTS:We compared 350 consecutive patients w...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Luethi N,Cioccari L,Biesenbach P,Lucchetta L,Kagaya H,Morgan R,Di Muzio F,Presello B,Gaafar D,Hay A,Crisman M,Toohey R,Russell H,Glassford NJ,Eastwood GM,Ekinci EI,Deane AM,Bellomo R,Mårtensson J

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between oxygen uptake (Vo2) and delivery (Do2) was examined in 64 patients immediately after cardiopulmonary bypass. In 44 patients with lactate levels below 2.5 mmol/L, Vo2 decreased proportionally when Do2 decreased below 300 ml/min X m2. At a Do2 over this level, Vo2 plateaued at 105 +/- 13 (SD) ml...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Komatsu T,Shibutani K,Okamoto K,Kumar V,Kubal K,Sanchala V,Lees DE

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether blood lactate, base deficit, or oxygen-derived hemodynamic variables correlate with morbidity and mortality rates in a clinically-relevant LD50 model of penetrating trauma. DESIGN:Prospective, controlled study. SETTING:University research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Anesthetized, mechanically...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Moomey CB Jr,Melton SM,Croce MA,Fabian TC,Proctor KG

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine a) if the admission osmole gap, the difference between osmolality and osmolarity, is the same in the neurologic-neurosurgical intensive care unit (NNICU) population as in healthy controls; b) which of 11 osmole gap formulas, or osmolality, correlates best with mannitol serum concentrations; c) wh...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： García-Morales EJ,Cariappa R,Parvin CA,Scott MG,Diringer MN

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Last year, >28,000 people received organ transplants from >14,000 donors in the United States. Unfortunately, the wait list now tops 91,000, with the gap between recipient needs and available donor organs at around 60,000. This has motivated a host of efforts to increase organ supply, including driver's license and do...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Aulisio MP,Devita M,Luebke D

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the management of patients in an ICU during failure of both primary and backup electrical systems, resulting in nonfunctioning monitors, mechanical ventilators, and other life-support equipment. DESIGN:Case report of power outage and discussion. SETTING:A 45-bed cardiothoracic surgical ICU in a ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： O'Hara JF Jr,Higgins TL

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a severe axonal polyneuropathy that follows acute respiratory failure and, in turn, causes continued ventilator dependence and paralysis after resolution of the primary illness. DESIGN:Retrospective chart review of three patients and prospective analysis of two patients. SETTING:Respiratory and ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gorson KC,Ropper AH

更新日期：1993-02-01 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：BACKGROUND:Resuscitation from hemorrhagic shock (HS) predisposes to subsequent infections. Susceptibility to infection following sepsis has been attributed to apoptosis. Interleukin (IL)-6 has been shown to have antiapoptotic properties and to decrease postresuscitation inflammation in rodent and porcine models of HS. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Arikan AA,Yu B,Mastrangelo MA,Tweardy DJ

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the longitudinal outcome of a cohort of mechanically ventilated patients admitted to an acute care respiratory unit after critical illness. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS:Prospective, observational study of 210 consecutive patients admitted to a respiratory unit of an acute, tertiary care universit...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bigatello LM,Stelfox HT,Berra L,Schmidt U,Gettings EM

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged artificial ventilation may result in worsening gas exchange and pulmonary compliance in patients with otherwise normal lungs. Prolonged hyperinflations to 40 cm H2O can completely reverse deterioration of gas exchange and compliance in such patients. Similar efforts have effectively recruited atelectatic lun...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Novak RA,Shumaker L,Snyder JV,Pinsky MR

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis and resulting multiple system organ failure are the leading causes of mortality in intensive care units. Although it is generally appreciated that rampant, deregulated inflammatory pathways play a major role in sepsis, a comprehensive understanding based on the integrated response of multiple signal transductio...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Nguyen A,Yaffe MB

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial translocation and ileal and cecal injury have been shown to occur 24 h after limited periods of hemorrhagic shock. The present studies were performed to determine the temporal sequence of mucosal injury, permeability, and bacterial translocation after hemorrhagic shock. The results indicated that bacterial t...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Deitch EA,Morrison J,Berg R,Specian RD

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether clinically relevant airspace concentrations of beta2-adrenergic agonists stimulated maximal alveolar fluid clearance rates and to determine whether beta2 agonist therapy decreased pulmonary edema in experimental acute lung injury. DESIGN:Prospective randomized laboratory investigation. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： McAuley DF,Frank JA,Fang X,Matthay MA

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the structure and objectives of various hospital ethics committees due to their need to preserve confidentiality, their reluctance to reveal internal hospital problems, and their concern about becoming involved in the developing debate about the appropriate role and value of such committees. The ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cohen CB

更新日期：1982-11-01 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:To investigate the effect of early administration of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) on hospital mortality in nonneutropenic patients with septic shock, excluding patients with melioidosis. DESIGN:A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blinded clinical trial. SETTING AND PATIENTS:Adult patie...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Stephens DP,Thomas JH,Higgins A,Bailey M,Anstey NM,Currie BJ,Cheng AC

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the effects of continuous negative extrathoracic pressure (CNEP) and positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) at the same level of transpulmonary pressure. DESIGN:Prospective analysis. SETTING:Medical intensive care unit of a university hospital. PATIENTS:Nine consecutive acute lung injury patien...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Borelli M,Benini A,Denkewitz T,Acciaro C,Foti G,Pesenti A

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation has shown survival benefit in select patients with refractory cardiac arrest but there is insufficient data on the frequency of different types of brain injury. We aimed to systematically review the prevalence, predictors of and survival from neurologic complicati...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Migdady I,Rice C,Deshpande A,Hernandez AV,Price C,Whitman GJ,Geocadin RG,Cho SM

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The association between tobacco smoke exposure and critical illness is not well studied, largely because obtaining an accurate smoking history from critically ill patients is difficult. Biomarkers can provide quantitative data on active and secondhand cigarette smoke exposure. We sought to compare cigarette ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hsieh SJ,Ware LB,Eisner MD,Yu L,Jacob P 3rd,Havel C,Goniewicz ML,Matthay MA,Benowitz NL,Calfee CS

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Nitric oxide regulates epithelial permeability and other properties of the intestinal mucosal barrier. It previously has been shown in animals that intestinal mucosal nitric oxide production is impaired during gut hypoperfusion. The study was performed to confirm the presence of intestinal mucosal nitric oxid...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Snygg J,Aneman A,Pettersson A,Fändriks L

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review the institutional experience of a national tertiary referral center for extracorporeal life support (ECLS) in severe varicella pneumonia. DATA SOURCES:Hospital records and ECLS flow sheets. STUDY SELECTION:All pediatric (nonneonatal) and adult patients who were treated for varicella pneumonia with...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lee WA,Kolla S,Schreiner RJ Jr,Hirschl RB,Bartlett RH

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the feasibility and safety of delivering early goal-directed sedation compared with standard sedation. DESIGN:Pilot prospective, multicenter, randomized, controlled trial. SETTING:Six ICUs. PATIENTS:Critically ill adults mechanically ventilated for greater than 24 hours. INTERVENTIONS:Patients r...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shehabi Y,Bellomo R,Reade MC,Bailey M,Bass F,Howe B,McArthur C,Murray L,Seppelt IM,Webb S,Weisbrodt L,Sedation Practice in Intensive Care Evaluation Study Investigators.,Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Most knowledge related to the pathophysiology of microcirculation in ischemic stroke comes from experimental research. Unfortunately, data on microcirculation in the human brain are limited, partially as a result of the lack of appropriate investigational techniques. The objective of our study was to test th...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Pérez-Bárcena J,Goedhart P,Ibáñez J,Brell M,García R,Llinás P,Jiménez C,Ince C

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the reliability of volitional and nonvolitional limb muscle strength assessment in critically ill patients and to provide guidelines for the implementation of limb muscle strength assessment this population. DATA SOURCES:The following computerized bibliographic databases were searched with MeSH...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Vanpee G,Hermans G,Segers J,Gosselink R

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the potential value of heart rate variability features for automated monitoring of sedation levels in mechanically ventilated ICU patients. DESIGN:Multicenter, pilot study. SETTING:Several ICUs at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. PATIENTS:Electrocardiogram recordings from 40 mechanica...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Nagaraj SB,McClain LM,Zhou DW,Biswal S,Rosenthal ES,Purdon PL,Westover MB

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To simultaneously determine perceived vs. practiced adherence to recommended interventions for the treatment of severe sepsis or septic shock. DESIGN:One-day cross-sectional survey. SETTING:Representative sample of German intensive care units stratified by hospital size. PATIENTS:Adult patients with severe...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Brunkhorst FM,Engel C,Ragaller M,Welte T,Rossaint R,Gerlach H,Mayer K,John S,Stuber F,Weiler N,Oppert M,Moerer O,Bogatsch H,Reinhart K,Loeffler M,Hartog C,German Sepsis Competence Network (SepNet).

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00