Short term abstinence from smoking: its place in preoperative preparation.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess whether, in patients under mechanical ventilation, fluid responsiveness is predicted by the effects of short respiratory holds on cardiac index estimated by esophageal Doppler. DESIGN:Prospective, monocentric study. SETTING:Medical ICU. PATIENTS:Twenty-eight adult patients with acute circulatory...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dépret F,Jozwiak M,Teboul JL,Alphonsine JE,Richard C,Monnet X

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To directly compare the cerebrovascular effects of norepinephrine and dopamine in patients with acute traumatic brain injury. DESIGN:Prospective randomized crossover trial. SETTING:Neurosciences critical care unit of a university hospital. PATIENTS:Ten acutely head-injured patients requiring vasoactive dru...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Steiner LA,Johnston AJ,Czosnyka M,Chatfield DA,Salvador R,Coles JP,Gupta AK,Pickard JD,Menon DK

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the comparative efficacy of enteral cisapride, metoclopramide, erythromycin, and placebo for promoting gastric emptying in critically ill patients with intolerance to gastric enteral nutrition (EN). DESIGN:A randomized, crossover study. SETTING:Adult medical intensive care unit at a university-a...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： MacLaren R,Kuhl DA,Gervasio JM,Brown RO,Dickerson RN,Livingston TN,Swift K,Headley S,Kudsk KA,Lima JJ

更新日期：2000-02-01 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:Goal-directed nutritional support is essential to improving morbidity and mortality. Open abdominal decompression is similarly crucial to the successful treatment of intra-abdominal hypertension and abdominal compartment syndrome. The open abdomen, however, places the patient at risk for potentially significa...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cheatham ML,Safcsak K,Brzezinski SJ,Lube MW

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To examine whether niacin attenuates lung inflammation and improves survival during sepsis and to determine whether the beneficial effects of niacin are associated with downregulation of the nuclear factor (NF)-κB pathway. DESIGN:Prospective laboratory study. SETTING:University laboratory. SUBJECTS:Male S...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kwon WY,Suh GJ,Kim KS,Kwak YH

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury occurs in up to 50% of patients and is associated with increased mortality and morbidity. This study aimed to discover if perioperative urinary alkalinization with sodium bicarbonate infusion reduces the prevalence of cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney inju...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： McGuinness SP,Parke RL,Bellomo R,Van Haren FM,Bailey M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:There is evidence to suggest that anemia after severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI) is detrimental. However, there is a paucity of evidence supporting the use of transfusion of packed red blood cells in patients with sTBI. To understand the acute effect of packed red blood cell transfusion on cerebral oxygena...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zygun DA,Nortje J,Hutchinson PJ,Timofeev I,Menon DK,Gupta AK

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND METHODS:A study was performed to examine the effects of the calcium-channel blocker levemopamil on neurologic outcome and neuropathology in a clinically relevant model of complete global cerebral ischemia (ventricular fibrillation in cats). Levemopamil was administered to cats starting 5 mins after resus...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fleischer JE,Nakakimura K,Drummond JC,Scheller MS,Zornow MH,Grafe MR,Shapiro HM

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cytokines and adhesion molecules have a decisive role in the development of early inflammatory response as well as the late sequelae of sepsis. Because L-selectin-deficient mice are protected from lethal endotoxemia, blockade of L-selectin may provide a useful therapeutic option in human sepsis. Heparin has i...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Derhaschnig U,Pernerstorfer T,Knechtelsdorfer M,Hollenstein U,Panzer S,Jilma B

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cessation of massive hemoptysis after iatrogenic balloon catheter rupture of the pulmonary artery was observed after a 2-ml inflation of the balloon. A wedge angiogram showed a small cavity near the rupture. Secondary lobectomy was performed; however, the patient died 1 month later. Therapeutic approaches of this life...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Thomas R,Siproudhis L,Laurent JF,Bouget J,Bousser J,Camus C,Michelet C

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Clinical providers have access to a number of pharmacologic agents during in-hospital cardiac arrest. Few studies have explored medication administration patterns during in-hospital cardiac arrest. Herein, we examine trends in use of pharmacologic interventions during in-hospital cardiac arrest both over tim...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Moskowitz A,Ross CE,Andersen LW,Grossestreuer AV,Berg KM,Donnino MW,American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines – Resuscitation Investigators.

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:a) To quantify the use of do-not-resuscitate orders in a tertiary care children's hospital; and b) to characterize the circumstances in which such orders are written. DESIGN:Retrospective chart review. SETTING:University teaching hospital. PATIENTS:All inpatients who died in an urban children's hospital o...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lantos JD,Berger AC,Zucker AR

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the prevalence of cardiac injury and its association with mortality in hospitalized patients infected with avian influenza A (H7N9) virus. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study. SETTING:A total of 133 hospitals in 17 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities of mainland China that admitted ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gao C,Wang Y,Gu X,Shen X,Zhou D,Zhou S,Huang JA,Cao B,Guo Q,Community-Acquired Pneumonia–China Network.

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Several studies have suggested that intravenous hydroxyethyl starch treatment may dampen acute inflammatory responses. It is well documented that limited oxygen delivery to tissues (hypoxia) is common in acute inflammation, and numerous parallels exist between acute responses to hypoxia and to inflammation, i...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dieterich HJ,Weissmüller T,Rosenberger P,Eltzschig HK

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate a novel combination of preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative variables (including the Parsonnet, and the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II and III [APACHE II and III] scores) in cardiac surgery patients in order to predict hospital outcome, complications, and length of st...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Turner JS,Morgan CJ,Thakrar B,Pepper JR

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although the mortality of severe sepsis is easily quantified, the actual cause and timing of death from severe sepsis are less defined. We used the INDEPTH (International Integrated Database for the Evaluation of Severe Sepsis and Drotrecogin alfa activated) database to investigate the reported cause of deat...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Vincent JL,Nelson DR,Williams MD

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To track compliance by an interprofessional team with the Awakening and Breathing Coordination, Choice of drugs, Delirium monitoring and management, Early mobility, and Family engagement (ABCDEF) bundle in implementing the Pain, Agitation, and Delirium guidelines. The aim was to study the association between...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Barnes-Daly MA,Phillips G,Ely EW

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the occurrence rate of complications and mortality in patients with severe asthma requiring endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation. DESIGN:Retrospective review of medical records from September 1982 to July 1988. SETTING:Urban, teaching hospital serving primarily indigent patients. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zimmerman JL,Dellinger RP,Shah AN,Taylor RW

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intravenous dobutamine was used in ten patients requiring aggressive therapy for massive pulmonary embolism with circulatory failure. Except in one patient who rapidly died, a 30-min dobutamine infusion (8.3 +/- 2.7 micrograms/kg . min) increased both cardiac index (from 1.7 +/- 0.4 to 2.3 +/- 0.6 L/min . m2, p less t...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Jardin F,Genevray B,Brun-Ney D,Margairaz A

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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effectiveness of increasing the preoxygenation period with 100% oxygen in the critically ill patient from 4 to 8 mins in preparation for emergency tracheal intubation. DESIGN:Nonrandomized, controlled trial. SETTING:Large, level one trauma center, tertiary care intensive care unit. PATIENT...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Mort TC,Waberski BH,Clive J

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Exosomes are small, cell-released vesicles (40-100 nm in size) with the potential to transfer proteins, lipids, small RNAs, messenger RNAs, or DNA between cells via interstitial fluids. Due to their role in tissue homeostasis, exosomes have emerged as a new type of therapeutic and diagnostic (theranostic) too...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Terrasini N,Lionetti V

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although it is established that septic shock induces immunosuppression, the mechanisms for this phenomenon remain poorly understood. Human leukocyte antigen-G exerts strong inhibitory effects that are directed at different arms of the immune system. The main objective of the current study was to measure human...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Monneret G,Voirin N,Krawice-Radanne I,Bohé J,Lepape A,Rouas-Freiss N,Carosella ED

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND METHODS:This study was designed to explore the effect of mild cerebral and systemic hypothermia (34 degrees C) on outcome after prolonged cardiac arrest in dogs. After ventricular fibrillation with no flow of 10 min, and standard external CPR with epinephrine (low flow) from ventricular fibrillation time...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sterz F,Safar P,Tisherman S,Radovsky A,Kuboyama K,Oku K

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Critically ill patients routinely receive vancomycin as empiric antibiotic therapy. A continuous infusion administration strategy may be superior to intermittent infusion by minimizing peak concentrations and variability thereby optimizing safety. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to investi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Flannery AH,Bissell BD,Bastin MT,Morris PE,Neyra JA

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Cortisol clearance is reduced in sepsis and may contribute to the development of impaired adrenocortical function that is thought to contribute to the pathophysiology of critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency. We sought to assess adrenocortical function using computer-assisted numerical modelin...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dorin RI,Qualls CR,Torpy DJ,Schrader RM,Urban FK 3rd

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the unique perspective of pediatric intensivists caring for critically ill adults during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. DESIGN:Observational study. SETTING:Academic medical center in New York City. PATIENTS:Coronavirus disease 2019 positive adults requiring admission to an ICU. INTERV...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Joyce CL,Howell JD,Toal M,Wasserman E,Finkelstein RA,Traube C,Killinger JS,Joashi U,Greenwald BM,Nellis ME

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intensive care unit (ICU) length of stay (LOS) and hospital LOS are common indices used to compare performance of hospitals and are yardsticks used in efforts to contain costs, yet there is no standardized method of quantitating this outcome variable. Attempts have been made to correct LOS according to diseas...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Marik PE,Hedman L

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Controversy exists regarding the ideal injectate temperature for measuring cardiac output. Iced temperature injectate gives a higher signal/noise ratio and less variability in the measured cardiac output. Thus, less volume and fewer measurements are required. Advocates of room temperature injectate have sugg...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fang HK,Krahmer RL,Rypins EB,Law WR

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00