During neonatal mechanical ventilatory support, the delivered nitric oxide concentration is affected by the ventilatory setting.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Addressing the quality gap in ICU-based palliative care is limited by uncertainty about acceptable models of collaborative specialist and generalist care. Therefore, we characterized the attitudes of physicians and nurses about palliative care delivery in an ICU environment. DESIGN:Mixed-methods study. SETT...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wysham NG,Hua M,Hough CL,Gundel S,Docherty SL,Jones DM,Reagan O,Goucher H,Mcfarlin J,Cox CE

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND METHODS:Previous studies documented activation of protease enzymes such as the plasma kallikrein-kinin system in endotoxemia and sepsis, both in experimental animals and in patients. We investigated the actions of aprotinin (a protease inhibitor that binds to plasma kallikrein) on systemic hemodynamics a...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cumming AD,Nimmo GR

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the short-term physiologic effects (indexes of respiratory effort, ventilation, and gas exchange), leaks, patient-ventilator asynchrony, and comfort of four noninvasive ventilation (NIV) facial, oronasal, or oral interfaces with major differences in internal volume. DESIGN:Prospective, short-term, cr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fraticelli AT,Lellouche F,L'her E,Taillé S,Mancebo J,Brochard L

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the blood culture results obtained either by venipuncture or through an arterial catheter in 51 critically ill patients with 217 clinically suspected episodes of bacteremia. During each episode, three blood culture samples, two arterial and one venous, were drawn within 1 h. One or more cultures were posit...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Väisänen IT,Michelsen T,Valtonen V,Mäkeläinen A

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous cholecystostomy was employed successfully as an alternative to cholecystectomy for the treatment of acute cholecystitis with perforation in an elderly woman. The procedure, performed portably in the cardiac care unit, was selected because progressive cardiac and renal decompensation made the patient an ex...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Longmaid HE 3rd,Bassett JG,Gottlieb H

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the sensitivity, specificity, and predictive values of cultures done with blood drawn through a central venous or arterial catheter compared with peripheral venipuncture. DESIGN:Retrospective cohort study of critically ill surgical patients in whom samples for paired cultures were drawn through ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Martinez JA,DesJardin JA,Aronoff M,Supran S,Nasraway SA,Snydman DR

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The association between cigarette smoke exposure and the acute respiratory distress syndrome in patients with the most common acute respiratory distress syndrome risk factors of sepsis, pneumonia, and aspiration has not been well studied. The goal of this study was to test the association between biomarker-co...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Calfee CS,Matthay MA,Kangelaris KN,Siew ED,Janz DR,Bernard GR,May AK,Jacob P,Havel C,Benowitz NL,Ware LB

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One form of sepsis, or endotoxic shock, is a hyperactivated systemic response caused by excessive expression of proinflammatory mediators, which results from Gram-negative bacterial lipopolysaccharide-stimulated Toll-like receptor-4 signaling. This lipopolysaccharide signaling is known to consist of a MyD88-...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Benavides U,Gonzalez-Murguiondo M,Harii N,Lewis CJ,Schwartz AL,Giuliani C,Napolitano G,Dagia NM,Malgor R,McCall KD,Kohn LD

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiogenic shock is the most common cause of death in patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction and is associated with a poor prognosis. More than 75% of cases are due to extensive left ventricular infarction and ventricular failure. Other causes include right ventricular infarction and papillary muscle ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Topalian S,Ginsberg F,Parrillo JE

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the symptom experiences of family members of patients at high risk for dying in the intensive care unit and to assess risk factors associated with higher symptom burden. DESIGN:Prospective, cross-sectional study. SETTING:Three intensive care units at a large academic medical center. PARTICIPANT...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： McAdam JL,Dracup KA,White DB,Fontaine DK,Puntillo KA

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent advances in prenatal and neonatal care have increased the number of live births and extended the life expectancy of critically ill premature infants. These infants represent a formidable therapeutic challenge in that multisystem involvement and previously uncommon conditions, such as intravascular coagulation, ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Aschinberh LC,Zeis PM,Hageman JR,Vidyasagar D

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The educational objectives in use in our Pediatric ICU are described. These have importance for educational programs in critical care medicine, in particular, where patient care needs can easily overwhelm educational needs. It is important not to overlook our role as teachers in the development of proper attitudes and...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kravath RE

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate family perceptions of having a nurse participating in family conferences and to assess the psychologic well being of the same families after ICU discharge. DESIGN:Mixed-method design with a qualitative study embedded in a single-center randomized study. SETTING:Twelve-bed medical-surgical IC...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Garrouste-Orgeas M,Max A,Lerin T,Grégoire C,Ruckly S,Kloeckner M,Brochon S,Pichot E,Simons C,El-Mhadri M,Bruel C,Philippart F,Fournier J,Tiercelet K,Timsit JF,Misset B

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe critical illnesses that occur commonly in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. METHODS:We reviewed and summarized the literature on critical illness in HIV infection using a computerized MEDLINE search. SUMMARY:In the last 10 yrs, our perception of HIV infection and acquir...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rosen MJ,Narasimhan M

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A small, double-blind crossover study compared the efficacy of aminophylline and doxapram in ventilator weaning of eight premature infants recovering from respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). Although neither drug was significantly better than the other, four infants were weaned from mechanical ventilation after drug ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Eyal FG,Sagi EF,Alpan G,Glick B,Arad I

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To measure the impact of staged implementation of full versus partial ABCDE bundle on mechanical ventilation duration, ICU and hospital lengths of stay, and cost. DESIGN:Prospective cohort study. SETTING:Two medical ICUs within Montefiore Healthcare Center (Bronx, NY). PATIENTS:One thousand eight hundred ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hsieh SJ,Otusanya O,Gershengorn HB,Hope AA,Dayton C,Levi D,Garcia M,Prince D,Mills M,Fein D,Colman S,Gong MN

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the use of enriched thioglycolate as a transport medium of protected specimen brush samples, in particular its value in direct examination of respiratory specimens and in guiding initial antibiotic prescription. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, pilot study. SETTING:Medical-surgical teaching inten...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rello J,Mariscal D,Gallego M,Valles J

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The first 70 years of critical care can be considered a period of "industrial revolution-like" advancement in terms of progressing the understanding and care of critical illness. Unfortunately, like the industrial revolution's impact on the environment, advancing ICU care of increasingly elderly, immunosuppre...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kollef MH,Torres A,Shorr AF,Martin-Loeches I,Micek ST

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Evaluate clinicians' sentiments about participating in cardiac arrest resuscitations and identify factors associated with confidence in resuscitation of cardiac arrest. DESIGN:Electronic survey. SETTING:Twenty-one hospitals in Utah and Idaho. SUBJECTS:All attending physicians, residents, and nurses in a m...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Peltan ID,Poll J,Sorensen J,Guidry D,Chandler M,Beninati W,Brown SM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Anecdotal reports suggest that propofol (Diprivan) may stimulate mucus hypersecretion in patients without pulmonary disease. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of methohexital or propofol anesthesia on the physical and transport properties of airway mucus in spontaneously breathing dogs. DE...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Padda GS,Kishioka C,Rubin BK

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human hemoglobin (Hb) solution is being developed for use as an oxygen-delivering resuscitation fluid. Substantial improvements in the general purity and quality of experimental Hb solutions have been achieved by recent research efforts. Hb solutions now appear to be free of the undesirable biological effects that wer...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： DeVenuto F

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate a new technique for pressure-volume curve tracing. DESIGN:Prospective experimental study. SETTING:Animal research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Six anesthetized rats. INTERVENTIONS:Two pressure-volume curves were obtained by means of the super-syringe method (gold standard) and the continuous positive ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Albaiceta GM,Piacentini E,Villagrá A,Lopez-Aguilar J,Taboada F,Blanch L

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The venous-arterial PCO2 gradient may increase in certain low-flow states, such as CPR and canine endotoxemia. To determine whether venous hypercarbia also occurs in hemorrhagic shock, we studied 12 anesthetized, mechanically ventilated dogs. We performed laparotomies on the animals, inserting catheters into their ren...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Benjamin E,Paluch TA,Berger SR,Premus G,Wu C,Iberti TJ

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium chloride is administered frequently to critically ill patients to improve cardiac output and BP. However, Ca has been implicated in the pathophysiology of shock and ischemic disorders. To test the hypothesis that Ca may be deleterious to shock outcome, we studied the effects of CaCl and Ca chelator (EGTA) infu...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Malcolm DS,Zaloga GP,Holaday JW

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the effects of hypertonic (7.5%) saline-6% dextran 70 (HSD) and isotonic (0.9%) saline-6% dextran 70 (ISD) on cardiovascular function and intestinal perfusion in experimental endotoxin shock. DESIGN:Experimental, randomized, unblinded, interventional study. SETTING:University experimental animal ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Oi Y,Aneman A,Svensson M,Ewert S,Dahlqvist M,Haljamäe H

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network randomized controlled trial, methylprednisolone treatment was associated with increased return to mechanical ventilation with partial loss of early improvements. We hypothesize a causal relationship between protocol-driven rapid discontinuation of methylpred...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Meduri GU,Bridges L,Siemieniuk RAC,Kocak M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the effects of monoclonal antibody to tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha on the hemodynamic alterations and survival rate in rats subjected to intestinal ischemia/reperfusion. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized study. SETTING:Animal laboratory of an institute for research in traumatology. SUBJECTS:M...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Yao YM,Bahrami S,Redl H,Schlag G

更新日期：1996-09-01 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：:In the last three decades, numerous articles on plasma catecholamine concentrations in various settings have been published in the medical literature. Despite this abundance of information, no summary article has analyzed the species variations in circulating catecholamine concentrations. In this paper, the plasma cat...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hart BB,Stanford GG,Ziegler MG,Lake CR,Chernow B

更新日期：1989-11-01 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