Increased nuclear factor kappa B activation in critically ill patients who die.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The American College of Critical Care Medicine provided 2002 and 2007 guidelines for hemodynamic support of newborn and pediatric septic shock. Provide the 2014 update of the 2007 American College of Critical Care Medicine "Clinical Guidelines for Hemodynamic Support of Neonates and Children with Septic Shoc...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Davis AL,Carcillo JA,Aneja RK,Deymann AJ,Lin JC,Nguyen TC,Okhuysen-Cawley RS,Relvas MS,Rozenfeld RA,Skippen PW,Stojadinovic BJ,Williams EA,Yeh TS,Balamuth F,Brierley J,de Caen AR,Cheifetz IM,Choong K,Conway E Jr,Cor

更新日期：2017-06-01 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：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 determine how top loads with different doses of carbon monoxide (CO)-saturated saline solutions (CO-saline) affect microvascular and systemic hemodynamics and to delineate the corresponding biochemical mechanisms. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:University research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Male Golden Syr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hangai-Hoger N,Tsai AG,Cabrales P,Suematsu M,Intaglietta M

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have examined cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) skills retention in a police force initially trained to instructor level performance skills as defined by the 1977 American Heart Association Instructor Manual. In 1977, the entire Winnipeg Police Force received a basic 8-h course of CPR training with recor...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Tweed WA,Wilson E,Isfeld B

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional wisdom suggests that the "human factor" in critical care environments is reason for inadequate medication and patient safety. "Human factors" (or human factors engineering) is also a scientific discipline and practice of improving human performance. Using decades of human factors research, this paper eval...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Scanlon MC,Karsh BT

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Delirium is common in mechanically ventilated patients in the ICU and associated with short- and long-term morbidity and mortality. The use of systemic corticosteroids is also common in the ICU. Outside the ICU setting, corticosteroids are a recognized risk factor for delirium, but their relationship with del...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schreiber MP,Colantuoni E,Bienvenu OJ,Neufeld KJ,Chen KF,Shanholtz C,Mendez-Tellez PA,Needham DM

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：:Given the limitations of high-dose diuretics and vasodilators and the increasing literature showing that inotropes, regardless of the dose used, have a detrimental effect on mortality, a variety of new agents are under investigation for the treatment of pulmonary and systemic congestion and restoration of cardiac outp...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Tavares M,Rezlan E,Vostroknoutova I,Khouadja H,Mebazaa A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors responsible for determining the position of the oxyhemoglobin equilibrium curve during the neonatal period are briefly reviewed and the clinical implications of these changes are examined. Two clinical trials employing exchange transfusions as an adjunct to conventional therapy of the severe respiratory distre...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Oski FA

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten infants with acquired subglottic stenosis were treated successfully using the anterior cricoid split operation. Eight had been preterm infants who required endotracheal intubation and assisted ventilation for the respiratory distress syndrome. Two had been born at term; 1 required mechanical ventilation for aspira...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Frankel LR,Anas NG,Perkin RM,Seid AB,Peterson B,Park SM

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To present electron micrographs of lung tissue obtained from a patient exposed to high ventilatory pressures in the context of pulmonary dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension. DESIGN:Case report. SETTING:Adult intensive care unit of a university-affiliated teaching hospital. PATIENTS:A patient exposed to ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hotchkiss JR,Simonson DA,Marek DJ,Marini JJ,Dries DJ

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Vascular dysfunction plays a central role in sepsis, and it is characterized by hypotension and hyporesponsiveness to vasoconstrictors. Nitric oxide is regarded as a central element of sepsis vascular dysfunction. The high amounts of nitric oxide produced during sepsis are mainly derived from the inducible is...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Nardi GM,Scheschowitsch K,Ammar D,de Oliveira SK,Arruda TB,Assreuy J

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the effect of a bolus infusion of diaspirin cross-linked hemoglobin (DCLHb or hemoglobin crosfumaril) on the ileal mucosal microcirculation in septic rats. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, single-blinded study. SETTING:University-affiliated animal research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Twenty-four male ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sielenkämper AW,Eichelbrönner O,Martin CM,Madorin SW,Chin-Yee IH,Sibbald WJ

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To test the reliability and validity of a modified moral distress tool, originally developed for the nursing profession, on respiratory care practitioners. To describe the relationship between moral distress, career dissatisfaction, and job turnover in respiratory care. DESIGN:A 28-question survey was develo...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schwenzer KJ,Wang L

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Restoration of myocardial blood flow after ischemia triggers an inflammatory response involving toll-like receptors. Toll-like receptor 2 deficiency is associated with a reduced infarct size after myocardial ischemia and reperfusion. Because a marked mortality was observed in C3HeN wild-type mice, which was a...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Mersmann J,Koch A,Tran N,Zimmermann R,Granja TF,Larmann J,Herzog C,Theilmeier G,Bornstein SR,Kirschning CJ,Zacharowski K

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare three devices that measure core body temperature at the bedside in ICU patients. DESIGN:Prospective, consecutive sample. SETTING:Voluntary community teaching hospital. PATIENTS:Fifteen patients, 78 +/- 6 (SD) yrs of age, admitted to the medical ICU over a 5-month period who had pulmonary artery ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Nierman DM

更新日期：1991-06-01 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：:Paranasal sinusitis is reported as a complication of prolonged nasal intubation and the source of sepsis in adult intensive care patients. In surgical neonates with congenital malformations, prolonged intubation with a nasotracheal (NT) or NG tube is often necessary, but sinusitis with complicating sepsis is seldom re...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bos AP,Tibboel D,Hazebroek FW,Hoeve H,Meradji M,Molenaar JC

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Racial/ethnic differences in palliative care resource use after stroke have been recognized, but it is unclear whether patient or hospital characteristics drive this disparity. We sought to determine whether palliative care use after intracerebral hemorrhage and ischemic stroke differs between hospitals serv...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Faigle R,Ziai WC,Urrutia VC,Cooper LA,Gottesman RF

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the efficacy of supplemental 25% albumin in reducing morbidity and mortality rates in the surgical intensive care unit (ICU). DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, unblinded clinical study. SETTING:Surgical ICU in a community hospital. PATIENTS:Two hundred nineteen patients with admission circulatin...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Golub R,Sorrento JJ Jr,Cantu R Jr,Nierman DM,Moideen A,Stein HD

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Pathogens that cause pneumonia may be treated in a targeted fashion by antibiotics, but if this therapy fails, then treatment involves only nonspecific supportive measures, independent of the inciting infection. The purpose of this study was to determine whether host response is similar after disparate infect...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： McConnell KW,McDunn JE,Clark AT,Dunne WM,Dixon DJ,Turnbull IR,Dipasco PJ,Osberghaus WF,Sherman B,Martin JR,Walter MJ,Cobb JP,Buchman TG,Hotchkiss RS,Coopersmith CM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A computer program is presented which analyzes acid-base and respiratory variables. This program's advantages include limited data input, hand-held portability, error identification, and succinct analysis statements. It is a useful adjunct to daily care of the critically ill. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lynn LA,Sunderrajan EV

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess clinician perceptions of a machine learning-based early warning system to predict severe sepsis and septic shock (Early Warning System 2.0). DESIGN:Prospective observational study. SETTING:Tertiary teaching hospital in Philadelphia, PA. PATIENTS:Non-ICU admissions November-December 2016. INTERVE...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ginestra JC,Giannini HM,Schweickert WD,Meadows L,Lynch MJ,Pavan K,Chivers CJ,Draugelis M,Donnelly PJ,Fuchs BD,Umscheid CA

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reproducibility of thermal-dye extravascular lung water (EVLW) estimation by a lung water computer was studied by performing ten consecutive measurements in 45 critically ill patients. EVLW ranged over a wide spectrum from 187 to 1163 ml (2.4 to 18.6 ml/kg). The mean coefficient of variation of ten consecutive measure...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Laggner AN,Lenz K,Druml W,Kleinberger G

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Existing handheld glucose meters are glucose oxidase (GO)-based. Oxygen side reactions can introduce oxygen dependency, increase potential error, and limit clinical use. Our primary objectives were to: a) introduce a new glucose dehydrogenase (GD)-based electrochemical biosensor for point-of-care testing; b)...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kost GJ,Vu HT,Lee JH,Bourgeois P,Kiechle FL,Martin C,Miller SS,Okorodudu AO,Podczasy JJ,Webster R,Whitlow KJ

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Prone-position ventilation (PPV) induces acute improvement in oxygenation in many patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), with some maintaining their oxygenation even after they were returned to the supine position, but it is unclear what clinical factors determine the sustained oxygenation...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lee DL,Chiang HT,Lin SL,Ger LP,Kun MH,Huang YC

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Intrahospital transport of critically ill patients is often necessary for optimal patient care. However, transport of intensive care unit (ICU) patients within the hospital has been associated with a high rate of potentially detrimental complications. This study was designed to determine the occurrence rate o...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Szem JW,Hydo LJ,Fischer E,Kapur S,Klemperer J,Barie PS

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether contemporary β-lactam anti-infective dosing recommendations in critically ill children achieve concentrations associated with maximal anti-infective activity. The secondary objective was to describe the microbiological and clinical outcomes associated with β-lactam therapeutic drug manag...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cies JJ,Moore WS 2nd,Enache A,Chopra A

更新日期：2018-02-01 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