Diaspirin cross-linked hemoglobin improves mucosal perfusion in the ileum of septic rats.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the role of serum albumin concentration as a predictor of mechanical ventilation dependency. DESIGN:Prospective, observation trial. SETTING:Multidisciplinary intensive care unit (ICU) in a university hospital. PATIENTS:One hundred forty-five consecutive patients who required mechanical ventila...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sapijaszko MJ,Brant R,Sandham D,Berthiaume Y

更新日期：1996-04-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Although discussing a prognosis is a duty of physicians caring for critically ill patients, little is known about surrogate decision-makers' beliefs about physicians' ability to prognosticate. We sought to determine: 1) surrogates' beliefs about whether physicians can accurately prognosticate for critically ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zier LS,Burack JH,Micco G,Chipman AK,Frank JA,Luce JM,White DB

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the coping strategies used by family decision makers of adult critical care patients during and after the critical care experience and the relationship of coping strategies to posttraumatic stress symptoms experienced 60 days after hospitalization. DESIGN:A single-group descriptive longitudinal cor...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Petrinec AB,Mazanec PM,Burant CJ,Hoffer A,Daly BJ

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Doppler ultrasound has been used extensively in assessing adequacy of circulation. We have found it to be convenient in the identification of blood flow, particularly in hypotensive states where percutaneous radial artery cannulation of the vessel is tedious and difficult to perform. The technique is simple, atraumati...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Nagabhushan S,Colella JJ Jr,Wagner R

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow rates and pressure recording accuracy were compared for Argyle 14-, 16-, and 18-ga double-lumen and Edwards 7-Fr triple-lumen CVP catheters. Physiologic saline solution was pressure-infused into dogs through one lumen and CVP was measured via the other lumen. CVP accuracy was unaltered by simultaneous rapid infus...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ikeda S,Schweiss JF

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the association between symptomatic central venous line-related deep venous thrombosis and a mortality-adjusted measure of duration of mechanical ventilation in critically ill children with central venous lines. DESIGN:Retrospective matched cohort study. SETTING:Eleven pediatric intensive care ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Faustino EV,Lawson KA,Northrup V,Higgerson RA

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aims to explore the relationship between team-leadership skills and quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation in an adult cardiac-arrest simulation. Factors affecting team-leadership skills were also assessed. DESIGN:Forty advanced life-support providers leading a cardiac arrest team in a standardi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Yeung JH,Ong GJ,Davies RP,Gao F,Perkins GD

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine factors influencing rationing decisions in a surgical ICU during a temporary nursing shortage when two to six of the unit's 16 beds were closed. DESIGN:Blinded, concurrent data collection, retrospective chart review. SETTING:Surgical ICU. PATIENTS:All patients (n = 308) for whom a surgical ICU...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Marshall MF,Schwenzer KJ,Orsina M,Fletcher JC,Durbin CG Jr

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 8-yr-old child suffered traumatic bilateral pneumothoraces and a ruptured right main bronchus. Surgical repair of the bronchus was postponed for 18 h after a definite diagnosis was established due to severe hypoxemia and hypercarbia. Only left endobronchial high-frequency ventilation with muscle relaxation correcte...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Pizov R,Shir Y,Eimerl D,Uretzky G,Milgalter E,Cotev S

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Lung CT is the reference imaging technique for acute respiratory distress syndrome, but requires transportation outside the intensive care and x-ray exposure. Lung ultrasound is a promising, inexpensive, radiation-free, tool for bedside imaging. Aim of the present study was to compare the global and regional...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Chiumello D,Umbrello M,Sferrazza Papa GF,Angileri A,Gurgitano M,Formenti P,Coppola S,Froio S,Cammaroto A,Carrafiello G

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine daily amino acid and total protein losses in patients with acute renal failure receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN) during treatment by continuous arteriovenous hemofiltration with hemodialysis (CAVHD). DESIGN:Prospective, nonrandomized study. SETTING:Patients in the ICU of a regional nep...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Davies SP,Reaveley DA,Brown EA,Kox WJ

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is controversy regarding the benefits of N-acetylcysteine in acute kidney injury. This study was to compare three commonly used regimens and explore which regimen is best for the protection of acute kidney injury. DESIGN:Prospective experimental study. SETTING:University research laboratory. INTERVE...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wang HZ,Peng ZY,Wen XY,Rimmelé T,Bishop JV,Kellum JA

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the financial impact of a sepsis protocol designed for use in the emergency department. DESIGN:Retrospective analysis of a before-after study testing the implications of sepsis protocol. SETTING:Academic, tertiary care hospital in the United States. PATIENTS:Persons with septic shock presentin...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shorr AF,Micek ST,Jackson WL Jr,Kollef MH

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review published studies of the influence of platelet factor 4 (PF4) and other cationic proteins on the generation of activated protein C (APC) by the thrombomodulin-protein C system. DATA SOURCE:Using the PubMed citation index, literature published from 1973 to 2003 regarding cationic proteins, PF4, and ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Slungaard A

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes an unusual hemolytic transfusion reaction. A group O donor was inadvertently transfused with 100 ml of group A red cells during the course of plasmapheresis. Granulocytopenia, thrombocytopenia, hypofibrinogenemia and low levels of factors V, VIII, and IX developed immediately after the infusion. ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： McKenna PJ,Scheinman HZ

更新日期：1975-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Despite the universal proliferation of emergency medical services programs throughout the United States since 1970, only a few have ever documented a valid lifesaving effect, particularly in large, urban centers. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the effect of specialized physician supervision on ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Pepe PE,Mattox KL,Duke JH,Fisher PB,Prentice FD

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Although hepatic cytochrome P-450 protein concentrations are altered following endotoxin shock, changes in P-450 isoforms in sepsis have not been fully investigated. The aim of this study was to determine whether the major P-450 isoform in rat liver (i.e., CYP1A2) is down-regulated during the progression of s...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Crawford JH,Yang S,Zhou M,Simms HH,Wang P

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Our objective was to quantify the association between intensive care unit-acquired dysglycemia (hyperglycemia, hypoglycemia, and high variability) and in-hospital mortality. DESIGN:Retrospective, observational study. SETTING:eICU Research Institute participating hospitals with an active tele-ICU program bet...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Badawi O,Waite MD,Fuhrman SA,Zuckerman IH

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the cardiovascular response and acute stress reaction after arousal induced by a benzodiazepine antagonist, flumazenil, in patients sedated with midazolam. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:Emergency center in a university hospital. PATIENTS:A total of 12 patients were ventilated mechanically ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Kamijo Y,Masuda T,Nishikawa T,Tsuruta H,Ohwada T

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To review current knowledge about cell-free hemoglobin solutions. DATA SOURCES:All studies involving cell-free hemoglobin were retrieved from a computerized MEDLINE search from 1980 to 1998. We also reviewed the reference lists of all available review articles and primary studies to identify references not f...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Creteur J,Sibbald W,Vincent JL

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Mechanical circulatory support can maintain vital organ perfusion in patients with cardiac failure unresponsive to standard pharmacologic treatment. The purpose of the current study was to report complication and survival rates in patients supported with emergency percutaneous venoarterial cardiopulmonary byp...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schwarz B,Mair P,Margreiter J,Pomaroli A,Hoermann C,Bonatti J,Lindner KH

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patient awareness of intermittent positive-pressure ventilation (IPPV) treatment in the ICU was studied in 304 patients. These ICU patients were divided into three groups: those treated for internal medical diseases (IMD; n = 129), patients admitted after major surgical procedures (MSP; n = 126), and patients treated ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bergbom-Engberg I,Haljamäe H

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Critical care clinicians no longer consider family members as visitors in the intensive care unit. Family-centered care has emerged from the results of qualitative and quantitative studies evaluating the specific needs of families of patients dying in the intensive care unit. In addition, interventional studies have e...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lautrette A,Ciroldi M,Ksibi H,Azoulay E

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Severe coronavirus disease 2019 is associated with an extensive pneumonitis and frequent coagulopathy. We sought the true prevalence of thrombotic complications in critically ill patients with severe coronavirus disease 2019 on the ICU, with or without extracorporeal membrane oxygenation. DESIGN:We undertoo...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Mirsadraee S,Gorog DA,Mahon CF,Rawal B,Semple TR,Nicol ED,Arachchillage DRJ,Devaraj A,Price S,Desai SR,Ridge CA,Singh S,Padley SPG

更新日期：2021-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hemorrhage in trauma is a significant challenge, accounting for 30% to 40% of all fatalities, second only to central nervous system injury as a cause of death. However, hemorrhagic death is the leading preventable cause of mortality in combat casualties and typically occurs within 6 to 24 hrs of injury. In c...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Perkins JG,Cap AP,Weiss BM,Reid TJ,Bolan CD

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard cardiopulmonary-cerebral resuscitation fails to achieve restoration of spontaneous circulation in approximately 50% of normovolemic sudden cardiac arrests outside hospitals and in essentially all victims of penetrating truncal trauma who exsanguinate rapidly to cardiac arrest. Among cardiopulmonary-cerebral r...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Safar P,Tisherman SA,Behringer W,Capone A,Prueckner S,Radovsky A,Stezoski WS,Woods RJ

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Remarkable progress has been made during the last decade in defining the molecular mechanisms that underlie septic shock. This rapidly expanding field is leading to new therapeutic opportunities in the management of severe sepsis. AIM:To provide the clinician with a timely summary of the molecular biology o...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cinel I,Opal SM

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether four stages of weaning (acute, prewean, wean, and outcome) could be identified by using clinical instruments designed to quantify severity of illness, patient stability, or weaning readiness. The instruments used were the Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE III), the Th...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Burns SM,Ryan B,Burns JE

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Monitoring of ventilation performance during cardiopulmonary resuscitation would be desirable to improve the quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. To investigate the potential for measuring ventilation rate and inspiration time, we calculated the correlation in waveform between transthoracic impedance mea...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Losert H,Risdal M,Sterz F,Nysaether J,Köhler K,Eftestøl T,Wandaller C,Myklebust H,Uray T,Sodeck G,Laggner AN

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00