Endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) in sepsis with acute renal dysfunction (ARD).

abstract：:Prediction of ventilation weaning outcome in children is important, as unsuccessful extubation increases both morbidity and mortality. Adult weaning criteria are poor predictors of weaning outcome in children for several possible reasons: the length of mechanical ventilation is generally much shorter, and the weaning ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Schindler MB

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (vv-ECMO) has been classically employed as a rescue therapy for patients with respiratory failure not treatable with conventional mechanical ventilation alone. In recent years, however, the timing of ECMO initiation has been readdressed and ECMO is often started earlier i...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Langer T,Santini A,Bottino N,Crotti S,Batchinsky AI,Pesenti A,Gattinoni L

更新日期：2016-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the inception of blood banking, refinements in laboratory processes have allowed for progressively longer storage times of red blood cells. Whilst advantageous for the logistics of stock management, the clinical impact of the duration of red blood cell storage prior to transfusion remains uncertain, and a topic ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Laurie J,Wyncoll D,Harrison C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new randomised controlled trial suggested that plasma exchange hastened removal from the ventilator in mechanically ventilated children with Guillain-Barré syndrome compared with intravenous immunoglobulin. Two larger trials in adults showed the opposite result. ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Hughes RA

更新日期：2011-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:To investigate whether respiratory variation of inferior vena cava diameter (cIVC) predict fluid responsiveness in spontaneously breathing patients with acute circulatory failure (ACF). METHODS:Forty patients with ACF and spontaneous breathing were included. Response to fluid challenge was defined as a 15...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Muller L,Bobbia X,Toumi M,Louart G,Molinari N,Ragonnet B,Quintard H,Leone M,Zoric L,Lefrant JY,AzuRea group.

更新日期：2012-10-08 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Measurement of central venous pressure (CVP) can be a useful clinical tool. However, the formal utility of CVP measurement in preventing mortality in septic patients has never been proven. METHODS:The Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III (MIMIC-III) database was searched to identify septic patients ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Chen H,Zhu Z,Zhao C,Guo Y,Chen D,Wei Y,Jin J

更新日期：2020-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is responsible for the global spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Our understanding of the impact this virus has on the nervous system is limited. Our review aims to inform and improve decision-making among the physicians treating COVID-19 ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Nepal G,Rehrig JH,Shrestha GS,Shing YK,Yadav JK,Ojha R,Pokhrel G,Tu ZL,Huang DY

更新日期：2020-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ICU-acquired weakness is a debilitating consequence of prolonged critical illness that is associated with poor outcome. Recently, premorbid obesity has been shown to protect against such illness-induced muscle wasting and weakness. Here, we hypothesized that this protection was due to increased lipid and ket...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Goossens C,Weckx R,Derde S,Dufour T,Vander Perre S,Pauwels L,Thiessen SE,Van Veldhoven PP,Van den Berghe G,Langouche L

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Metabolic acidosis during hemorrhagic shock is common and conventionally considered to be due to hyperlactatemia. There is increasing awareness, however, that other nonlactate, unmeasured anions contribute to this type of acidosis. METHODS:Eleven anesthetized dogs were hemorrhaged to a mean arterial press...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Bruegger D,Kemming GI,Jacob M,Meisner FG,Wojtczyk CJ,Packert KB,Keipert PE,Faithfull NS,Habler OP,Becker BF,Rehm M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Management of daily activities in ICUs is challenging. ICU shift leaders, charge nurses and intensivists have to make several immediate ad hoc decisions to enable the fluent flow of ICU activities. Even though the management of ICU activities is quite well delineated by international consensus guidelines, ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Lundgrén-Laine H,Kontio E,Perttilä J,Korvenranta H,Forsström J,Salanterä S

更新日期：2011-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The gut is often considered as the motor of critical illness through bacterial translocation, which amplifies the inflammatory response and alters the immune status. However, systemic bacterial translocation was rarely proven and endotoxin measurement only reflects translocation of Gram-negative-derived pr...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Kim OY,Monsel A,Bertrand M,Cavaillon JM,Coriat P,Adib-Conquy M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasopressin (antidiuretic hormone) is emerging as a potentially major advance in the treatment of septic shock. Terlipressin (tricyl-lysine-vasopressin) is the synthetic, long-acting analogue of vasopressin, and has comparable pharmacodynamic but different pharmacokinetic properties. Vasopressin mediates vasoconstrict...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Delmas A,Leone M,Rousseau S,Albanèse J,Martin C

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Crystalloids and different component colloids, used for volume resuscitation, are sometimes associated with various adverse effects. Clinical trial findings for such fluid types in different patients' conditions are conflicting. Whether the mortality benefit of balanced crystalloid than saline can be inferre...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Tseng CH,Chen TT,Wu MY,Chan MC,Shih MC,Tu YK

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of vasomotor tone is essential in defining appropriate resuscitation strategies for the hypotensive patient. Although changes in mean arterial pressure to cardiac output define arterial resistance, resistance is only one component of vasomotor tone. Compliance is the other component. The reciprocal of compl...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Pinsky MR

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intensive care medicine is a relatively young discipline that has rapidly grown into a full-fledged medical subspecialty. Intensivists are responsible for managing an ever-increasing number of patients with complex, life-threatening diseases. Several factors may influence their performance, including age, tr...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Castro R,Nin N,Ríos F,Alegría L,Estenssoro E,Murias G,Friedman G,Jibaja M,Ospina-Tascon G,Hurtado J,Marín MDC,Machado FR,Cavalcanti AB,Dubin A,Azevedo L,Cecconi M,Bakker J,Hernandez G,Latin-American Intensive Care Net

更新日期：2018-02-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial pathogens possess an array of specific mechanisms that confer virulence and the capacity to avoid host defence mechanisms. Mechanisms of virulence are often mediated by the subversion of normal aspects of host biology. In this way the pathogen modifies host function so as to promote the pathogen's survival o...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Webb SA,Kahler CM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The safety of perioperative hyperoxia is currently unclear. Previous studies in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery suggest reduced myocardial damage when avoiding extreme perioperative hyperoxia (>400 mmHg). In this study we investigated whether an oxygenation strategy from moderate hyperoxia...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Smit B,Smulders YM,de Waard MC,Boer C,Vonk AB,Veerhoek D,Kamminga S,de Grooth HJ,García-Vallejo JJ,Musters RJ,Girbes AR,Oudemans-van Straaten HM,Spoelstra-de Man AM

更新日期：2016-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Norepinephrine, regularly used to increase systemic arterial blood pressure and thus improve cerebral perfusion following severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), may activate platelets. This, in turn, could promote microthrombosis formation and induce additional brain damage. METHODS:The objective of this st...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Tschuor C,Asmis LM,Lenzlinger PM,Tanner M,Härter L,Keel M,Stocker R,Stover JF

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis, despite recent therapeutic progress, still carries unacceptably high mortality rates. The adrenergic system, a key modulator of organ function and cardiovascular homeostasis, could be an interesting new therapeutic target for septic shock. Beta-adrenergic regulation of the immune function in sepsis is complex ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： de Montmollin E,Aboab J,Mansart A,Annane D

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In intensive care unit patients we assessed, using bispectral index (BIS) monitoring, whether the addition of magnesium sulphate infusion could decrease the sufentanil infusion required to maintain sedation. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 30 adult patients who were expected to require mechanical ventilat...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Memiş D,Turan A,Karamanlioglu B,Oguzhan N,Pamukçu Z

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Institutionally based research ethics review is a form of peer review that has - for better or worse - become the norm throughout the world. The vast majority of research ethics review takes the form of protocol review alone, conducted in advance of the research. Although oversight and monitoring in clinical research ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Lavery JV,Van Laethem ML,Slutsky AS

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2015 and co-published as a series in Critical Care. Other articles in the series can be found online at http://ccforum.com/series/annualupdate2015. Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care a...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Sandroni C,D'Arrigo S,Antonelli M

更新日期：2015-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Experimental research has demonstrated that the level of neuroprotection conferred by the various barbiturates is not equal. Until now no controlled studies have been conducted to compare their effectiveness, even though the Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines recommend that such studies be undertaken. The ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Pérez-Bárcena J,Llompart-Pou JA,Homar J,Abadal JM,Raurich JM,Frontera G,Brell M,Ibáñez J,Ibáñez J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been increasing with greater incidence of injuries from traffic or sporting accidents. Although there are a number of animal models of TBI using progesterone for head injury, the effects of progesterone on neurologic outcome of acute TBI patients remain unclear. The ai...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Xiao G,Wei J,Yan W,Wang W,Lu Z

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe sepsis is more and more frequent, especially because of an increased rate of immunocompromised patients. Despite the improvement in the overall prognosis of HIV/AIDS patients and the improvement of global ICU care, the prognosis of HIV/ADS patients hospitalized in ICU with severe sepsis remained poor. This situ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Timsit JF

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Passive leg raising (PLR) is a simple reversible maneuver that mimics rapid fluid loading and increases cardiac preload. The effects of this endogenous volume expansion on stroke volume enable the testing of fluid responsiveness with accuracy in spontaneously breathing patients. However, this maneuver requ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Biais M,Vidil L,Sarrabay P,Cottenceau V,Revel P,Sztark F

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The intestinal microbiota plays a crucial role in human health, which could affect host immunity and the susceptibility to infectious diseases. However, the role of intestinal microbiota in the immunopathology of invasive candidiasis remains unknown. METHODS:In this work, an antibiotic cocktail was used to ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Li M,Li C,Wu X,Chen T,Ren L,Xu B,Cao J

更新日期：2020-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In a group of postoperative patients, Taniguchi and coworkers compared the effect of a computerized system for weaning against 'manual care'. The computerized system involved automatic adjustments to the level of pressure support to achieve a target respiratory rate. Manual care involved adjustments to the level of pr...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Adigüzel N,Güngör G,Tobin MJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiencing treatment on a modern intensive care unit (ICU) is a potentially traumatic event. People who experience traumatic events have an increased risk of depression, anxiety disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Extended follow-up has confirmed that many patients suffer physical and psychological ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Hatch R,McKechnie S,Griffiths J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Due to resource limitations, few critical care interventions have been rigorously evaluated with adequately powered randomized clinical trials (RCTs). There is a need to improve the efficiency of RCTs in critical care so that more definitive high quality RCTs can be completed with the available resources. ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Heyland DK,Muscedere J,Drover J,Jiang X,Day AG,Canadian Critical Care Trials Group.

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00