Myocardial ischemia and weaning failure in patients with coronary artery disease: an update.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Increasing evidence, including publication of the Transfusion Requirements in Critical Care trial in 1999, supports a lower hemoglobin threshold for RBC transfusion in ICU patients. However, little is known regarding the influence of this evidence on clinical practice over time in a large population-based coh...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Murphy DJ,Needham DM,Netzer G,Zeger SL,Colantuoni E,Ness P,Pronovost PJ,Berenholtz SM

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To study the pulmonary effects of aspirating a mixture of sucralfate in water and sucralfate in hydrochloric acid in an animal model of aspiration pneumonia. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, controlled study with repeated measures. SETTING:University research laboratory. SUBJECTS:Thirty-two in situ, isolate...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Toung TJ,Rosenfeld BA,Yoshiki A,Grayson RF,Traystman RJ

更新日期：1993-09-01 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:Nitric oxide regulates epithelial permeability and other properties of the intestinal mucosal barrier. It previously has been shown in animals that intestinal mucosal nitric oxide production is impaired during gut hypoperfusion. The study was performed to confirm the presence of intestinal mucosal nitric oxid...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Snygg J,Aneman A,Pettersson A,Fändriks L

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Sepsis-associated changes of the arachidonic acid metabolism and the utility of arachidonic acid metabolites for the diagnosis of sepsis have been poorly investigated so far. Therefore, the primary objective of our study was to screen for differentially regulated arachidonic acid metabolites in septic patien...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Bruegel M,Ludwig U,Kleinhempel A,Petros S,Kortz L,Ceglarek U,Holdt LM,Thiery J,Fiedler GM

更新日期：2012-05-01 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:During cardiopulmonary bypass, inflammation and immunosuppression is present. We measured circulating mediators and monocyte-based functions and tested the hypothesis that these variables are influenced by methylprednisolone (MP) or tirilazad mesylate (TM) treatment. DESIGN:Randomized, controlled, double-bli...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Volk T,Schmutzler M,Engelhardt L,Döcke WD,Volk HD,Konertz W,Kox WJ

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the hypothesis that splanchnic ischemia and mucosal hypoxia are responsible for lipopolysaccharide-induced intramucosal acidosis in pigs. DESIGN:Prospective, randomized, unblinded study. SETTING:Surgical research laboratory at a large, university-affiliated medical center. SUBJECTS:Anesthetized...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： VanderMeer TJ,Wang H,Fink MP

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastric mucosal damage produced by topical application of necrotizing agents is diminished by topical or systemic pretreatment with a variety of E and F prostaglandins. The rat restraint model of gastric mucosal injury is more analogous to clinical stress ulceration than are models using intragastric application of to...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ephgrave KS,Horton J,Burns D

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe a case of intentional ingestion of hand sanitizer in our hospital and to review published cases and those reported to the American Association of Poison Control Centers' National Poison Data System. DESIGN:A case report, a literature review of published cases, and a query of the National Poison D...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gormley NJ,Bronstein AC,Rasimas JJ,Pao M,Wratney AT,Sun J,Austin HA,Suffredini AF

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To define a biomarker panel to predict organ dysfunction, shock, and in-hospital mortality in emergency department (ED) patients with suspected sepsis. DESIGN:Prospective observational study. SETTING:EDs of ten academic medical centers. PATIENTS:There were 971 patients enrolled. INCLUSION CRITERIA:1) ED p...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shapiro NI,Trzeciak S,Hollander JE,Birkhahn R,Otero R,Osborn TM,Moretti E,Nguyen HB,Gunnerson KJ,Milzman D,Gaieski DF,Goyal M,Cairns CB,Ngo L,Rivers EP

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:a) To investigate whether the patient work of breathing needed to trigger inspiration is affected by the type of ventilator delivering pressure-support ventilation for mechanically ventilated pediatric patients. b) To determine whether changes in oxygen consumption (VO2) trend with changes in work of breathi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： el-Khatib MF,Chatburn RL,Potts DL,Blumer JL,Smith PG

更新日期：1994-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Antimicrobial effects of nitric oxide (NO) have been demonstrated in vitro against a variety of infectious pathogens, yet in vivo evidence of a potential therapeutic role for exogenous NO as an antimicrobial agent is limited. Thus, we assessed the effects of inhaled NO on pulmonary infection, leukocyte infilt...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Webert KE,Vanderzwan J,Duggan M,Scott JA,McCormack DG,Lewis JF,Mehta S

更新日期：2000-07-01 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:Our first objective was to determine a blood lactate threshold predictive of survival in human immunodeficiency virus patients experiencing lactic acidosis related to nucleoside analogs, and second, to test l-carnitine for the treatment of patients exceeding that threshold. DESIGN:a) Retrospective study usin...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Claessens YE,Cariou A,Monchi M,Soufir L,Azoulay E,Rouges P,Goldgran-Toledano D,Branche F,Dhainaut JF

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the effects of two different antibiotic regimes on the colonization and infection rates of critically ill pediatric patients. DESIGN:A prospective randomized trial. SETTING:A pediatric ICU in a university hospital. PATIENTS:Fifty critically ill pediatric patients who required intensive care for ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Zobel G,Kuttnig M,Grubbauer HM,Semmelrock HJ,Thiel W

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To cost adult intensive care by determining inputs to production, resource consumption per patient, and total cost per intensive care unit (ICU) stay. DESIGN:Prospective cost-accounting analysis of each patient stay in the ICU, over a 1-yr period. SETTING:An 11-bed, medical/surgical adult ICU, in a 932-bad ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Noseworthy TW,Konopad E,Shustack A,Johnston R,Grace M

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:With the exception of a few single-center descriptive reports, data on critical care organizations are relatively sparse. The objectives of our study were to determine the structure, governance, and experience to date of established critical care organizations in North American academic medical centers. DES...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Pastores SM,Halpern NA,Oropello JM,Kostelecky N,Kvetan V

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen availability during cardiopulmonary bypass was assessed in 22 patients under hypothermic and relatively normothermic conditions. The patients were divided into two groups, 17 of whom received ACD blood and 5, CPD blood. The mean P50 for all patients fell from a preoperative value of 25.9 +/- 2.4 (SD) to 15.6 +/...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fisher A,Foëx P,Emerson PM,Darley JH,Rauscher LA

更新日期：1977-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine how many multicenter, randomized controlled trials have been published that assess mortality as a primary outcome in the adult intensive care unit population, and to evaluate their methodologic quality. DATA SOURCE:A sensitive search strategy for randomized controlled trials was conducted in th...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ospina-Tascón GA,Büchele GL,Vincent JL

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the incident fracture rate in survivors of critical illness and to compare fracture risk with population-matched control subjects. DESIGN:Retrospective longitudinal case-cohort study. SETTING:A tertiary adult intensive care unit in Australia. PATIENTS:All patients ventilated admitted to intens...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Orford NR,Saunders K,Merriman E,Henry M,Pasco J,Stow P,Kotowicz M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate whether admission B-type natriuretic peptide levels predict the development of acute kidney injury in acute coronary syndromes. DESIGN:Prospective study. SETTING:Single-center study, 13-bed intensive cardiac care unit at a University Cardiological Center. PATIENTS:Six-hundred thirty-nine ac...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Moltrasio M,Cabiati A,Milazzo V,Rubino M,De Metrio M,Discacciati A,Rumi P,Marana I,Marenzi G

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：BACKGROUND:Increased cardiac index, oxygen delivery (DO2), and oxygen consumption (VO2) patterns were shown to characterize the physiologic status of surviving high-risk surgical patients, and indicate increased metabolic needs; relatively normal DO2 and VO2 values were found to characterize the sequential pattern of n...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shoemaker WC,Appel PL,Kram HB

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current investigation describes the morphological and pathophysiological effects of stroma-free hemoglobin solution (SFH) on the liver and kidney. One h after a 75% blood volume exchange in animals receiving 7% SFH, hepatic morphology was normal. Animals whose blood was similarly exchanged with 7% albumin demonstr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Friedman HI,DeVenuto F

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The elevation of the percentage of regulatory CD4+CD25+ T lymphocytes (Treg) has been recently described during septic shock. The objective of the present study was to investigate whether this increased percentage was due to Treg proliferation. DESIGN:Observational study. SETTING:Adult intensive care units ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Venet F,Pachot A,Debard AL,Bohé J,Bienvenu J,Lepape A,Monneret G

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether inhibition of cyclooxygenase-2, a critical component of the inflammatory pathway, is neuroprotective in a neonatal rat model of cerebral hypoxia-ischemia. The development of brain inflammation largely contributes to neonatal brain injury that may lead to a lifetime of neurologic deficit...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fathali N,Ostrowski RP,Lekic T,Jadhav V,Tong W,Tang J,Zhang JH

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether activation of the nuclear enzyme poly(adenosine 5'-diphosphate [ADP]-ribose) synthetase (PARS) contributes to mortality rate, myocardial dysfunction, and cardiovascular collapse in a porcine model of sepsis induced by implantation of an infected clot. DESIGN:Prospective, random animal st...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Goldfarb RD,Marton A,Szabó E,Virág L,Salzman AL,Glock D,Akhter I,McCarthy R,Parrillo JE,Szabó C

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:There is limited evidence supporting the widespread use of α2 agonists (clonidine and dexmedetomidine) in pediatric critical care sedation. This study sought to test the association between the use of α2 agonists and enhanced sedation. DESIGN:A retrospective observational cohort study was conducted. Noninfe...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Hayden JC,Doherty DR,Dawkins I,Leacy FP,Healy M,Breatnach CV,Cousins G,Gallagher PJ

更新日期：2019-07-01 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