Choice of hospital after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest--a decision with far-reaching consequences: a study in a large German city.

abstract：:Lobar atelectasis is a common problem caused by a variety of mechanisms including resorption atelectasis due to airway obstruction, passive atelectasis from hypoventilation, compressive atelectsis from abdominal distension and adhesive atelectasis due to increased surface tension. However, evidence-based studies on th...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Schindler MB

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The interdependence between endotoxemia, gram negative (GN) bacteremia and mortality has been extensively studied. Underlying patient risk and GN bacteremia types are possible confounders of the relationship. METHODS:Published studies with ≥ 10 patients in either ICU or non-ICU settings, endotoxemia detec...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Hurley JC,Guidet B,Offenstadt G,Maury E

更新日期：2012-08-07 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Intensive insulin treatment of critically ill patients was seen as a promising method of treatment, though recent studies showed that reducing the blood glucose level below 6 mmol/l had a detrimental outcome. The mechanisms of the effects of insulin in the critically ill are not completely understood. The ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Žuran I,Poredos P,Skale R,Voga G,Gabrscek L,Pareznik R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on intensive care is heavy, but newer modalities of treatment are now available to improve outcomes. Cardiac-based research continues to generate new drugs and tests to better outcome and aid in early diagnosis. And how do various intensive care interventions compare...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Bandarupalli UM,Williams GD

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Augmented renal clearance (ARC) is recognized as a leading cause of β-lactam subexposure when conventional dosing regimens are used. The main objective was to compare the clinical outcome of ARC patients treated by conventional or increased β-lactam dosing regimens for a first episode of hospital or ventilat...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Carrié C,Chadefaux G,Sauvage N,de Courson H,Petit L,Nouette-Gaulain K,Pereira B,Biais M

更新日期：2019-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The FloTrac/Vigileo (Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA, USA) allows pulse pressure-derived cardiac output measurement without external calibration. Software modifications were performed in order to eliminate initially observed deficits. The aim of this study was to assess changes in cardiac output determine...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Senn A,Button D,Zollinger A,Hofer CK

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Bacterial meningitis (BM) is a severe complication in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH). Clinical signs of meningitis are often masked by SAH-related symptoms, and routine cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis fails to indicate BM. Microdialysis (MD) is a technique for monitoring cerebra...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Schlenk F,Frieler K,Nagel A,Vajkoczy P,Sarrafzadeh AS

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND: The present study was undertaken to examine the feasibility of venous oxygen measurements in the inferior vena cava (IVC) via a catheter through the umbilical vein. This may serve as a proxy for mixed venous oxygenation and the complications of right atrial cannulation can be avoided at the same time. It h...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Plötz FB,van Lingen RA,Bos AP

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The goal of personalised medicine in the intensive care unit (ICU) is to predict which diagnostic tests, monitoring interventions and treatments translate to improved outcomes given the variation between patients. Unfortunately, processes such as gene transcription and drug metabolism are dynamic in the cr...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Celi LA,Hinske LC,Alterovitz G,Szolovits P

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Intravenous (IV) voriconazole is not recommended in patients with creatinine clearance <50 ml/min to avoid potentially toxic accumulation of sulfobutylether-β-cyclodextrin (SBECD). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the pharmacokinetics of SBECD, voriconazole, and voriconazole N-oxide in critically ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Kiser TH,Fish DN,Aquilante CL,Rower JE,Wempe MF,MacLaren R,Teitelbaum I

更新日期：2015-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies challenge the utility of central venous pressure monitoring as a surrogate for cardiac preload. Starting with Starling's original studies on the regulation of cardiac output, this review traces the history of the experiments that elucidated the role of central venous pressure in circulatory physiology. ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Berlin DA,Bakker J

更新日期：2015-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The multicenter study conducted by Lorente and coworkers published in the previous issue of Critical Care demonstrates that matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 and MMP-10 and their inhibitor tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase-1 (TIMP-1) are promising novel biomarkers to predict severity and outcome of sepsis. I...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Hoffmann U,Brueckmann M,Borggrefe M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This commentary on a paper by Bendel and colleagues in the previous issue of Critical Care describes the difficulty in assessing the sufficiency of adrenal responses to endogenous, stress-induced adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) release by the pituitary or to exogenous ACTH administration in the critically ill patie...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Groeneveld AB,Beishuizen A,Molenaar N

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Pre-hospital triage is a key element in a trauma system that aims to admit patients to the most suitable trauma center, and may decrease intra-hospital mortality. We evaluated the performance of a pre-hospital procedure in a regional trauma system through measurements of the quality of pre-hospital medical...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Bouzat P,Ageron FX,Brun J,Levrat A,Berthet M,Rancurel E,Thouret JM,Thony F,Arvieux C,Payen JF,TRENAU group.

更新日期：2015-03-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of life-support measures in brain-dead donors is to preserve the functional value of their organs. In renal transplantation, serum creatinine level is one of the criteria for graft harvest. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of intensive care on donor renal function through two criteria: ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Blasco V,Leone M,Bouvenot J,Geissler A,Albanèse J,Martin C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe critical illness is often complicated by intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICU-AW), which is associated with increased ICU and post-ICU mortality, delayed weaning from mechanical ventilation and long-term functional disability. Several mechanisms have been implicated in the pathophysiology of ICU-AW, but m...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Bouglé A,Rocheteau P,Sharshar T,Chrétien F

更新日期：2016-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammation plays an important role in the initiation and progression of acute kidney injury (AKI). However, evidence regarding the prognostic effect of the platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), a novel systemic inflammation marker, among patients with AKI is scarce. In this study, we investigated the value o...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Zheng CF,Liu WY,Zeng FF,Zheng MH,Shi HY,Zhou Y,Pan JY

更新日期：2017-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Organ failure in the heart or kidney can initiate various complex metabolic, cell-mediated and humoral pathways affecting distant organs, contributing to the high therapeutic costs and significantly higher morbidity and mortality. The universal outreach of cells in an injured state has myriad consequences to distant o...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Virzì G,Day S,de Cal M,Vescovo G,Ronco C

更新日期：2014-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:During septic shock, resistance to the haemodynamic effects of catecholamine vasopressors and inotropes is a well-recognised marker of mortality risk. However, the specific cardiovascular or metabolic response elements that are most closely associated with outcome have not been well defined. The objective ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Kumar A,Schupp E,Bunnell E,Ali A,Milcarek B,Parrillo JE

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasoplegic syndrome is a common occurrence following cardiothoracic surgery and is characterized as a high-output shock state with poor systemic vascular resistance. The pathophysiology is complex and includes dysregulation of vasodilatory and vasoconstrictive properties of smooth vascular muscle cells. Specific bypas...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Busse LW,Barker N,Petersen C

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2020. Other selected articles can be found online at https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/annualupdate2020. Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Bassetti M,Bandera A,Gori A

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intensive care units (ICUs) face financial, bed management, and staffing constraints. Detailed data covering all aspects of patients' journeys into and through intensive care are now collected and stored in electronic health records: machine learning has been used to analyse such data in order to provide dec...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Shillan D,Sterne JAC,Champneys A,Gibbison B

更新日期：2019-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study pools data from the UK Intensive Care National Audit and Research Center (ICNARC) Case Mix Programme (CMP) to evaluate the case mix, outcome and activity for 17,326 patients with severe acute kidney injury (AKI) occurring during the first 24 hours of admission to intensive care units (ICU). MET...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Kolhe NV,Stevens PE,Crowe AV,Lipkin GW,Harrison DA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Mechanical ventilators are increasingly used in critical care units. However, they can cause lung injury, including pulmonary edema. Our previous studies indicated that γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptors are involved in alveolar-fluid homeostasis. The present study investigated the role of GABA receptors...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Chintagari NR,Liu L

更新日期：2012-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Blood transfusion is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in cardiac surgery patients, but cause-and-effect relations remain unknown. We hypothesized that blood transfusion is associated with changes in pulmonary and systemic inflammation and coagulation occurring in patients who do not meet t...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Tuinman PR,Vlaar AP,Cornet AD,Hofstra JJ,Levi M,Meijers JC,Beishuizen A,Schultz MJ,Groeneveld AJ,Juffermans NP

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:It has been hypothesized that hyperoncotic colloids might contribute to acute kidney injury (AKI). However, the validity of this hypothesis remains unclear. METHODS:A meta-analysis was conducted of randomized controlled trials evaluating AKI after infusion of hyperoncotic albumin and hydroxyethyl starch (...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Wiedermann CJ,Dunzendorfer S,Gaioni LU,Zaraca F,Joannidis M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Sepsis is characterized by systemic microvascular dysfunction. Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) are critically involved in maintaining vascular homeostasis under both physiological and pathological conditions. The aim of the present study was to analyze the endothelial progenitor cell system in patients...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Patschan SA,Patschan D,Temme J,Korsten P,Wessels JT,Koziolek M,Henze E,Müller GA

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanotransduction holds the underlying mechanisms of ventilator-induced lung injury. Research on this subject, however, could be difficult for clinicians, especially when results are controversial. A recent study by Li and co-workers is used as an example, to explain how to critically read literatures related to bas...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Liu M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The respiratory variation in pulse pressure (PP) has been established as a dynamic variable of cardiac preload which indicates fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients. The impact of acute changes in cardiac performance on respiratory fluctuations in PP has not been evaluated until now. We ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Keyl C,Stockinger J,Laule S,Staier K,Schiebeling-Römer J,Wiesenack C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Accurate prediction of delirium in the intensive care unit (ICU) may facilitate efficient use of early preventive strategies and stratification of ICU patients by delirium risk in clinical research, but the optimal delirium prediction model to use is unclear. We compared the predictive performance and user c...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Wassenaar A,Schoonhoven L,Devlin JW,van Haren FMP,Slooter AJC,Jorens PG,van der Jagt M,Simons KS,Egerod I,Burry LD,Beishuizen A,Matos J,Donders ART,Pickkers P,van den Boogaard M

更新日期：2018-05-05 00:00:00