A week seems to be weak: tailoring duration of antibiotic treatment in Gram-negative ventilator-associated pneumonia.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Critically ill patients and families rely upon physicians to provide estimates of prognosis and recommendations for care. Little is known about patient and clinician factors which influence these predictions. The association between these predictions and recommendations for continued aggressive care is als...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： O'Brien JM Jr,Aberegg SK,Ali NA,Diette GB,Lemeshow S

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:Stridor is one of the most frequent causes of early extubation failure. The cuff-leak test may help to identify patients at risk to develop post-extubation laryngeal edema. However the discrimination power of the cuff-leak test is highly variable and can be use, at best, to detect patients at risk to develop edema but...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： De Backer D

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Our aim was to evaluate the role of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) percentage variations at 24 hours and at discharge compared to its value at admission in order to demonstrate its predictive value for outcomes in patients with acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF). METHODS:This was a multicenter Ita...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Di Somma S,Magrini L,Pittoni V,Marino R,Mastrantuono A,Ferri E,Ballarino P,Semplicini A,Bertazzoni G,Carpinteri G,Mulè P,Pazzaglia M,Shah K,Maisel A,Clopton P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) is a common complication of sepsis in mechanically ventilated patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome, but the links between mechanical ventilation and MODS are unclear. Our goal was to determine whether a minimally injurious mechanical ventilation strat...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： O'Mahony DS,Liles WC,Altemeier WA,Dhanireddy S,Frevert CW,Liggitt D,Martin TR,Matute-Bello G

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Expanding the criteria for deceased organ donors increases the risk of delayed graft function (DGF) and complicates kidney transplant outcome. We studied whether donor neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), a novel biomarker for acute kidney injury, could predict DGF after transplantation. MET...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Hollmen ME,Kyllönen LE,Inkinen KA,Lalla ML,Merenmies J,Salmela KT

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In critically ill patients, delirium is a serious and frequent disorder that is associated with a prolonged intensive care and hospital stay and an increased morbidity and mortality. Without the use of a delirium screening instrument, delirium is often missed by ICU nurses and physicians. The effects of im...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： van den Boogaard M,Pickkers P,van der Hoeven H,Roodbol G,van Achterberg T,Schoonhoven L

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is increasing interest in the timely administration of concentrated sources of fibrinogen to patients with major traumatic bleeding. Following evaluation of early cryoprecipitate in the CRYOSTAT 1 trial, we explored the use of fibrinogen concentrate, which may have advantages of more rapid administrati...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Curry N,Foley C,Wong H,Mora A,Curnow E,Zarankaite A,Hodge R,Hopkins V,Deary A,Ray J,Moss P,Reed MJ,Kellett S,Davenport R,Stanworth S

更新日期：2018-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Tight glycaemic control has emerged as a major focus in critical care. However, the struggle to repeat, improve and standardize the results of the initial landmark studies is ongoing. The prospective computerized glycaemic control study by Shulman et al. highlights two emerging and often overlooked aspects of intensiv...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Chase JG,Shaw GM

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Dynamic predictors of fluid responsiveness, namely systolic pressure variation, pulse pressure variation, stroke volume variation and pleth variability index have been shown to be useful to identify in advance patients who will respond to a fluid load by a significant increase in stroke volume and cardiac ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Benes J,Giglio M,Brienza N,Michard F

更新日期：2014-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The purpose of the present study was to critically review the existing body of evidence on ventilation modes for infants and children up to the age of 18 years. METHODS:The PubMed and EMBASE databases were searched using the search terms 'artificial respiration', 'instrumentation', 'device', 'devices', 'm...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Duyndam A,Ista E,Houmes RJ,van Driel B,Reiss I,Tibboel D

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:There is limited information on whether the incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI) in critically ill patients has changed over time and there is controversy on whether its outcome has improved. METHODS:We interrogated the Australian New Zealand Intensive Care Society Adult Patient Database to obtain data ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Bagshaw SM,George C,Bellomo R,ANZICS Database Management Committee.

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) is a transmembrane receptor of the immunoglobulin superfamily, it plays pivotal roles in the pathogenesis of sepsis in several ways. Our previous study showed that rs1800625 (-429T/C) revealed a strong clinical relevance with sepsis morbidity rate and...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Zeng L,Du J,Gu W,Zhang AQ,Wang HY,Wen DL,Qiu L,Yang XT,Sun JH,Zhang M,Hao J,Jiang JX

更新日期：2015-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Sedation is widely used in intensive care unit (ICU) patients to limit the risk of pulmonary barotrauma and to decrease oxygen needs. However, adverse effects of cc5128sedation have not been fully evaluated; in particular, effects of benzodiazepine and opiates on microcirculation have not been extensively ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Lamblin V,Favory R,Boulo M,Mathieu D

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：IMPORTANCE:The optimal approach to airway management during in-hospital cardiac arrest is unknown. OBJECTIVE:To describe hospital-level variation in endotracheal intubation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for in-hospital cardiac arrest and the association between hospital use of endotracheal intubation and ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Bradley SM,Zhou Y,Ramachandran SK,Engoren M,Donnino M,Girotra S

更新日期：2019-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Sepsis is a serious medical condition that requires rapidly administered, appropriate antibiotic treatment. Conventional methods take three or more days for final pathogen identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. We organized a prospective observational multicenter study in three study site...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Yanagihara K,Kitagawa Y,Tomonaga M,Tsukasaki K,Kohno S,Seki M,Sugimoto H,Shimazu T,Tasaki O,Matsushima A,Ikeda Y,Okamoto S,Aikawa N,Hori S,Obara H,Ishizaka A,Hasegawa N,Takeda J,Kamihira S,Sugahara K,Asari S,Mur

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sepsis and septic shock are the leading causes of acute renal failure, multiple organ system dysfunction, and death in the intensive care unit. The pathogenesis of sepsis is complex and comprises a mosaic of interconnected pathways. Several attempts to improve patient outcomes by targeting specific components of this ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Venkataraman R,Subramanian S,Kellum JA

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endothelial hyperpermeability following cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) contributes to microcirculatory perfusion disturbances and postoperative complications after cardiac surgery. We investigated the postoperative course of renal and pulmonary endothelial barrier function and the association with microcircula...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Dekker NAM,van Leeuwen ALI,van Strien WWJ,Majolée J,Szulcek R,Vonk ABA,Hordijk PL,Boer C,van den Brom CE

更新日期：2019-04-11 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：INTRODUCTION:Mortality and disability following ischemic stroke (IS) remains unacceptably high with respect to the conventional therapies. This study tested the effect of erythropoietin (EPO) on long-term neurological outcome in patients after acute IS. This study aimed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of two consec...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Tsai TH,Lu CH,Wallace CG,Chang WN,Chen SF,Huang CR,Tsai NW,Lan MY,Sung PH,Liu CF,Yip HK

更新日期：2015-02-25 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：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this study was to assess the effect of low-dose corticosteroid therapy in reducing shock duration after severe burn. METHODS:A placebo-controlled, double-blind, randomized clinical trial (RCT) was performed on two parallel groups in the burn intensive care unit (ICU). Patients were randomized t...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Venet F,Plassais J,Textoris J,Cazalis MA,Pachot A,Bertin-Maghit M,Magnin C,Rimmelé T,Monneret G,Tissot S

更新日期：2015-01-26 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Although less invasive than pulmonary artery catheters (PACs), arterial pulse pressure analysis techniques for estimating cardiac output (CO) have not been simultaneously compared to PAC bolus thermodilution CO (COtd) or continuous CO (CCO) devices. METHODS:We compared the accuracy, bias and trending abil...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Hadian M,Kim HK,Severyn DA,Pinsky MR

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In order to improve assessment and outcome prediction in patients suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI), cerebral protein levels in serum have been suggested as biomarkers of injury. However, despite much investigation, biomarkers have yet to reach broad clinical utility in TBI. This study is a 9-year ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Thelin EP,Jeppsson E,Frostell A,Svensson M,Mondello S,Bellander BM,Nelson DW

更新日期：2016-09-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The European Clinical Trials Directive requires an informed consent from the patient or a proxy in drug trials. Although informed consent is a valuable tool to protect patients' rights in clinical trials, this requirement largely impedes research in critical care settings, and if pursued in this context, it does not p...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Berg RM,Møller K,Rossel PJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Ultrasound of the lung and quantification of B lines was recently introduced as a novel tool to detect overhydration. In the present study, we aimed to evaluate a four-region protocol of lung ultrasound to determine the pulmonary fluid status in ventilated patients in the intensive care unit. METHODS:Fift...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Enghard P,Rademacher S,Nee J,Hasper D,Engert U,Jörres A,Kruse JM

更新日期：2015-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Outcomes studies of infections with resistant bacteria often do not account appropriately for intermediate variables--events in the causal pathway between the exposure and the outcome--when controlling for confounders. We discuss how failure to distinguish between confounders and intermediate variables can bias the an...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Schwaber MJ,Carmeli Y

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are no easily available markers of renal recovery to guide intermittent hemodialysis (IHD) weaning. The aim of this study was to identify markers for IHD weaning in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI). METHODS:We performed a retrospective single-center cohort study of patients treat...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Aniort J,Ait Hssain A,Pereira B,Coupez E,Pioche PA,Leroy C,Heng AE,Souweine B,Lautrette A

更新日期：2016-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In septic patients, multiple retrospective studies show an association between large volumes of fluids administered in the first 24 h and mortality, suggesting a benefit to fluid restrictive strategies. However, these studies do not directly estimate the causal effects of fluid-restrictive strategies, nor do ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Shahn Z,Shapiro NI,Tyler PD,Talmor D,Lehman LH

更新日期：2020-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Our aim in this study was to assess whether the new Glasgow Coma Scale, Age, and Systolic Blood Pressure (GAP) scoring system, which is a modification of the Mechanism, Glasgow Coma Scale, Age, and Arterial Pressure (MGAP) scoring system, better predicts in-hospital mortality and can be applied more easily...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Kondo Y,Abe T,Kohshi K,Tokuda Y,Cook EF,Kukita I

更新日期：2011-08-10 00:00:00