The epidemiology of septic shock in French intensive care units: the prospective multicenter cohort EPISS study.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Currently, little is known about the immunological characteristics of patients with avian influenza A (H7N9) virus infection. METHODS:The numbers and percentages of peripheral blood immune cells were measured in 27 patients with laboratory-confirmed H7N9 virus infection and 30 healthy controls (HCs). The ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Wu W,Shi Y,Gao H,Liang W,Sheng J,Li L

更新日期：2014-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hyperbilirubinaemia is a common occurrence in patients who are admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) after major surgery, and it is associated with high mortality. We investigated the incidence of hyperbilirubinaemia after two major types of thoracic surgery: open-heart surgery and oesophagectomy. In order...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Hosotsubo KK,Nishimura M,Nishimura S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Procalcitonin (PCT) and C-reactive protein (CRP) are established markers of infection in the general population. In contrast, several studies reported falsely increased PCT levels in patients receiving T-cell antibodies. We evaluated the validity of these markers in patients scheduled for hemopoietic stem ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Brodska H,Drabek T,Malickova K,Kazda A,Vitek A,Zima T,Markova M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Early multimodal treatment of severe sepsis, including the use of drotrecogin alfa (activated) (DrotAA) when indicated, is considered essential for optimum outcome. However, predicting which infected patients will progress to severe sepsis and the need for aggressive intervention continues to be problemati...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Hodder RV,Hall R,Russell JA,Fisher HN,Lee B

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon dioxide has been monitored in the body using a variety of technologies with a multitude of applications. The monitoring of this common physiologic variable in medicine is an illustrative example of the different levels of evidence that are required before any new health technology should establish itself in cli...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Gattas D,Ayer R,Suntharalingam G,Chapman M

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The current shortage of accurate and readily available, validated biomarkers of disease severity in sepsis is an important limitation when attempting to stratify patients into homogeneous groups, in order to study pathogenesis or develop therapeutic interventions. The aim of the present study was to determ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Bozza FA,Salluh JI,Japiassu AM,Soares M,Assis EF,Gomes RN,Bozza MT,Castro-Faria-Neto HC,Bozza PT

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is a new technique that might enable portable and non-invasive organ perfusion quantification at the bedside. However, it has not yet been tested in critically ill patients. We sought to establish CEUS's feasibility, safety, reproducibility and potential diagnostic value...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Schneider AG,Goodwin MD,Schelleman A,Bailey M,Johnson L,Bellomo R

更新日期：2013-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent interest in transfusion management of trauma patients has heightened expectation in the role of blood component therapy in improving patient outcome. Optimal transfusion support in supplementation with fibrinogen has not been defined by high-quality evidence. Current evidence comes mainly from case series and u...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Stanworth SJ,Hunt BJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：: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：INTRODUCTION:Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) improves survival after trauma and sepsis, while mechanisms of action are not yet fully understood. Therefore, we investigated the influence of DHEA on local cytokine expression in a two-hit model. METHODS:Male NMRI mice were subjected to femur fracture/hemorrhagic shock and ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Barkhausen T,Hildebrand F,Krettek C,van Griensven M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An influenza pandemic threatens to be the most lethal public health crisis to confront the world. Physicians will have critical roles in diagnosis, containment and treatment of influenza, and their commitment to treat despite increased personal risks is essential for a successful public health response. The obligation...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Anantham D,McHugh W,O'Neill S,Forrow L

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:ICU-acquired weakness (ICUAW) complicates the disease course of critically ill patients. Inflammation and acute-phase response occur directly within myocytes and contribute to ICUAW. We observed that tripartite motif-containing 62 (TRIM62), an E3 ubiquitin ligase and modifier of inflammation, is increased ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Schmidt F,Kny M,Zhu X,Wollersheim T,Persicke K,Langhans C,Lodka D,Kleber C,Weber-Carstens S,Fielitz J

更新日期：2014-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:B and T lymphocyte attenuator (BTLA) is an inhibitory receptor, whose primary role in CD4(+) T cell is thought to inhibit cytokine production. We explore BTLA expression on CD4(+) T cells in healthy controls and septic patients, and assess the correlation of BTLA expression on CD4(+) T cells in the early s...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Shao R,Li CS,Fang Y,Zhao L,Hang C

更新日期：2015-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The purpose of this study was to perform a descriptive, content-based analysis on the different forms of documentation for in-flight medical emergencies that are currently provided in the emergency medical kits on board commercial airlines. METHODS:Passenger airlines in the World Airline Directory were co...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Sand M,Morrosch S,Sand D,Altmeyer P,Bechara FG

更新日期：2012-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Perioperative hemodynamic optimization, or goal-directed therapy (GDT), has been show to significantly decrease complications and risk of death in high-risk patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. An important aim of GDT is to prevent an imbalance between oxygen delivery and oxygen consumption in order to avoid the de...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Lobo SM,de Oliveira NE

更新日期：2013-03-19 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Some guidelines to prevent ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) do not establish a recommendation for the preferential use of either heat and moisture exchangers (HMEs) or heated humidifiers (HHs), while other guidelines clearly advocate the use of HMEs. The aim of this study was to determine the incidenc...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Lorente L,Lecuona M,Jiménez A,Mora ML,Sierra A

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Although activation of A3 adenosine receptors attenuates reperfusion lung injury and associated apoptosis, the signaling pathway that mediates this protection remains unclear. Adenosine agonists activate mitogen-activated protein kinases, and these kinases have been implicated in ischemia/reperfusion injur...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Matot I,Weiniger CF,Zeira E,Galun E,Joshi BV,Jacobson KA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) proved an enormous physical and emotional challenge to frontline health care workers throughout the world in late 2002 through to mid 2003. A large percentage of patients (many being health care workers themselves) became critically ill. Unfortunately, clinicians caring for the...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Gomersall CD

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Dysregulation of the host immune response is a pathognomonic feature of sepsis. Abnormal physiological conditions are understood to shift efficient linear splicing of protein-coding RNA towards non-canonical splicing, characterized by the accumulation of non-coding circularized (circ)RNA. CircRNAs remain une...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Khan HN,Brands X,Aufiero S,Hoogendijk AJ,Klarenbeek AM,van Engelen TSR,Haak BW,van Vught LA,Horn J,Schultz MJ,Zwinderman AH,van der Poll T,Scicluna BP

更新日期：2020-07-13 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：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：:Even more than in previous disasters, Katrina has proven itself to be a testing ground for a plethora of new technologies. Although not all of these technologies did immediately save lives, in this regard a number of them exhibited considerable potential for the future, and hence there is a need to include them in fut...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Leitl E

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Burnout has gained increasing attention worldwide; however, there is a lack of relevant research in China. This study investigated the prevalence and factors associated with burnout in physicians of the intensive care unit (ICU) in mainland China. METHODS:This cross-sectional multicenter study included crit...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Wang J,Hu B,Peng Z,Song H,Cai S,Rao X,Li L,Li J

更新日期：2021-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:ICU delirium is associated with poor patient outcome. Risk factor stratification is essential to the understanding, prevention and treatment of this disorder. Alcohol consumption, smoking and prior cognitive impairment appear strongly correlated with delirium risk. Several potentially modifiable associations deserve p...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Skrobik Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：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：INTRODUCTION:Sepsis-related multiple organ dysfunction is a common cause of death in the intensive care unit. The effect of sepsis on markers of tissue repair is only partly understood. The aim of this study was to measure markers of collagen synthesis and degradation during sepsis and investigate the association with ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Gäddnäs F,Koskela M,Koivukangas V,Risteli J,Oikarinen A,Laurila J,Saarnio J,Ala-Kokko T

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Enteral nutrition (EN) with eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)/γ-linolenic acid (GLA) is recommended for mechanically ventilated patients with severe lung injury. EPA/GLA has anti-inflammatory benefits, as evidenced by its association with reduction in pulmonary inflammation, improvement in oxygenation and improv...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Pontes-Arruda A,Martins LF,de Lima SM,Isola AM,Toledo D,Rezende E,Maia M,Magnan GB,Investigating Nutritional Therapy with EPA, GLA and Antioxidants Role in Sepsis Treatment (INTERSEPT) Study Group.

更新日期：2011-06-09 00:00:00