Contrast-enhanced ultrasound to evaluate changes in renal cortical perfusion around cardiac surgery: a pilot study.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Acute respiratory failure (ARF) remains a common hazardous complication in immunocompromised patients and is associated with increased mortality rates when endotracheal intubation is needed. We aimed to evaluate the effect of early noninvasive ventilation (NIV) compared with oxygen therapy alone in this pati...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Huang HB,Xu B,Liu GY,Lin JD,Du B

更新日期：2017-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:COVID-19 has caused great devastation in the past year. Multi-organ point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) including lung ultrasound (LUS) and focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS) as a clinical adjunct has played a significant role in triaging, diagnosis and medical management of COVID-19 patients. The expert panel from 27 co...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Hussain A,Via G,Melniker L,Goffi A,Tavazzi G,Neri L,Villen T,Hoppmann R,Mojoli F,Noble V,Zieleskiewicz L,Blanco P,Ma IWY,Wahab MA,Alsaawi A,Al Salamah M,Balik M,Barca D,Bendjelid K,Bouhemad B,Bravo-Figueroa P,Br

更新日期：2020-12-24 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Delayed patient admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) due to lack of bed availability is a common problem, but the effect on patient outcome is not fully known. METHODS:A retrospective study was performed using departmental computerised records to determine the effect of delayed ICU admission and tem...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： O'Callaghan DJ,Jayia P,Vaughan-Huxley E,Gribbon M,Templeton M,Skipworth JR,Gordon AC

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the clinical usefulness of open lung biopsy (OLB) in patients undergoing mechanical ventilation for diffuse pulmonary infiltrates of unknown etiology. METHODS:This was a 10-year retrospective study in a 10-bed medical intensive care unit. The medical records of 36 v...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Lim SY,Suh GY,Choi JC,Koh WJ,Lim SY,Han J,Lee KS,Shim YM,Chung MP,Kim H,Kwon OJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 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:The anaesthetic agent propofol (2,6-diisopropylphenol) has been shown to be an effective neuroprotective agent in different in vitro models of brain injury induced by oxygen and glucose deprivation. We examined its neuroprotective properties in an in vitro model of traumatic brain injury. METHODS:In this ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Rossaint J,Rossaint R,Weis J,Fries M,Rex S,Coburn M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Blood transfusion in the perioperative period has frequently been associated with an excess of nosocomial infections. Whilst transfused whole blood induces specific host immune alteration that may predispose to nosocomial infections, the immunomodulating properties associated with leukodepleted blood remai...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Fragkou PC,Torrance HD,Pearse RM,Ackland GL,Prowle JR,Owen HC,Hinds CJ,O'Dwyer MJ

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Abdominal distension is common in critical illness. There is a growing recognition that intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) may complicate nonsurgical critical illness as well as after abdominal surgery. However, the pathophysiological basis of the injury to the intestinal mucosal barrier and its influence ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Cheng J,Wei Z,Liu X,Li X,Yuan Z,Zheng J,Chen X,Xiao G,Li X

更新日期：2013-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Several prognostic markers have been identified for patients admitted with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema. Most of the markers are based on clinical risk scores. Unlike hypercapnic respiratory failure, acidosis is not an adverse predictor in these patients. Hemodynamic variables that assess pathophysiological mecha...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Schlosshan D,Elliott M

更新日期：2010-01-01 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:Recently, a non-invasive, continuous ventricular stroke volume monitoring system using skin electrodes has been developed. In contrast to impedance-based methods, the new technique (ventricular field recognition) enables measurement of changes in ventricular volume. A prototype using this new method was bu...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Konings MK,Grundeman PF,Goovaerts HG,Roosendaal MR,Hoefer IE,Doevendans PA,Rademakers FE,Buhre WF

更新日期：2011-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The epidemiology of severe acute renal failure has dramatically changed in the past decade. Its leading cause is sepsis and the syndrome develops mostly in the intensive care unit as part of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome. After the significant improvements obtained from the mid 1970s to the mid 1990s, the past d...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Ronco C

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is commonplace after cardiothoracic surgery. A rate control strategy using short-acting beta blockers is recommended as a first-line therapy in patients without hemodynamic instability. Microcirculatory effects of POAF and esmolol have not yet been investigated. We hy...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Fornier W,Jacquet-Lagrèze M,Collenot T,Teixeira P,Portran P,Schweizer R,Ovize M,Fellahi JL

更新日期：2017-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Pre-existing atrial fibrillation (AF) may worsen prognosis in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS:In a cohort study (2005-2011) including all patients with first-time ICU admissions in Denmark (n=57,110), we compared patients with and without pre-existing AF and estimated absolute ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Gamst J,Christiansen CF,Rasmussen BS,Rasmussen LH,Thomsen RW

更新日期：2015-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Microcirculatory dysfunction plays a pivotal role in the development of the clinical manifestations of severe sepsis. Prior to the advent of new imaging technologies, clinicians had been limited in their ability to assess the microcirculation at the bedside. Clinical evidence of microcirculatory perfusion has historic...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Trzeciak S,Rivers EP

更新日期：2005-01-01 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：:Sepsis represents a dysregulated host response to infection, the extent of which determines the severity of organ dysfunction and subsequent outcome. All trialled immunomodulatory strategies to date have resulted in either outright failure or inconsistent degrees of success. Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) therapy f...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Shankar-Hari M,Spencer J,Sewell WA,Rowan KM,Singer M

更新日期：2012-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Down-regulation of ex-vivo cytokine production is a specific feature in patients with sepsis. Cytokine downregulation was studied focusing on caspase-1 activation and conversion of pro-interleukin-1β into interleukin-1β (IL-1β). METHODS:Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were isolated from a) 92 patients ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Giamarellos-Bourboulis EJ,van de Veerdonk FL,Mouktaroudi M,Raftogiannis M,Antonopoulou A,Joosten LA,Pickkers P,Savva A,Georgitsi M,van der Meer JW,Netea MG

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first part of this review addresses the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of the primary vasculitides Wegener's granulomatosis, microscopic polyangiitis, Churg-Strauss syndrome and polyarteritis nodosa. Prompt diagnosis and treatment of these conditions ensures an optimal prognosis. The development of assays fo...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Semple D,Keogh J,Forni L,Venn R

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Providing effective analgesia and adequate sedation is a generally accepted goal of intensive care medicine. Due to its rapid, organ independent and predictable metabolism the short acting opioid remifentanil might be particularly useful for analgesia-based sedation in the intensive care unit (ICU). This hypothesis wa...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Kuhlen R,Putensen C

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Several choices of inotropic therapy are available and used in relation to cardiac surgery. Comparisons are necessary to select optimal therapy. In Denmark, dobutamine and milrinone are the two inotropic agents most commonly used to treat post-bypass low cardiac output syndrome. This study compares all-cause...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Nielsen DV,Torp-Pedersen C,Skals RK,Gerds TA,Karaliunaite Z,Jakobsen CJ

更新日期：2018-02-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial sepsis and septic shock are complex inflammatory disorders associated with a systemic inflammatory response syndrome. In the most severe cases of infection, an overzealous release of pro-inflammatory cytokines and inflammatory mediators by activated leukocytes, epithelial cells and endothelial cells, known a...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes F,Cavaillon JM,Adib-Conquy M

更新日期：2013-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The use of human recombinant activated protein C (rhAPC) for the treatment of severe sepsis remains controversial despite multiple reported trials. The efficacy of rhAPC remains a matter of dispute. We hypothesized that patients with septic shock who were treated with rhAPC had an improved in-hospital mort...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Sadaka F,O'Brien J,Migneron M,Stortz J,Vanston A,Taylor RW

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mottling around the knee, reflecting a reduced skin blood flow, is predictive of mortality in patients with septic shock. However, the causative pathophysiology of mottling remains unknown. We hypothesized that the cutaneous hypoperfusion observed in the mottled area is related to regional endothelial dysfun...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Bourcier S,Joffre J,Dubée V,Preda G,Baudel JL,Bigé N,Leblanc G,Levy BI,Guidet B,Maury E,Ait-Oufella H

更新日期：2017-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Using biomarkers as a guide to tailor the duration of antibiotic treatment in respiratory infections is an attractive hypothesis assessed in several studies. Recent work aiming to summarize the evidence assessed the effect of a procalcitonin (PCT)-guided antibiotic treatment on outcomes in acute lower respiratory trac...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Lisboa T,Salluh J,Povoa P

更新日期：2018-01-27 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：:Owing to an increasing focus on the rising cost of medical care in the United States, bending the cost curve has become the central tenet of healthcare reform. The exact definition of this phrase, however, remains elusive. In order to affect change in the cost and quality of healthcare, the importance of comparative e...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Ghaferi AA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of this study was to determine whether the provision of corticosteroids improves time to shock reversal and outcomes in patients with post-cardiac arrest shock. METHODS:We conducted a randomized, double-blind trial of post-cardiac arrest patients in shock, defined as vasopressor support for a mi...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Donnino MW,Andersen LW,Berg KM,Chase M,Sherwin R,Smithline H,Carney E,Ngo L,Patel PV,Liu X,Cutlip D,Zimetbaum P,Cocchi MN,Collaborating Authors from the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center’s Center for Resuscitation Science Re

更新日期：2016-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Impaired skeletal muscle function has important clinical outcome implications for survivors of critical illness. Previous studies employing volitional manual muscle testing for diagnosing intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICU-AW) during the early stages of critical illness have only provided limited d...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Connolly BA,Jones GD,Curtis AA,Murphy PB,Douiri A,Hopkinson NS,Polkey MI,Moxham J,Hart N

更新日期：2013-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Our understanding of septic acute kidney injury (AKI) remains incomplete. A fundamental step is the use of animal models designed to meet the criteria of human sepsis. Therefore, we dynamically assessed renal haemodynamic, microvascular and metabolic responses to, and ultrastructural sequelae of, sepsis in...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Chvojka J,Sykora R,Krouzecky A,Radej J,Varnerova V,Karvunidis T,Hes O,Novak I,Radermacher P,Matejovic M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00