Early sedation and clinical outcomes of mechanically ventilated patients: a prospective multicenter cohort study.

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:Severe sepsis is the leading cause of mortality in critically ill patients. Abnormal concentrations of inflammatory mediators appear to be involved in the pathogenesis of sepsis. Based on the humoral theory of sepsis, a potential therapeutic approach involves high-volume haemofiltration (HVHF), which has e...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Ratanarat R,Brendolan A,Piccinni P,Dan M,Salvatori G,Ricci Z,Ronco C

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Respiratory viruses are increasingly recognized as significant etiologies of pneumonia among hospitalized patients. Advanced technologies using multiplex molecular assays and polymerase-chain reaction increase the ability to identify viral pathogens and may ultimately impact antibacterial use. METHOD:This...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Crotty MP,Meyers S,Hampton N,Bledsoe S,Ritchie DJ,Buller RS,Storch GA,Kollef MH,Micek ST

更新日期：2015-11-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Epidemiological studies have provided inconsistent results on whether intensive care unit (ICU) discharge at night and on weekends is associated with an increased risk of mortality. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine whether ICU discharge time was associated with hospital mortality. ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Yang S,Wang Z,Liu Z,Wang J,Ma L

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Norepinephrine, regularly used to increase systemic arterial blood pressure and thus improve cerebral perfusion following severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), may activate platelets. This, in turn, could promote microthrombosis formation and induce additional brain damage. METHODS:The objective of this st...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Tschuor C,Asmis LM,Lenzlinger PM,Tanner M,Härter L,Keel M,Stocker R,Stover JF

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The attack on the World Trade Center had the potential to overwhelm New York's health services. Sadly, however, the predicted thousands of treatable patients failed to materialize. Horror and sadness has now been replaced by anger, fear, and the determination to be better prepared next time. This determination not onl...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Tamber PS,Vincent JL

更新日期：2001-12-01 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 majority of intensive care practitioners, until comparatively recently, was content to discharge surviving patients to the care of referring primary specialty colleagues who would undertake subsequent inpatient and outpatient care. With the exception of mortality statistics from clinical studies, the practitioners...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Broomhead LR,Brett SJ

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The present study assessed the opinion of general practitioners (GPs) concerning their relationships with intensivists. METHODS:An anonymous questionnaire was mailed to 7,239 GPs. GPs were asked about their professional activities, postgraduate intensive care unit (ICU) training, the rate of patient admit...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Etesse B,Jaber S,Mura T,Leone M,Constantin JM,Michelet P,Zoric L,Capdevila X,Malavielle F,Allaouchiche B,Orban JC,Fabbro-Peray P,Lefrant JY,AzuRéa Group.

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:Refractory cardiac shock in the cardiac surgical intensive care unit confers significant morbidity and mortality. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has become a common intervention for refractory cardiogenic shock when other therapies have failed. However, it is difficult to predict who will benefit from this...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Stephens R,Fan E

更新日期：2014-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Inflammation and coagulation are closely linked, and both can be triggered by endotoxin. Thrombelastometry and impedance aggregometry are of diagnostic and predictive value in critically ill patients. In this observational study we investigated the correlation of endotoxin activity with thrombelasometric a...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Koch A,Meesters MI,Scheller B,Boer C,Zacharowski K

更新日期：2013-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Some types of antimicrobial-coated central venous catheters (A-CVC) have been shown to be cost effective in preventing catheter-related bloodstream infection (CR-BSI). However, not all types have been evaluated, and there are concerns over the quality and usefulness of these earlier studies. There is uncer...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Halton KA,Cook DA,Whitby M,Paterson DL,Graves N

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (vvECMO) can be a life-saving therapy in patients with severe acute lung failure refractory to conventional therapy. Nevertheless, vvECMO is a procedure associated with high costs and resource utilization. The aim of this study was to assess published models ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Enger T,Philipp A,Videm V,Lubnow M,Wahba A,Fischer M,Schmid C,Bein T,Müller T

更新日期：2014-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Many patients experience 'relocation stress' when they are transferred from an intensive care unit (ICU) to step-down (high dependency) or general ward care, and much has been written about the psychological causes. This qualitative analysis of in-depth, narrative interviews with former ICU patients explor...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Field K,Prinjha S,Rowan K

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:We report a case of twin toddlers who both suffered near drowning but with different post-trauma treatment and course, and different neurological outcomes. METHODS AND RESULTS:Two twin toddlers (a boy and girl, aged 2 years and 3 months) suffered hypothermic near drowning with protracted cardiac arrest an...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Hein OV,Triltsch A,von Buch C,Kox WJ,Spies C

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-A ECMO) is an increasingly adopted life-saving mechanical circulatory support for a number of potentially reversible or treatable cardiac diseases. It is also started as a bridge-to-transplantation/ventricular assist device in the case of unrecoverable cardiac or ca...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Bonicolini E,Martucci G,Simons J,Raffa GM,Spina C,Coco VL,Arcadipane A,Pilato M,Lorusso R

更新日期：2019-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cardio-renal syndromes are characterized by the impairment of cardiac and renal functions. Plasma and urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), and plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) are markers of acute kidney injury (AKI) and heart failure (HF), respectively. METHODS:GFR (99mTc-DTP...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Donadio C

更新日期：2014-02-28 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：:Carbon dioxide is a waste product of aerobic cellular respiration in all aerobic life forms. PaCO2 represents the balance between the carbon dioxide produced and that eliminated. Hypocapnia remains a common - and generally underappreciated - component of many disease states, including early asthma, high-altitude pulmo...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Curley G,Laffey JG,Kavanagh BP

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In sepsis, inflammation and thrombosis are both the cause and the result of interactions between circulating (for example, leukocytes and platelets), endothelial and smooth muscle cells. Microparticles are proinflammatory and procoagulant fragments originating from plasma membrane generated after cellular activation a...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Meziani F,Delabranche X,Asfar P,Toti F

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review presents key publications from the research field of sepsis published in Critical Care and other relevant journals during 2013. The results of these experimental studies and clinical trials are discussed in the context of current scientific and clinical background. The discussion highlights and summarises ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： de Montmollin E,Annane D

更新日期：2014-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Critical illness is commonly complicated by hyperglycaemia caused by mediators of stress and inflammation. Severity of disease is the main risk factor for development of hyperglycaemia, but not all severely ill develop hyperglycemia and some do even in mild disease. We hypothesised that acute disease only ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Gornik I,Vujaklija-Brajkovic A,Renar IP,Gasparovic V

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:In this month's issue of Critical Care, Determann and colleagues report the results of a randomized controlled trial comparing the effects of mechanical ventilation (MV) with two tidal volumes (6 versus 10 ml/kg predicted body weight) on cytokine levels in lung lavage fluid and plasma as a surrogate for early identifi...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Villar J,Slutsky AS

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant stroke occurs in a subgroup of patients suffering from ischemic cerebral infarction and is characterized by neurological deterioration due to progressive edema, raised intracranial pressure, and cerebral herniation. Decompressive craniectomy (DC) is a surgical technique aiming to open the "closed box" repres...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Beez T,Munoz-Bendix C,Steiger HJ,Beseoglu K

更新日期：2019-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (vv-ECMO) has been classically employed as a rescue therapy for patients with respiratory failure not treatable with conventional mechanical ventilation alone. In recent years, however, the timing of ECMO initiation has been readdressed and ECMO is often started earlier i...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Langer T,Santini A,Bottino N,Crotti S,Batchinsky AI,Pesenti A,Gattinoni L

更新日期：2016-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Inter-hospital transport of critically ill patients is increasing. When performed by specialized retrieval teams there are less adverse events compared to transport by ambulance. These transports are performed with technical equipment also used in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU). As a consequence technical pr...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Droogh JM,Smit M,Hut J,de Vos R,Ligtenberg JJ,Zijlstra JG

更新日期：2012-02-12 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