Critically ill patients with Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Current concepts of the pathophysiology of acute pancreatitis suggest that disease progression from acinar injury to systemic illness involves a complex interplay between cellular and soluble inflammatory mediators and endothelial beds. To date, there is no specific pharmacologic intervention for acute pan...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Jamdar S,Siriwardena AK

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study hypothesised that a reduction of sound during the night using earplugs could be beneficial in the prevention of intensive care delirium. Two research questions were formulated. First, does the use of earplugs during the night reduce the onset of delirium or confusion in the ICU? Second, does the...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Van Rompaey B,Elseviers MM,Van Drom W,Fromont V,Jorens PG

更新日期：2012-05-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Diagnosis of sepsis is complicated by non-specific clinical definitions and delays in laboratory analysis using tests which may have very poor predictive values. The use of host biomarker signature sets, which when measured in combination have high predictive values, offers a paradigm shift forwards for rapid, near-pa...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Silman NJ

更新日期：2013-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Considerable progress has been made recently in the understanding of how best to accomplish safe and effective ventilation of patients with acute lung injury. Mechanical and nonmechanical factors contribute to causation of ventilator-associated lung injury. Intervention timing helps determine the therapeutic efficacy ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Marini JJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Procalcitonin (PCT) has been proposed as a marker of infection in critically ill patients; its level is related to the severity of infection. We evaluated the value of PCT as a marker of bacterial infection for emergency department patients. METHODS:This prospective observational study consecutively enrol...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Chan YL,Tseng CP,Tsay PK,Chang SS,Chiu TF,Chen JC

更新日期：2004-02-01 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: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：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：:In the previous issue of Critical Care, Meybohm and colleagues provide evidence to support hypothermia as a kind of therapeutic option for patients suffering cardiac arrest. Although anesthetics had been used to induce hypothermia, sevoflurane post-conditioning fails to confer additional anti-inflammatory effects afte...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Zhang H

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid response system concept is one of the first patient-centered and organizational-wide systems aimed at preventing deaths and serious adverse events. It has been strongly argued that we need a benchmark that reflects the care of a deteriorating patient across the organization using a 'score to door time'; that...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Hillman KM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Unawareness of an asymmetry between the right and left internal jugular vein (IJV) and methodological pitfalls in previous studies raise concerns about such asymmetry. Hence the aim of this prospective non-interventional study was to validate the hypothesis that right IJV diameter is greater than those of ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Tartière D,Seguin P,Juhel C,Laviolle B,Mallédant Y

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Following trauma and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), the typical response is an elevation of the total complete blood count (CBC) and a reduction of the lymphocyte count. This leukocytosis typically returns to normal within 48 hours. The persistence of a leukocytosis following trauma is ass...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Heffernan DS,Monaghan SF,Thakkar RK,Machan JT,Cioffi WG,Ayala A

更新日期：2012-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Dextrose may be used during cardiac arrest resuscitation to prevent or reverse hypoglycemia. However, the incidence of dextrose administration during cardiac arrest and the association of dextrose administration with survival and other outcomes are unknown. METHODS:We used the Get With The Guidelines®-Res...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Peng TJ,Andersen LW,Saindon BZ,Giberson TA,Kim WY,Berg K,Novack V,Donnino MW,American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Resuscitation Investigators.

更新日期：2015-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A progressive rise of oxidative stress due to altered reduction-oxidation (redox) homeostasis appears to be one of the hallmarks of the processes that regulate gene transcription in physiology and pathophysiology. Reactive oxygen species and reactive nitrogen species serve as signaling messengers for the evolution and...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Haddad JJ

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) may damage the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal gland (HPA) axis and disturb cortisol metabolism. There are no available data that relates to the response of the HPA axis in the acute phase of SAH. We aimed to characterise the behavior of serum adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH)...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Bendel S,Koivisto T,Ruokonen E,Rinne J,Romppanen J,Vauhkonen I,Kiviniemi V,Uusaro A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Valproic acid (VPA) is a broad-spectrum antiepileptic drug and is usually well tolerated, but rare serious complications may occur in some patients receiving VPA chronically, including haemorrhagic pancreatitis, bone marrow suppression, VPA-induced hepatotoxicity (VHT) and VPA-induced hyperammonaemic encephalopathy (V...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Lheureux PE,Penaloza A,Zahir S,Gris M

更新日期：2005-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chemokine (C-X3-C motif) receptor 1 (CX3CR1) was identified as the most differentially expressed gene between survivors and non-survivors in two independent cohorts of septic shock patients and was proposed as a marker of sepsis-induced immunosuppression. Whether such a biomarker is associated with mortality...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Friggeri A,Cazalis MA,Pachot A,Cour M,Argaud L,Allaouchiche B,Floccard B,Schmitt Z,Martin O,Rimmelé T,Fontaine-Kesteloot O,Page M,Piriou V,Bohé J,Monneret G,Morisset S,Textoris J,Vallin H,Blein S,Maucort-Boulch D,

更新日期：2016-06-30 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：:Impairment of the protein C pathway plays a central role in the pathogenesis of sepsis. Administration of recombinant human activated protein C (rhAPC) may correct the dysregulated anticoagulant mechanism and prevent propagation of thrombin generation and formation of microvascular thrombosis. Furthermore, it may simu...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Levi M,van der Poll T

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Effective antimicrobial treatment is key to reduce mortality associated with bacterial sepsis in patients on intensive care units (ICUs). Dose adjustments are often necessary to account for pathophysiological changes or renal replacement therapy. Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is increasingly bei...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Kühn D,Metz C,Seiler F,Wehrfritz H,Roth S,Alqudrah M,Becker A,Bracht H,Wagenpfeil S,Hoffmann M,Bals R,Hübner U,Geisel J,Lepper PM,Becker SL

更新日期：2020-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) requiring admission to a critical care unit is associated with high mortality and long lengths of stay. We describe the case mix, outcome, and activity of admissions with SAP who were identified from a high-quality clinical database. METHODS:We conducted a secondary analysi...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Harrison DA,D'Amico G,Singer M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many alarms, as they now exist in most monitoring systems, are not usually perceived as helpful by the medical staff because of the high incidence of false alarms. This paper gives an overview of the problems related to their current design and the objectives of monitoring. The current approaches used to improve the s...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Chambrin MC

更新日期：2001-08-01 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: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：: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：:This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency medicine 2017. Other selected articles can be found online at http://ccforum.com/series/annualupdate2017 . Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available from http://www...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Tagami T,Yasunaga H,Yokota H

更新日期：2017-03-21 00:00:00

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：:The present review introduces the notion of statistical power and the hazard of under-powered studies. The problem of how to calculate an ideal sample size is also discussed within the context of factors that affect power, and specific methods for the calculation of sample size are presented for two common scenarios, ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Whitley E,Ball J

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The timing of initiation of renal replacement therapy (RRT) in severe acute kidney injury (AKI) remains controversial, with early initiation resulting in unnecessary therapy for some patients while expectant therapy may delay RRT for other patients. The furosemide stress test (FST) has been shown to predict ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Lumlertgul N,Peerapornratana S,Trakarnvanich T,Pongsittisak W,Surasit K,Chuasuwan A,Tankee P,Tiranathanagul K,Praditpornsilpa K,Tungsanga K,Eiam-Ong S,Kellum JA,Srisawat N,FST Study Group.

更新日期：2018-04-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The plasma colloid osmotic pressure (COP) plays a major role in transcapillary fluid balance. There is no information on plasma COP of healthy infants beyond the first post-natal week. The normal COP in healthy adult subjects (25 mmHg) is currently also applied as a reference value for healthy infants. This ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Sussmane JB,de Soto M,Torbati D

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00