Inhaled nitric oxide and the risk of renal dysfunction in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome: a propensity-matched cohort study.

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：PURPOSE:Measurement of central venous pressure (CVP) can be a useful clinical tool. However, the formal utility of CVP measurement in preventing mortality in septic patients has never been proven. METHODS:The Medical Information Mart for Intensive Care III (MIMIC-III) database was searched to identify septic patients ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Chen H,Zhu Z,Zhao C,Guo Y,Chen D,Wei Y,Jin J

更新日期：2020-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Effects of systemic inflammation on cerebral function are not clear, as both inflammation-induced encephalopathy as well as stress-hormone mediated alertness have been described. METHODS:Experimental endotoxemia (2 ng/kg Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide [LPS]) was induced in 15 subjects, whereas 10 ser...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： van den Boogaard M,Ramakers BP,van Alfen N,van der Werf SP,Fick WF,Hoedemaekers CW,Verbeek MM,Schoonhoven L,van der Hoeven JG,Pickkers P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In December 2019, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak was reported from Wuhan, China. Information on the clinical course and prognosis of COVID-19 was not thoroughly described. We described the clinical courses and prognosis in COVID-19 patients. METHODS:Retrospective case series of COVID-19 patien...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Wang D,Yin Y,Hu C,Liu X,Zhang X,Zhou S,Jian M,Xu H,Prowle J,Hu B,Li Y,Peng Z

更新日期：2020-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Functional status (FS) before intensive care unit (ICU) admission is associated with short-term and long-term outcomes among critically ill patients. However, measures of FS are generally not integrated into ICU-specific mortality prediction models. METHODS:This retrospective cohort study used prospectively...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Krinsley JS,Wasser T,Kang G,Bagshaw SM

更新日期：2017-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2019. Other selected articles can be found online at https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/annualupdate2019 . Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Milford EM,Reade MC

更新日期：2019-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The main objective was to determine risk factors for presence of multidrug resistant bacteria (MDR) in postoperative peritonitis (PP) and optimal empirical antibiotic therapy (EA) among options proposed by Infectious Disease Society of America and the Surgical Infection Society guidelines. METHODS:One hun...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Augustin P,Kermarrec N,Muller-Serieys C,Lasocki S,Chosidow D,Marmuse JP,Valin N,Desmonts JM,Montravers P

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neurocritical illness is a growing healthcare problem with profound socioeconomic effects. We assessed differences in healthcare costs and long-term outcome for different forms of neurocritical illnesses treated in the intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS:We used the prospective Finnish Intensive Care Consort...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Raj R,Bendel S,Reinikainen M,Hoppu S,Laitio R,Ala-Kokko T,Curtze S,Skrifvars MB

更新日期：2018-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Post-cardiac arrest (CA) patients are at risk of secondary ischemic damage in the case of suboptimal brain oxygenation during an ICU stay. We hypothesized that elevated central venous pressures (CVP) would impair cerebral perfusion and oxygenation (venous cerebral congestion). The aim of the present study wa...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Ameloot K,Genbrugge C,Meex I,Eertmans W,Jans F,De Deyne C,Dens J,Mullens W,Ferdinande B,Dupont M

更新日期：2016-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) has a substantial mortality rate and annually affects more than 140,000 people in the USA alone. Standard management includes lung protective ventilation but this impairs carbon dioxide clearance and may lead to right heart dysfunction or increased intracranial pressure. Extr...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Cove ME,MacLaren G,Federspiel WJ,Kellum JA

更新日期：2012-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The ventilator and the endotracheal tube impose additional workload in mechanically ventilated patients breathing spontaneously. The total work of breathing (WOB) includes elastic and resistive work. In a bench test we assessed the imposed WOB using 3100 A/3100 B SensorMedics high-frequency oscillatory ven...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： van Heerde M,van Genderingen HR,Leenhoven T,Roubik K,Plötz FB,Markhorst DG

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This study aimed to examine the long-term outcome for patients with end-stage renal failure (ESRF) who survived multiple-organ failure. METHODS:We performed a review of databases from the renal medicine service and intensive care units (ICU) of the participating hospitals within Imperial College Healthcar...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Chapman RJ,Templeton M,Ashworth S,Broomhead R,McLean A,Brett SJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prognostication in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors is often difficult. Recent studies have shown the predictive ability of bispectral index (BIS) monitoring to assist with early neuroprognostication. The aim of this study was to investigate whether characteristics of BIS values equal to zero ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Eertmans W,Genbrugge C,Haesevoets G,Dens J,Boer W,Jans F,De Deyne C

更新日期：2017-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The advent of biologic agents has provided a more specific and targeted approach to the treatment of various hematological malignancies and other autoimmune disorders. Such biologic agents have been relatively well tolerated with fewer adverse events reported as compared with many other chemotherapeutic agents. Rituxi...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Kasi PM,Tawbi HA,Oddis CV,Kulkarni HS

更新日期：2012-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most common chronic co-morbid medical conditions in the USA and is frequently present in patients with sepsis. Previous studies reported that people with DM and severe sepsis are less likely to develop acute lung injury (ALI). We sought to determine whether organ dysfun...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Esper AM,Moss M,Martin GS

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circulating cell-free DNA (cf-DNA) mainly comes from apoptotic cells and can reflect the extent of cellular damage. Increased plasma levels of cf-DNA have been found in many acute disorders, including septic and clinically ill patients, and usually correlate well with clinical outcome. Acute respiratory failure, the m...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Arnalich F,López-Collazo E,Montiel C

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developments in recent years have placed powerful new tools of diagnosis, therapy, and communication at the disposal of medicine in general, and of critical care in particular. The art of healing requires not only technical proficiency, but also personal connection, multidisciplinary teamwork, and commitment to the ve...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Marini JJ

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：: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：:There is persuasive evidence, including the present report by Dubin and colleagues, of a dissociation between increases in arterial pressure produced by vasopressor agents and improvement in microvascular perfusion and delivery of vital substrates. Especially in settings of septic shock, the current routine administra...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Weil MH,Tang W

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：INTRODUCTION:The present study was conducted to assess the value of serum concentration of lipopolysaccharide-binding protein (LBP) in patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), sepsis and septic shock with respect to its ability to differentiate between infectious and noninfectious etiologies in SIR...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Prucha M,Herold I,Zazula R,Dubska L,Dostal M,Hildebrand T,Hyanek J

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiencing treatment on a modern intensive care unit (ICU) is a potentially traumatic event. People who experience traumatic events have an increased risk of depression, anxiety disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Extended follow-up has confirmed that many patients suffer physical and psychological ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Hatch R,McKechnie S,Griffiths J

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory tract obstruction due to a blood clot may result in life threatening ventilatory impairment. Ball valve blood clot obstructions of the airways are rare. A ball valve blood clot acts as a one-way valve, allowing (near) normal air entry into the airways, but (completely) blocking expiration. In a near fatal ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Dongelmans DA,Jonkers RE,Schultz MJ

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Control of blood glucose (BG) in critically ill patients is considered important, but is difficult to achieve, and often associated with increased risk of hypoglycemia. We examined the use of a computerized insulin dosing algorithm to manage hyperglycemia with particular attention to frequency and conditio...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Juneja R,Roudebush CP,Nasraway SA,Golas AA,Jacobi J,Carroll J,Nelson D,Abad VJ,Flanders SJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Critical care medicine in China has made great advances in recent decades. This has led to an unavoidable issue: end-of-life ethics. With advances in medical technology and therapeutics allowing the seemingly limitless maintenance of life, the exact time of death of an individual patient is often determined by the dec...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Li LB

更新日期：2013-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Frequency-dependent acceleration of relaxation (FDAR) ensures appropriate ventricular filling at high heart rates and results from accelerated sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase (SERCA) activity independent of calcium removal from the cell. Because lipopolysaccharide (LPS) challenge may indu...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Joulin O,Marechaux S,Hassoun S,Montaigne D,Lancel S,Neviere R

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:BACKGROUND: That thrombocytopenia results in increased mortality or transfusion requirements has not been confirmed by previous studies. We performed a case-control study in which 36 patients who developed severe thrombocytopenia of less than 50x109 platelets/l were carefully matched for the severity of underlying dis...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Stephan F,Montblanc Jd,Cheffi A,Bonnet F

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is a life-saving therapy in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) patients but is associated with complications and costs. Here, we validate various scores supposed to predict mortality and develop an optimized categorical model. METHODS:In a derivation cohort...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Hilder M,Herbstreit F,Adamzik M,Beiderlinden M,Bürschen M,Peters J,Frey UH

更新日期：2017-12-12 00:00:00