Antiarrhythmic drugs for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest with refractory ventricular fibrillation.

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：:Acute hyperglycaemia has been associated with complications, prolonged intensive care unit and hospital stay, and increased mortality. We made an inventory of the prevalence and prognostic value of hyperglycaemia, and of the effects of glucose control in different groups of critically ill patients. The prevalence of h...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Corstjens AM,van der Horst IC,Zijlstra JG,Groeneveld AB,Zijlstra F,Tulleken JE,Ligtenberg JJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Sedation is widely used in intensive care unit (ICU) patients to limit the risk of pulmonary barotrauma and to decrease oxygen needs. However, adverse effects of cc5128sedation have not been fully evaluated; in particular, effects of benzodiazepine and opiates on microcirculation have not been extensively ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Lamblin V,Favory R,Boulo M,Mathieu D

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：INTRODUCTION:The goal of the current study was to investigate the effect of aging on the development of endothelial dysfunction in a murine model of sepsis, and to compare it with the effect of genetic deficiency of the endothelial isoform of nitric oxide synthase (eNOS). METHODS:Cecal ligation and puncture (CLP) was ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Coletta C,Módis K,Oláh G,Brunyánszki A,Herzig DS,Sherwood ER,Ungvári Z,Szabo C

更新日期：2014-09-16 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：:The 21st International Symposium on Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine was dominated by the results of recent clinical trials in sepsis and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). The promise of extracorporeal liver replacement therapy and noninvasive ventilation were other areas of interest. Ethical issues als...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Ball J,Venn R

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Serum concentrations of adhesion molecules may be connected to the pathogenesis of secondary brain injury after spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH). This study posits the hypothesis that levels of adhesion molecules substantially increase after ICH and are decreased thereafter, and that they can pre...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Wang HC,Lin WC,Lin YJ,Rau CS,Lee TH,Chang WN,Tsai NW,Cheng BC,Kung CT,Lu CH

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Evidence suggests that dying patients' physical and emotional suffering is inadequately treated in intensive care units. Although there are recommendations regarding decisions to forgo life-sustaining therapy, deciding on withdrawal of life support is difficult, and it is also difficult to decide who shoul...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Fumis RR,Deheinzelin D

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe burn injury remains a major burden on patients and healthcare systems. Following severe burns, the injured tissues mount a local inflammatory response aiming to restore homeostasis. With excessive burn load, the immune response becomes disproportionate and patients may develop an overshooting systemic inflammat...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Flierl MA,Stahel PF,Touban BM,Beauchamp KM,Morgan SJ,Smith WR,Ipaktchi KR

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is growing interest in patient outcomes following critical illness, with an increasing number and different types of studies conducted, and a need for synthesis of existing findings to help inform the field. For this purpose we conducted a systematic review of qualitative studies evaluating patient out...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Hashem MD,Nallagangula A,Nalamalapu S,Nunna K,Nausran U,Robinson KA,Dinglas VD,Needham DM,Eakin MN

更新日期：2016-10-26 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：BACKGROUND:Clinical team composition for prehospital paediatric intubation may affect success and complication rates. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine the success and complication rates by type of clinical team. METHODS:We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, and CINAHL for interventional and obser...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Garner AA,Bennett N,Weatherall A,Lee A

更新日期：2020-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The early detection and treatment of sepsis are the most important factors in improving the outcome of patients with this condition. However, many patients admitted to hospital experience a long delay in the diagnosis of sepsis. Furthermore, it is not uncommon for febrile patients to be sent home from the Emergency De...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Marik PE

更新日期：2014-09-27 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：INTRODUCTION:Prognosis in patients suffering out-of-hospital cardiac arrest is poor. Higher survival rates have been observed only in patients with ventricular fibrillation who were fortunate enough to have basic and advanced life support initiated soon after cardiac arrest. An ability to predict cardiac arrest outcome...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Kolar M,Krizmaric M,Klemen P,Grmec S

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Inflammation plays an important role in the initiation and progression of acute kidney injury (AKI). However, evidence regarding the prognostic effect of the platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR), a novel systemic inflammation marker, among patients with AKI is scarce. In this study, we investigated the value o...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Zheng CF,Liu WY,Zeng FF,Zheng MH,Shi HY,Zhou Y,Pan JY

更新日期：2017-09-08 00:00:00

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：:The early recognition and management of sepsis remain the greatest challenges in the field of critical care medicine. Endothelial injury is one of the hallmarks of sepsis, leading to capillary leak, microcirculatory dysfunction, organ failure, and eventual death in many critically ill patients. The angiogenic growth f...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Giuliano JS Jr,Wheeler DS

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:In an effort to reduce the complications related to invasive ventilation, the use of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) has increased over the last years in patients with acute respiratory failure. However, failure rates for NIV remain high in specific patient categories. Several studies have identified factors that contri...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Oppersma E,Doorduin J,van der Heijden EH,van der Hoeven JG,Heunks LM

更新日期：2013-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The frequency and clinical significance of polymicrobial aetiology in community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) patients admitted to the ICU have been poorly studied. The aim of the present study was to describe the prevalence, clinical characteristics and outcomes of severe CAP of polymicrobial aetiology in pati...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Cillóniz C,Ewig S,Ferrer M,Polverino E,Gabarrús A,Puig de la Bellacasa J,Mensa J,Torres A

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Patients admitted to the intensive care unit often develop hyperglycaemia, but the underlying mechanisms have not been fully described. The incretin effect is reduced in patients with type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes and critical illness have phenotypical similarities, such as hyperglycaemia, insulin resis...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Nielsen ST,Janum S,Krogh-Madsen R,Solomon TP,Møller K

更新日期：2015-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many controversial issues surrounding ethics in study design and conduct of human subjects research. In this review we briefly touch on the origin of ethics in clinical research and how the current regulations and standards came into practice. We then discuss current controversies regarding informed consent,...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Huang DT,Hadian M

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:The US Institute of Medicine's focus on patient safety has motivated hospital administrators to facilitate a culture of safety. As a result, subcommittees of the pharmacy and therapeutics committee have emerged in many hospitals to focus on adverse events and patient safety. Antimicrobial harms have gained the attenti...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Owens RC Jr

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：: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：: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