Transcranial Doppler combined with quantitative EEG brain function monitoring and outcome prediction in patients with severe acute intracerebral hemorrhage.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Early multimodal treatment of severe sepsis, including the use of drotrecogin alfa (activated) (DrotAA) when indicated, is considered essential for optimum outcome. However, predicting which infected patients will progress to severe sepsis and the need for aggressive intervention continues to be problemati...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Hodder RV,Hall R,Russell JA,Fisher HN,Lee B

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB) results in its translocation from the cytoplasm to the nucleus and binding to the promoters of a large number of genes, including those encoding proinflammatory cytokines and other mediators that can contribute to organ system dysfunction in severe infection. While inhibiti...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Abraham E

更新日期：2013-06-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Storage time and residual leukocytes in red blood cell (RBC) units may be deleterious by increasing the accumulation of leukocyte-derived cytokines and by raising the adhesion of RBCs to endothelium. Leukodepleted RBC transfusion may reduce the incidence of infection and organ dysfunction. However, the influence of le...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Tanaka S,Harrois A,Duranteau J

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Lymphocyte apoptosis has been suggested to play a central role in sepsis pathophysiology, and studies in animal models demonstrated that blocking this pathway improves outcome. However, no routine biomarkers of apoptosis are so far available in patients. Thus, the aim of our study was to assess the differe...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Turrel-Davin F,Guignant C,Lepape A,Mougin B,Monneret G,Venet F

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:ICU-acquired weakness is a debilitating consequence of prolonged critical illness that is associated with poor outcome. Recently, premorbid obesity has been shown to protect against such illness-induced muscle wasting and weakness. Here, we hypothesized that this protection was due to increased lipid and ket...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Goossens C,Weckx R,Derde S,Dufour T,Vander Perre S,Pauwels L,Thiessen SE,Van Veldhoven PP,Van den Berghe G,Langouche L

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In critically ill patients, delirium is a serious and frequent disorder that is associated with a prolonged intensive care and hospital stay and an increased morbidity and mortality. Without the use of a delirium screening instrument, delirium is often missed by ICU nurses and physicians. The effects of im...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： van den Boogaard M,Pickkers P,van der Hoeven H,Roodbol G,van Achterberg T,Schoonhoven L

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Expanding the criteria for deceased organ donors increases the risk of delayed graft function (DGF) and complicates kidney transplant outcome. We studied whether donor neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), a novel biomarker for acute kidney injury, could predict DGF after transplantation. MET...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Hollmen ME,Kyllönen LE,Inkinen KA,Lalla ML,Merenmies J,Salmela KT

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

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journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Honore PM,De Bels D,Kugener L,Redant S,Attou R,Gallerani A,Spapen HD

更新日期：2019-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of sepsis-induced multiple organ failure may crucially depend on the development of mitochondrial dysfunction and consequent cellular energetic failure. According to this hypothesis, interventions aimed at preventing or reversing mitochondrial damage may have major clinical relevance, although the tim...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Protti A,Singer M

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:Sepsis is characterized by a dysregulated immune response to infection leading to life-threatening organ dysfunction. Sepsis-induced liver injury is recognized as a powerful independent predictor of mortality in the intensive care unit. During systemic infections, the liver regulates immune defenses via bacterial clea...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Sun J,Zhang J,Wang X,Ji F,Ronco C,Tian J,Yin Y

更新日期：2020-10-19 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Delirium occurs in most ventilated patients and is independently associated with more deaths, longer stay, and higher cost. Guidelines recommend monitoring of delirium in all intensive care unit (ICU) patients, though few data exist in non-ventilated patients. The study objective was to determine the relat...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Thomason JW,Shintani A,Peterson JF,Pun BT,Jackson JC,Ely EW

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension is an extremely common clinical problem, affecting approximately 50 million people in the USA and approximately 1 billion individuals worldwide. Approximately 1% of these patients will develop acute elevations in blood pressure at some point in their lifetime. A number of terms have been applied to severe...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Varon J,Marik PE

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Optimal glycaemic targets in traumatic brain injury (TBI) remain unclear. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing intensive with conventional glycaemic control in TBI requiring admission to an intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS:We systematically se...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Hermanides J,Plummer MP,Finnis M,Deane AM,Coles JP,Menon DK

更新日期：2018-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：:In the previous issue of Critical Care, Ma and colleagues perform a meta-analysis of five randomized, clinical trials of endothelin antagonists in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. There are four trials using clazosentan and one trial with TAK-044. These studies show that endothelin plays an important ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Macdonald RL

更新日期：2012-11-09 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：INTRODUCTION:Among critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) needing continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT), the effect of convective (via continuous venovenous hemofiltration [CVVH]) versus diffusive (via continuous venovenous hemodialysis [CVVHD]) solute clearance on clinical outcomes is unclear. Ou...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Wald R,Friedrich JO,Bagshaw SM,Burns KE,Garg AX,Hladunewich MA,House AA,Lapinsky S,Klein D,Pannu NI,Pope K,Richardson RM,Thorpe K,Adhikari NK

更新日期：2012-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The early aggressive management of the acute coagulopathy of trauma may improve survival in the trauma population. However, the timely identification of lethal exsanguination remains challenging. This study validated six scoring systems and algorithms to stratify patients for the risk of massive transfusio...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Brockamp T,Nienaber U,Mutschler M,Wafaisade A,Peiniger S,Lefering R,Bouillon B,Maegele M,TraumaRegister DGU.

更新日期：2012-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Delayed gastric emptying occurs frequently in critically ill patients and has the potential to adversely affect both the rate, and extent, of nutrient absorption. However, there is limited information about nutrient absorption in the critically ill, and the relationship between gastric emptying (GE) and ab...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Chapman MJ,Fraser RJ,Matthews G,Russo A,Bellon M,Besanko LK,Jones KL,Butler R,Chatterton B,Horowitz M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Lowering of hyperglycemia in the intensive care unit (ICU) is widely practiced. We investigated in which way glucose regulation, defined as mean glucose concentration during admission, is associated with ICU mortality in a medical and a surgical cohort. METHODS:Retrospective database cohort study includin...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Siegelaar SE,Hermanides J,Oudemans-van Straaten HM,van der Voort PH,Bosman RJ,Zandstra DF,DeVries JH

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:Intensive care units (ICUs) face financial, bed management, and staffing constraints. Detailed data covering all aspects of patients' journeys into and through intensive care are now collected and stored in electronic health records: machine learning has been used to analyse such data in order to provide dec...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Shillan D,Sterne JAC,Champneys A,Gibbison B

更新日期：2019-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The definition of what constitutes a 'normal' adrenal response to critical illness is unclear. Consequently, published studies have used a variety of biochemical criteria to define 'adrenal insufficiency'. These criteria have been based on the baseline cortisol level or the increment in cortisol following corticotropi...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Marik PE

更新日期：2006-01-01 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： Jonkman AH,Jansen D,Heunks LM

更新日期：2017-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intensive care unit (ICU) delirium is a frequent secondary neurological complication in critically ill patients undergoing prolonged mechanical ventilation. Quantitative pupillometry is an emerging modality for the neuromonitoring of primary acute brain injury, but its potential utility in patients at risk o...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Favre E,Bernini A,Morelli P,Pasquier J,Miroz JP,Abed-Maillard S,Ben-Hamouda N,Oddo M

更新日期：2020-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION AND METHODS:Dynamic fluorescence quenching is a technique that may overcome some of the limitations associated with measurement of tissue partial oxygen tension (PO2). We compared this technique with a polarographic Eppendorf needle electrode method using a saline tonometer in which the PO2 could be contro...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Shaw AD,Li Z,Thomas Z,Stevens CW

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：IMPORTANCE:The optimal approach to airway management during in-hospital cardiac arrest is unknown. OBJECTIVE:To describe hospital-level variation in endotracheal intubation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for in-hospital cardiac arrest and the association between hospital use of endotracheal intubation and ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Bradley SM,Zhou Y,Ramachandran SK,Engoren M,Donnino M,Girotra S

更新日期：2019-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Correct bedside measurement of intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) is important. The bladder method is considered as the gold standard for indirect IAP measurement, but the instillation volumes reported in the literature vary substantially. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of instillation volume...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Malbrain ML,Deeren DH

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:Patients in ICUs frequently require tracheostomy for long-term ventilator support, and the percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) method is preferred over surgical tracheostomy. The use of ultrasound (US) imaging to guide ICU procedures and interventions has recently emerged as a simple and noninvasive tool. The...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Alansari M,Alotair H,Al Aseri Z,Elhoseny MA

更新日期：2015-05-18 00:00:00