Estimation of the diaphragm neuromuscular efficiency index in mechanically ventilated critically ill patients.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:This prospective study aimed to assess whether use of the subxiphoid acoustic window in transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) can be an accurate alternative in the absence of an apical view to assess hemodynamic parameters. METHODS:This prospective study took place in a teaching hospital medical ICU. Over ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Maizel J,Salhi A,Tribouilloy C,Massy ZA,Choukroun G,Slama M

更新日期：2013-09-03 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：:The great majority of infections caused by the pandemic variant of the influenza virus (nvH1N1) are self-limited, but a small percentage of patients develop severe symptoms requiring hospitalization. Bermejo-Martin and colleagues have presented a pilot study describing the differences in the early immune response for ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： de Castro IF,Guzmán-Fulgencio M,García-Alvarez M,Resino S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Intensive insulin treatment of critically ill patients was seen as a promising method of treatment, though recent studies showed that reducing the blood glucose level below 6 mmol/l had a detrimental outcome. The mechanisms of the effects of insulin in the critically ill are not completely understood. The ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Žuran I,Poredos P,Skale R,Voga G,Gabrscek L,Pareznik R

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acid-base abnormalities are common in critically ill patients. Our ability to describe acid-base disorders must be precise. Small differences in corrections for anion gap, different types of analytical processes, and the basic approach used to diagnose acid-base aberrations can lead to markedly different interpretatio...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Gunnerson KJ

更新日期：2005-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The analysis of flow and pressure waveforms generated by ventilators can be useful in the optimization of patient-ventilator interactions, notably in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients. To date, however, a real clinical benefit of this approach has not been proven. METHODS:The aim of th...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Di Marco F,Centanni S,Bellone A,Messinesi G,Pesci A,Scala R,Perren A,Nava S

更新日期：2011-01-01 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

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Abdominal compartment syndrome has been described in patients with severe acute pancreatitis, but its clinical impact remains unclear. We therefore studied patient factors associated with the development of intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH), the incidence of organ failure associated with IAH, and the effe...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： De Waele JJ,Hoste E,Blot SI,Decruyenaere J,Colardyn F

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hypoxia is common during daily nursing procedures (DNPs) routinely performed on mechanically ventilated patients. The impact of automated ventilation on the incidence and severity of blood oxygen desaturation during DNPs remains unknown. METHODS:A prospective randomized controlled crossover trial was carrie...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Chelly J,Mazerand S,Jochmans S,Weyer CM,Pourcine F,Ellrodt O,Thieulot-Rolin N,Serbource-Goguel J,Sy O,Vong LVP,Monchi M

更新日期：2020-07-22 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: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：BACKGROUND:The intestinal microbiota plays a crucial role in human health, which could affect host immunity and the susceptibility to infectious diseases. However, the role of intestinal microbiota in the immunopathology of invasive candidiasis remains unknown. METHODS:In this work, an antibiotic cocktail was used to ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Li M,Li C,Wu X,Chen T,Ren L,Xu B,Cao J

更新日期：2020-05-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Percutaneous dilatation tracheostomy in the intensive care setting presents an increasingly important concept for establishing a large-bore tracheal airway with minimal surgical intervention. Over the last years, different technical solutions have been studied to assess their respective risks and benefits to determine...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Brambrink A

更新日期：2004-10-01 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：:Prone ventilation (PV) is a ventilatory strategy that frequently improves oxygenation and lung mechanics in critical illness, yet does not consistently improve survival. While the exact physiologic mechanisms related to these benefits remain unproven, one major theoretical mechanism relates to reducing the abdominal e...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Kirkpatrick AW,Pelosi P,De Waele JJ,Malbrain ML,Ball CG,Meade MO,Stelfox HT,Laupland KB

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decreased renal drug clearance is an obvious consequence of acute kidney injury (AKI). However, there is growing evidence to suggest that nonrenal drug clearance is also affected. Data derived from human and animal studies suggest that hepatic drug metabolism and transporter function are components of nonrenal clearan...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Vilay AM,Churchwell MD,Mueller BA

更新日期：2008-01-01 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:Activation of the sympathetic nervous system has beneficial cardiovascular effects in sepsis, but there is also evidence that sympatholytics have beneficial actions in sepsis. We therefore determined the effect of selective β1-adrenoceptor blockade on cardiac and renal function and cytokine release in ovin...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Calzavacca P,Lankadeva YR,Bailey SR,Bailey M,Bellomo R,May CN

更新日期：2014-11-21 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: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：:Owing to an increasing focus on the rising cost of medical care in the United States, bending the cost curve has become the central tenet of healthcare reform. The exact definition of this phrase, however, remains elusive. In order to affect change in the cost and quality of healthcare, the importance of comparative e...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Ghaferi AA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Thrombomodulin, which is expressed solely on monocytes, along with tissue factor (TF), takes part in coagulation and inflammation. Circulating blood monocytes can be divided into 3 major subtypes on the basis of their receptor phenotype: classical (CD14brightCD16negative, CMs), inflammatory (CD14brightCD16...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Hwang SM,Kim JE,Han KS,Kim HK

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Providing supplemental amino acids to ICU patients during a 3-h period results in improved whole-body net protein balance, without an increase in amino acid oxidation. The primary objective was to investigate if a 24-h intravenous amino acid infusion in critically ill patients has a sustained effect on whole...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Sundström Rehal M,Liebau F,Tjäder I,Norberg Å,Rooyackers O,Wernerman J

更新日期：2017-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Barriers to the use of selective digestive decontamination include concerns about emergence of resistant organisms, over-estimation of current performance in preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), alternative methods of preventing VAP, and misunderstanding of mechanisms of action. A definitive cluster-rando...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Bion J

更新日期：2013-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Postoperative outcome is mainly influenced by ventricular function. Tests designed to identify myocardial ischemia alone will fail to detect cardiac failure and are thus inadequate as a screening test for identification of cardiac risk in noncardiac surgical patients. We find that the degree of cardiac failure is the ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Older P,Hall A

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since most common diseases have been shown to be influenced by inherited variations in our genes, completion of the Human Genome Project and mapping of the human genome single-nucleotide polymorphisms will have a tremendous impact on our approach to medicine. New developments in genotyping techniques and bioinformatic...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Chiche JD,Cariou A,Mira JP

更新日期：2002-06-01 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：: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：INTRODUCTION:The pathophysiology of postoperative delirium remains poorly understood. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between serum cortisol level and occurrence of early postoperative delirium in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. METHODS:A total of 243 patients...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Mu DL,Wang DX,Li LH,Shan GJ,Li J,Yu QJ,Shi CX

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Crystalloids and different component colloids, used for volume resuscitation, are sometimes associated with various adverse effects. Clinical trial findings for such fluid types in different patients' conditions are conflicting. Whether the mortality benefit of balanced crystalloid than saline can be inferre...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Tseng CH,Chen TT,Wu MY,Chan MC,Shih MC,Tu YK

更新日期：2020-12-14 00:00:00