Multidrug Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria in Community-Acquired Pneumonia.

abstract：:Carbon dioxide is a waste product of aerobic cellular respiration in all aerobic life forms. PaCO2 represents the balance between the carbon dioxide produced and that eliminated. Hypocapnia remains a common - and generally underappreciated - component of many disease states, including early asthma, high-altitude pulmo...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Curley G,Laffey JG,Kavanagh BP

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：: ...

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 Surviving Sepsis Campaign guidelines for the management of severe sepsis and septic shock recommend that the initial hemodynamic resuscitation be done according to the protocol used by Rivers and colleagues in their well-known early goal-directed therapy (EGDT) study. However, it may well be that their patients we...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Perel A

更新日期：2008-01-01 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

abstract：INTRODUCTION:There is a complex interplay between changes in acid-base components and inflammation. This manuscript aims to explore associations between plasma cytokines and chemokines and acid-base status on admission to intensive care. METHODS:We conducted a prospective cohort study in a 13-bed ICU in a tertiary-car...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Zampieri FG,Kellum JA,Park M,Ranzani OT,Barbeiro HV,de Souza HP,da Cruz Neto LM,da Silva FP

更新日期：2014-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Experimental research has demonstrated that the level of neuroprotection conferred by the various barbiturates is not equal. Until now no controlled studies have been conducted to compare their effectiveness, even though the Brain Trauma Foundation Guidelines recommend that such studies be undertaken. The ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Pérez-Bárcena J,Llompart-Pou JA,Homar J,Abadal JM,Raurich JM,Frontera G,Brell M,Ibáñez J,Ibáñez J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluid resuscitation is a cornerstone of intensive care unit patient care, but prediction of the cardiovascular response remains difficult, despite many efforts in clinical research. The concept of responders and nonresponders illustrates such a difficulty. Many techniques have been tested, from strictly non-invasive t...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Payen D

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Severe hypoglycemia (blood glucose concentration (BG) < 40 mg/dL) is independently associated with an increased risk of mortality in critically ill patients. The association of milder hypoglycemia (BG < 70 mg/dL) with mortality is less clear. METHODS:Prospectively collected data from two observational coh...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Krinsley JS,Schultz MJ,Spronk PE,Harmsen RE,van Braam Houckgeest F,van der Sluijs JP,Mélot C,Preiser JC

更新日期：2011-07-25 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：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：:Certain noble gases, though inert, exhibit remarkable biological properties. Notably, xenon and argon provide neuroprotection in animal models of central nervous system injury. In the previous issue of Critical Care, Loetscher and colleagues provided further evidence that argon may have therapeutic properties for neur...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Sanders RD,Ma D,Maze M

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Institutionally based research ethics review is a form of peer review that has - for better or worse - become the norm throughout the world. The vast majority of research ethics review takes the form of protocol review alone, conducted in advance of the research. Although oversight and monitoring in clinical research ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Lavery JV,Van Laethem ML,Slutsky AS

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article is one of ten reviews selected from the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2020. Other selected articles can be found online at https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/annualupdate2020. Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Bassetti M,Bandera A,Gori A

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Several prognostic markers have been identified for patients admitted with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema. Most of the markers are based on clinical risk scores. Unlike hypercapnic respiratory failure, acidosis is not an adverse predictor in these patients. Hemodynamic variables that assess pathophysiological mecha...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Schlosshan D,Elliott M

更新日期：2010-01-01 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：:There has been a lot of debate about the concept of relative adrenocortical insufficiency (often defined as a reduced response to corticotropin) as a pathophysiological explanation of steroid effects in septic shock. Less is known about the prevalence of absolute adrenocortical insufficiency based on more usual defini...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Bollaert PE

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine Annual Congress offers the opportunity for basic scientists and clinicians to share recent findings. Apart from the large number of free communications, several sessions of the congress were dedicated to state-of-the-art tutorials given by established speakers. The areas...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Preiser JC

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Endothelial hyperpermeability following cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) contributes to microcirculatory perfusion disturbances and postoperative complications after cardiac surgery. We investigated the postoperative course of renal and pulmonary endothelial barrier function and the association with microcircula...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Dekker NAM,van Leeuwen ALI,van Strien WWJ,Majolée J,Szulcek R,Vonk ABA,Hordijk PL,Boer C,van den Brom CE

更新日期：2019-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The present study was designed to (1) establish current sedation practice in UK critical care to inform evidence synthesis and potential future primary research and (2) to compare practice reported via a survey with actual practice assessed in a point prevalence study (PPS). METHODS:UK adult general critica...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Richards-Belle A,Canter RR,Power GS,Robinson EJ,Reschreiter H,Wunsch H,Harvey SE

更新日期：2016-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Thromboelastography and thromboelastometry represent viscoelastic diagnostic methodologies with promising application to diseases of altered coagulation. Their use in trauma-induced coagulopathy as a means of assessing the real-time status of the patient's functional coagulation profile in addition to its impact on ef...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Bluth MH,Kashuk JL

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Critically ill patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) are at high risk for developing Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI). Risk factors predicting their mortality or standardized treatment recommendations have not been defined for this cohort. Our goal is to determine outcome and mortality associate...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Manthey CF,Dranova D,Christner M,Drolz A,Kluge S,Lohse AW,Fuhrmann V

更新日期：2019-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Great white sharks are responsible for about 10 cases of death annually worldwide, as compared with millions of deaths caused by sepsis. However, the basic principles of avoiding shark attacks and fighting sepsis seem to be similar: avoidance, attention, and speed, if necessary. The present review discusses the curren...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Westphal M,Kampmeier T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Impaired skeletal muscle function has important clinical outcome implications for survivors of critical illness. Previous studies employing volitional manual muscle testing for diagnosing intensive care unit-acquired weakness (ICU-AW) during the early stages of critical illness have only provided limited d...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Connolly BA,Jones GD,Curtis AA,Murphy PB,Douiri A,Hopkinson NS,Polkey MI,Moxham J,Hart N

更新日期：2013-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are no easily available markers of renal recovery to guide intermittent hemodialysis (IHD) weaning. The aim of this study was to identify markers for IHD weaning in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury (AKI). METHODS:We performed a retrospective single-center cohort study of patients treat...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Aniort J,Ait Hssain A,Pereira B,Coupez E,Pioche PA,Leroy C,Heng AE,Souweine B,Lautrette A

更新日期：2016-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Mechanical ventilation associated lung injury (VALI) negatively impacts the outcomes of critically ill patients. Research during the past two decades has led to a better understanding of key physiologic mechanisms of injury, yet uncertainty over the topographical distribution of these mechanisms continues to fuel cont...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Oeckler RA,Hubmayr RD

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 2020. Other selected articles can be found online at https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/annualupdate2020. Further information about the Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine is available ...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Jonkman AH,de Vries HJ,Heunks LMA

更新日期：2020-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little is known about the development of acute lung injury outside the intensive care unit. We set out to document the following: the association between predefined clinical conditions and the development of acute lung injury by using the American-European consensus definition; the frequency of lung injury d...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Ferguson ND,Frutos-Vivar F,Esteban A,Gordo F,Honrubia T,Peñuelas O,Algora A,García G,Bustos A,Rodríguez I

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A lack of data exists in the literature evaluating acidemia on admission as a favorable or negative prognostic factor in patients with acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema (ACPE) treated with non-invasive continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP). The objective of the present study was to investigate the imp...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Aliberti S,Piffer F,Brambilla AM,Bignamini AA,Rosti VD,Maraffi T,Monzani V,Cosentini R

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The appropriate strategy for trauma-induced coagulopathy management is under debate. We report the treatment of major trauma using mainly coagulation factor concentrates. METHODS:This retrospective analysis included trauma patients who received >or= 5 units of red blood cell concentrate within 24 hours. C...

journal_title：Critical care (London, England)

authors： Schöchl H,Nienaber U,Hofer G,Voelckel W,Jambor C,Scharbert G,Kozek-Langenecker S,Solomon C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00