abstract：:The effect of halothane on electrodes covered with polypropylene and FEP teflon membranes, used for monitoring transcutaneous oxygen tension, was compared in vitro and in patients anesthetized with halothane. In vitro experiments with halothane showed a false increase in PO2 measured by the electrode covered with poly...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Samra SK

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four pediatric patients undergoing corrective posterior spinal fusion surgery for idiopathic scoliosis were studied to determine the frequency with which the syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) developed. We measured arterial blood gases, serum and urine electrolytes and osmolalitie...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Burrows FA,Shutack JG,Crone RK

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard techniques for measuring pulmonary resistance (RP) to gas flow in newborn infants yield results that are widely dispersed and difficult to interpret. The purpose of this study is to describe and evaluate a new improved method for determining RP which utilizes a sinusoidal pressure wave generator. Measurements...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Richardson P,Carlstrom JR

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated 95 extubated neonates to determine if certain risk factors could predict the development of laryngeal injury. Risk factors were recorded prospectively during the intubation period and correlated with laryngeal injury determined by laryngoscopy after extubation. Duration of intubation greater than or equal...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Fan LL,Flynn JW,Pathak DR

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Critical Care Medicine encompasses an extremely broad scope. Examination questions were, therefore, chosen to cover a wide variety of critical care topics. A near Gaussian distribution of scores was found for all physician groups studied. We believe the low mean score of 15% reflects the general difficulty of the exam...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Veremakis C,Taylor RW

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimations of blood glucose in the range 0-80 mg/dl were performed using the Chemstrip bG and StatTek Glucose Low Level test strips. Estimations of glucose levels closely approximated values obtained by a quantitative, enzymatic reference method; both appear to be excellent screening tests for hypoglycemia. There wer...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Maisels MJ,Lee CA

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to determine if particulate material within the pulmonary vascular bed could be sampled by aspirating blood from a wedged pulmonary artery catheter. 99mTechnetium-labeled albumin microspheres (20 micrometers) were injected and embolized into the precapillary pulmonary vasculature of 6 critical...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Allen WG,Olsen GN,Williams WH,Yergin BM

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to investigate ventilatory requirements during high frequency ventilation (HFV). Six anesthetized dogs were ventilated with bird M-2 or Emerson 2-V ventilators at respiratory rates (RRs) ranging from 13-1300 breath/min. PaCO2 was maintained within normal range at all rates by tidal volume (VT...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Colgan FJ,TenEyck LG,Sawa T

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colloid osmotic pressure (COP) was measured simultaneously with cardiorespiratory measurements in 103 surgical patients suspected of having circulatory problems. In a small subset of 28 patients, measurements were taken before, during, and after surgical operations. Similarly, data sets were taken before, during, and ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shippy CR,Shoemaker WC

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The need for closed-loop control of blood pressure in acute hypertension after cardiac surgery was evaluated by estimating the amount of nurse-time required to adjust the infusion rate of sodium nitroprusside. The evaluation consisted of a nationwide telephone survey of head nurses in postsurgical ICUs at 9 institutio...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Mitchell RR

更新日期：1982-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High frequency positive pressure ventilation (HFPPV) was compared with normal frequency positive pressure ventilation (NFPPV) during diagnostic fiberoptic-bronchoscopy. HFPPV was achieved by a simple modification of the Minivent, and gave satisfactory alveolar ventilation and oxygenation. In all 11 patients and over p...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Flatau E,Lewinsohn G,Konichezky S,Lev A,Barzilay E

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the structure and objectives of various hospital ethics committees due to their need to preserve confidentiality, their reluctance to reveal internal hospital problems, and their concern about becoming involved in the developing debate about the appropriate role and value of such committees. The ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Cohen CB

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Hemoccult slide test is used frequently to test for the presence of occult blood in samples of gastric juice obtained from critically ill patients. The purpose of this study was to investigate the accuracy of this test to determine the presence of blood in human gastric juice at various pH values. Gastric aspirate...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Long PC,Wilentz KV,Sudlow G,Skillman JJ

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To correlate radiant warmer bed power output with state of hydration in the critically ill infant, warmer power input was measured by a wattmeter and recorded by an on-line computer every 5 sec for 2 periods of 8-24 h each in 11 newborns with respiratory distress syndrome (mean birth weight 1.42 kg, mean gestational a...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Engle WD,Baumgart S,Fox WW,Polin RA

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Changes in pulmonary function and the development of atelectasis in the postoperative period have been well documented in the adult population. The use of incentive spirometry has been shown to be effective in the prevention of these postoperative complications. At the Hospital of Sick Children, we studied 17 children...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Krastins I,Corey ML,McLeod A,Edmonds J,Levison H,Moes F

更新日期：1982-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemodynamic effects of controlled mechanical ventilation (CMV), intermittent mandatory ventilation (IMV), and intermittent mandatory ventilation with 5 cm H20 PEEP (IMV 5 peep) were studied in 20 patients after aortocoronary bypass surgery. Significant increases in cardiac index (CI) and stroke volume index (SI) (p le...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Mathru M,Rao TL,El-Etr AA,Pifarre R

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple, safe, and effective system for umbilical artery monitoring controls continuous fluid infusion to prevent fluid overinfusion and keep the catheter from clotting. Accurate and continuous pressure measurements can be recorded simultaneously with fluid infusion. A convenient method for checking dynamic response ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Gardner RM,Parker J,Feinauer LR

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impedance respiratory monitoring is the standard technique for detecting apnea in infants. A miniature microphone/amplifier system has been used to sense breath sounds over the trachea in order to detect both central and obstructive apnea episodes in infants and children. The tracheal microphone has several advantages...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Beckerman RC,Wegmann MJ,Waring WW

更新日期：1982-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over a 2-year period, 14 viable ventilator-dependent patients were transferred from the Medical Intensive Care Unit (MICU) to a general ward floor for nutritional support after failing to wean from mechanical ventilation (MV) while in the MICU. These patients were retrospectively grouped based on their ultimate abilit...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Larca L,Greenbaum DM

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eleven patients in hypertensive crisis were treated with iv sodium nitroprusside (SNP). In all cases, rapid clinical improvement was obtained. Nevertheless, 9 patients developed progressive resistance to the hypotensive effect of the drug. For the first 2 h, the mean infusion rate was 1.68 +/- 0.64 micrograms/kg . min...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Rouby JJ,Gory G,Bourrelli B,Glaser P,Viars P

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current investigation describes the morphological and pathophysiological effects of stroma-free hemoglobin solution (SFH) on the liver and kidney. One h after a 75% blood volume exchange in animals receiving 7% SFH, hepatic morphology was normal. Animals whose blood was similarly exchanged with 7% albumin demonstr...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Friedman HI,DeVenuto F

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human hemoglobin (Hb) solution is being developed for use as an oxygen-delivering resuscitation fluid. Substantial improvements in the general purity and quality of experimental Hb solutions have been achieved by recent research efforts. Hb solutions now appear to be free of the undesirable biological effects that wer...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： DeVenuto F

更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac arrest is most commonly encountered as the end result of severe derangements in metabolic homeostasis. These derangements may include toxic, ischemic, or electrophysiological causes of circulatory and/or respiratory arrests. Occasionally, mechanical obstruction or impediment to circulation may cause cardiac ar...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Ewer MS,Ali MK,Frazier OH

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The determination of minute oxygen consumption (VO2) for metabolic studies on patients using either the Beckman Metabolic Cart (MMC) or the Respiratory Monitoring System (RMS) requires a stable fractional inspired oxygen concentration (FIO2). Measurement of VO2 on mechanically ventilated patients using the Bourns BEAR...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Browning JA,Linberg SE,Turney SZ,Chodoff P

更新日期：1982-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Computerized gamma scintigraphy revealed a significant (p less than 0.001) rising lung:heart radioactivity ratio, which has been called "slope of injury" or "slope index", with both 99mTechnetium-tagged human serum albumin (99mTc-HSA) and 99mTechnetium-tagged red blood cells (99Tc-RBC) after 0.05 or 0.2 ml/kg iv oleic...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sugerman HJ,Hirsch JI,Tatum JL,Strash AM,Sharp DE,Greenfield LJ

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report is intended to familiarize the reader with the current legislation concerning state definitions of death, the pertinent judicial decisions concerning termination of life support and the current status of medical/ethical committees. However, it is of paramount importance to all health care personnel to beco...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Wallace-Barnhill G,Roth MD,Briggs BA,Bastron DR,Barrocas A

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a consecutive 17 month period, 15 trauma patients were diagnosed as having a myocardial contusion on the basis of abnormal ECG in 14 patients, elevated creatinine phosphokinase (CPK) in 13 patients, and elevated CPK-Muscle Brain (CPK-MB) isoenzyme determination in 11 patients. Using these screening modalities, ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Torres-Mirabal P,Gruenberg JC,Talbert JG,Brown RS

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors determined the correction factor (Ct) for three sizes of commonly available central venous catheters. These catheters are used as the injectate catheter when a 2.5 Fr transthoracic thermistor is used to determine cardiac output by thermodilution. The valves for Ct were highly reproducible. These determinat...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Baskoff JD,Maruschak GF

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors evaluated the effectiveness of 6% hydroxyethyl starch (hetastarch) solution for treatment of hypovolemia in 46 critically ill patients. Thirty-two of the patients were studied retrospectively and in 14 patients, cardiopulmonary variables were prospectively measured. A total of 29 patients were in shock sec...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Puri VK,Paidipaty B,White L

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hospital records of 7 patients with severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) were reviewed. All patients were ventilator dependent for prolonged periods (mean duration intermittent mandatory ventilation (IMV) 14.3 +/- 3.5 months) but eventually were successfully weaned from mechanical ventilation and sent home. The...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Morray JP,Fox WW,Kettrick RG,Downes JJ

更新日期：1981-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 179 healthy boys and girls, the relationship between body surface area (S) in dm2 and body weight (bw) in kg was investigated. The body surface was calculated from the DuBois and DuBois formula. For infants below 20 kg, the relationship followed the regression equation S=3.6kg + 9; r=0.996. For infants with bw betw...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Lindahl S,Okmian L

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several variables may account for the response of electrochemical skin surface PO2 sensors to anesthetic gases: cathode material and size, pH of the electrolyte and membrane material. These variables cannot be chosen arbitrarily and their influence has been tested with two types of sensors. In one type (LSC), a large ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Eberhard P,Mindt W

更新日期：1981-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new catecholamines, dopamine and dobutamine, have found widespread use for cardiovascular support. The relative efficacy of these drugs in aiding resuscitation from cardiopulmonary arrest is unknown. Dogs were subjected to either asphyxial or fibrillatory cardiac arrest. Resuscitation was attempted with artificial...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Otto CW,Yakaitis RW,Redding JS,Blitt CD

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three patients under observation in ICUs developed mechanical upper airway obstruction requiring surgical intervention for airway control. One patient was treated by tracheotomy placed through a vertical midline incision and 2 patients were treated by cricothyroidotomy followed by elective tracheostomy and closure of ...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Schecter WP,Wilson RS

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The records of 101 drowning or near-drowning victims admitted to Children's Hospital of Los Angeles (CHLA) between January 1975 and June 1978 were reviewed. The admission Glasgow coma score could be assigned retrospectively to 94 patients. A low score (less than 5) predicted a high risk group of patients with 80% mort...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Dean JM,Kaufman ND

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-three patients underwent extensive cardiorespiratory monitoring during cardiac surgery. Recordings of measurements, with derived variables, were made preoperatively, postoperatively, and after extubation approximately 3 h after operation. The data provide a reference that allows decisions on whether the conditi...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Prakash O,Meij S,v d Borden B,Saxena PR

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To achieve synchronized differential pulmonary ventilation, an Ohio 560 ventilator was modified through separation of the outputs of the deep breath bellows and the tidal volume bellows and providing independent volume, flow rate, PEEP, oxygen-humidification, and alarm systems. The described ventilator modification is...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Popovich J Jr,Sanders OJ Jr,Vij D,Polanski JJ,Conway WA

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Significant resistance was encountered when an attempt was made to withdraw a persistently wedged pulmonary artery catheter. A small amount of air was injected into the balloon lumen with great difficulty. This injection freed the catheter which was removed, but produced significant sudden hemoptysis and a pneumothora...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Farber DL,Rose DM,Bassell GM,Eugene J

更新日期：1981-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine and analyze the complication rate of the insertion and maintenance of the balloon-tipped, flow-directed pulmonary artery catheter (PAC), the authors prospectively studied the use of 320 catheters in 219 critically ill patients. Mean patient age was 53 +/- 1 years, and 36% had a history of cardiov...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Sise MJ,Hollingsworth P,Brimm JE,Peters RM,Virgilio RW,Shackford SR

更新日期：1981-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It was found that, during 1974, it cost an average of $8842 ($12,909 in 1979) to care for a survivor of severe respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) who required mechanical ventilation in this ICU compared to $2448 ($3574 in 1979) for nonsurvivors. Death in 15 out of the 16 nonsurvivors was accompanied by grade III-IV i...

journal_title：Critical care medicine

authors： Shannon DC,Crone RK,Todres ID,Krishnamoorthy KS

更新日期：1981-02-01 00:00:00