Critical care medicine
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Critical care medicine · Feb 2000
Long-term outcomes of burned children after in-hospital cardiac arrest.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in severely burned patients experiencing cardiac arrest (CA) has been considered by some as futile. The objective of this article is to report predisposing factors and the outcomes of burned children experiencing in-hospital CA at our institution. ⋯ In this study, 50% of the burned children experiencing CA are long-term survivors. We suggest that all burned children with CA should be afforded cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
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Critical care medicine · Feb 2000
Optimal level of pressure support ventilation for recovery from diaphragmatic fatigue in rabbits.
To determine whether there is an optimal level of pressure support ventilation (PSV) for recovery from acute diaphragmatic fatigue. ⋯ There is an optimal range of PSV assist level to improve recovery from diaphragmatic fatigue. Recovery was hampered not only by inadequate PSV but also by excessive PSV.
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Critical care medicine · Feb 2000
Comparative StudyChanges of the hemostatic network in critically ill patients--is there a difference between sepsis, trauma, and neurosurgery patients?
To study the time course of coagulation data in intensive care patients. ⋯ Alterations of the hemostatic network were seen in all three groups of critically ill patients. Hemostasis normalized in the neurosurgery patients and posttraumatic hypercoagulability recovered within the study period. By contrast, monitoring of molecular markers of the coagulation process demonstrated abnormal hemostasis in the sepsis patients during the entire study period indicating ongoing coagulation disorders and abnormalities in fibrinolysis in these patients.
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Critical care medicine · Feb 2000
Comparative StudyShort-term effect of inhaled nitric oxide and prone positioning on gas exchange in patients with severe acute respiratory distress syndrome.
To compare the short-term effects of inhaled nitric oxide (NO) and prone positioning in improving oxygenation in acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). ⋯ Prone positioning improves hypoxemia significantly better than does inhaled NO. The response to one technique is not predictive of the response to the other technique.