... resuscitation strategies
invariably fail to prevent coagulopathy in massive
bleedings. Multiple causes have traditionally been impli-
cated in trauma coagulopathy, including clotting factor
consumption ... as: Nascimento B, et al.: Fresh frozen plasma in massive
bleedings: more questions than answers. Critical Care 2010, 14:202.
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Introduction
Fresh froz...
... currently in the clinical testing
phase. One such system is the molecular adsorbent regener-
ating system device, which employs a polysulfone high-per-
meability dialyzer with albumin on the dialysate ... veno-venous hemodialy-
sis) in reducing plasma TNF, the mode of clearance did not
influence plasma concentrations of IL-6, IL-10, soluble
L-selectin, or endotoxin. However, in a sm...
... Activation of T-cell protein kinases has been demon-
strated with hypertonic saline, an effect whose downstream
cell-specific responses carry an uncertain significance [36].
More certainly, intravascular ... ascertain the impact of this entity upon current
arbiters of morbidity including the ICU length of stay,
ventilator days, acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress
syndrome, and vent...
... measured by PiCCO to achieve a goal
of >640 ml/m
2
and CI >2.5 l/minute/m
2
in patients under-
going elective coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. This
therapy was instituted immediately after ... of endotoxin into the
circulation, activating multiple inflammatory pathways [21].
From the equation above, increasing DO
2
is achieved by
increasing CO and/or CaO
2
. As dissolved oxyge...
... training, either abroad or domestically,
before returning to practice as intensivists [4,5].
Development of critical care medicine as a
specialty in mainland China
In mainland China, physicians ... ICUs.
c
Including 30 tertiary
hospitals and 31 local hospitals.
d
Including 106 ICUs in 46 tertiary hospitals and 20 ICUs in 18 local hospitals.
e
Survey in tertiary hospitals.
f
S...
... contraction, by irregularity of ventricular
contraction [43], by inadequate filling time for the left
ventricle due to tachycardia, and by tachycardiomyopathy
[8,44]. Tachycardiomyopathy can occur ... High-dosage continuous
amiodarone therapy to treat new-onset supraventricular tach-
yarrhythmias in surgical intensive care patients: an observa-
tional study. Wien Klin Wochenschr 2004, 116:3...
... reporting
barriers partly owing to fewer liability concerns, and an
opportunity to study recovery patterns [75]. Ideally, error
reporting should be voluntary, anonymous, centralized to
increase ... The
technology permits clinicians to enter orders directly into a
computer workstation that is linked to a hospital clinical infor-
mation system [47]. The main advantages of these systems
are that...
... during inspiration increases left ventricular after-
load by impairing systolic emptying. Pulmonary artery pres-
sure may also be increased due to lung hyperinflation,
thereby resulting in increased ... respiratory system.
Dynamic hyperinflation adds an elastic load to inspiratory muscles: to
initiate inspiratory flow the inspiratory muscles must first overcome
intrinsic positive end-expira...