Intensive care medicine
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Intensive care medicine · Jul 1995
Comparative StudyThe abbreviated injury scale as a predictor of outcome of severe head injury.
This study examined the correlation between the worst abbreviated injury scale 1990 (AIS) intracranial severity score and outcome following severe head injury. ⋯ The AIS, based on initial CT scan, provides useful prognostic information in patients with severe head injury.
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Intensive care medicine · Jul 1995
Early jugular bulb oxygenation monitoring in comatose patients after an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
To determine the role of early jugular bulb oxygenation monitoring in comatose patients after cardiac arrest. ⋯ Jugular bulb oxygenation monitoring during the first few hours after cardiac arrest cannot reliably discriminate between comatose patients with a good and poor cerebral outcome. Further studies with an extended monitoring period are thus required.
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Intensive care medicine · Jul 1995
P0.1 is a useful parameter in setting the level of pressure support ventilation.
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether changes in breathing pattern, neuromuscular drive (P0.1), and the work involved in breathing might help to set the individual appropriate level of pressure support ventilation (PSV) in patients with acute respiratory failure (ARF) requiring ventilatory assistance. ⋯ During pressure support ventilation, P0.1 may be a more sensitive parameter than the assessment of breathing pattern in setting the optimal level of pressure support in individual patients. Although P0.1 was measured with an esophageal balloon in the present study, non-invasive techniques can also be used.
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Intensive care medicine · Jun 1995
Comparative StudyBlood filtration in children with severe sepsis: safe adjunctive therapy.
To review the safety and efficacy of haemofiltration and plasmafiltration in children with severe sepsis. ⋯ Haemofiltration or plasmafiltration can be performed safely in children with severe sepsis but their effect on outcome remains unknown.
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Intensive care medicine · Jun 1995
Late outcome of percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy in intensive care patients.
Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy is increasingly practiced in intensive care units and has a low incidence of early complications. The late effects of this procedure are still poorly known and were the focus of this study. ⋯ Late outcome of percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy in critically ill patients is mostly good. Pending further studies, the use of this technique in intensive care units appears justified.