Critical care medicine
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Critical care medicine · Jan 1994
Quantitative effects of low-dose dopamine on urine output in oliguric surgical intensive care unit patients.
To quantify the magnitude and time course of the effect of low-dose dopamine (2.5 micrograms/kg/min) infusions on urine output in oliguric patients. ⋯ Low-dose dopamine infusion alone produces a drug-dependent increase in urine output in oliguric, euvolemic ICU patients. Maximal effect is temporally variable.
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Critical care medicine · Jan 1994
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialSelective decontamination of the digestive tract in multiple trauma patients--is there a role? Results of a prospective, double-blind, randomized trial.
To evaluate the efficacy of the technique of selective decontamination of the digestive tract in preventing the development of secondary infection and its influence on morbidity and mortality rates in multiple trauma patients with chest injuries requiring intermittent positive-pressure ventilation. ⋯ We have been unable to show any benefit from the use of selective decontamination of the digestive tract in the prevention of secondary infections in multiple trauma patients.
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Critical care medicine · Jan 1994
Comparative StudyInfluence of nosocomial infection on mortality rate in an intensive care unit.
To assess the impact of nosocomial infection on the mortality rate in an intensive care unit (ICU). ⋯ Nosocomial infection increases the risk of death. The effect is stronger in younger and less severely ill patients.
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Critical care medicine · Jan 1994
Enoximone and acute left ventricular failure during weaning from mechanical ventilation after cardiac surgery.
To evaluate enoximone, a phosphodiesterase III inhibitor, in the treatment of left ventricular failure during the weaning of patients from mechanical ventilation after heart surgery. ⋯ Because of its positive inotropic and vasodilatory properties, enoximone is helpful for respiratory weaning of patients with left ventricular failure after cardiac surgery.