Clinical Investigations

Stress Doses of Hydrocortisone Reduce Systemic Inflammation Perioperative continuous application of hydrocortisone reduces systemic inflammation very effectively and thereby significantly improves the early outcome in a risk group of patients after cardiac surgery.
Journal Article, April 01, 2003
Acute Oxygenation Response to Inhaled Nitric Oxide The acute physiologic effects of inhaled nitric oxide (INO) in patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) have been well described.
Journal Article, February 01, 2003
Effect of Alveolar Recruitment Maneuver in Early ARDS Alveolar recruitment, or converting collapsed alveoli into open alveoli, is a major goal of mechanical ventilatory support for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS).
Journal Article, February 01, 2003
Effects of Drotrecogin Alfa (Activated) on Organ Dysfunction Severe sepsis is a syndrome with an annual incidence of 750,000 cases in the United States and a case fatality rate of approximately 30%.
Journal Article, February 01, 2003
Albumin vs Crystalloid for Cardiopulmonary Bypass in Children Despite recent advances in technology, cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) remains a nonphysiological form of circulatory support that may cause severe hemodilution and an acute inflammatory reaction, particularly in infants.
Journal Article, December 01, 2002
Intravascular Cooling Device in Neurologic Intensive Care Fever, defined as body temperature >37.9°C, is common in critically ill neurologic and neurosurgical patients, especially those with a prolonged length of stay in the neurologic intensive care unit (NICU) or with intracranial disease.
Journal Article, November 01, 2002
Cardiac and Respiratory Effects of Continuous Positive Airway During acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema (ACPE), resistive and elastic respiratory loads are increased.
Journal Article, November 01, 2002
Red Blood Cell Transfusion andNosocomial Infection Rates Anemia is pervasive in the intensive care unit (ICU), and its causes are multifactorial.
Journal Article, October 01, 2002
Rating the Quality of Intensive Care Units Quality of care has been defined by the Institute of Medicine as the "degree to which health services for individuals and populations increase the likelihood of desired health outcomes".
Journal Article, September 01, 2002
Use of a Handheld Computer by Respiratory Care Practitioners Mechanical ventilation is one of the most common medical therapies provided within intensive care units (ICUs).
Journal Article, September 01, 2002
How Reliable is the Bispectral Index in Critically Ill Patients? In recent years, there has been increasing interest in subjective scoring systems for use by bedside caregivers.
Journal Article, July 01, 2002
Peripheral Perfusion Index Derived From the Oximetry Signal Can peripheral index measurements be used to monitor peripheral perfusion in critically ill patients?
Journal Article, June 01, 2002
Effects of a Hospital-Wide Quality Improvement Program Changes in the process of weaning patients from mechanical ventilation may reduce the length of hospital stay and costs.
Journal Article, June 01, 2002

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