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Autor:
James Rowbottom, Allan Garland, Nahida H. Gordon, Craig M. Lilly, Joel R. Peerless, Barbara J. Daly, Ronald L. Hickman, Clareen Wiencek, Sara L. Douglas, Elizabeth E. O'Toole, Rana Hejal
Publikováno v:
Chest. 138:1340-1348
Background Formal family meetings have been recommended as a useful approach to assist in goal setting, facilitate decision making, and reduce use of ineffective resources in the ICU. We examined patient outcomes before and after implementation of an
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William H. Leukhardt, Adam Fadlalla, Charles J. Yowler, Joel R. Peerless, Jeffrey A. Claridge, Joseph F. Golob, Mark J. Sando
Publikováno v:
Journal of Critical Care. 25:493-500
Purpose Fever and leukocytosis (FAL) in critically ill patients often triggers a “workup” that includes a respiratory secretion culture (RCx). We evaluated our respiratory culture practice associated with FAL. We hypothesized that FAL would be as
Autor:
Adam Fadlalla, Jeffrey A. Claridge, Joseph F. Golob, Mark A. Malangoni, Charles J. Yowler, Beth M. D'Amico, Joel R. Peerless
Publikováno v:
Surgical Infections. 10:59-64
In the era of pay for performance and outcome comparisons among institutions, it is imperative to have reliable and accurate surveillance methodology for monitoring infectious complications. The current monitoring standard often involves a combinatio
Autor:
Carol Diane Epstein, Joel R. Peerless
Publikováno v:
American Journal of Critical Care. 15:54-64
• BackgroundFew studies address predictors for successful weaning of older adults from mechanical ventilation. • ObjectiveTo develop a clinical profile of older patients who are successfully weaned from long-term mechanical ventilation. • Metho
Autor:
Elizabeth A. Mittendorf, Christopher R. Mchenry, Carolyn M. Smith, Charles J. Yowler, Joel R. Peerless
Publikováno v:
The American Surgeon. 68:342-347
To simplify long-term airway management in critically ill patients the feasibility of performing percutaneous tracheostomy (PT) in the intensive care unit (ICU) was investigated from August of 1997 to March of 2000. Bedside PT was considered for pati
Autor:
Carol Diane Epstein, Alfred C. Pinchak, James. E. Martin, Joel R. Peerless, Mark A. Malangoni
Publikováno v:
Critical Care Medicine. 28:395-401
Objective: To determine the patterns of oxygen consumption (Vo 2 ) using indirect calorimetry (IC) for the first 24 hrs after serious blunt traumatic injury. Design: Prospective, observational study. Setting: Surgical intensive care unit of a Level 1
Autor:
J.Jeffrey Alexander, Joseph J. Piotrowski, Mark A. Malangoni, Joel R. Peerless, Alfred C. Pinchak
Publikováno v:
Annals of Surgery. 227:726-734
Objective The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relation of oxygen delivery (DO 2 ) to the occurrence of multiple organ dysfunction (MOD) in patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA). Background Data Patients with ruptured AAA a
Autor:
Joel R. Peerless
Publikováno v:
Journal of Bronchology. 3:262-265
Publikováno v:
The Journal of trauma. 64(2)
BACKGROUND: Traumatic injury in the elderly is an increasing problem and studies have shown that elderly patients (>/=65 years old) with cervical spine fractures and spinal cord injury (SCI) carry a mortality rate of 21% to 30%. However, little has b
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Joel R. Peerless
Publikováno v:
Current opinion in anaesthesiology. 14(2)
Hemodynamic instability in the trauma patient is most commonly secondary to blood loss and the accumulation of fluid in injured tissue. The etiologies of shock unrelated to hypovolemia must also be investigated. The treatment of hypovolemia in patien