Characteristics of critically ill patients in ICUs in Mainland ChinaBin Du
Medical Intensive Care Unit, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, People s Republic of China
Crit Care Med 41:84-92. 2013
..We sought to describe the demographics, case mix, interventions, and clinical outcome of critically ill patients admitted to ICUs in Mainland China...
Knowledge and attitudes of healthcare workers in Chinese intensive care units regarding 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemicXiaochun Ma
The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
BMC Infect Dis 11:24. 2011
..To describe the knowledge and attitudes of critical care clinicians during the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic...
- Hospitalized adult patients with 2009 influenza A(H1N1) in Beijing, China: risk factors for hospital mortality
Xiuming Xi
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Beijing Fuxing Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences, 20A Fu Xing Men Wai Da Jie, Beijing 100038, China
BMC Infect Dis 10:256. 2010
..The objective of this study was to describe the independent risk factors for hospital mortality and the treatment effect of corticosteroids among patients with 2009 influenza A(H1N1) infection...
- Clinical review: critical care medicine in mainland China
Bin Du
Medical ICU, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 1 Shuai Fu Yuan, Beijing 100730, PR China
Crit Care 14:206. 2010
..Critical care research in mainland China is beginning to evolve, with great potential for improvement...
Heat shock response inhibits NF-kappaB activation and cytokine production in murine Kupffer cellsDongxu Sun
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing, PR China
J Surg Res 129:114-21. 2005
..In this study, we investigated the effects of HSP on LPS induced Kupffer cell NF-kappaB activation and cytokine production...
- Restriction of third-generation cephalosporin use decreases infection-related mortality
Bin Du
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Crit Care Med 31:1088-93. 2003
..CONCLUSIONS: Restriction of third-generation cephalosporin use may improve the antibiotic susceptibility and reduce infection-related hospital mortality in critically ill patients...
- [Analysis of factors related to mortality of critical patients with acute renal dysfunction]
Wen-zhao Chai
ICU, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
Zhongguo Wei Zhong Bing Ji Jiu Yi Xue 15:563-5. 2003
..There include oliguresis, coagulation dysfunction, central nerves system dysfunction and sepsis. In spite of management of CVVH, acute renal dysfunction per se can affect the prognosis of the critical patients...
- [Role of procalcitonin in the differentiation and surveillance of systemic inflammatory response syndrome]
Xiao Li Liu
Department of Hematology, PUMC Hospital, CAMS and PUMC, Beijing 100730, China
Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao 27:48-52. 2005
..To evaluate the discrimination of serum procalcitonin (PCT) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) between patients with sepsis and non-infectious inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and the prediction power of clinical outcome...
- Up-regulation interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 by activated protein C in lipopolysaccharide-treated human umbilical vein endothelial cells
Yi Li
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Medical Academy, Beijing 100730, China
J Zhejiang Univ Sci B 7:899-905. 2006
..To investigate the effect of activated protein C (APC) on inflammatory responses in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS)...
- [Association between hospital mortality and day of week of intensive care unit admission]
Li Weng
Medical Intensive Care Unit, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 86:1841-4. 2006
..CONCLUSION: The hospital mortality is not associated with the day of week of ICU admission...
- [The role of the static P-V curve under zero end-expiratory pressure in sustained inflation in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome]
Yun Long
Intensive Care Unit, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
Zhonghua Jie He He Hu Xi Za Zhi 26:282-5. 2003
..036]. CONCLUSION: The static P-V curves under ZEEP exhibited different patterns in responders and non-responders to SI in ARDS patients, and may be of value in predicting the response to SI...
- Induction of the heat shock response in vivo inhibits NF-kappaB activity and protects murine liver from endotoxemia-induced injury
Dechang Chen
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing
J Clin Immunol 25:452-61. 2005
..We conclude that attenuation of endotoxin-induced hepatic NF-kappaB activation and subsequent proinflammatory cytokine production may be one of the mechanisms of the beneficial effect of the heat shock response...
- A 4-hydroxynaphthalimide-derived ratiometric fluorescent chemodosimeter for imaging palladium in living cells
Baocun Zhu
School of Resources and Environment, University of Jinan, Jinan 250022, China
Chem Commun (Camb) 47:8656-8. 2011
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- Self-reported use of personal protective equipment among Chinese critical care clinicians during 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic
Xiaoyun Hu
Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, People s Republic of China
PLoS ONE 7:e44723. 2012
..This study examined the knowledge, attitudes, and self-reported behaviors, and barriers to compliance with the use of PPE among ICU healthcare workers (HCWs) during the pandemic influenza...
- Attitudes towards ethical problems in critical care medicine: the Chinese perspective
Li Weng
Medical Intensive Care Unit, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100730, People s Republic of China
Intensive Care Med 37:655-64. 2011
..While Western attitudes and practice are well documented, little is known of the attitudes or practice of Chinese critical care doctors...
- Sepsis-related stress response: known knowns, known unknowns, and unknown unknowns
Jinmin Peng
Medical Intensive Care Unit, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, 1 Shuai Fu Yuan, Beijing 100730, PR China
Crit Care 14:179. 2010
..The study by Lesur and colleagues expands our understanding of the mechanism, and further study of HPA stress response is warranted...
- Practice of sedation and the perception of discomfort during mechanical ventilation in Chinese intensive care units
Penglin Ma
Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Chinese People s Liberation Army General Hospital, Beijing 100091, China
J Crit Care 25:451-7. 2010
..The purpose of this study was to investigate sedation practices and the perception of discomfort during mechanical ventilation in Chinese intensive care units (ICUs)...
- [Prediction of fluid responsiveness by physiological variables]
Da xing Yu
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China
Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi 90:2935-8. 2010
..To investigate the clinical values of blood pressure, heart rate and central venous pressure before and after fluid challenge to predict volume responsiveness...
- Serum procalcitonin and interleukin-6 levels may help to differentiate systemic inflammatory response of infectious and non-infectious origin
Bin Du
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing 100730, China
Chin Med J (Engl) 116:538-42. 2003
..To evaluate the efficacy of using procalcitonin (PCT) and interleukin-6 (IL-6) to differentiate sepsis from non-infectious systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)...
- Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infection: risk factors and clinical outcome
Bin Du
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, 1 Shuai Fu Yuan, Beijing 100730, P R China
Intensive Care Med 28:1718-23. 2002
..To study the risk factor for nosocomial bacteremia caused by Escherichia coli or Klebsiella pneumoniae producing extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) and the influence on patient outcome...
