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Early physical rehabilitation in the ICU and ventilator liberationPedro A Mendez-Tellez
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Respir Care 57:1663-9. 2012..Also reviewed is the growing evidence demonstrating the feasibility and safety of early physical rehabilitation interventions for mechanically ventilated patients, as well as their benefit on patient outcomes...
Mortality in sepsis versus non-sepsis induced acute lung injuryJonathan E Sevransky
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Johns Hopkins University, 5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle Baltimore, MD 21224 USA
Crit Care 13:R150. 2009..Sepsis-induced acute lung injury (ALI) has been reported to have a higher case fatality rate than other causes of ALI. However, differences in the severity of illness in septic vs. non-septic ALI patients might explain this finding...
Human immunodeficiency virus infection and hospital mortality in acute lung injury patientsPedro A Mendez-Tellez
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Crit Care Med 38:1530-5. 2010..To evaluate the impact of human immunodeficiency virus infection on hospital mortality in patients with acute lung injury and to evaluate predictors of mortality among acute lung injury patients with human immunodeficiency virus...
Study protocol: The Improving Care of Acute Lung Injury Patients (ICAP) studyDale M Needham
Johns Hopkins University, 5th Floor, 1830 East Monument Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Crit Care 10:R9. 2006....
Depressive symptoms and impaired physical function after acute lung injury: a 2-year longitudinal studyOscar J Bienvenu
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 185:517-24. 2012..Survivors of acute lung injury (ALI) frequently have substantial depressive symptoms and physical impairment, but the longitudinal epidemiology of these conditions remains unclear...
Intensive care unit hypoglycemia predicts depression during early recovery from acute lung injuryDavid W Dowdy
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Crit Care Med 36:2726-33. 2008..To evaluate the association between intensive care unit blood glucose levels and depression after acute lung injury...
Does intensive care unit severity of illness influence recall of baseline physical function?Victor D Dinglas
Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery Group, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Crit Care 26:634.e1-7. 2011..The aim of this study is to evaluate if severity of illness in the intensive care unit influences patients' retrospective recall of their baseline physical function from before hospital admission...
Are intensive care factors associated with depressive symptoms 6 months after acute lung injury?David W Dowdy
School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Crit Care Med 37:1702-7. 2009..To evaluate intensive care-related factors as predictors of depressive symptoms 6 months after acute lung injury (ALI)...
Intensive care unit exposures for long-term outcomes research: development and description of exposures for 150 patients with acute lung injuryDale M Needham
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Crit Care 22:275-84. 2007..This report describes the development of a strategy for comprehensively measuring relevant exposures for long-term outcomes research, and presents empiric results from its implementation...
Barriers to low tidal volume ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome: survey development, validation, and resultsCheryl R Dennison
School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Crit Care Med 35:2747-54. 2007..To evaluate perceived attitudes, knowledge, and behaviors regarding the use of low tidal volume ventilation in acute respiratory distress syndrome among physicians, nurses, and respiratory therapists in intensive care units...
Studying outcomes of intensive care unit survivors: measuring exposures and outcomesDale M Needham
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Intensive Care Med 31:1153-60. 2005..There is little systematic guidance for measuring these outcomes and exposures within the ICU setting. As a result measurement methods are often variable and non-comparable across studies...
Lung protective mechanical ventilation and two year survival in patients with acute lung injury: prospective cohort studyDale M Needham
Outcomes After Critical Illness and Surgery Group, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
BMJ 344:e2124. 2012..To evaluate the association of volume limited and pressure limited (lung protective) mechanical ventilation with two year survival in patients with acute lung injury...
Quality of life after acute respiratory distress syndrome: a meta-analysisDavid W Dowdy
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Intensive Care Med 32:1115-24. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: ARDS survivors in different clinical settings experience similar decrements in QOL. The precise magnitude of these decrements helps clarify the long-term prognosis for ARDS survivors...
Studying outcomes of intensive care unit survivors: the role of the cohort studyDavid W Dowdy
School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Intensive Care Med 31:914-21. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: We make recommendations for the design of future cohort studies to maximize the impact of this research in improving the long-term outcomes of critically ill patients...
Occupational therapy for patients with acute lung injury: factors associated with time to first intervention in the intensive care unitVictor D Dinglas
Victor D Dinglas, MPH, is Senior Research Program Supervisor, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and Outcomes after Critical Illness and Surgery OACIS Group, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Am J Occup Ther 67:355-62. 2013..Both hospital study site and type of ICU were independently associated with timing of occupational therapy, indicating modifiable environmental factors for promoting early occupational therapy in the ICU...
Review of a large clinical series: sedation and analgesia usage with airway pressure release and assist-control ventilation for acute lung injuryEddy Fan
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Intensive Care Med 23:376-83. 2008..Our objective was to compare sedative and analgesic doses, agents, and sedation status in patients with airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) versus assist-control (AC) ventilation on the first day after acute lung injury diagnosis...
Neuromuscular dysfunction acquired in critical illness: a systematic reviewRobert D Stevens
Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe St, Meyer 8 140, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Intensive Care Med 33:1876-91. 2007..To determine the prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes of critical illness neuromuscular abnormalities (CINMA)...
Quality of life in adult survivors of critical illness: a systematic review of the literatureDavid W Dowdy
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Intensive Care Med 31:611-20. 2005..This systematic review provides a general understanding of QOL following critical illness and can serve as a standard of comparison for QOL studies in specific ICU subpopulations...
