Search Results - "VARPULA, T"

Neurofilament light compared to neuron-specific enolase as a predictor of unfavourable outcome after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest by Wihersaari, L., Reinikainen, M., Furlan, R., Mandelli, A., Vaahersalo, J., Kurola, J., Tiainen, M., Pettilä, V., Bendel, S., Varpula, T., Latini, R., Ristagno, G., Skrifvars, MB

“…We compared the prognostic abilities of neurofilament light (NfL) and neuron-specific enolase (NSE) in patients resuscitated from out-of-hospital cardiac…”
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Scandinavian clinical practice guideline on fluid and drug therapy in adults with acute respiratory distress syndrome by Claesson, J., Freundlich, M., Gunnarsson, I., Laake, J. H., Møller, M. H., Vandvik, P. O., Varpula, T., Aasmundstad, T. A.

“…Background The objective of the Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (SSAI) task force on fluid and drug therapy in adults with…”
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Scandinavian clinical practice guideline on mechanical ventilation in adults with the acute respiratory distress syndrome by CLAESSON, J., FREUNDLICH, M., GUNNARSSON, I., LAAKE, J. H., VANDVIK, P. O., VARPULA, T., AASMUNDSTAD, T. A.

“…Background The objective of the Scandinavian Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine (SSAI) task force on mechanical ventilation in adults with…”
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Association of automated data collection and data completeness with outcomes of intensive care. A new customised model for outcome prediction by REINIKAINEN, M., MUSSALO, P., HOVILEHTO, S., UUSARO, A., VARPULA, T., KARI, A., PETTILÄ, V.

“…Background The Finnish Intensive Care Consortium coordinates a national intensive care benchmarking programme. Clinical information systems (CISs) that collect…”
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Road-Condition Recognition Using 24-GHz Automotive Radar by Viikari, V.V., Varpula, T., Kantanen, M.

“…This paper studies 24-GHz automotive radar technology for detecting low-friction spots caused by water, ice, or snow on asphalt. The backscattering properties…”
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Airway pressure release ventilation as a primary ventilatory mode in acute respiratory distress syndrome by Varpula, T., Valta, P., Niemi, R., Takkunen, O., Hynynen, M., Pettilä, V.

“…Background:  Airway pressure release ventilation (APRV) is a ventilatory mode, which allows unsupported spontaneous breathing at any phase of the ventilatory…”
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Serum zinc in critically ill adult patients with acute respiratory failure by LINKO, R., KARLSSON, S., PETTILÄ, V., VARPULA, T., OKKONEN, M., LUND, V., ALA-KOKKO, T., RUOKONEN, E.

“…Background and aims: Zinc deficiency leads to susceptibility to infections and may affect pulmonary epithelial cell integrity. Low zinc levels have also been…”
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Therapeutic hypothermia after cardiac arrest: implementation and outcome in Finnish intensive care units by Oksanen, T., Pettilä, V., Hynynen, M., Varpula, T.

“…Background:  Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) has been shown to increase survival after out‐of‐hospital resuscitation. The aim of our study was to find out…”
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Plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin and adverse outcome in critically ill patients with ventilatory support by LINKO, R., PETTILÄ, V., KUITUNEN, A., KORHONEN, A. -M., NISULA, S., ALILA, S., KIVINIEMI, O., LARU-SOMPA, R., VARPULA, T., KARLSSON, S.

“…Objective Plasma neutrophil gelatinase‐associated lipocalin (pNGAL) has been introduced as an early and sensitive biomarker of acute kidney injury (AKI), with…”
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Antenna Effective Aperture Measurement With Backscattering Modulation by Pursula, P., Hirvonen, M., Jaakkola, K., Varpula, T.

“…A scattering measurement method for antenna characterization is described. The antenna backscattering is modulated by an oscillator circuit. The modulation…”
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Corticosteroid therapy in intensive care unit patients with PCR-confirmed influenza A(H1N1) infection in Finland by LINKO, R., PETTILÄ, V., RUOKONEN, E., VARPULA, T., KARLSSON, S., TENHUNEN, J., REINIKAINEN, M., SAARINEN, K., PERTTILÄ, J., PARVIAINEN, I., ALA-KOKKO, T.

“…Objective To evaluate the incidence, treatment, and outcome of influenza A(H1N1) in Finnish intensive care units (ICUs) with special reference to…”
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Early signs of critical illness polyneuropathy in ICU patients with systemic inflammatory response syndrome or sepsis by TENNILÄ, A, SALMI, T, PETTILÄ, V, ROINE, R. O, VARPULA, T, TAKKUNEN, O

“…To evaluate with electromyography the incidence and the time of appearance of neuromuscular abnormality in patients with systemic inflammatory response…”
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Combined effects of prone positioning and airway pressure release ventilation on gas exchange in patients with acute lung injury by Varpula, T., Jousela, I., Niemi, R., Takkunen, O., Pettilä, V.

“…Background: Prone positioning has been shown to improve oxygenation in 60–70% of patients with acute lung injury (ALI) or acute respiratory distress syndrome…”
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Assessment of CPR-D skills of nurses in Göteborg, Sweden and Espoo, Finland: Teaching leadership makes a difference by Mäkinen, M, Aune, S, Niemi-Murola, L, Herlitz, J, Varpula, T, Nurmi, J, Axelsson, Å.B, Thorén, A.-B, Castrén, M

“…Summary Introduction Construction of an effective in-hospital resuscitation programme is challenging. To document and analyse resuscitation skills assessment…”
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N-terminal-pro-BNP in critically ill patients with acute respiratory failure: a prospective cohort study by OKKONEN, M., VARPULA, M., LINKO, R., PERTTILÄ, J., VARPULA, T., PETTILÄ, V.

“…Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of plasma N‐terminal pro‐B‐type natriuretic peptide (NT‐pro‐BNP) in unselected…”
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Prediction of outcome after resuscitation from out-of-hospital ventricular fibrillation treated with therapeutic hypothermia by Skrifvars, M, Oksanen, T, Varpula, T, Tiainen, M, Kuitunen, A, Castren, M, Pettilä, V

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Late steroid therapy in primary acute lung injury by VARPULA, T, PETTILÄ, V, RINTALA, E, TAKKUNEN, O, VALTONEN, V

“…To investigate the effect of steroid treatment in the late phase of primary acute lung injury (ALI) with special emphasis on pneumococcal pneumonia…”
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Multiple probing-based microwave methods for highly sensitive measurement of nonelectrical quantities by Sovlukov, A.S., Varpula, T.

“…Design principles of highly sensitive microwave measuring devices with waveguide/waveguide resonator sensors of nonelectrical quantities are proposed. These…”
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On what are our end-of-life decisions based? by Pettilä, V., Ala-Kokko, T., Varpula, T., Laurila, J., Hovilehto, S.

“…Background: The incidence of withholding and withdrawing life support from the critically ill has increased in recent years. The aim of this study was to…”
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Airway pressure release ventilation and prone positioning in severe acute respiratory distress syndrome by Varpula, T., Pettilä, V., Nieminen, H., Takkunen, O.

“…Background: Implementation of lung protective strategy in the treatment of severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) has been reported to be associated…”
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