Bishop Koop Technique is Preferred than Primary Anastomosis in Managing Jejunoileal Atresia in a Setup without Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - Our Initial Experience

A Retrospective Analysis of Duodenal and Jejunointestinal Atresia-Five-Year Experience from a Tertiary Care Paediatric Surgery Center in Western India.

Background: Intestinal atresia is a life-threatening problem requiring early active intervention. The aim of the study was to compare management outcomes between Duodenal-Atresia (DA) and Jejunoileal-Atresias (JIA). The secondary objective was to analyse tapering enteroplasty versus end-to-end anastomosis in JIA. Materials and Methods: Retrospective descriptive analysis of patients operated be...

Initial experience with an intensive care hyperglycemia protocol in a Saudi Arabian intensive care unit.

OBJECTIVE To study the efficacy of nurse-driven intensive glucose management protocol in an intensive care setting. METHODS This cohort study took place at King Abdul-Aziz National Guard Hospital, Al-Hasa, Saudi Arabia from April 2005 through June 2005. We modified a validated nurse-driven glycemic protocol when glucose level was >11.1 mmol/L. Protocol was applied to 103 consecutive patients....

The Study of Nosocomial Infections in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, A prospective study in Northwest Iran

Background: Nosocomial infections are an important cause of mortality in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Therefore, in this study, the incidence and prevalence of nosocomial infections were determined in NICUs of the three largest neonatal centers in northwest Iran, and the causative bacteria were identified in order to provide potential solutions to control the infections in these hospi...

Parents as primary caregivers in the neonatal intensive care unit.

mothers’ experience of having a preterm infant in the neonatal intensive care unit, a phenomenological study

aims : understanding the experiences of mothers could be as a strategy for the physicians, nurses who are working in nicu and administrators in the care centers in order to provide supports for parents, particularly mothers and an effective step to improve the quality of nursing care of premature infants and their parents.   methods : in this study, one of the qualitative research methods as de...