COVID-19: Lymphocyte Subpopulations Monitoring in Critically Ill Patients

Investigation of the smoking prevalence among critically ill patients with COVID-19

In this paper, we investigate the prevalence rate of smoking in COVID-19 patients and examine whether there is a difference in the distribution of smokers between the two statistical populations of critically ill COVID-19 patients and the entire Iranian population or not. To do this, we first prepared a sample of 300 COVID-19 patients admitted to hospitals in Tehran and Rasht. Then, through the...

Nutritional Assessment in Critically Ill Patients

Background: Malnutrition is an important factor in the survival of critically ill patients. The purpose of the present study was to assess the nutritional status of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) on the days of admission and discharge via a detailed nutritional assessment. Methods: Totally, 125 patients were followed up from admission to discharge at 8ICUs in Shiraz, Iran. The patien...

Hemodynamic monitoring in critically ill patients.

It can be difficult to find textbooks of anatomy and physiology that are pertinent to clinical practice. Books are too often weighed down with turgid facts that are often deemed irrelevant to the clinician practicing at the bedside. This book is different. This is the third edition of Hemodynamic Monitoring: Invasive and Non-Invasive Clinical Application that has been published. That fact alone...

Haemodynamic monitoring in critically ill patients

It can be difficult to find textbooks of anatomy and physiology that are pertinent to clinical practice. Books are too often weighed down with turgid facts that are often deemed irrelevant to the clinician practicing at the bedside. This book is different. This is the third edition of Hemodynamic Monitoring: Invasive and Non-Invasive Clinical Application that has been published. That fact alone...

probiotics in critically ill patients