Intensive care unit discharge: mind the gap!

Outcome after pediatric intensive care unit discharge.

A avaliação do desfecho de crianças tratadas em unidades de terapia intensiva (UTIs) vem se modificando consideravelmente nos últimos 25 anos. O aumento na disponibilidade e na capacidade dos sistemas mecânicos e artificiais de suporte de órgãos e as consequentes baixas taxas de mortalidade na maioria das unidades de terapia intensiva pediátricas (UTIPs) indicam que a sobrevida após a internaçã...

Dermatology in the intensive care unit

Background: Considering the prevalence of skin lesions and drug eruptions in intensive care units and the absence of research about it, we decided to study skin lesions of patients admitted in intensive care unit. Patients and Methods: In this descriptive study all patients admitted in intensive care units of Al-Zahra Hospital in Isfahan in 1376-78 were observed and examined by a resident in De...

Discharge planning in a neonatal intensive care unit.

Optimizing Intensive Care Unit Discharge Decisions with Patient Readmissions

This work examines the impact of discharge decisions under uncertainty in a capacity-constrained high-risk setting: the intensive care unit (ICU). New arrivals to an ICU are typically very high-priority patients and, should the ICU be full upon their arrival, discharging a patient currently residing in the ICU may be required to accommodate a newly admitted patient. Patients so discharged risk ...

Mothers' Challenges after Infants' Discharge from Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Qualitative Study

ABSTRACTBackground: Mothers with premature infants face certain challenges such as uncertainty on how to deal with their infant's condition and care for it after discharge from neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).Methods: A qualitative design was used to explain mothers' challenges after their infant's discharge from NICUs in Isfahan, Iran, 2015. Purposive sampling was adopted to interview the ...