number of icu beds is one in the important indexes of providing health care for the critically ill patients around the world. lack of icu beds may delay admission to icu and causes patients’ poorer prognosis [1]. there are 20 and 15 icu beds/100,000 inhabitants in the usa and canada respectively. in european countries including germany, france and uk the number of icu beds per 100,000 persons i...

objectives: to compare the results of early versus late tracheostomy in trauma patients admitted to intensive care unit (icu). methods: this was case control study being performed at a major trauma centre in shiraz, iran including 120 trauma patients admitted to icu during a 2-year period and underwent tracheostomy during their icu stay. the patients were categorized into two groups of the earl...

background there are different risk factors that affect the intensive care unit (icu) stay after cardiac surgery. objectives the aim of this study was to evaluate possible risk factors influencing prolonged icu stay in a large referral hospital. patients and methods we conducted a case-control study to determinate causes of prolonged icu stay in 280 adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery in ...

Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) has a vital role in controlling nutritional deficiencies especially in patients with critical conditions who are confined to bed in Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Complete evaluation of the nutritional status of these patients is necessary to achieve their nutritional goal. The aim of this investigation was to study the Complete Blood Count (CBC), coagulation parame...

Objectives: The present study aimed to explore lived experiences of critically ill patients with COVID-19 after discharge from intensive care units hospitals in Iran. Methods: was qualitative research a hermeneutic phenomenological approach. Participants were purposefully selected who discharged the unit (ICU) and transferred general ward. Data mostly collected through in-depth, semi-structured...

Background: Severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may lead to the cytokine storm syndrome which cause acute respiratory failure and death. Our aim was investigate therapeutic effects of infliximab, intravenous gammaglobulin (IVIg) or combination therapy in patients with severe COVID-19 admitted intensive care unit (ICU). Methods: In this observational research, we studied 104 intubated adu...

Abstract Background Coronavirus disease highly contagious, is prevalent in all age and sex groups infecting the respiratory system. The present study seeks to investigate epidemiology effective factors mortality of patients with COVID-19 Ardabil province, northwestern Iran. Methods In a retrospective study, hospitalized laboratory-diagnosed between February August 2020 were enrolled. data regis...

Malpractice in preparation and administration of intravenous (IV) medications has been reported frequently. Inadequate knowledge of nurses has been reported as a cause of such errors. We aimed to evaluate the role of nurses' education via installation of wall posters and giving informative pamphlets in reducing the errors in preparation and administration of intravenous drugs in 2 wards (ICU an...

OBJECTIVE Most patients admitted to Intensive Care Units (ICU) have problems in using oral medication or ingesting solid forms of drugs. Selecting the most suitable dosage form in such patients is a challenge. The current study was conducted to assess the frequency and types of errors of oral medication administration in patients with enteral feeding tubes or suffering swallowing problems. ME...