BACKGROUND Body Mass Index (BMI) is considered as an important risk factor in cardiovascular surgery. We designed a historical cohort study for the evaluation of perioperative complications related to BMI in patients who underwent off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB). METHODS We studied 1120 consecutive patients who underwent OPCAB between January 2008 and December 2011 in Imam Al...

INTRODUCTION Several mechanisms were introduced as causes of serum creatinine phosphokinase (CPK) raise in intoxicated patients. This study aimed to assess the relationship between serum CPK level in the first 24 hours and baseline characteristics as well as outcomes of these patients. METHODS This one year retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted on all intoxicated patients, who wer...

Introduction: Colchicine, which is derived from a herb called Colchicum medication used to treat gout. itself can act as deadly toxic in the case of over dose. This report study investigates patient who was poisoned with (Soranjan, what it Iran). Description: The 44-year-old man came emergency poisoning ward after day mountaineering and eating Soup. He had severe nausea vomiting. admitted ICU t...

BACKGROUND Weaning patients from mechanical ventilation is a complex and highly challenging process. It requires continuity of care, the overall assessment of patients, and a focus on all aspects of patients' needs by critical care nurses. OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to explore holistic care while patients are being weaned from mechanical ventilation from the perspective of th...

Background. Neurological assessment is an essential element of early warning scores used to recognize critically ill patients. We compared the performance of the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) with Full Outline of Unresponsiveness (FOUR) scale as an alternative method in the identification of clinically relevant outcomes in traumatic brain injury. Objective. The purpose of this study was to compare t...

Background: Coronavirus disease 2019 is a new viral and in short period, it has affected the world various economic, social, health aspects. This had high mortality rate at time of its occurrence. article aims to determine related factors survival inpatients with COVID-19 northern Iran. Methods: In this retrospective study, data 3480 patients laboratory confirmation virus caused by infection 17...

Pelvic fracture is a result of devastating injuries and is usually encountered in conjunction with other life-threatening injuries. The aim of the current study was to determine the outcome determinants of patients with pelvic fractures referred to a large trauma center in southern Iran. This retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted in a level I trauma center over a period of three yea...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Reports on MRSA strains are increasing worldwide. The aim of this study was to find the prevalence of MRSA strains isolated from clinical specimens and to evaluate their resistance profile. Additionally we compared the phenotypic and genotypic methods for detection of methicillin resistance. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this cross-sectional study, a total of 41 isolates o...

INTRODUCTION The patients' families in intensive care units (ICUs) experience excessive stress which may disrupt their performance in daily life. Empathy is basic to the nursing role and has been found to be associated with improved patient outcomes and greater satisfaction with care in patient and his/her family. However, few studies have investigated the nursing empathy with ICU patients. Thi...