background: accurate and complete documentation of nursing records is one of the preconditions of the evidence-based cares and is considered as one of the most important professional tasks in nursing. the aim of the present study was to audit the nursing reports in intubated neonates admitted in neonatal intensive care unit of ayatollah rouhani hospital, babol. methods: in this cross-sectional ...

Twenty-five patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) implanted intrathoracically (group I) were compared with 25 patients who underwent implant using the nonthoracotomy approach (group II). All systems were implanted by the same medical team, in the same high volume implanting center. Indications for implantation were comparable in both groups. Patient characteristics were n...

Data from a six-year period were retrospectively retrieved from medical records and an intensive care unit data management system to study the impact of infections on patients with status epilepticus. Out of 161 admitted patients, 33 had a community-acquired infection and 35 acquired an infection during their hospital stay, 10 while in a ward before admission to the intensive care unit and 25 w...

OBJECTIVE To compare the incidence of complications and the duration of hospitalization of patients undergoing bariatric surgery admitted to the intensive care unit or a post-surgical hospitalization unit. METHODS This retrospective observational study included 828 patients admitted between January 2010 and February 2015 during the immediate postoperative period of bariatric surgery in a hosp...

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This edited record of the symposium gives a clear picture of the orientation and aspirations of the progressive section of British hospital psychiatrists and shortcomings of the existing services are not concealed. Dr. Bowen of York advocates an inspectorate which would ensure minimum standards throughout the country and there is much to be said for this proposal. Other contributors deal with s...