OBJECTIVE To know and compare the patterns of antimicrobials use in intensive care units (ICUs) based on the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical/Defined Daily Dose (ATC/DDD) system. METHODS a prospective cohort study was conducted in three medical-surgical intensive care units, two of them in public hospitals and one in a private hospital. Simple random, independent samples of patients admitted f...

BACKGROUND There is good evidence to support the use of a "protective" ventilation strategy, using small tidal volumes and inspiratory pressures, in patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome. Many general intensive care units in the UK are being slow to adopt this approach and we therefore set out to devise a method to audit ventilation and possibly influence practice in these units. ...

OBJECTIVE Determine the impact of three stepwise interventions on the rate of central catheter-associated bloodstream infections. DESIGN Quasi-experimental study. SETTING Three surgical intensive care units (general surgery, trauma, and neurosurgery) at a 1500-bed county teaching hospital in the Miami metro area. PATIENTS All consecutive central catheter-associated bloodstream infection c...

background and purpose: organizational commitment has been on a downward trend among medical staff in different sections of the health care system. this study aimed to investigate the level of organizational commitment among the nurses engaged in the intensive care units (icus) of mazandaran heart center in sari, iran. methods: this descriptive-analytical study was conducted at the educational ...

objectives the current study aimed to determine the incidence of neonatal infection (nicus) in south sinai neonatal intensive care units, egypt. methods the study included 1023 neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care units in the south sinai state hospitals from january 2010 to september 2014 and scanned for demographic data and the potential risk factors for neonatal septicemia. results t...

background trauma mostly occurs in young patients. trauma is characterized by a combination of cardiovascular, inflammatory, and metabolic responses. hypercatabolism after trauma may lead to acute protein malnutrition that ultimately results in multiple organ failure. nutritional support may prevent this sequence. therefore, nutritional support is an essential component of the care of critical ...