objective critical illness polyneuropathy and myopathy (cipnm) is a major complication of severe critical illness. previous studies have suggested that many risk factors such as sepsis, multiorgan failure, and neuromuscular blocking agents play a role in cipnm pathogenesis. the aim of this study was to evaluate possible risk factors in the development of cipnm in a pediatric intensive care unit...

Intensivists routinely administer glucocorticoids, which are potent anti-inflammatory, immune, metabolic, and adrenergic modulating compounds at physiologic and pharmacologic doses. Recent investigations report increasing recognition of relative or absolute adrenal insufficiency in critically ill patients and the impact of cortisol responsiveness as a predictor of outcome for the critically ill...

This overview of intensive care medicine in Europe and the United States is an introduction to the review series on "The pulmonary physician in critical care" which starts in this issue of Thorax.

BACKGROUND All medication errors are serious, but those associated with the IV route of administration often result in the most severe outcomes. According to the literature, IV medications are associated with 54% of potential adverse events, and 56% of medication errors. OBJECTIVES To determine the type and frequency of errors associated with prescribing, documenting, and administering IV inf...

Medication errors (ME) are frequent in the admission of patients to ICU and can be identified prevented through medication reconciliation (MR). Our aim was evaluate incidence, type severity MEs associated factors, during MR ICU. This is a prospective, analytical approach, performed private hospital, where MRs were evaluated from April June 2016. The SPSS Stata programs used analyse data. Logist...

background and purpose: research self-efficacy is an important subject in university education. research is considered essential to the development of societies. as such, postgraduate students require research courses in their curricula in addition to regular educational contents. materials and methods: this descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted on two groups of postgraduate students...

Pain is a major concern in all intensive care units (ICUs). The proper assessment and management of pain is one of the main goals of patient care in ICUs. Improper evaluation of pain and its over or under treatment can cause significant problems in the process of patient management in ICU. Since most ICU patients are unable to communicate correctly with the ICU team and explain their level of p...

Critical thinking and decision-making are essential for nurses to identify analyze judgments nursing care. Hence, this study aims determine critical clinical among non-critical care nurses. A cross-sectional was conducted 237 using a self-administered questionnaire. This discovered that had modest level of decision-making. The findings can serve as guide administration employees in implementing...